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Lisa Kent called the meeting to order at 1:54 p.m.

ATTENDANCE

Board Members: = Lisa Kent (treasurer - teacher), Brandon Mehling (secretary – teacher), Ti= na Beckman (member – teacher), and Kim Jurgerson (member - parent).

Board Members Absent: Gordon Nagle (president – parent)

Staff Members: Mary Feathergill (business manager)

Other:

POLICY REVIEW

Board Poli= cies 203.1, 203.2, 203.5, and 203.6 were reviewed and will be approved when statues are checked. Board Policy 414 will be reviewed for next meeting.

AGENDA

Agenda was discussed. Agenda was approved.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

None

REPORTS

Teachers:

Brandon Mehl= ing reported the dip and deliver went well.&nb= sp; Students made treats and delivered them to area businesses.

Lisa Kent re= ported that student testing with AIMS Web bench marks are taking place this week.<= o:p>

Tina Beckman reported that students enjoyed their PTA pizza party.

Lisa Kent re= ported that the Educational Leadership Team is working on full-time classroom teac= her peer reviews.

Tina Beckman reported that Dakota Area Community School has a new preschooler and a new first grader.

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Director:

Mary Feather= gill reported for Darin Shepardson:

The boiler malfunctioned over Christmas break and Darin Shepardson is working with the building owner, District 861Winona Area Public Schools, to get everything b= ack in working order. Educational Leadership Team will meet and discuss the Quest training offered by the International Association of Lions Club.

Board member= s will not attend the Minnesota Department of Education Sponsorship meeting that w= ill be held at the Audobon Center on January 19, 2009, due to the distance from= our school and that most board members have previous engagements or unable to g= et a leave from their employment.

Darin Shepar= dson is keeping a close eye on what the Minnesota State legislature is going to do= about the state projected budget deficit and Charter School funding.

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Business Manager:

Mary Feath= ergill stated that the Finance Committee will begin working on the revised budget = for the current school year.

COMMITTEES

Personnel Committee

Met on January 12, 2009 and discussed early childhood playgroup staffing, adult educational class staffing, definition forms, job evaluations, and employee handbook edits.

Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 2, 2009= at 3:30 p.m.

Technology Co= mmittee

Darin will contact committee members to plan a meeting= in the near future.

Finance Commi= ttee

The next meeting scheduled for January 20, 2009 at 3:3= 0 pm.

Enrichment Co= mmittee

Monday, January 12, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. was cancelled an= d will be rescheduled for this week.

OLD BUSINESS

Public Relations – A Connections newsletter was = sent out to area families. Staff continues to work on developing ideas for more public relation. The new early childhood play group will have its first class on Monday, January 26, 2009.=

Board committee membership – board discussed tha= t a list of board committee membership be prepared for the next meeting by Darin Shepardson. Darin will notify parents and community members that membership= on Dakota Area Community School committees is open and make a list of all members on each of the board̵= 7;s committees.

Director’s evaluation for the 2008-09 school year – there are no edits to the template and the procedure for a March evaluation will continue.

NEW BUSINESS =

Emergency closing days in December – the school = closed on December 9^th and 19^th due to snow and weather.

Char= ter School representati= ve on the Hiawatha Valley Education District Board. Mary Feathergill is willing to continue to represen= t Dakota Area Community School and all of the area’s charter schools on this board. (see action item= )

Contract for speech/language services for the 2008-09 = School Year with Winona Area Public Schools. Contract rate of $70 per hours for ho= urs worked will be billed at the end of the school year. (see action item)

Automated Clearing House (ACH) agreement form needs to= be updated with Merchants Bank for our payroll direct deposits. The charge per= pay period direct deposit is $10.00 per transaction. Our limit is set at $15,000 per transaction. (see action item)

CONSENT AGEND= A

Brandon Mehling motioned to approve, Lisa Kent seconde= d, and the motion carried for the consent agenda item as follows:

Approve minutes – December 8, 2008

December bank statements and reconciliation reports.

December payment register and deposit summary.

Transfer from Edward Jones Savings to Merchants Bank Checking account done by board member and bank signer, Lisa Kent, on Januar= y 5, 2009 for $5,000.

Journal Entries –

No 1^st Quarter Journal Entries done in Octo= ber, November, December

Donation:

Brad and Shellie Proudfoot donated $150 to the school.=

ACTION ITEMS

Tina Beckman motioned to approve Mary Feathergill as t= he charter school representative on the Hiawatha Valley Education District Boa= rd for the fiscal year 2009. Bra= ndon Mehling seconded, motion carried.

Brandon Mehling motioned to approve contract for speech/language services for the 2008-09 School Year with Winona Area Public Schools. Tina Beckman seconded, motion carried.

Lisa Kent motioned to approve the Automated Clearing H= ouse (ACH) agreement form with Merchants Bank for our payroll direct deposits. L= imit per transaction is $15,000. K= im Jurgerson seconded, motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

Next meeting will be on February 9, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. =

Respectfully submitted,

Brandon Mehling = &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Gordon Nagle

DACS Board Secretary&n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; DACS Board President