Odyssey Academy
Board of Directors
Regular Meeting
6201 Noble Avenue North
Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2009
6:00 P.M.

Odyssey Board Mission:
The purpose of the Board, on behalf of Odyssey Academy membership, is to create sustainable conditions in which Odyssey Academy achieves desired results for students, parents and staff in a financially responsible manner.
Membership in Attendance: Rochelle Gredvig, John Sedey, Roshelle Amundson, Heather Wincek, Tim Hedberg, Mike Auld, Jodi Hardenbrook, Jessica Driscoll.
Meeting Notetaker: Sheila Prokott
Absent Members: Dorothy Washington

Community Members in Attendance: Paul Zondo, school staff; Ann Harhaj and Usamah Hayes, parents.
1. Call to order and roll call at 6:10 p.m. by Mike Auld.
2. Additions to agenda made at Board Meeting. One addition was made by Mike Auld
to part 10, “New Business” portion of the meeting.
10.2 School Calendar was added to meeting agenda.
3. Approval of Agenda: Jessica Driscoll approved the proposed meeting agenda and Jodi
Hardenbrook seconded the approval. All Board Members agreed with the motion to
accept Board Meeting Agenda with additions.
4. Approval of minutes from January 12, 2009 Board Meeting.
A motion to accept submitted Board Meeting Minutes with no changes was made by
Rochelle Gredvig. The motion was seconded by Heather Wincek. All Board Members
agreed with the motion.
5. Community comments: Three community members attended the School Board Meeting.
These community members presented the following questions and comments to the
Board.

Paul Zondo, school staff member expressed concerns about communications going home
to parents. He indicated that information about days we don’t have school hasn’t been
reaching some parents in enough time. He indicated that communication needs to be
clear and timely to help retain students and families at Odyssey. Roshelle Amundson
asked Mr. Zondo if the concern for him is insufficient number of school days or lack of
communication about days off from school. Mr. Zondo responded that timeliness of
communication was the issue.

Mr. Zondo indicated concerns about programs and services promised and being offered to
families as part of last year’s enrollment and recruitment process and not having
sufficient staff and follow-through to make those programs and services happen.
Jodi Hardenbrook asked Mr. Zondo if part of his concern is not enough hours of school
in a school day or school year. His response to this Board Member question were
concerns and problems with the following: homework (communication about it, and
amount given), bus issues, particularly bullying on busses, dealing with behavior
problems and teaching students seems to be two things that are happening separately
during the school day and too much time is being spend on dealing with student behavior
instead of teaching and learning. Mr. Zondo did indicate that he has had one parent of
a student he encouraged to come to Odyssey and that parent felt their child was
improving their skills by being at Odyssey.

Mike Auld, School Board Chairperson, asked Mr. Zondo to present and address his
concerns about homework, tardies, behavior and other issues with the current School
Leadership Team.

Ann Harjal, parent of students attending Odyssey: This parent asked whether we have
been having an increase in bus issues this school year. Jodi Hardenbrook responded that
the number of bus write-ups have gone down from last year according to information
she has gotten from Dean of Students, Jeoffrey Reed, who handles bus behavior issues.
Ms. Hardenbrook stated that Mr. Reed has seen an improvement in bus behavior for the
current school year.

This parent stated that they came on campus in the last few school days and saw students
roughhousing and noticed that one student almost got hit.

Concerns by community members were stated about how there is no punishment or
consequences for students coming to class late. Jodi Hardenbrook responded by stating
that Middle School students (gr. 6-8) are given detentions by teachers for arriving late to
class and that the wall clocks in the building aren’t fully accurate, but teachers are making
efforts to be aware of class start times using the clocks on their desktop computers and
own watches. Ms. Hardenbrook stated she’d bring the issues of students arriving late to
class and consequences for arriving late to the Middle School teaching team
6. Closed Meeting as needed. No Closed Meeting items were presented or discussed.
7. Reports:
7.1 Annual Report Review:
All Board Members received a printed copy of Odyssey’s current Annual Report to
review. This report was prepared by Kari Mitchell, Odyssey’s Director of Operations.
Sections of importance were reviewed and briefly discussed including the “Academic
Goals” portion of the report.

John Sedey, Interim Transition Director, suggested that at the next Board Meeting
members from the current Leadership Team from each grade level team (K-2, 3-5, and
6-8) come to share with the School Board how the academic goals in the Annual Report
are being addressed.

7.2 Odyssey School Building Organization (OSBO):
Jessica Driscoll reported for OSBO. She stated there was no new information or update
to provide to the Board. Ms. Driscoll stated OSBO is currently at a stalemate. Tim
Hedberg asked about status of OSBO getting help from the Colorado Corporation OSBO
has been working with during the past year or so. Ms. Driscoll stated that information
that organization needs is still being gathered in order to move forward with them.
John Sedey stated that he is still working on developing a new 5 year projected school
budget to assist OSBO and long-range school planning.

Brief discussion was held about school facilities planning. Jessica Driscoll stated that at
another charter school (Chinese Immersion School) fundraising is happening for
facilities, but they like other charter schools are having bond acquisition and availability
issues similar to ones Odyssey is currently experiencing. It was stated that the bond
market is bad at this time.

A need to get another purchase agreement going was discussed so purchase of the
current building doesn’t slip under Odyssey. The need to look at other options including
a new lease agreement was discussed.
7.2 Community Action Committee (CAC):
Mike Auld reported for this group and read from the last CAC Meeting Notes.

Winter Carnival: This event was held on February 6, 2009 and was successful.
The projected profit from this fundraising event is $2700 and will be used by classroom
teachers for purchase of materials and supplies. Mike Auld stated profit from Winter
Carnival 2009 was a little more than Winter Carnival 2008, but was unable to state the
exact amount of profit increase at this time.

Variety Show and Festival of Nations Fashion Show: This event is scheduled for Friday
March 20, 2009 starting at 7 p.m. Roshelle Amundson and Amy Burge are co-chairing
and co-directing this event.

Parents Night Out: This event is scheduled for Thursday February 12, 2009.

Black History Day: Event is being planned for late February 2009.
Special activities have been planned for the day including a potential guest speaker
to visit. Classroom teachers will be decorating classroom doors with information, art,
and pictures about well-known African Americans.

Project Demonstration Night for Trimester 2: This event is scheduled for Tuesday March
2, 2009. Projects displayed will focus on Science. Jodi Hardenbrook stated that
Middle School students experienced significant computer issues as part of working
to finish Science Projects during the week of February 17 to February 20, 2009. Ms.
Hardenbrook stated that Dave Rand, Odyssey’s on-call, part-time Technology Coordinator
was able to solve the computer issues so students could complete their Science Fair
Projects.

7.3 Finance:
Profit and Loss Reports were given to all Board members to read and refer to during
presentation and discussion. Tim Hedberg reported for this committee.

Mr. Hedberg stated that balances are good for now. Odyssey’s checking balance starts as
negative at the start of next month (March) due to building lease payments being paid and
sent out. A deposit will be made to the bank to cover the lease payment expense.

John Sedey stated the following information about Odyssey’s lease payment bills:
Odyssey has paid the lease fees through July/August 2008. Odyssey received a lease bill in
January 2009 and we have money set aside for lease payment bills.

Balance Sheet presentation and discussion was conducted. Tim Hedberg stated that the
Finance Committee is projecting a loss of $94,000 for the current school year due to
expenses already locked in from September to October 2008 before leadership changes
were put in place. Mr. Hedberg stated Odyssey currently has a $50,000 line of credit and
next month he will be recommending to the School Board on behalf of the Finance
Committee to expand Odyssey’s line of credit in April 2009. Mr. Hedberg suggested that
Odyssey make the credit line expansion as large as we can and stated to the Board
consideration of a credit line increase up to $180,000 to ride up the financial shortfall
anticipated by the end of the current 2008-2009 school year.

Tim Hedberg stated the Finance Committee will continue to convene and meet before and
on the same day School Board Meetings are scheduled.

Financial Journal Entries were discussed. Mr. Hedberg recommended these be approved by
the School Board. Mr. Hedberg recommended he review the financial journal entries and
share recommendations to the School Board for approval. Financial Journal Entries are
expenditures made monthly and are at the detail level of expenses. According to Mr.
Hedberg, financial journal entries are provided to the Finance Committee by the School’s
Business Manage, Lorrie Semmelink , for review and approval.
A motion was made by Tim Hedberg to have the School Board Treasurer (currently Mr.
Hedberg) to review financial journal entry report copies, make recommendations to the
School Board, sign-off on the financial journal entry report at the end of School Board
Meetings and return the financial journal entry report to the School Business Manager
(currently Lorrie Semmelink). Mike Auld seconded this motion. There was no opposition
to this motion. The motion carried and was approved by Odyssey’s School Board.

A follow-up motion was made by Tim Hedberg. Mr. Hedberg moved to have this month’s
financial journal entries approved. Jodi Hardenbrook seconded this motion. The motion
carried and was approved by Odyssey’s School Board.
8. Interim Director Report: John Sedey made a verbal report to the School Board.
8.1 School Assessment: Student enrollment and attendance update was presented.
There are 24 Kindergarten students enrolled for the next school year (2009-2010). An
Open House for potential Kindergarten students and their parents is scheduled in March
2009.

A Re-enrollment letter to current student’s families has gone out. Not much response
has been received back from parents at this time.

Odyssey’s Annual School Improvement Plan has been completed and sent to the MN
Department of Education. Odyssey’s Annual School Improvement Plan includes the
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) experience with teachers that were started at
Odyssey Fall of 2008. Odyssey’s Annual School Improvement Plan has been approved
by the Minnesota Department of Education.

John Sedey asked current Board Members who are in PLC’s to report on what their
teacher PLC is working on during the 2008-2009 school year. Jessica Driscoll reported
that the K-2 PLC is focusing on improving students’ phonics and decoding skills with a
goal of having 98% of students know basic phonics skills by the end of their
Kindergarten or current school year. Jodi Hardenbrook reported for the Middle School
(gr. 6-8) PLC. She stated that Middle School Teachers are working on improving
students vocabulary understanding and reading comprehension skills with a goal of
bringing up student Northwest Educational Assessment scores (NWEA) to a level of
at least 6% growth in student scores. Roshelle Amundson reported for the Specialists
PLC (Art, Music, Spanish, Physical Education) She stated that teachers in this group are
targeting phonemic awareness skills with students in grades K-2 with particular focus of
working with the West African student population. Teachers in this PLC are making sure
students are using correct letter/sound pronunciation and sound blending skills when
speaking and reading aloud. Jeni Holm, Odyssey’s Title I Teacher, is working with the
Specialists PLC team. A staff member from the Grade 3-5 PLC is not currently a School
Board member and a representative from this PLC was not present to report on what this
grade level teacher PLC is working on with students at this time.

Marketing: John Sedey reported that the current School Leadership Team met on Monday
February 23, 2009 and discussed ways to improve marketing Odyssey in the community.
John reported the following ideas were discussed: (1) preparing and sending out targeted
mailings to households, (2) poster distribution in the community. Jessica Driscoll shared
with the School Board that in April 2009, a reporter and camera person from KARE-11
will be coming to check out Odyssey’s “Family Groups” program as part of this local
television station’s weekly feature “What’s Cool in Our School”.
8.2 Special Education: John Sedey reported that Kari Mitchell, Director of Operations;
Linda Bladine-Hageseth, Special Education Teacher; and Bonnie Carlson, our Special
Education Director contracted from Innovative Special Education Services of MN (ISES
of MN) were at the Minnesota Department of Education to review and monitor a sampling
of Odyssey’s Special Education records. John stated the Minnesota Department of
Education will not be coming on-site to do more records reviews according to verbal
reporting made to him on February 25, 2009 by Linda Bladine-Hageseth.

John Sedey reported there are still some issues with salaries in the Special Education
budget that might not be reimbursed through federal and state dollars.
Discussion followed after Mike Auld asked: “How do the issues of promised services and
programs such as the Accelerated Transition Program (ATP), After-School Programs, etc.
get addressed?” Jessica Driscoll commented that many promises were made to new
families that have spread staff thin. She stated that next year consideration should be made
regarding what Odyssey can focus on doing more for students and families. Jodi
Hardenbrook commented that she has heard concerns about not having After School
and Sports Programs. Tim Hedberg commented that after-school sports are a biggie in other
schools. Jodi Hardenbrook responded that sports were promised as being provided for free at
Odyssey and that many of the students and families who attend Odyssey couldn’t afford
community sports fees. Transportation for sports and after-school activities was mentioned
as another issue.

Even though the “Community Comment” time had passed, visiting community members
were permitted to join in discussion about after-school and sports programs. Ann Harjal,
school parent, commented that there are grants available to get monies for activities. She
stated concern about after-school programs being cut. Paul Zondo, school staff member,
commented that he has felt like a liar at times to some new families because he made
promises to people as part of the recruitment process based on information he was given
by former administrative leadership that haven’t been followed up on. Mr. Zondo stated
he is most concerned about after-school activities programs. Mr. Zondo said he has not
been given a clear reason why after-school activities stopped. He also stated he continues
to help some students after school on his own.

Board members commented and responded to the community member concerns about
programs offered at Odyssey. Jessica Driscoll stated that Odyssey needs to get back to use of
Project-Based Learning and Responsive Classroom Management that have been part of
Odyssey since its founding. She stated she would bring discussion points about school
programming and services from this Board Meeting to the School Leadership Team. Jodi
Hardenbrook commented that Kari Mitchell, the school’s Director of Operations,
continues to look for food service that is quality for a reasonable cost to improve the
school breakfast and lunch programs.
8.3 Budget Revisions and Adoption:
John Sedey stated that enrollment hasn’t changed significantly during this current school
year. Current number of students enrolled at Odyssey is 276 as of February 25, 2009.
John stated the school budget is adjusted for 278 students and Odyssey has been getting
school aid based on 299 students. It was stated that at the end of the last school year
(2007-2008), the budget balance was about $90,000. Currently we have a $94,000
budget deficit even with the financial cut backs that have been made and put in place
during the current school year (2008-2009).

John Sedey presented and discussed budget information with the School Board based on
December 2008 information. He stated the following points in his budget overview
presentation during viewing of a budget spreadsheet by School Board members.
(1) School aid is based on the number of students we have enrolled.
(2) School aid is given to Odyssey per student and comes from the State of Minnesota.
(3) Lease aid is provided to Odyssey based on a specific formula.
(4) Special Education gets expenses reimbursed back that we spend and the expense
amount returned is the exact amount spent.
(5) Title I monies are based on Odyssey’s free and reduced lunch student enrollment.
Title I monies are a wash like Special Education funds, Odyssey receives exactly
what we spend for Title I.
Mr. Sedey reviewed various specific categories on budget report with the School Board.

Areas to look at for potential cut backs in budget to reduce deficit for the current school
year were identified and discussed. The budget areas specifically discussed were
“Supplies”, and “Winter Carnival” profits—how do we use these monies?

Current problem according to John Sedey is that Odyssey cannot adopt a
balanced budget because of the amount of deficit that currently exists. Elimination
of the Accelerated Transition Program (ATP) which was a stand-alone program in the
budget at the beginning of the current school year has been done. Operations and
Maintenance expenses were discussed. All monies for maintaining the school grounds,
lawn, etc. have been pulled out of the budget. John Sedey reported that utilities costs have
been coming in at expected cost levels. Mr. Sedey also stated Odyssey has received a
bus reimbursement because the costs of gas for the bus company we contract with have
been less and our transportation provider is giving the savings back to Odyssey. Brief
discussion was held about the number of buses we really need and existing special
education bus services. Concerns were discussed about the school’s Food Service Budget.
John Sedey stated that even with cutbacks and financial savings in all of the mentioned
budget items, Odyssey will still have a difficult time ending the current school year without
a budget deficit.

8.4 2009-2010 Budget Discussion:
John Sedey presented a 5 year enrollment projection. The enrollment projections were
also shared with Greg Gredvig, from OSBO, prior to this Board Meeting. John stated he
would email a copy of a proposed budget to Board Members following this meeting. Mr.
Sedey stated that salaries for the next two years would remain at the levels they
were before the 3% salary reduction occurred in January 2009. The “General Salary”
expenditures total in the budget would remain the same the next two years. Roshelle
Amundson asked whether the line of credit helps Odyssey deal with current deficit. John
Sedey and Tim Hedberg responded by stating the line of credit Odyssey has is a bridge to
deal with the budget deficit issue, not a solution.

Issues the School Board determined they need to deal with as part of planning for 2009-2010
were named and briefly discussed. Issues identified were: (1) School Director /Leadership, (2) Instructional Support Staff, (3) Contracted Services.

Discussion by Board Members followed identification of these issues.
-- Jodi Hardenbrook asked about monies for computer technology. John Sedey indicated a need to look at hiring a Media Specialist. Jessica Driscoll gave John Sedey a printed list of suggested resources for consideration.

--Mike Auld stated a need for the School Board to deal with leasing costs if we don’t buy the building before the start of the next school year. He proposed the idea of approaching
Robbinsdale Schools about what they would charge to lease Sandberg School which has been
closed and Osseo for lease options and costs. Jessica Driscoll commented that OSBO couldn’t do that type of research because of the scope of the work that group is permitted to
do by law, but another group could do that type of research for the School Board. Mike Auld
brought up for consideration the question of whether Odyssey needs to look at a 4 day school
week to save money like some other school districts have done. Mr. Auld also stated that school staffing should be reviewed to determine who and what services do we need from
school staff?

--Roshelle Amundson stated concern about salaries paid being commensurate with
effectiveness and ability of teacher to assist and move students forward rather than just having salaries based on experience. She stated that Odyssey should be sure what is paid out in salaries is matching what we are getting.

--Jessica Driscoll posed this question for discussion and consideration: “Do we have
enough enrollment at each grade level to support current staff levels?

Board Members had group discussion about the Dean of Students position. Consensus
agreement was reached about the fact that the Dean of Students position is a key role at
Odyssey and the current Dean of Students, Mr. Jeoffrey Reed, works well with students and staff and is a good match for Odyssey’s student population demographics. The issue of having enough money to hire a full-time School Director was discussed and consensus agreement was indicated that Odyssey will need to operate with a Leadership Team rather than a single Director due to financial resources and history of having difficulty with one person as School Director, having an overwhelming number of duties and responsibilities to carry out at Odyssey. Mike Auld stated that without a School Director, the Dean of Student position is critical at Odyssey. He also stated that Odyssey should consider pushing the Leadership Team Model and that there is training involved with using this type of model that has to be received by those involved in a Leadership Team.
--Jessica Driscoll commented about the Leadership Team Model approach and stated she and Kari Mitchell, Director of Operations, have done some research about use of Leadership Team Models by schools. Ms. Driscoll stated she and Ms. Mitchell would be putting together information packets about Leadership Team Model for the current Transition Leadership Team to discuss. Ms. Driscoll reported she has received some information from Rod Haenke about Leadership Team Models Odyssey can consider. Jessica Driscoll also stated she was willing to set up a possible meeting with an organization called EdVisions which works with schools using Leadership Team Models. Ms. Driscoll recommended that more input from the current Transition Leadership Team needs to be gathered and that Odyssey’s School Board needs to discuss the issue of leadership more.

--Jessica Driscoll stated that Jeoffrey Reed, the current Dean of Students, has collected from
each Professional Learning Community (PLC) data and ideas about what they would like to have happen and in place for the next school year (2009-2010). Ms. Driscoll stated that Mr. Reed will be sharing that input with the current School Leadership Team on Monday March 2, 2009.
--Tim Hedberg stated concern that if Odyssey’s School Board decides to go to a four day
school week for 2009-2010, that an announcement about that type of change needs to
be made to the Odyssey community by April 2009.

Discussion about lease expenses and agreements was conducted. Tim Hedberg stated interest in finding an answer to Mike Auld’s question about how to negotiate better leasing costs. Clarification was made by John Sedey and Jessica Driscoll that OSBO doesn’t negotiate lease agreements for Odyssey, but the School Director does this. Jessica Driscoll suggested Odyssey look at building purchase and lease agreement costs for next school year to negotiate with Osseo and to check out other lease options available. Tim Hedberg agreed with this suggestion and stated that someone should research lease options without getting in the way of OSBO’s work.
Through group discussion it was stated that purchase of the current school building will probably not happen for the next school year (2009-2010.) John Sedey indicated he knew of people who could help investigate lease costs available from Robbinsdale and Osseo School Districts.

--Mike Auld asked Jessica Driscoll how quickly Transition Leadership Team could bring their recommendations about Odyssey’s leadership model to the School Board. Ms. Driscoll stated those recommendations could be brought to Odyssey’s School Board by the next scheduled Board Meeting on March 25, 2009.

Consensus decision was made that Board Members can email ideas and thoughts about Leadership Team Model and School Budget to John Sedey. It was agreed that ideas from the current Transition Leadership Team about leadership and budget needs at Odyssey for the 2009-2010 school year would be brought to the Board at the next Board Meeting in March.
9. Consent Agenda:
9.1 Payment of bills, including payroll. Tim Hedberg motioned for payment of bills
including payroll to occur. Roshelle Gredvig seconded this motion. All Board members
were in favor of the motion, none opposed and motion carried.

9.2 Psychologist contract for services.
John Sedey stated that a part-time School Psychologist has been hired for the
remainder of the school year. Tim Hedberg motioned to approve the contract
for employment with Odyssey. Heather Wincek seconded the motion. All Board
members agreed, none opposed and motion carried.

10. New Business:
10.1 Board Training.
Mike Auld stated that he has talked with Steve Dess about providing Board Training
to Odyssey’s School Board members. Mr. Auld stated that the Board Training he
discussed with Mr. Dess would include the following:
(1) Review of policies and meet with the School Board as a group
(2) Mr. Dess attending two Board Meetings to observe and assist with helping
Board Members learn more about school finance.
(3) Assess the Board and advise on improvements for the Board to consider.
Mr. Dess would charge $100 for a session and anticipated a need to do three
training sessions with Odyssey’s School Board for a total cost of $300.

Jessica Driscoll shared information she had about Steve Dess and his experience.
She stated that Mr. Dess is a former member of the Minnesota Association of Charter
Schools, works at the Audobon Center as a consultant with their Charter School Center,
and his is involved with his wife in the administration and leadership of another
charter school in the Twin Cities named “Leadership for Learning”.

Jessica Driscoll stated she has a Board Membership with the Audobon Center and
mentioned this group has a two year grant related to “Healthy Organization
Partnership”. As part of that grant, the Audobon Center provides information.
Ms. Driscoll distributed copies of two brochures to every Board Member.
The brochures titles are: “Responsibilities of Non-Profit Boards and Board Members”
and “Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Charitable Organizations”. In presenting these
published brochures to each Board Member, Ms. Driscoll commented that proactive
conversation is what Boards do and should look to the future. She stated that a Board of
a non-profit organization is to govern, not to micromanage their organization.
Ms. Driscoll stated that reactive conversation is not best practice for Boards. Ms.
Driscoll highlighted some key points in each of the brochures for Board Members to be
aware of when reading these documents.

Mike Auld commented that the Minnesota Legislature will be focusing on Charter
Schools to be sure Charter School Boards are trained and functioning well and legally.

10.2 School Calendar: Proposals for 2009-2010.
Jessica Driscoll presented two printed calendar options to each School Board member
to review. Ms. Driscoll reported that at the after-school staff meeting on February
25, 2009, discussion about which calendar proposal was preferred was split. Some
school staff like the idea of starting the school year early so the school year can end
sooner. Some staff expressed concerns that starting the school year earlier may make
it hard for some families to start the school year and have their children here the first
days and weeks of the school year.

Discussion was held about the number of school days. School Board members
asked whether the proposed calendar for 2009-2010 has the same number of school
days or one more than Osseo (Odyssey’s resident and sponsoring school district).
School Board members were not certain what Odyssey’s charter agreement states about
number of school days required in a year. Jessica Driscoll agreed to get clarification
from Kari Mitchell, Director of Operations, about what Odyssey’s Charter Agreement
states about number of required school days in an academic year.

Board Members noted that one proposed calendar gives 173 days of school and one
proposed calendar gives 172 days. It was noted that if the calendar with 172 days was
adopted, one extended weekend for February would have to be kept as a three day
weekend for Odyssey to have 173 school days. Spring Break on both proposed
calendars is lined up with when Osseo Schools has their Spring Break scheduled.

Neither School Calendar proposal was approved during this meeting. Discussion about
both proposed calendars was conducted. Key points brought up during calendar
discussion were:
(1) August 17 start date with students is early.
Tim Hedberg commented that he was aware that PACT Charter School will be
starting the 2009-2010 school year the same date as one of the two proposed Odyssey
calendars. He also commented that PACT Charter School has longer school days and
a four day school week. He indicated Odyssey’s Sample Calendar #1 was closest
to the calendar being set up by PACT Charter School in Anoka, MN.

(2) Many students arrive at Odyssey at 7:30 a.m. right now. The question of whether
Odyssey should change its start time for 2009-2010 was proposed.

(3) August is a time of year when the school building can be very hot with no
air conditioning. Concern about this school environment factor when the school
year begins early was presented.

10.2 April Board Meeting Date:
Currently the April 2009 Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday April 22, 2009.
Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for that evening. The Board discussed moving
the April 2009 School Board Meeting to Wednesday April 29 starting at 6 p.m.
Jessica Driscoll motioned for the April 2009 School Board Meeting to be moved to
April 29, 2009. Roshelle Amundson seconded the motion. All Board members agreed
and the motion carried, none opposed.

11. Action to adjourn meeting was made by Mike Auld at 8:43 p.m. Jodi Hardenbrook
motioned the adjournment of the meeting and Heather Wincek seconded the motion.
The motion was voted on and passed.