to the Lakeville Area Schools uh regular school board meeting this March 24th, 2026, start time at 6 p.m. Um if uh we could all rise for the pledge of allegiance, please of the United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, we'll start with a roll call to my right. >> Tony Reichenberger, >> Swanson, >> Carly Anderson,
>> Amber Cameron, >> Michael Bowman, >> Baker, >> Brian Thompson, >> and then can we go over here to the left? Cabinet members, >> Brenda Alred, administrative services, Michelle Humphrey, executive director of student services. Tracy, the executive
director of teaching and learning, executive director of business, >> and then to my right. >> Great. Thanks, everyone. Uh, with that, um, I will turn it over to Superintendent Bowman for good news. >> All right. Thank you, Madam Chair. And, uh, sit back. This is a long list of
stuff. Uh hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I enjoy sharing. Um gymnasts from the Lakeville North and Lakeville South gymnastics teams delivered strong performances at the 2026 class doubleA state gymnastics meet. Three gymnasts
qualified for the all-around competition, showcasing their consistency across vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. Piper Keith, grade 11, Lakeville South place six. Anna Rupert, uh, grade eight, uh,
Lakeville North High School, earned ninth, and Julia Olsen, a sophomore at Lakeville South, finished 15th. So, we want to congratulate all our gymnasts who competed at state. [applause] Also want to offer congratulations to
Terry Hman, retired Lakeville North High School gymnastics head coach on her induction into the girls gymnastics coaches association hall of fame. Hman led Lakeville North as head coach from 2011 to 2022, guiding the team to 13
conference championships, 19 section championships, and 11 state championships. an absolute remarkable leg legacy that reflects her dedication, her skill, and her passion for the sport. Congratulations, Terry.
[applause] Also, congratulations to the student athletes from Lakeville North and Lakeville South Wrestling. These wrestling teams competing uh at the 2026 Class AAA wrestling state tournament. Quarterfinals included Riley Ferrar, a
senior at Lakeville North, and Tyler Ruff, a junior at Lakeville North, uh, represented Panthers and Cougars. Uh, outstanding performances. Thank you and congratulations. [applause] Uh 12 student athletes from the
Lakeville North and Lakeville South boys swim and dive teams competed at the 2026 class doubleA boys swimming and diving meet February 26th through the 28th and want to offer our congratulations for their competitiveness as Cougars and
Panthers representing Lakeville. Congratulations to those athletes. [applause] Unoffered congratulations to Blazing Cats adapted floor hockey team on a strong season and their performance at the 2026 adapted floor hockey CI state
tournament on February 28th at Bloomington Jefferson High School. The Cats narrowly missed a spot in the championship game in a close four five semifinal against Mano and ultimately finished fourth after facing New Prague. The Blazing Cats include student
athletes from Lakeville, Farmington, and Burnsville. Congratulations to our Blazing Cat Cats adapted floor hockey team. Good season. [applause] Also, congratulations to the Lakeville boys curling team on their success at the 2026 Minnesota State High School
Curling Championships on February 21st through March 1st. That was up at the Bamiji Curling Club. The team took home first place in the section 4 tournament. Congratulations to that curling team. [applause]
Also, congratulations to the Kenwood Trail Middle, Lakeville North, and Lakeville South High School Science Olympiad teams for competing at the state tournament on February 28th at Bethl University. Kenwood Trail placed fifth in the middle school division, while Lakeville North placed 11th and
South placed 18th in the high school division. Kenwood Trail highlights included Kenmir Bissick uh grade seven and Lincoln Ellour uh also grade seven first place in Helicopter, Abby Mislin and Betty Helier uh second
place in Dynamic Planet and Declan Enzelment and Benjamin Zabo third place rocks and minerals and then Lakeville North highlights Olivia Moresy and Jovia Jen first place forensics and Yusen Chen
and Jacob Stoner. Second place, Bumma Lever. So, congratulations to all of our Olympiad, science Olympiads. [applause] Congratulations Lakeville South High School boys hockey team on a successful
season and advancing to the 2026 Class AAA state boys hockey tournament. The Cougars competed in the quarterfinals round against the Morehead Spuds on March 5th at Grand Casino Arena with a score of 1 to4.
So, congratulations to that team. [applause] Tough getting into a hockey tournament at the state level. Good job, gents. Congratulations to Lakeville South High School mock trial, the MAC trial team on their success at the trial state
tournament held March 5th and 6th competing against top teams from across the state. The Lakeville South varsity team finished seventh in the state. Individual highlights include 11th grader Cameron Odin being named all state best witness and senior Anakah
Famzimoth earning all state best attorney. So, congratulations to our Lakeville South High School mock trial team. [applause] Students from the Lakeville North and Lakeville South DECA teams earned topped
honors at state level with 13 qualifying to compete at the 2026 International Career Development Conference this April in Atlanta, Georgia. The event brings together thousands of top DECA students from around the world to compete in
marketing, finance, hospitality, and management events. To learn more and see the list of qualifiers, visit isd194.org/news. So go Lakeville DECA students [applause] in early March. Discus Joselyn Maine,
assistant director of technology, and Moren Carrian, systems admin 2 were presented with an award of excellence for the district's outstanding implementation of class link at the annual class link conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The award honors a school
district that achieved consistent high daily usage of class link in its first school year. Thank you to uh Miss Maine and Carrian and to uh the additional discate team members Matt Danley, Garrett Newach, Mchuan Redfeld and Zack
Shamway for their implementation of Class Link and to all staff for consistently using their class link launchpad. Thank you and congratulations. [applause] Lakeville Area Schools has been awarded the certificate of excellence in
financial reporting by the Association of School Business Officials International for the 10th consecutive year. And this certificate is a significant achievement reflecting the district's commitment to high-quality financial reporting and transparency. The district earned the certificate of
excellence for its exemplary annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 2025. So congratulations to our finance team for earning that award. [applause] And then um to our paraprofessionals,
this is paraprofessional appreciation week, April 6th through 10th coming up here in Lakeville area schools. We're very proud to recognize the dedicated pair of professionals who support our students and our staff each and every day. Through their patience, their care
and commitment, they provide essential support in classrooms and beyond, helping create inclusive, supportive learning environments and playing a vital role in preparing every student for academic, social, and civic personal success. Thank you a million times over
to all of our paras. [applause] Okay, we're going to switch gears a little bit. That's that's all the the good news, but I have some even better news because I have a student here this uh evening to uh speak to us. So, I'm
pleased to have um hang on, I want to make sure I don't mispronounce names here. Um, Jen Baisy, who I've known for a long time. Thank you, Jen. You're here again. We appreciate you. Uh, communications teacher and the head coach of our speech
team at Lakeville North High School. Jen is here with members of the team and will include and share more about their recent work. So, Jen, the stage is yours. >> Uh, I'm here with one of my captains, Kayn Wyn. and I'll let her introduce
herself in just a second. Um, I've been involved as a coach with the team for an embarrassingly [snorts] long time. Um, 30 years and been the head coach since the mid 2000s. And it's a team I'm extremely proud of and so happy to be involved with. It's a team
of 65 kids there. It's audition only. I wish we had the capacity and the resources to take on more to do this activity um, if we could. Uh but already as it is, we have 17 coaches that are
involved with the team. Um and we have a parent booster board that is an official 501c3 that raises um somewhere between 20 and $30,000 a year for us to help augment what we get from the district. Um I'm extremely proud of their
accomplishments. They've been ranked in the top 20 in the nation for almost 15 years. uh consistently ranked in the top five in the state and so we're really proud of that. There's two really really big culminating national tournaments,
one in the middle of May and one in the middle of June. Um we've qualified 12 kids and counting to the one in June and 25 and counting to the one in May. So we're really proud of those accomplishments. Um, but I think even
more so than the competitive success of these kids, uh, it's really a privilege to be involved with kids who are so intellectually curious and creative and kind and hardworking. Um, and if you could spare me just a moment to read a
couple of unsolicited comments that I got um, about students on our team. I had a competitor from another team stop me one time this season after a round of competition and he said, "Um, can I just stop you? I just need to tell you that
the students on your team are the kindest and classiest that I know." And they said, "I'm scared of them because they're fierce competitors." But they said, "I always know that if I enter the room and there's a Lakeville North competitor, that I have a friend in the
room, which we told our team is exactly where we want them to be." And I had a head coach reach out to us after the national qualifier uh from another team and uh wrote to us uh congratulations friends. Um 12 qualifiers is incredible.
It was the most of any team there. Um, and they said, "I judged a couple in SEMS and finals yesterday, and they were magnificent performers, but I wanted to tell you that they were absolutely the kindest and most attentive audience members to their fellow contestants. Clearly great speakers and great people.
After such long days, this judge certainly noticed it. So, I'm really just proud of the people that they are. And with that, I'll turn it over to Kayn. Hi, my name is Kayn Wyn and I'm one of the captains on the Lakeville North speech team. And unfortunately, our two
other captains, Mayor Leo and Clara Litherland, were unable to attend today. But, um, the first thing I wanted to do was introduce our word play, which is going to be our showcase that we have every single year, and it's going to be this Thursday night from 6:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Um, but this year we're doing a slightly different format. So, if you were there for previous years, it's not going to be the same, but we have an act one which is at 6:00 p.m. and it's going to be in different classrooms. And in each classroom, there's going to be about four to five speakers. And we are
going to hear a variety of different performances cuz there's about, I think, 15 different categories in speech. And at 7:00 p.m., we have act 2, which will have five featured speakers. Well, five performances, but six featured speakers technically. There's going to be Cif
Barto. She's performing a poi. There's going to be um Mayor Leo and Clara Litherland. They're my other two captains. And they're going to do their duo. There's going to be an informative speech done by Harper Jensen. And there's also going to be a humor done by Maisy Mo and my oratory, which is what
I'm going to be doing today. Well, a twominut snippet for you guys. And it's essentially a category where I just give a per um it's like a persuasive speech. It's basically what you think of when you think of speech. I'm trying to persuade you of something and I can't tell you what my topic is because I'll
introduce it when I do it. So, here we go. [laughter] There's only one thing that I've ever wanted. A new brother. Because mine's been infected with chronic iPad kid syndrome and literally
idolizes anyone or anything he sees on Tik Tok. When he isn't crashing out over Roblox, he's cracked at rage baiting me 24/7, caught in 4K, yapping about 67. [laughter]
Or he's glazing the one and only 24 karat gold, Leobbo. [laughter] If you don't understand anything I just said or you asked yourself, "Okay, but
what the hell's a lab boooo?" Congratulations. You touch grass. [gasps] But as much as my little brother drives me to the brink of insanity, he's a 12-year-old whose idolization, as
ridiculous as it is, doesn't hurt anyone and is honestly pretty normal for a kid his age. But today, unlike him, our idolization is no longer harmless. As author Curt Warner states in his 2025
book, False Idols, idolization was historically the worship of a god. But in society today, this worship has found many other outlets. And idolization is being redefined. Things that once
motivated, inspired, or simply brought us joy now completely consume us to the point of full-blown delusional devotion. And this leads to one of the most serious harms. What we idolize becomes
synonymous with us. They replace the foundation of our identity, purpose, or connections leading to what Dr. Philip Kushman characterizes as a nation of empty people
desperately trying to fulfill ourselves through idolization. This is especially true for young boys like my brother, who are becoming even more vulnerable to influencers like Andrew Tate, known for his misogynistic views on masculinity
and multiple investigations for sex trafficking. As Dr. Marcus Peter notes in his 2025 commentary podcast. This desperate hunger for identity, meaning, and purpose leads young boys to idols
like Tate. And as journalist Lindseay Dodlin reported in 2023, boys as young as 11 now idolize and praise him as their god. [applause] Thank you for that. We appreciate it.
And uh the is it allocution and the uh articulation are are great. So good luck with uh what's next for you. And madam chair, that concludes my good news. >> Thanks, Superintendent Bowman. And yeah,
thank you so much Kayn for that. Do we if we come to Thursday, will we hear the the rest of the OO performance? All right. Awesome. I feel like it's hard to move on from that. I'm thinking deeply already about that two minutes. So, thanks for being here tonight and thank you, coach, also for all you do for our
students. Um, all right, with that, um, oh, board communication. Uh, so I just have one thing to share which hopefully, um, many here already know about. Uh but on May 12th, uh we will be supporting or we will be going um to to vote for the growing together referendum. Uh this
referendum supports middle school space needs as our student enrollment continues to increase in our district. Uh early voting starts this Friday, uh March 27th, right here at the school district office, or you're welcome to use mail-in voting as well. And then um if you want to vote the day of, there
are precinct information on the the school district's website, which is again May 12th. If you want to learn more, there's lots of ways to do that. On the website, there's um many FAQs, uh detailed information, uh a podcast, different videos have been made explaining kind of the space needs that
we have at the middle school to accommodate um the increase in students. And then there will also be um another community meeting on Tuesday, April 14th at 5:00 p.m. for the community to come here. I believe it's here. Yep. Thank you. Uh in this room um to learn more
and ask questions about the referendum. Uh so please engage, ask questions, um and get informed before casting your vote. With that, um I would like to move to approval of the agenda. Um is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> A second.
>> A second. >> All right. First by Baker, second by Anderson. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? All right. Motion passes 6. Uh we'll move to public comment now. Um,
I'll just read the statement about how public comment works in case um, people are unfamiliar. So, the board will open up the floor for 30 minutes at each meeting to allow the public to address the board with comments and concerns. To participate in public comment, individuals must have registered in advance using the form provided on the
website by noon on the Monday before the scheduled public comment session. There will be no board response during the session. Public comments framed as complaints and/or concerns about students and or staff are not appropriate in a public forum due to data privacy laws. These comments should
be addressed to the administration outside of a public meeting. Likewise, complaints about schoolboard members should be privately directed to the board chair and/or superintendent. No formal action will be taken on a topic presented during public comment. As necessary, the administration will
follow up with the appropriate personnel on any concerns that need to be individually addressed. Also, if necessary, the board will follow up during board communications at the next regularly scheduled board meeting. Individual remarks are limited to 3 minutes. The board will provide a signal
when the participant has 30 seconds remaining of their time. Please try to keep audience noise to a minimum to allow everyone the opportunity to speak uninterrupted. And with that, I believe we have four speakers tonight. So, everyone should have um a turn and I will draw them. The
first speaker is Mike Charels. Did I pronounce that correctly? All right. [clears throat] Hello. Guess I didn't I didn't anticipate being the first speaker, but it's all right. We'll start it off. All right. Hello. My name is Mike
Cheryl. Uh I live here in Lakeville with my wife Emily and our four children, three of which are uh fortunate enough to be members of the Lakeville South basketball program, girls basketball program. Uh my eldest daughter is actually she's probably home home right
now, but uh she had knee surgery earlier this afternoon. Um as to why I'm not there. When I discussed my options with her yesterday, she said, "Dad, you have to go and speak." So here I am. I will return home and care for her a little bit uh a
little bit later. But she injured her knee playing basketball a couple couple weeks ago uh playing in the last basketball tournament of the year. And I would like to note that one of the first people to reach out wasn't there. Um the first people to re reach out were uh
coach Blake Nichols and his girlfriend Maddie. They were among the first people to reach out and they have followed up probably every 3 or 4 days ever since. Um and it is important that people know that that's the type of people that they are. Um they've continuously called
checked in on her since they've checked in on her today uh to make sure that the surgery was gone has gone well. I would imagine that many people here in the audience today as well as people up and down the program would have similar stories of the attention paid from co coach uh Blake Nichols.
My previous profession was that of a Big 10 football coach. I coached at the University of Minnesota for roughly a decade. Uh my job at that time was to go around the country, around Minnesota, around the country, and find the best best football players I could. Um that
brought me into roughly 200 high schools a year, uh recruiting, measuring coaches, measuring players, talking about programs. Uh, one thing that comes about when you have that as your profession is that you're able to and you need to, it becomes necessary to
like evaluate the program that these athletes come to. Everybody that I was recruiting was a good athlete. I knew that they could play, but the intangibles become something that uh, sets a student athlete apart, sets a student apart. Uh, so I I feel like I developed a good process for figuring
out the type of program that kids were coming from. And one thing that I found across my years of coaching is that the number one predictor of success as far as I saw it wasn't talent or anything
like that is the program that uh the family also but the program the high school program that these players are coming from. Uh oftent times you you see all sorts of different coaches. Um they do a great job poor job but they don't communicate. And one thing that Blake
Nichols has done is he started from the very bottom. I have third grade twins and I have a seventh grade daughter. They're years away from becoming uh basketball players. None of them will be division one players. Uh but Coach Nichols knows their names. He knows their interests. He follows up and he
follows through with those players and he cares about all the players up and down uh up and down. He has started to build that type of program here. And um thank you. I implore the board to table
uh the district requested resignation. Thank you. >> All right. Next speaker is Beth Beckwith. You got it. >> All right. I have my timer, too, so I can watch. Okay, we get it started.
>> Always throw. [laughter] >> I try to be. Okay. My name is Beth Beckwith and I should start with good evening madame chair, superintendent Bowman and the school board members. My name is Beth Beckwith. I currently serve as a media specialist at Kenwood Trail
Middle School and Christina Huddleston Elementary. I'm here to ti tonight to talk about facility plans, believe it or not, for our district. And I want to start by saying publicly that yes, we absolutely have a legitimate need to increase instructional space at the middle level. Now, I've been in the
district long enough, 36 years, to remember when Kenwood Trail Middle School was Kenwood Trail Junior High, and I believe our highest enrollment was well over a thousand. I think it might have been,00. The hallways were super crowded, as were the classrooms.
I would encourage you to stop by any one of our middle schools right now and just see what it's like during a passing time when you have middle schoolers passing and the whole building passes at the same time. Also visit at different times in different parts of the building
because we have pinch points and it will continue to get worse as our enrollments increase. So public, it is absolutely something we need. Caution zone ahead. Ask the hard question. Consider what is
given up, not just gained when repurposing areas instead of adding on. For instance, the library space at Kenwood Trail gave up space for two smaller classrooms. Upside, more space. Downside, in those two classrooms, you
can hear everything that's going on to in the classroom that's adjacent to it. Nothing was done for sound mitigation. And so it's awfully hard to have a small group classroom next to chaos. And it's a it's a pro I mean it's okay chaos.
It's not bad. Um several my media specialists and counterparts have shared a common experience where a small group of district staff and what we assume were architects or interior designers walked through our library spaces, made observations, took notes, and talked
with each other. engaging with the DMS, the librarian was not part of the conversation or part of the plan. Unfortunately, several of us found out later that decisions were made about changes to our spaces without seeking our input. One of on one of the DO group member
visits to the Kenwood Library, I happened to approach the group and asked a few questions. Those who know me know I ask questions all the time. One comment stunned me. I was told that long ago or that the long range plan of the district was to decrease the footprint
of all the district media centers and libraries. I believe decreasing the size of the library collection was also being considered. This plan concerned me not because I wanted to protect my space but because I know the academic and social value of the library and how the space
is being used. It's used by classroom teachers. It's used for staff meetings. It's used if teachers need to evacuate a classroom due to a child misbehavior or sickness. So, it's not just a library. So, remember that caution zone. Think
about your spaces. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. Next speaker is Maddie Walcow. Hi there. >> Okay. Good evening members of the board. My name is Mattie. Welcome. And I'm here today because it is so deeply concerning
to watch our community lose Mr. Blake Nichols through a process that appears to have been incomplete. Like Mr. Nichols, I'm a former Lakeville South basketball player, captain, and college athlete with deep generational ties to the Lakeville South basketball program and this community. This program helped shape who I am, and because of that, I
care deeply about how decisions that impact it are made. I want to begin by sharing that I sent you all an email in advance outlining um some of my concerns in more detail and I appreciate your consideration of that message and my comments tonight. In my professional career, I work on high value federal
contracts and collaborate closely with HR and legal teams on a daily basis. I understand what a fair, thorough, and credible process should look like when someone's career and reputation are on the line. Over the past several days, you've received an outpouring of support and concern from this community regarding Mr. Nichols. And it's clear
just by looking around this room tonight that those messages were not isolated. This community is paying attention and that's because this situation matters. What makes this so difficult is not just that we're losing Mr. Nichols. It is that we're losing him through a process that appears to what have has been
unbalanced and incomplete. Families and community members who were willing to provide important contact context were never interviewed. Parents and coaches asked to meet and provide clarity and that opportunity was never given. Not because they couldn't be heard, but because they were never asked. Choosing
to not include them was not a limitation of policy. It was a limitation of scope. And when the scope is limited, the outcome is too. And that matters because we're not just talking about someone in a role. We're talking about someone who is deeply invested in this community. Mr. Nichols is a Lakeville South alum
who chose to come back, purchased a home here, and committed himself to this community. He has hosted youth camps, showed up to youth sports and school events, and volunteers at Lakeville communities like the downtown Lakeville trick-or-treat event and the holiday on main one as well. He has also worked to rebuild alumni connections within the
girls basketball program, which has strengthened its sense of pride and legacy. That kind of presence matters and that kind of investment matters and it is incredibly difficult to watch someone who was given this much be removed through a process that so many believed did not capture the full picture. In just two years, he helped
bring energy, connection, and purpose back to this program while also contributing to strengthening the business program at Lakeville South. So tonight, this is more this is about more than one position. This is about the standard. Are we comfortable with accepting a process where incomplete factf finding is enough to make a
decision like this? Because if we are, then we are setting a precedent that should concern every family, every student, and every staff member in the district. And I do not believe that that is who we are. So, I respectfully ask the board to table a decision to accept Mr. Nichols's district requested res resignation and remove Mr. Nichols from
the consent agenda tonight to allow for further review because losing someone like Mr. Nichols is hard enough, but losing someone like Mr. Nichols because the process failed to get it right is a loss that this community should not accept. Thank you. Okay. And our final speaker is Joe
McCarnney. Good evening, chair and board members. My name is Joe McCarnney and I'm speaking tonight as the father of two daughters in the basketball program, a community member, and a member of the Lakeville South Girls Basketball Association board. I'd like to share my perspective regarding Coach Nichols and
the program that he is building. In my experience, Coach Nichols represents the type of educator that school districts work hard to recruit and retain. He's valuesdriven, consistent, and deeply committed to the student development. His leadership is grounded in his strong
personal principles, and he brings those values into the program through his passion, accountability, and genuine focus on developing young people, not just athletes. Beyond the varsity level, Coach Nichols has helped build excitement for the girls basketball program through the youth youth levels,
as evidenced by the people here. As a Youth Association board member, I've seen firsthand the positive culture that he's fostered through his passion, through his commitment, and through the accountability and values that he brings. He's generating pelpable enthusiasm among the younger players and
their families. None of us in this room is perfect, and perfection has never been the standard that we hold our educators or coaches to. What matters is character, intent, and the overall impact on students. And by that standard, Coach Nichols
reputation and record speaks for itself. I want to acknowledge the district's responsibility to take concerns seriously and to carefully handle complex situations. However, fairness and integrity in the process is just as important as the outcome. It is
disappointing that many members of our program made efforts to share supportive feedback with members of the administration during this process and there appears to have been little to no effort to seek out or meaning meaningfully engage to consider those perspectives. Additionally, family
members and student athletes that are most directly affected were not given an opportunity to share their perspectives and experiences. [snorts] As it stands, this decision feels as though it was made in a vacuum. one that did not adequately seek out or weigh the perspectives of those most impacted.
When decisions of this magnitude are made without broader input or independent review, it raises concerns about whether the process was fully vetted and balanced, and it understandably diminishes the confidence in the outcome. Coach Nichols has earned the trust and respect of many families
in this community. Look at the support tonight. [snorts] I trust Blake. I respect Blake. and it's someone I want coaching my two daughters. I have a fourth grader and a freshman. [snorts] I respectfully urge the board and the administration to
ensure decisions of this nature are guided by a fair, comprehensive, and transparent process. I strongly support Coach Nichols and encourage the district to table this district requested resignation for further discussion which will restore confidence and allow the program to move forward in a healthy and
positive way. Thank you for your leadership. Great. Thank you to all of our speakers tonight. That concludes the public comment um section of our agenda tonight. Um the next item on the agenda is to review and comment on public
hearing. I have been advised um that we should move this to our work session on April 14th because it will um we we be we will be able to have further discussion on all the things regarding this. Michael, do you have anything to add to that? But it's about our bonds,
about the bond. >> Yeah. It's been brought to my attention that uh every board member may not have read the review and comment document and I want to make sure that you have an opportunity to do that and to uh get uh any feedback uh further detailed
information and I think the work session is the best opportunity to do that. >> So I'd like them to make a motion to um table this for tonight to move to our April 14th meeting for discussion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. Okay. Second by um first by Cameron, second by Rekenburgger. All in
favor or any discussion? Yeah, Brian. >> I'm sorry. This is related to the levy or public hearing. >> This is related to the bond uh um >> for the 20 million. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions?
Okay. All in favor of tableabling and moving to April 14th say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> All right. Right. Motion passes 6. Um, now we'll move to consideration of approval of the consent agenda. The consent agenda tonight includes board
minutes from our January 27th meeting, uh, February 24th and March 10th meetings, employment recommendation, leave requests and resignations, payment of bills and claims, wire transfers and investments, resolution regarding acceptance of gift donations, extended
field trips, the resolution for appointing election judges for our May 12th um, uh, uh, election, and uh, the 27 to 29 school calendars. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda?
>> So moved. >> Uh first by Anderson. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second by Swanson. Um any discussion or items that um would someone would like to pull? Okay. Hearing none. Um, all in favor of
approving the consent agenda, say I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> I oppose. >> Okay. Uh, motion passes. 51. All right. We'll move to, um, item number five, district reports and discussion. Uh, this, um, is a
placeholder on our agenda every meeting that we have. Um, there are no additional reports or discussions, um, for tonight. They're all, um, under recommended action. So, we will we'll move to number six. Uh so with that um uh the [clears throat] first item on this uh
under recommended actions is our medical and dental renewal. Um just to update um the board and and members of the audience and those that are listening. So at our um March 10th work session, we had Aaron Casper from uh who is our Lakeville area schools consultant with
the National Insurance Services who gave a thorough um presentation about our medical and dental renewal um recommendation. And um after a bid process, Aaron shared that Bluec Cross Bool Shield, who's our current provider, is being recommended um as the insurance
medical insurance provider that we continue with uh with one change being that we would add Crumbale Specialty and Express Scripts as the pharmacy benefit manager uh for the district. Um this particular recommendation projects an
approximately $2 million annual savings um by lumping these two um companies together. Um he also highlighted and we discussed um thoroughly that the most recent 12 month of claims uh for our district has been higher than the previous 12 months um both because of um
inflationary cost um but also increased use. And so, uh, the district along with, um, our consultant is proposing an aggregate plan increase of 15% to account for increased claims activity,
um, uh, on our policies. For dental insurance, um, dental, Delta Dental continues to be the recommended insurance provider and a 3% increase is being recommended for board consideration with our dental. Um and Aaron um and the district also
highlighted that um through through their company um National Insurance Services and through the insurance committee, there'll be continued evaluation of various programs designed to manage costs for the district um as we as we um kind of deal with increasing
medical costs in particular and how to balance that um with the needs of our with our workforce. So um in the board packet is his presentation that he gave at our March 10th meeting and we um discussed um discuss this recommendation there. Um so with that tonight we are
here to um uh consider approval of that recommendation. So that is there a motion to approve the medical and dental renewal as presented um in our board packet and as discussed at the March 10th meeting? >> So moved. Uh first by um uh Baker. Is
there a second? >> A second. >> Second by Swanson. Discussion. Brian. >> Yeah. I'm trying to remember if uh at at our last meeting. So the school district, we are a self-funded enterprise or organization. And so we
collect claims. I'm sorry. We collect premiums and then based on our medical expenditures, we we pay it pay it out of our our claims savings account or whatever you want to call it. Um uh past couple years we've been historically at $30 million on average kind of claims
expense expenditures and then last year uh it kind of unfortunately uh not unfortunately just there was an outlier year we think and it ended up being about $35 million. And so every uh every you know organization that that's generally self-funded has to have its
own little uh kind of a health insurance savings account. We had roughly about8 $8.5 million that $5 million over than what we were anticipated anticipated dropped it down uh significantly down to about $2 and half $3 million left in our
savings account. Uh the presentation that we had two weeks ago suggested that there uh recommended that there would be an increase to the health insurance premiums uh by 15%. is that 15% increase um help me if you can clarify with that
increase are they going to be collecting roughly $35 million is is that uh throughout the course of the year is that what it was going to be? Uh and so and I so bear with me as I kind of speak this out loud. If we're only going to collect $35 million and our expenditures
are going to be $35 million again if the outlier continues then we're not really saving any money in the savings account. And for whatever reason, if our expenditures of $35 million is no longer an outlier, but becomes the baseline and it ends up being $37 million, now the
savings account that we have has now gone gone even more negative. And so I just want to make sure I understand is the 15% increase to cover what we spent last year or is it to cover what we spent last year plus more to increase the savings account in our sa in our
health savings account. Does that make sense? >> Yep. >> Okay. Dr. Do you want to come up or Great. Thank you. >> I'm not going to answer that, Brian. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the school board. Um
um Superintendent Bowman. Um to answer your question, um it is to do both. We are working hard to not only, you know, cover the increase came in increase claims that we saw last year, but also to start to recover the fund. I mean, it's not going to be immediately
recovered back to $8 million in one year. Um, but the we're looking at that 15% to stop the decrease and to start building it back. >> That help? >> Right, Director Thompson? So, so the 15% increase, it's going to
>> [clears throat] >> uh the goal or the the plan is to receive more than $35 million in potential claims expenditures and then so that we have a little bit of buffer. I'm just I'm going to make a number out. You're going to try to receive roughly
$36 million in claims uh or in premiums with the hope that if you happen to if we spend $35 million, we have just a little bit of an extra cushion. Uh but if we go over beyond that then it's is that what is that correct? My understanding. >> Yeah. I mean we of course we don't know
how many claims we're going to have this year. Every single month we're watching it. We have had one larger um month this past year. Um but the rest of the months have been behaving the way that we would expect them to behave. So I mean it's all speculation to know. I can't give you an exact number where I think we're
going to be. I I believe that the increased um revenue that [clears throat] we're going to receive is going to cover the claims that we have this year. Yes. >> Great. >> But I can't guarantee that we're going to just jump back up to $8 million. >> Director Anderson, >> I think part of it was we don't exactly
know if we're seeing a trend in a certain direction yet or not. So, if we start to see like another big year like we did last year, we're going to have to make another decision next year to cover that. So I think was it an anomaly or was it is there a trend that we need to be following and making adjustments
accordingly. So this year feels like we're trying to catch up with what happened but we're not trying to over compensate for that because that would obviously increase premiums even more for our teachers. >> Maybe more than necessary. >> Yes. Yeah. And for all staff. Yeah. >> And staff. Sorry. Yeah.
>> Other question. Dr. Thompson. >> And then and then if if last year was an outlier and we get back to our historical uh spend of roughly $30 million, that extra that the premium was provided would obviously boost our savings account and then there might be
potentially a pathway where lower premiums the following year. I mean, assuming if if all things are, you know, if things work out. So again, when we spend roughly $30 million a year on monthly expenditures for for health insurance, we want to have roughly what 30% no in our savings account. So that's
going to be roughly $9 to $10 million in our health insurance savings account. And right now we've got what 2.5 millionish? >> About 2 and a half million. >> 2 and a2 million. >> We we certainly expect uh recovery is going to take you know 2 3 4 years to get back where we were. >> And again we're not saying people can't
use the health insurance. Like that's that's not the intent. It's just to make sure just if you need it, go use it. That's why we have it. But we are a self-funded organization. So, we need to make sure we have the money to be able to afford that. And the premium increase is because of the potential outlier and
the lower savings account balance that we have within the health insurance category. Okay, >> great. Any other questions or comments? >> Okay, with that, there's a first by Baker, second by Swanson. All in favor of approving the medical and dental renewal as proposed, say I.
>> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right, motion passes. 6. Um, moving on to letter B, ELA core resource recommendation for grades 9 through 12. So, this was another topic at our work session two weeks ago. Um,
at that work session, uh, the board reviewed the standards review and core resource adoption process for the district. Um and at that presentation uh we learned that the English language arts standardsbased review process and field testing of resources started in
2024 and that through those um two processes of standards and um field testing common lit was moved forward as the recommended core resource for grades 9 through 12. [snorts] Uh community review for this resource happened um
during the full month of December uh 2025. And then um at the January 12th, 2026 meeting, the teaching and learning advisory council, which includes um community members, parents, school board members, staff, and students, reviewed
that recommendation um and made uh reviewed the tool and made the recommendation to adopt common lit uh 360 uh to move to the school board for approval. Um and so that's what we discussed um that day. And so, um, continuing from from our work session,
Common Lit 360 continues to be the recommended, uh, core resource for the board to consider for approval for grades 9 through 12. Uh, so with that, is there a motion to approve? Um, got to get the name right. Common lit
360 as the core resource for grades 9 through 12. >> So moved. >> Move. Uh, first by Baker. Is there a second? Second by Reichenberger. Uh, discussion. >> Yeah. Director Swanson, >> I mean, I don't know if Tracy wants to answer this, but I just wanted to make
sure uh two things which I believe we kind of discussed at the work session. Um, just want to confirm that uh this resource does allow for uh cross district alignment um for these courses at both high schools and then also provides for either common assessment or
comparable assessment tracking across both schools. so we can track student performance um you know equally or so we can compare it across both schools or any classes that it applies to. >> Yes. Um good evening uh Chair Cameron uh
Superintendent Bowman and board members. It does uh align across district. Um the both uh sides of town teachers will have all the resources they need. They will also use the resource to help them create common assessments across the
district. Okay. Will we have access to that at some point once those are in place? >> The common assessments um any uh community member could have access to review um the curriculum and all of those pieces associated with the
curriculum. So, you can certainly review that. That's not typically something that we bring to the board for approval. Well, I guess my question was more so on will the board be able to see how our students are performing on the curriculum based on those common assessments. >> Uh, if that's a metric we want to bring
forward, we certainly could do that. We will see because that's a uh leadup metric to our MCAs, we should be seeing some improvement in our MCAs. >> Other questions? Okay. Um, with that, there's a first by um, Director Baker, second by
Reichenberger. All in favor of adopting Common Lit 360 as a the core resource for grades 9 through 12, say I. >> I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Great. Motion passes. 6. And now we will move on to the LTF bond
sale. And I'm going to invite Director. Yep. >> Point of information. Just want to um, the board is going to continue on with the rest of their business agenda items. And so, uh, for those who have come and and are more than welcome to stay and and listen to the rest of the board
agenda topics, uh, but for those that choose to want to move on, they can do so if they like. >> Yep. >> All right. Thanks, Director Homegrren. I'll turn it over to you. Is that okay? >> Yes. >> Okay. Great. >> Yes. Madam Chair, um members of school
board, Superintendent Bowman, we've been talking over the last several months about um time to do a bond sale for our LTFM projects. Um I put on your desk a sale day report so you can see the details and I've asked uh Shelby McCoy
from Ellers asked her to come on up um to go through the details of the sale uh with you this evening. Thank you. [clears throat] >> Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board, Superintendent Bowman. um presenting the the sale day results for the $20.6 million uh LTFM bond. I was
here just last month um talking about what we anticipated um uh coming into today's sale. I don't think any of us could have anticipated all the um events that would cause market fluctuations, but nonetheless, the results were good and there were um
several biders in the market today looking for um some municipal debt. So, [snorts] uh during that time, you also received uh another um a rating uh commensurate with this this sale and they affirmed your A1 rating. So, uh
that's what we went into the sale with today. Um you received seven bids. The winning bidder was the or the low bidder which you award on is 3.5 was 3.5 which was a little bit higher than we anticipated during the pre-sale. Um however, the interest on it was lower.
Um but the deposit to the construction fund was a little bit lower as well. So some of that premium bid that we anticipated offsetting the interest rate was did not materialize. Um but nonetheless the interest uh that the taxpayers will see will be less as well.
Um so uh a little bit of nuances there with that. Uh the winning bidder TD Financial out of New York and you can see the cover bid there also at a New York Jeff. the high bid at 7.7 3.75, excuse me, was Huntington.
Um the schedule is included there um as well in the sale day attachments. And then just a revisit of the long-term capital plan. Uh and you know, just a double check that uh we went through today to make sure that we were still going to meet the tax impact that you
proposed to voters um as part of the middle school projects and the referendum coming up in May. and that all still fits in the capital plan as um as you've proposed to voters. So, wanted to make sure that that sits really well. Um uh and the uh rating agenda is also
attached at the end of the report. Um they did note a couple of factors that would lead to an upgrade. One um being uh that the fund balance ratio will approach uh 15%. So you can see the medians are right there. Um a little bit
higher than that, but that's one of the metrics that they put out there for an upgrade. So um I will leave it at that. Allow you to answer ask any questions that I can answer. Uh the official action item is the resolution to award the sale tonight to TD. >> Great. Any questions, Dr. Thompson?
>> Yeah. So thank you for being here. Probably less of a qu Well, yeah, more of a question for the board. I take that back. Probably a question for you. Uh let me I'm looking at the in the interest rate. So when we go out to bid uh for the $20 million and again this is for us to maintain our capital pro our
capital maintenance projects uh and I'm looking at the loan for $20 million is what is what we is what we want. It's an 8year no how long of a term is this? >> It's 11 >> 11-year term and we're going to spend like $8.3 million in interest
>> over that 11-year term which is seems high. Let me rephrase that. Not high. It's it's probably standard with when you take out a loan of that size uh for that duration of of almost 11 years. Um is there due to market conditions of where we're at today, do we have to
approve this? And I'm just cuz I just don't know. Could we say no? And can we go back let's say a month later when maybe market conditions might be a bit more favorable and would that potentially have a lower interest rate to reduce some of the interest payments? Um I don't know. That was just a question if that's even something like,
hey, here's your loan amount. Here's your interest payment. Do you want to accept it or not? And do we have the ability to say no? So, I'll pause here for for that. >> So, you you do have the ability to say no. Um, that's not going to look favorable to the markets when you take that money or when you take this bond
out again um in a little bit or whenever you you would foresee the market being more favorable. The interest rate the district received was a 3.5%. So these are tax exempt rates and that's a very historically low interest rate still. So while we would have come, you know,
would have liked to see the 3.09, the 3.5 is um a considerably good rate overall. Um you'll also have the ability to refinance a portion of this um uh come um and I don't know the exact date
here on um in 2033 for the 2035 maturity. So in the fall there and then you would be able to refinance um the last two mature three maturities. So that is
um upwards of $12 million that you could refinance at that time for savings to the taxpayers. So, um, we do we did have several internal discussions on whether or not to, um, to hold on this given market conditions, but they weren't
disruptive enough to not to sort of time the to pull it and and better time the market. >> So, they were very consistent overall with what we're seeing today. And given the fact that you would um if you don't have the money available and would have
to delay um projects that you've already incorporated into your um uh into your plan that may be you know the the cost of of that may be more disruptive to the overall um plan.
Great. Director Reichenberger. >> Yeah. Um kind of piggybacking on that. um if it were to be pulled and we were wait at a later time, the rates could still increase, which is a risk that um we would have to consider as well. Um
and uh when we talk about the the markets right now, um they are a little chaotic from month to month, year to year. So, um I know that with past history of when I've when I worked at Ellers, um uh bond uh bond sales in this
range were pretty common. um they were um this is a feasibly good rate um and uh looking at the number of biders that we had um that is all those are all good signs. So >> madam chair members of the board I that's another factor that we considered
too. There was nine biders signed up this morning. [snorts] Um seven bidder bids actually came in. So um the two dropped that dropped off were not um ones that we see repeatedly. So, probably just testing kind of our um our sales out there. So, I think that would
have been another factor. If one bid came in, we wouldn't have been able to see where the market necessarily was and and that may weigh in a little bit more. But, um I think you know if you were not to award um we'd we'd have to do some
selling to these these underwriters um on the on on Lakeville's next issuances. >> Director Swanson. So this was the lowest rate of the seven offers that came in. >> That's correct. Okay. >> That is um u madam chair that's the um
parameters that you or um put when you in uh intend to sell bids is you will award to the lowest bidder. Further questions or discussion? Okay. With that um is there a motion to approve the bond sale?
>> So moved. Uh, first by Reenburgger, second >> second by Baker. Any further discussion? I'm getting a lot of sorry feedback on my mic, but um any discussion? >> Okay. All in favor of approving the sale say I. >> I.
>> Any opposed? Motion passes 6. >> Madam chair, thanks for having us and um we appreciate your business. >> Thank you for facilitating. All right, with that with that, um, sorry about the feedback, everyone. Um, moving
on to policy 502, which is search of student lockers, desks, personal possessions, and student persons. Uh, as a reminder, um, we discussed this um, a few meetings ago um, and and sat with it. Um, we're we're going to try to
tackle it last meeting, but because of the length of our meeting, we we tabled it to this meeting. Um and so with that um we can get into discussion but um uh I think as it's a recommended action I'd entertain a motion to approve uh the
proposed um edited policy which um to remind everyone the policy is just edited um basically adding new legal references and cross references um in order for the policy to
comply with um with up-to-date legal standards. and u making sure this policy is connected to the relevant other policies that our district has. Is there a motion to approve policy 502? >> So moved. >> Uh first by Baker. Is there a second? >> I'll second.
>> Second by Anderson. Uh discussion on the item. Yeah. Director Swanson. >> I know I commented on this the last time we discussed this. Um and my only my request to change would be to amend
it to add something in the procedures whereby the school after a search has been performed. Um you know we already notice in there that if there's a search of the locker we notify the student. Um but I would request that there be an addition to
notify the parents after a search has been been performed. I mean, as written, um, it says even if there's a search of the person, even if there's a strip search of the person, the student, there's, uh, no provision to notify the parents. Well, I think some of our
internal policies may provide for that. If the internal policies do, I don't know why, uh, the schoolboard policy shouldn't as well. >> Are you wanting to make a formal amendment to that? >> I mean, if there's if there's support for it. Um, sure. I'll move to amend
uh the policy to add a provision to section 4 uh to require the notification of parents after a student has been searched um within a reasonable allotment of time and you could add it
to either created as subsection H. >> Okay, great. So, there's a um amendment to the motion to um change on page two um adding um under procedures section four, item H to require require notification
of um parents or guardians after a search has been performed. Is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> Okay. Second by um Director Thompson. Uh discussion. Uh Director Anderson. >> Yeah. >> Oh, thank Thank you. >> Did you raise your hand?
>> I did, but I'll go. >> Dr. Thompson, go ahead. >> Yes. So, here's what I heard. Uh, so, so we brought this up, I think, three meetings ago. Uh, lots of good dialogue and then there was a working session. Uh, which I unfortunately I was not a part of. I was out of town. But I think the working session might have gotten a
little sideways around, oh, you need to call them before we actually do the search. No, that was not that was not the intent that I had. The intent that I had was that if you're going to search a locker or if you're going to I'm sorry, if you're going to search my child's locker or if you're going to search my child's person or my child's bag, I
don't want to find out from my child like 4 days later. Uh in those kind of instances, to me, it feels like I would expect the school district to at least send me an email or shoot me or give me a call to say, "Hey, we to check your son or we to check your daughter, blah blah blah." Especially if you're gonna
check the person, I would I would want to know before uh uh before finding out for my for my child when they come home, did you know that I got searched? Blah blah blah blah blah. Now, again, it is not designed, let me rephrase that. I am not saying it needs to be done to uh uh to do the
search because the school district has full authority to do that and there's going to be emergency scenarios XYZ. But that's no different from if if I get a phone call because my son threw a French fry during lunch, which actually occurred two years ago, I should probably get a phone call if they're
going to search my child's body. So that's that's the intent. >> Um, can I >> Oh, you want to come? >> Can I clarify that real quick? >> Sure. Go ahead, Director Baker. >> No one here is saying that the district doesn't call a parent after um a student
has been searched. That's in our policies and procedures. It's just not written into our um our point of information actual district policy. >> Well, I'm running a super point of information present on that. >> It's right here in their student handbook that it says as soon as practical after the search of a
student's personal possessions, the school officials will provide notice of the search to the student and that's it. That's in the handbook. So, I because I read it. >> So, Superintendent Obama did some investigation after our last discussion. Um and even though it's not written, found information on practice that our
schools provide. I don't know. Do you do you >> So I did share with every board member a couple of things. Uh cross reference between PFDA, what our um handbook says, what our 506 policy uh says that's related to this. um how 504s and IEPs
work with regard to this and also provide you a chart at level three search contraband parent notification required uh parent involvement in investigation after investigation. Um so I laid it out level one through level five and also law enforcement and
violent history disclosures um on a matrix uh and I would just call your attention back to that in all manner. Uh I think we also discussed uh legal council recommendation with regard to including uh requirements of procedure
in policy. Uh and and so I I I'm sure you're all remembering that and taking that into consideration. Uh I do think that uh within our policies uh and I I'll go back to 506 which is not 502 but
we do have another governance policy that touches this uh as well as our process and procedures as I've shared with you that um we ought to follow advice at council on this matter uh and assure the uh community that we do have
uh notification to our parents uh in a variety of scenarios that uh includes this one in particular. >> Director Anderson. >> Yeah, I was just going to kind of um you highlighted everything that I felt like we previously discussed in terms of um potential legal complications with this
as well as um I think it is the practice of our principles to make these phone calls and that that was I was reassured by our principles that that is the process. Um you did receive a phone call about the French fry. So, I'm assuming that you get a phone call about I mean I
think I have not received a single email to tell us that a parent has not received a phone call in these kinds of situations. So, I just feel like we're um we have a process in place that's working and so that's why I would support keeping policy as is >> given legal advice. I'll just add that
um [clears throat] just to to remind the community that the these policies are being brought forth based on um Minnesota School Board Association audit um and so we're just trying to get our policies into compliance with um best
standards. And so this question was asked of our legal counsel as superintendent Bowman um mentioned and and it was highly recommended that we do not add this into because it would increase the liability for the district um which could result in in additional
lawsuits. Um meanwhile having the information from our our processes and procedures that Bowman has described highlighting that parents are notified in these instances I think helped me understand how this works on the ground. But um Director Swanson,
>> uh yeah, just to be clear, um and maybe to I don't even remember how I worded my proposed amendment to the motion, but I'm more concerned with search of the person's the person. Uh there should be no expectation of privacy in your locker. I mean it's the school's
property but uh as a parent um and because we do have policies or other internal practices to call parents I don't I don't know why we wouldn't just put it in the policy itself. So um
that's my two cents. [snorts] >> Director Thompson. >> Yeah. Yeah, if if if I was a parent and I wanted to go look up what's the policy around searching my student and I go to 502, that's what I'm going to read. And so I'm not going to read the 19 other
things that it might be in that may that may be or may not be in there. Like as a as a community stakeholder, you're like, this is what I'm going to this is what I'm going to go see. And so if we're if we're already going to do it and we're already doing it, then why don't we just put it in it?
I think our the advice of legal counsel is it's good that we're doing it and we we can continue but adding it increases again the li liability risk toward the district. >> Uh Director Iikenberger. >> Yeah. Um
I kind of share um Director Swanson's um uh comments regarding um searchers of the person. um that is uh um an aspect of this um and it um it's referenced in
section E of the procedures relating to um a strip search and then in uh section D. And uh I'm wondering if um perhaps if the amendment can be
can be restated only to apply specifically to those two areas. Um so that uh it is uh narrowly tailored to um accommodate those instances. >> So I believe we first have to vote on the first amendment. Yeah.
>> And then we can make >> can we amend an amendment? >> I believe so. No. So, we have to f vote on the first and then decide if a if a a different amendment is made in the event that's needed. >> Correct. >> Any other discussion or questions?
Director Swanson. Oh, no. I thought you were getting ready to say. Okay. Okay. With that, um there is a first by Swanson. uh second by Thompson to amend or to make an amendment that would add a letter H under procedures that would
require notification of parents after a s and guardians after a search has been performed. Did I get that correct? Okay. All in favor um say I. >> I. >> So we have Swanson and um Thompson I.
>> And Rekenberger. Okay. Um, all opposed say I. >> I. >> What? Or no or no? No. No. Okay. >> All right. Um, Baker, Anderson, and Cameron. So, motion uh fails.
>> Correct. >> I would like to move and make an amendment um applying Director Swanson's previous language to sections D and E under the procedures. So your amendment is to add a sec a
sentence to both DNA that would say um parental notificardian notification is required is required because it would these are about what it's for. Um >> after >> after. >> Okay. Chair,
>> Director Baker. >> Um Superintendent Bowman, when you're doing those specific types of searches, isn't that um not really a school district employee that would be entering into that type of a search, but would we use our resource officer? Can we >> There's been a motion. [clears throat]
>> Can I please finish? Thank you. >> Clarification. >> Yeah. Can we get a first and a second first then go into discussion? Okay. >> Is that what you're going to >> Yeah, there's been a motion. So, there's a motion by Reichenberger. Did I get your motion correct? I just want Okay. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Director Swanson. Okay. No
discussion. Sorry. Can >> your question? >> Um, for those specific types of searches, I'm assuming that it wouldn't be a school district employee, but it would be through our resource officer based on the sensitivity of that and why would be doing that type of search. >> It could be either. Um there are
scenarios where uh you know uh school resource officer is not available and the immediiacy of the situation requires uh administr an administrator to do that. So I could see both. >> Okay. And then in those specific situations though that would um apply to
what you had shared with the board about that would be an immediate like as soon as you're done with the investigation then parents would be notified. Correct. Say that one more time. Sorry. Was that to me? >> No, that's to superintendent Bowman where he shared about the the matrix
that was shared with >> with regard to the matrix. It's required uh reasonable time uh not defined in seconds or minutes or hours. >> So currently it is required just not in policy.
>> Yes. [clears throat] >> So is there any >> Oh director sorry my bad. So, if it's already required and we're already doing it, is there any problem with putting it into the policy? >> Well, I I would just like to say with
regard to what council advises once you put it into policy, if there is any point of failure with regard to that, then your liability exposure comes into play. um you know is that is that uh enough of a concern for the board
members policies your your uh purview of course uh we have to execute on that so um that's what I understand council's concern would be with putting it in there uh typically uh these policies
again you know we went through an audit that's an attorney audit uh and they made that recommendation Director Swanson, >> I mean, I can appreciate our council's concern, but in the reality, if if there was an issue, um, and I'm council for
the student or the parent, I'm saying, "Well, look, you're already violating your internal policies, you know, regardless of whether or not it's the published schoolboard policy. So again, that's why I'm saying if we have it in our internal policies, we should be doing it already and we shouldn't have a concern about adding it to to 502."
Any other questions or comments or discussion? >> Director [snorts] Iikenberger. >> Only in the sense that like if uh under the policy if my kid was strip searched and the parent was and me as a parent wasn't notified, I'd be pretty pissed.
Um I'd be very angry. Um and there would be some problems and I'm sure I would not be the only parent in that situation who would feel that way. Director Thompson, >> maybe we table this particular one and then bring in bring in a lawyer just to
make sure we're all on the same page. Um, again, we we did get an email from them saying they advise against it, but I would like further clarification from them on like why would you not want to let your parent a parent know? Now, here's the problem. I guess the scenario
would be okay, let's play this out. They did it. They didn't call they didn't call the parents. What what would happen? You know, uh the the parent could say, "Hey, you're supposed to notify me, but there's no rules that says you have to notify me within 24 48
hours, within 24 hours, or xyz." Um uh a search occurs, something unfavorable happens, then and then and then what? We don't we don't get a phone call. Child's in a scenario. uh we find out months later, you know, there's there there's
extremes on both sides, but if someone's, you know, you know, going through this process, uh I don't know, maybe maybe we table it, bring in another person, have further dialogue at a working session and then go from there. First, I think we need a vote on the
amendments >> um on the on this amendment. Um, any other discussion or comments? >> I can get one more. >> Director Thompson, >> is there uh is there any interest on my proposal because then that might
influence my decision on the vote? >> So, I believe um during policy committee, we did read the legal opinion on this particular matter. Um, but we can reshare that if you need like we can
get that back again from him. Um, I was just going to add that I can appreciate what what you and Matt and others are saying. For me, I think I'm comfortable knowing that our district is notifying parents.
As I mentioned, I'm I'm married to someone who um has to search students often in a different school district. And so, and and I'm very aware at the the care that um our staff and people in these roles give to these situations.
So, I'm balancing that with approving policy um and following best practices from the schoolboard association, what other districts are doing and with our legal advice. And so, for me, I feel like there's a balance here both happening and I can appreciate
that. Um and I and I want to make that clear that I'm not I'm not saying that parents should be notified. Um my understanding is that parents are notified in these situations. Um and um as a schoolboard member, I want to protect students and our role is to um
reduce liability for the district whenever possible. So that's that's my personal perspective. >> Uh Director Thompson, >> yes, I I 100% aligned and I I think for me at at the end of the day, it's more of um uh we get notification when our
students are late for class. Like literally, you get a tardy and if I can't get a notification that they're searching my child for [clears throat] and we can't put that anywhere in here, even though it might be an operational process, I I I don't know. Uh but 100%
I'm I'm not saying things are bad and anything bad is happening. But for me, this is all about parental notification. Uh our kids are here for 8 hours a day, sometimes whatever longer, but uh I think instances like that warrant some sort of notification. That's all.
>> Right. Director Ienberger, >> I'm gonna call the question on the amendment. >> Okay. Call the question. U for that we need twothirds vote. So um all in favor of and is everybody familiar with that? That means we had moved to vote. Um so all in favor of u moving to vote say I.
>> I. Any opposed? >> Okay. Call the question um is approved. So with that, um we are voting on uh Director Reichenberger's amendment to add a sentence at the end of um D&E under procedures that would add the
sentence uh uh par parental/guardian notification is required after the search. Correct. Is that correct? >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. Um all in favor of this amendment say I. >> I. I. >> I. >> All right. Um Director Rekenberger, Director Swanson, and Director Thompson.
All those opposed say not nay. >> I uh Director Anderson, um Director Cameron, and Director Baker. Uh motion fails. So with that, we're back to the original um edited draft. Correct. Okay. Um and
that was um sorry, just keeping track of things here. Um I believe >> 502. >> Yeah. Yeah, it was 502, but um was it Baker and Anderson who was a first and second? Thank you. Um, any further discussion on the policy as presented?
>> I'm going to call the question on this, too. >> Okay. Call the question. Um, all those in favor of calling a question say I. >> I. >> I. Any opposed? >> All right. We'll move to vote. Um, all in favor of approving uh policy 502, search of student lockers as um
presented um in the red line copy say I. I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Nate. >> No. >> Name. Oh, sorry. I I didn't mean to say nay. Um >> 33. >> Three. Correct. Were you Did you vote? Oh, absent. >> I voted in favor. >> Oh, you voted in favor. Okay. Um so in I
yes for Reichenberger, Anderson, um Cameron and Baker and nay were Swanson and Thompson. So 502 um is approved. [gasps] Okay. Moving on to policy 526. um hazing. Um a very similar um situation
to 502 where the the edits proposed by the MSBA audit. Um I primarily um adding the cross references uh that that align with our other school district policies on things such as discipline, harassment, and bully bullying
prevention. Um and some additional commas. Um but uh for the most part that is that is the extent of the edits um to this policy. So is there an approve uh motion to approve policy 526 hazing prohibition?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> First by Anderson, second by Reichenberger. Uh discussion on the item. >> Uh Director Thompson, sorry. >> Yes. Um I'm going to need just a few seconds. Let me grab my notes. I had um
uh Okay. There was one here that I had thought um definition of hazing. Uh again, it means committing an act against a student dot dot dot dot dot. Um but there [clears throat] wasn't a lot and I shared this at the last meeting about hazing can also occur uh
electronically and through a digital digital means and that's not really captured in this. This is a very more uh physical in nature. Uh and I know that we probably have a digital policy already that that exists. uh but when when we think about hazing and maybe
when I think about hazing it's I think of more physical just because of maybe but now in today's days it's more digital uh potentially in nature and so I'd just like to make sure that can we update the definition that hazing may occur in person or through electronic or
digital means so that's I would entertain that if anyone has any interest but if not then >> do you want to make that amendment >> nope I'll pause and see if anyone else has any interest on that one. >> Okay. Uh, Director Swanson,
>> um, I [clears throat] wonder if that would just be covered under the bullying policy. >> You know, hazing is well, >> two, >> they're two different things. >> Yeah. I'm just I'm wondering how you'd see hazing on that
>> as electronic means. >> Yeah. Is there an expert on the on this question? It's good. We're not experts. >> Brenda, do you have anything to add on that? >> The the bullying policy is quite likely I wouldn't be able to say off the top of
my head, but generally speaking, hazing is more specific than bullying. So, it's two different um processes and procedures for investigating. I I would keep them separate.
>> If I may, I can uh differentiate hazing and bullying. Uh I uh typically with hazing, you're talking about initiations, belonging, group loyalty. Could that be done on a uh electronic means? Possibly. Tied to
group or team club activity is usually where you find hazing. Could be a one-time event. could be uh a cyclical repeatable event. Um when you're talking about bullying, you're talking about domination behaviors, intimidation,
social harm, uh can be with any student interaction, not necessarily tied to any particular club or activity. Uh usually repeated and over uh and severe uh single act can also be bullying. So
there's a lot of uh u cross reference here with regard to the behaviors. Um and I do think that hazing does have a cyber component to it uh in in our contemporary operating
environment uh of 2026. So um you know in my mind it would not be a stretch to comment on cyber uh or electronic means. >> Chair, Dr. Baker, >> if you look at the definition, if you
look at A4, any activity that intimidates or threatens a student, um that can definitely happen over electronic means or social media. um any activity that causes or requires a student to perform a task that involves violation that also can happen
electronically. So I I would agree with Director Thompson, >> Director Anderson. >> Yeah. So it does it seem like we need to be specific about including that or is that all in encompassing in terms of various means through which someone
might do that? >> Make sense? >> I'm wondering either one of two things. one, Director Thompson, we could think about adding a phrase about in person or I don't think that's the right word, but something along those lines. In person
or cyber or electronically in in the preamble for a or we could add it like as director Baker said, add the word um including electronic or including cyber in in number four in particular because
feels like one through three are more in person. But it says any activity, >> right? And so that that to me that's what I mean is if we start to get really specific >> the more everything changes in this world that's going to get dated. So is
it one of those things where the way it is would encompass cyber and any other means by which someone would intimidate or coersse another student. Mhm. >> Yeah, we do have uh 524 which is
bullying and cyber bullying is uh part of uh um appropriate use of electronics and technology. So that's that's another element to this as well and I may it may reference it at the end of the document
in terms of other policies that uh are in play here. I'm not 100% sure. >> Yeah, bullying is referenced. >> Yeah, >> Dr. Thompson, what? Sorry. Did you add more? >> Sure. >> Go ahead. [clears throat] >> Yeah. I think it is interesting here in section five, school district actions letter E, it does state the school
officials will notify the parents or guardians of students who are targets or victims of hazing and the parents of or guardians of alleged perpetrators of hazing who have been involved in a reported and confirmed hazing incident. Huh.
Can we get back to your electronic suggestion? So, >> in response to director Anderson, like do you feel like it's encompassed in the definitions when it says any activity or do you think it'd be helpful to call it
out specifically? I think for me is as as again these policies are also to provide guidance for the district but also informative uh context for for our communities community stakeholders and so when they've got an incident whether it be in
the uh high school handbook or or school handbook uh and and they also want to know what the policies are uh you know I like I'm not saying that we need to make this super super uh you know in a way where it's not uh for educational
purposes But how do we make it also very clear that this is what it entails and this is what it does not. >> And if it's excluded then one can kind of assume well maybe it's not included. So >> director Anderson >> if we if um section three number four
had any activity by any means. Um, again, I don't I don't know if that sometimes I think if we get specific, we're then excluding other things or we're not, you know, by staying broad in general, it's inclusive. And so, um,
because there are things that kids do to each other that are hazing type things, whether that be through, um, impacting body image or suicidality or those kinds of things that are harmful to students. Um but that can come from various it can
be various means. So any activity by any means or do we think we need to specifically call out? I mean I personally think that number four encompasses the broader definition but
>> I agree with you director Anderson and I think because of the impact of electronic or cyber world whatever the correct ter I'm not a tech person as you can tell but whatever the the appropriate term is that is happening more and more as like
a vehicle to conduct this and it feels like we are the the model policy is being very specific about the physical things that can happen. >> So, I'm wondering in like here's [clears throat] a um I'd like to make an amendment to the policy to the draft policy to include a
sentence after on line so we're on page two line 16 after purpose where it says period and I need a little help here with the verbiage. So, um, hazing can happen. It's not live. Hazing can happen in
person. Like, I'm struggling with what that word is, but >> I've got it. >> Okay. Cyber hazing. >> Uh, the phrase >> I I just have uh hazing may occur in person or through electronic or digital means. Period. >> Period. Thank you.
So the amendment is to add that sentence. Hazing can occur in person or in >> electronic or digital means. >> Is there a second on that amendment? >> A second. >> Um seconded by Thompson. Um discussion.
Director Anderson. Are there other ways that someone can do that would be my question. So I know the first couple items f focus on physical the physical nature but [snorts] are there other ways that people can commit hazing act that's not in person
and not electronic. >> I'm sure they can do it verbally. So >> like are we getting into a narrow sphere here by doing that? Mhm. Cuz someone could some something could happen
in the cyber world and a administrator is going to interpret that within this policy and say this this is an incident of hazing that occurred electronically. It doesn't say can't occur electronically. >> Director Swanson,
>> I agree. I mean, I think it's it it reads the same both ways. I mean, I think it's open. I think the current propos well current the existing language allows for both interpretations as well as adding it. So, I'm fine either way because I
don't think it changes the effect of it. >> Okay. >> Any other discussion on the amendment? >> Okay. Move to vote. Or were you gonna say so brain? No. >> No. I I think I'm good. I mean the the definition again this is this is the the
scope of the policy uh hazing means committing an act against a student or coercing a student into committing an act that creates a substantial risk of harm to a person in order for the student to be initiated into or affiliated with a student organization
or for any other school related purpose. And so that is the scope of the hazing definition in in this policy. So all the other stuff that might be going on in the digital space not our purview at from how but but if it's if it's
associated with initiated into or some sort of student organization or other school related purpose then it would capture that that's where I would see how this policy then would be applied. >> Director Swanson.
>> Yeah that's my understanding. Okay. So your opinion is it and director Anderson's is that that would be encompassed in this. Okay. All right. Um all in favor of the amendment to add the sentence um related to inerson and
electronic means say I. >> I. >> I. >> All right. Director Thompson um Director Baker and Director Rekenberger. Any opposed? >> No. >> No. >> No. Uh, I know it was my own amendment, but you can convince [laughter] me. Um,
so voted no. Um, Director Cameron, Director Anderson, and Director Swanson. So, uh, motion fails. So, back to the original, uh, motion. Uh, any further discussion on the edited policy. Director Swanson, >> I had I had a question just on
procedure. Um, and I believe we discussed this, but it's been a while. Um, and I believe additional information was provided. Uh once a claim has been submitted um and an investigation is commenced, what is the process um as to the accused? I know there's a warning
that's provided to them before they're questioned because it the the policy is pretty vague. All it says is they have the opportunity to present a defense. Um but my understanding is if somebody approaches them from the school district that they provide some type of specific like hey you don't have to there's like
a there's a name for it on it. The Tennyson warning. >> A Tennyson warning. >> Correct. Superintendent Bowman or anyone else. Do you ever >> Yeah. Is there It's Tennyson for each of the uh for anybody who's going to be questioned slash interrogated slashined.
>> Any further questions or discussion? >> Okay. Director Thompson. >> But do kids know what that is? like do kids actually they get these like this verbatim of do they actually know what and how to comprehend it and this goes back to uh parental notification or
right Matt I mean I think we talked about this a couple times where >> it's get it's read to them and I don't I don't know if my 18-year-old [laughter] kid would maybe maybe not but >> I believe I don't remember if it's in this policy or another um but there's a
similar situation with our school resource officers right? Or any police if if they can interview kids without um [clears throat] parental notification. I think the goal is to to notify parents and that's what the the policy or
procedure states, but it's not it's not a requirement um for police. I think we're we're in line with kind of that. I don't know if there's any other reflection. I I'm sorry. Sorry, I can't remember the exact instance where that's
written, but [snorts] >> Director Swanson. >> Yeah, I'm and I know I've already argued this before at prior meetings. I mean, my preference would be uh in the event of activity that could be deemed
criminal, the student is not questioned outside of the presence of their parent, the minor student, I should say. um yeah, I'll I'll just move to I'll make a motion to add that uh
to the proposed policy that um and and I'll just say as aside and without quoting the language, I think our district, I know we've argued this before, but I think our district is and our personnel are smart enough to identify when a situation may rise to the level of criminality. And so I would
move to amend the proposed policy to add a requirement where an accused student is to be investigated by district personnel or an SRO. Um that students that student
parent is allowed parent or guardian is allowed to be present for that questioning. >> Okay, there's a motion. Everybody catch it. I'm not going to repeat Matt's whole motion, but is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> All right. Second by um Dr. Rikenberger.
Discussion. Dr. Anderson, >> can I just clarify how often this happens in terms of um how often this comes up where students are interviewed and like what is the general process that happens in the district? Mr. Bowman
>> I I don't have an answer on frequency uh in data terms um the I just want to ask a clarifying question is it the expectation in the policy that before any questioning occurs and
Tennyson has been issued that um a parent has to be present for a uh interview or inquire motion. Correct. >> Yeah. In the event that the um the hazing is of a level that could be
criminal, potentially criminal, I think uh when if it if it turns into uh a criminal scenario, what I'm what I'm most concerned with is local and immediate ability for um
um administration to assess a situation. Um it is uh procedurally our um administrators uh will will speak with parents about
those situations. Um but if there's a we can't talk to the student until the parents present, I think there's some deep concerns about our ability to assess the situation in the immediate context. Um
I'm unaware of any abuses per se. Um but I would think at both of our high schools in particular there well with regard to hazing I do we have a hazing problem in our system? I do not
think so. I I am unaware of that. Uh I would be aware of that. Um, so with regard to frequency, um, I think I'm in my eighth year at Lakeville Area Schools, uh, trying to
think if there's been a hazing scenario that has come to my level and I cannot recall one. I would have to really look in the archives to see if there is one um, to try to answer that question of frequency.
Great. Director Baker and then Swanson. >> So, I would caution the board for making a policy that goes above and beyond what Minnesota state law is. Um, the law does not require um a parent to pre be present for a student to be questioned in a school investigation. Um, I would
second what Superintendent Bowman said and I would be concerned that if there was a level of hazing that had occurred to to that significant of a level that delaying the investigation could impact student safety in a situation of that caliber.
>> Dr. Swanson. >> Uh yeah, just just to clarify. So I'm not asking that they delay the investigation, just the questioning questioning of the alleged perpetrator and given the infrequency of the incidents, um I would just urge the
board to error on the side of protecting students rights. >> Any other discussion or director Baker? Those rights go both ways though. So we have to protect not only the rights of the perpetrator but the rights of the students that have been um harmed in
this situation as well. So like I said if we have to delay the investigation to wait for a pres a parent to be present waiting then student safety could be impacted. >> Any other director Swanson?
>> I guess I don't understand how it would lead to any potential additional harm. It doesn't mean that the the school district can't take action, you know, if they need to send a kid home or something like that or separate the kids, but how immediate questioning of
one student somehow protects another student. I guess I'm confused as to how that correlates. Do you want Director Anderson? >> If we are talking about hazing happening electronically, like that's another I mean I don't know how quickly parents show up
and I'm sure there's a lot of variability with that student by student. And so um I can appreciate how some cases are more urgent and how that this could potentially delay any response that needs to be taken for safety purposes.
>> Dr. maker. >> I would also um consider the fact that in delaying an investigation because we're waiting for a parent to be present in a situation where student safety would be at risk would also increase our legal liability in that situation.
>> This the same question was asked of our um attorney about adding that provision and the recommendation was no um that it would increase um the liability of the district. Director Thompson. >> Yeah. Hey, uh, Director Swson, when you
say present, I I think maybe maybe folks and myself initially thought maybe in person. Could like could a could a parent be on the phone while it's occurring? Would that be would you view that as kind of a a present state as well? I mean, I know we're only supposed
to have our cell phones during passing time, and so there's a high probability that that person might be calling somebody, but if a parent can't be there in person, >> Director Swanson. >> Yeah. I mean, I guess my concern ultimately is, I mean, we all have
rights to not self-inccriminate. Um, however, if you're 15, 16 years old, you might not be smart enough um to assert those rights. And so having a parent present either in person or via the phone who can tell you stop talking, you know, has some value. Um, and again,
you know, we provide in the policy, you have the right to defend yourself. But if you're sitting there and being questioned by the SRO or by a teacher, >> and and in no way obviously am I condoning hazing, but there is, you know, protecting our students from saying stupid things that get themselves
in trouble. Uh, Superintendent Balma, do you have a response any? >> Okay. >> Director Baker, >> could we add words to that that would say like when feasible so that it does leave the option open?
>> I think for me a question comes in if what if a parent um is unreachable which happens um then nothing can happen. I guess my I just don't understand under what set of circumstances you would need
to question a kid today versus tomorrow. You know, why it couldn't wait 24 48 hours. >> That's what I mean. Even that like I I know of instances in my own family's experience where parents just do not return phone calls, do not show up. Um
and so then how would that get handled? I guess >> but for hazing like in a hazing it's incident because the act has occurred >> right and so now we're in the >> and it could continue to occur. >> Well again but you can stop that without
questioning the student. >> How would you stop it? >> Well I mean we'd have to talk about what the specific incident is in order to address it. [snorts] So if it's, you know, physical violence from one student to another student, you know, you remove
the student from school or if it's actual physical violence, he'd be arrested if there's an accusation. I think my challenge is that um if you cannot talk to a student who is potentially per perpet perpet I can't say the word right now per
>> committing the act um then and you're and the parents are unreachable that student would get sent home the hazing can continue and there could be potential additional harm done to parties involved um and I
think this is a fair based on my experience This is a reasonable thing to assume. Yeah. Director Swanson, >> how does the interview stop the hazing if the student wants to continue it, you know? Um, just because the teacher talks to me about it doesn't mean I can't continue to do it. If that's if that's what you're saying, the interview of the
student is the moment that stops the action. I I don't think there's any correlation to it really. There has to be some other action because you can send me home and if I'm doing it digitally, I'll go home and do it digitally, you know. Director Baker,
>> call the question. >> Okay, so we are calling to question approval of the um >> the amendment. >> Sorry, the amendment correct by Swanson and seconded by Reikenberger. Correct.
Thank you. Um all in favor Matt, will you restate it one more time >> or? >> Yes, >> the idea. Um [clears throat] it would be I would move to amend the proposed uh
revision of the policy to include under section five of school district action an additional section G um which states that uh in the event that the hazing um is to the level of potential criminal conduct that prior to a student being
questioned their parent be notified and and provided the opportunity to be present during questioning of the student. >> So before I get to that vote, there's a call to question vote. So um do we want to cease discussion and and move to a vote? All in favor of um of that say I.
>> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. Call the question. Um was approved. So now moving um to consideration of the amendment that Matt just articulated. All in favor of that amendment say I. >> I. >> Dr. Regenburgger, Swanson, and Thompson.
All opposed say no. >> Nay. >> No. Uh, Director Baker, uh, Cameron, and Anderson. So, we are back to the original policy as presented um through the MSBA audit. Any further discussion?
Okay. Oh, Director Thompson. >> Yeah. So, >> so I need to clarify. I think I was I I misspoke. the school district actions were to say, "Hey, um when there is uh a hazing event that has been reported
and confirmed, uh then they would notify the parents that such event has occurred." And so I think I'd like to kind of uh it's kind of again after the fact that um that is being notified. And so back to director Swanson's comment,
you know, it's the the students may be in a position where they're talking to a variety of adults and may not know, you know, whether whatever they say or may not say. And so I I I think I'd like to uh change letter E where it says school
officials will be notified. >> Can you say what page you on? >> Oh, uh I don't know what page it is. It >> section >> or what section? >> Section five, letter E. Okay. Thank you. School officials will be notified will notify the parents or guardians of students who are targets or victims of
hazing and the parents or guardians of the alleged perpetrator perpetrators of hazing who have been involved in a reported and confirmed hazing incident of the remedial or disciplinary disciplinary action taken uh to the extent permitted by law. And so I think
I'd like I'd like to change it to uh parents uh school officials will notify the parents or guardians of students uh who are targets or or victims of hazing when a hazing investigation is initiated and when a reported hazing incident is
confirmed. So two notifications. >> What uh so an amendment right? Correct. >> Yes. >> Okay. Is there a second? >> Second. All right. First by uh Thompson, second by Swanson. Director Anderson,
>> can I clarify? I mean, would this be satisfied by just saying So, I I think I hear what you're saying that you want the parent notified whether anything is reported. So, if it's not confirmed, you still want the parent notified. >> Yeah. Yeah. When it's initiated and when
a reported hazing incident is confirmed. So the way the language is written right now is that we would only inform the parents when we have confirmed and hazing incident has been confirmed. >> What if you just take out and confirmed? So they've been involved in a reporting
hazing incident. >> Yeah, I'm fine with that because again it's again >> not two time points, it's just one. >> Correct. But but the intent is to let parents know that your child is involved in an incident
before you know before it it it happens. So be >> before the investigation happens. >> Before the investigation, yes, like your child has been informed, we've we've been informed that your child is has been alleged to be in an incident. Uh
and we are going to do some sort of investigation on your child. What I don't want to happen is come home and my child says, "Guess what? I was in a meeting for 3 hours for what? For XYZ, you know, like I I should know before my child gets home that something like that
occurred at school." >> Superintendent Bowman, similar to the previous policy, what is the practice happening in the schools? the the notification uh because incidents get reported and
may not have any substance to them uh is provided after the incident is confirmed. That's typically what happens. >> Okay. >> Okay. Other comments or questions? So, Brian, will you restate your motion one more time to amend?
>> Yes. Uh, I think the motion >> the the amendment is to change the word uh or re remove ED right reported. So, uh who have been involved
in a reported and confer who have been involved in a hazing incident. Well, >> initiated. Yeah, I would like I would like so before I make a motion, I think I I my preference
would be that we as a district uh are again doing our best to inform our parents, here's what's going on with your kid and if an extra phone call is warranted before you invest you begin the investigation, great. Or if you begin the investigation and very very
shortly thereafter to let them know, hey, we're going to an investigation has started. uh I think I as a parent would want to know that kind of information >> and it's my understanding that is what is happening. So I mean it's a similar conversation right to the previous policy is like is it should it be
written in the policy where if we mess up one time we are liable or do we continue our best practices which has not resulted in any complaints or challenges. So, that's that's where I'm coming from.
Other um questions or comments about the amendment? >> Okay. Moving forward um with uh Director Thompson amendment. All in favor say I. >> I mean, you made a motion amendment,
right? >> Yes. >> Yeah. And you just said it. >> Yes. I approve. Yes. >> Okay. Thompson Swanson. >> Okay. All oppose say nay. >> Nay. >> Nay. Um Rekenberger, Anderson, Cameron, [cough and clears throat] and Baker. Um
amendment fails. Back to the original um redlinined edit [clears throat] from the MSBA audit. Any further discussion? >> I call the question on the on the policy. >> Uh Director Reikenberger calls to question. Um all in favor say I.
>> I. Any opposed? [cough] Okay, we'll move to vote on um the the policy as presented in the board packet. All in favor of approving um the redline copy say I. >> I. >> I. Any opposed?
>> No. >> Um motion passes 42 with nays from Swanson and Thompson. Did I get that correct everyone? Okay, >> great. All right, moving on to um we do not have any consent agenda discussion items and sorry I felt I forgot to say
at the beginning um we can discuss this at at our work session but I put this I put the consent agenda discussion down here just to help us triage in the event we have things we want to pull from consent but aren't immediate or if we have a lot of speakers that day to help
get that through and then we can return to it or decide to table it if um like for example when we tabled these policies um but if if if the board doesn't prefer that, we can discuss a different way to handle it. So that that's why it's there. Um board member reports. Anything to
report? Yeah, Director Anderson. Uh we had a lovely time at the Home and Garden Expo. Several of us were there. I wanted to thank Director Baker for bringing an awesome activity that the kids loved. Um, so the sensory bottles were a big hit and it was just great to see a lot
of our students featured there and just our community members present. So thanks for all who attended. >> Yeah, and thanks to Kim Olson for getting us prepped for the day. That was really nice. Thank you. >> Other updates? Director Baker, >> I just want to give a shout out to the
students that attended the young entrepreneurs section of the home and garden show. Um, I made several purchases at that location. um an ice dyed tie-dyed shirt. I didn't know that was something that you can do, but that was really cool. Um also spoke to some
students that were [snorts] making their own stickers and just all kinds of creativity going on there and I love to see students sharing their passion. So um if you didn't get a chance to check that out, it was it was a great addition and I know that um the Panrog also has a young entrepreneur section that they
have the street fair. So another opportunity coming up. >> Great. Other updates? Um, I was able to attend the community ed advisory a few weeks ago. Um, and the advisory spent bulk of the time looking
at other districts uh program guide to see what what appealed to people, what um people liked about ours, what they would change um in an effort to improve our marketing uh for uh for the community ad offering booklet. And then
um last night I was at the early childhood advisory. Um that group is just I mean all the all the advisories are great, but in particular um this group of young with young kids are rock stars. Um they had a silent auction in the last couple weeks where they raised over $5,000 for their program. Um so
thanks if anybody donated um to that. And uh there are some really great prizes I hear like a wine party for 20 20 people as part of the silent action. Um, and I think the big news over there is, um, as we all know, the the program is moving out for the summer to allow
for renovations. And so there's a lot of effort by the ECF team and and, um, early childhood to to get the space ready for renovations. And the parent advisory is um, helping with those efforts. So, thanks for that. Uh, with that, I'll turn over to Superintendent Bowman for his report.
>> Okay, just uh, one item I want to share. Um the advisory council application process opens uh April 6th through the 24th. So I want just want to highlight that as an opportunity for our Lakeville area schools families and students, our
staff and community members to get more involved and also to provide input and feedback for the district and our schools programs. Uh I know there's lots of interest there. Our district has nine advisory councils covering a variety of essential topics available for
participation which include finance, teaching and learning, special education and wellness. Um the application process for Lakeville area schools advisory council positions for 2627 school year um again opens uh
the 6th through the 24th of April and you can go to isd194.org or to learn more about uh opportunities uh if you want to apply. So, just want to share that with our community. >> Great. Thanks, Michael. All right. Um I'd like to entertain a motion to move
to closed meeting pursuant to Minnesota statute 13D.05 subdivision 3A to evaluate the performance of an individual who is subject to the board's authority which um is superintendent Bowman. Um so with that, is there a motion to move to close session?
>> So moved. Uh, first by Reichenberger. Is there a second? >> Second by Swanson. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right, we will move to close session. So, thanks everyone. We need to close the close the doors.
I think we're just going to stay here.