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

Members in attendance: Rochelle Barclay, Dave Rand, John Sedey, Lori Bona, Steve Skramstad, and Judy Hinck. Motions passed unanimously unless otherwise noted.

  1. Call to order and roll call at 6:25 P.M.

  2. Dave moved and Rochelle seconded to accept agenda. Voted on and passed.

  3. Lori moved and Dave seconded to accept June minutes as amended. Voted on and passed.

  4. Judy Hinck presented the Director’s Report. Student population for next school year is presently at 192. Odyssey has achieved progress and is not classified AYP.

  5. Committee Reports: None of the committees met since the last Board meeting. The Executive Committee met prior to the July, 2005, Board meeting and did a one year evaluation of Judy Hinck as a Director, with satisfactory results. Written evaluations from the Executive Committee members are pending and will be placed in her personal file.

  6. Lori and Judy gave the Financial report. There is a new person at Designs for Learning named Susan. Her reporting is so much different than what the board has previously seen it was impossible to understand the reports. John and Judy will contact Designs for Learning to solve this problem.

  7. Lori moved and Dave seconded to approve the consent agenda, which included: payment of bills, including payroll; the hiring of Stephen Andrews as a Special Education Teacher and Judy Hinck as Director. Voted on and passed.

  8. Judy presented to the Board an opportunity to be involved with LEAD for Charters grant, which could strengthen our management and business skills. Our application will be submitted right away.

  9. Judy gave us an update on purchasing the building from the Osseo School District. We did not receive a First Right of Refusal, but Osseo offered a Purchase Option Agreement through 12/01/06. The appraisal is not finished, and no purchase price has been mentioned.

  10. We continue to look for a business manager.

  11. We continue to look for Board Training, probably Board Governance Training through MACS.

  12. Lori moved to adjourn and Dave seconded. Voted on and passed at 8:20 P.M. Harry seconded. Adjourned at 8:05 P.M.