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Minutes of the Board meeting 9/16/13
Minutes of the Board meeting 9/16/13
· President Diana Koenig called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members and guests in attendance totaled 12.
·
Minutes from the 8/26/13 meeting were reviewed and
approved as reported.
Treasurer’s
Report
·
Judy submitted a financial report for Sept 2013 as
well as the Budget for the 2013-2014 School year.
Principal’s
Report
·
Mr. Bollmann stated that the Intercity game against
BHS went very well. Our students were
very well behaved.
·
Map testing was last week. There were some technological problems with
the server malfunctioning which delayed some of the testing.
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NCHS is trying to put in place some systematic
interventions. Teachers grading needs to
be standardized. All teachers will now
be using cumulative semester grades.
Individual teachers may still decide what percentage (up to 20%) that
final exams will be worth. Teachers must
report weekly grades to skyward.
·
We were told that we cannot use Disney for the
homecoming theme due to copyright restrictions.
The theme is being called “Classic Characters of Community.” Homecoming Dance will be on Oct. 19. The Tailgate on Oct 18 will involve some food
trucks.
·
Drive 4 Your School will be on Sept 21.
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The alumni sitting wall is being worked on.
·
The Sales tax referendum was discussed.
President’s Report
·
Growth in Unit 5 is approx. 300 students/year.
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In August there was approx. $2.5 million cut from
all budgets.
·
The District’s licensing fee (for movies) expires
on Nov. 30.
·
All Junior Highs now have netbooks.
Committee
Reports
Spirit
Store
·
Judy stated that everything is going well. They had approx. $1,485.00 in sales at the
last game. They are working on polos for
the new staff.
Iron Café
·
Judy stated that it is going well.
Hospitality
·
Mary stated that Open
House went well. We may be getting some
free cookies from Kroger because a lot of them were broken. She stated they ran out of cookies. She thinks this is because there were so many
students at the Open House.
·
There was discussion
about cutting back on Hospitality spending as we are getting more and more
Request for Funds from various school groups.
Mary stated they will look into eliminating a couple luncheons and it
was decided that cookies will not be provided at Freshmen Orientation.
Concessions
·
Julie stated that all games have been filled at
this time.
·
Marisol stated that there was no new news for
inside concessions.
Membership
·
No new news.
CAC
·
No report.
Web Master
·
No report.
Alumni
·
No new news.
Agenda Items:
Old Business
·
No old business was discussed at this time.
New Business
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No new business was discussed at this time.
Request for Funds
·
Ms Fox stated that library budgets have been
eliminated. They will do a book drive in
Oct and are also asking for book donations, however they would appreciate help
from Iron Pride. A Motion was made,
seconded and approved to give them $500.00.
We will also suggest that they look into the Ipop for possible
additional funds.
·
Mr. Short runs the new student breakfasts. The cost is approx.. $80.00 to purchase all
items for the breakfast. Motion was
made, seconded and approved to provide $80.00 maximum for this.
·
Coach Foster would like money to purchase shirts
for the boys golf teams. After
discussion, it was decided that we will not be supporting this at this time.
No further
business was noted at this time. Diana Koenig adjourned the meeting
at 9:30 p.m. The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21,
2013.
Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary
