Wheels-for-Life®

Kim Jurgerson called the meeting to order at 4:12 p.m.=

ATTENDANCE

Board Members: Brandon Mehling (secretary – teac= her), Gordon Nagle arrived at 4:30 p.m. (president – parent), Tina Beckman (member – teacher), and Kim Jurgerson (member - parent).

Board Members Absent: Lisa Kent (treasurer - teacher) =

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

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POLICY REVIEW

Board Poli= cies 203.1, 203.2, 203.5, and 203.6 were reviewed and Board Policy 414 was reviewed. Board Policy 416 and 503 will be re= viewed for next meeting.

AGENDA

Agenda was discussed. Agenda was approved.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

None

REPORTS

Teachers:

Brandon Mehl= ing reported that the first playgroup was held on January 25 and there were sev= en children and their parents that attended.

Tina Beckman reported the school is ordering Study Island, a Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment preparation program, for all students grades 3-5. = This program will be a gift from the school’s Parent Teacher Association. =

Brandon Mehl= ing reported that the student’s sledding party was held on January 30. The students sledded for a half ho= ur and then had a snack provided by the Parent Teacher Association.

Brandon Mehl= ing reported that he attended Differentiated Learning training on February 5, 2= 009 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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Director:

Darin Shepar= dson reported that he completed No Child Left Behind Annual Evaluation Report for the 2007-08 school year.

Darin Shepar= dson reported that the Charter School Transportation Survey for 2009-2010 school year was completed and sent to The Minnesota Department of Education and th= at he will contact Winona School District 861 notifying them that DACS will utilize our host districts transportation.

Darin Shepar= dson reported the submission of the MCA’s on-line science test site readin= ess for this school year’s student testing. He reported that the MCA’s w= ere ordered for reading, math and science along with materials for test accommodations. Dates for the testing for reading will be April 14 and 15, math April 21 and 22, and scie= nce April 28and 29. <= o:p>

Darin Shepar= dson reported that the follow up with Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) on the b= uilding’s pipes freezing in January has been ongoing. Darin Shepardson reported that he = wrote a letter to the WAPS Facility Director, Bill O’Laughlin, about the ev= ents and thanking the custodial staff for their efforts. Follow up efforts by our facilities manager, Lori Markey, have been ongoing with WAPS looking into the replacem= ent of thermostats in the effected rooms.

Darin Shepar= dson reported that the Director’s evaluation document has been prepared an= d has been approved by the personnel committee and recommended for use to the boa= rd.

Darin Shepar= dson stated that a school newsletter was sent in January with another being plan= ned to go out before our kindergarten and pre-school roundup. Planning for the round up has taken place with preschool teacher Melanie Gordon and kindergarten teacher Jessica Marish.

Darin Shepar= dson reported that community events have been a success and that DACS needs to continue to provide for such events.

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Business Manager:

Mary Feath= ergill stated that the Federal Tax 1099 forms have been completed.

Mary Feathergill stated that all employee W-2 and requ= ired state and federal reporting has been completed.

Mary Feathergill stated that she attended a Minnesota Association of Charter Schools Board Finance training and has training hand= outs if members are interested in copies. She will use these handouts for our new board member trainings.

Mary Feathergill stated she has completed a board cale= ndar for items that the board should be reviewing each month of the school year. Copies are available for members if they would like.

COMMITTEES

Personnel Committee

Meeting for February 2, 2009 had to be canceled.

Next meeting has not been scheduled.

Technology Co= mmittee

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

Finance Commi= ttee

Met on January 20, 2009 and worked on revisions for the current school year budget and reviewed Preschool fees for 2009-2010 school= year. (see new business)

The next meeting scheduled for March 2, 2009 at 3:30 p= m.

Enrichment Co= mmittee

Met on January 14, 2009 and discussed field trip plann= ing for afterschool and the D= akota Area Community School playgroup th= at will be taking place every other Monday from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Committee discussed ways to make t= he playgroup fun and what would be needed fro the playgroup to be successful.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> The committee also discussed the b= udget and will review it further when paper copy is made available.

The next meeting is scheduled for February 19,²⁰⁰⁹

OLD BUSINESS

Public Relations – Many activities are going on = at the school. The school’s PJ Party will take place on Friday, February 13<= sup>th. The kindergarten/first grade classroom submitted a photo for the Mug shot of the day. The new small children’s and their parents playgroups will be taking place on Monday, February 09 and Monday, February 23^rd. C= onnections newsletter was sent to local families announcing kindergarten and preschool round up as well as the playgroup. Another Connection newsletter will be sent out before March 17, 2009= .

Board committee membership – The list of committ= ees was discussed and reviewed. T= here has been no new members to the committees, but all members on committees ha= ve remained.

List of Committees:

Personal - Tina Beckman, Lisa Kent, Darin Shepardson, = and Mary Feathergill

Technology - Jessica Marish, Darin Shepardson, Gordon = Nagle, and Mary Feathergill

Community Enrichment - Brandon Mehling, Kim Jurgerson, Michelle Boelter, Melanie Anderson, and Stephanie Peterson

Finance – Lorrie Markey, Lonna Stroinski, Lisa K= ent, Darin Shepardson, and Mary Feathergill

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Quest traini= ng offered by the International Association of Lions Club will be attended by = Tina Beckman and Jessica Marish on February 2, 2009.

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BuildingR= 17;s boiler is working fine. Therm= ostats in classrooms still need to be replaced. (see Director’s report for details)

NEW BUSINESS =

Winona County Master Gardener Grant. Tina Beckman applied for the grant and received $100 to purchase materials relat= ed to gardening.

Char= ter School Transportati= on Survey for the 2009-2010 school year – the school designates the Wino= na Area Public Schools district as our transporting district. State transporta= tion funds will go the Winona Area Public Schools.

Acknowledge emergency closing days – due to snow conditions the school was closed on December 9^th and 19^{th,
2008 and January 15^th and 16^th, 2009. Dakota Area
Community School
is currently not planning on making them up unless our transportation distr=
ict
makes the days up.}

Board members having a dacsweb email address will be enacted. Any board member wit= hout a dacsweb account will be provided with one.

Metro Sales copier lease and service – currently= we pay for monthly leasing and quarterly for a service contract that covers mo= re copies then we need. Changes would involve getting a new copier model comparable to the current one and changing copy service to 10,000 copies per month. There is a state grant out there to help schools with copier costs so our rate for lease and service will decrease.

Director’s evaluation – Board received the Evaluation and Performance document to complete for the Director’s evaluation. Forms are due to Tina at the school by March 2^nd. Ti= na and Kim will conduct the evaluation of the Director in the week of March 9<= sup>th.

Revised budget for the 2008-09 school year - members reviewed the suggested revisions to the 2008-09 school year budget. Discuss= ion was held. Board decided regardless of funding they would like to see the school’s Connections newsletter go out more often this Spring.

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Preschool fees for the 2009-2010 school year - Finance Committee suggests keeping the preschool and transportation fees for the 2009-2010 school year. Discussion was held and board decided to keep the sa= me fee rates.

CONSENT AGEND= A

Brandon Mehling motioned to approve, Kim Jurgerson sec= onded, and the motion carried for the consent agenda item as follows:

Approve minutes – January 12, 2009

January bank statements and reconciliation reports.

January payment register and deposit summary.

Donation:

Bob and Lonna Stroinski donated music CDs to the schoo= l.

Kevin and Holly Fratzke donated two DVDs to the school= .

ACTION ITEMS

Tina Beckman motioned to approve

Revised bu= dget for the 2008-09 school year budget.

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Brandon Mehling seconded, motion carried.

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Kim Jurger= son motioned to approve Preschool fees for the= 2009-2010 school year at $75 for two day preschool. Transportation f= ees at $20 for one way transporting and $30 for two way transporting. Gordon Na= gle seconded, motion carried.

Gordon Nagle motioned to approve Winona Area Public Sc= hools district as our transporting district for the 2009-2010 school year. Tina Beckman seconded, motion carried.

Brandon Mehling motioned to approve changes to the 200= 8-09 school year student service days due to the emergency closings on December = 9^th and 19^th, 2008 and January 15^th and 16^th, 2009. Kim Jurgerson seconded, motion carried.

Tina Beckman motioned to Revise contract with Metro Sa= les, Inc for leasing a new copier and for annual servicing. New contract will be based on $290 per month for lease and service based on 120,000 copies per y= ear. Gordon Nagle seconded, motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.

Next meeting will be on March 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

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