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School Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes from the January 2008 meeting.

ST. FERDINAND SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES

January 14, 2008

6:00 Opened with prayer; minutes approved

 

OPEN FORUM: None

 

PASTOR’S REPORT:

  • Father raised a question concerning our policies on students with special needs; we will review the policies and come back to this at a later meeting

 

PSR REPORT: None

 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:

  • Tuition tracking was discussed
  • There is a new format in place to track matching gift funds
  • We have $17,971 in matching gift funds that exceed our budgeted $15,000 amount
  • Student Council has been raising funds for Smart Boards for the classrooms; these funds along with several private donations made recently will allow for the purchase of 2 Smart Boards
  • No update on school nurse program
  • School Improvement document is complete; February 21-22 is the site visit
  • Preschool program will possibly offer all day services next year
  • The Advancement Council update meeting will be held tomorrow evening

 

POLICY: None

 

FINANCE:

  • Registration will be on January 25th
  • No school town hall meeting will be held
  • There is a meeting on January 17th for St. Martin de Porres parents

 

MARKETING:

  • Marketing committee met to discuss promotion of the Catholic Schools Week Open House
  • Address labels need to be printed for the flyers/invitations using Fall Festival addresses
  • Discussion was held regarding setting tuition earlier in the year but this is difficult due to final salary and benefit information
  • Possible marketing ideas were discussed including: flyers at Fish Fry, more Suburban Journal articles, St. Louis Review articles, having building clean for Open House, yard signs, and creation of a DVD that could be broadcast
  • Next Marketing meeting is Thursday at 7 pm

NEW BUSINESS:

  • Policies related to keeping students off of proxy servers

CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS TUITION AND ENROLLMENT

 

 

Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: Monday, February 11, 2008 at 6 pm in the teacher’s lounge

 

***MEETING SCHEDULED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 WAS CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

 

Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: Monday, March 10, 2008 at 6pm in the teacher’s lounge

Monday, March 31, 2008
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