I'm going to call the meeting to order. Uh, all members are accounted for besides Joe Lynn. She's going to be absent tonight. I ask everyone to stand for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for it stands nation under God indivisibley and justice for all. All right. Uh Jeeoff, I don't have any additions to the agenda. Do you? >> No. Uh the ones that we needed to add,
>> they are on there. >> They're already on there. >> Yep. >> All right. I will look for a motion to approve the agenda as shown. >> I'll make a motion. >> Pete on the motion. >> Second. >> We're Randi on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I.
>> I. Oppose. >> Motion carries. Uh we have no scheduled presenters tonight, so we'll move right into reports and communication. Uh we don't have a student uh board rep here tonight, so we'll go on to board
committee reports. Anyone have anything they'd like to add? >> Okay, I'll just say one thing. Uh we had a facility meeting quickly. Uh we just uh discussed uh doing some updates to the JB football or JB softball field. Uh
those were already completed and for the most part just a couple things to work on here. Okay. Uh and we just talked about a few uh budgetary uh reduction items. Um but that was the
only committee meeting that uh I had. >> We just had our WET tech one last week that was more organizational getting ready. Erin's getting going to be pretty busy this summer or this school year. was busy this summer are going to continue in the school year. So no actional items to in building districts,
but sounds like there may be some additional schools that would want to potentially join the WE tech. So from a funding perspective, that would be helpful. So the area is more than that and potentially would come to the board for us to review and look how that would be structured. Two to three may change
how that board is structured. So good thing for the WTE group as the rates are going up significantly as schools are looking to independent contract out some of the technology employments. So >> could be a good thing. >> Sure. Raise some additional funds, but should hear from that at our next board
meeting which I think is in September. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Anyone else have anything? All right. We'll move on to administrative board reports. Uh Mr. Strauss, is there anything that you
would like to add for elementary? >> Uh nothing in particular. Just all the back to school stuff today with teachers was great. It was fun having the building busy again with staff. They've been trickling in over the last few weeks, you know, getting some things done. It was fun to have everybody on hand today. had a lunch together in the
cafeteria and then yeah, just some trainings, getting some things done. Tomorrow we got almost all day is amplify training with our new reading curriculum K through five that we're implementing. Um yeah, looking forward to the year getting going and things are good. >> All right, thank you. Middle school high
school technology Tim. >> Uh same thing. We had uh I don't I guess a medium-sized group of new staff uh in on Friday. So, it's great to have everybody. Great to be fully staffed. >> How many how many? >> Uh two from my building. And how many
did with long-term subs? >> Long-term subs. >> You have five. >> Five. >> Yeah. So, about seven total. >> Um including a new EL teacher um who we're sharing with Kenny Wamingo. again. I think she's 6 here or four there.
>> It was good to see staff back today. Uh we had a good, you know, back to back to school staff meeting. I think um I haven't really changed my back to school meeting much in the last few years because it's just kind of stuff that we need to review and talk over again, but
um we're really happy with some initial um MCA results, especially for reading and math. We're still waiting on our science results, but um reading especially in this in the middle school high school uh was really really good this year. So, we're really happy with that.
>> Good deal. >> Uh just one other thing to add to and I know Tim and I have talked a bunch about this. Shout out to Stephen and his whole crew. Yes. >> The building's just phenomenal the work that they do. >> Yes. >> I told my staff today we should do a time lapse video of a hallway just all the stuff they take out, clean
everything, get back in, you know, in the room. It's it's incredible what they do. So, shout out to them. All right. Reed's not here tonight. So then the man of the hour, what do you have to say? >> Well, all
so it it is busy. It's a lot more than I anticipated happening. You know, just coming into this job, seeing how it's done. >> Yep. >> It's a lot more than what people actually see what happens. You know, they come to see the shiny floors and they see the dull floors and that's what they see. But my my job as a manager is
to keep all that stuff going. And my crew has just been non-stop with just kind of rolling into the next one. And I got some new people up there. And it helps to have that veteran staff, >> Josh down at the elementary to help out with all that. >> Um so shout out to him, shout out to
Bruce. They've been really stepping in and kind of, you know, making sure we're not failing for my first fall here. So, uh, yeah, other than that, we've been, you know, kids are back in here doing sports. They got practices going on inside and outside now. So, I got to get used to that, too. You know, I came in
the winter months, so it was all >> right. >> And then it's all baseball outside of that. So, I don't got too much going on in the school after uh basketball's done with. But, so it's it's a new new fall uh to the job, to everything around here. But, shout out to you guys on that
field. You don't know how much that takes off of my plate as well. So all the community members that volunteer for that. I know Mike was there. Uh Doug out there with the skid loader. So shout out to them too for that. It's a lot for a community to have people like that behind them.
>> So other than that, ready for more chaos today. It was pretty chaotic >> with the wants and yep, the needs and yep. So it was it was good. >> When does uh >> fresh day? When does regular school session scheduling start for the
custodians? Like when do those shifts? >> They're they're back to those they were back to those last week. >> Oh, okay. >> Yep. So, you generally do as like I said, those veteran people have let me know what how to do it. So, >> sure. >> They were back to that regular schedule last week. So, we got night staff on right now and day staff. So,
>> we're ready for it. >> And uh when's the roof repair coming? >> The 4th. So, I have a meeting on Wednesday with um our Garland rep and he's going to kind of go through the whole premeating with it with the contractor, me, him. So,
>> and that's supposed to hopefully get both fairly quickly. >> 12 days they said >> weather dependent. So, let's hope for some nice weather >> and around the weekend and >> Yep. They're just going to go. So, >> perfect. >> Yep. >> So, the community should know that it's
okay if there's lights going on. >> It's okay if there's Yep. noise up here cuz most of the work's going to be getting done evening. I mean, they're going to shut down in a decent time. Obviously, we're in city limits. So, >> Sure., >> but I can't tell you that till I have that meeting with them on Wednesday. >> Yep. >> Yep. So, >> perfect. Are you guys fully staffed from
>> We are still missing. Um kind of retrofitting it a little bit around here, seeing what we can do and can't do with the staffing that I've had. I've been short since I got here. So, kind of trying to do that and, you know, help us out budgetwise with that as well, but also not being short staffed, making
people grind. Um, so I am still actively seeking um part-time possibly um position, but I think I'm going to roll one of my positions in that's part-time right now into a permanent position. >> Okay. >> People wise. So, yep. >> Okay.
>> All right. We'll move on to S's report. I will echo what uh Tim and Stephen talked about with Stephen's crew as well. Uh just highly impressed, especially with you being in your first year and with a newer crew getting everything rolled around. That that was
great to see and it's great to see staff back in the building again today and creating a lot of energy and uh obviously there's more energy to come next week when the students arrive. So highly anticipating that. Um, other than that, I just have my agenda items as
presented on the report, unless you guys have questions. >> All right. Anything for Jeff? All right, we'll move on to public input. Anyone here like to speak to the board? >> All right, we'll close public input. Consideration to approve the finance
report. Josh, take it away. Yeah. So, you've got the uh cash flow worksheet there and kind of the big stuff that happens in the summer as we kind of close out the last fiscal year and get ready for the new one. Um, in terms of what goes on in a daily basis through
cash flow is nothing real exciting. August 15th is generally kind of the first big payments for the ideas as it comes through. But of note on this particular report would be midway through that listing is as Stephen just talked about the roof payment. Uh part of the cash that's in that cash flow analysis includes those funds available
for the roof project. Um that will go out assuming that everything goes well with the roof and uh the applications are put in and and done correctly. Uh we'll be looking at about September 30th making that payment on the roof. Um and then a little bit further down in the end of October beginning November would
be uh the second half of property tax. you'll see a shift in the ideas funds getting less from the state and a little bit more from the county as an offset for that. But um really in the the time frame of this report, those are kind of the highlights. Um in the office, obviously we've got cash flow through
the entire fiscal year and we're good in terms of cash. I had to do any borrowing which is a plus for the district. But you have any questions on this? I can sure do my best to answer for you. >> You say that's the final from the county or the cleanup one comes a little bit later. >> Yeah, so there a couple different types
of time. So the uh second half of property tax usually comes in two payments, one at the end of October, one being in November. And then there's usually a clean up sometime in December um of that last kind of calendar year part of it. Um the big kind of cleanup really is for the district-wise in terms
of our fiscal year and how we tie everything out happens during audit time and this is in the summer. But yeah, there are several payments that come in that end of the calendar year that all tie that second property tax payment for people. Okay. have any questions for Josh?
If not, I'd look for a motion to approve the finance report. I'll move to approve. Luke on the motion on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose.
Motion carries. Consent agenda. Items under the consent agenda are considered routine and will be enacted under one motion. In the event the board member wants to discuss any item, it will be removed from the consent agenda for separate action. Jeff, would you mind reading the
resolution for acceptance of gifts, please? >> Absolutely. Uh the first item is a donor from the city of Canon Falls. Uh from the city, not from a donor, but from the city of Canon Falls. Uh partnership with the city for tree removal uh to take
down to the dumps the trees that we removed around the district property. 17 trees. >> Yep. >> Um quite a bit of refu, um allowed us to take the the trees down there for no cost at this time. Um the
estimated value is kind of hard to put a number on, but we do thank them for allowing us to to do that. Um Canon Cruisers Car Club, $500 for the tennis team, then $550.99
from the Ed Foundation for character development curriculum for PK through five uh for Mrs. Stark. And we do thank our donations, our donors for this month. And I believe on that Canon Cruisers ones, it was the tennis team that helped park all the cars for uh
their car show. So, they did a great job doing that. >> Yeah, that was a good idea. Something different than standard, you know, asking for money, you know, donations on that. >> I had a question on the on the tree removal. So, the city cut them and removed them or
>> No, there was an independent contractor that that did the tree removal, but uh the city hasn't been allowing contractors to dump trees down at the dump. So, it was very kind of them to
allow us to be able to do that. >> All right. Uh, anyone have anything in the personnel items or monthly bills that they want to take out to look at or the minutes? >> If not, I will look for a motion to approve the consent agenda.
>> I'll move to approve. >> Luke on the motion, Pete on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Motion carries. action items. Moving on to new business,
consideration to approve the dollar amount for fiscal year 27 reductions. >> Back in July, uh the board approved administration to bring back any cuts uh for not this fiscal year, but it would
be for the fiscal year beginning next July 1st. uh we talked through that at that time saying it would be important to get the cuts actually out ahead of uh people starting to vote on September 19th. And so the process is is that you guys have
to direct us to bring back a number to begin with. And that's what we're going to do tonight. And then uh the second agenda item, I can talk a little bit more about what that means after the board decides on a number uh for us to aim for for items to bring back uh in
September. Uh administratively, we sat down and talked through uh what a number would look like at this time of the year. Normally, we don't come up with those types of numbers until February or March. Um, so right now we're we're
throwing it at at a very it's basically a dart board of we need to have some sort of justification for it and obviously school districts are funded through uh the number of students that come to school for them. Uh we also
have to account for recent legislative changes. Uh meaning this past year with paid FMLA unemployment uh payments are still around in the summertime. There was an increase to uh the teachers TRA piece that we had to account for. Uh
there was insurance increases. Uh and I'm sure I'm missing a few of the mandate pieces. uh inflation uh was also accounted for in the supply areas for cost and for um
gas electricity >> gas electricity uh utilities. Thank you. Couldn't think of the word. Um we also have to account for the one-time cut that we made last year uh into this year, which is the $150,000 bus
purchase. We need to uh keep buying buses. Um and then we also need to uh account for uh the compensatory dollars that the governor decided to have a one-year reprieve and keep. Uh in our
case, the district had $100,000 of compensatory dollars kind of a whole harmless. And at this point, we can't assume that that'll be around next year. uh because everything that I've seen uh moving forward that if it goes through with the plan that they
want to put in it would be $100,000 reduction in compensatory and so Josh did I miss anything off of what we had talked about. No, I think the only the last one capacity we don't know exactly how to put a number quite on it, but within the FMLA, we do put increases into our teachers on call,
which would be our sub cost. Um, but there is potentials to be kind of go through a cycle. Uh, but more cost to not only have the employee out, but to pay them the substitute or the long-term sub with that. So, there are some cost items on the horizon that will
definitely impact the district's budget. Um so with that all said, one of the biggest things was obviously um looking at student enrollment and we went on the conservative side uh with a drop of 16
students which is roughly $160,000 just to give you an idea of what that number would be. And then you add in all of the other dollars as well. And the the number that we had landed on to bring to the board for accepting would be $700,000
uh in cuts going into next fiscal year. And the idea would be to bring back a list of cuts uh in a few weeks on September 8th. And we'd have to schedule a special meeting and that's what the
second agenda item is for that. Um, absentee voting begins on September 19th, >> Lori, Friday. >> I'm getting these dates down. >> And so, the idea would be to have the board pass the actual cuts that we have
at a special meeting on September 8th is what I'm going to recommend. And then that way it would give us time to uh finalize theformational sheets that we would send out to the community and get them to demand ahead of that. So,
what I'm asking the board to for tonight is approval to bring back $700,000 in cuts. Does this go with the plan to keep our general fund growing a little bit or is
that keeping it even or that's still just that's throwing a shot at the or a dart at the door for >> I think that is it would allow us to maybe not have to dip into the general fund designated but I don't think it's going to move the
needle much forward. Um it's not a plan that allows for uh building that fund balance up. We looked at items that are going to be increases over the current budget and what we need to do to have to reduce or to break even essentially with that. Uh if the referendum were to pass,
just rough numbers, the $950 per pupil referendum, give or take say a thousand kids, $950,000 would come into the district if that were to pass. Um there would still need to be an effort to look at doing uh rightsize cuts. If you have 16 kids leaving the district, there
might have to be some, you know, just uh responsibil you know downsizing potentially in the area. But um no, this the number that the admin has brought is not a number that would increase the the fund balance.
>> Are we accounting for some unknowns? I mean, I was just hearing before the board meeting about some different things that happened over the weekend with some equipment that possibly may need replaced. How much money of that 700 is possibly set aside
for that? >> Uh, well, each year we've got LTF LTFM dollars. Um, and we try as we go throughout the year, um, diving those dollars out where needed and then usually kind of what ends up if we have some funds left, we get some bigger
projects done at the end of the summer. Uh, for instance, the concrete elementary this last year, we were able to get that done. Um, so there is a little bit of play in there, but it would mean foregoing something else potentially, whether it be uh the scheduling of the payment, whether it be resurface or seal culture, whatever. We have to
>> adjust some things. Uh so you kind of get into that means versus wants as the year rolls toward closer to the end, >> right? >> When do we get uh what that 16 student drop? When do we have a count usually for how much what enrollment is for the
school? >> Officially you're not going to get it until October after the fiscal year. >> Okay. >> Mars filing is all cleaned up and the the real issue is it's an ADM. So average days of membership, you're not on an actual count on September 19th as the number of kids. Uh the more options
the kids have for class and they come in and go as parents move kids around. That number fluctuates uh significantly. So what we kind of do is we take a snapshot in time, look at what the outgoing senior class would be compared to the incoming kindergarters to make an estimate and that's how you get that 16
ballpark. >> Okay. And and this number also I I reserve that we would make more cuts in the springtime if we need to if we if we feel that 700 isn't going to be enough. So keep that in mind. This is an initial number right
>> to start with. >> Is there anything wrong with with going further and not necessarily, you know, maybe 700,000 is a number we have in mind, but approving more because I know we just went through this. We approved 500,000 and cut 800. So, we had another
meeting for that. Um, is there anything against just having a a 700 is our number, but we'll approve. So, I maybe prevents another meeting from happening or we can go up to 800,000 if you want to.
I mean, we're we're hitting bone right now. You know, that's that's the tough part is if we make some preemptive cuts and you know, we're going to be starting affecting programming here very shortly. You know, we could talk about class
sizes, whatever else, but you know, programming is a big step into >> anything. >> Anything further? I mean, programming is reason why kids come
here, you know. >> Mhm. >> When you look at it from that standpoint, um, and class sizes are a big thing also as well. Um, but we start getting into programming that
when you start taking a look at, you know, something that was here, I I don't know when that got cut, but packs, for example, family consumer science, it was cut at some point, hasn't been brought back, >> right? >> So, when you make cuts to programs, that's awfully tough to bring them back.
And we have a lot of programs here that you will see in the south metro area and it allows kids, our kids to participate in a lot of different options here. We've been very successful with that over the years. Um, you start touching those programs, that's what makes us
competitive with those South Metro Schools and the not only in activities but in academics as well and what we offer. So we're we're down 16. So is that a smaller class size coming in and
compared to the bigger a bigger one going out? >> Well, when we did the numbers um and Josh used it off of NE. >> Yeah. >> A number off of the Department of Ed. And so we're going off of the system that they pay us off of.
>> Mhm. if that makes sense. >> Okay. >> We we went with a more conservative number. >> Sure. >> As opposed to what you know we're seeing in buds and seats. >> I was going to say a different word than I remember cuz I was at a public
meeting. So, >> but 700 is the number that we landed on. If the board wants to go more than that, but we we will certainly bring back items for you to consider, but 700 is what we landed on. >> I think it would be good to understand
what is that threshold that safety net, you know, we brought up is what does 800,000 look like? So, we can be preemptive. Is that when >> Well, that's maybe that's what we do is we bring back 800,000 if that's what the direction that the board wants to go. we could bring 800 and if you only decide
to cut 700, you know, that night at least we're back to >> Yeah. >> where we were at. >> Cuz at what point do the programs that make us competitive that we offer start to get cut? Is that 750? Is it 775? Right. be I would leverage that number
to help us socialize that with the community to say >> and and keep in mind your bigger your your biggest numbers are going to come from staff. >> Mhm. And so, you know, you can I don't know if you cut, you know, going
back to the fax example, you know, you cut the fax program, you're most of your cost is going to come from staffing that position, but it's still a full program of options for kids to to take and explore from that standpoint. And I guess thinking on the flip side
too, if we if we go to 800,000 and then the referendum doesn't pass, but we cut 700,000, what does that look like to the voters? Do they think that we're gouging in a way or, you know, >> Yeah, I would agree with that. >> I think I think personally if the if the
admin's recommending 700 at this point, we just we keep it at that and if we have to uh change, then we will go ahead and do that. But >> I I would almost rather, you know, if you if you cut the 700,000, you could come back in the springtime
and if we need to cut more, we can cut more depending on what we know then as opposed to, you know, 6 months earlier when we're trying to make decisions, but this is the best number that we have right now at this point.
Uh Stephen and Tim, is there anything that you guys want to add at all discussion wise? >> Um from my end of things scheduling wise, um it's really tough to look at
reduct staff reductions that affect core classes at this point. So we're a we're basically a three section school. So in other words, every core class or you know every core class kids take there's three sections of those. I can't given
our class sizes can't go below that without making a number 40 45 which isn't good for kids. We also just don't have the space to put that many kids in the classroom. Um, which means any reduction I make if we're looking
then at that like extracurricular or not extracurriculars. Um, what >> electives? >> Electives. Thank you. Um, and at this point given the number of people I have teaching electives, we're talking about losing a department. So, um, I've got
one business teacher, I've got 1.4 four art teachers. I've got one a teacher, one industrial arts teacher. So, if we start making reductions in those areas, then I'm looking at eliminating a whole
department, which mean which is going to push kids more into online, which is going to affect our, you know, our enrollment numbers. So, um, we're just really, like Jeff said, we're to the bone now and,
you know, big numbers, which we may have to do anyway, depending on how referendum vote goes. Um, we're just at looking at cutting programming for students. And as much as possible, we would like to not do that. Um, but we
also, if we have to, then we have to, we'll have to make smart decisions on that. Nothing particular just right now the class sizes are still kind I mean we've got a general idea but since August 1st we've seen a big change in a couple
different grades. Um fourth grade is up to 97 kids right now. So thank you by the way this spring for adding another section to that. Um but >> that would have been really good with three, huh? >> Yeah. Um so they they've added over the they were already big. They added quite
a bit more just in the last month. Um just in the last like four days we gained one first grader but then lost two. Um a couple weeks ago administrative we were talking about our kindergarten numbers and we have at the time we had five kindergarten kids whose
siblings go here who attended preschool. It's just the parents haven't got back the registration paperwork yet. So the number we were looking at was here but realistically I think we're going to end up here and we've got four of those back now. So we were just waiting on the parents finalizing the numbers. You know what I mean? So, um,
>> what is our >> two weeks from now? We'll know a lot more on that. >> They ask, "What is our incoming kindergarten class size?" >> Right now, the ones Well, we got one today. I'm not sure if we had it entered or not. It's right around 70 right now. So, it was I think one day at administrative we were talking 65 or 66
and we were waiting on five still and four of those have come in. We need these housing developments to get completed and we need people to have kids. >> Yeah. Enrollment right now is even as close as we are to the school year
starting is a little tough to predict. We generally see um bigger numbers of people who are coming to to Canon. We'll start to see the ones who are not coming back um you know next week more so than we are right now. So, I think when I
looked last week at admin, we were up. Um, but again, it's hard to predict right now to know where we're going to end up. Just speaking on numbers a little bit, I did get um a handwritten card from Courtney Hobo for our
three-year-old for preschool. I thought that was a nice touch and it may have been doing it all along and I never saw it, but I thought that was a good thing to connect with, you know, whatever family is out there when they got, you know, young kids that are potentially coming to camp. Props to you guys.
All right. Any more questions for any of our admin team else? I would look for a motion. And if you make a motion to please uh state what dollar amount. >> I'll make a motion to go with the administration suggestion of $700,000 in
reductions for next year fiscal year 27. Luke with a motion for the approval of $700,000 for the re or the recommendation for $700,000 for fiscal year 27 reduction.
>> I'll second >> Jody on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> I oppose. Motion carries 5. Consideration to set a
special meeting date for fiscal year 27 reduction recommendations. >> This goes back to the first agenda item that I just talked about and I am recommending that we have a special meeting on September 8th of one one agenda item to finalize
the cuts for next fiscal year. I was just going to ask if we do that date is majority of you available to do one that morning. >> Yes. >> I believe so. That's it. >> Yeah. Morning would actually.
>> I'm just trying to avoid a couple of kids that have sports, but if that doesn't work for everyone else, I will be here at a regular time if we want it. But else if we could do >> I glad we moved my dentist to come. >> I'm not >> I wasn't even going to ask you.
>> Oh, >> you're the one that wants this. So, I just figured you're open the entire day. >> Does 7 or 7:30 or something? >> Y >> What What do you prefer, Jeff? Or doesn't matter. >> I'm here at seven.
>> You guys prefer >> seven. >> Do seven and get over with. Y >> okay. Uh I'd look for a motion to set a special meeting for September 8th at 7 a.m.
>> I'll make a motion to set the special meeting for the reduction for September 8th at 7 a.m. >> Randy on the motion. I will second Pete on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I.
>> I oppose. Motion carries. Consideration to approve a leave in accordance with the teachers master agreement article 10 leaves of absence section 7 childc care leave from February 2nd of 26 to April 30th of 26.
>> This is for Morgan Schwarz and I recommend approval. >> Look for a motion to approve. >> I'll make a motion. >> Randy on the motion. No. >> Jody, sorry. >> I'll I'll do the second. >> Randy on the second.
Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Motion carries. Consideration to approve a leave in accordance with teachers masters agreement article 10 leaves of absence section 7 childc care leave from January
12th of 26 to April 5th of 26. >> This is for Jade Franson and I recommend approval. >> I'll look for a motion to approve. >> Make a motion. Pete on the motion >> second. >> Luke on the second.
Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Motion carries. Consideration to approve a leap in accordance with teachers master agreement article 10 leaves of absence section 7 childc care leave from January
5th of 26th to March 29th of 26. This >> for Megan Lampman and I recommend approval. Look for a motion to approve. >> I'll make a motion. >> Randy on the motion. >> I will second. >> Pete on the second. Any other
discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. >> Motion carries. Consideration to approve a leave in accordance with the teachers master agreement article 10 leaves of absence section 7 child care leave from February
25th of 26 to the end of the school year. This is Rebecca Schmberg and I recommend approval. >> I'll look for a motion to approve. >> I'll make a motion. >> Jody on the motion. Second. >> Luke on the second.
Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. All right. Something different. Consideration to approve the updated 25 to 26 fall coaching list. Uh Josh Olsen
was added to junior high assistant football and that is paid for by the booster. So we would get a donation and then we would end up paying recommend approving this change. I'll look for a motion to approve. I'll move to approve. Luke on the motion.
>> I will second Pete on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Motion carries. Consideration to approve a softball fundraiser, which would be a youth
basketball tournament. >> Um softball is taken over or >> not taken over, just being >> involved. It' just be a new tournament in town. >> Okay. >> For um for youth grades uh 3rd through
sixth, boys and girls. Um we are working Oh, yeah. just looking for the dates of the sixth and and 7th of uh of December >> as as our dates to do that and just be a youth tournament uh who would handle uh
concessions and admissions and um it'll look hopefully similar to the CFY tournament although I don't feel we'll fill it out like the CFA does but just >> grow it slowly over time. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, >> all right. I recommend approval on this.
>> I'll make a motion. >> Pete on the motion. >> I'll second. >> Rhonda on the second. I'll just add I love hearing anything that uh uses our facilities and involves kids. And thank you.
All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Motion carries. consideration to approve a spring trip to Florida for softball. >> Adam, you want to explain that? >> Yep. So, basically, uh, baseball has
presented the a similar trip. We're just piggybacking what they've done. They went in 2024 and they're going again this spring. Um, so the same facility they go to has a softball complex in the same area, um, with I think a minimum of four softball fields. And uh so we've
talked to Bucky quite a bit about it now. He kind of set up his plan and he uh his estimates for for cost. So we feel like we'll have the funds to to cover it and uh we're going to basically overlap them for for the most part. You know, they might go down on Sunday or
Monday and we might be a one day off or whatever, but it kind of just be over spring break. Um try to do two scrimmages and then like four days of practice is kind of what we're looking at doing. So, we'll be inviting um all girls in 9th through 12. So, everyone
that played last year would say yes and go. We're looking at 23 kids. So, hopefully we get a few more kids to to join softball and get that number up to 26 kids. But, um yeah, >> that's for this Sorry, go ahead.
>> I was just going to say how many chap rooms? Uh right now we'd be looking at probably four to six depending on you know how many kids go. So >> sure if we had 20. Yeah. We try to like So for bus transportation we got to have at least one per seven kids.
>> Okay. >> To drive we're looking at options to do like passenger vans and have them there. But I think if if they still have room at what they call the villas on site, I would like to just have the team stay there. Um you know, kind of as one, which then we might be able to just get
like a charter bus to get us there and you know, just be there for 4 days and then get a charter bus back to the airport. So um that'll be dependent on if the the villas are still available. As of last week, they had 19 rooms, >> which we would need. >> Canon Falls takeover down there. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're coming to play ball.
>> And that's for this coming spring. Yes. cuz that cuz typically Bucky does it a year out, right? And he allows time to fund raise, but you feel good about >> Yeah, we had some fundraising stuff that was a little excess from before I took over. Uh we've had a couple really nice donations and then our fundraiser from
last spring was extremely successful. So, I feel we're probably like based on a number of 20 kids, we're probably close to half half funded. And then we're going to do the basketball tournament coming up. Um, we would have uh a couple opportunities to ask for
some more donations that I know have donated to baseball in the past. Um, and then try to work like a CFA basketball tournament uh concession opportunities. So, we kind of got a long list of ideas to raise any any additional funds if need be. >> Sweet. It's great opportunity for girls.
I know there was openings on the for the concessions for the winter sports last year towards the end of the year that so >> yeah I just kind of we just met with Bucky last week and he gave us like the whole template of you know he's a math guy. >> So we have all the numbers and we're
just going to kind of you know if approved we would lay out to the families like you know here's a here's a uh um you know uh what the trip looks like in terms of dollars. This is how much you can earn. I got a fall softball camp we're going to try to get launched here soon with a spring softball camp. So
kids should have hopefully five or six different opportunities to raise extra money. Um and then they'll have a dollar amount if they want to choose choose to not do those things and just straight they can do that too. So we kind of lay that out per his spreadsheet >> just with our our lingo on it. So >> perfect.
>> I think it's great. I know baseball's done it. Baseball did it years back as well. Has there ever been a softball team that's gone on a trip? >> Probably. >> Yeah. This is awesome. >> Yeah. That's awesome. >> Well, I appreciate all the work that you're doing with the team and helping
coordinate that and giving our kids more opportunities. So, uh, no more questions for Adam. I would look for a motion to approve the spring trip to Florida for the softball team. >> I'll move to approve. >> Luca on the motion. >> I'll second. >> Randy on the second. Any other
discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Motion carries. consideration to approve the 25 to 26 restrictive procedures plan. >> Uh this is an every year plan that needs to be presented to the school board. It
is from GCED and it does affect um Canon Falls and how we do restricted procedures. So be willing to take any questions that you have on that but we do need approval
of this moving into next week. >> Can you just explain is there any you said this is an annual approval. Is there anything that's changed from prior years >> on this plan?
>> No, it's >> I don't No. Yeah, because I think it came from without any changes because the legislature didn't make any changes to holds this past year, but I believe in the session before they did uh with
holds. So, nothing has changed from last year. >> Yeah, seclusion was probably the biggest thing that was changed two years ago. >> Okay. Any other questions on the restrictive procedure plan?
If not, I would look for a motion to approve. >> I'll make a motion. >> Jody on the motion. >> I will second. Pete on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I.
>> Opposed. Motion carries. Consideration to set the truth and taxation hearing date December 15th of 25 at 6:00 in the boardroom at East 820 East Minnesota Street.
Uh this is a yearly event that we have to hold to inform uh taxpayers on what their set tax rate will be for this for the following calendar year starting on
December 1st or on January 1st. >> Any discussion on that at all? Any questions for Jeff? >> This is just the approval to have the meeting, correct? >> Yep. We have to notify the public of when that meeting is.
>> I would look for a motion to approve. >> I'll make a motion. >> Randy on the motion. >> I'll second. >> Jody on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose.
>> Motion carries. Consideration to approve the resolution appointing election judges and absentee ballot board members for the November 4th of 25 school district special election. Uh as we mentioned earlier,
the absentee ballot uh election will start on September 19th for the November 4th election. And so the district does need to hire the uh list of judges uh that are listed here and approve the ballot board judge a
ballot board group as well. Did I say that correctly, Lori? >> I was just wondering, do we get any discounts for the school employees? >> Large and this is a resolution. So in detail, >> right? >> You would never do a vote.
>> You guys feel good about the judge training or the election training? That went good. >> I wouldn't go down a rabbit hole too far with her on questions. >> All right. If there's no questions, I would uh look for a motion to approve the
resolution appointing election judges and absentee ballot board members for the special election on November 4th. >> I'll make the motion to approve. >> Luke on the motion. >> I will second. >> Go ahead, Pete. >> I will second.
>> Pete on the second. And since uh Joel Lynn's here, I've asked Luke if he would take care of reading the resolution. Yeah. be it resolved by the school board of independent school district number 252 Minnesota as follows. It is hereby found
determined and declared as follows. One, the following individuals, each of whom is qualified to serve as an election judge are hereby appointed as judges of election for the school district's special election on November 4th, 2025 to act as such at the polling place
listed below. Can Falls City Hall 918 River Road, Canon Falls, Minnesota 55009. Head election judge Sarah Pier. Assistants Michelle Sandine, Ellen Hartman, Terry Soul, Michelle Zimmerman,
Christy Typton, Josh Davidson, and Lorie Hansen. And I'll take a roll call vote. Jody, >> yes. >> Randy, >> yes. >> Pete, >> yes. >> Clinton, >> yes. >> Myself is a yes. All
right. Thank you, Luke. All right, that does it for this portion of the meeting. Uh coming up uh next board meeting is well we're going to have that special election or special meeting on the 8th and that will be at 7:00 in the morning
and then the ne next regular uh schoolboard meeting will be on September 22nd at 6:00 hopefully back in the boardroom. And those are a few items that uh could potentially be on that agenda. If anyone
has anything that uh they'd like added, make sure you contact uh Jeff or uh Lori and we will try to get that put on. No one has anything else to add. I would look for a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make a motion to adjourn.
>> Randy with a motion. Second. >> Luke with a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I >> opposed. Motion carries. Thank you.