Dear Wonderful Lovejoy Community:

Our communication plan includes a monthly update regarding Board meetings. Following each meeting of the Board of Trustees, I will share a recap of the evening’s events.

For those interested in an outline of the Board Meeting, you may find the full agenda here. 

Following is the December 14, 2020 Board Brief.

The Board meeting was called to order at 6:02 PM. The Board retired into Executive Session at 6:06 PM. Executive Session is a time where limited items such as personnel matters may be discussed. No votes are taken in Executive Session.

Following Executive Session the Board returned to the open portion of the meeting which was called to order at 7:10 PM and was held in the Lovejoy Elementary School Gym.

The pledges were led via video by Lovejoy Elementary School 4th grader Eloise White. 

At roll call the following Board Members were present at Lovejoy Elementary School:

Chad Collins, President

Amy Smith, Vice-President

Anne Smith, Secretary

Board Member Al Litchenburg was present via Zoom.

Together with the Board, we are the Team of Eight:

Cabinet members attend all Board meetings. Cabinet is comprised of myself and:

Shay Adams, Chief Financial Officer

Stacey Dillon, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent for Governmental and Community Relations

Sancy Fuller, Executive Director of Special Education and Academic Support

Dennis Muizers, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Laurie Vondersaar, Executive Director of Communications

Dr. Dennis Womack, Assistant Superintendent of Operations

It was an honor for me to recognize our Lovejoy Counselors as the Superintendent Team of the Month. We are so thankful for this amazing team and their dedication to our Leopards!

Each Board Meeting contains a dedicated time for public comments. There were no public comments.

The Board of Trustees approved the Consent Agenda which included approval of:

Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dennis Muizers presented the District Improvement Plan and HB 3 Board Goals, which the Board of Trustees approved. The District Improvement Plan may be found here and Mr. Muizers’ presentation may be found here. 

Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dennis Muizers introduced the Campus Principals who presented the Campus Improvement Plans. The Campus Improvement Plans may be found here. The Campus Principals spoke on the following topics:

*Lacey Moser, Principal of Hart Elementary School, presented the Campus Improvement Plan related to Board Priority 1.

*Holly Haynes, Principal of Puster Elementary School, presented the Campus Improvement Plan related to Board Priority 2.

*Wendy Craft, Principal of Lovejoy Elementary School, presented the Campus Improvement Plan related to Board Priority 3.

*Ray Winkler, Principal of Sloan Creek Intermediate School and Kevin Parker, Principal of Willow Springs Middle School presented the Campus Improvement Plan related to Board Priority 4.

*Chris Mayfield, Principal of Lovejoy High School, presented the Campus Improvement Plan related to Board Priority 5.

Their presentation may be found here.  

Chief Financial Officer Shay Adams presented a budget update on the 2020-2021 General Fund. You may find the presentation here.

The Board of Trustees approved the following Budget Workshop Dates:

February 8, 2021

March 15, 2021 – added to the Regular Board Meeting

April 12, 2021

May 24, 2021

You may find the full 2020-2021 Board Calendar here.

The monthly Superintendent’s Report contains November updates from:

In addition to the monthly Superintendent’s Report being available in BoardBook, you may also find a dedicated web page on the district’s main site with links to current and previous reports. Click here to view the site.

Announcements included:

- The Fine Arts Festival is being hosted virtually this week. You may find links to the festival here.

With there being no further business, the Board of Trustees adjourned at 8:49 PM.

All board documents may be found here.

Proud Lovejoy Leopard,