Board Minutes Dec 9 2020
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
Board of Horizons K-8 School
December 9th, 2020
6:00 pm – 7:18 pm
Meeting held virtually via Zoom
Facilitators: Tyler Currie / Lucas Ketzer
Note Taker: Hope Nelson-Roohr (non-member)
Minutes: Geary Layne
Timekeeper: Paul Ramer
Process Observer: Karen Wolfer
Call to Order: 6:00pm
Present:
Beth Coleman, Geary Layne, Julie Cohen, Karen Wolfer, Lucas Ketzer, Mike Ashmore, Paul Ramer, Peter Hegelbach, Rachel Buckley, Teran Sittner, Tyler Currie
Absent: Alex Osias
Quorum established
Guests: Many present
Public Comment: Shelly Miller signed up to speak, but not present at start of meeting
Consent Agenda:
- Approve December 9th Agenda
- Prior Minutes: November 12, 2020
Motion – Lucas Ketzer
Motion to approve consent items, with clarification to minutes that flat PPR funding will begin budgeting in 21-22 and run thru 24-25
Second – Tyler Currie
Concorded
Finance Review Committee:
- Council reserve funds just deposited to CSAFE Accounts ~$657,000
- Documentation is ready for PPP loan forgiveness application. We expect to qualify for full forgiveness. Just waiting for Well Fargo to publish forgiveness application forms
- Current year operating deficit now projected to be $357,000. At last report, it was projected to be $438,000K. Favorable swing is due to increase in revenue from mill levy overrides (property taxes)
- 5 year budget committee (faculty + admin) has convened
- Forming Business Services working group
- Liability, Workers Comp Insurance
- Health Insurance and Benefits
- Payroll and Finance
Head of School Updates:
- Next WEEAC (Western Educational Equity Assistance Center) session with faculty will be on January 11th
- Encourage participation at next ED&B meeting – will have another session with Vernon Jones
- HoS Goals- continuing strategic plan
- Thanks to Rachel & Mike
- Implementation of culturally relevant curriculum
- Performing teacher evaluations regarding climate & culture, will complete by January 31st
- End of year- get feedback from teachers, want to be collaborative
- Still waiting to see how standardized testing will be conducted in the Spring
- If students opt for home learning, how will they test in a way that is controlled?
- Waiting for draft Charter Renewal contract from BVSD
- Shared Horizons In-Person/Home Learning Update
- Original proposal and rationale
- Current data and BVSD plans
- What has transpired over the past weeks
- Next steps
- Questions
- Discussion on In-Person/Home Learning
Strategic Plan:
- Lucas shared major theme folders containing Horizons documentation, and asked for help populating with more – specifically historical perspective
- These folders will help stakeholders understand current reality and the history of Horizons
- Working groups will make recommendations
- Short discussion on addition types and sources of documentation
Five Year Budget update:
- Administration and faculty committee met last week, and will meet again on November 13th
- Budget spreadsheet shared that can be manipulated to see financial impacts
- Faculty committee was tasked with creating different scenarios
- Want to present staff with different scenarios to get feedback
Process Observer:
- No public comments
- Took turns speaking
- Clarifying questions asked
- Many gratitudes
Adjourn at 7:18 PM