uh resignation of Elementary kitchen staff Tina Novi and resignation of uh Elementary perah Nicole Anderson a motion to approve the consent agenda and a second any further
discussion hearing none all those in favor see saying I I those oppos sign just a note on that uh Mr chairman that um Joan Nelson will be at the work
session on Saturday to go over the finances in more in more detail so we can have those discussions there as well 4.0 public comments all right moving down to 5.0
student staff consent reports and we'll start with our high school student council do I have something that VOA VOA and then slideshow oh I'm I'm
freshman I'm Emma I'm grader I'm and [Music] [Music] [Music] um also dur that week we um did kind
cards which was a hug success Rec we got over 275 cars which we [Music] students this
is Val Val and and then next for our all staff appreciation we surprised all the staff with yog fruit cold Grill and Hot Coffee from per as well as different selections of tea we did all this using a prate
action card and yeah just show our appreciation to all the staff this it was very good I would comment very tasty and good
coffee you the leadership events um for thees game at the Target Center Field yesterday um so that in the middle that's us talking with the head of sales and then communication this is the picture of all
the leadership people they over 400 kids that we also got to tour like Target Center and got to see everything and then that first picture we worked with a team of people we didn't haven't met before and we had to like get out of human KN that really
fun next ready yeah so um one thing when we were in the gym we also broke up into groups of three with people we had never seen before and then we tried to within like two or three minutes find something that we all shared in common not
something like oh yeah we're all humans like something something a lot more um narrow down my group we figured out that we all had a similar career we also have the opportunity to take into the game the Tim lost 123 to
13 against the it was it was great to see how much the players handled frustrating call they POS how St kept the game running a big part of how they did that they had a part um a slideshow thing that they
had the in the beginning and at halftime um highlighting how important respect was and how you might get heated up about something but keep cool and yeah I think we definitely saw that throughout the game when they did lose
the game they were all still positive about it and still happy and still played good in kind thank you to the Boston School Mr and D you have any questions en you at home this
morning I got home at 510 this morning is everybody in school today yeah what time bedtime tonight I'm glad it worked out to a lot my kids are great than you you
should bring some cold brew to Eric Curtis big thank you oh yeah I'm glad it worked out we're glad it worked out show respect
laugh it was it was really interesting because like throughout just like the panel that there was a picture of it was in like a smaller theater room that they had they talked a lot about how although maybe some people don't work directly
with the players they are all like members of the team and like at times they can maybe feel like our job is not as special as someone else's or like being in the line of like the communications or like the advertising well those people are the ones who are
bringing all of these experiences in a halftime or like their time outs are like five minutes long and it's loaded and it's packed and like people know exactly what they're doing and when to go and like we were there most of the day and um there was like young kid dance groups that were in there
practicing and it's that they're getting to feature their skills maybe not leadership but definitely teamwork working together as a team and then like in the the other leadership aspects of it
they just talked a lot about how everyone that works together so that the the facility as a whole is successful and um that people are respectful in kind there which the the video that E's talking about it was pretty amazing
actually how they had multiple different people whether it be players um the workers of the Target Center staff the timber staff and then players um like the managers the trainers they all shared like the different
um important roles that all of those things can play in helping everyone be successful I also highlighted how it was important to work with the community because like they try and have twice a year the whole team get together then
one of the events that they do they um have 15 kids they give them $500 they get to shop with one of the Timber yeah it's kind of it's kind of not not really but well it's not at the same level but it's kind of what we did
with the um Drive questions this is pretty incredible that put that together when he's got back for 12 hours yeah yes all right thank you Elementary student leaders my name is and I'm in
over 450 Cs and use all the profits to pay the for by doing find things for the students and staff this month thank you for thank you to Sweet Treats
by made all the cake pops for us to sell we made kindness boxs for our our buddy rooms during kindness week we made an announcement each morning to tell the teachers to open their box every day we
had a new lesson on character and we watched a kind kindness 101 video by Stephen Hartland they were really good we filled the boxes each day
with a surprise for class we gave toties lollipops Minnesota watermelon and motivational pencil to every student in the school we also have fun kind
dressed up days my favorite was paj day mine was also P day wanted to for everything they do for us so we decorated the Lou and F it withing snacks nuts and pop he got meat and cheese
tray and fill the cooler with water and Bub we hearts in a banner and put them all over the loue to surprise feates and [Music] station we want to thank you for
everything you do for us in our school good sh for [Music] gosh I took at the Smarties before uh I should have so I know that's
your all the made a Bo nice all right thank you ladies thank you all right moving down to 7.0 reports I'll start with our elementary principle
report yeah uh item number one is enrollment uh math error on my part our total 3K through 6347 as you can see we went up four students since gway picked up a kindergartener two
second graders uh and a fourth grader so right right now we're at 347 3K through6 any questions on enroll the ones that you went up are
those we had community and then we had another student open enr are think hearing the Open Enrollment on me well we um not share these numbers last year but while you weren't part of us uh this committee last year but um or
this board excuse me I want to say can anybody remember I think we're plus 45 um from what we take in and what we send what students of ours that leave us so we definitely historically we've been very much to the positive in open
enrollment here and that is attribute to something that we're doing right yep any other questions not I just listed some important dates coming up uh past and future February 21st that was last
Friday the FFA had their bar animal exhibit at the elementary for grades um just a great opportunity for our kids and obviously for f to share their animals but we had cats we had dogs we
had a miniature pony we had a calf we had chickens we had Turtle goats but just a great experience Fe back every year get little B just a great opportunity for kids because some of our kids don't come in
contact with some of those animals so was a great experience so thank [Music] being able to do that uh another important date third grade new school will be coming up uh first show is this Friday at 1M at the
library center and then the following and then Tuesday March 4th at 6m so there's three shows that will be presented so if you can thank you to one of those that' be amazing K are really working hard thank
you Mark second through the 5th is read Across America and then dr's birthday I we will have something that week it's just not analiz yet but once we confirm that we'll get that information out but
that's always a fun week in years past we might do a whole week of activities but we're just coming up this week and then having another dress up week I don't think we'll we'll do the dress up uh for re Across America but we'll have some activities March 14th just a reminder we
have no school March 17th through the 21st we have the mod Elementary School Book Fair um and then through that week the the book fair will be open from like 3: to 5: and then obviously on March 20th when we have parent teacher conferences it will be open till 7 P.M
so during the school day it's open for all students uh they locate through their uh Library schedule so they get an opportunity to go through book fa but anytime like from 300 to 5 after school that will be open to the community Poss and then I get a parent teacher parents so we we're almost the end of
quarter three that'll be here in a few weeks so that's March 21st it's the end of the quarter we host parent teacher conferences on 20th so there importantes that will be coming up that's what I have I don't think so oh um are they for
the third grade musical or the other grade levels being post over to watch it at some point uh the younger ones I think yeah second have opportunities during so they will be making trip
over any other questions right thank you um Mr dinari is not here today um and his report is in the packet um there are any
questions do our best do best to answer one thing I would just highlight was um we had at National excuse me it was National FFA week last week and um Pon High School took part in that as well had a whole host of different things
happening and just referenced one when the analy came over to the elementary but um there was just a lot of action uh surrounding that week uh supporting and promoting excuse me the FFA program here so it was fun to
see uh the other pieces there are pretty straightforward um maybe just one thing that I another thing that I would highlight on our Safety and Security U movement I guess if for lack of a better description um Tint Masters is
the um the film that would go over um class windows in our in our uh classrooms and uh that person was out the other day and I met with James and Dawn and um they're talking about some different
things there um I think as I understand it Dan did they come to your building or not but I think they're scheduled to come back and go to your building and um I think they're based out ofi if I remember right yeah but anyway um just to follow
up to our meeting from last month that that is something that we're are pursuing and trying to get some numbers on Etc so other questions or comments school we move on to our superintendent okay I just highlighted there that they
been um occupying some of my time uh we did meet with the city when I say we that was uh Mr Allen and myself met with um uh City administrator um Heidi and park and rec director Karen um maybe that was wasn't even last
week I think it was the week prior to that anyway um just looking at the the Civic Center lease um is set to expire at the end of this school year uh typically we've negotiated threeyear leases with them uh we just uh did some preliminary discussion really about
usage and uh uh some things regarding um um all of the what the lease um encompasses and we always refer to it as a Civic Center lease but quite honestly there's a softball field portion to that or piece to that that is rolled into
that and then um I suggested to get to uh uh Cassie that um we are going to have to have some sort of language um referencing the water usage at Thompson field with nule irrigation system uh
they are committed to doing it at the very least possible amount of money they can um but there is going to be some piece of that and I just suggested we roll it into that lease so that we don't have multiple leases um uh in regard to
our um relationship with the city so um we have any final document there and uh really maybe looking for some direction as to um if the board would want this to come through committee or come directly to the board in because I'm looking for options
here um or looking for direction there I guess maybe more so don't remember yeah think in the past the last one was like was my first year I think I just came straight to the
board yeah I think in past years we've had just officers meet okay what the city okay yeah okay so it was just a very preliminary meeting just to kind of sit on and visit more than anything
so excuse me as we um move that along we'll we'll involve the officers accordingly okay um we continued um with some discussion and started some new discussion around budget realignment with various groups within our in our
system um obviously admin has been working um quite a bit on it um did meet with representatives of the certified staff uh couple weeks ago and then just last week met with the other what I'll call bargaining groups or the other
groups that make up our our Personnel for for um for the school district um so that would be hey Will um that would be um are non-certified
groups and really the message was um that we'll be looking at realignment of some budget items and that we are looking at all pieces of the budget and um any input that they would have um we certainly would welcome their their
thoughts and their thinking around that and um actually I'm meeting with u a followup with the certified staff I think it's yet this week I think it's Thursday this week I guess I could look at my calendar because they have already turned around some information
with their group um and that we'll be receiving that information and the other groups we don't have any second meeting follow up with them yet but uh the door is open for them to provide us any input that they would have um hoping to bring some of that information to the work
session on Saturday uh as you know um we are be looking for an ECFE East um location for next year um and uh continue to to think about that and work on that and I don't have any update other than that there's
further thinking around that uh committee meetings that are happening uh recently and are going are scheduled to happen this week and they're really important and I appreciate your extra time being uh put into those meetings um we the policy committee met last week
ltfm and Personnel will meet this week Wednesday uh Personnel at 4 and ltfm at 5 and then obviously we have our work session Saturday morning 7 a.m. so um those are going to be important meetings
for us to have open um uh discussion around varied topics as we look to shape the future of the district uh meetings that I've attended just recently U monthly I attend a feeda meeting uh F and economic development uh
asek which is our special ed Co-op F Pines which is the child care center obviously and and then uh weekly we have superintendent meetings either via Zoom or in person so those were all last week um an eye on the legislature um as the
full legislature got to work here officially what last week I believe um really concerned by our professional organizations around unfunded mandates mandates that come to us without um without um sustaining funding mechanisms
that that really puts a bind on us um one that we're watching closely right now is the U uh starting in January of 26 um paid leave right now there's no funding mechanism to go with that um
obviously we're we continue to watch um unemployment of our some of our employment groups can file for unemployment right now that has been funded but there's no guarantee that that's funded into the future um um
compensatory Aid um has had a tweak uh if you if you know if you can recall or if you are new to this compensatory Aid that we receive is based off of free and reduced lunch counts without needing to
do free and reduced lunch counts now due to the fact that all lunches and breakfasts are are given to all students um the mechanism to determine stade is still being looked at because
those documents aren't there that that would calculate for us uh some preliminary numbers show districts losing money around that we're not doesn't look like right now we're projected to lose any money but maybe not get uh an increase as we thought we would so that's being watched very
closely by um the Professional Organization and when I say the professional organizations it's um aasa which is the superintendent's group uh and then msba which is your group so those are the two professional
organizations um and one one other piece around security and safety that um we made the decision um after consultation Mr bushy Mr dinari Mr H hanlin and Mr Larson uh for presentation from a couple
of different um uh business or um around a security app that we can use on our phones we ended up choosing one that is probably doesn't have all the bells and whistles of some of the other
ones it's better it's more cost effective and it really is and and I'll say it this way and I don't mean to it's fairly simple to operate which is really what we need um sometimes we get caught in the weeds because it's too fancy and
it's too deep if you recall back to some of the things that we looked at for the for the bus um buses when we were going to purchase that we just determined that it it's too it's too cumbersome when it gets um has too many bells and whistles on it we
wanted to do a few different things for us and we believe this one that we've U that we've purchased now we'll do that we will on board that app um uh here in the next week or so and then let just lastly um it's tournament time actually uh a wrestling
team and individual is done we've qualified five athletes for the state wrestling meet um later this week hockey which we uh are no uh um section hockey is happening as we speak um Bley Bon was in that tournament has
been eliminated girls basketball actually starts tonight with pigtail games and boys basketball starts week from tonight with pigtail games uh fost and GRE holls will be playing girls basketball at home on this Thursday at boys will find out their seed this Saturday and uh that will get our
tournament time kicked in well that's extend to my report any questions for superintendent [Music] s yep yep moving down to 8.0 Personnel approve not
approve spring coaching assignments for 2025 again that is in your packet um read it to so and I don't think there's anything significantly different than it's been
in the past is there any changes no exact I think it's exactly the same y y y yeah yeah you can have it he's on he's on probation
so yeah right so no we'd just be looking for [ __ ] to approval of our spren foring assignments 2025 any further discussion hearing none all those in favor signify by saying
I all those the same down to 10.0 operational um approve not approve policy 501 the weapons policy revision so I'm going to turn this over to
committee discussion yeah I can I just interrupt just before that starts just so you um there were some question today of whether or not we can approve it today if um uh there's a policy within the msba that if it the if the change in
policy is not substantive then then we can approve it with one reading if it really changes the the um verbage Andor the intent of the policy we would have to have multiple readings so with that we'll turn it to
the policy committee to to explain yeah um the last couple weeks the policy committee members myself uh director G director Nelson of course superintendent Su reviewed the current policy that's on
the books with the weapons weapons policy RIS date 2005 we pulled the Mr s pulled the um updated policy from msba what's recommended
for school districts in in Minnesota and we uh spent time reading through it comparing contrasting uh what our current discussion and exactly
that a document found one change within the entire docum definitions of weapon they added sub it
[Music] is it's in your P hard copies are yeah under definition yeah is what was added but based off that that's not right so it was within agreement of
the three records Poli see to the revised charge to the the current MSP policy true yeah subcategory been cleaned up dangerous weapon weapon in terms of
How It's defined um intent or perceived intent to I put stricter policy behind instances such as that you're looking for a motion
for adop advis 501 y I think makes sense to have come from a Committee Member y have a motion and a second um to
approve the revised policy 501 uh do we have any further discussion topic hearing none all those in favor signify by saying I all those oppos same sign motion
carries approve so um I will take the this is an annual complaint that we have to do um sany bushy director of our Indian Ed um puts this together as you can see it's a
department of AD document that she um toils through I'll be honest toils through his the operative word there um there's a lot of paperwork there's a lot of um eyes to Dot and tees to cross but Andre does a great job of of of getting
this submitted um or getting this put together for your approval tonight and then um on approval tonight we will submit it um accordingly to the Department of add couple of things just want to highlight um there is
a you looked on the pages are not numbered but there's an advisory committee roster that is that is in your packet and these are different people from from our American Indian um citizenry EG the um that represent um
people from our community uh as well as rely myself and out that but I think the biggest thing there would be to the um the summary uh school year 2425 American Indian Ed program plan
summary actually have that in your packets uh it just highlights some of the things that we actually do here and work on on on on a regular basis um and I want to highlight the work of Holly and Molly that's how they are referenced Holly
lennis and Molly buer no that's her M name Caren excuse me um um those two make up one position one of them is here Monday Tuesday one of them is here Wednesday Thursday one of them is here every other Friday um but they're seeing
a lot of kids um um in their setting uh in the school um they are also seeing um General Ed are non American Indian kids as well but really the American Indian um student population in our in our
school has a great opportunity at the elementary Angie is really because we have the the Holly and Molly at high school Angie's really able to dedicate the bulk of her time um working with kids at the elementary level so really K12 we have a presence in in that
Community um yeah we're going to y yeah and then and that was the next thing so anyway that's what we're doing there the program summary um and you can read through that and it's not really different than what we've done in the
past but then the last page of the of the packet does um kind of highlight um to Will's question um really some of the things that that we are doing as well and we're serving 95 plus students so total number of Indian ed students pre-
through 12 um 95 plus students um and these are some of the things that Angie is responsible for some of the things that she's achieved uh and some of the things that the program has achieved um we're doing a lot of Outreach to um our families and providing them with
information around opportunities um um and I think that's the key thing there um we um we have a lot of opportunity for them now do all students take advantage of it do all families
no uh no they don't but um it's not from lack of commun communication on our part to these families um she's um attending a lot of conferences and meetings um in order to one stay on top of this legislation this is uh
very I'll use word cumbersome at times to navigate and um and she does a great job of keeping us up to dat and in compliance with mandates from this state uh so there's just this just document highlights some of the uh
things that are happening as well and some of the things that um that we task um our American Indian Ed director with uh on behalf of the school district so we'd be looking for a motion to approve the American Indian education program
update as as submitted here upon we will submit that then to the state I have a motion and a second uh to approve the American Indian education program update do we have any further
discussion hearing none all those in favor signify by saying I I all same sign I think there's some signatures required for that that uh yeah that I think April will probably um find you
Thursday to have you do that April's out of area right now but for you so we'll get that and I think um we'll have that submitted that on Friday sound good uh 11.0 reports policy committee kind of gave
their report thank you you three for going through that um and thank you to the other committees meeting um this week um just a brief report um director Nelson direct Marcus and I met with
teachers for uh meet and confer just this before 5:15 today um prior to our meeting um some good conversation had um not to get into the weeds but a couple of uh topics um kind
of just discussed sub shortages um understanding that that's a problem everywhere and um so just had a little discussion rounding that um brought up kind of the wead act and and I know that that's been on our radar um as far as and it's on the ad radar as far as
building a calendar goes um for the next year but just kind of some discussion on that um and then discussion on communication um it was um gratitude was expressed um to admin to particularly to
superintendent selk on um communication around um potential budget issues and reaching out for input um that was greatly appreciated so um you know just kind of looking hoping for um the best results um for that possible
and and both you know for all our staff and just you know timely so um but yeah I think um everything was pretty upbeat um said school year is going fast um keeps
weather out like it is today it's going to feel like it's even faster anything else that you you wanted to add to that director Nelson did his job as the Newbie and asked a lot of questions so that was excellent good for yeah any
other reports shared only other thing that I would just add and I don't want to take their Thunder but also at the policy we talked about facility use and we're not we're not ready to present anything there but
just know that that was part of a discussion at that committee as well up no just the fact that we did begin the talk y yep all right any additional comments All Right Moving looking down
at 13.0 there's the um meeting schedule upcoming um those were mentioned um in superintendent report as well great few committee meetings coming up um our work session at 7: a on Saturday morning in the superintendent conference room and
then and the next regular meeting uh board meeting on March 17th at 6 PM right back here than you additional comment here Todd I think is this month this next month in March we should be hearing back
on right I was just was cleaning my desk on Friday and I found that on my top so yeah for the No Child Left Outside grants that we submitted yep y
yeah are you Irish I am I am a lot ction support support all right you looking for a motion to adjourn motion and a second for adjournment all
those in favor signify by saying I sign JK at 6:57 PM nice good work Sheriff good work Mr Sheriff did you
know know yeah thanks chryst good job doing nice Alison you got the notes right oh I got shut this
off I can take them and put them on her desk she'll probably connect with you to just make sure that yeah yeah okay why don't you just hang on to
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