Mountain View Academy
45 S. Moss ◊ Lowell, Oregon 97452 ◊ (541)735-1709
Board of Director’s Meeting
August 12, 2025
6:00 pm – Public Session
| The Mountain View Academy School Board encourages public input. Persons wishing to address the Board on school related issues – either in person, virtually, or via email – are invited to do so either when the item is presented on the agenda, or under the “Public Comments” section. In the interest of time and order, presentations from the public are limited to three (3) minutes per person, and the total time for individual agenda items shall not exceed (21) minutes. An individual speaker’s allotted time may not be increased by a donation of time from members of the public in attendance. If you wish to speak under Public Comments, please complete a Public Comment Form and turn it in to Board Secretary Amber Burton or the public may submit written comments by email to MVAboardsecretary@mtviewacademy.org. Clearly label the subject line as: “Public Comment: Board meeting”. The deadline to receive public comment is noon on the day of the board meeting. The Board requests complaints or charges against an employee be held in Executive Session. Individuals who require disability-related accommodations, modifications, or a virtual option to participate in the Board meeting should provide written notice to the Director 24 hours prior to the meeting. |
AGENDA:
1.0 OPENING OF PUBLIC SESSION –
1.1 Public Session: 6:09 pm
1.2 Attendance: Beau Garner, Laurie Cardwell, Jessica Cardwell, Julie Valencia, Amber Burton, Becky Bessett, Stacey Kelso (joining via zoom), Nicco Garcia-Cash is absent
Julie Valencia, Board President
Beau Garner, Board Vice President
Amber Burton, Board Secretary
Stacey Kelso, Board Member
Becky Bessett, Board Member
Nicco Garcia-Cash, Board Member
Jessica Cardwell, Director
Laurie Cardwell, Director
1.2. Guests: none
1.3 Approval of Agenda: Agenda approved as written
1.4 Approval of Minutes: June meeting minutes approved as written
1.5 Schedule Next Meeting: September 23 @ 6:00 pm
1.6 Budget: The three budget packets for the school year were given our and reviewed. As of July, we have a 29.5 percent carry over.
- Our SSF rate is 10,841 – no movement since Spring.
- Beau had a question from the June budget regarding Maintenance – will follow up with Mollie.
1.7 Financial Report: The board has received and reviewed their financial packet.
1.8 Staff Presentations: No staff presentations tonight
2.0 PUBLIC COMMENT – Opportunity for Citizens to address items not on the agenda. Persons wishing to address the Board on any school related issue not listed elsewhere on the agenda are invited to do so now. Audience time is not intended as a forum for public debate. Questions raised may require further investigation. Normally, the board will wait until its next meeting before responding to concerns raised.
3.0 ACTION DISCUSSION
3.1 – Finalize the 2025 – 2026 Strategic Plan – Continue to formulate final plans for the following:
- Social/Emotional Training
- Retain High Quality Staff
- Increase the Relationship Between Staff and Board
3.2 – Accept the 2023 – 2024 audit results –
- Discussed audit findings
- Discussed PERS requirement for staff member at MVA
Motion to accept the 2023 -2024 audit results made by Becky, second motion made by Beau. Motion unanimously passed.
3.3 – Hire an executive accountant. – We are going to offer this person separate health insurance, and they will be in PERS. The board recognizes this is outside of the approved budget. Motion made by Amber, second motion made by Becky. Motion unanimously passed.
3.4 – Increase activity fee to $275 for the 2026/2027 school year – Motion by Stacey, second motion made by Beau. Motion unanimously passed.
3.5 – Increase the health insurance allotment to $750/mo for each staff member –
We will move employee insurance allotment from $600 to $750/mo. The board recognizes that this will impact the budget. Motion made by Amber to increase the allotment, second motion made by Becky. Motion unanimously passed.
4.0 INFORMATION AND STUDY
4.1 Board Chair report – Mandatory Reporter training reminder to all board members who have not taken their training yet.
4.2 Board Member report – Summary given by Amber, Becky and Julie regarding the OSBA summer conference.
4.3 Administrator’s Report – Jessica updated us on staff
5.0 ADJOURNMENT –
Public Session adjourned: 7:31 pm
Any documents that are public records and are provided attachments to public session items on this agenda are accessible to the public on the school’s website, with the exception of, documents provided at the time of the meeting. Documents that are public records and are provided at the time of the meeting to a majority of the Board regarding a public session item, will be made available for public inspection upon request to the Administrator’s Assistant.
