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Regular Meeting
Odyssey Charter School
6201 Noble Ave. N.
Brooklyn Center, MN55429
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
6:00 P.M.

Members in attendance: Mike Auld, Lori Bona, Rochelle Barclay, Susan Dougherty, Harry Ford, Dave Rand, John Sedey, Steve Skramstad, and Destiny Sparks. Judy Hinck was present as an ex officio member. Motions passed unanimously unless noted otherwise.

  1. Call to order at 6:00 P.M.
  2. Dave moved to accept agenda, seconded by Susan. Voted on and passed.
  3. Susan moved to accept the December minutes, seconded by Lori. Voted on and passed.
  4. In the Director’s Report Judy said 23 families attended the High school Fair and there were 13 families at BST Prep Night. She is working on creating an improved school climate, especially trying to get rid of bullying behavior. Caravan Kids, our lunch provider, cannot use our steamer as per instructions from our landlord.
  5. Committees:
    1. Human Resources was canceled.
    2. Dave reported for Technology. He said a survey was sent to staff asking for suggestions. Dave is continuing to work on our Technology Plan. He is seeking quotes to improve our computer system. With our fundraising money we plan to purchase three new televisions, a new digital camera, and two new DVD/VCR combos.
    3. Mike reported for CAC. The meeting was devoted to planning the Winter Carnival, which is next week.
    4. Harry reported for the Facilities Committee. He said a survey will be handed out at the Winter Carnival to see what parents want in a building. An architectural firm came to the committee meeting and discussed the pros and cons of staying in this building.
    5. John reported for the Curriculum Committee. They discussed the High School Fair for the eighth and ninth graders. They also discussed grade configurations for the future.
    6. Lori reported for the Finance Committee. She said Nancy at Designs for Learning is looking into trying to get back $20,000.00 from Thorpe that appears to be a deposit we gave when we took out a lease in our former building. We also await monies from other districts for Special Education to be applied toward our line of credit. We went through our Audit from Larson Allen. Designs for Learning will prepare a cash flow analysis for the next Board Meeting. There was concern that some of our bills are still being paid late since Designs had assured that wouldn’t happen again.
  6. In our Financial Report Lori discussed our Profit and Loss. We still have a concern with our food service loss, but it is improving.
  1. Judy discussed the results of our Bullying Survey.
  2. Destiny moved and Susan seconded to accept our Consent Agenda. Voted on and passed.
  3. The Board set a tentative date for Board Governance training on February 26th.
  4. The Board voted to designate St. Anthony Park Bank as Official Depository. Moved by Lori, seconded by Dave. Voted on and passed.
  5. Destiny moved for adjournment at 7:43 P.M., seconded by Dave. Voted on and passed.