CCEC Minutes of Open Meeting
June 10, 2010
The Rose Center 

Meeting called to order at 7:03PM by President Rusty Cutter. 

Opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance given by Fr. Bill Jacobs. 

Present:   Dave Boelcke, Gary Bruce, Rusty Cutter, Bill Grover, Orla Mileski, Doug McQuillan, Carol Oehlhaffen, Jody Maher, John Berlin, Gerald Heath, Fr. Bill Jacobs, Fr. Jim Morris. 

Excused:    Frank DeFrancesco 

Previous Minutes :  Minutes from April 13 meeting approved as presented with a motion by Dave Boelcke.  Supported by Orla Mileski.  Minutes approved as written. 

Reports 

Pastor’s Report
No report given. 

President’s Report
Rusty Cutter commended those in charge of graduation ceremonies.  We are very grateful to Bishop Bradley for his attendance and participation in this year’s ceremony. 

Administration Reports

MS/HS
John Berlin submitted a written report.  Highlights included the fact that our Strategic Plan committee has now met two times and that we have gotten a high rate of return on the surveys.  Much work is to still be done, with the next meeting likely in September.
We are projecting enrollment to be in the 540-560 range by the start of the next school year, based on current registrations.  We are disappointed that as of now, our Kindergarten only stands at 18 students.
We are talking to Berrien Bus and First Student to assess the feasibility of running a bus to the Sister Lakes/Dowagiac area, as there is much interest from new families in those areas.
Middle School Teacher of the Year – Joe Jarvie – Middle School Band.
High School Teacher of the Year – Carolyn Simmons—High School English.
Cardinal Newman Award – Laura Jasper-Stump  High School Science Teacher.
We have 25 candidates for our MS science teacher position.  Those have been narrowed down to four finalists.  We should have our final decision in the coming days. 

Elementary
Jody Maher submitted a written report.  Highlights included an announcement for Third Grade teacher Pam Bodley as ES Teacher of the Year.
Also, teachers Pat Faris and Nicole Mills were recipients of the Capizzo grant for this year.  

Athletic Director
Gerald Heath submitted a written report.  Our spring sports teams brought in 5 conference titles, bringing our total for the year to 8.  Girls soccer won it’s second straight District title.
Thanks to all who put in a lot of hard work in helping us host the District tournament.
We also won a District title in baseball, with hopefully bigger things to come in the coming week.
We are close to getting Blue Tide going again. 
Thank you to Jeff and Kris Nuter for donating the flag pole to the soccer field.
Next CCEC open meeting to be scheduled for August/September. 

Motion to adjourn by Bill Grover, supported by Jody Maher.   

Meeting adjourned at 8:10PM by Rusty Cutter