there you go right so we are calling the meeting to order at 5: and let's go ahead and stand I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all I have a flag related whatever I'm not the guy that like is super whatever about this kind of stuff but I found it interesting I was driving somewhere I
can't remember where and they had the men old Minnesota flag up some private residence I was like oh they're fighting the power about the whole Indian ride in the sunset whatever and then I pull in I was like Hey we're still flying the old flag not
that I'm a big whatever on that kind of stuff but just found it interesting it's been ordered for a month and a half it's just backward okay cool that's the biggest issue well it's that's a fair question though I've asked it a few times
so yep yep yep so we're supposed to approve the agenda as uh 3.0 approval of agenda uh do we need a motion to I'll make a motion I'll second it uh all in favor I all oppose motion carries uh uh
4.0 acknowledgements and recognitions do we have anything for that I'm not a we do not okay um and so recognitions of visitors and Community comments don't have anyone signed up for Community comments I presume if there's
anyone out there watching welcome thank you um and then 6.0 reports 6.1 is the principal what are you doing watching a zoom of a school board meeting on a beautiful day in July they're being actively involved in
get a like I did not get a report and he will not be here okay are you recording yeah okay yeah there's no principal report tonight I will share a quick superintendent report if that's okay yes please I did not uh put one in the packet my apologies to you I want to
thank uh folks in the district office for keeping the wheels on the on the train while I was out for about two and a half weeks dealing with the family situation so no written report but a couple of updates for board members um I continue to work with IC and rap
strategies on referendum Communications uh I did meet with ccea leadership on Tuesday of this week uh regarding engaging the ccea and advocacy work uh as we get closer to the fall launch of the school year uh and just today I
started scheduling a slate of presentations to places like the um the chamber the Eda um some more local entities I've made the offer to the County Commissioners and the City of Grand marray also Grand Portage um both
the tribal council and through Maria uh through the L so um A lot's going to be starting to roll out as we get things scheduled and just stay tuned to that but that's taken a bunch of time uh I did cancel my uh registration for the ark superintendent gathering on Monday
and Tuesday uh due to just being out so much in the last couple weeks I I need to be in the office uh and then lastly a celebration and thank you to we had negotiations and Teresa we had negotiations most of the day on Tuesday with our two different Teamster groups
and we think we're at a tenative agreement with both groups and they'll be bringing it back to their group for a vote and hopefully we'll have contracts to approve in one meeting August pretty good one one um information gathering meeting and then yeah because they didn't have their folks there Y and then
one like real meeting yeah and it was very respectful most good meeting yeah so that's what I got for you um on the superintendent report and then in your packet there is a written qm report that is an annual requirement of Q comp by
mde just kind of identifying how many teachers achieve their uh growth goals and and things like that and there are no changes to the qom plan itself from last year to this next year so too many acronyms for a beautiful day in July sorry just not having it you comp
quality compensation right okay and it's a teacher money that goes to the teachers if they meet certain goals cool short I probably should have done a school board report for attending the
YMCA meeting I did that for you thank you yes really smoo I forgot that even happened that happened um it was smooth and fine and I even shared quite a bit of information in repli they should check out Vikings visions.org perfect Visions right Viking visions.org Vikings
vision Vision um and that must have triggered a thought because I have an a request for a meeting with is it Alex um and so I'm GNA meet with him tomorrow morning about the referendum so I shared quite a lot of that information and even kind of chuckled that that it's been called the
pickle ball gym where did that come from never before but the idea of of what they called it that no I told them we we we kind of chuckled and called it the pickle ball gym and that and discuss the idea of how it could be part of their
gym Community well the wi the access to have gyms available more times of the day right like the new gym or the the that we had three different questions that would be on the ballot
and be the the additional the the the second additional gym because one is on question one anyway the second additional gym and just kind of the idea of how that could how
the continued partnership could allow for use of the gym for all different times of the day my dream is that if it gets voted for that kids could have access to the Y gym after school because the Sports would
be right right anyways just kind of shared that they should check that information out well thank you for being there in my stad I appreciate it uh so comp report 6.3 you yeah I just verbally spoke through did there a link
in your packet um you can read through it there if you like um Lacy Smith provided plenty of detail about the program so yeah thanks to La all right thank you moving on to the consent agenda a motion to to approve the
consent I'll make motion I'll second all in favor I motion carries discussion and action items 8.1 accept the June 2024 expenditure revenue report all right I just have a few
things to comment on so it's really the line in the very middle it's not highlighted the gray lines are from last year and white the UNH highlighted lines are for this year um so year to date 23 24 there'll still be some movement in
that lane because of uh yearend paying of invoices that meant to be in you know fiscal year 24 and then just uh money that's coming in that didn't make it here by June 30th that will then get added into those numbers um so I do know
that if we just look at the totals if you look at the total fund 135 the highlighted you know bold numbers it looks like we're ahead $500,000 Chris pointed that out to me and I just wanted just maybe Focus right
now just on the big number on top the total tools um that were um about what $250,000 shy of being balanced but I do have aser funds and title funds that
make up that difference so we're really quite balanced we're at zero um so there'll be a few things that'll fluctuate as I go through the next couple of weeks I'll be doing that tax spread because most of the revenue is in that general fund line number one that's
almost $10,000 that'll get spread out amongst you know Transportation um capital and debt services so there'll be some moving Parts still but we are ending the year with um good even even ke thank you
thank you doing that too keeping track of that so do we have a motion to accept do we have to have a motion to accept I'll make a motion I'll second it any conversation question
discussion all in favor I motion carries uh approve 8.2 approve resolution for filing dates for the 2024 School Board election and that's also in our
packet for members of the public to know the resolution calls for the filing window to be July 18th through August 13th so that's the window for people to file for uh school board and there are two seats up this year from District Two
um which is Grand marray East um currently that's Carry's position and then District area four which is the Gunflint Trail area that Stephanie radoff is representing so those are the two seats that are open the dates to file are the 18th of July through August
13th and we just need the resolution to be passed so we can V forward I'll make a motion second any discussion all in favor I motion carries uh item 8.3 approve the
resolution to designate the Iowa this is an annual process and we do it in July just because that's when districts hire and start their brand new superintendence so it fits in the July agenda I'll make a motion I'll second it
any discussion no all in favor favor I I all opposed carries I just think it's funny we have to like do a resolution to acknowledge Iowa aren they what a terrible
acent I totally just got your little joke Pretty Caddy a moment little joke right you're delightful yeah thank you ban sorry
um item 8.4 approved 2024 legislative session model policy updates Redline and updated model policies so I'll just make comment that this is being done in one motion due to
the fact that all of the changes are as a result of legislative changes so when the legislature does their thing all of our policies need their numbers shs and Ma I'll correct it L statute and this has all been
done msba does it basically for us yeah and then K goes through and tightens them all up one at a time so thanks K that's that's a heck of a lot of work a lot of policies there's a lot of policies yeah and usually when it's legislative you know they just give you
the red line and you make the what's the word kind of the clerical changes in there and the way you don't so okay I'll make a motion to accept that I'll second with the note that man
you administrators do a good job doing tedious stuff holy man policy is tedious thank God adults in the world it wouldn't be getting better though k k is a machine on this you way to go K thank you you know I I
would have to say over the period of time that I've been here that the policies are in much better shape they are they were slowly yeah I was just thinking about that when Dan and I when Dan first came on the board I remember he and I discussing oh my gosh the policies that we have linked on our
website say model policy and they don't we haven't even filled it the blank there's like a blank you just write Cook County Schools or they 166 they've done nothing so my question is not to the Bel belor this stuff because it is a beautiful July day
but my interest is a little Peak so like these are two separate things the legislature is doing just stuff and we as a district are getting better at administrating that stuff or is the legislative stuff actually helping the process of helping districts to or is
the legisl just all agenda legisl is always changing stuff that impacts policy right so there there's no we're just not really getting updated there's no effort the legislative level to say hey districts might have a hard time keeping up with this and this is part of the process
we're building in not at all not at all that's that's where msba helps us oh go msba is a big helper and and we pay for that membership and we pay for their policy services and that's why because it's so impossible to keep up with the
legislature um the formatting of policies and the making them look professional and standard that's K raen so uh we have she has made a an effort a very deliberate effort to start changing some of what you just said Reena like get the right headers on them get them
numbered correctly get the formatting of the titles the same make sure that the school district is mentioned things like that right yeah little things like that so thank you to K for it's not so while I'm thinking about it's not just the policies on the website it is the entire website we've just really improved in
our transparency and there's been a lot of hard work that's been done by recent staff I appreciate that too uh did we need a vote vote okay there was motion discussion
all in favor all all opposed motion carries uh and so we're on to 8.5 approve amended joint Powers agreement with Northland Learning Center yeah and I'll give this a little context for board members there is only one sentence
changed in this so this jpa has been in place for a long time uh it's our relationship with Northland Learning Center um the article 8 section two the sentence was added any any party resending their decision to
withdraw prior to the effective date of the withdrawal shall be responsible for any and all additional costs where the change where um there are changed circumstances which could cost the NLC money or damages sounds like the Virginia left him with a bill huh they
Virginia has voted to leave or um Rockridge has voted to leave the collaborative and the collaborative is in the process of building a new building and exiting the villing in Virginia because that thing's going to fall down sometime in the near future um
and so uh we've worked through three different legislative Cycles to get to a place where we can afford to do this because funding a construction of a collaborative building is very difficult since they can't just let Bond like we can um so we've got it greased we've got
plans drawn up we're at the point where we're about ready to pull the trigger we've got 10 million from I RB we've got money from the legislature we've got the authority to Levy locally in all of our districts um why we're doing this is just in case Rock Ridge changes their
mind prior to us opening this building and all that kind of stuff if they say just kidding we want to be in then all of a sudden we have to build a bigger building and have a different you know scope in the project um so this protects Us by saying if you change your
mind you're responsible for the additional cost in Cur does that make sense yes yeah so it's to protect the other districts in the collabortive M yeah I at this point are they still included in that agreement they are in
the NJ in the jpa yes yeah and their exit dat to take it's like a full calendar year before that brexit yes breit a brexit exactly right and we know how well that went
exactly so this would be a viret what would this be Rd I like it so what you're proving is the new update jpa he so witty today guys well
your little jokes um do we have a motion I'll make a motion I'll suck it um any more discussion all in favor I I'll oppose motion car iies 9.0 we're moving on to Personnel 9.1 new hires resignations and
leaves of absence and there are quite a few on our list one I didn't really did we update one recently yeah um absolutely we did so um the first couple of teacher hires on there culinary arts industrial Tech that is an annual
process due to tier one lure um we're really grateful for Tom the and Jordy Kirk and the work they do to provide those courses for our students Kirsten has requested a reduction due to her um graduate work in schooling on the
resignation side um yeah you can see what you can see we want to definitely say congratulations to Scott Steinbach uh after 32 years of service to our district um I I often go why did you do that when you retire after all of our celebrations of
retirees and all of that but um sometimes they don't want the celebration exactly so Scott you thank you for 32 years to Cook County plus a couple other years of teaching uh prior to being here Julie Nelson uh retiring after many many many years here of
unbelievable work and we just appreciate all that she's done for our kids uh and Janna Larson making that um leave of absence that the board approved just over a year ago into an official retirement yeah I didn't know that that one came in so thank you Miss overberg
for um navigating that and then that was the one I was surprised of oh that was formality sort of expecting it but surprised at the same time so um Jan with Janna leaving she was on a leave of absence is that free of a position then or no we
already H even though she was sometimes you that doesn't happen so leave you do a fill behind or something right we had we went ahead and hired okay um I think this is a financial thing for her so anticipated changes for us would be the
position that's advertised because of Scott's reement correct we're always looking for more pair of professionals correct and uh some long-term subbing positions that will be available yep and the sub long-term sub positions the interviews were today so I think that
will be that's pretty much wrapped up um but that slot that Scott steinbuck with his retirement that is open and if if we can hire that that would be great um we we're tentatively planning right now on running one section of kindergarten instead of two because the number is
really low as predicted we knew that was going to happen and then move Emily up to a higher grade level um so that reduce the need for the no we would still need to hire that if we can fourth grade all of a sudden is at 29
oh it's crazy we keep adding kids so well that's that's a good problem that's a good problem that's a good problem to have yeah wonderful um do we have a motion to accept the new hires resignations and
Lead absence I'll make a motion I'll second any more discussion just um thanks to all these uh three people they've um they were here in lean years and good years and bad years and appreciate that kind of longevity two of
them were my teachers that's speaks there I'm either really young or they've been here that long and they were wonderful then and and dedicated for a long time I believe you mentioned a number of 30 some years so I think it's things you
[Applause] L well jeez thanks for your little jokes for real thank you so much for their wonderful years of service they three really integral people on our
team uh so all in favor do motion I had took a second we've already motioned that was our discussion okay to make sure we say thank great appreciation to these people and then all in favor I all
opposed motion carries uh and 10.0 to adjourn our regular meeting do we have a motion I'll make a motion all right he beat me to a second do we have any discussion well no more great
jokes instead of saying my kids have gotten into Alexa roast me I can say Reena Eric roast me come up with some I she roasted Virginia not you and I will I think you roasted me again there yep I'll but if you haven't tried it Alexa
will roast you it's really silly really yeah how personal does Alexa know me like you don't want to know oh no kidding it's been lovely dinner table motion carries we're done we did vote right we can