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Regular Meeting
Odyssey Charter School
6201 Noble Ave. N.
Brooklyn Center, MN55429
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
6:30 P.M.

Members in attendance: Lori Bona, Kari Mitchell, John Sedey, Susan Dougherty, Steve Skramstad, Dave Rand, Destiny Sparks

Note: All votes were unanimous unless otherwise stated.

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call – Board chair Sedey called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.

  2. Motion by Dave Rand, second by Susan Dougherty, to accept the agenda.

  3. Motion by Dave Rand, second by Steve Skramstad to accept the minutes form the September 15th meeting with the following amendments: add Steve Skramstad and Dave Rand to members in attendance.

  4. Director’s Report Judy Hinck presented the attached director’s report The discussion included enrollment, staffing changes, partnership progress, and student support.

  5. Committee Reports:

Human Resources: Kari Mitchell presented the attached minutes. The committee discussed developing a pay scale for non-licensed employees. They also discussed ways to retain employees.

Technology: Dave Rand presented the technology report. He reported the team will be working on finishing the technology plan that was started. They also assessed the current state of technology at Odyssey.

Community Action: This team discussed fundraising, family events and community building.

Facilities: There are currently only two members on this team. They are working on determining a price for this building should Odyssey choose to purchase it. They also discussed the feasibility of purchasing the building as well as other options for housing the school. They will continue to investigate options for the school.

Curriculum Team: This team discussed the status of ninth grade at Odyssey. Team members will investigate the options and expect to make a recommendation at the November board meeting.

Finance: Nancy Schultz from Designs for Learning attended the meeting in an effort to bring team members up to date on the status of finances at the school. Enrollment projections were discussed, and Nancy stated she would adjust the EDRS numbers as appropriate. She will, in the future, provide the team with a profit and loss statement with items broken out, this making the statement easier to read and understand.

    Consent Agenda Motion by Kari Mitchell, seconded by Lori Bona to accept the consent agenda, with the addition of item 7.5, donations of study carrels from amd $451 from Target.

  1. Annual Meeting Outgoing and incoming board members will attend this meeting, which will be held Wednesday, November 17th at 6:30pm.

  2. Election Committee The team reported that ballots had been sent out as planned. The team will meet on November 6th to count ballots.

  3. Adjournment Motion by Dave Rand, second by Susan Dougherty, to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.