Sorry. 3.0 is a roll call of all schoolboard members. We're all present except for King. So, we have a quorum and we can continue. 4.0 um is to approve the agenda and I'll make a motion to approve. Any questions or discussion on the agenda?
Okay. All those in favor of approving the agenda say I. I. Any oppose? Motion carries. 5.0. 0 is communication reports. Start with the fin finance update. Feel like we haven't seen you in a while. Yeah.
Well, hello all. Hi. All right. I just have two points to make tonight, which is always fun to do. Um only two that I want to point out is in um on the board report for the revenue portion. Um our property taxes are down for the month of
May and that's just because they came to us on June 1st. So it's they'll be booked this month. And then the second one is that local other is up quite significantly and that's due partially before um to our MA billing is up this
year and so is our activity revenue. So that's playing a significant chunk in those two. So any questions on that page? Um um on the second page, our fund balances are or excuse me, our other
funds are doing fairly well. Um community ed is making some headway in theirs. Um slowly digging themselves out from their deficit. So they're they're on their way. Any questions on that page?
And then the treasurer's report, we are up still a little bit or we are up from last year but down a little bit from last month. And that's just timing of when bills are getting paid. So we're we're we're doing okay that that way.
But that's about all I had today. All right. Any questions? Thank you. Yep. All right. 5.2 is administration department head reports. We'll start with Superintendent Grover. Okay. Um
again, as always, no specific order. Um couple reminders and it's just kind of update the whole group. We've we had our second session with bus drivers where I didn't I'm not going to do anything close session to um we're still moving. We're getting closer. Um just a reminder, July 8th at noon is our next
session um for Len, Amanda, and Josh. Um we also have our first with the teachers booked for July 14th at 11:00. Um, again, having not negotiated here with that group, they made it sound more like a meet and greet, set rules, get dates
set. They they said it'd be an hour, you know, I mean, or a little less. So, I mean, part of me wanted to say, let's just set dates, but we'll meet and and talk. So, um, that's that. Um, just a heads up, the policy committee, which is Amanda, Lindsay, and Holly, we did get a
group of pol um policies from MSBA now. So, um, Nancy and I will work on them and then I think what we'll do is take four or five, email them out, six, whatever, depending on how major. Um, and then we can decide. Sometimes we met last year and, you know, hashed over
some things. Sometimes we just said, "No, they're they're good, you know." So, um, be looking for some of that. Um, uh, couple things. Um, and it's up to I guess the group. I haven't the last couple I think last couple weeks I
haven't done kind of my Friday it's just different now like like right now today I probably spent half the day running around trying to do Ron stuff you know there's just not hopefully not major issues not that they were major issues but unless there's something major I don't plan on probably you know sending
something on a constant basis unless it's unless you want more we've ran into some issues I'll be honest with like we had a group come in we have a leaking um air handler in the roof we got no way to shut it down because Ron was the only one that um you know
knew knew how to do that and so on. So anyway, we're working on that. I did get a hold of a person that can help us and so on and so forth. Ron's also willing to help, but I just wanted to throw that out there. Um there is a um a maintenance employee
termination on the board tonight. It's a part-time person that was hired just recently. they've quit showing up and so it's um again Nancy actually um because they wouldn't even answer phone went out to the house to get keys got keys. So
that is that one. Um I wanted to just make mention last month we um updated or renewed our property coverage and I told you we were still having some conversation about you know are we covered enough or not. And so just to give you an idea, um
we have and now this is just the property piece about 116 million in coverage. Okay. Um it's on it's on the low end if everything was completely destroyed depending on what dollar value you use. Now um it could be in the
ballpark of on the high end about 60 million short, on the low end about 20 million short. it just depends on where prices are this and that. And so the conversation and I talked with a a a couple um Josh and Amanda as we were
waiting at negotiations of you know number one what's the chance of completely everything meaning all four buildings. So right now we have 116 million in property coverage. So just say these two buildings like new heights and this we'd have plenty of coverage
you know according to them. It's only in the event that it completely wiped everything and I mean I don't know if you're talking of course flood I think we got a bunch of federal help you know it take like a tornado or something you know even the high winds in Baiji you know it didn't ruin their bill you know
they have roof damage this and that so the question is is how much are we willing to gamble and we don't have to change anything you know it's not like it's a personal house you're the only person on on the hook you know if something happened yeah we'd have to bond um but you know, 60 million for
four new buildings probably wouldn't be a bad bond to go through. It's it's and and the other piece to just give you an idea is um to go up 20 million additional coverage would be about $18,000 a year right now. Okay. To go up
to 60 million, it'd be about 54,000 just for the insurance. We pay 120 for the property part of it now. So, personally, I don't think we do anything. But on the other hand, I told Amanda and Josh, I don't want to be the soul to make this decision. You know,
we're we're in essence underinsured, but it would take losing everything, you know, as far as the buildings. We have other, you know, for contents. We have other for, you know, cyber security. This is just the property, meaning the building piece. So, it's something to think about. We could change. I think
the bus garages on that, too. Yeah. Each of our buildings are on there. Yeah. You know, and in each one, um, I have evaluation sheet. Yeah. Um right here that we he came and met and and um Carla and I met with him and it lays it out, but it just even for his, you know, it
um just wants us aware um and if we want more, they'd love to sell more. If we're okay with, you know, kind of in essence being underinsured if you lost everything, if we just had one building something majorly or two, but we're kind
of in two spots. So I odds are if something happened to CMS, something probably happened to South Point, too. You know, it would cover those two. You're fine there. So, something to think about. We don't I mean, we can we can add insurance at any time. Um, but
it just it was not something as we were talking the renewal and I mentioned this when we did the renewal that we're going to have more convers that yeah, we're probably on the low end at some point. Maybe we should start, you know, going up a little each year. Um, but if your gut says no, we're way too underinsured,
we need to have more of a discussion and, you know, put put an agenda item on the board or something like that. Any questions on that? I mean, I I don't um I don't know if we need to be fully insured. I think the risk of losing all
four buildings is is is so low that I don't think it would be worth paying that that premium every year for it. Um, if something like you said, if something were to happen that catastrophic, I it would hard to believe that we wouldn't receive any additional funding from federal or state or something. Yeah,
that's what me and Josh said. Yeah. And the other piece I said, you know, we're paying on just one last piece of this building. I mean, for a district our size to not have a bond, you know, a bigger could be I don't know what the new school over there, you know. Um, so to if you if you got four new buildings
for in essence 60 million, probably say let's replace them tomorrow. You know, I mean, even though they're only, you know, so anyway, I just I bring it up because I, like I said, I want to be transparent. Um, there's a sheet in front of you from ASC. And again, it
it's just uh Tiffany put that together. I'd asked for it a while back. Um, it talks about or they're recommending three positions. One is a sped position at South Point that has been filled. Okay. One is for a speech position um which is on tonight's agenda. And then
the third is for another sped position in this building. I'm going to say in essence to help Emily um or you can say the 18 to 21 program. You know, they would share with that group of students. That is still out there and open. But
this was um her rationale for those recommendations. And so I'm sharing that. Um, two more things um on your agenda. Um, if you noticed, we got a or I shouldn't say it's not on there. We got a final I shouldn't say final notice that our MA
bill was due for renewal. Minnesota Rural Education Association. And I'm like, we haven't gotten it. I didn't get anything, but it's it expires the end of June. And well, so I contacted we haven't gotten anything. And they didn't get it to me yet. Well, I find out they
had a flaw. No one's gotten it yet. It's been 2500 for the last five years. So, it is on to be approved tonight, assuming there's no major because it's due by July 15th. I'm sure they're going to give some grace because they goofed up, but unless you want it,
um you have a problem with it or don't think we will. I haven't heard any major um changes. So, that's on there. And the last thing that was um brought to my um my desk that um I don't know what the board stance is, but there was a
conversation or we've been asked to consider co-oping with uh uh for girls hockey with Sacred Heart. Right now they're with Krookton and I don't know what this group's there's a reason it's not on the agenda. I wanted to have a little bit of conversation. And there's
I mean we're not under a you know time crunch that has to be done but they approached Scott had a conversation he's um had had a conversation with our girls new girls coach um you know which I guess is supportive and so it's it's
mainly do you feel we should pursue this or not. Um it doesn't appear we Scott doesn't think we'd be cutting anyone, you know, with numbers, you know, and how uh I guess the only question I would have is how is that going to affect our
class size as far as are we going to go from class A to class double A? We we can look at it. I didn't um I I think they have two players that No, but you don't you don't count those but you count your 9 through 12. Yeah. And we can look at that. I would think if we
were going to a bigger coach and Scott probably wouldn't be in favor, but it's a valid question. And and then my my next question because I I don't I don't know exactly all the high school league rules on that stuff, but I know that if you do it in one, does that does that
count for every sport or is it just that sport that they count that for? Every sport is different. Every sport. Every Okay. So, just like you can be in double A for one. Well, yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. I know that. But what I'm saying is is if you if you co-op and you bring that
school population over for one sport, does that school population now count for every sport? No. Okay. Because I mean that's why I mean there's you know different schools that I did this as AD. We co-opted you will for one sport and yeah it may go to a different class
others it may not um based on where those cut scores population is. Um but I think that's a valid question. Um, like I say, and I just like I said, I'm not against I mean it's I think the hesitancy that has been seen in the
past, and I'm not saying like agree with this or any sorts of means, is that we would lose people the Sacred Heart because now they can play hockey over here. You think they'd go pay, you know, for I'm not saying that's my argument. No, I'm just asking as a group. I mean,
it's a valid thing. If I thought we were going to lose kids, I'm not a fan. We're gonna lose kids. um that there's only two roughly that roughly. So our without a lot of playing experience. I can only speak to varsity. Yeah. I can't speak to the younger kids. I would hate like if
our girls have time because we decided but the reality is someone may not make the A team and BB team you know I mean that stuff does happen but on the other hand maybe a kid or two makes enough difference that they go further you know or whatever. I mean, it's it's a juggle
type deal. If it's of interest, we'll get more info and you you know, pursue, you know, what size it would and this and that and bring something to you. Yeah, I think more facts would be helpful. I mean, I'm all about hearing more about it and I'm I'm open to that,
but as far as I'm concerned, if you want to be a part of East Grand Forks, we have a public school. Oh, be a part of East Grand Forks. you know, that's that's just I I mean, it's that's as blunt as I can be about it. And I mean, that's how we do it in youth basketball.
I mean, in in other things, and other areas. Yeah. Like it's Yeah. It's a it's a group that's separate from the school, but we still have that that pride in our community and the pride in in our school and what we do. And so, we don't allow a Sacred Heart and we don't allow like Grand Forks into our into our youth
programs. So, I I don't disagree with you at all, Josh. Um, but I I guess if you look at it from a perspective that our girls hockey program is struggling with numbers, this might be an exception to that. Um, but I also would like to talk to more coaches and parents and
yeah, get put some dealers out, see how people ever want to be called the green eagles or anything like that. So, no, my one stipulation. So we will pursue you guys can have conversation with you know whomever and whether it's
next meeting or very soon you'll see something and like I say we can go from there. I think that is all I have at this point from that. Any more committee reports? Okay. So um
negotiations were up policies coming. Um I'll set some dates for buildings and grounds. We we met earlier with Ron leaving. So, we didn't meet. We had originally had a June 16th, but um I believe Ed I'm not part of Ed Foundation unless they ask. I believe they met
recently. I don't know who's on that. Um so 14 or you talking the education? Yeah. Um and the other one the district leadership um we did meet but um uh Amanda and I met meaning be because
Brian's out of town or Yeah. is out of town. Um, Sura, uh, Melissa and Sierra were out of town for a conference. Obviously, Jill's leaving and Chad is leaving and we had no teacher show. So, I sent out the
summary. Um, but we set dates again. So, that's all as far as committees. The education foundation last meeting was right before graduation and then our next meeting is right before school start on August 20th. And the last meeting was just to finalize scholarship scholarship like
Perfect. Anything else? Nope. Nope. That's all. All right. 6.0 is the consent agenda. So, I'll move to approve the consent agenda as presented. I'll second job you had last time. Uh, any questions,
discussion? Anything pulled from the consent agenda? Okay. The only com comment I'll make and I know we don't comment a lot obviously we'll thank Jill um immensely um for her service um and also welcome if you don't
know Mr. Torerson in the back here is um filling those shoots and so thank you and welcome aboard assuming all is passed. All right, all those in favor of um approving the consent agenda say I. I.
Any oppose? Agenda approved. 7.0 opportunities for citizens to speak on items not on the agenda. Do you have any? I don't I don't have either. So, we'll move on to 8.0.
District business. 8.1 is to designate super Oh, sorry. Okay. 7.0. We'll go back to 7.0. citizens speak on items on the agenda.
Yeah. Okay. You want to come to the mic, please? Yeah. We're going to have to have you state your name and your address regardless. Um and then talk. We limit things like we can't necessarily name
names and personnel issues. And then um we also limit to three minutes or somewhere about there. Okay, I'm not going to get late. All right. I'm Angela Stouse. Um 219 Mars Drive, East Grand Farms. I was a custodian here at the school and I just feel I was wrongfully
terminated. Um I was working the night that they had a senior prank. Um somebody let that gave them permission to come into the school to do this
senior prank. I don't know who it was. for sure. Hearay. But anyways, they came in. I saw a few girls come in. Had a Hugo's bag. Didn't think nothing of it because there was volleyball going on in both gyms and
uh cheerleading practice in the hallway and in the other gym. And anyways, so whatever. I'm vacuuming and these girls come in and I said, "What's going on tonight, girls?" They said, "Oh, we're just here to do a senior prank." I said, "Oh, and is this
a good thing?" They said, "Yeah, we got permission. Bye." I won't say the name. Um, but anyways, I Okay, all right. I guess if you got permission and yeah, they had put sticky notes on the windows and balloons and whatnot,
but turned out to be more than what they were supposed to do. Um, I was told that I left the doors open. I brought the doors open for them so they could come in. No, I did not. There's plenty of doors propped open. Kids let in from
kids that were here playing volleyball and whatnot. On any given day, there are plenty of doors. As I just drove here today, I just saw the door was propped open to the music room down there. Somebody's walking in.
It's like so many times doors are propped open by track players in the gym. They got a garbage can in it over here. I am not here to do security. I am here to do custodial work.
I just Yeah. I know. So that's what I see. I don't know. No, I appreciate you coming. Appreciate you, you know, talking with us. There's not a whole lot of back and forth that we can do, but we appreciate hearing what you have to say. I was just kind of shocked
that I was terminated because my boss had talks about too many people. But anyways, oh, I'm going to fire that one. Oh, I'm going to fire that one. Danny's never done it where they should have been maybe. But I was terminated, you
know, and I'm like, okay. So, anyways, I just don't feel it was right. So well thank you for coming and speaking your piece and certainly discussion
happened about thank you thank you the mic all right 8.0 Iowa's district business 8.1 is to designate superintendent Kevin Grover superintendent of schools as the identified official with authority
otherwise known as Iowa to authorize user access to the Minnesota Department of Education secure website beginning on July 1st 2025 as presented and attached. Take a motion and a second. I'll make a
motion to accept. I'll second. Go ahead. That's funny. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Any questions or discussion on this? And just so everyone I don't know if Matt and Holly are aware this this is so any
system MD for reporting we go in and on an annual basis you got to give permission and so that's this will come each year. Um it's just a well someone has to be. Okay. All right. All those in favor of approving say I. I. I. Any oppose?
Motion carries. 8.2 Two is to approve the arena use agreement. So I'll take a motion to approve the arena use agreement with the city of East Grand Forks for the Civic Center, the VFW Memorial Arena, and the Blue Line Arena for in 2025 26 in the amount of 120,000
and for 2627 in the amount of 125,000 and for 2728 in the amount of 130,000 as presented and attached in board book. Motion and a second. I'll motion to approve.
I'll second. Any questions or discussion on this item? I have questions. Aren't they supposed to be They're redoing this so we know that we can't use it next year for graduation. Maybe the year after. Okay. And then also, aren't they doing something with the VFW, too? Yes. Okay. So, are we getting a cheaper rate
than we would since we're not going to have full access as usual? No. And we're getting the same rate. Uh if you actually look, it was 110 this year and and there was no years just it's going to continue. Just just hear me. Um the
the 10,000 increase this year is because there was no increase last year not knowing what was going to get passed and and there was I wasn't here obviously, but the discussion was we'll hold off and see if you know there's any additional money or whatever. So that it's it's been five grand a year. I
don't know how long. Okay. And so they caught up. if you want to say there was conversation on that um you know yeah we've used it for graduation it's not um I don't know how you is that worth you know when you look at how do you break
it out you know that's the only thing we're going to have all the hockey seasons and all that um you know it's when hockey season is done next year the construction will start um and figure skating figure skating and this and that and I mean yeah so I don't personally I
don't know if it's worth again up to the board if you wanted me to go back and negotiate something out for the one year. Is that the only thing we know of that we're missing out on is graduation far as so when the when the ice goes out that's
when they're going to start. I mean obviously I'm having conversations for other evacuation areas. I mean I'm not saying that's what we rent this for. It's a spot but there's other places as well. But I mean yeah graduation. I mean, other than that, we don't go over
there for FIAD classes. I mean, it could be used for other things if we had other needs, but um I I just have one question, I guess. Yeah. And just because I probably don't know, but is this is just used for our varsity teams? Well, the No, all those rinks are I
mean, the agreement is just for the high school teams for the most part. The varsity and JVS. Yeah, those are the ones that are Yes. Okay. And it I mean any user agreement that you have is going to go up. Yep. Yep.
And they are having some conversation. Again, it's not in this. You know, there's some ass and you I think you would know better than I, but I think when they girls hockey came on and maybe they had to do some uh locker rooms, the school maybe upped some money into that.
There's talk of doing some upgrades. It's not on here. Nothing's but they may come asking are we interested? you know, like the boys locker room been asked to have some upgrades and they're kind of like, you know, aren't they okay? You know, and if we're the only ones that use those for the most part and so yeah, we
can have some discussion. I'm not saying it's high on our priority list or not, but um you know, they just brought up that it's been asked and you know, if they're interested, they may come have a conversation and there's some other groups that helped. I think maybe boosters and different, you know, not to
say the city wouldn't some, but I just throw it out there that, you know, there is some conversation on things. And do our do our high school teams get preferred times then from from this and stuff? Okay. It would be worth looking at the um the operating costs after construction because they're upgrading
the the compressor system, the compression system underneath the ice. So, it just something we can maybe look at. And the other thing, keep in mind, we do lease levy. I mean, doesn't mean we don't want to be cognizant of the costs, but um you know, we do as this goes up,
we levy the taxpayer some more for it. Um again, don't see much when spread out amongst but uh the other thing that I would say, Matt, you know, sometimes they're more efficient, but depends if they, you know, update the dehumidification system this and that.
It may other things may run more. Sure. This isn't I don't think that's an option. That's That wouldn't I don't see that being an issue. Could Could we No, in in in the rare circumstance it did happen, could we go back and look at this agreement? Wow. I would I would think the city
would be if it's not available and Yeah. because there's there's got to be something in this agreement for us to have that ice available in order to pay this, right? Yeah. And it's no I mean if something happened where it went down and wasn't available I mean say the compressors have a bigger issue than us.
Yeah I think to be honest well you know say there was a big freon I'm just throwing out free and we couldn't use it. I think the city's going to go yeah you're not going to pay 120,000 and not get to use it all year. So sure. Okay. Good discussion. Um all those in
favor of approving the arena use agreement say I. I. Any oppose? Motion carries. Okay. 8.3 is to approve memberships to MSBA and MREA for the 202526 school year. Um I'll make a motion
to to approve. Second. Any questions or discussion? Okay. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose? Motion carries. 9.0 is to pay the claims and accounts. I'll make the motion to approve payment
of K12 bills 129604 through129665 in the amount of $169,61.3 seconds. I'll second. Okay. All those in favor of paying the bills say I. I. Any opposed? Motion
carries. 10.0. We're at board member comments. So Matt, I'll start with you. Um, I don't think I have any comments for today. I just want to say thank you so much to Jill for everything. Um, you know, you're obviously going to be missed and everyone's going to know and
it's a it's a hard time, you know, when you got to change something like that exciting and all that stuff, but we appreciate everything that you've done for us here and for our building. And I just don't know if you'll look as good in red as you did in green. So,
and welcome Matt. True. Um, you'll probably look better in green. You look great. Amanda, um, I want to say thank you to Jill. Um, my son love having you as a principal and I know he's going to miss you because I haven't told him yet. Um,
we'll miss you and welcome Matt and I do great. Thank you for giving us what you have. Thank you and welcome, Matt. It's summer, so it's summer. That's great. I still can't even look at Jill.
No, I just told Bergen the other day uh he he took it. Okay. And then um I hear around town a lot too when I'm talking with people about how much they appreciated you and so you know we appreciate you as well. So we will miss you and welcome that. We are lucky to
have you as well. So, all right. Next meeting of board of education will be July 14th, 2025 at 5:30. We are now going to recess for a couple minutes because we're going to have a close session.