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APPROVED MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

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CURRENT MEETING MINUTES

Sacred Heart Board of Education Approved Minutes
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall with prayer. ROLL CALL:
Craig Christensen, Mary Hanke, Beth Hoppel, Father John Moser, Susan Ringhofer, Gary Schneider, Mike Wadle, Kim Weigle, and Laura Wynohrad.

Correction to the September 22, 2009, minutes: First Communion is April 11, 2010. A motion was made by Gary to approve the September 22, 2009, minutes, Mike seconded it, motion carried.

PET:
Gary gave a summary of the PET meeting from October 6, 2009. -New Family/Buddy Family possible match up talked about to help new families understand what to do. -Provided by PET/for: video camera/school, raffle money/fall festival, memory sticks/school, walking tacos/Back to School Night, doughnuts/bus drivers for National Bus Safety, supper/teachers for conferences.

PARISH COUNCIL:
Mary gave a summary of the Parish Council meeting from Sept 29, 2009.

VISITATION:
No meeting, no report.

ADMINISTRATIVE-Kim:
-Noah’s Ark Preschool’s tuition Empowerment Grants have been cut as part of Governor Culver’s 10% across the board cut. September and October tuition payments will be paid but November and December payments are questionable. - Distinguished Alumni Nominations: The board reviewed the Distinguished Alumni Award nomination form and defined an alumnus as a graduate or former student of Sacred Heart School. -Kim, Sandy Pleggenkuhle and Laura Wynohrad attended an Iowa Core Curriculum Leadership meeting. They are recruiting more members for their team. There are more opportunities to participate coming at future meetings. -Upcoming events at school: October 23-End of first quarter, October 24-Halloween Carnival, October 27 thru 29-Cognative Abilities Testing (grades 2 and 4), November 3 and 5-conferences, November 6-No school, November 7-One Stop Christmas Stop, October 29 thru November 12-Scholastic Book Fair, November 17-ITBS (grades 3-6).

CRE K-8:
Lisa was working RE and would come to the meeting when she was done. FYI: Religious Education activities have been postponed for October 28, 2009, because of the sub-state football game. It’s been rescheduled to November 4.

At 6:55 pm a motion was made by Laura to adjourn the meeting, Susan seconded it, motion carried.

At 7:05 pm a joint meeting of the Boards of Education was called to order with prayer. ROLL CALL:
Alyn Brumm, Craig Christensen, Mary Hanke, Mary Beth Hemann, Beth Hoppel, Father John Moser, Nancy Patterson, Susan Ringhofer, Gary Schneider, Mike Wadle, Kim Weigle, Laura Wynohrad, and Lisa Krones. GUESTS: Audrey Christensen, Donna Hejhal, Jen Neis, Deb Popp, and Ann Wadle.

CRE High School/Confirmation/Youth Ministry-Beth:
-Respect Life Sunday, October 4, 2009: Steve Weis presenter, good response. -Donna Hejhal is now teaching 10th grade RE. -Confirmation Retreat: Cedar Springs Camp November 1, 2009, 1:00-4:30 pm. -Seventeen Visitation students have signed up to ride the bus to RE. -Confirmation Team’s first meeting was October 19. More are welcome to join! -Survey for Confirmation was handed out at Respect Life Sunday. -Grades 9 and 10 are using blue gym sacks to carry their handbooks and bibles. -Breakfasts made by Lisa Emerson have started for our high school students. -Heifer International will be the advent project for the high school. -The next meeting for grade 12 will be Nov 8. Pizza plus pop equal prayerJ -Trying to avoid scheduling conflicts with Mitchell County 4-H for future events. -Greatest response for a Youth Gathering Night (64 out of 77 surveys turned in) indicated Sunday evenings, once a month, would work the best for our students. -PET Halloween Carnival is October 24 at Sacred Heart Gym. Grades 7 and 8 have been asked to work at this event.

PASTORAL-Father John Moser:
-Saturday night Mass will not change for the winter season. -Work on Accessibility Projects continuing. -Joint parish council meeting next week to view DVD on revised Pastoral Council Guidelines.

OLD BUSINESS:
-Confirmation Age: Survey results and comments from parents of 9th and 10th graders were reviewed. (Results were from 38 returned surveys out of 40.) A motion was made by Mary Beth to change the confirmation age, Alyn seconded it, motion carried. Discussion followed. We, the BOE, are changing the age of confirmation because the students wanted to get confirmed earlier. Allowing them to confirm at an earlier age will allow the confirmed to evangelize sooner with the larger parish community. A motion was made by Craig to start preparing for confirmation during the 9th grade year and immediate preparation in the fall of the 10th grade with Confirmation in the fall of the 10th grade year, Laura seconded it, motion carried. Beth and the catechists will determine the transition for the 9th and 10th graders now and put in a request to the archbishop. Even if the students are not enrolled in the confirmation class during a specific year, they are expected to be enrolled in and attending religious education classes. Opportunities for religious education and youth ministry will continue to be offered after students are confirmed. Many suggested that a youth room would be an excellent addition to St. Isidore Catholic Community for our students to gather.

FINANCIAL:
No report was available.

VIABILITY OF SACRED HEART SCHOOL PER REQUEST OF FATHER MOSER:
Kim gave a power point on “Catholic Schools Dividends for Life”. She will also be presenting this at the joint council meeting October 26, 2009.

DVD outlining revised Pastoral Council Guidelines, including an overview section on Faith Formation Commissions and Catholic School Boards was tabled.

BOARDGRAM was tabled.

At 9:10 pm a motion was made by Susan to adjourn the meeting, Craig seconded it, motion carried.

Next meeting will be a joint meeting at Visitation, November 30, 2009, 6:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Susan Ringhofer, Secretary