Mountain View Academy
45 S. Moss ◊ Lowell, Oregon 97452 ◊ (541)735-1709
Board of Director’s Meeting
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
6:00 pm – Public Session in the 7th grade classroom.
| 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 Stephanie Johnson 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 Call to Open: 6:03pm
1.2 Attendance:
Julie Valencia, Board President
Beau Garner, Board Vice President
Stephanie Johnson, Board Secretary
Stacey Kelso, Board Member (Absent)
Nicco Garcia-Cash, Board Member (Absent)
Amber Burton, Board Member
Jessica Cardwell, Director
Laurie Cardwell, Director
1.2. Guests:
1.3 Approval of Agenda: Agenda is approved as written
1.4 Approval of Minutes: November Minutes are approved as written.
1.5 Schedule Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Executive session begins at 6pm. Public session to follow.
1.6 Budget: The board discussed the Capital Gains allocation, the future focus fund balance, and how much has already been spent with the engineer. The board discussed how much we intended to spend when we were looking into purchasing the bathroom trailer ($180,000). The board decided that they would not pull funds from the general fund/carryover for the bathroom project. They discussed the new biennium and the 51/49% funding rates.
1.7 Financial Report: The board received and reviewed their financial packets.
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 Bathroom modulars – The board is designating $150k towards the capital outlay project fund, with $31,000 being spent already. Jessica will look into the Ford Family Foundation grant for the capital project.
3.2 2025 – 2026 Calendar – The board reviewed the new 2025-2026 calendar. Motion to approve the 2025-2026 school calendar: Amber Burton
Second: Beau Garner Vote: Unanimous
3.3 Begin the 25-26 budget discussions –The board discussed how they would like to build the 25-26 budget with funds from the 25-27 biennium. There is uncertainty about what funding will look like next year or when we will know about the level of funds. The board discussed raising the base salary, increasing the rubric, and wage increases for our classified staff, if the funding increases.
4.0 INFORMATION AND STUDY
4.1 Board Chair report – The board had a chance to review the “Thank You” cards and poster from the students, staff and teachers. Board members and teachers are to return the Director Evaluation forms by February 11. Public Meeting Law Requirements training is to be scheduled and completed before this summer’s OSBA Conference.
4.2 Administrator’s Report – Jessica is in the twelve-week training process to become the Civil Rights coordinator for MVA. Gretchen Petersen accepted the first-grade teaching position. Open Enrollment is Feb. 3rd – Feb. 18th. CORE knowledge is the new reading curriculum for 4th & 5th grade. We are fortunate to have faithful teachers that are reaching longevity milestones. We appreciate their hard work and dedication.
4.3 Board Comments – No comments.
5.0 ADJOURNMENT –
Public Session Call to Close: 7:39pm
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.
