BALDWIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
896 HWY 63, BALDWIN, WI 54022
Minutes from the meeting of the board of Directors of the Society for Christian Instruction
August 4th, 2008
The board held a meeting on the evening of the 4th. Brian Kersten, Erin Mitchell, Michelle Robole, and Kurt Swanson, and Joe Helgeson were present at the meeting. Bill Raihala was present for the Treasures Report. Mrs. Hokanson was present for the teacher’s report. The meeting started at 7:07. Kurt Swanson opened with prayer and shared in devotions from Ephesians 1:3-14.
An interview was done with Carrie Rens for the Tuesday, Thursday preschool position.
TEACHERS REPORT
Mrs. Hokanson reported that the teachers have all met once and are working on the books. The mission project for the year will be Feed My Starving Children, and the theme for the year will be faithfulness. Mrs. Hokanson has completed a certificate in teaching Archery. She would like to start teaching the upper graders and be able to participate in competition. She wants to have 3 groups of 4 students. The cost for the equipment would be $1500. Mrs. Hokanson asked about getting a new printer for her classroom. The one they have now is very big, takes up a lot of space, and also does not work well. Brian Kersten said he would check into the cost of a scanner and printer. The teachers wanted to make sure that the families knew about school closings. Michelle will remind the families in the next letter about the school closing number. Erin Mitchell will be the designated person to send out packets to new families so that only one gets sent out. Mrs. Hokanson asked if the Raihala girls could come over to the school on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons until the bus came. Another student from Dokime may also need to stay there until her ride could come and get her. Joe Helgeson made a motion to let the girls stay and Erin Mitchell offered the second. The motion carried. Mrs. Hokanson will be teaching the Language, Art, and Reading classes this year. She will also be teaching Latin and Spanish on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Mrs. Hokanson asked if it would be ok if the ninth grade students came over from Dokime to participate in the class. Erin Mitchell made a motion to accept this and Joe Helgeson offered the second. The board approved it and the motion carried. There was some discussion on the possibility of the Dokime kids teaching PE to the BCS children.
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
July had a deficit of $313, however that could turn into a surplus because of a check that came in for $1000. There was a $9400 surplus for the year, which was much better than the projected $670 deficit. One family called and said that they would not be sending their child to school this year and that they would only need $100 in tuition assistance. Discussion was made about the janitor position. They would get paid minimum wage for up to 200 hours of service a school year. Erin Mitchell offered the second and the motion carried. The Treasures report was read and Joe Helgeson made a motion to accept it. Erin Mitchell offered the second and the motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Brian Kersten will arrange for the floor to be burnished on August 15th.
The board discussed the Preschool teacher situation. Carrie Rens was interviewed for the Tuesday/Thursday position. Erin Mitchell volunteered to do the Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes. Brian Kersten made a motion that we hire Carrie Rens and Erin Mitchell. Joe Helgeson offered the second and the motion carried. Erin will find out what they need to do to be certified. Brian Kersten made a motion that Erin is reimbursed for her gas expense at $25 a week that could offset her tuition by $100 a month. Joe offered the second motion but the motion failed. Erin Mitchell did not want any compensation for her teaching position. Erin will be a volunteer with no compensation. A motion was made by Joe Helgeson to give Carrie a contract for the Tuesday/Thursday position. Michelle Robole offered the second and the motion carried. Michelle will get a contract out to Carrie.
Erin Mitchell called another applicant to let her know that we made a decision regarding the preschool position.
Michelle will call the previous music teacher to see if she still wants the music position. The board approved up to $150 a month for tuition assistance for a family.
Frank VanSomeren died and needs to be taken off of the society list.
Preschool open house is set for August 21st, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
BCS open house is set for August 28th at 7:00 p.m. Michelle will let the families know about the open house in the letter she sends with school permission slips and the school supplies list.
The only nominee for the school board that did not decline was Tim Engel. Nomination s will also be taken from the floor. Michelle will be sending out a letter to all the society members and parents to notify them of the meeting.
NEW BUSSINESS
Kurt will be sending a letter out to the Menomonee Alliance church to see if they will give us permission to send out a letter to the families who were involved in their school that closed this year.
Michelle will get the substitute list, family list, and the Teacher list for this school year completed. Kurt Swanson said that he would do the chapel list. Kurt will also do an updated society list.
Michelle will do the committee list and get it ready for sign up on the evening of the society meeting.
Penny will be doing the bulletin this year.
Brian will call Mike Hollabaugh to see if he will be the lunch/recess coordinator.
It was decided by common consent that the money needed for archery would have to come through fundraising, as the school does not have the money for it this year.
The society meeting will be held on September 15th at 7:00. The minutes will be at the meeting for members to review but will not be read at the meeting in order to save time.
Michelle will make copies of the minutes and she will also let the members know to come early to the meeting if they want to review the minutes.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:10. A motion to adjourn was given by Joe Helgeson. Brian Kersten offered the second. The motion carried. Kurt Swanson closed in prayer.
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