School updates, important dates, and other notices.
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda: April 14, 2016
Call to Order, Roll Call and Recognition of Visitors and Board Co-Chairs
Approval of the Agenda for this meeting
Read the Nasha Shkola Mission and Vision
Open Forum for members of the public wishing to address the board
Reports
Co-Chairs Executive Report – Yelena Hardcopf and Oksana Cox
Executive Director report
Enrollment – 128
Present Challenges – Update
Student Achievement (Yelena Hardcopf)
Staff update – Staff retention surveys
LIT (Yelena Hardcopf)
Financial Report
Monthly Finance Report, Lisa Hasledalen, Designs
FY 16 Cash Flow update
Consent Agenda
Minutes of March 10, 2016 Board meeting
Financials March 2016
Old Business
Nasha Shkola 2016-2017 enrollment projections and programming needs
Strategic Plan of action for 5 years
Review of Action Items
Finance training for board members around the time for planning the budget in March.
Plan annual meeting and recruit more candidates to run for the school board.
The school needs to send a letter to 8th grade parents about the school’s decision not open a 9th grade next year.
The board needs to recruit parents, community members and teachers to run for open board positions.
Start the search for the reading core replacement.
Board members need to send Yelena and Oksana their plans for the board with regards to commitment to further service.
The board should review and comment on the strategic plan page 1 by the end of the weekend.
Look into developing a safety plan for school lockdowns especially how staff should communicate in case of an emergency as our school does not have connected classrooms.
Look into heating issues.
Investigate schoology.
Contact JMC to discuss what we can do about creating more detailed grade reports from JMC.
Contact JMC about parent portal and how to get parents hooked up to this.
Contact Rossotrudnichestvo with information about candidates for staff.
Move the Mike Lynch presentation to the fall.
Parents night is scheduled for April 7th at 6:30pm.
Parents survey should be online and mail in.
The teachers survey should be online and anonymous.
New Business
IQS monitoring review and paperwork
New Building to tour – Kevin Peck
Completion of Strategic Plan
Vendor bids
Other
Adjourn
Next Board Meeting: May 12, 2016 – 6:30 Nasha Shkola School
The Nasha Shkola Board meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30.
The Finance Committee meets at 5:30 prior to the board meeting.
Nasha Shkola — Russian for Our School — is an academically rigorous K-8 charter school, providing a highly-structured learning environment for students interested in Russian language and culture.
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Nasha Shkola
6717 85th Ave North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55445