He's kind of looking around. They found hers because I mean she was loaded that day. Just a bit of time. What do you think? Did you guys know Florida was going to be heard? Well, we'll start
feeling but it is what it is. All right. Will you start the video? Yeah, let's do this and then call the meeting. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. All right, I'll read the district mission statement. In partnership with the community, the mission of the Dworth Led
School District is to educate individuals in an environment of trust and respect so they become self-directed responsible like long and presum Um, since we have no visitors, I
don't think we have to worry about uh visitors and uh agenda. Any changes to the agenda? No. All right. Um, can I get a motion to adopt the agenda? Some motion by Troy. Do I have a second?
Second. Second by Britney. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. public comments and rebel recognition. I guess we'll forego public comments unless
Brook's got anything to say, but um Rebel recognition just our seniors obviously graduation over the weekend. So, congrats to them again and thank you to Laura and David for helping with the ceremony. That was awesome. That was fun. Yep, it was good. So, that was
nice. uh track goes to sections in Betett on Friday or they're going up Thursday night because they got to be there right away Friday morning and it's not in our backyard so it's a little bit of a ride. Um baseball plays later this week. Is it
next week playoffs start for them? I think plays start next week I think. Yeah. softball team um as we were just talking before the meeting just lost in the section tournament uh today uh or this afternoon and then uh golf is at
Atomic Country in Baiji don't remember but anyway so just a lot went on good luck to all those participants and just thanks to all the staff there's been lots of field trip days. Lots of fun in the sun, track and field, flower, all
the kids. So, we appreciate the last last efforts on the last days of school here. Oh, I should say we have preschool graduation walk through the hallway tomorrow. So, and and fifth grade dare graduation and fifth grade. Yeah, it's
true. Clap out of the elementary school. Fourth grade clap out. So, there's a lot of lots of stuff. Lots of stuff. That's right. And the dare graduation is right. That's come out. Tomorrow's the last day with kids. Yeah. And then workshop Thursday with staff.
Thanks so much to all the staff helping turn classrooms over, get deep cleaning started, all of that busy work that happens in the summer. Lots of work there. So, thanks in advance for that. Any other recommendations? All right, we'll go on
to 6 6.1 board committee reports budget report. Um guess the budget packets in your in your packet. We went over um been avail but we went
over some of the cuts that we've looked at in upcoming year. Um I wasn't here, but that's the um basically, you know, one of the nice things we've been able to do is just uh
manage um cuts through attrition for the most part and also involved in negotiations. And so we've got to balance that as well. And so we're looking at certified
negotiations, confidential negotiations. Those are confidentials are we approve them tonight. Yeah. Yeah. Plus contractors that will be upcoming and then we talked a bit about operating referendum before we talked
about the work session. So thank you for that. All right. Any questions or discussion on budget? All right. We'll go on to negotiations.
Um, broken record. Yeah. Um, you know, we've we've put a proposal uh together and sent to the certified staff. Just a tough time of year to meet. So, we're looking to get uh time
to go over that um so we can sort of explain our thought process and hopefully we get closer to resolution on that. And we do have a personnel committee tonight so we can discuss more details
on that as we try to finalize the schedule with them. Personnel budget or negotiations are different. Oh, they are different. I'm sorry. Yeah, that's right. No, no, it's not your fault. That's a change. My bad. But we do have a personnel meeting tonight and it's on the agenda.
Oh, we sent So, we sent over a response and are sent over a response to them and we're waiting for something back. Yeah. We'd like to have a meeting to discuss, hear their thoughts, and kind of explain where we're coming from. And email doesn't
always capture that very well. Want to make sure it's open. Um, anything else? Angela, you think? All right, we'll go on to unless anybody's got any questions or All right, we'll go on to
um meet Troy. We talked we talked about that last we might have talked about session a bit, but I don't know if we've talked about Oh, yeah. Here. No, it was a really good conversation. It's really nice to hear had the opportunity to talk
directly with the staff um and hear a great majority of it was all the really good things happening in the school which was really nice to hear the things that they were excited about the changes that have been implemented. Things a couple things did get brought up that could be addressed you know for future school years but just in general really
good dialogue and eager to have more conversations like that in the future. Yeah, it was good just to have the opportunity to sit down with those those individuals and just have that time. Any questions? Just thank those folks for
taking time to do that with us. All right. The DT. Well, I'll take the DT. Uh the two members of the DT are not with us tonight. So, that leads me. Um we just uh celebrated the seniors because it was our last DT meeting of
the year. So, we had a group of seniors that have been serving on that. I just think and then we have other students too under classmen as well, but just the seniors in particular, I don't know if hardly one of them missed a meeting all year. It's 7 o'clock on a Thursday morning and they're came home late from
games and activities and who knows what and we're always at those meetings. So, I thank them for that. That was uh impressive and just their input. So, we we spent some time talking to them and thanking them. Um and then just kind of recap the year. We asked the the group, hey, did you like the schedule this
year? Do you like the topics and how we went through it? And yeah, it was just a real good kind of a year wrap-up. So, and I said, well, as long as uh those that are a part of it, because this was the first year for many of the parents, I said, I I would like it to be a two-year deal. Um, and so if you want to
or can make it work again next year, we'll have our first group meeting in September. I'd like you to stay on. If you can't for whatever reason, scheduling and work and whatnot, just let me know and we'll find a replacement. And then the other thing we'll do next fall is we'll find as our juniors move up to seniors and so on, we
want to find some underassmen that can kind of fill that void. So yeah, overall was good. Kind of a weekend. Our question is what age groups of student representation do we have? 9 through 12. Yeah. So high school. Yeah.
Any other questions? DT. All right. Going to the work session and I don't know if anybody wants to take it. Oh, I guess I can. Um we uh were given a presentation by Todd
Ram Todd Ram who is a communications consultant and he talked a little bit about what work they do as it relates to um operating referendum levies to help get information out there. Not advocacy
just information out to the district. It's important that people understand, you know, what they're voting on as it relates to um operating referendums. Of course, we haven't decided that yet, but we definitely wanted to hear that piece. Um
they do a lot of work um in the upper Midwest here and so it was interesting to learn more about that. Um then we broke down uh Shannon had a presentation that he gave um sort of
outlining some of the um financial hardships I guess of the district um particularly with regard to state funding um looking at you know deal with DGF's
um efficient efficiency I guess in terms of operations where we are um you know with comparison to local schools um operating levies across the state we're one of the I think it was 70% have
operating referendum or levies so we're we're sort of unique in that respect and um really good discussion on um what it means for the district you know how did we get here. Um, we looked
at a lot of different things that have been done to date to manage um, our budget and important cuts that we've made, some important investments we've made in the district as well in terms of programming and curriculum and
those sorts of things. Anything else anybody wants to add? I'll just throw a couple things in. Uh for those people that are watching that have been involved with the Dworth uh community center, uh Todd Rap who spoke with us did work with the city of Dworth
through that. So some people might have heard that name or remember that name from that. The second thing is is I have a meeting on Monday. June 2nd is Monday, I believe. Thanks. Yeah, June 2nd is Monday. Uh I have Marcus and I are
meeting with uh business manager and superintendent of Morehead. They have a program that uh and that we're looking at working with them. If it works really good, we might purchase it or we might just use that. How that goes. But um the
efficiency so we can say DGF here's our enrollment. Here's our budget and we can compare it comes from Aaylor's who does a lot of the financing across the state. We can pick schools our size to kind of the question I think Troy that you asked. And so I did a little investigating and Moore had just
purchased this um program and so Rick Marcus and I are going to go over and meet with him in the afternoon on Monday and he said we can start to punch in numbers and whatnot and I'm sorry schools and we can do some comparisons and efficiency checks. So yeah, so that worked out really well. That was a nice
thing that we have coming. So yeah, that's great. Hopefully should help with some further discussion here. Yeah, I mean I think it was a really good session for the group. a lot of coding input um you know just really important things that were brought up about you
know how's the a community you know doing right now and things like that so I mean it it was really I thought a valuable work session anybody else wants to add all right we'll go on to 62
superintendent yeah mine is fairly short we've had enough other committee reports but construction updates are tomorrow morning at 6:30 the flooring company uh Jay Wood will be here to start working on our floor here. I talked to them this morning. Uh they were going to be here today but they were wrapping up a job in
Biji and so they are going to be here at 6:30 in the morning. We'll start opening up the gym floor and find out exactly how much damage is there. We know we have some that'll be a dumpster sitting outside the southeast corner uh because that door and that area right by that door too is going to have some flooring
ripped out. So that process will start tomorrow and uh next week we're going to start doing the exploratory take in the science room. So uh yeah so those are just wanted to make sure you guys know that this is getting started. The fork gym as of right now has nothing
scheduled for the summer. Uh if it ends up being done and can get opened up great. uh we can maybe open up later, but we also know volleyball starts soon in August and I think they have it scheduled for at least six to eight weeks to do the work because remember they're going to tear out some of the
floor. They got to replace it. They got to send the entire gym floor down, remark it, restain it, all of that's a process and then put the sealer and stuff back on. So yeah, so right now we just said let's just don't schedule anything just so it doesn't create
problems later and then probably won't be there. Um, and that it's worth noting that's that's an insurance item. That's yes, that's all covered through insurance and both items are. Yeah, the science room too is an insurance issue.
Um, we our next meeting uh for mediation, I think I remember saying or I've shared this before, is going to be August 6th with our architect. Um, so work through that and that's kind of our
construction. Yeah, we as people walk the hallways here at this site, we have some flooring issues with the construction as well or that glue is still oozing through. We are working to address that this summer and see what other options we may have. We like the
flooring other than the where it isn't over a tunnel. The glue is fine and it's not an issue. But uh anyway, it's maintenancefree so we don't wax it. That's the one thing we like about it. But yeah, it's just the glue piece is not working. So that is something else
we're going to address this summer in some capacity. Uh, next item is enrollment. Our enrollment this year, as you guys know, that's been kind of our our challenge with our budget is because of our enrollment. Um, we've gotten a few back,
so we're back over 1500, but um I'm sorry, I just lost my number. 1509 1505. Um, next year, uh, kindergarten, we got another one today. So, we're at overund close to 13, 14, something like
that. So that's good. Um, so our enrollment next year too is almost it's actually a little bit up from this year. So it's I'll say the word stable from this year's number, but this year's number is still down quite a bit. So when you see enrollment, is there a
percentage that you typically see drop off before the school year starts? Drop off before the school year starts. 1505 today. Do you anticipate 1505 will be in the building on the first day? Uh, right. We're projecting it's 15. 1512.
Yeah. Now, as you think about our seniors leaving and now our new kindergarten group coming in, which is bigger than our graduating seniors, that's how we get to 1512. Um, it's interesting. Some summers we see a jump and this last summer it
just kind of stayed there and then our kindergarteners the numbers never did recover. So last year was probably the first year that I've been here where we had a decrease in the summer or at least from the projection we're assuming we were going to get more
kindergarten. Um next year well I like your kindergarten numbers already so that's better. Our preschool numbers are good over 102 for next year already which bodess well for the following years to have some consistency. So yeah, there's a lot of um a lot of movement
nowadays with families. So that's why I asked because that ties very closely back to negotiations, right? Some of those conversations taking place. So that's why I asked. Yep. No, it's a good question. That same lines is then do we do we see drop offs in rates one through
11 right now? Do you see that? Anything like that or is it just kindergarten is what we Well, kindergarten is the new group, so it's kind of an easy one to highlight. Um, I would say as this whole year has gone on, honestly, this is the challenging with budgeting is we're
getting the onesie twzies kind of throughout the whole year throughout all grade levels. Um, so we quarterly Brooke will bring in the new quarterly March report. Look at the whole list and I'll look at it. Gosh, we're down six. You know, we're down 12. Oh, one in that
class, two in this class when it's like, wow, you know, it's not like, hey, we lost a bunch of first graders, which is good that we're losing them all over, but in the end, you don't reuse staffing because they're all over. And that's what's um Yeah, Brooke, wouldn't you say too,
as we look at that, you and I look at that all the time and it's It's always once Tuesdays kind of, you know, in general throughout the year and then you'll gain, you know, there'll be a gains and there's loss. Yep. You'll get some of that, too. Traveling families. Yep.
So, yeah. The one easy one is, okay, we lost how many seniors and we have many kindergarters coming. That's kind of why we got this jump for next year. Um, but it's not a big jump, but it's it's more. So, yeah. Yeah.
All right. Any other questions for Shap? We'll go up to 7.1. This is um motion to approve the regular meeting on May 12th, 2025. Do I have a motion? Motion by second. Second by any questions or
discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I Okay, we'll go on to number eight, the consent agenda. Um, this is for approve the bills for May 2025 in the amount of
$31,870. Good. Um this also approved and filed for audit the treasur's monthly budget report which is in packet. Also to approve the resignation of Angela Sager food service effective May 9th 2025. Approve the resignation of Anna
Risdorf techad teacher effective the end of the 2024 2025 school year. Approve the resignation of Jenna Maker professional effective the end of the 2024 2025 school year. Approve the resignation of Becky Donna Don special
education teacher effective the end of 2024 2025 school year and approve the resignation of Barb Measure Schmidt transportation effective May 29th 2025. Do I have a motion
motion? Second second. Any questions or discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I post. Motion carries. On to new and unfinished business number
9.1. This is uh to approve the non-certified contract for bar roll out professional class 2 step 10 effective the start of the 2025 2026 year. Do I have a motion? Motion by Troy. Do I have a second?
Any questions or discussion? Remember Barb was an interventionist for us and now she's coming back in this room. So it is great. Really appreciate this. Any other questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I.
I motion carries 9.2. This is to approve the non-certified contract for Kirstston Macau par professional class 2 step one effect at the start of the 2025 2026 school motion motion by Angel. Do I have a
second? Second. Second by M. Any questions or this also interventions? Uh nope. This is just a professional job. Any other questions? Hearing none. All those in
favor say I. I. Oppos. Motion carries. On to 9.3. This is to approve the non-certified contract for Jasmine Nor. Food class food service class one step 30 effect start of the 2025
206. Do I have a motion? Motion by Troy. Do I have a second? Second by Angela, I think. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Oppos. Motion
carries. 9.4. This is to approve the certified Griffith ELL teacher BA step one effective the start of the 2025 2026. Do I have a motion? Motion by. Do I have a second? Second.
Second by Troy. Any questions or discussion? This is now we have full-time person here. We've had halftime in the past, but with our numbers, we needed to increase time. So, this is a change we had to make. So, it's fulltime
person. Any questions or discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I carries on 9.5. This is to approve the certified contract for Nicholas Garden Middle School FIA teacher BA step two
effective the start of the 2025 2026. Do I have a motion? Motion by Mike. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Angela. Any questions or discussion? This is a closing
position. Where is he? He was uh sub this year and for his false everything. Any other questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I oppose. Motion carries.
On to 9.6. This is to approve the certified contract for Nicole KDson early childhood teacher PA. Uh step three effecting the start of the 2025 2026 school. Do I have a motion?
Motion by second. Second by Troy. Any questions or discussion? Yeah, our numbers are there. So back. Any other questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. On to 9.7. This is uh to approve the
2025 2026 Minnesota State High School League resolution for membership since it's a resolution. This is resolution resolved that the governing board of the entity of Dorth women high school located in the state of Minnesota delegates the control
supervision and regulation of inter scholastic activities and athletics referred to Minnesota statute section 128 C101 to the Minnesota State High School League. So hereby certifies to the state commissioner of education as provided for by Minnesota statutes.
Further the result of the school listed is authorized by this the governing board of said school district for school to renew its membership in the Minnesota state high school league and to participate in approving inter schoolastic activities and athletics sponsored by set league and various
subcommissions. Further resolve that this governing war or enemy hereby adopts the constitution file as policies rules and regulations of set league and all amendments thereto as the same as are published in the latest official handbook on file at the
office of the school district or school or as appears in the league's website as the minimum standards governing participation said league sponsored activities and athletics. Further, the administration and responsibilities for determining student eligibility and supervision of such activities and athletics are assigned to the official
representatives identified by this governing order. All right. Do I have a motion? A motion. A motion by Britney. Do I have a second? Second. Any questions or
discussion? Just something we do every year. All right. Because it's a resolution. by roll call. Troy, hi. David, I Britney, hi Micah. Hi, Angela. Hi.
On to that. This is uh to approve the milk bit with 10 fins cre by any questions or discussion on uh if you remember oh boy three four five months ago this uh
this family So, you should go online if you want to. It's really neat story. They're from Anaga and they supply milk to some local school districts and uh Shannon Noak and I visited about a little bit. She checked into it and we had to go through some hoops and jumping
around, but uh it worked out to be a good thing for us and a good thing for this family. So, if you get a chance, go online. It's just a really neat story of a family that does this. And so, we're very fortunate to worked out. So, it's kind of nice to support another local company uh that supplies milk to the
school. So, are we still getting Is it like the carton milk or just Yep. It's all carton. It's Yeah, it's a really neat uh I want to say like five or six, maybe even 11, I can't remember. I'm
sorry, of of public schools that use them. Yeah. I'm assuming it's comparable in price to what we were doing. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's why it worked out. That's Yeah, they're very Yeah. So again, if you have a chance to look into it, it's it's uh really neat and yes, it
is. And our farm to school grant helps obviously too. So yeah, it's kind of that whole process. So it's it is really it's it's neat. So yeah, any other questions or discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor say I.
Oppos. Motion carries. on to 9.9 resolution accepting donations. Resolution got whereas Minnesota statutes 123B.02
02 subdivision 6 provides the board may receive for the benefit of the district request donations or gifts for the any proper purpose and apply the same to the proposed designated purpose designated in that behalf. The board may act as trustee on of any trust created for the benefit of
the district or for the benefit of pupils thereof including trust created to provide pupils in the district with advanced education after completion of high school in the advancement of education and whereas Minnesota statutes 465.03 03 provides any city county school district or town may except grant
or devis or real or personal property and maintain such property for the benefit of its citizens in accordance with the terms prescribed by the donor. Nothing here and shall authorize such acceptance or use for religious or secretarian purposes. And whereas every such acceptance shall by resolution
governing body adopted by a two-thirds majority of its members expressing such terms in full. Therefore, be it resolved that the school district school board of Dworth Glenn and Felton public school districts independent school district 2164 gratefully accepts the following
donations as identified below from Casey's general store in the amount of $112 for Rebel Pride shirts from an anonymous donor in the amount of plants with a pollinator garden. So, this is two things.
Yeah, it is. Yeah, I was trying to read it as one sentence because it was like one and I was like, what are we getting? I'm confused. I was confused. Okay, got it. Yes. Yeah. Two donations from anonymous donor case. All right. Uh, do I have a motion? So
moved. Motion by Britney. Do I have a second? Second by Angela by uh any questions or discussion? Just like to thank the folks uh for donations. It's greatly
appreciated and really appreciate it. Uh because it's a resolution by roll call. Troy. Hi. David. Hi. Britney. Hi. Micah. Hi. Angela. Hi. Passes. On to 9.10. This is to approve
the confidential or confidential contracts for fiscal year 26 through fiscal year 27. Do I have a motion? by do I have a second any questions or something that the personnel committee has seen or
well the contracts themselves well the contracts themselves really don't change year to year other than dollar amounts y and we did discuss it at the well I discuss it with you guys at the personnel and did I Okay. Just the first
Yeah. And so roughly um it's about 3%. Yep. Some a little less than three. There was some benefit things, but um the other ones were three. It's um so just so you know, the confidential, it's district office,
uh tech guys. Then I'm for I got there's 11 of us, I think. Or not us because I'm not in that. and then directors Chase, Shannon, Noak, Eileen Munter. So, the directors, those directors, and then the tech guys in the district office.
Yep, it was 3% pretty much across the board with the exception of somebody that took a little more benefit, so we negotiated less salary. So, the 3% is total package salary and benefits. Pretty much exactly that. Yeah. Yep. And
3% over two years. % 3% for each year. So, it's a three and three. Yep. It's a two-year contract just like we do with certified and uncertified. Y any other questions? If you have more questions for me on that, I can always
show you what I have. Y all those in favor say I. I motion carries on to 9.11. This is to approve the non-certified contract for Donald Gas Food Service Class One Step One effective at the start of the 2025 2026. Do I have a motion? So moved.
Motion by Britney. Do I have a second? Second by Troy. Any questions or discussion? Carrying none. All those in favor say I. I. Motion carries on 9.12. This is to approve the non-certified contract for
Jesse N professional class 2 step two effective the start of the 2025 2026 school year do I have a motion by do I have a second any questions or discussion hearing none all those in
favor say I post motion carries on to 10.1. The next board meeting will be Monday, June 9th, 2025 here in the DGF community room at 6 p.m. Um, following that will be the
facilities and transportation committee meeting um at the same site. Uh, so we'll go on to number 11. This is to adjourn the regular meeting of the DGF school board. I have a motion.
Motion by Troy. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Any questions or discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. Motion carries is