The Ivy School

The Ivy School 4212 NE Prescott St Board of Directors—Regular Meeting Minutes March 17, 2014

Board Members Present: Anne O’Neal, Johanna Keith, Billy Ladd, Kari Wax, Rebecca Keith Absent: Dave Stevens, Adam Smith Administration Present: Mary Zigman Observers: Alby Salsa

6:00pm: Meeting called to order.

6:15pm: Anne moves to accept February, 2014 board meeting minutes. Billy seconds, all members in favor, motion carries, minutes accepted.

6:16pm: Alby Salsa Interview

6:45pm: Admin Report given by Mary Zigman. The first round of testing is complete and OAKS scores are down. Mary will be spending time over the next few weeks working on test strategies with staff and students, NWEA Accreditation, and support for the Capital Campaign. There is a board component of the accreditation paperwork that will be forwarded to members soon. Capital Campaign monies for February total $6,937. There are two events coming up this spring: A fun, festive Letter Writing event for Ivy Families on 5/7 and a cocktail event on 5/22 for extended (adult) community members. For next school year Mary is looking at replacing the lunch program with a stocked pantry at each campus. With the $70,000 savings, Mary would like to offer staff higher salaries. A PERS Payment was missed and the school will need to make an additional $5,000 payment this month. Johanna, Mary, and Karie will meet in April to discuss budgeting. New staff members include assistants for LE1, a regular janitorial employee, and a lunch/after-care staff person for the Prescott Campus.

7:15pm: Outreach Committee update presented by Billy Ladd. Billy is in the process of setting up meetings with Cassondra Salazar and Pat Johnson to plan for next year’s outreach.

7:18pm: Treasurer’s Report: Brief report given by Mary. Adam was unable to attend this meeting. There were some monies spent that were unbudgeted (the PERS payment and Kaaren Heikes). Also, $5,000 was spent for furniture.

7:32pm: The vote on approving the board review process has been tabled until next meeting. 7:49pm: Vote on Alby Salsa joining board. Rebecca moves to accept Alby, Billy seconds, all in favor, motion carries. Johanna will welcome Alby to the board. Anne will prepare his board binder.

7:53pm: Meeting adjourned.