St. John Lutheran School Board Minutes

February 6th, 2007

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve January minutes. M/S/C

Visitor Comments

• Bill Schmidt commented about lack of growth at Little Lamb. He stated a desire to keep sessions open to try and increase numbers going into the school. We are holding class sessions open until August 1.

PTF

• Written report was presented.
• PTF will provide coffee, rolls, and fruit for grandparents and special friends at the kickoff for Lutheran Schools week.
• The 7th grade class will be holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for next year’s Gettysburg class trip.
• Fun Fair is scheduled for March 10 from 4-7 pm.

Principal’s Report

• Written report presented.
• A question has arisen about Little Lamb parents and their contributions for the FAITH program for volunteer hours.

• Principal Leffler is trying to find teachers to teach Spanish for the remainder of the year.
• Principal Leffler presented an update on tuition balances.
• Teacher conferences scheduled for 2/15 and 2/16. There will be early dismissal on 2/15 and no school on 2/16.

Marketing Committee

• Open House was held on 2/1/07, and it seemed to be somewhat successful. 26 families visited the school, and 25 families visited Little Lamb.

Old Business

• Background checks
  • Ralph presented information regarding how and when background checks are done in public schools.
  • There is currently no law requiring background checks for a non-public school. There is a bill that will be presented in upcoming legislation that would require all schools to perform background checks.
  • Ralph suggests that we develop a policy to adopt background checks. The question is to whether we should do background checks for volunteers.
  • Discussion ensued about how to implement, who should be subject, and what results might be subject to not employing or dismissal.
  • Mr. Leffler will draft a policy proposal for handling background checks.
• Enrollment Update – It is still a little early to provide firm results for 2007-2008 enrollment. 2/16/07 is the last day for re-enrollment.

New Business

• Track Coaches – Motion made to approve the following people as spring 2007 track coaches: Marc Knowles, Karl Newman, Ed Drebes, Jane Reifsteck, and Eric Potter M/S/C
• Proposal for Sick Leave – Mr. Leffler has written a preliminary proposal handling sick days. After discussion about issues, Ralph will go back and refine his proposal for a later date.
• School Calendar – Mr. Leffler presented a proposed school calendar that coincides with Unit 4.

• Since we will offer option of ½ day kindergarten, we should probably have a curriculum to address this. Ralph would like to determine kindergarten numbers to address how to handle kids who would be ½ time. He would like to make sure that core subjects would be taught in the morning,

Close of Meeting

• Motion to adjourn the meeting to executive session

Passed Executive Session Motions

• Motion made to recommend to voters that we extend contracts to the following teachers: Faith Block, Bonnie Lynch, Christie Rivers, Tom Bailey, Jerry Loyett, and Marilyn Barbee. M/S/C