St. John Lutheran School Board Minutes

June 5th, 2007

Visitor Comments

• Kindergarten – Julie Tappendorf expressed desire to split the class into two sections now that we are officially at 23 students. She expressed a concern that kids would want to enroll after the start of the year.

Approval of Minutes

PTF

• Written report was presented.
• No events scheduled for June.
• PTF is working towards a fundraising goal.
• Options are “Movie Night” and “PTF Auction”
• Plant sale in April raised nearly $1,700.

Principal’s Report

• Written report presented.
• Current total enrollment for school is 205 students, which is down from last year’s enrollment of 231.
• Second open house only had 6 families attend.  Two if the families are still potential school candidates.
• After consulting Erika Williams, the school lunches will be provided by her catering service at $3.75 per lunch.
• Gettysburg Trip – Scheduled to occur between 9/30 and 10/5. The quote for the trip was $17,750, plus an additional $150-$200 for the wreath to be laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. $17,794 has been raised already w/ $3,000 coming from PTF.
• Kindergarten graduation was held on 5/25 with 22 students graduating. 8th Grade graduation was held on 5/31 with 24 students graduating.

Pastor’s Report

• Review of religion curriculum. Both pastors feel that the current religion curriculum needs to be revamped. Pastor Elliott would like to know if funds would be available if new text books are available.

Publicity Committee

• Talked about putting a brochure together. The committee would like to have a sample within a month.
• Talked about fundraiser specifically to pay for any new signage for the church and school.
• New Little Lamb sign is $1,400. Possible car wash to raise funds.

Old Business

• No old business

New Business

• Election of Officers
  • Chair Steve Rhulig M/S/C
  • Vice Chair Dan Martin M/S/C
  • Publicity Chair    Mark Pelafos M/S/C
• Next Meeting – Steve proposes skipping the July meeting. The next scheduled meeting would be in August.
• Jerry Loyett wants funds to purchase (2) tubas and (1) bass clarinet to have on-site. This would eliminate the need for students to transport instruments to and from school. Mark Pelafos suggested having the band play at the St. John Picnic.
• Call Update – William visited on Sunday (6/2). Steve met with him, and he felt good about how the visit proceeded. We are waiting on a response from him.
• Stacy Folkman – We still have not received an official acceptance yet. She has asked questions of Ralph, which leads everyone to believe that she fully plans to accept.
• Tuition Payments – Currently re-enrollment is in February. Existing parents simply continue to pay according to their payment schedule. New parents are not accustomed to the payment schedule. This seems to really affect Little Lamb parents, who we are asking to make payments when their child is not yet attending school. Ralph feels that the schedule is not conducive to attracting new families to our school. The general feeling is that we need to move the payment schedule.

• The board directs Mr. Leffler tp prepare a final draft for a revised payment schedule to present at the August meeting.
• Discussion ensued about payment options and possibly introducing the use of credit card to pay the tuition. A potential 5% discount for full payment up-front was also discussed. Chris P. and Mark P. will investigate and come back with a plan.

Close of Meeting

Passed Executive Session Motions