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What did you teach him there? >> Like, oh, must be tough like being able to do that. Oh, I can't do that. Evan, now I know what you felt like when you came to visit us the first time. Everybody's out there in front of me

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>> hanging out on your own side of the table. >> Front doors were locked. >> These doors, >> the main doors, >> they were open when I got here. >> These ones were open. >> I thought, >> what time did you get here, >> dude? What time were we here? quarter.

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>> Yeah. 10. >> You got here too early. >> I went I knew they had basketball practice. I was side door was open. Okay. Basketball practice >> was open when I got here. >> Don't pay to be early anymore. >> I just wasn't smart enough to open the

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door. >> All right. We will call order. Stand for the pledge. I >> aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which

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it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Welcome to our visitors today. Um getting into the agenda. Um we'll

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approve we're looking to approve the agenda um as amended um from the time that originally was sent out or different from previous months. Uh we moved the

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um fund balance report, expense, revenue report, and bond report into the finance section and pull them out of the consent agenda is the um main difference from previous agendas just to give a little more transparency and discussion on

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those topics. Make a motion to approve the agenda. Second. >> All right. We have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? >> One question say or were you going to table?

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>> Yes. Once we get to it, I believe we make a motion to table. >> Okay. prior we would if we wanted to pull it, but we're just going to table it instead of that question.

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Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All post same sign. Motion carries. A 3.0 consent agenda. Um so in today's consent agenda are the minutes um from a regular board meeting on June 15th. The

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minutes from our special meeting on July 1st, payroll checks, direct deposits, and then finance checks and wires. >> Make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. I have a motion to second. Is there any

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further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Same sign. Carries. 4.0. public comments and we do not have any student staff or constituent reports

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tonight. Um so moving down to 6.0 the finance. Uh so we will kind of review these three documents and then we will make a we'll look for a motion in a second to approve them um as a whole. Um, so starting with 6.1 the fund

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balance report. Okay. So we met I can jump. >> Yeah, go ahead. I So we uh we met as a finance committee last week and we were able to kind of go over a pretty good snapshot of the year. There are a few

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outstanding items that are left to be accounted for. Uh such things are we share a couple staff members with Winnmack and so we need to send them a check. They need to send us a check to balance those things out. Um and then

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there's a couple minor payroll items that are left to balance out. But other than that, um what you see here is is ultimately pretty close to what you're going to get. The only thing I would state is that um at the end of the year,

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now I'm kind of running into a different document here, the second document with uh uh on the top reading expense revenue summary. Um there's some some things that are moved uh at the end of the

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audit by the auditors. And so, um, when you see the revenue at the bottom of the page, specifically bottom all the way to the right, as we're we're missing 734,000, um, that's where you can bring in the,

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uh, missing Winnac revenue as well as there is a um a dollar amount close to $500,000 um that is brought in at the big at the end of the year by the auditors. So, um it looks as though we missed the mark by that 734. I do think we'll be slightly

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less than projected by our budget, but um ultimately it's going to be pretty close. Um and then you can see the expenses. Um it was slightly up from what uh was projected within our budget, but um by and large that's where we're going to land.

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Is there anything else that we wanted to discuss from that meeting? I think so. Any questions, comments regarding any of the finance reports?

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The audit um take will take place on August 5th and sixth I believe. Um the fifth will be virtual and then the sixth will be in house. too. Um, and I'll plan to be there kind of for their closing

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thing at like noon from noon or 1:00 on the 6th to hear what they say. >> Is there a time limit? We have to use that bond money that we still have. There's a small little balance. >> No. >> Okay. >> No. Uh, I think what was it? $24,000

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remaining in that. >> Yeah, something like that. 24 22. >> Yep. No, there is no limit on or or sorry, there is no time frame as far as when we have to use it by a motion to approve the fund balance report.

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>> Second. Okay. How about can I all three reports or just one? >> I think we can do them all together. Okay. >> I don't know if we do.

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>> Well, it's part of theformational. I don't know if any actions needed on it really. >> It didn't say approve. >> Approve or accepted. >> I think because we took it out of the consent agenda, we assumed that it needed to be approved. Um,

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yeah, there's nothing. It's not like it's a budget or anything like that. So purchases purchases I don't necessarily >> Yep. >> It was just stashed in there before >> and we're just pulling it out to draw >> draw just look at it close right now. >> Correct. Yep. >> Oh yeah. I don't really know.

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>> Okay. Okay. >> So we'll just move on then. >> About that to the bond report. >> So that was >> that was this document here. Correct. >> So that's where we have 22. We do have a motion.

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>> So we can just let it die for last. You ask three times. Is there a second? >> Is there a second? >> Is there a second? >> Okay. So, this fund six building bond account that was um what D and Alison were talking

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about with the June 2026 balance of $22,67.36 um to which there is no sunset on to use those funds, but those are funds available. It would be it'd be >> nice and convenient for April to be able

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to utilize those funds obviously wisely but spend it down to nothing and then we wouldn't have to obviously we wouldn't have prepared prepare documents for all you folks and um you know obviously work with the auditors on making sure things balance out and whatnot.

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Okay. Any other questions or comments regarding the finance? Okay. Um reports. We do not have a principal report today, but we do have a

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superintendence report. Okay. So, uh, currently April, myself, and Don are, um, attending a finance, um, a finance workshop at, uh, Thief River with the, um, Northwest community

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or sorry, Northwest Service Co-op and they touch on all sorts of stuff. It's kind of a very much condensed training on uh, finance crash course basically. Um and so the first day we kind of walked through how pupils finance or uh

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are allocated money which then goes to the schools. Uh today none of us were able to attend but that was the various revenue streams that come into the school district. Um and then it concludes with a levy certification workshop which uh a lot of various

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people attend but uh ultimately it looks at bringing that document to all of you to um approve at the lab certification in September or October and then we bring it back up again in December. So

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um that's a good training that all of us are benefiting from. Uh today we had our transportation meeting that was with superior in-house. We had what would you say 20 people about 20 people in attendance and they varied from current

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bus drivers to activity drivers to um obviously office staff. Several office staff were there and uh just had general questions as far as how this looks for them. a lot of it we we asked a ton of questions when they were here and so you probably remember a lot of those answers

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but um you know they are a private entity and so some of the questions that were brought up were related to like TRA PR um those type of benefits um and being private but that no longer exists

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um but yeah they talked about wages they talked about what it's going to look like when um asks come come in to have a field trip or whatnot and and who the people would be to communicate those requests with. And no, I thought it was

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wellreceived and I thought it was a good meeting. So, they brought some food for us and it was good. >> Quickest way to everyone's heart. >> Yeah, that's right. Um, I have a document here. Did superior lay out a

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timeline for like having route stuff ready and all that for like back to school? >> I know that they're pretty close to having their versions of the maps already figured out and now it's just a matter of working on which drivers are obviously going to be driving those

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routes and whether they have feedback for that. So, um, you know, I know for a fact that they will have them ready here in the the next coming weeks because the bus drivers need to be assigned their buses and all that kind of stuff. So, um, I think their intention is to hustle

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that along here pretty quick. >> How many of our old drivers did they hire to have they >> they haven't hired yet? >> No. Um, today was the first day. Yeah, today was paperwork day. So, it was pretty thick packet. I'm not saying it's as as thick as our uh our board packet,

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but it was pretty hefty. So, um yeah, overall I think it was a positive uh reaction to everything. So, that was good. All of the bus drivers were there in attendance. So, >> um

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yeah, I have a document here I want to share with everybody. Um, this is I'm going to be sharing a bunch of various marketing things when it comes to this referendum, obviously pending

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all of you voting on it here in a little bit. Um, but this is one example of a lot of different things that we can do with this and we're going to be having many, many conversations about all of the things that go into this referendum.

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Um, but one of the items that I wanted to talk with you about is when we market this, there's so many different strategies involved in it. And one thing that I would like to consider is using some type of agency to assist

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in that strategizing. Um, me personally, I hadn't used one in my previous district. However, me starting off in this this role and wanting to make sure that I am putting in all my effort as much as possible

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into doing a good job as a superintendent. I think it'd be wise for us to utilize someone who can can help in this process as well, communicating this out the way it should be communicated out. Um, and so I have I have worked with or have communicated

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with a couple different companies. Rap strategies is one and uh the Deler group is another. Um, it's not cheap, but it's in my opinion money well spent as it allows me to do what I need to do as a

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superintendent as well as communicate this stuff as much as possible. But they help creating those things and communicating those things out. So they come up with um a marketing schedule uh on Facebook, Instagram, all those things. They help assist in getting

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things published in the newspaper. Um they help come up with a schedule on when if we're going to have meetings, what those meetings look like or who those meetings should be with and all of those different items that all need a lot of detail and attention brought to

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them. Um, and obviously I'll be involved every step of the way, but could use some assistance. So, that's one thing that I would like to do moving forward. Um, you you mentioned that chief. Do you have a range as far as

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>> Yeah. So, uh, 19 to 30,000 is what the cost would be for something like this. That would be from whenever say tomorrow >> to tomorrow. Yep. >> Through >> through the election. Yeah. Uh both of

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both of the companies that I've communicated with obviously we don't want to even consider this. But in the event that it didn't pass, both have basically a guarantee that they'd work with us next time for for free or very limited fee for next year if it didn't

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pass. I've I've uh talked with um schools or superintendents who have worked with both and they both have great track records in the area. Um, so it's not that I'd be I'm I'm

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impartial to the companies, but obviously I don't What I was telling Jake earlier is that uh they both offer a very similar product and I don't see the the the value in $11,000 more. So I

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was leaning towards the wrap strategies which is the 19,000 Um, and then what you have in front of you actually was uh provided by Baird and what they told me is they would be willing to start us by creating something like this. And this is

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something I feel is just simple and easy enough to share with staff um along with everything else that we create moving forward. But just something simple to begin us on and and kind of wrap our heads around. um by no means do they

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consider themselves a marketing firm. So they uh they said let's don't don't uh run with this too terribly much. So fair enough. Outside of that, I've been ext I've been enjoying my time here. Uh I love working

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with uh Maddie, April, and Stacy and everybody else I've been able to meet and start start conversing with and whatnot. So every day I've just uh it's been a really positive positive experience so far. So I've been really enjoying my time.

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>> You made it over to the elementary school yet? >> Yep. >> There's not a ton of people over there. >> No, but I've been over there a couple times and met with I've met with Dan several times. Um so yeah. No, we're it's good.

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brought my girls over there for a little bit when I had them for half a day. And so they played outside and I hung out in the office for a while. So then they play they stayed in the office and I played outside for a while. There we go.

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That's it for me. Any questions? >> Do you care for your kids? >> No. The answer is no. I do not. >> That was going to be a no. No matter what, regardless of whether that's a yes, that's a no in public.

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>> You're just happy they were admitted into the school. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Tough screening process there. >> All right. Thank you. All right. All right, moving into personnel. First item on the agenda or on the in the personnel is to approve the 2627

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fall coaching assignments. There is one change that's awkward for me to talk about. Uh the seventh grade football coach is supposed to be me and James Brady is a volunteer coach. Change

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I do have an email from coach Joe Woods to prove that that's Water marks are off. >> Water marks are off. Trying to Well, if I was going to shoot my shot, I'd go higher than that. >> Yeah. Right. Yeah. >> Um, as far as I'm aware, the rest of it

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um is correct. >> Make a motion to accept those with the amendment. >> Second. That was quick. >> All right, we have a motion and second. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I.

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>> All post, same sign. >> Motion carries. >> 8.2. Approve not to approve Caitlin Larson's contract for the 2627 school year. >> Just remember. Yep. just to describe this a little further is you already approved her position but it her

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contract wasn't included on that specifically. So um it came up as two different things here. Normally it would just be so this is just correcting what was not on there before. >> Same with the next one.

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>> Oh yes, she's the new egg teacher. Yep. Yep. for those one year >> initially. Well, actually, she'll have three years of initial teacher contract. Y

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>> just because she's a new on Yeah. >> Make a motion to approve the hire. >> Second. All right. We have a motion and a second to approve the contract for Caitlyn Larson. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I.

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>> I. >> I. Same sign. That motion carries. So this should be a similar item. Okay. Three. Approve not approve Holly O'Shea's contract prorated contract for the 2627 school year. Correct. I'll make a motion to approve.

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Okay. Second. All right, I have a motion to second. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. All oppose. Same sign. >> That motion carries.

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8.4 um would be approved not approved the hire of business teacher uh Lisa Sparby. Um so the recommendation um from

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administration would be stop me if I'm saying this wrong would be to table um this item um until the August meeting um so that we can make sure we get um everything posted correctly. Um

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>> yeah, so just ultimately there is several CTE positions that have been posted this uh in between school years. um this individual came on looking to be a sub and it just turned out that she had business background and so it kind

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of felt like fell fell into our lap so to speak and that was the one that had not been posted and so we got it on the agenda realized that that one was not posted and so as soon as I knew I called Jake and uh suggested that that's the

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route we went and so I my recommendation would be to table it so that we can get it posted and um go through the proper procedures here. >> Make a motion to table item 8.4 the hire contract of business teacher leisurely

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until the August regular board meeting. >> Second motion and a second to table item 8.4 to the August board meeting. Any further discussion hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I.

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>> I. See sign. Motion carries. All right. Put that on the off the table. Uh moving down to 9.0. Uh educational 9.1 is review the 2627 high school

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parent student handbook which is in our board packet. We have it printed. It's really small. >> That was a lot. >> I appreciate that. Um so kind of look through it few um

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minor changes um staff changes um updating class see the class like officers >> and then the class schedule will be adjusted before it gets the class

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schedule. Correct. Do we have I'm sure that's ongoing work, but is Yeah. What I Thank you for bringing it up. Actually, I should have brought it up for 8.4, but uh I re recommended to uh Mr. Dinarki that he still create a

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preliminary draft of the um class schedule for the high school and get that out ASAP just because at this point it's been quite a while that the teachers don't know their schedule. So even if it's a preliminary one that might be adjusted, give them at least

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the idea of what's what it's going to be. Even if there's two drafts, you know, option A is what will happen if this is the higher, option B is what would happen if this is the higher. So um yeah, probably the most important change to

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the uh handbook is uh related to how people are able to attend dances or not. But uh if there are a couple so uh course drop and drop and add procedures um students may not drop a course at the

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end of a quarter. Um, again, this is just trying to alleviate and stop students from being able to whimsically change classes. There is something to do with students that have assigned lunch detentions are

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not allowed to go to dances. So, amongst other things, there. I make a motion to approve the high school parent. >> One second. >> I think we're actually just reviewing right now.

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>> You You'll approve it at the next one. >> Now we'll have a second. Now, what do we do, Dean? No, >> it's not even on the agenda. >> Correct. There is no >> Yeah. Right. The last one did

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quit getting all Randy with your motion. >> All right. >> I don't know that we've been given the opportunity to review. >> Yeah. Yeah. Maybe true. Uh 9.2 review only review uh

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the 2627 Mglesson Elementary parent student handbook. This one truly was I believe just uh these names and that's it. They missed one on page 218.

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>> Okay. Are >> you going have to update any of our transportation policies with the new carrier once >> Yep. >> everything's in order. We will definitely have to any other items. Anybody? >> Yeah, there's another one on page 20

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that needs to get switched. Item number three. That's like two superintendent. >> Oh jeez. Sure. Sure. >> Could they strike the name from it? I mean, if you've got human rights officer

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on page 21 updated >> just by call that is stated in the document. It's not stated on everyone. I don't know. teacher counselor >> is where

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the name as long as it's included somewhere in the document to reference. >> Okay, I'll work with uh Mr. Bushy on that. Deans control F. Searching old superintendent over there.

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See how many I can find. All right. Any other comments or critiques on the model student handbook for today? All right, moving to 10.0 or 10.1 in

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operational approve not approve uh the authorization to seek bids for milk, bread and snow removal for the 2627 school year. This is a yearly thing. >> Make a motion to approve authorization

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to see snow removal. Remember last time we did this, did we have multiple milk bers or was it just one? >> Just one. >> Same with bread or did we have two breads? >> We had two. >> I think we had two

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>> two snow removal one milk. >> Remember which one was the one? >> Well, were you the second there? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Was distracting this question. I just find it entertaining ways

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to move property. That's right there. All right. So, we have a motion to second. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. Same sign. >> Motion carries. 10.2 approve not

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approve. Authorization to seek bids for fuel for the 26 27 school year. I'll make a motion. Also only got one on this. >> I'll make a motion to approve. Second. So, the reason why we separated this out

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was there isn't much. I mean, we certainly can go out for asking for fuel, >> but it's not for bid bids on fuel, but it's not really pertaining to what we have going on anymore. >> Right. So, that's why we separated it

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out. Um, I just don't know how much it's going to get used, right? >> We certainly still can. >> Yeah. It'll be just our driver's side vehicle and then our >> lawnmowers, you know, maintenance equipment,

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>> white mini bus if we get stuck with it. >> Yep. >> Right. I'm just driving that thing around all the time. Yeah. Fill that sucker up. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion?

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Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All the same sign. Motion carries. 10.3 approved not on approved vehicle purchase and sale agreement with Superior Transportation. You want to speak to that a little bit?

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>> Yeah. Document here. >> Right. And anyone who was a part of that transportation meeting, uh, feel free to do so. But, uh, basically it has all of the vehicles except for that 14 passenger van that we have a lease with currently. I I'm

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working with that company to see if we can get out of that lease, but I'm being told different things as far as who to communicate with on that. So, no guarantee on that as of right now, but I will continue to work on that. And the other vehicle is our driver's ed

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vehicle. So, um otherwise, they are wanting to purchase all of our vehicles. So, uh, and the purchase price for everything was 311,000 and that is going to be paid out 9

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months a year for the next five years with an interest rate of 5%. So, should we add something in 2.2B that says it's going to be carried out

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over 72 or 60 months or whatever that is. Just so the time frame is in there, too. So, I read the first part. It just says we're agreeing to finance them for 5 years with an interest rate of 5%.

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>> Well, that or do you just tie part B in as a second component to A or or extension of it? that that would break out your or you're saying whole purchase price for 5 years with the interest rate and then immediately following them agreeing to

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pay 9 month installment nine monthly installments per year. >> The math does it math >> it maths so to 72 months we verified that. So,

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so it would just be for the purpose of making sure that everybody understands. I don't I I mean it is for five months. It is or sorry it is for five years and it's a dollar amount that dollar amount indicates that. I don't think we would have having that specific dollar in there for the monthly

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payment probably motion to approve the purchase agreement or excuse me second. >> Okay, I have a motion in a second. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify

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by saying I. I. Same sign. That motion carries. Okay. And then 10.4 approve not approve the LTFM plan for the 26 22nd year. >> Just an explanation here. of the LTFM

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plan is just to um utilize the funds to the best of our abilities within the LTFM codes. There's no there's no projects. There's nothing like that. It's just maximizing the um available codes or the utilization of the

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available codes uh to the best of our ability. Just as an explanation, some things that I'm I'm uh going to be changing within LTFM is reallocating where some of our

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maintenance staff is being coded. So, such as our head head custodian or head of maintenance or head of grounds or whichever um title you want to look at. Um when he is working 90% of his job is

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working on deferred maintenance. And so we are able to code then 90% of his salary to that. So I'll be moving or having April move 90% of his salary to which we have funding available to and

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that's just again utilizing those buckets to the best of our ability. So that's one example. There were some other things that April and I were able to move right away. Um, yeah. >> I'll make a motion to approve the LPFM

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for 2026 27 school year. >> I'll second. >> Okay, I have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All >> oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.

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All right. Okay. Prove not approve the resolution for general election. >> So that's just >> I probably put should have put more words, but that's for the school board. >> This is just the school board. >> This is not yet that we're going to have

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>> that beyond the election. >> Okay. So, this is saying we're going to have an election on November 3rd for correct. >> Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve that one.

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Second. All right. Have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none, this will be a roll call vote. Director Dupong, >> yes. >> Catch, >> yes. >> Dr. Christristen, >> yes.

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>> Dr. Marcus, >> yes. Dr. Nelson, yes. Dr. Bosler, yes. All right. All right. 10.6. Approve not approved. Resolution relating to determining the necessity approving a new capital levy project

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authorizing and issuing general obligation bonds and calling a special election. Please don't make me read that again. in plain English. Um, this is our resolution that we're going to put our question on the ballot.

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And just to reiterate, this is a conjunctive question uh that utilizes both a capital project levy as well as a tech bond. And just be it known for the board and the community listening. Um

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the tech bond does not necessarily mean that these funds are going to be utilized for new tech. It is to reallocate funding that is currently being utilized in tech. Um having this new levy authority to cover those costs

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so that it allows the district to move those revenues to be utilized elsewhere in the district. um by no means are we looking to expand our tech um tech suite or whatever what have you. Um that's going to be something that we're going to have to really communicate out well

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that we are not looking to become the Taj Mahal of technology. So, um, but specific dollars, uh, looking to raise approximately $670,000, um, within the capital project levy and

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then, uh, let's see here, um, the bond will generate uh, a total of 3.24 million over the the life of the bond, which is 10 years. Um

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both are tied to NTC so they will adjust as the market value of our properties are adjusted. Um the capital project levy is it impacts everybody the same. The um

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and and in addition to that um there the egg school credit does not apply to the capital project levy. The tech bond is where the egg to school credit is applicable which that will help our farmers. So that when you uh let's see

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the very last page or sorry second to last page of our board packet again you can see the estimated tax impact um you can see that reflective there. So again, first part of the question is the capital project levy egg school credit

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does not apply. The second part with the tech bond, we are able to uh receive about 70% of egg school credit which alleviates that that dollar amount per acreage. Make a motion to approve the resolution

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relating to determining the necessity approving a new capital project levy authorization and issuing general obligation bonds and calling a special election. >> Did you get all that verb? needs to be. >> I'm glad you're explaining

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still learning after five years of doing this. >> Second one. >> All right, we have a motion and a second. Um, is there any further discussion? I guess I would just echo um Derek's

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comments about the need for, you know, we've we've had a few meetings on this now and I feel like I'm finally starting to grasp a little bit of how all these mechanisms work. So, you know, for somebody just reading this in the in the

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paper or watching on on our live stream, you know, this is going to take a little bit of explanation why we chose to do this the way that we're choosing to do it. um to raise money with the least, you know, tax impact that we can. Um because just right off the bat, it does

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sound like you're trying to, you know, raise a bunch of money to increase your technology and, you know, that could be met with different levels of interest. So, um making sure that we're doing we're doing a good job and maybe incorporating marketing to help us with

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that. Um that's all going to be really important for us starting tonight. tonight. >> I think one of the big things that's going to stand out to a lot of the folks is on that second page of the packet that Derry handed out. If we were to vote it all in just the operating levy,

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right, that's almost $730 a year. But by putting the conjunctive question, we cut that cut that definitely under a half almost down to a third. So it's allocating it wisely for for the school and and least impact the community.

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Any further discussion? Hearing none, we will have another roll call vote. Dup. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Christristen, >> yes. >> Marcus, >> yes. >> Nelson, >> yes. >> Bosler, >> yes.

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All right. >> All right. Um 11.0 reports. Um we kind of touched on a finance committee meeting um with kind of the year end wrap up budgetary stuff. Um one

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of the other committees since our last >> we of course had the transportation one that >> discussed purchase agreement but >> we discussed that as well. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And there are still some moving parts with that, but

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you know, Derk and his administrative team will keep working on that and kind of keep us surprised to how those things are going. Yep. next steps as far as the the referendum stuff goes is um I've been the meetings

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that I've been having with staff thus far is that um I would the next step would be to have overall staff meeting and to have that sooner rather than later. We can't wait until uh workshop week to get in front of everybody and I would be more than happy to have some of

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you in those in in that meeting. Um, scheduling it will be to be determined, but I'd like to have that in the next two weeks to get out in front of as many staff members as possible with the understanding that there's going to be some feedback there. Um,

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but I think we need to get in front of it because they're our frontline. I know all of you saw my email that I shared with staff. Um, and I think I hope it was received and understood, but you know, they they don't know what a tech bond is. they don't necessarily know

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what a capital project levy is and so from the ground up we got work to do with them. So, um that would be my next step. Uh in addition to that would be to getting on the radio and talking with the the 13 towns and all that kind of

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stuff. So, um we need to start moving forward and having these conversations with community members. So >> um what is the So obviously we didn't have an agenda item for this marketing

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situation. Um what is the dollar amount that we have that he has latitude for? >> 25. >> So is that something that we just go down that road with? >> I was just going to proceed with the 19,000. I think that it is the wise

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thing to do for our district. >> I was making sure that number wasn't something that we needed to do. They have any >> I can I can do that. >> I couldn't remember what your what the number was. We didn't need a special meeting to get that that off the ground

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quickly. Okay. Any other additional comments from anybody? >> He's going to move the TV and grab a whiteboard marker. >> I don't think the markers are here, so

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that's good. We'll just throw one for the best. >> All right. So, hearing no additional comments, um, our next meeting is scheduled for August 17th at 6 PM right back here. Make a motion to adjourn.

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Sounds great. Have a motion. >> Second. >> And a second. And we are adjourned at 6:47. Good work.