Good evening everyone. At this time, I'll call to order the business meeting for the Federal Public School Board here on June 15, uh, 2025, the district office. Welcome to those of you who are in attendance and those who are watching online. Uh, Director Steves, do we have
a quorum present? >> Yes, Mr. Chair, there is. >> Thank you. Would you please stand 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. [clears throat] >> Thank you. Uh before we begin getting further into our agenda, I have an announcement here. Uh first of all, I'd like to uh inform
everyone that uh former superintendent of schools here in Federal Public Schools, Dr. Robert Stefaniac, passed away Saturday morning. Uh and on behalf of the district and the school board, we extend our condolences to his spouse and his family. Um Bob is
a ve very good superintendent here in Farbo and um continued to live here in Farbo and and again we extend our condolences to his family. Moving on to agenda item number two, approval of the agenda. Is there a
motion for approval of the agenda? >> So move director Wolf. Is there a second? >> Thank you, Director Kudson. Uh discussion discussion discussion. All in favor of that motion signify by saying I.
>> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes. Agenda item number three, recognition, awards and presentations. There is none. Uh agenda item number four, items of information. Uh schoolboard members.
So, anyone have anything they would like to share? Items of information? Director Moore, would you like to start? You good tonight or >> Yeah, I I'll >> um I wanted to mention before too that
um I you know that the graduation for the ALC I was at that and I was really um I think it was moving. They always do such a good job and uh so congrats to the students and grants to all the students. Uh I would like to clarify
something but I want to and it won't be long but I want to give some context first. Um, you know, just in the news, you know, fraud, fraud is a hot topic these days. Um, in fact, Minnesota, I think, has at least nine billion and and
counting fraud. It's and this is coming out of the taxpayer pockets. Um, we on the board, you know, we represent the people, especially the taxpayers. We're not accountable to anyone in administration or anything, but to the
taxpayers. And I think more and more of the taxpayers are demanding accountability like where is the money going? Moreover, you know, taxpayers want details and specifics. So I guess how can we on the board show accountability and I I think we can show
accountability in a couple of ways. uh one way is that uh we actually have to be given the opportunity and the necessary time to adequately review all documents that come across the agenda every month. Um secondly, as far as
revenue money uh coming in, we must be given enough detail and specifics as to where and how all the monies are are coming in, including the budget items and any donations and gifts that are spent. You know that's accountability. I
guess my point is I will not put my stamp of approval on any document or resolution that I have not thoroughly reviewed and sometimes that does require time and that is accountability as well. Uh uh secondly I will not approve any
item that does not give adequate specifics as to where how the money is to be spent. Again accountability uh I think Mr. Rol you made a good point uh granted in reference to policy amendments but uh that we should not
approve anything that has been given to us on the day that we are to approve of it. Um in fact I think if it's a large document we must we we should [clears throat] have several days prior and I think that's a good policy to follow in general and I thank you Mr.
Wolf for that. So uh and then the last thing I just wanted to I uh this was concerning the consent agenda. I was concerned about the behavior coordinator position mentioned and asked about that today and I thank thank uh all thank you
for the prompt uh response. To be clear to the public, this is not the behavioral health coordinator. That's different. Uh this new position was approved last February. Uh I will say I didn't vote for that since I believe with our future budget that we shouldn't
be adding new positions at this time. Uh but that's kind of water over the dam now. But having said that, I think that Mr. Dana is in a tough position with the special ed. And I also think he's a hard worker administrator and he works diligently to be as efficient as
possible. So even though I don't think he's here, I want to thank him for that. And that's that's all I have to say. Thank you. Dr. Kudson. >> So, I guess um I attended three
graduations. Um Jefferson fifth grade graduation and the ALC graduation and the Farewell High School graduation. And it was just great to see so many people um attend the graduations and the wonderful job that the students did and
got their diplomas and get to move on to their next step in life. So, thank you, >> Dr. Budo. Do you have anything? >> No. >> Yeah. Shout out to all of our graduates um no matter what grade they're
currently in or moving on to or if they're moving on to their future. Um I had the pleasure of attending um a preschool graduation that was pretty special um as my youngest um graduated on to kindergarten. Um and then that same weekend, a few days later, um our
high school graduation where we graduated how many students over? >> I think it was 187. >> Yep. And then combination with the ALC students, um puts us over 200 students graduating. Um and we wish them the very
very best. >> I have nothing other than to echo everybody's well wishes to our graduates. >> Thank you. >> Okay. I'll finish up here by saying first of all uh thank you to all of those at the high school who organized the graduation. Um Mr. Nate Moler, Mr.
Joel Timmers, Miss Allison Sweeney, administrators. Just uh what a ceremony, what a process, just a beautiful ceremony. Thank you to the board members who attended that. Um showing the public that again we are involved in and we are invested in our kids. Uh, also I
attended the Fable Middle School 8th grade graduation on Thursday, June 4th. And again, a big thank you to Dr. Stacy Fox, Mr. Jesse Armbster, and Mr. Jacob Stalo there. Um, two different groups just uh those eighth graders were proud
to walk across there and dressed up and look sharp and parents were extremely proud of of their kids and of course also attended the ALC graduation. Thank you, Mr. Jake Hager, uh, for that. um fabulous presentation and graduation for
those kids as well. So, and as all of us said, congratulations to graduates and best best wishes to you in the future. Moving on to uh agenda 4B. Um Superintendent M. uh Mr. Benty. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um I'll continue with
the graduation piece. Uh I want to recognize and celebrate the many important milestones our students reached this school year. uh from preschool students preparing for kindergarten, kindergarten students completing their first year of school, [clears throat] fifth graders moving on to the middle school, eighth graders
preparing for high school, and students earning diplomas through our adult education program, area learning center, and Farbo High School. Each transition represents hard work, growth, and achievement. So, we congratulate all of our students and families on these accomplishments and wish them continued
success as as they begin their next chapter. I would also like to congratulate our district retirees and thank them for their years of dedication uh and service to Farbo public schools. Their contributions have made a lasting impact on our students, staff, and community, and we wish them nothing but
the best in retirement. Last month, I got to speak at the first annual careers and education day for students interested in exploring careers in education. Students had the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of roles within a school district, hear from district leaders and staff members, and gain better
understanding of the many pathways available in public education. Events like this help inspire the next generation of educators and school professionals. Uh, also we recently recognized our Farbo Middle School outstanding athlete award nominees and winners. These
students were selected not only for their athletic accomplishments but also for their academic success and the commitment to our sore expectations. Uh so congratulations to all of the nominees and award recipients. We are excited to share that Miss Fedora
is creating a digital archive of our yearbooks dating back to 1919. Uh this project helps preserve the history of Farbo public schools while making decades of memories and falcon traditions accessible to our community. If you haven't seen it, I believe we are
up through I think we're up to maybe the 1950s now that have been uploaded. Um >> there's some in the 60s. >> Oh, there's some in the 60s. We made it that far now. Okay. Um but it's just very interesting. You can go back and see all for free all of the yearbooks. So,
uh and finally, I would like to recognize Falcon Education Enrichment Program or FEEP uh for continuing to support innovative learning opportunities for students and staff. One recent project brought together students from industrial technology and science classes to design and construct
benches for an outdoor prairie learning space at Farbo High School, demonstrating the value of collaboration and hands-on learning experiences. And then finally, upcoming upcoming events. Farbo Public Schools will once again offer free summer meals for all children
18 years uh and under. There are no income requirements or registration forms or paperwork needed. Meals are available throughout the summer at Lincoln Elementary and Farbo High School with limited meal availability at Riverbend Nature Center. Uh this important program helps ensure that our
students continue to have access to nutritious meals while school is out of session. Uh families can visit the district website for complete information on meals and for serving times. Mr. Chair, that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Superintendent Benty.
Move on to agenda item number six. The consent agenda. Uh the consent agenda consists of minutes from the May 18th, 2026 and June 1st, 2026 uh work session. Uh employment additional assignments
other and authorization of payments, transfers, and investments account investment accounts. Is there a motion for approval of the consent agenda? >> So move. >> Okay. Motion by Director Budro, second by Director Wolf. Uh, no discussion on
this. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed. Motion passes. 70. Agenda item number seven, district advisory committee. There is no report. Agenda item number eight, the policy
committee. 8A is policy committee minutes. Uh, presenters are Director Steves and Director Moore. I'll turn it over to you two. go or I can't sure can um so at June 2nd's policy meeting um
which is um our last one throughout the summer. Our next one will um begin the first Tuesday in August. Um we had four policies to review um and then I believe three policies um with
revisions. Um, as you can see from the notes, um, the discussion and the outcome of the quotes, um, is in there. >> Yes, I encourage that. Um, I I just would would like to mention something
about policy 721. It was the grant procurement policy. Uh, I'd just like to mention this a little ahead of time. Uh it was recommended now by the Minnesota School Board Association, the MSBA to remove the United States Constitution from the sentence. This was regarding
grants. The school district must comply with the United States Constitution, federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the federal award. Uh I [clears throat] guess I think the possible reason for this was that the US Constitution may be federal
statutes. Maybe it may be redundant. Uh but I do know well there are times when the Supreme Court has found that certain statutes are unconstitutional and I I did look online and I don't have them but I could give them to you. Uh it was also pointed out that the US
constitution is based on the premise that all individuals are created equal. Um so if we really adhere to the principle of equity inclusive inclusiveness or equality if we if we really adhere to that if we come against
the constitution we are essentially contradicting ourselves. So it was a unanimous vote to keep the US constitution in that sentence. I just wanted to mention that. >> Thank you. >> Bless bless you. 8B, our first reading
of policies. They [clears throat] are review of policy 720, vending machine policy. Uh 8B2, review of policy 9008, uh capital projects policy.
8B3 is review of policy 910, energy efficiency. 8B4 is revisions to policy 410, family and medical leave policy. 8B5 change policy 625
use of of and reproduction of copyrighted materials to policy 699. 8B6 revisions to policy 721 uniform grant guidance policy regarding federal revenue sources and 8B7 revisions to
policy 8006 crisis management policy. Board members, is there any questions [clears throat] or discussion on the first reading of policies as I presented them? >> Mr. Chair, I I do and I apologize. I don't know maybe I should have asked this um followup to Director Moore and
Director Steves, but um if I can ask Director Steve spec uh Director Moore specifically in the policy committee uh I believe you voted against policy 910. There's a um and and I think you had an amendment in there uh that's the energy
efficiency one and I believe your amendment was to remove >> item number 16 which would be I believe on page three of three of the three-page document >> I and you had amended or moved to amend renewable energy to include but not
limited to solar and wind energy. Would you be so kind just to educate me at least on on your thoughts there of amending that or >> Well, um I did say it's is redundant. Uh renewable energy is so is also inclus
including and solar and wind. >> Oh, >> and uh I do have some more things to I don't have it with me about solar and wind that are concerning. So I'd like to address that um at some point, but I think there's a redundancy there. Uh, it says renewable
energy. Solar and wind are renewable energy. So, >> okay. >> Does that >> Yeah. Yeah. I just wasn't sure. I just wanted to ask the questions. >> Okay. >> Further discussion or questions? >> I do have a question on policy 721
with that and I believe it was an amendment to keep the const the word constitution into policy 721. Am I correct? because >> yes we >> okay so that yes that then so superintendent menty director Steve's
director Moore >> by keeping that in there what was recommended by MSBA and I know there were I believe if I remember right there was quite a lengthy list of legal references both uh federal and state I remember right so by keeping that the
word constitution I have no issue with it whatsoever there's no change which we needed to pass through legal or anything like that >> I do not believe so because it also says federal statutes and regulations and that would fall under that would just be a redundancy piece to to say United
States Constitution. So >> excellent. Very good. Happy to hear that. So that's great. >> Mr. Chair, can I just follow up? >> You certainly may. >> When something like that takes place, when it's recommended, right, this is recommended by MSBA. >> Yes.
>> We vote against it. Do we have any procedure where we reach out to MSBA and ask them for any rationale of what is their reasoning for recommending that? >> Um, we we haven't
done that since I've been here. We haven't uh just changed one or two things in there without us reaching out to our attorneys to get to get them to look at it. Um, in this case, like I said, I I believe it's just redundancy in there. So, it's um I didn't see the
need to reach out to our attorneys. I absolutely can do that. If the board would like >> Yeah. And I'm not recommending our attorneys. I'm more so like MSBA of just why do they recommend it and we're going to vote against it. Is that is that what I'm hearing? Right.
>> Yeah. Uh we uh I I don't think we really understood uh what m what the reason was MSBA, but Mr. Benty, you did say that maybe they thought it was a redundancy. I I don't know. That's what you're >> And they don't they don't always give they they give us a little bit of
information, but they don't always give us why they're striking certain pieces. >> I'm just curious. I mean, it's it's uh >> quite frankly, it's not often that we have 70 vote in our policy committee against something MSBA references. Correct. >> Especially with legal reference, all
that stuff. And so, I just curious, >> what what are we seeing or we think we see that they don't see or what are we missing? That's all. I I [clears throat] I don't recommend spending money on an attorney on I just was curious what MSBA's rationale is.
>> Anything else on any of the policies? Okay, consider that the first reading and we'll move on to agenda item number nine, other committees. Uh, finance committee. Uh, Director Budro, turn that over to you. >> Finance. >> Yes.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. The finance committee meeting was held remotely on June 8th, 2026, 7:30 a.m. Committee actions include approval of the meeting agenda, approval of the minutes from the May 11th meeting, approval of a 4-year
student device lease proposal as presented by Mike Birding, director of education, technology, and innovation. approval of property and casualty insurance and workers comp coverage renewal. Uh recommendations for 2627
with input from Grant Wilson Hartman Insurance. Approval of five food service contracts and vended meals agreements for 2027 as presented by Barbie, director of finance and operations and approval of
the 2627 adopted budget as presented. The May student count shows four more students enrolled than April, but overall 35 students below our budget projections.
The May investment report shows 78.5,000 in earned interest with cash and investments increasing to 24.26 million which secures strong liquidity. Utilities show zero activity due to
large HVAC electricity credit and self-insurance funds show revenue exceeding expenditures. Report of our general fund expenditures shows food service con and construction
in intentional spendown mode. It shows our year-to-ate spending is at 80% of budget with revenues at 72%. Projections for the 202627 adopted budget
indicates an enrollment decline of 50 plus students and continued drops that will require 2 million cuts for 2028. And our compensity funding was reduced
by 278,000. Our general fund formula increase at 2.7% uh which is 1.3 million. English learner funds increased 578,000.
Expenditure increases in transportation negotiated salaries and other obligations. The unassigned fund balance projections for 27 will stand at 10.57%. pretty thorough. Thank you. Thank you,
Barbie. >> Thank [clears throat] you, Director Budro. Uh, agenda item 9B, facilities committee. Uh, directors Moore and Director Wolf. Uh well, the meeting was postponed, but
it will be this Thursday and we're going to be uh touring McKinley. So, we will have a report next month then. So, very simple. >> I confirm everything she stated is accurate. [laughter] >> Thank you, Director Wolf. Okay. Agenda
item number 10, other matters. 10A, gifts, donations. Uh, resolution 2629 reads as follows. Um, approving acceptance of the following gifts donations. Candace Kudson donated
$1,000 for DECA ICDC. Donations to the nest. Ruth House Ruth's House. Three bags and one box of feminine hygiene products. American Legion Post 43. hygiene products and
food. Estimated value of $50. Chad Wolf, three boxes of Falcon gear and other clothing. The Farewell Foundation donated $1,000 for community school programming, $2,34
to Fairbell Middle School for updating sports equipment, and $200 to Fairbell High School for DECA. Fourth is the Farewell Booster Club donated $1,11 to offset expenses for preventative
maintenance and repairs to equipment in the Felitz Fitness Center. JSM Solutions audio meter calibration donated calibration of hearing screening equipment valued at $855 for student
health screenings. Carlton College Girls circle donated board games including connect four two of them headbands and spotted checkers
taco cat goat cheese pizza and a chest set for the Jefferson Fable Jefferson Falcons Beyond program and lastly various people donated toiletries household supplies and food items an estimated value of $225 $5 for
the Jefferson Community School Welcome Center to support our Fairbull Public Schools students and families. Is there a motion for approval of resolution 26-29 accepting gifts donations as I have just read? >> So moved.
>> Thank you, Director Steves. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Director Budro. Discussion. >> Just >> Director Moore. >> Oh, you can I think you started. Um yeah, huge thank you to all of our um
donors. Quick math here is roughly 8,000ish dollars. Um our students, our families are um rely heavily on on a lot of these programs and um very much thank them for
their contributions to our students and their families. >> I think it's Mr. chairman. I think it's very impressive. Every month we have donations from our community and they're very generous and our own board members
and um I think it's very um complimentary of our school district and how engaged our community is in the school district and how supportive. So it's it makes you
feel good as a board member to see that kind of response. So, thank you to all. >> Further discussion, director Moore. >> Uh, yes. Thank you to all the donors. Um, and especially Candace Kudson
donated a thousand. I mean, and booster club 1,00 um, and all of the donors. Um, I want to thank the Fable Foundation for the generous donation for the sports equipment and for the DECA organization that is a very good organization that's
been around a long time. In fact, I was a part of DECA way back. Um, and also for the $1,000 to the community school programming. I I would like to know a little more specifics on that. Um, do you have anything specific on that with the community school? Um, I'd like to be
a little bit more specific on the [snorts] donation, what it's going for. >> So, it goes for programming for before school and after school programming that our community school takes on. Um, so it it's no different than like Falcons Beyond or really any of our other programs in here.
>> Okay. What does the programming involve? >> I I don't think this is a discussion at this point. This is gifts donations here. >> Okay. >> They donated to that. So I I do not believe that is a discussion. Any further discussion on the on
resolution 26-29? I think it's pretty well echoed by the board. Thank you to our all our donor donations and our donors for all they do for our kids in our district. See no further discussion. Director Steves, this is a roll call item.
>> Linda Budro, >> I. >> Candace Kudson, >> hi. >> Linda Moore, >> no. >> Jerry Roasha, >> hi. >> Cassie Steves, I Chad Wolf, >> hi. >> John Bellingham, >> hi. >> Resolution passes 71.
>> Okay. Uh, agenda item 10B, consider approval of the thirdparty billing contract for fiscal year 27. Is there a motion for approval of the third party billing contract for fiscal year 27? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Director Wolf. Is there a second?
>> Second. >> Thank you, Director Kenudson. And discussion. So, Mr. Bent. >> Yeah, Mr. Chair. This is just our standard third party billing contract that we go through every year at this time. uh the rates are on there as well as the attachment that talks about what
the third pillar party billing proposal will cover. So standard operating procedure year after year and and if I remember correctly, Superintendent Benty, when we years ago when we went to this third party billing, it it the district received much more
money coming in because it it's just a it's a it's a job. >> It it is. Yes. >> Director Moore. So just to clarify then this is something that we're not this isn't something new. We've been doing this every year. This is more or less >> doing this for a very long time.
>> That's I just want to clarify. Thank you. >> Any further discussion? Discussion. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes 70. 10 C. Consider adoption of resolution uh
26-32 certification of updated district population estimate. Is there a motion for adoption of resolution 26-32? >> So move. >> Thank you, Director Budro. Is there a second?
>> Second. >> Thank you, Director Kudson. And discussion, I think for description, uh Mr. Raceler, if you would like to just inform us a little bit more about this. >> Mr. Chair, just before we start, just for clarification, I think there's just
a small typo. Um, in the description, it says resolution 26-32. What is attached says resolution 25-32 on board book. So, I think that's maybe just a typo. 25 versus 26. Just we can get that.
>> Okay, I'm reading off my printed. So, >> I don't know if anybody else has seen that, but that's what's shown on my board. >> My board book says 2632 >> in your attachment. >> Oh, and the resolution. Oh, I Yes, I do. Thank you.
>> The resolution is titled 2532. >> Okay, we'll just know. How about we just >> Yep. Perfect. Thank you, >> Miss Reler. Please. So, what this resolution does is it allows us to give an update of what our um actual population census is. Um the
way that the levy works for a lot of the community pieces, it's based on our um on our census on our population. Um and that goes back to 2020 and that does not get updated for 10 years automatically by the state. However, we do have the
option then to request that our population or census data be uh updated to what is current. And so for our case um the the um the current figure then is 32,022
versus the 31,318 which is on our levy. What this will do then is it will bring in more revenue for our community services programs. Not a ton of money, but it brings in a little less than $5,000 for, you know,
youth enrichment and afterchool programming and and uh basic uh community education revenue. >> We've done this for the last couple years. >> Discussion, Mr. Chair, just my question, Miss
Raceler. So that's basically every if you will belly button within our school district proper if you will. Is that is that I mean because it's not just fair. Correct. >> Correct. It's all the it's it's all of
the um municipalities that are served within our school district boundaries. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> Further discussion. Director Steves. This is a roll call item. >> Linda Budro. >> Hi. >> Candace Kudson.
>> Hi. >> Linda Moore. >> Hi. >> Jerry Robasha. >> Hi. >> Cassie Steves. I >> Chad Wolf. >> Hi. >> John Bellingham. >> Hi. >> Resolution passes 70. >> Thank you. Uh attendee consider approval of the
fisc year 27 proposed budget. Is there a motion for approval of the fisc year 27 proposed budget? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Director Wolf. Is there a second? >> Second. Thank you. Thank you, Director Steves, and discussion. And once again, Miss
Raceler, I will turn this over to you first. >> Thank you, Chair Bellingham. Okay. So, the um packet that you have in front of you kind of describes it does describe um what I am recommending for our FY27
proposed budget. Um the first few pages give information about our school district and administration, our school board. Um those different pieces. We um I've also updated the school administration piece to include um what
we know today for our different uh sites. And so as an example, you'll see Allison Sweeney is listed as the Lincoln Elementary principal. So, um, you know, future thinking, we're looking at fiscal year 27. The first, uh, page that probably has
some of the more interesting highlights. Um, as we have talked about, we are in a, uh, enrollment decline at this time and we continue to see that moving forward. So, our average daily membership
projection for fiscal year 27 will be decreasing to 2,970 students. And so, that will affect revenue coming in. As you will remember, enrollment is our main driver for revenue.
We did get to experience a 2.7% increase on the basic general ed funding formula. And so that even though we have a decrease in students because of the increase in the gened formula, we will see an increase of about 1.3 million in
our general education funding. However, we will see a decrease in our compensatory funding. This uh particular item has uh been a little difficult to nail down. Um this
was something that was discussed at the legislative uh session this year and so initial uh they call them district runs. So the initial run that we had um indicated uh quite a decrease in our
compensatory closer to 600,000. Then it looked like it would be about 400,000. And as the session went on, we started to see just a little bit more and more that we could um anticipate for our uh compensatory revenue. And so um
at the time that this document was created, uh we are looking at a almost $300,000 um decline from last year in compensatory revenue. Please note that MDE is still working on finalizing these
numbers. In fact, there was a run that was out today and that's different than what we're seeing here. Um, better. So, that's a plus. It's still not what we had anticip, you know, what we had from last year. Um, so it will still be a
decline, just not as not as bad. So, last year we had about 7.6 million in compensatory revenue. This year we're looking at closer to 7.4 million. We did have an increase to our English learner age aid, excuse me, our English
learner aid. And so that increased about uh 578,000. And so that will be approximately 1.8 million that we will see in EL a next year. the highlights then on for the
expenditures. Um we did have board approved budget reductions. This board did approve reductions of approximately $1,23,500 and then had a few um approved enhancements. So our net uh approved
budget reduction was $968,500 going into this budget cycle. our proposed and negotiated contract settlements. That projection is about a $2 million increase. Then from FY26 to
FY27, we have a large increase in our transportation um expenditures of about uh 680,000 and we're all aware of gas prices and and those different
kinds of things that are affecting our transportation costs. Other purchase services would include things like contracted services, PSO classes, concurrent enrollment, care and treatment, and uh that is going to um is
projected to increase about 567,000 from uh FY26 to 27. So looking at these highlights, when we're looking at the general fund, um the unassigned fund balance, it is projected to be 55,600,
excuse me, 68,520 or 10.57% of our budgeted expenditures. Please remember that our minimum fund balance for our unassigned is 9.5%.
So we are still above that minimum. The next slide uh shows uh some information regarding our other funds. So our food service fund um as uh Superintendent Benty already mentioned
we are providing summer meal services for community um at the high school and Lincoln Elementary. We also provide food uh for our kids world kids throughout the summer. We currently have five meal programs
that we run. These are the CACFP which is child and adult care food program, the school food service program, national school lunch program, the national school breakfast program, and the community eligibility provision
program. We do have vended meal contracts with Discovery Public School, Three Rivers, Head Start, Little Scholars, Serat Academy, and also Nurse Strand. Please remember that we are purpose
purposefully spending down the reserves to adhere to MDE requirements through uh March 31st, 2028. We will be allowed to have six months worth of worth of cash net uh in our reserves. This is usually
3 months. As of March 31st, they will go back to to three months. So, we have a little over a year, almost two years to get that down. So, we are purposefully spending money down in fund two.
our community education fund. These are programs such as early childhood family education, preschool, adult education, youth and adult enrichment and recreation, our kids world program, and
uh we have a a great um partnership with so many of our community um community partners and community businesses. And so uh we are continued to continuing to ensure that those are strong
relationships and collaborations. Our building construction fund, we are at the end of that construction fund. So we will see uh very little in revenue or expenditures in fund six, our construction fund. However, we will
continue to see activity in our debt fund because we still have to pay off the debt of which we borrowed to do those construction items. Our internal service fund is for our self-insured insurance
uh and this uh is made up of the collection of insurance premiums and then related payments for the claims. uh we did recognize an 8% increase in premiums from fiscal year 26 to 27 which
is almost half of what we had going into fiscal year 26. So we're really pleased with that um with that lower premium increase. And then we have our irrevocable trust fund. And this of course is uh the share of retirey
insurance payments and our implicit rate subsidy per the actuarial study that we have done. The next page shows our trending for our enrollments. What our enrollment trends and projections look like.
As you see on the graph, in fiscal year 22, we were at almost 3,300 students. The end of this fiscal year 26, we'll be at about 30 3,027 students. And the projection for FY27 is 2,970
students. You can see the projections continuing forward. We are projecting a decrease. The next page then gives uh information regarding our unassigned fund balance as
well as all of our restricted or categorical funds uh um reserves in fund one. So again, our unassigned fund balance, we are projecting to start the year with about 8.7 million in our fund
[clears throat] balance, which is about 12.5% or 3% more than our minimum fund balance. Our revenues will be approximately 53,867 expenditures about 55 million which
leaves us with an endofear projected fund balance of 7,478,261 or 10.57%. You'll see the restricted areas. Um all of those are listed. I will not read them off for you. Um there are a few
though that um [clears throat] will be of interest. Um so our literacy incentive aid uh uh it's item 456. It's more than halfway down the list. literacy incentive aid and we
are using that for uh curriculum that we will be purchasing that has already been approved by the board teacher comp uh compensation for read act. This is specifically training for the read act and so we will be um paying
stipens to those who have gone through the read training. Um and this is part of what has been agreed upon in the teacher contract. You will see that our long-term facilities maintenance the expenditures
are exceeding the revenues causing us to have a negative fund balance. The way that that will be taken care of is to use our operating capital. Currently, our operating capital has a larger fund balance and so we'll be using that to
offset some of our long-term facility maintenance spending. The other thing that was approved with this uh legislative session is that we can now use operating capital for some of our utility bills. So, that is something that I have implemented in
this budget. I did not move all utility bills because that would wipe out our operating capital as well, but did move some of them to relieve the undesated unreserved fund balance. our uh medical assistance, which you
just approved, the third-party billing, that is projected to be at a $700,000 revenue and a $700,000 uh expenditure. So, they do offset.
When all is said and done, the total general fund, we are anticipating a starting balance of about 11.2 million. Our expenditures will exceed our revenues by about 1.7 million ending the
year at about 9.474 million. The next page goes on to the uh other various funds that we have. So in fund two again this is our food service fund. We are starting the year with about $1.4
million. We are purposefully spending more than what we receive and so uh we are anticipating to end the year with approximately a million dollars. Community education uh this is broken out by its various uh fund balance and
reserves. Uh you will see overall that the total community education we are starting with $998,000 uh dollars in fund balance. Our expenditures are anticipated to exceed
our revenue by about 334,000. You'll see that the school readiness fund w will potentially end in the negative. What will happen then is that we will move dollars uh most likely from our
general community education fund into that school readiness fund if this does come to fruition. Overall, our community education fund looks really good. I know that you may not understand or feel like it looks
that great. Um, but for a community education fund, it this is a very positive [snorts] um outlook. The construction fund, as I noted, is coming to a close. So we'll see um the
revenue would be interest and uh we will just ensure that whatever we receive in interest will be spent for any of the odds and ends that that need to be taken care of. Debt service again we talked about that that will um continue to be the debt
payments and the uh principal and interest that we must pay. our internal service fund, our self-insured fund is looking really so much better uh at this point this year than it did last year. So, we are continuing to increase our
fund balance um so that we are uh back to the reserve that we had um wanted. And then our OPED irrevocable trust, uh, we continue to have a pretty steady fund balance there of about 2.5 million.
So overall, our total fund balances for all funds is about 17,850,000. We're going to receive in about 85.7 million, spend about 87.7 million, and
end the year with 15,770,948 in fund balance, which is a decrease of about 2 million. The next page gets just a bit more granular regarding um where money is coming from and how it's being spent.
And this is inclusive of all funds. When we're looking at revenues, we usually break those into different revenue sources. The first line that you're seeing there is local property taxes. What's levied?
And so we have the general fund, community service fund, and debt service fund. Those are the three funds that we're allowed to levy for. The amount that you're seeing in the general fund is a decrease from what we
have seen in past years. Our other local and county. This would include things like um miscellaneous revenue, interest, rent, um those different kinds of things. Um
participation fees, gate receipts, etc. uh food, lunch services, um any part uh anything that's participated in in um community ed, those different pieces. So, you're seeing that uh the general
fund will receive about 1,957,000 in other and county, 211,000 in for food service, 2.9 million for community service. The building fund, again, this is just anticipated to be
interest from our banking account. Uh the debt service fund, roughly 20,000. And then our internal service fund about 3.5 uh million and our revocical trust about 168,000 which again is uh
interest. The [snorts] state sources is the large share that we receive for the uh general fund. This includes the general ed formula and other aids. So this is about 50 almost 55 million that we're seeing
in the general fund. The food service fund uh is about 211,000 community service 1.8 and debt service 464 in federal sources. Then uh we're seeing about 3
9 million almost 4 million in federal sources. food service. That's where they receive their uh most of their money is in federal resources for food service and community services 872,000. The expenditures then are broken out in
program areas. So our program areas are um administration, district support services, regular instruction, etc. There is nothing of uh too much surprise here. Our pupil support is where we're
going to see um all of our food service. We see uh our community education service. Of course, that entire amount then is listed um in that particular column. And then our fixed and other uh other
fixed cost programs are uh where we see the debt service internal re uh internal service fund and the irrevocable trust. Overall you're seeing the same numbers that were presented in the previous page
just in a little bit different manner. The next page then gives us the pie chart of what our breakouts look like. So, as an example, um the uh state sources um are the
highest for our general ed fund. And so this consists of the general ed um formula, the different categoricals, compensatory, English learner aid, etc. In the federal sources,
we see 3.9 million or 5% of our total revenues. In special ed, this federal source provides about 1.3 million. Title is about 1.6 million and grants are about 1
million. locality local property tax levies consists of um our food excuse me our general fund our community ed and our debt service fund and that uh comes up
to about 9.7 million or 14% of our revenues other local like uh I discussed earlier that's our interest donations local grants um fees gate receipts participation fees those different kinds
of Looking at the next uh chart that shows then our proposed general fund expenditures of 72 million. Our regular instruction, vocational education and special education instruction.
Those three combined are 64% of where our expenditures go where it should go to our students. The instructional support services you see in the pie chart about uh 10 o'clock
that is 5.9 million or 8% of our total expenditures. This would include curriculum, our tech services, library or media and our staff development, pupil support services or uh 8.2 2
million 11% that would be our transportation counseling social workers nurses SRO's sites and buildings is 7 million or 10% and that's our operations and
maintenances our facilities and our long-term facil m long-term facilities maintenance the fiscal other fixed cost programs are about 443,000 or 1% of of our expenditures and that
consists of OPEB and uh some leases and insurance etc. Our administration is uh 2,585 or 3% of our total budget and that would
include the board superintendent and principles. District support services is 2.1 million or again roughly 3% and that would include the business office, communications, human resources, the tech director,
elections, etc. The next page then gives an outlook of what our budget is looking like going forward. As you're seeing then uh our actual for 25 we actually ended in a positive with uh increasing our fund balance. We are
anticipating to have a decrease in for fiscal year 26 when the audit audit is complete. The same is true then for the next three fiscal years if we do not do anything to correct the trend that we're
on. So for fiscal year 27 in the general fund we are anticipating to go down that 1.7 million leaving us at a 10.5 set of an uh fund balance in the undesated unreserved
still over the minimum but uh getting a little bit too close to that minimum. You can see the um projection uh assumptions that I used. Um, we have that projected decrease in student counts. Uh, we know what we saw for an
increase in Jed formula for this year. However, I'm anticipating only 2% for the next two years to be conservative. We have experienced a decrease in compensatory and I anticipate that we will continue to see a decrease in compensatory unless the legisl uh
legislature does something different with how they fund that formula. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Raceler. Uh discussion, Mr. >> Chair. I several if I can. >> Very good.
>> Uh thank you, Mr. Racer. Greatly appreciate it. Can you you had talked about on I believe page seven the LTFM essentially were deficit spending there or whatever. Can you just remind us the sale of the ALC? Knock on wood. it goes
through, right? Um, what can those funds be used for? And I believe kinley, but how does all that flow and where does that live those funds if that sale is consummated? >> Yeah. So,
yes. So, if the sale goes through, um, we can use all of all of the funds from the sale of the ALC building to help offset the cost of the remodel at McKinley. Unfortunately, the costs at McKinley are higher than what the sale
price is. >> Okay. Thank you. I I greatly appreciate it. And then my next question is the food service fund. I think you said that um that's on page >> I guess eight top of page eight.
>> Uh earlier you had said that we have until I think March of 2028 >> to get that down to three months reserve. >> Correct. If everything stayed equal today, what does three months reserve translate into a dollar amount? Do you have a rough number? >> Yeah. So, we're already over uh on six
months, so we would have to get down closer to like 500,000. >> Okay. So, almost cut in half. Yeah. Again. Okay. And then last but not least, thank you for answering all these. Um, back to page seven, top of page seven, we project that the next
school year, correct? This is what we're looking at. the next school year, we will deficit spend in the unassigned fund balance to the tune of $1.2 million. >> Correct. >> Correct. >> Correct. >> So, I guess my question to you and
Superintendent Benty is are we doing enough reductions? Uh should we do more? I'm not looking to, you know, terminate people, but my concern is we have to do something. We can't deficit spend year after year after year unless there's a
new pot of money found somewhere and we usually don't find that on the school board. And so is that a deep enough reduction of 1.2 million based on what you are projecting? It it is with the
understanding and uh director and I have gone through this with especially with our building leadership is that it it is a deep enough reduction for this coming year with the understanding that we will be reducing the following year as well. So we know going into this year that we
are already going to be in budget reduction mode for the following school year and we'll be working on that uh come this fall. And typically the earlier we cut more, the less we have to cut in subsequent years. Correct. Correct. It just has a compound. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. And then my my last
one, I'm sorry. Uh when you talk about staffing up on page two, Lincoln Elementary at this time, it does not show a coordinator there. Will there be a coordinator? I'm sorry. It does not show a dean of students like it does for I think Jefferson. Will there be a dean
of students replacing? >> Yes. So, the high school and Lincoln will both have Dina students. They have not been hired yet, so they have they're not named in there. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you, sir. >> Further discussion, Director Moore. >> Um, yes, thank you. Um, thank you, Miss
Raceler, for getting the budget out in timely manner. I do appreciate. >> Um, I just have a few questions here on page 12. Okay, we talked about we're going to have to do budget reduction. >> Director, excuse me, will you pull your microphone closer once? Oh, yes. Thank you so much.
>> We have to do um Okay. On page 12. >> Mhm. >> It's projected 2027 1.7 million. No. Uh Mr. Wolf talked about 1.2 million we'll [clears throat] have to reduce. So it's really 1.2 million. >> So 1.2 million is the un unassigned
undesated. The additional 500,000 is in those restricted areas. >> Restricted. Okay. >> Yep. And then even looking at projected 2829, we're going to be really m 2.1 million
and then 3 point uh well 3.1 million. We're going to have to really make some budget cuts then. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um and page 11. Um thank you for you said rate the instruction was 64%. Thank you for that.
Uh with ju just and I don't maybe Mr. Benty can answer this more. So just in the the trend with regular instruction it's 36%. Is that been about through the years is that kind of stayed steady or is it gone down or and I I want to check
with special ed too. Uh that's 27%. I'm just curious is >> has any of that gone up? What's gone down if you could? >> It has disclosed roughly a percent here and there per year but it's pretty standardized. >> It's about steady. Okay. We we have seen
a slight increase in special ed as as we know our numbers continue to increase. >> Okay. And on page talked about the 1.1 1.7 million 1.2 million. Um
you mentioned with community services uh it's 3 330 it's about 334,000 that it doesn't look as bad. Maybe you like I didn't catch it, but could you just briefly explain why it doesn't look so bad? [laughter]
Because we have positive fund balance. So, um, in our in our community, Ed, the community education, uh, fund balance itself is actually quite healthy at 742,000. Um, so that's part of of why I say that.
Also, school readiness, while it does show a decrease, um we more than likely will be able to um recognize some areas where we could potentially decrease some expenses and um adjust what where some
of those dollars are coming from. >> Um I I guess it it concerns me that we have to keep, you know, we seem to budget reductions. Is that because we don't foresee what's coming ahead or do we keep adding? Maybe we should, you know,
cut back a little bit. I don't know. I'm just concerned about that. >> It's because we keep losing students. >> Losing students. Okay. >> Um I guess to I I do appreciate all of this. This is I know this is a lot of work. Uh when we are given a budget to
review, we're given basically the summary of all the funds, both revenue and expenditures. Uh I I I guess for me I'd like more details or specifics. Uh like for instance, if I wanted to find the amount dollars coming in for grants, which is taxpayer money. Uh I'd like to
see that at some point. Um I don't know if this is the time to ask for it or not, but is it is that ready readily accessible to the ordinary person or do I would they need a foyer for that? for more specifics. >> I can give you a very summarized um idea
of of the sources from which our grants are coming. >> I don't expect you to do it now, but >> I I've got it if you would like it. >> Okay. >> So, we have about 1 million in federal dollars that we receive in grants. >> 2 million come in miscellaneous. Those
So, these are grants that are not tied to the federal or tied to state. They are just outside grants that are available to school districts and we have about 715,000 that we receive in state grants.
>> Uh if the member of the public or if even me if I wanted to see more specifically I would just have to ask you then or just would they go through Mr. Benty or >> through Mr. Benty. >> Okay. All right. Because I would like to see more specifics. Um, as I said
before, uh, before I approve the budget, I'd like to see more, [laughter] uh, more details, but, um, thank you for answering the questions and I'd like to look into that more. So, thank you. >> Director Steves. Um, this might be kind
of an obvious or silly question, but the budget reduction, um, on page 11, sorry, I'm scrolling. This these scary red numbers assume that we are
declining enrollment and we are not right sizing our staff and or operations. Correct. >> We we continue to work on those. Yes. And that's something that we have always been mindful of keeping within preferred
ratios but also being very mindful of our budget and our deficit. >> Correct. >> Thank you. >> Anything else? Further discussion? I I want I would like to go back to page 12 and I think this is what Director
Steves is referring to. So the numbers in red on page 12 with the so budgeted 2026 we have 1.2 million. Is that what we cut last year for this year or is this what we're projected to cut this
coming February? >> No. What what uh the budgeted 2026 that's where I'm anticipating we end the year. So when the when the audit is done, I'm anticipating that our expenditures will have exceeded our
revenues by 1.2 million. >> So and then we will have to adjust to that, >> right? So we adjusted uh fiscal year 27 by 968,500. We've already cut that out for 27. I'm
still anticipating that we're going to overspend by 1.7 million. >> Okay. So then if you go to 28 with 2.1 million almost 2.2 million is that if we do nothing >> correct >> if we did nothing in 27
>> correct >> it rolls over there and then the same with 29 >> correct >> if we did nothing in 27 and 28 that's the 3 million there. So when we do adjust >> that >> 27 [clears throat]
>> there that number will and 28 and 29 will not be that large of amount. >> Correct. >> I think I need I I just wanted to point >> Y >> for me to understand that other people. >> Y >> very good. >> Yep.
>> Further discussion. >> Mr. Chairman, I would just like to say that I think the the budget um just the whole presentation is far easier to understand that maybe I'm starting to get it,
[laughter] but I I think that the graphics and all of the explanations have been really helpful. Um I I just see that this is just an annual thing where we keep losing students. We
have nothing we can do about that. We have to find money somewhere or take it out of our savings. Right. >> Correct. >> And so that's we're going to do probably a little bit of both every year. It's not a fun job as a board member to have
to do that, but it's not really anything that we've done. This is all the projected um short shortfalls in babies being born. They're just not not being born and they're not coming into
our school. So, I thank you for being very clear, explaining everything, helping us to get it and uh appreciate your your work, very thorough. >> Mr. Chair, I just want to follow up on Director Budro's um comments, and I
don't want to >> mean to be argumentative at all. Um I I would say there are a couple things we can do to um either slow the decline of enrollment or increase our enrollment, and that is do everything within our
power to better our test scores. Um if our test scores aren't good, that gives people an open opportunity to go north, go south, go to the private schools. Um, and so I think anything that we can do within our power and as creatively as possible within our means, um, I do
think those are things that can move the needle. Um, I don't think there's an easy answer there and I don't think there's a magic wand. But I do believe that by if we can improve that. Um, and also the communication with the community and the input and the feedback with the community, I think makes a
difference as well. And I'm not saying we're not trying on any of that. I'm not accusing anyone of that. So please don't say that or think that. But there's no doubt that we have a fair amount of students in Fairbolt proper in our school district that go elsewhere. >> Roelle,
>> Dr. Roser, are you familiar with the school trust fund? >> Um if that constitut [clears throat] >> Thank you. >> You heard my first question. >> I did. school trust fund. Um, you know, there's a proposal that that's could
possibly be on the constitutional amendment. >> Um, the the literature that's coming out is indicating that's going to be a significant benefit to public schools across the state. If you're can you explain a little bit about that uh just
for the public's knowledge? Uh so what this would be is uh releasing if you will if if voted upon um favorably it would be releasing funds that the state has and allowing them to be used for um
public school revenue. Um I have not seen any district runs. I don't have any idea what that would look like as far as how it would affect far public school but it would be another revenue source that that we could potentially tap into. >> Yeah. the literature that's coming out,
you know, they don't say it's significant, but it certainly would be beneficial to the public school. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. And so that will be a November vote from my understanding. >> Positive November vote for the constitutional amendment. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Director Rob.
>> Mr. Chairman, >> director Budro, >> I did not mention the mandates that we have coming on the state level and the reduced compensatory funds. Those are not things we have control of either. And the mandates, the requirements for
providing services that we haven't had to pro provide before. And I think since we're putting it all out there, we got to add that. So, thank you. Last call discussion.
Seeing none, we have a motion for approval of the fiscal year 27 proposed budget. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> No. >> Motion passes. 61. Agenda item 10E. Consider approval of
the property and casualty renewal. Is there a motion for approval of the property and cas casualty renewal? >> So moved. >> Thank you, director Robisho. I will second that motion. and discussion. And
just as a reminder, we this was also I should have mentioned before in the proposed budget, this also was approved by the finance committee >> as well. >> So, Miss Raceler, I'll turn it over to you. >> Thank you, Mr. Bellingham. and and as uh board members as you have in front of
you the recommendation that we have regarding the property and casualty insurance renewal as well as the workers comp uh renewal. Um I've asked Grant Wilson from Hartman Insurance to come and speak with us tonight. So I'm going to turn it over to you Grant. Thank you. And I'm sorry you're here so long.
>> Oh that's quite all right. Good evening everyone. Uh this year we the increase that you see uh is largely a function of the property piece continuing on its inflationary track. As
we discussed last year it was it was obviously very significant last year as the carrier insurance carriers caught up to what was happening within within the market. Um be it the claims and the inflation we had a large increase. This
year it's not as substantial. Um, but we do see net it's about 10%. Half of that is continuing along our path of trying to get our insurance to value for our property up to where we know the
replacement costs are. And the district has taken a very measured uh but responsible track on this. I think hopefully everybody would agree that that's a logical logical stance to take. I think you're doing a very good job with that.
Um, work complies, we had an eightoint uptick in our experience mod, which is not we don't love to see that, but we did have a claim or two that affected us. Um, to their credit, SFM, who has been an outstanding partner for us on
the work comp. Um, it really helped dramatically bring the premium down a number of years ago and it's been incredibly consistent even with a decrease last year. We have a $2,000 increase this year even though our experience mod would have added 8% to
it. Um they helped us offset all of virtually all of the increase. Their goal is to try to keep it steady at a number that they believe to be a fair representation of the premiums that they need to make this fly. And uh they've stuck to their guns on it and they've
been a really good partner. >> Very good. Board members discussion. discussion. Last call discussion. Very well presented, obviously. Um, okay. We have a motion for approval of
the property and casualty renewal. All in favor of that motion signify by saying I. I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes 70. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Good night, everybody. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Agenda item 10F,
uh, consider approval of the school nutrition program joint agreement contracts for fiscal year 2627 and they are with Canon Valley Special Education Co-op and Nurse Strand Elementary Charter School. Is there a motion for
approval of the school nutrition program joint agreement contracts for the fiscal year 2627 with Canon Valley Special Ed Co-op and Nurse Strand Elementary Charter School? So moved. >> Thank you, Director Steves. Is there a second? >> Second. >> I didn't catch the
>> Linda. >> Thank you, Director Budro. And discussion, I don't know if you want to expand on this a little bit more [laughter] or not. So, um the the two uh excuse me, the two point uh two joint agreement
contracts that we have are with uh Canon Valley Special Ed and Nurian Elementary Charter. What this means being a joint agreement is that um we provide the services and we deliver the food or cook the food on premise and we also do the
claims for those meals. So, we monitor, do the claims, all of those kinds of things. So that's why these two are uh slightly separated from the others. >> Discussion. >> Discussion. >> Director Moore.
>> Yeah. I I just want some clarification I guess. So with all of these all of these entities on this page here or school sites, we are we're considered the vendor. So for for these two that we're doing through a joint,
>> we are we it's as if they are sites of ours. So like the high school, middle school, etc. That's how we treat these two. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> All right. So I'll ask >> So they're just slightly different. Yep. Yep.
>> Thank you, >> Director Wolf. Miss Raceler, on these two, do we get some administrative servicing fee for doing these? We do. Okay. Thank you. Discussion.
Last call for discussion. Hearing none. We do have a motion for approval of the school nutrition program joint agreement contracts for fiscal year 2627 with Canon Valley Special Ed Co-op and Nurband Elementary Charter School. All in favor of that motion
signify by saying I >> opposed. Motion passes 70. 10G. Consider approval of the vended meal agreements for the fiscal year 2627 school year and they are with the following um [clears throat]
institutions. Surat Academy, Discovery Charter, Little Scholars, and Head Start. Is there a motion for approval of the vended meals vended meals agreements for the fiscal year 2627 of the four uh schools that I have read?
>> So move. >> Thank you, Director Budro. >> Second, Director Wolf. Thank you. Uh discussion. Uh once again, Meler. >> Okay, so these four contracts are just slightly different. So these we are vended. So these we do charge the um
entity for the meals that we provide and we deliver these meals. So the meals are made at our site, the high school and then we have a driver who drives the meals to the sites, drops them off with instruction of how to keep them warm, keep them cold, whatever that might be
and then we pick up the materials at the um end of the meal time. So um so there is a slight markup on the meals um because we um do not claim them for reimbursement. So they are actually charged for uh the meals that they
receive. We do have two CACF um uh entities and that's child and adult care food program. So that would be the daycarees and so that's uh the head start program and little scholars program.
>> Very good. Thank you. Discussion. Discussion. Last call for discussion. Hearing none. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes. 70. 10H. Consider approval of a food service
coordinator position. Is there a motion for approval of a food service coordinator position? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Director Robo. Is there a second? Dr. Budro, thank you. And discussion,
Miss Raceler, I'll turn this over to you again. Thank you. So, the request that I have before you is um coming to light uh due to the number of programs that we serve um for food service at our district. We have 13 different sites and
we have several different programs um that we serve. uh with the opportunity knowing that we will have a different food service company beginning July 1st. Um I uh am requesting that we actually
have our own food service coordinator who can dedicate their full time and attention to some of the administrative tasks that I do and that uh my the business [clears throat] office staff has to do. So, what I'm asking for is a
full-time 260day contract food service coordinator. Um, the rationale for this is to allow uh allow us to ensure that we're serving our students, family, community in the food service area as
best as possible. having someone fully dedicated to ensure that monitoring is done correctly, reimbursements are done correctly, um that our RFPs are going out in a timely manner, that we're doing monitoring, which is very time inensive,
um to to do all of those administrative type duties, ensuring that our direct certified kids are correct, that we're really pushing our educational benefit forms out to our people, ensuring that we are in complian liance in food
service with with um all the programs that we have going on. Not sure if you noted in the recommendation, but we are monitored uh quite often because of all the different programs that we do. And when being monitored, it has been stated
more than once that with all the programs and the sites that we cover in this district, um MDE would recommend another person in our food service program. So the idea here is that we would have our own food service
coordinator that we would use fund two the food service fund to pay for. This does not touch the general fund and it does alleviate some of the duties and pressures that are on the business office and uh without having to touch
general fund. So that's what this proposal is about. >> Thank you Mr. Raceler. Discussion >> Mr. Chair, >> Director Wolf. Uh, Miss Raceler, I think this is for one year or is this for an ongoing position?
>> The uh the ask is for this year. Okay. >> In anticipation we would be able to continue this forward. >> Okay. Thank you. And then, you know, you talk a lot about this person being dedicated to this and taking a load off of the business office and all that stuff. Do you actually believe that this
person could actually lead to some expense recovery or increased revenue just because of their focus on this? >> I don't know if it'll be an increase in revenue, but it will certainly be um a savings to the general fund not needing
to ask for additional help in the business office. >> Thank you. >> Discussion, Director Moore. >> Uh yes, I just want to re reiterate I think uh Mr. Wolf said, uh, this burden basically was on you.
>> There there was a lot that was on his office since in the last few years food service has really expanded. So this was really quite a burden for you. So uh um I think this is a good idea. Thank you.
Discussion. Last call for discussion hearing. None. All in favor of the motion to for approval of a food service coordinator position signify by saying I >> I >> opposed. Motion passes 70.
Uh 10 I consider approval of a 4-year lease with Trafera. Hope I pronounced that correctly. For student devices. Is there a motion for approval of a 4-year lease with Trafura for student devices? >> Moved for a second.
I will I will take Mr. Wolf for the motion and director Budro Director [clears throat] Steve sorry I thought I thought I heard something over here >> for the second and discussion I will turn it over to M Reler and Mr. Bernie
>> and I'll happily turn it over to Mr. Bing. >> Thank [laughter] you. Good evening. Um tonight we're asking um for the board to move forward with us uh signing a lease, a four-year lease to refresh the student devices at Fairbell High School. Um we
are looking for a total cost of 564,300 cut over um four years for 154,997 for each year. Um the lease that you would see attached also has options for
flex leasing um which is essentially our nonappropriations. So if finances change, if student counts change, um we will be able to return some of the devices or get additional devices uh if that if that happens. Uh some of the other things to take into account, this
is kind of an allin. Um so when we're looking at this total cost, um we're also looking at a 4-year uh um ADP warranty. So, accidental damage and protection. Um, so it's a 0 deductible. Um, which will help reduce some of the,
uh, costs that we have associated with device repairs right now. Um, it also does include the licensing, uh, the perpetual licensing for Chrome devices, um, which lasts for in perpetuity for the life of the device. Um, and this
cost also includes the uh Trafera's white glove service uh which will um basically set up the devices for us. So they'll be shipped here. We just need to make sure they're in the correct organizational units and disperse them.
>> Very good discussion. >> Director Moore. >> Well, um I'd like to thank um Mr. for this district. I believe that you're a tremendous asset to our schools and I hope you I believe that you're a tremendous asset to our schools and I
hope you stay with the Fable Public Schools for a very very long time. Um but that said I I do have a question. So we're adding to our technological equipment, correct? We're not replacing it. >> This is replacing. Yep. So currently at
the high school they have um iPads uh iPad Gen 9 which are four years old um and they've been through um four years of high school students using them. They're ready to [snorts] be replaced. Also, we don't have a whole lot of
information from Apple on when an iPad or a MacBook or really any Apple device will go end of life. Um, and with them already being four years old, Apple having released a handful of new iPads since then, um, we just can't determine
how long they will continue to receive security updates as well as functionality for things such as state testing. >> Okay. [clears throat] Um, I guess the problem I'm having is the cost. We're looking at over half million dollars here. Um, I I don't think we can afford
this at this time anyway. Um I I would like to say secondly I do have a major concern too with the use of technology and you and I may differ on this respectfully and the and the physical and mental well-being of our students. Uh if I may,
Mr. uh Mr. Chair, I'd just like to go into this a little bit. Um I don't have a problem with technology per se. >> Excuse me. Director Mort, your comments should be on the motion for approval of the four-year lease. Okay, that should be a discussion. >> I will address this next month uh when I
have my three minutes. Thank you. >> Further discussion. Director Kudson. >> So, is there an advantage to switching over to Chromebooks? Because I have heard some teachers saying that they're not necessarily in favor of the iPads
and would prefer the Chromebooks, but I don't know the difference. >> Yeah. So, we did actually start um by surveying the students to find out what kind of technology skills they and I think I worded the question as what are some things you wish you would have learned throughout your time at Fairbo
public schools. Um and then we asked an open-ended question like would you be in support of doing this instead of iPads? Um, and so I took that data and I brought it to the staff um, essentially asking the same questions um, with a few more very specific questions such as
would you support Chromebook over an iPad, would you support Google Classroom over Schooly? Um, and so while the results weren't overwhelming, um, we were more than they were probably around 55% of staff at the high school said that they would support moving towards
Chromebooks. I would also go to say that um some of the trends that we're seeing nationally is kind of a reduction of the use of technology in the classroom so that it's more intentional which is a a conversation that I'm having a lot and switching over towards Chromebooks
really sets us up for that. Um the iPads are not set up to be shared devices. Um and in order to make them shared devices, it really complicates what happens in the classroom. um and just the amount of instructional time lost.
Um and Apple may say something completely different. Um however um as we're seeing these trends and working on being more intentional with technology use, I strongly feel as do um the teachers that I um collected the
information from um believe that we can make this work in a way that's going to increase intent of the use of technology. >> Thank you. discussion. Director Wolf. >> Mr. Chair, um Mr. Buring, following up
on Director Moore's comments or thoughts on cost. So the 557,000 that's for four years. >> We would pay 1/4 of that. >> Correct. >> For four years. >> Yep. Thank you. So 1/4 each year. And
today we have in our budget [snorts] for like the Apple devices, we're paying something that's allocated each year or or is our cost going to go up by 1/4 each year? I mean, we have to have something that we paid for iPads. Correct. >> Correct. So, we're currently paying for
management software for all of our Apple devices. So we will see a reduction in the number of licenses that we have for um JF um and we will essentially be taking that money and it it does amount to a little bit more um so for JF it's about $6 per iPad um but you pay that
yearly so over the course of four years you're paying $24 per device um whereas the license for um for Google management of Chrome devices is $32 um but that's a onetime fee >> but so I'm sorry. Um, when we bought the
iPads, if you will, or did we lease them? >> They were purchased, and it's my understanding that they were purchased with a com combination of ESRE funds and ECF funds. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate.
>> Further discussion. >> Oh, okay. Sorry. Further discussion. >> So, kind of another silly silly question. And uh what happens with the iPads that we currently own?
>> So the iPads that we currently own, um currently the middle school has iPad Gen 9. So we do want to keep some on hand um just in case some of those, you know, go bad and so we can replace them with what we have. Um we are going to keep a
couple in um classrooms for for teachers that have requested them for curricular purposes. Um so I'm looking maybe three or four classrooms having a set of 30. Um and then the rest um we can distribute uh amongst the um uh school
as needed if we need some to have on hand or the schools as needed. Sorry. If we need some to have on hand um but generally we would take our surplus and go to either auction or sell them on a state contract to uh asset recovery.
>> Perfect. And I would assume to piggyback my first dumb question, um, they have keyboard, the Chromebooks have keyboards and, um, full setups with Microsoft products, I would assume, or Google products.
>> So, yes. And um the the devices that we're requesting, the Lenovo 500E, uh is kind of a middle ground between a tablet and a um laptop. Um so this this model will fully fold. Um it will have a
world-facing camera. So if we do have people that were taking pictures of things other than themselves, they'll still be able to do that. Um and as far as access to um like Microsoft suite um every student has access if they um are
asked to do so uh to Microsoft 365 but the majority of work that our students are already doing um exists uh within the Google suite. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Racer one follow-up question. The budget that we just discussed includes this is
already embedded in there. >> Correct. >> Thank you so much. And you had asked earlier the interest rate during our finance committee meeting and that is 5.92%. >> On this? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Last call for discussion.
>> Seeing none, we have a motion for uh approval of a 4-year lease with Trafera for student devices. All in favor of that motion signify by saying I. >> Opposed? >> No. >> Motion passes. 61. We don't. Thank you very much, Mr.
Birdie. Uh, agenda item 10J, consider approval of resolution 26-30, establishing dates for filing affidavit of candid candidacy for election. Is there a motion for approval of resolution 26-30,
establishing dates for filing affidavit of candidacy for election? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Director Moore. And a second. >> Second. Thank you, Director Kenudson. Uh discussion, Superintendent Benty. >> So, Mr. Chair, this is our standard uh
every other year we go through this. So, there are four schoolboard seats that are open this coming November. Uh this sets the dates of July 14th. Candidacy will open. Uh and it closes on July 28th, and there is a $2, uh filing fee
that needs to be paid. Discussion. [clears throat] Discussion. Discussion. Victor Steves. This is a roll call. >> Linda Budro. >> I. >> Candace Kudson. >> Hi. >> Linda Moore. >> Hi. >> Jerry Roasha. >> Hi. >> Cassie Steves. I. Chad Wolf.
>> Hi. >> John Bellingham. >> Hi. >> Resolution passes 70. >> Thank you. Uh 10K. Consider approval of resolution 26-31 calling the school district general election. Is there a motion for approval of resolution 26-31
calling the school district general election? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Director Steves. Second, Director Budro. Uh, Superintendent Benty. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, this is our standard uh item that we pass when we
join the general election. So, we will join the statewide election this fall for the election of four school board members. Uh a copy of the ballot is at the bottom of the first p of the first page and top of the third page uh for
you to see with the name names that will be uh entered as people file. >> Thank you. Discussion discussion discussion see none. Once again uh director Steve this is a roll call item. >> Linda Budro
>> I. >> Candace Kudson >> I. >> Linda Moore. >> Hi. >> Jerry Roasha. >> Hi. Cassie Steves. I Chad Wolf >> I. >> John Bellingham. >> Hi. >> Resolution passes 70. >> Thank you. Agenda item number 11, dates
to remember. July 6th, uh, 2026, 5:30 p.m. uh, board work session. Uh, July 19th, 2026, 7:45 a.m. Facilities Committee. Uh, July 13, 2026, 7:30 a.m. Finance Committee. And then July 20th,
2026, 5:30 p.m. the regular business meeting. Agenda item number 12. Uh, is there a motion to move to a close session as permitted by Minnesota statute 13D.05 subdivision 3A for the superintendent
evaluation discussion? >> So move. >> Thank you, Director Budro. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Director Kenudson. Uh all those in favor of that motion signify by saying I. I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes.