Lake George Charter School

Minutes

February Board Meeting 2025

Date and Time

Tuesday February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Topic: LGCS Board Meeting
Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 5:00 pm 

 

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Directors Present

A. Redd, F. Zuercher (remote), J. Beall, J. Gilley

Directors Absent

None

Directors who arrived after the meeting opened

F. Zuercher

Ex Officio Members Present

S. Bissue

Non Voting Members Present

S. Bissue

Guests Present

A. Patton (remote), E. Pressel, H. Olivares, Kate Rix, N. Sawyer

I. Board Work Session 4:30 PM

A.

Work Session

Interview Kate Rix for the open Board position.

II. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Gilley called a meeting of the board of directors of Lake George Charter School to order on Tuesday Feb 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM.

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

F. Zuercher arrived at 5:31 PM.

C.

Pledge of Allegiance

D.

Approve Agenda

J. Beall made a motion to approve the agenda.
A. Redd seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Approve previous meeting minutes - January 21, 2025

J. Gilley made a motion to approve the minutes from January 21, 2025 January Board Meeting 2025 on 01-21-25.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

F.

Personnel Changes

III. Administration Reports

A.

Administrator's Report

Please see the attached document.

B.

Preschool Director's Update

We just finished the 2nd assessment period. Everyone is on track.

IV. Committee Reports

A.

Lions Pride

None

B.

BAC

We discussed the school calendar, but we are not done with it yet. 

C.

Policy Committee

We worked on 3 new policies. Please see the attached document. 

D.

Finance

We are presenting the budget and audit to the district board meeting in March.

E.

Security & Facility

Please see the meeting minutes that are attached.

F.

Development/Expansion Committee

CSI & legal representatives are making sure that we are checking all the red boxes in moving forward. 

V. Board Communications

A.

Comments

None

VI. Public Comments

A.

Comments

None

VII. Old Business

A.

Policy - Second Reading - GCS Rev.2, GD Rev.3, BEDG Rev.5, BBA Rev.2

J. Gilley made a motion to approve 2nd readings of the following policies.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
  1. GCS Rev.2
  2. GD Rev.3
  3. BEDG Rev.5
  4. BBA Rev.2
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

VIII. New Business

A.

Policy - First read - GDO Rev.2, GDE-GDF Rev.2, GDE-GDF-R Rev.2

J. Beall made a motion to to approve 1st readings of the following policies.
A. Redd seconded the motion.
  1. GDO Rev.2
  2. GDE-GDF Rev.2
  3. GDE-GDF-R Rev.2
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Approve Calendar for 2025-2026 school year

J. Beall made a motion to approve the 25/26 school calendar.
J. Gilley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Board Pay

D.

Motion to not accept pay for board positions.

J. Gilley made a motion to not accept board pay.
A. Redd seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

IX. Executive Session

A.

Enter into Executive Session

J. Gilley made a motion to enter executive session for reason Personnel Matters CRS 24-6-402(4)(f) at 6:02pm and will invite Samantha Bissue.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Exit Executive Session

A. Redd made a motion to exit executive session at 6:35pm.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Vote after Executive Session

J. Beall made a motion to offer the open board position to Kate Rix with a 90 day probation period to make sure that there is not a conflict of interest in this position. She will have till Monday 2/24/25 to make her decision.
A. Redd seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

X. Closing Items

A.

March Work Session Items

Discuss budget

B.

Top 3 Communication Items

  1. Possibly welcome Kate to the board.
  2. Pastries with the Principal 3/12.
  3. Talent Show 3/14.

C.

Tasks/Due Outs

D.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:50 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Gilley
A. Redd made a motion to adjourn meeting at 6:50pm.
J. Beall seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.