St. John Lutheran School Board Minutes

June 9th, 2008

Election of Officers

Visitor Comments

• Renee stated that there are a lot of unknowns with regards to kindergarten and 1st grade. She would like to know the potential plans. There are concerns about the class size and ratio of boys to girls. There are concerns about the draw to St. John being small class sizes and now the class sizes may go up quite a bit for kindergarten and 1st grade next year.

Approval of Minutes

PTF

• Written report presented.
• Recent Events
• Plant sale – Sold 500 cards for a total of $1,450 profit.
• End of the Year celebration – Many teachers and PTF Board members attended at Old Orchard Lanes.
• The PTF Auction has been moved to April 17th due to the availability at Round Barn.

Marketing Committee

• Working with Chuck Martin to do a 2500 piece mailer drive before the end of July. Pastor suggested trying to hit new home owners with the mailing.
• Jayne suggested success stories past and present (both academic and athletic) be posted on the St. John web site.
• Waiting for signage around school for improved visibility.

Principal’s Report

• Written report presented.
• School Lunch Program – Current supplier has decided not to cater the lunch program next year. We will have local suppliers (KFC, DQ, Subway, Super Wok, and Village Inn) cater the meals. The cost of the lunches will be $3 per meal.
• Graduations – Kindergarten was held May 23rd with 29 graduating. 8th grade graduation was held May 30th with 21 graduating.
• Band and Athletic Fees – Fees from all students were collected in total.
• Stanford Tests – Tests were mailed to the scoring center on May 1st. The results were not received in time to hand out to students before the end of school. The 8th graders received their results at graduation, and parents were e-mailed to pick up the remaining test scores.
• Student/Parent Handbook – Copies will be e-mailed to the board for review and approval at the August board meeting.

Old Business

• NLSA – Nothing to report at this time
• Enrollment Numbers – Ralph submitted historical numbers about class sizes. There have been 4 1st grade classes since ’94 that had 27-29 students with an aide. Discussion ensued about current enrollment numbers versus budget. The financial feasibility of splitting into two sections in 1st grade does not seem economically feasible. The lowest class size to split into two sections was 31 students. Various options were discussed.

New Business

• Meeting Times – Board came to the consensus that the meeting times will be moved to 6:30pm on the first Tuesday of the month (Time was 5:30pm)
• Stanford Test Results – Ralph passed out the overall report
• Faith Hours – What do we do with the Faith Hours fees that are collected?

Executive Session