TrekNorth High School
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
August 8, 2006

Present: Munson, Peterson, Neal, Conlon, Walker (late)
Absent: Adams, Carlson-Doom, Hanko
Staff: K. Munson, K. Ganske

Call to Order
Chair Conlon called meeting to order at 6:25 p.m. and read the mission statement.

I. Consent Agenda

• Kari reported on financial statements.

M/S/C Motion to approve consent agenda. Neal/Walker/all in favor

II. Old Business

• 160 plus waiting list
• Jr. High build-out being scheduled

M/S/C Motion to have D. McKeon spend less than 35,000 on the facility for improvements. Munson/Peterson/all in favor

M/S/C Motion to present a list of director report heading items to appropriate board committees, and have Dan continue to use format as he is doing for his director report. Peterson/Munson/all in favor.

Sample headings: Legal/contract issues, Community/Parent comments, Incident reports, Staffing issues, Public relations activities, Academic program, Jr. High/High school issues.

III. New Business

1. Election of Board Officers
   M/S/C Motion to continue with current officers until September meeting. Munson/Peterson/all in favor.
   
   
2. MSBA renewal contract
   M/S/C Motion to approve MSBA renewal contract. Munson/Neal/all in favor.
   
   
3. Resolution to account for Food Service Deficit. ($3543.89)
   M/S/C Motion to approve resolution to account for food service deficit. Munson/Peterson/all in favor.
   
   
4. Approval of teacher contracts.
   M/S/C Motion to approve teacher's contracts (Adams, Birmanns, Carlson-Doom, Debenedet, Drietz, Eason, Enright, Gustafson, Harmsen, Jones, Macheel) as explained by Kari. Peterson/Neal/Munson abstained.
   M/S/C Motion to approve teacher contracts (M. Munson, Neal, Ray, Mattson, Wiggins) as explained by Kari. Walker/Peterson/Neal abstained.
   
   
5. Approval of Executive Director's contract
   M/S/C Motion to approve Executive Director contract. Peterson/Neal/all in favor.
   
   
6. I.D. of new standing committee members
   M/S/C Motion to approve having the following committees as standing sub committees of the board. Munson/Walker/all in favor.
   
   Governance:
   * Nominations & elections
   * Monitoring of education & compliance report
   * Board Binders
   
   School Development
   * P.R. (Marketing)
   * Academic Goals
   * Fund Raising
   * Grant Writing
   * Professional Development (Board Members)
   * Opportunities for Improvement
   
   Program
   * Academics
   * OAP
   * Facilities
   * School & Board Policies
   
   Finance
   * Money Issues
   
   
7. August Monitoring- Tabled until next meeting

M/S/C Motion to approve J. Laitala's contract. Munson/Neal/all in favor.

M/S/C Motion to approve wellness policy. Munson/Walker/all in favor.

Move to Executive Session

IV. Adjournment

M/S/C Motion to adjourn at 8:12 p.m. Munson/Walker/all in favor.

Respectfully submitted,
Kirby Ganske

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