OLMC SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 6, 2015
Members Present: Faye Myatt, Amy Weaver, Brad Heard, Leigh Bedokis-Gusta, Marlyn Cairatti,
Gary Spoerre, Brandy Milani, Barry Vesciglio, Mary Edna Russell, Mary Belanger
Gary Spoerre, Brandy Milani, Barry Vesciglio, Mary Edna Russell, Mary Belanger
1) OPENING PRAYER
As Fr. Ken was attending a funeral, Gary Spoerre led the committee in prayer.
2) APPROVAL of MINUTES from 3/18/15
March School Board Meeting minutes were reviewed. Marlyn made a motion to approve them
and Mary seconded the motion.
3) PASTOR’S REPORT
As Father Ken was unable to attend the meeting, we did not have a Pastor’s Report this meeting.
4) PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
a) Principal Faye shared that the Kindergarten Round-up held on 3/24/15 was a success and t
here are approximately 34 students starting Kindergarten this fall. There are potentially 2 or
3 children more that will potentially be enrolled and are currently awaiting screening.
b) After reviewing the Intent to Register Letters, it appears that enrollment will be down by 14-
19 students, as of now, for the upcoming school year. This does not include add-ons which
inevitably occur over the course of the summer. The Pre-K class is full at 30 students.
c) Principal Faye was asked to participate as a member of the Accreditation Evaluation Team
for St. Bruno’s School who is having their review this year (April 29th). This should prove
to be very helpful to us in preparing for our own state and diocesan re-accreditation which
will occur next year.
d) A final school-wide fire drill/bus drill is set. The school is required to have at least 3 fire
drills and at least one evacuation drill a school-year.
e) The 2015-16 school calendar is set. August 12th is slated as the first day of school. Also,
this coming year, Spring Break will begin on Holy Thursday and include the week
following Easter Sunday. The last day of school for 2016 will be May 15th, but this does
not include snow days.
5) SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
Leigh and Brad provided an update of the upcoming school board elections. Several people have
either been approached or expressed an interest in running for the OLMC School Board.
Potential candidates include Tammy Stephan, Todd Ward, and Michelle Rickard. Leigh and Brad
will continue to follow up with leads on people to run in the election. Candidates must submit a
will continue to follow up with leads on people to run in the election. Candidates must submit a
bio to Marlyn within the next couple weeks to be included in the bulletin for elections.
6) BUDGET REPORT
Gary provided a review of the school budget and tuition proposals for the 2015-16 school year.
a) Three proposals were outlined:
i) Proposal #1 offered no tuition increase for the 2015-16 school year.
ii) Proposal #2 offered a tuition increase of $100 per child.
iii) Proposal #3 offered a “progressive increase” wherein after the third child, a family would
be given a $25 discount, decreasing by $25 with additional child. (+100, +100, +100,
+75, +50, +25).
b) The committee carefully reviewed all three options and voted to approve Proposal #3
(“progressive increase”).
c) Gary also asked the committee for any questions regarding the 2015-16 Budget and any
suggestions/improvements regarding the “readability” and understanding of the school budget.
7) MISC. OTHER BUSINESS
a) Tardiness Policy - The committee revisited a discussion started at the previous board meeting
regarding the current tardiness policy. Faye reported that the faculty would like to keep the
chronic tardiness policy but she is re-considering the number of “tardies” allowed a student
each semester before receiving a detention. She plans to discuss this further with the faculty.
b) Graduation – Mary asked the committee whether OLMC ever recognized academic excellence
by selecting a valedictorian or a salutatorian from the graduating class. OLMC has
traditionally not done this, however, we have acknowledged High Honors (11.0 or greater) by
gold cords worn at graduation. Cords are also worn by students who have excelled by taking
9th Grade Literature and Algebra 2. Faye also shared that the 8th grade faculty and
administration is working on changing a few things around this year at graduation, like
presenting student achievement awards during graduation Mass.
c) Teacher Contracts – Faye announced that 2015-16 Teacher Contracts will go out to the faculty
by next week.
d) Executive Session – the committee did not find it necessary to call an executive session this
month.
At 7:26pm Barry made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Brad seconded.
Next Meeting will be held on May 12th at 6pm in the HFR.
Our June meeting will include newly elected School Board members, and will be held
on June 3rd at Sergio’s.