BVA  Regular  Meeting  9/21/11   Meeting  Commenced  at  7:15.    Called  to  order  by  Bill  Shaw,  President.   Establish  Quorum     Bill  Shaw     Bob  Evans     Ben  Nurse     Matt  Binder       Marilyn  McMasters     Nancy  Henderson     Barbara  Bass  Evans     Bob  Evans     Clyde  Roberson     Brian  Greenshields   Introductory  Remarks  by  Bill,  Mitch,  Bob,  Ben,  Matt,  Barbara,  Marylyn  based  on  take-­‐aways   from  Jerry  Simmons  MYM  Governance  Training.    All  positive.   Consent  Items  –  Agenda  adopted.  Bill  motions  to  adopt  the  agenda.    Clyde  seconds.     Motion  passes  unanimously.     Principal  Update:  Mitch  Barlas   Presentation  of  budget  submitted  to  MCOE  June  30th..    Mitch  reviewed  findings  (see  agenda   handouts).    Budget  is  fine.  The  main  challenge  is  cash  flow.    Bob  followed  with  further   information  regarding  day-­‐to-­‐day  transactions  that  are  on  the  books.  Looking  at  monthly   expenditures.    Donations  have  been  included  (see  board  packet).     Nancy  moves  to  inquire  with  factoring  about  the  dollar  amount  that  BVA  can  barrow  up  to   and  other  details  regarding  further  borrowing.    Marylyn  seconds.    Motion  passes   unanimously.     Mitch  reported  out  on  agenda  items  #2  and  #3  (See  “snap  shot”  of  agenda  packet).     Discussion  about  the  possible  hiring  of  a  STAR  testing  coordinator  for  BVA.    Barbara   motions  to  hire  STAR  testing  coordinator  @$38.00/hr  for  70  hours.    Clyde  seconds.  Motion   passes  unanimously.     Mitch  announces  that  he  will  re-­‐structure  the  ELD  and  Intervention  positions  and  review   the  original  candidates  and  to  report  out  results  at  next  Board  meeting.     Brian  recommends  that  we  review  the  flexibility  that  would  facilitate  Professional   Development  of  team  collaboration  (of  teachers)  and  provide  an  update  at  next  Board   meeting.    

BTSA:  Mitch  shared  the  details  of  the  County’s  program  and  indicated  that  there  is  no   upfront  (or  any)  costs  to  BVA  by  enrolling  teachers  in  this  program.     Brian  moves  to  give  Bill  authorization  to  sign  BTSA  MOU  in  order  to  implement  the   program  at  BVA.  Bob  seconds.  Motion  passes  unanimously.   Bill  recommends  adjourn  to  closed  session.     Adjourn  back  to  open  session:     Report  of  actions  taken  in  closed  session:   Clyde  motions  to  look  at  the  ELD  candidates  that  were  originally  in  the  applicant  pool  for   the  position.    Barbara  seconds.  Motion  passes  unanimously   BVA  Mascot:     Discussions  of  process  of  selecting  a  school  mascot.   Bob  motions  that  the  school-­‐wide  (official)  BVA  mascot  remain  the  sea  star  and  an   individual  class  (grade  level)  mascot  be  permitted.  Bill  seconds.  Motion  passes   unanimously.     Website:     Wordpress  will  be  used  for  the  new  website.   Discussion  around  private  business  contributions  and  donations  and  whether  to  include  a   means  of  gaining  sponsorships  from  them  and  advertise  accordingly.     Bob  moves  to  acknowledge  Chris  Pritchard  as  the  new  website  designer  and  include  his   name  at  the  bottom  of  the  school  web  pages.    Marylyn  seconds.  Motion  passes   unanimously.     Capitol  Campaign  and  plan:  Ben   Ben  suggests  that  each  board  member  take  a  list  of  organizations  and  make  contact  with   them  in  order  to  solicit  donations.    Ben  distributed  lists  to  selected  board  members.   No  official  action  taken.       Meeting  adjourns  at  10:35pm.    Remaining  agenda  items  at  next  board  meeting  .