October 29th: Great River School Board Meeting

GRS Board Members and guests gathered on October 29th, 2014 at 6PM.  All Board documents can be reviewed in detail here at anytime.

All GRS Board Meeting agenda items fall into three areas:

• How are the students doing?
• Is everything occurring appropriately?
• Board assessment and development

How are the students doing?

Great River students are well prepared for college:

The board reviewed student performance factors specifically:  ACT, PLAN, EXPLORE, IB Results and Great River School MMR (Multiple Measures Rating).

View of what happened in October at Great River School 'By The Numbers.'

Is everything occurring appropriately?

• GRS is currently under budget.
• The annual audit is complete and GRS received the best available opinion from our auditing firm Abdo, Eick, and Myers: Unmodified Opinion. 
• The Search Committee recommended the board approve hiring Katie Ibes as Pedagogy Leader for Fiscal Year 2016; the board unanimously voted to approve the Search Committee's recommendation.
• The Annual Report is complete and was discussed.
• The board reviewed surveys completed by staff, parents and students and discussed how these survey results will inform the work of the Strategic Planning Committee as it gets underway.

Board assessment and development

• The board discussed opportunities to make the meetings even more efficient.