NEW HEIGHTS SCHOOLS, INC.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MINUTES
Meeting of: Dec. 12th, 2007

A.	OPENING OF MEETING/CALL TO ORDER 

President Dan Nelson called the meeting to order at 4:10pm. 

1) Attendance:

Board of Directors:						Staff/Guests:	
Andy Jenks A		Tina O’Malley Bayonet X		Jane Paskvan
Alan Nutt X		Marilynn Seashore X			 
Dan Nelson X		Mike Stahlmann A 			 
Kirk Nelson X

2) Welcome Guests/Visitors - none

B.	REVIEW OF AGENDA AND MINUTES

1) Review Agenda – the agenda was reviewed.
2) Approval of the Minutes – Nov. 14th, 2007 minutes approval is postponed.. 

C.	FINANCIAL REPORT  
1) The November Statement of Activities was distributed and discussed- see attached
2) The 2006-07 Audit was presented. Some discussion was held on both the Management Report and the Financial Report.  The Board requested that in the future the Audit will be distributed one week prior to the December board meeting for review  Tina O’Malley Bayonet made a motion to accept the 2006-07 Audit, Alan Nutt seconded the motion.  Some discussion was held regarding the two findings at the end of the Financial Audits.  Motion passed.

D.	BOARD GOALS/REPORTS 
1) Literacy committee – no update
2) Re-licensure committee – some in-house hours have been approved recently.
3) Board Goals committee – no update

E.	OLD BUSINESS  -- no old business






F.	NEW BUSINESS –  none

G. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT – none

H.	RECEIVE DONATIONS  - none

I.  OTHER – Tina O’Malley Bayonet discussed the “Family Homeless Prevention Assistance Program” (FHPAP), explaining the program and asked for more discussion next board meeting.

J.	SET AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING 
- FHPAP
- Board Goals – relicensure committee will discuss an in-service for Positive Behavioral Intervention  
-  Approval of Minutes from Nov 14th and Dec. 12th, 2007
-  Audit review – Financial Report

K.	ADJOURNMENT –  Tina O’Malley Bayonet made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 4:57pm.; Kirk Nelson seconded; no discussion; motion carried.