Minutes from the meeting of the board of Directors of the Society for Christian instruction.

July 7th, 2008

The board held a meeting on the evening of the 7th. Brian Kersten, Erin Mitchell, Michelle Robole, and Kurt Swanson, were present at the meeting. Bill Raihala was present for the Treasures Report. The meeting started at 7:30. Kurt Swanson opened with prayer and shared in devotions from Psalm 6.

TEACHERS REPORT

The teachers will be meeting July 23^rd to talk about and order curriculum. They will try to have a supply list done by the end of July. Michelle will have a student count ready for them by this date. They would also like to have an open house for all the teachers, parents, and students. The open house is tentatively set for August 28^th at 7:00 at the school. Kurt will let Carolyn know about the date. Erin Mitchell will advertise it in the paper.

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Erin Mitchell made a motion to accept the Secretary’s report and Brian Kersten offered the second. The motion carried.

TREASURE’S REPORT

June was a better month than was expected. There was a $5000 donation from Penny’s Aunt. June ended up with a $1800 surplus. Registration money is coming in. There are a few families who still need to pay. Bill went over the projected budget for the next school year. We will be running about a $17000 deficit, although that can change with new student enrollment.

COMMITTEE REPORT

A meeting was held for the education committee. The curriculum for the 3-5^th grades and 1-2^nd grades was approved.

OLD BUSINESS

1. On Thursday July 10^th, at 6:15, an interview will be held with Mrs. Moss for the preschool position.

2. A family interview was completed tonight with the Schoeller family. Michelle Robole made a motion to accept the Schoeller family and Erin Mitchell offered the second.

3. The open house for the preschool is tentatively set for Thursday, August 21, at 6:30. Erin will do the advertising for the open house.

4. Brian Kersten will call Service Master of St. Croix to set up a date for the floors to be done.

5. The last piece for the playground is in. Kurt will talk to Brad Wevers to set up a date to get started on it.

6. Erin Mitchell will write a letter to previous and present society members to update them on the school (new teachers, new playground and low enrollment). The desired result is to get back some of the previous society members and inform them of our financial needs.

NEW BUSINESS

1. New board member nominees were discussed. Jeff Lorentz, Tim Engel, John Curtis, Carol Rens, Stanley Meyer, and Lee Milligan were nominated and accepted by common consent. Michelle will also be writing a letter to the parents informing them of the society meeting in September and of the open house in August.

2. The employment status of the janitors was discussed. It was decided that in order to be within the government guidelines, we need to have the janitor position be a hired one that would include filling out a W4. The school would have to provide workman’s comp. The board sees a need to be in compliance with the law but it will do whatever it can to keep about the same pay coming in. Bill Raihala will look at the numbers and come up with an hourly wage with a 25% discount for tuition. The board approved the change by common consent. Kurt Swanson will talk to Mark and Lyn to see if they want to continue to clean and to notify them of the changes.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:25. A motion to adjourn was given by Brian Kerten and Erin Mitchell offered the second. The motion carried. Brian Kersten closed in prayer.