Procedural Items:
1. Welcome/Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Chair Naomi Swinton at 6:12 PM
2. Establish quorum: Quorum established
3. In attendance: Director Cindy McLeod, Governing Council Members Naomi Swinton (Chair), Caroline Garduño-Lopez, Suzanne DeVos-Cole, Sally Flores, Kim Kirkpatrick, Pat Leahan (Secretary)
Excused: GC Members Diana Moore, Diana Whitten, Chris Cudia; and Student Reps.
4. Approval of Agenda: Motion by Suzanne, Second by Caroline, all approved, motion passed
5. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Suzanne, Second by Kim , all approved, motion passed
6. Confirm date of next regular meeting: June 23, 2010, 6-8PM (Cindy will be unavailable June 23rd) (We will decide about July and Aug. mtgs. during June mtg.)
Public Comment, Business Manager’s Report, Director’s Report, Amigos Report, Student Rep. Report:
7. Director’s Report: (See attached) Cindy McLeod
8. Business Manager’s Report: Cindy presented us with the budget summary for FY 2009-2010 (see attached)
9. Amigos de Rio Gallinas Report:
Amigos is meeting Friday, June 4th at 3:30PM at Travelers Café; Still recruiting members; Next year’s fundraiser concert will be Cajun Zydeco Band on Thu. Feb. 3rd, 2011
10. Student Representative Report: No student report as the student reps are on a school field trip
Executive Session: none needed
Action Items:
11. Approval of BARS – There are no BARS
12. Approval for Submission of Bilingual application: For state funding – On file in RGS office
Motion by Naomi, Second by Kim, all approved, motion passed
13. Approval for submission of Title III application: Federal funding $1,048
Motion by Naomi, Second by Suzanne, all approved, motion passed
14. Approval for Submission of Arts application: Funding for K-6
Motion by Pat, Second by Caroline, all approved, motion passed
15. Approval of Quality of Education Questions:
Motion by Kim, Second by Pat, all approved, motion passed
16. Approval of budget cash transfers:
71000 to 76176 $1,125.00
79102 to 76176 $ 1,875.00
75351 to 71000 $2,196.49
77121 to 71000 $69.00
71000 to 77168 $6.29
Motion by Kim, Second by Pat, all approved, motion passed
17. Approval to advertise Governing Council openings as noted below:
Naomi, Kim, Diane all have GC terms expiring June 2010, and will need to re-apply if interested in being considered for GC membership. These openings need to be advertised. Cindy will submit the following to the Optic (and Kim will post it on the RGS website), and it will be sent out to all RGS parents/guardians:
Notice of election – Río Gallinas School Governing Council Community Member
The Governing Council is holding an election of three Community Members. These Community Membership positions will expire in June, 2012. The election will be held at the June 23, 2010 regular meeting of the Governing Council,
Anyone interested in being considered should submit a resume and application, including a statement of qualifications, interest, and explanation of why she/he is seeking membership on the Council, no later than Wednesday, June 16, 2010. To be considered, a person must be at least eighteen years of age, reside in the general community receiving services from the School, and may not be a paid employee of the School.
Applications may be mailed to the Council’s Secretary (Pat Leahan) or the school’s Director (Cindy McLeod), in care of the School located at 301 Socorro Street, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, and may also be hand-delivered to the School’s office during normal business hours at the same address.
Motion by Sally, Second by Suzanne, all approved, motion passed
18. Approval of RGS Salary Schedule: (See attached)
Motion by Sally, Second by Caroline, all approved, motion passed
Old Business:
19. Outstanding Items from Previous Meetings, including committee charges
HB 227, passed Jan. 2010, requires finance subcommittee and audit committee, so action item for next GC meeting is to constitute the committees.
Election to the committees and statements of the purpose of the committees should be an action item for next meeting. The finance subcommittee and the audit committee could possibly be combined into one. Volunteers came forth as noted here:
Finance Subcommittee – Kim, Caroline
Audit Committee – Kim, Caroline
Charter Review Committee – Sally, Pat
Governance Committee – Suzanne, Naomi
Naomi will summarize and send committee charges to us
New Business:
20. Statement of expectations and responsibilities – Cindy will email wording to GC and we can each respond to Cindy with feedback.
21. Grants update – LANL grant is in process (for environmental education) — initial requirement has been fulfilled, with next steps underway; Frost Foundation grant due next week (environmental education); and Con Alma grant due next week (health-related needs); Grant-writer is needed (any takers?)
22. Strategic Planning Document – Survey will go out to parents and guardians soon. Cindy emailed a draft of the document to us. An SPS (Strategic Planning Survey) will be going out to teachers, parents/guardians and students over the next 3 weeks.
23. Plan for Review of Charter – Sally and Pat and whomever else volunteers should set up a meeting soon to begin planning for the charter review.
24. Evaluation Process – Cindy and Naomi will meet to review materials received.
Adjournment:
Motion by Sally, Second by Pat, all approved, motion passed
Meeting adjourned at 8:09 PM
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