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Gordon Nagle called the meeting to order at 4:07 p.m.<= /p>

ATTENDANCE

Board Members: = Lisa Kent (treasurer - teacher), Brandon Mehling (secretary – teacher), Go= rdon Nagle (president – parent), and Kim Jurgersen (member - parent).

Board Members Absent: Tina Beckman (member – tea= cher)

Staff Members: Darin Shepardson (director), Mary Feath= ergill (business manager)

Other:

POLICY REVIEW

Board Poli= cies 202 and 203 were reviewed and approved. Board Policies 203.1, 203.2, 203.5,= and 203.6 will be reviewed for next meeting.

AGENDA

Agenda was discussed. Agenda was approved.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

None

REPORTS

Teachers:

Brandon Mehl= ing reported that Dakota Area Community School held its Win= ter Concert on Thursday, December 4.

Lisa Kent re= ported that she attended a meeting with Hiawatha Valley Education District’s charter school special education teacher members on Wednesday, December 3.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> File review, due process procedure= s, and changes to the Spedforms database were discussed.

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Director:

Darin Shepar= dson reported that Stephanie Olsen will remain our contact at Minnesota Departme= nt of Education until the end of the contract period. Stephanie Olsen did contact the Au= dobon Society as a possible sponsor to Dakota Area Community School. Darin Shepardson reported that a f= ollow up e-mail to Stephanie Olson regarding her conversations with the Audobon Society and any course of action Dakota Area Community School may need to take. Darin Shepardson also reported on a letter sent to all Minnesota Department of Education sponsored schools by Minnesota Association of Charter Schools Director, Eugene Picall= o, pertaining to the decision by Minnesota Department of Education not to spon= sor.

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Business Manager:

Mary Feath= ergill stated that she has renewed the school’s Annual Business Renewal with= the Minnesota Secretary of State for 2008.

COMMITTEES

Personnel Committee

Meeting was cancelled and committee will not meet in t= he month of December. Members are working on documents this month.

Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 5, 2009 = at 4:00 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

Met on December 8, 2008 and discussed adult enrichment activities that could take place at Dakota Area Community School. Enrichment also held a discussion on = an early childhood playtime for parents and students. Families could come to school and children could play with other children and parents can discuss = with each other concerns or questions that they might have.

Next Community Enrichment meeting will be on Monday, J= anuary 5, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

OLD BUSINESS

Public Relations – Staff continues to work on developing ideas for more public relation.= Adult enrichment was discussed and an early childhood play group was discussed.

Board committee membership - Board committee membershi= p was tabled for the next meeting. Darin will notify parents and community members that membership on Dakota Area Community School committees is open.

Director’s evaluation for the 2008-09 school year – template is being revised by Personnel Committee.

NEW BUSINESS =

None

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 – November 24, 2008

November bank statements and reconciliation reports.

November payment register and deposit summary.

ACTION ITEMS

None

Meeting adjourned at 4:27 p.m.

Next meeting will be on January 12, 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