Regular Meeting
Odyssey Charter School
6201 Noble Ave. N.
Brooklyn Center, MN55429
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
6:00 P.M.

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

1. Call to order and roll call at 6:05 P.M..
   

2. Lori moved and Susan seconded to accept agenda. Voted on and passed.
   

3. Harry moved and Mike seconded to accept the minutes from the March 16 regular board meeting. Motion passed.
   

4. Judy Hinck gave the Director’s Report.
   

   1. Current enrollment is 205. Spring conferences had 80.7% attendance. Spring book fair raised money for classroom teachers. Science fair/chili cook-off was well attended. Judy discusses re-enrollment and recruitment and upcoming activities. Challenges to be addresses include 05–06 staffing, budget planning and marketing, and health insurance prices and bids. Judy also discussed hiring an in-house business manager to take on financial duties currently contracted out to Designs for Learning.
      

   2. BST scores for 8th grade: 61.9% passed, 65% passed -- above Brooklyn Center. Math: went from 38.1% to 35%. 9th graders who retook the test increases in reading. All BST students except one went up significantly. Judy discussed strategies to increase math performance.
      

5. Committee Reports:
   

   1. Susan reported for the HR Committee. They have received one bid for health insurance and are seeking others. The committee is investigating staff perks that are no cost. Staff are concerned about benefits and security. She discussed the governor's "Q-comp" merit pay proposal.
      

   2. Dave reported for the Technology Committee. He is seeking quotes for new technology and continuing to develop the technology plan. He and Adam Hesch will present to the faculty in order to nail down curriculum-related technology goals.
      

   3. Mike reported for CAC. He discussed the overall direction of the Community Action Committee. The committee feels it needs more contact with teachers and is asking Judy for advice. They hope to improve communication between the committee and the Odyssey community.
      

   4. Harry reported on the actions of the Facilities Committee. They circulated a facilities-related flyer. Results are pending.
      

   5. Curriculum Committee actions were reported by Judy. They reviewed textbooks and other resources and are investigating middle school elective possibilities. Middle school staff will plan for next year in May.
      

   6. Lori reported for the Finance Committee. They are working on the budget. At this point we will continue based on a 2% increase from the state and a 2% increase in salaries. They are also working on the food and special education budgets. The $20,000 damage deposit returned from Thorpe will not go toward the fund balance; it was listed as a pre-paid item and has been used to pay down the line of credit.
      

6. Lori gave our Financial Report. The materials provided by Nancy were inconsistent and confusing, so Judy will call Designs for Learning to clarify which of the reports is accurate.
   

7. Dave moved and Susan seconded to pass the Consent Agenda. Included was the payment of bills and payroll. Voted on and passed.
   

8. Judy brought to the Board a revised 2005-2006 School Calendar. This calendar reduces the number of school days from 175 to 173, giving two extra duty-free days to staff to offset the lower than expected salary increase. This calendar is still one day longer than the Osseo calendar. Mike moved to adopt that calendar, Rochelle seconded. Voted on and passed. We will adopt the new calendar in May.
   

9. Lori moved and Mike seconded to appoint the Director of the school — the person holding that position at any given time — as the Local Education Agent (LEA). Motion passed.
   

10. Rochelle moved to adjourn, Susan seconded. Adjourn at 8:20 P.M.