School Board Meeting
AGENDA for Monday, January 25, 2016
Music Room (001), 6:00pm
1. Call to order
2. Roll Call
Present
Board Members
Guests
Debra Lach – Ex-Officio Member
Ross Meisner - President
Matt Manning – Vice President
Erin Nelson - Secretary
Valerie Slaymaker
Rachel Engstrom
Nikki Brown
Andy Wallschlaeger
Melanie Persellin
3. Reading of Mission Statement and Real Life Examples
1 minute
DaVinci Academy of Arts and Science will awaken a passion for learning through an enriched and
individualized approach to education. Students, parents and teachers will work together to ensure
positive character development and build a strong foundation for higher education.
4. Community Comment
5-10 minutes
Community Comment is the only open forum portion of tonight’s meeting, and is an opportunity to present an issue or
concern to the Board of Directors. There is a maximum of ten minutes set aside for Community Comment. Each
presentation should be limited to no more than two minutes. If your item needs follow-up from the board and/or staff
or will require research etc., a decision may not be made during tonight’s meeting. Thank you for coming this
evening.
5. Adoption of Agenda and Addendums
1 minute
6. Consent Agenda
5 minutes
6.1.
6.2.
6.3.
6.4.
6.5.
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6.9.
MEETING MINUTES
Board Meetings:
Finance Committee:
Policy Committee:
Curriculum/Technology Committee:
HR/Compensation Committee:
School Development Committee:
Ad-hoc Communications Committee:
2015-12-21
2016-01-18
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not held
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DONATIONS
$288 Raghavapudi
$134 Anolim
$1,150 Medtronic on behalf of Manning and Tariq
DOCUMENTS
Monthly Financials
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POLICIES FOR APPROVAL
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7. Discussion – Administration Updates – Debra Lach
10 minutes
8. Old Business
8.1. Brief School Replication Update w/Community
Monthly presentation of school growth plan and status.
Meisner/Lach
5 minutes
8.2. Treasurer’s Update
Monthly school finance update.
Slaymaker/Hiatt
5 minutes
8.3. Board Operations Update
Review board operations calendar, upcoming items.
Meisner/Manning
5 minutes
9. New Business – Discussion/Action items
9.1. Election Candidate Forum (at 6:30pm)
Public introduction and discussion with candidates.
All
20 minutes
9.2. Review and Comment Checklist for MDE
For school expansion, due to MDE by end of January.
Lach
10 minutes
9.3. 2016-2017 School Year Calendar
Review and approve.
Lach
10 minutes
9.4. Committees
Calendar dates, leadership, and goals.
Meisner
5 minutes
9.5. School tagline update
Discussion and brainstorm on adding an updated tagline.
Lach
5 minutes
9.6. School expansion planning
All
30 minutes
Memorandums for funding the ABC. General contractor selection. Townhall meeting plan.
General ongoing discussion, updates, and next steps.
9.7. Meeting Assessment and Closing Thoughts
Meisner
Did we spend our time effectively today? What could we do better?
What do we, as a board, need to be focusing on for the next meeting?
5 minutes
10. Adjourn Meeting
Estimated end time:
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8:30 pm