March 14, 2032

• Attendance

  • Attending: Gary Hilt, Tony Landoswki, Tammy DeGarmo, Lisa Conry, Bonnie Stalker, Lisa Peterson, Angela Burdette and Laurie Jones

  • Missing: Deb Straw, Shannon Moloney, David Schollmeier and Cheri Stockheimer

• Acceptance of February 14, 2023 minutes

  • Motioned by Bonnie Stalker

  • Seconded by Gary Hilt

  • Approved

• Introduction of January Students of the Month

  • TK Carter - GED

  • Jaheem Chance - E-Learning - Not present

  • Toby Heine - GED

  • Faith Puckett - RAMP

• February Student of the Month nominations

  • Summer Tracy - RAMP

  • Daiton Baior - E-Learning

  • Mason Strom - GED

• Student of the month vote

  • Motioned by Gary Hilt

  • Seconded by Lisa Conroy

  • Approved

• Graduation Sign up and duties

• Assignment of Committees:

  • Grant writing

    • To write and apply for grants for RRCS

  • Fundraising

    • Look at ways to support and raise money for RRCS

    • Donation form and letter are done and ready for distribution

  • Scholarships

    • Reviewing applications and making decisions

• Approval for the three committees

  • Motioned by Tammy DeGarmo

  • Seconded by Bonnie Stalker

  • Approved

• RRCS 25th Anniversary Meeting Date

  • March 27th - 2:00 PM planning meeting

  • Will be held here at RRCS in the Kimball Center

  • Donation form and letter are done and ready for distribution 

• Amazon Wish List Update

  • https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/7K3Y91HRY1K5/guest-view

  • Leadership team might make a new list of items needed

  • Angie Burdette has sent a letter to everyone who’s donated and had an address

• RRCS 2022-23 Budget

• 2023 RRCS Improvement Needs

• Current Rock River Charter School Statistics

  • 88 graduates to date, with 9 graduating tomorrow

  • 95% success rate

  • Third highest free and reduced lunch rate in the district

• Announcements

  • School Board meeting tonight where RRCS will present our school, please attend if you can. Starts at 6pm arrive at 5:30pm

• Confirm April 2023 Board hybrid Meeting

  • April 11, 2023

  • Time: 3:15 p.m.

• Adjournment at 4:16 p.m.

 

February 14, 2023

February 14, 2023

• Attendance

  • Attending: Deb Straw, Gary Hilt, Angela Burdette, Tammy DeGarmo, Shannon Moloney, Lisa Conry, Cheri Sockheimer, Lisa Peterson  and Laurie Jones

  • Missing: David Schollmeier, Bonnie Stalker and Tony Landowski

• Acceptance of January 10, 2023 minutes

  • Motioned by Gary Hilt

  • Seconded by Cheri Stockheimer

  • Approved

• Introduction of December Students of the Month

  • Cameron Castrogiovanni - Can’t attend, morning student

  • Skylee Knipfel - graduated

• January Student of the Month nominations

  • TK Carter

  • Jaheem Chance

  • Toby Heine

  • Faith Puckett

• Student of the month vote

  • Motioned by Tami DeGarmo

  • Seconded by Gary Hilt

  • Approved

• Presentation and Introduction of Adam Silha Scholarship

  • Samantha Pingel

    • Charity of kindness through events to honor Adam Silha

    • Started a high school scholarship fund in his honor

    • Two $1000 and one $500 scholarships for RRCS students to any school awarded after first semester with second semester schedule in place

• Board vote to accept responsibility for selection of Adam Silha Scholarship

  • Motioned by Cheri Stockheimer

  • Seconded by Gary Hilt

  • Approved

• Nomination of Vice President

  • Gary Hilt nominated and accepted the nomination

• Vote to appoint Vice President

  • Motioned by Tammy DeGarmo

  • Seconded by Cheri Stockheimer

  • Approved

• Assignment of board members to committees:

  • Grant Writing - wait until March meeting

  • Fundraising - wait until March meeting

  • Scholarships - wait until March meeting

• Scholarship Decisions

  • Adam Silha application pool to select the BTC winner?

    • Yes

  • Selection process: 

    • Need face to face? no

  • Scholarship application due date

    • Due April 1, 2023

  • Scholarship selection date

    • Full board this year at April board meeting,  but committee next year

• RRCS 25th Anniversary

  • May 4, 2023

  • Open house will be working on getting staff here and the logistics

  • Have a planning meeting and invite the board

• Graduation Speaker Ideas

  • Randy Hughes - has confirmed to be our speaker for graduation

• Amazon Wish List

  • Created a wish list for RRCS for winter coats, hats and gloves in various sizes

  • 33 items have been purchased, mainly coats

  • You can go to Amazon registries under gift list and type  “Rock River Charter School”

  • Letters are sent out to donors thanking them for their donation

• RRCS 2022-23 Budget

  • No changes

• RRCS Statistics

  • 61 graduates with at least 7 tomorrow

  • 58 special ed students

  • 14 removals

  • 95.65% success rate

  • 35 parenting students

  • 77.39% free and reduced lunch rate

• Announcements

  • Dr. Peterson gave a tour to two district board members the other day. They will be coming back next Wednesday to see the school and a bell ringing

  • Deb won’t be here in March

• Confirm March 2023 Board hybrid meeting

  • March 14, 2023

  • Time 3:15 p.m.

• Adjournment at 4:02 p.m.

January 10, 2023

Attendance

• Attending:  Deb Straw, Lisa Conry,Gary Hilt,  Dave Schollmeir, Tammy DeGarmo, Cheri Stockheiner, Bonnie Stalker, Angela Burdette, Lisa Peterson

• Missing:  Tony Landowskil, Shannon Moloney, Laurie Jones

Acceptance of December 13, 2022 minutes

• Motioned by  Lisa Conry motioned
• Seconded by Gary Hilt

Approved

• Introduction of November Students of the Month

• Dominic Rose -- RAMP student who qualified for GED (starting Jan 23)
  • Parker to RAMP was the best option for me
  • Dominic likes to learn in a relaxed environment.
  • Future Plans -- blacksmithing.
• Gabrielle Mason
  • Has already graduated.  

January Student of the Month nominations

• Students
• Cameron Castrogiovanni (E-Learning)
• Skylee Kniipfel (GED)

Student of the month vote

• Motioned by Tammy DeGarmo
• Seconded by Lisa Conry
• Approved

Bylaw Revisions

• All editing suggestions have been made.

Vote to approve Bylaws

• Motioned by Dave Schollmeir
• Seconded by  Gary Hilt
• Approved  Unanimous 
• Next meeting
  • Vote for a VP
  • Form Committees

• Fundraising - Sponsorship Letter feedback

• Edit suggested
• Motioned by Gary Hilt
• Seconded by Lisa Conry 
• Approved Unanimous 

RRCS 25th Anniversary

• May 4, 2023
• Shannon Moloney has offered to provide something (cupcakes?)
• Committee to be set up in February 
• Money to be spent on 
  • Beverages
  • Cake / cupcakes
  • Hot dogs / buns
  • Chips
  • Amount -- 
    • 300
• Door Prizes
• T Shirts
• Decorations
• Invite -- 
  • Forward Janesville
  • Facebook page
• Program
• Greet at door
• Infographics for each room / program
• Tours
• Donation Board
• Student Story Board

Graduation Speaker ideas:

• Randy Hughes, local farmer, co-owner of blue farm chips, involved in government ag efforts 

RRCS 2022/2023 Budget

• No questions asked

Current RRCS Statistics

• Discussion held

Announcements

• Feb 6, 2003, 4 - 8 pm, Court Street Scoopie Night

Confirm February 2023 Board Meeting

• Date: February 14, 2023
• Time: 3:15 p.m.
• Approved

Adjournment at 4:18 pm

December 13, 2022

Attendance

• Attending: Tony Landowski, Lisa Conry, Deb Straw, Bonnie Stalker, Gary Hilt, Dave Schollmeier, Shannon Moloney, Cheri Stockheimer, Tammy DeGarmo, Angela Burdette, Lisa Peterson and Laurie Jones
• Missing: Nobody

Acceptance of November 8, 2022 minutes

• Motioned by:Bonnie Stalker
• Seconded by: Gary Hilt
• Approved

Introduction of November Students of the Month

• Gwen Charlet - graduated
• Jessie Crider - sick
• Marshawn Jones - present
• Ashley Traxler - not present

November student of the month nomination

• Dominic Rose - RAMP 
• Gabrielle Mason - E-Learning

Student of the month vote

• Motioned by: Tammy DeGarmo
• Seconded by: Gary Hilt
• Approved

Winter Break Bags

• Packing on Thursday, December 15th at 11:45 at RRCS in the Kimball Center  - about an hour long to do and more the merrier for help packing
• 2 bags per student

Bylaw Revisions

• Dr. Peterson would like to strike Article VIII: Indemnification
• Dave Schollmeier suggested editing Article III: Membership - edit from maximum of 15 members to maximum of 11 members
• Dr. Peterson suggested to change Article III to have August 01, instead of September 01 for section 3.06 “Term”
• Mentioned to add removal of board member who have missed three meeting
• Language fixed for section 3.10
• Vote on to approve bylaws at the next board meeting

Fundraising 

• Sponsorship letter feedback
  • We weren’t told no to seek sponsorship, but we’re not supported on it. We should be more specific on what we want if we do ask for it
  • Concern on having the city pay for the “party”
  • We might be on the referendum in 2024, so they want us to be cautious of what we ask for
  • We should target who we ask to support us and be specific on what we want
  • Working on ideas to raise money for the 25th anniversary specifically. Target certain businesses for support on just this event

RRCS 25th Anniversary

• May 4, 2023
• Define what our needs are, what the cost would be, how are we going to promote it, who’s coming and finalize some plans so we can target fundraising for this event only at the January meeting

RRCS Budget

• Had a nice Culver’s Scoopie night over $750 was raised
• Budget questions were asked and answered

Current RRCS Statistics

• 31 graduates
• Increased our number of InSpire students by 9 over the past month
• We have a $5,000 grant from the Women’s Fund to help with InSpire expenses
• 230 enrolled student, removals has been 1

Announcements

• Be thinking about who we want to ask to be our graduation speaker this year
• Diego, Shannon’s son,  passed his GED tests and will be ringing the bell on Monday

Confirm January 2023 Board Meeting

• Date: January 10, 2023
• Time: 3:15 p.m.

Adjournment at 4:17 p.m.

November 08, 2022

Attendance

• Attending: Dave Schollmeier, Deb Straw, Gary Hilt, Tony Landowski, Angela Burdette, Tammy DeGarmo and Cheri Stockheimer, Lisa Conry
• Missing: Lisa Peterson, Bonnie Stalker and Shannon Moloney

Acceptance of October 1, 2022 minutes

• Motioned by: Gary Hilt
• Seconded by: Deb Straw
• Approved

Introduction of Lisa Conry - Potential board member

• Lisa Conry is from Janesville, went to Craig HS and then went to UW Madison. Joined the Navy and is an AT. She’s back in Janesville now and loves what we’re doing here at RRCS and wants to be a part of it.

Vote to approve Lisa Conry as RRCS board member

• Motioned by: Tony Landowski
• Approved

Introduction of September Students of the Month

• Andre Dozier - not able to come today, he’s working 12-4
• TreQuan Davis - might attend

October student of the month nominations

• Jessie Crider
• Gwen Charlet
• Ashley Traxler
• Marshaun Jones

Student of the month vote

• Motioned by: Deb Straw
• Seconded by: Gary Hilt
• Approved

Bylaw Revisions

• Angela Burdette stated the corrections to the bylaws Dr. Peterson is suggesting
• Board members should look over the corrections Dr. Peterson suggested, see if anything else should be corrected and be ready to discuss next board meeting
• Vote on Vice President next board meeting
• List of all corrections will be in the next board meeting minutes
• Look at staff code of conduct next meeting to see if the board wants to adopt a code of conduct
• Share school charter with board members

Fundraising - Sponsorship letter feedback

• Dr. Peterson talked to the new Superintendent about our sponsorship letter
• We weren’t told no, but he would prefer an open house versus having any community dollars going to a party
• He’s not excited about us reaching out to community members. He emphasized that we’re heading to a referendum, now might not be a good time to ask for money and spend it on a “party”
• Letter was reformatted to be just a fundraising letter, verses for the 25th anniversary
• Our name should be out there for the referendum. We call it an open house and not a block party and in the school

Committee Set-Up

• Grant Writing
• Fundraising
  • Donations
  • Events
  • Food Pantry
• Scholarship 

RRCS 25th Anniversary

• May 4, 2023 

  • Open House Instead

Culver’s Scoopie Night Reminder

• November 21, 2022 West Court Street Culver’s 4pm -8pm

Pantry Update

• Holiday Break Bags
  • Bag inventory
  • Sign up for items on the list
  • Deadline of donations - December  13th - On next Board Meeting
  • December 15, 2022 - Kiwanis packing

RRCS Budget

• Current Statistics
  • 117 Students on Waitlist
  • Why did the percent of success go down if only one additional student was removed and the number of students who graduated increased?

Announcements

• Decision was made to have a December Board Meeting

Confirm December 2023 Board meeting

• Hybrid
  • Look at link and find out why it is not working for some
• Date: December 13, 2023
• Time: 3:15

Adjournment at 4:30

• Motioned - Deb Straw
• 2nd - Lisa Conry

October 11, 2022

Attendance

• Attending: Deb Straw, Gary Hilt, Lisa Peterson, Angela Burdette, Laurie Jones, Dave Schollmeier, Bonnie Stalker, Cheri Stockheimer and Tony Landowski
• Missing: Shannon Moloney and Tammy DeGarmo

Acceptance of May 10, 2022 minutes

• Motioned by: Deb Straw
• Seconded by: Cheri Stockheimier
• Approved

Acceptance of September 13, 2022 minutes

• Motioned by: Deb Straw
• Seconded by: Cheri Stockheimier
• Approved

Student of the Month

• Nominations:
  • Trequan Davis E-Learning
  • Andre Dozier Alt Ed
• Approved
  • Motioned by: Dave Schollmeier
  • Seconded by: Bonnie Stalker

Clarification on the rules for fundraising for gift cards for Student of the Month

• Matt Sylvester Knutson - said that the board can buy gift cards if we want to with board money, not district money. Board can open their own checking account that has no fees

Fundraising

• Angie created a sponsorship draft letter for fundraising purposes

New staff member introductions 

• Jeff Weigel

RRCS 25th Anniversary

• Cost of having River Street “Festival Street” blocked is $125 application fee for an event of 100-500 attendees, price goes up on how many people
• $200 to have the bollards pulled up to close off the street
• Kathleen Kleisner is going to talk to Chief Moore to see if he could waive those fees for us
• Can rent trash bins, recycling bins/bags, rent PA system
• What events will we have?
  • JPD will come and grill for us, we just provide the food
  • Noon - 3pm range or 3pm - 6pm
  • Giving tours
  • DJ service
  • Thinking in May during the week

RRCS Pantry

• Send an email to Tammy DeGarmo about our pantry to see if she can help stock it because it’s sparse
• Angie will send out a list to the board of items needed
• Contact local grocery stores for support
• Bonnie will reach out to Kwik Trip about a donation
• Have a fundraising committee
• If you’d like, bring an item to donate to the pantry at every board meeting

Culver’s Scoopie Night - All on Court Street

• Nov 21, 2022
• Feb 06, 2023
• Apr 17, 2023

Holiday Break Bags

• We’re ordering bags for this (50 bags are made)
• We have some money to buy items
• Project 16:49 donates items
• Staff and board members donate items

RRCS 2022-23 Budget

• The district is revamping some sheets for budgets, we’re starting to use what they have
• Dr. Peterson went over the budget - spent to date won’t go on the report until it hits the book at the district
• Title I account shows a lot, but it has staff salaries in it.

Current RRCS Statistics

• 4 graduates so far this year
• 245 current students
• 5 removals
• 98% success rate

Announcements

• RRCS Governing Board bylaws
  • Lisa sent the very old 2007 by laws
  • Update with amendments at the Nov 2022 meeting

Confirm November 2022 Board Meeting

• In Person or Virtually? - Both
• Date: November 08, 2022
• Time: 3:15 p.m.

Adjournment at 4:22 p.m.

September 13, 2022

Attendance

• Attending: Lisa Peterson, Angela Burdette, Deb Straw, Laurie Jones, Gary Hilt, Tony Landowski, and Shannon Moloney
• Missing: Cheri Stockheimer, David Schollmeier, Bonnie Stalker and Tammy DeGarmo.

Acceptance of May 10, 2022 minutes

• Vote during October meeting

Approval of new board president, Tony Landowski

• Vote will be voted on via email
• Quorum met on 9/28/22 for new board president Tony Landowski

Introduction of new board member candidates

• Gary Hilt and Shannon Moloney

Approval of new board members

• Will be voted on via email
• Quorum met on 9/28/22 for new board members

Student of the month nominations 

• Will begin in October
• Discussion - keep the same or adjust how student of the month is done? We have 16 Kwik Trip cards. 
• Clarification will be sought on the rules for fundraising for gift cards for student of the month

Women’s Fund

• Info
  • Grant closes on 9/15/22 and it helps women and children. We are asking for things that will help our parenting students with items needed.
• Vote - will email vote

Staffing Update

• We are fully staffed right now. We added a new teacher to our senior level. We added a special education paraprofessional and currently have a full staff.
• John Schwank is the innovation specialist for the charter schools. We have him for 2 years on ESSER money.

RRCS 25th Anniversary

• Do something for the 25th anniversary on Festival Street?
• How would we finance this?
• See if vendors will donate items?

Fundraising Ideas

• Culver’s Scoopie Nights
• Other ideas: Mac’s Pizza Shack, Chipotle, etc..
• Set up a committee for fundraising (grants, donations, events, raffles and sponsorships - all ideas)

Holiday break bags

• Will be here before you know it. In the past, staff and board members donated money or items along with school money. Project 16:49 donates to the break bags
• We have $800 left from a donation/grant
• Cold call/visit places for donations

RRCS 2022-2023 budget

• Lisa went through the budget

Current RRCS Statistics

• Current enrollment is 245 students, but we won’t be able to count about 5

Announcements

• None

Confirm October 11, 2022 board meeting

• In person or virtually

• In person at 3:30 p.m.

Adjournment at 4:42

May 10, 2022

Attendance

• Attending: Dr. Lisa Peterson, Angela Burdette, Cheri Stockheimer, Deborah Straw, Barry Badertscher, Tony Landowski, Lisa Hurda, Gregg Dickinson

• Missing: Tammy DeGarmo, David Schollmeier and Bonnie Stalker

Acceptance of April 19, 2022 minutes

• Motion made by Barry Badertscher
• Seconded by Cheri Stockheimer

Hal Rob BTC Memorial Scholarship

• Introduction of Lisa Hurda
  • Explained how students are selected, explained what an endowed scholarship is and explained the BTC process

Hal Robb BTC Memorial Scholarship

• Discussion of moving scholarship funding/oversight to BTC Scholarship Foundation
• No vote needed to move Hal Rob BTC Memorial Scholarship to the BTC Scholarship Foundation

Recognition of April Students of the month

• Geovany Bueno Hernandez - attended
• Lashori Turner - attended
• Savannah Kalas - attended

No new students for the month of May/June - will begin again in the fall

• Introduction of new staff member Jon Chburchwell

New Hire for Fall 2022/2023 School Year

• Schedule
  • AM E-Learning and PM GED02
• Location in the building
  • Middle lab on the second floor, wall dividers will be used and desks will be added

Graduation

• Sign-up for roles and responsibilities

Budget Information

• We’ve done a good job on spending out the money
• Recording studio is a project that’s happening over the summer

Statistics

• We have almost double the graduates compared to last year

Announcements - none

Confirm September 13th Board Meeting

• Virtual or in person?
  • In person depending on Covid stats in September
  • Meeting time moved to 3:30

Adjournment at 3:05 p.m.

April 19, 2022

Attendance

• Attending - Lisa Peterson, Angela Burdette, Dave Schollmeier, Bonnie Stalker, Cheri Stockheimer, Deb Straw, Gregg Dickson, Tony Landowski 

Call to Order at 2:01

• Approval of March 2022 Board Minutes -- Bonnie motioned, Gregg seconded, approved unanimously

Students of the Month

• Recognition of Feb Student
  • Dylan Paluch -- reminded this morning, but shy.  Attended virtually.
• April Nominations
  • Geovanni Bueno-Hernandez -- approved unanimously
  • Lashori Turner -- approved unanimously
  • Savannah Kalas -- approved unanimously
• Nominate in May and recognize in September

Introduction of new RRCS Staff Member -- Jon Churchwell -- to be scheduled for the May meeting

• Hal Robb BTC Memorial Scholarship 
  • 2022 Awards
    • Darren Kinney
      • Also the $500 BTC School Scholarship
    • Jacob Larson
    • Jordan Showers
  • Move to administration by the BTC Foundation
    • This moves handling the application / selection process to them as well
    • Since the money is not ours to give, tabled for further discussion 
    • Lisa Hurda from BTC Foundation will be invited to the May or September board meeting

Graduation

• JPAC
• No food
• Jobs for the May 10 meeting

RRCS Budget

RRCS School Statistics

May 10 -- Virtual Meeting

Announcements

Adjournment -- Deb motioned, Bonnie seconded -- approved unanimously

March 15, 2022 ~ Scholarship Committee

Attendance

• Attending - Lisa Peterson, Barry Badertscher, Deborah Straw, Tony Landowski, Tammy DeGarmo, Gregg Dickinson 

Held Meet & Greet with Daryen Kinney (Jacob Larson with grandfather at hospital)

Hal Robb $1,000 Selection Approval of Daryen & Jacob

• Motioned by Barry 
• Seconded by Gregg
• Approved unanimously

Selection Committee approved having Jordan Shower (former grad) apply for consideration of the third scholarship

• BTC $500 Selection Approval of Daryen
• Motioned by Barry 
• Seconded by Tammy
• Approved unanimously

Language changes to scholarship application requested

March 08, 2022

Attendance

• Attending - Lisa Peterson, Laurie Jones, Barry Badertscher, Deborah Straw, Mackenzie Knight, Tony Landowski, Tammy DeGarmo, Gregg Dickinson, and Bonnie Stalker
• Missing - Angela Burdette, David Schollmeier and Cheri Stockheimer

Called to order at 2:04 p.m.

Acceptance of February 08, 2022 minutes

• Motion made by Deborah Straw
• Seconded by Tammy DeGarmo
• Approved

Recognition of February Student of the Month

• Jacob Casique - Graduated
• Leshori Turner - recognize at April board meeting due to ACT testing

Student of the Month Nominations

• Dylan Paluch
• Mattie Frerichs
  • Motioned by Tammy Degarmo
  • Seconded by all
  • Approved

Introduction of New Staff Member

• Introduce Mackenzie Knight

Hal Robb BTC Memorial Scholarship

• Update - Applicants are being scanned and meeting next week to look at them
• Lisa will send an email when it’s confirmed with the students on when to meet

Vote to move April 12th meeting to April 19th due to ACT testing make-up day

• Motioned by Barry Badertscher
• Seconded by all
• Approved 

Graduation

• Update on date, place and time
  • JPAC is where everyone would like to have it unless something happens with the pandemic
• Roles/responsibility sign-up
  • Have the sign-up  next month
  • Will bypass the cake this year due to the pandemic
  • Student speaker will be singing not speaking

RRCS Contract

• Signed and approved, but some things weren’t dated. Sent back with notes to date it and is being corrected. We are ahead of the game

Charter Student Videos

• Senior students who owe make-up time will be putting together videos on why they came here, what helped them and what is their plan after graduation

RRCS Budget

• Nothing to be concerned with or new

Current RRCS Statistics

• Angie is still ACT testing, but our success rate is still strong at 94% and we have 61 graduates thus far this year
• McKinney Vento numbers are hard to nail down, students don’t always share their situation with us and there’s a process to it. Currently at 18 students

Announcements

• Barry met with some district employees and the superintendent about RRCS and our space issue
• Project 16:49 can bag food for spring break or they can bring it to us in bulk and students can just grab and go. They will bring us food for spring break
• Diamper drive? Is this still going to happen? Dr. Peterson will check on this and add it to the April agenda
• Have one in person board meeting next school year?

Confirm April 2022 virtual board meeting

• April 19, 2022

Adjournment at 2:26 p.m.