CLC Board Meeting 2/16/05

           

Call to Order 6:35 PM

 

Present:  Heidi Fletcher, Deb Madrak, Darlene Fink, Beth Shirey

 

Absent:  John Tucker, Linda Bergeman, Morgan Ilgen

 

Attendees:  Pat Hunt

 

The January minutes were presented for review.  Darlene Fink moved to accept the minutes as amended and Beth Shirey seconded the motion.  Minutes were accepted unanimously.

 

Business Manager Report

            No report presented as Kosta was out of town.

 

ECO Report

 

Pat informed the Board that CLC was continuing recruitment efforts.  Staff is working hard on recruitment.  Ads continue to run on WPSU and will run throughout the summer months.  There have been good results with parents choosing to have their children start at CLC right away.  Current enrollment is 90 children.

 

Pat notified the Board that a group, Centre First, was coming to CLC on April 6 to meet with our staff and management to discuss ideology, project learning, etc.  CLC will host a light lunch.

 

Pat also reminded the Board that the National Assessment of Educational Progress testing would be held on 3/1/05 for the 8th grade only.  PSSA tests to assess the writing skills of the fifth and eighth graders will also be taking place.  The math and reading PSSA tests will be in the beginning of April.  The Terranova CAT6 (California Achiemement Test) test in reading and math will be given to everyone attending CLC in May.

 

Pat stated that the staff and children were appreciative of the nutritious snacks provided by parents during testing.  A request was made by staff for snacks to be in the form of individual packaging, if possible, as it is easier to distribute.

 

One new student has left the school as it was not a good match for their families needs.

 

Heidi informed the Board that she informed the parent group of the Boards request to have the parent group be responsible during parent meetings by having childcare available or having the children bring something to do where they can stay in the same room as their parents.  She said that she let them know about the broken vase and the liability for the school if children are unsupervised during the meeting. 

 

Old Business

 

The upcoming Day of Caring was discussed.  It is scheduled for February 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Pat indicated that the school would take care of flyers to go home in the Friday folder to remind parents of this event.

 

Volunteerism was also discussed.  Heidi Fletcher indicated that she had spoken with a representative at the Delta program and perhaps we will have some additional volunteers from there.  If the staff has any needs that they could use some volunteer help throughout the week they should forward them to her and she can coordinate the Delta assistance until we have either a parent group or Board committee responsible for this job.

 

Jim Johnson, a CLC parent, had addressed the Board regarding his interest in helping with PR, curriculum development and staff development at last months meeting.  He stated he would be happy to lead any focus groups any evening, but Wednesdays, or weekends.  The first meeting was to be scheduled for Thursday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m. but due to a mix-up, this did not happen.  We will need to set up a new schedule and agenda with him.

 

New Business

 

Deb Madrak told the Board that the staff asked her to convey their appreciation for the gifts provided by the parent group through Deb Beck’s fundraising efforts and shopping.  Heidi said she would contact Deb and let her know.

 

There was no additional business presented to the Board.  Darlene Fink motioned to adjourn, and Deb Madrak seconded the motion.  The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.