August 5, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Topic: Montessori Children's House of Bay City - Board Meeting

Agenda & Notes

1. Attendance: Pam Skutt, Julie Bash, Tiffany Jaime, Rich VanTol, Emilia Gutierrez
   
   Absent: Chris Sheridan
   
   Guests: Jordan Blough-Orr
   
2. Call to Order & Welcome at p.m.
   
3. Review & Approve the agenda
   
   Notes regarding signage and addition and meeting from 8/5/25 meeting
   
   MCH Signage - Klender DeeSigns and Hampton Township meeting
   - Invoice for deposit (then Dee will pull the permit and seek approval for the sign)
   - Dee will provide the
   - Total for the sign is about $1,700
   
   Kyle Kiel - WNEM (i.e., 9:00 a.m. news lifestyle show; native advertising, and video promotions; $1,500); $500 for Focus on 5 segment on-site with NHB; Kyle will send us the pricing information for future reference
   
   
4. Board Composition – Updates
   - Pam asked our attorney if he’d be interested in being on the board
   - Gary Goodmanson
   
5. Business Planning with SVSU SBDC – Debrief/next steps
   - 2 PreK rooms; 1 Infant/Toddler room business plan
   - Live Plan tool
   - Review status of projection worksheet analysis - Michelle Judd, SBDC
   - LivePlan business scenarios (100% full v. 75% enrollment)
   - After care and summer revenues; older toddlers (multi-purpose room TBD)
   - Would be easy to fill the infant slots
   
6. MCH Finance Committee/Treasurer's Report (Chris Sheridan & Pam Skutt)
   - Reports (will request this from Chris)
   - Rich will send them out to the MCH Board
   
7. Future of MCH at New Hope Bay (expansion/capital campaign)
   - Capital campaign - TBD
   - Rumi is willing to help loan/finance a portion of the overall costs
   
8. Director Report (Pam Skutt):
   - Program opened on Monday, March 8, 2021
   - Enrollment is 15 for summer; fall is 18 in the a.m.; 15 in the p.m. but looks like we
    will be full by fall
   - Audit from CDC payment system (Pam corrected the warning; check in/check out)
   - Our accountant will file MCH taxes, W-2s are completed; 990 - Filed
   - Annual report was filed on July 17, 2025
   -  GSQ rating and will do the on-site observation in October 2025; Pam had a call
   - Pam is exploring GSRP with BAISD, Gretchen Wagner
   - Staffing update; just hired someone (Caydence to cover 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and is attending Delta College (Melonie is leaving on August 11, but Marlo is leaving the Reese Public school system will taking the position and just finished her BA in EC and will take Montessori training and completing her masters degree)
   - Partnership with NHB (intergenerational activities) updates
   
9. Marketing update
   - FB Follows = 922
   - TikTok account is 24 followers, with over 100 views
   
10. Fund Development Planning, Fundraising & Grants (Committee Chair: Emilia)

1. Updates
2. See the notes on our current to do list and status of the expansion
   
   

Next Meeting –  September 16, 2025 at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. via Zoom