Board of Trustees Meeting
The Board of Trustees from Rockwell High School held a meeting on:
Date: Thursday November 8, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm.
Place: The Ranches Academy
7789 Tawny Owl Circle
The following directors, constituting a quorum of the full board were present:
Redge Hudson
Suzanne Burdick
Julie McNair
Angie Rasmussen
Jenny Foss
Jenn Maroney
Mary Lifferth
Others in attendance:
Jennifer Rawlings
Jennifer Morrison
Jeff Card
Jennifer Card
Virignia Bowser
Michele Evans
Tricia Austin
Branden Shunn
Christine Ishmael
Sarah Cooper
Tamera Buchanan
Scott Hazard
Stacey Hazard
Bobby Colson
The chair called the meeting to order and opened the session:
Motion was made to adopt the following agenda for the meeting:
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Approval of Agenda (agenda is attached.)
3. Open comment by the public
Discussion held during Open session
Hazard family presented themselves to board to petition for a spot as a founding family.
Motion: Motion made to add Scott and Stacey Hazard as founding family members of Rockwell Charter High School. Approved unanimously.
Redge gave rundown of future dates to be aware of. November 14th, Redge will attend Charter Star Training. Thursday, November 15th, Redge and Julie will attend meeting at UHSAA to petition the board for approval to play competitive sports. Bobby will get us a signed Sage letter stating when the school will be done.
Building update: Bobby says Hogan still gives a commitment of having the school built in 7-8 months once dirt is broken. The hold up has been the appraisal. It should be done within next week so dirt can break on December 1st. Owner of NCS (financier) has been planning exit strategy so we can own our building by October 15th. They have included Sage on some visits with bond brokers via phone in Colorado. Bond company officials will fly in sometime in the next 2 months to meet with the board. Being bonded immediately saves us hundreds of thousands of dollars on the tax side and interest rates.
Fundraising/grants: Committee is still in research phase. They need 501(3)c paperwork so that business know we are a non profit entity. Their goal is to raise 500,000 liquid (dollars).
501(3)(c) paperwork went to Joel this week. He’ll get it back to Redge within 2 weeks with any corrections that need to take place and then we can send it to the IRS. We won’t have our NPO (non profit organizaiton) number for approximately 6 months.
Enrollment: The focus will be changing for the open houses. We will try to get the kids already enrolled to introduce their friends to Rockwell. January 12th we’ll have a big activity/dance for ‘registered students’ All founders need to help with enrollment regardless of the committee(s) they serve on. Bobby has list and prices for enrollment advertisement needs. He’ll get back with Jen Maroney ASAP on what can be monetarily approved.
Library: We’ll find out on November 15th if we have received a grant from Hamburger Helper.
Curriculum: Next meeting November 27th. They are researching different charter schools and ordering samples. Next week Mary and Suzanne will meet with Thanksgiving point to see how we can utilize their educational programs in our school.
State reporting: Schedule not done yet, will be done by the end of the month.
Financial: Jenny still needs statement from Redge. Jenny requests that all immediate financial needs for committees be submitted to her so she can turn the request over to Bobby.
Facilities: First meeting will be after Thanksgiving.
Extra curricular: Will start meeting again next Thursday at 2:45
Scheduling: There is a system called RENWEB which has been recommended. Angie is still gathering information. She will also update the calendar for Rockwell regarding when school starts and the hours of operation.
Recruitment: The job listing for director currently is on 10 sites. Julie will email Mary and Angie all resumes since they joined the board late. Christine Ishmael will email Redge with possible questions we can use for the interview process. Board will spend next meeting specifically talking about resumes received for position of director.
Darren Beck send back the amendment (to add 7-8 graders) to the charter back to the State Charter Board after minor changes were made. We will be on the agenda for the state at their next meeting which will be held next week. We don’t know if they plan on voting at that meeting or not.
Sarah Cooper presented herself to petition for a spot as a founding family member.
Motion: Motion made to include Sarah Cooper and husband as Rockwell Charter High School founding family members.
Please email me if you would like to add anything to the next meeting agenda. Thanks. –Julie McNair
Next meeting scheduled for November 8, 2007 at 7:00 pm at The Ranches Academy.
Please call Julie McNair 331-5229 if you want to add anything to the agenda.