THE OPEN SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING AGENDA
October 8, 2019
5:30 p.m.

•	Roll Call: Shaunna, Skiy, Kelly, Shelly, Amanda, Jackie, Christina, Sara

•	Principles of Operation
•	Listen to Everyone’s Ideas
•	Include All Who Attend
•	Wait to Speak; Don’t Interrupt
•	Focus on the Topic at Hand
•	Respect Others
•	Agree to Disagree/Vote

•	Approval of September Minutes

•	Teacher Report (Carrie, Laura and Amber in attendance): Intros and reports: Amber: Fall, leaves, New kiddos this week and last. Laura: Bears and hibernation, next week is spiders/ Halloween, Carrie: Community helpers wrapped up, dinosaur unit beginning

•	Business (Old & New) – combined with Director’s Report

•	Calendar: Maintenance Day Sat 10/12 8-noon, Popcorn passout the 12th (hopeful), Conferences AM times, 23rd and 24th, Bookfair the week of the 21st- 24. Halloween Family night 10/29.
•	Handbook Language- DFS language added to Discipline Policy. Motion to accept changes made by Shaunna, Seconded by Kelly. Motion passed/carried. 
•	Parent request for late fee waiver- Request to waive $17.30 fee, Motion made not to grant waiver by Shaunna, Seconded by Jessica. Motion carried. Detail to be given on grace period, waiver of partial fees already granted by Tammy. 
•	Fire inspection – clear, Inspection completed Fri. Oct. 04, 2019.
•	DFS Visit/Inspection- Sheduled for Fri. Oct. 11, 2019. Amber had second fingerprints taken and FedEx'd to Cheyenne. Hoping to get these renewed. Central Portal in NE processing to info to be passed to WY DFS employee.
•	Vacuum- Robert demoed the new vaccuum. Wider track requested. Otherwise we will purchase the current one. 
•	Family field trip- No new locations identified. Parent/Kiddo dance in Feb instead? Shelf until Nov meeting. 
•	Anne Ludwig's Photography- Emailed list of needs meeting those of Traditions Photography. Appointments needed for future talks with The Open School. No prices provided as of Oct. meeting. Fall pictures are likely not feasible with the 2019 schedule. Will discuss for 2020 if prices are provided by Ludwig's.  
•	CrossFit Healthy Kids Rx Donation: Donation/ flat amount for Fall $500. letter to the editor ecouraging the donation from others in Laramie. Future donations shall be discussed and approved on at the March meeting. Motion for $500 dontation for Fall and another possible dontation for Spring to be discussed in March 2020 made by Jessica, Seconded by Amanda. Motion carried.
•	FUNraising for Oct treat- Chrisitina motions to OK up to $200 for FUN-draising. Jessica seconds. Motion carries.   

•	Treasurer Report: Reported by Kelly
•	Account balances
•	Budget

•	Committee Updates (as needed) : Motion to rid wreath fundraising for Winter 2019 and defer replacement event to the Fundraising Committee. Motion made by Shaunna, Seconded by Skiy. Motion carried. 

•	**Committee assignments
•	Maintenance Committee – UW Big Event – October 12th- Chair: Shelly, Christina, Sara
•	Evaluation Committee- Chair: Shaunna, Sara, Delilah  
•	Family/Staff Relations Committee – Chair: Kelly, Christina, Skiy, Sara, Jessica
•	Fundraising Committee – fundraisers - Chair: Shaunna, Co-Chair: Jackie, Skiy, Kelly, Sara, Delilah, Jessica 
•	Strategic Planning: Chair: Amanda, Brandt Shumaker to help as needed, Delilah, Skiy, Shelly and Carrie  

•	Closure/Identify Follow-up Tasks: Addition of Marketing/PR committee to be discussed.  

NEXT MEETING: 
November 12, 5:30 p.m. at the school