DENVER CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS Board of Trustees Meeting September 12, 2016 6:30 PM – Teller Campus I. Board Attendees: Linda Baumgartel, John Carpenter, Alan Natelborg, Dan Addink, Cal VanHeukelem, Michael Jewell, Craig Peters, Christian Hutter, Trevor Nydam II. Staff Attendees: Jen Kawasaki, Brant Epperhart III. Welcome IV. Opening Devotions – Cal Van Heukelem a. Excerpts from John 15 b. Book, “Covenant and Kingdom” V. Review and Acceptance of Agenda a. Agenda was accepted VI. Review and Acceptance of Minutes of June 20, 2016 Society Meeting Minutes a. Minutes were accepted VII. Consent Agenda Items - None VIII. Executive Reports a. Jenn Kawasaki reported that staff can feel God’s presence working in and through the school now more than ever. b. Informal staff feedback is that school continues to hit its stride. The is potentially some apprehension on the dramatic increase in enrollment. c. Board appreciates the extraordinary efforts of all the staff. Board suggested holding another staff appreciation holiday party. d. Academics (see attachment) e. Student Life (see attachment) i. Faith Families: groups of students of different ages who form a “faith family” and engage with each other in a meaningful way throughout their time at DC ii. BYOD: Is allowing more dynamic learning and classroom engagement. DC will provide devices to be checked out if one cannot be provided. iii. Volunteer Background Checks: 100% compliance required. Board members committed to submitting forms for board members. Brant and Lori are the only individuals who see the details to maintain confidentiality. f. Community Life (see attachment) i. Parent Association: going very well. 28 people showed up to the first meeting. ii. Alumni Engagement: Looking into companies that gather alumni data. Our existing systems are inadequate and difficult to deal with. School recognizes this as a priority.
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DENVER CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Board of Trustees Meeting
September 12, 2016
6:30 PM – Teller Campus
I. Board Attendees: Linda Baumgartel, John Carpenter, Alan Natelborg, Dan Addink, Cal VanHeukelem, Michael Jewell, Craig Peters, Christian Hutter, Trevor Nydam
II. Staff Attendees: Jen Kawasaki, Brant Epperhart
III. Welcome
IV. Opening Devotions – Cal Van Heukelem
a. Excerpts from John 15 b. Book, “Covenant and Kingdom”
V. Review and Acceptance of Agenda a. Agenda was accepted
VI. Review and Acceptance of Minutes of June 20, 2016 Society Meeting Minutes a. Minutes were accepted
VII. Consent Agenda Items - None
VIII. Executive Reports
a. Jenn Kawasaki reported that staff can feel God’s presence working in and through the school now more than ever.
b. Informal staff feedback is that school continues to hit its stride. The is potentially some apprehension on the dramatic increase in enrollment.
c. Board appreciates the extraordinary efforts of all the staff. Board suggested holding another staff appreciation holiday party.
d. Academics (see attachment) e. Student Life (see attachment)
i. Faith Families: groups of students of different ages who form a “faith family” and engage with each other in a meaningful way throughout their time at DC
ii. BYOD: Is allowing more dynamic learning and classroom engagement. DC will provide devices to be checked out if one cannot be provided.
iii. Volunteer Background Checks: 100% compliance required. Board members committed to submitting forms for board members. Brant and Lori are the only individuals who see the details to maintain confidentiality.
f. Community Life (see attachment) i. Parent Association: going very well. 28 people showed up to the first meeting.
ii. Alumni Engagement: Looking into companies that gather alumni data. Our existing systems are inadequate and difficult to deal with. School recognizes this as a priority.
g. Advancement & Marketing (see attachment) i. Todd is working on his Vision for DC and is in the process of laying out an MBO
ii. Capital Campaign: since we have started approaching individuals, over 50 people last year and 50 people this year have given over $10,000. Asking is important.
iii. Suggestion: Look into a subscription to “The Foundation Center” database for grant opportunities.
iv. Suggestion: Tie efforts to engage alumni into donor database v. Extend/Inclusion: Have 8-10 students currently. Some are hearing impaired;
one has Down Syndrome. Working on how to integrate outside therapies on campus. Working on becoming budget neutral.
vi. Putting on a lunch for local pastors who have students in their congregations vii. Senior VP of Special Olympics is looking at our facility and fields for using it for
regional events. h. Capital Campaign (see advancement and marketing attachment) i. Admissions (see attachment)
i. God has blessed us with an enrollment of 462 against a budget of 430 for this school year.
ii. +10% increase in enrollment over last year at the same time iii. Elementary and middle schools have increased enrollment. High school has
stayed steady. iv. Suggested interviewing new families to see what contributed to their decision to
join the DC community j. Business Office - Finance, Facilities, HR, Etc. (see attachment)
i. Annual audit will be presented at the Dec 5th Board meeting ii. Construction financing is looking like it will close in late October at a rate
significantly lower than expected. iii. Board resolution will be coming in the next week or two. Signatures likely
needed from President and Secretary. iv. Looking into use of a new system of rapid background checks for all school
visitors. v. Suggestion: have insurance broker give us an overview and debrief of insurance
coverage to the Board of Trustees.
IX. Board Items a. Old Business
i. ReNew Update 1. Seems to be turning the corner. Best month ever last month – losses
limited to $2,800. 2. Very close to having a store manager – parent of current student 3. Instead of renting upstairs to artists, looking to rent out booths to sell a
variety of products. 6 month leases and is already nearly leased out. Also get 30% of sales.
4. Basement is leased out to artists. 5. $1,985 in total lease revenue. 6. We are now consigning as well as selling furniture directly. Get 40% -
60% of consignment items. b. New Business
i. None
X. Public Comment (visitors please submit topics to [email protected] at least two days prior to the meeting) a. No public comments
XI. Closing Prayer – Alan Natelborg
XII. Adjournment
September 2016 Board Report
Academics
We are off to another great start at DCS! What a blessing as we’ve seen God work in so
many ways over the past few months. Summer was a great time of rest and reflection,
and we have been able to implement some initiatives this fall to continue to improve as a
school.
The school year began with five days of professional development, including:
● 1st Aid / CPR
● New Teacher Orientation
● NWEA training on using MAP scores more effectively
● School Nurse annual training (focus on food allergies)
● Trainings on Downs Syndrome students
● Autism Awareness training
● Characteristics of Great Teachers
● Restorative Practices
● HR changes
● School safety drills
● Staff Meetings
We welcome the following staff members to our educational team:
● Preschool – Brittany Viss
● 4th Grade – Amanda Herrera
● MS – Russ Smith
● HS Math -- Julie Cumming
● International Student Program Director -- Paul Lowe
Staffing
Preschool – Maggie Ballard (director), Jan Budreau, Sonja Elmore, Brittany Viss
K – Laurie Sanderson, Deb Hogan
1st – Jana Swalley, Leanne Koetje (student teacher from UNC -- Amanda Hungate)
2nd – Kristy Natelborg
3rd – Kim Vogel, Ben Sneller
4th – Carla Lenderink, Amanda Herrera
5th – Dave Byma, Jessica Lauer
MS – Matt DeBoer, Ben Kloosterman, Val Poland, Tim Zietse, Ben Dirksen, Judy
Perkins, Lynae Steketee, Danielle Mayen
HS – Patrick Boyd, Brad Homan, Tami Zietse, Reba Bull, Rene Meyer, James Timmer,