Like to call this meeting to order. This is a regular meeting of the Board of Education, Matawan-Aberdeen Public Schools, Monday, June 22nd, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. Um See here. Roll call of attendance, please.
>> Uh Director Doman? >> Here. >> Director Peterson? >> Here. >> Director Stout? >> Here. >> Director Donna? >> Here. >> Director Regan? >> Here. >> Thank you.
Okay. Uh next, uh looking for approval of the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? >> You should do the Pledge of Allegiance. >> goodness. I'm so sorry. I told you today I just felt off all day. Um please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Sorry about that. Um
Okay, let's go to approval of the agenda. I'm looking for a motion to approve tonight's agenda. Moved by Director Peterson. Is there a second? Seconded by Director Doman. Uh any discussion? Uh roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman? >> Yes.
>> Director Peterson? >> Yes. >> Director Stout? >> Aye. >> Director Donna? >> Aye. >> Director Regan? >> Aye. >> I vote yes as well. Motion carries. Uh next, looking for approval of the
consent agenda. Roll call vote, please. Oh my goodness. What is going on with my brain tonight? [laughter] >> Looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda this evening. Move by Director Oh my goodness. Um do I need some caffeine? Um Director Peterson, is there a second?
>> Second. >> Second by Director Doman. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Aye. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout. >> Aye. >> Donna. >> Aye. Aye. >> Director Reagan.
>> Aye. >> Myself, aye. >> Motion carries. Um I actually have had a diet Coke today, so I'm not sure. >> Okay. >> Good good point. >> All right, sorry. >> Um we're going to move on to next uh number seven, presentations recognition. We're going to start with the MAEF
Fund-a-Need, Kate Krampy. And as Kate Krampy walks up here, I do want to acknowledge so Kate um you may or may not know, but Kate has been the gala chair for the past six years. We're let we're releasing her now, which
um is difficult for us because um it's been a huge undertaking and Kate has um done it as a volunteer for many years um and so we want to thank you for all of your work. We're excited to hear what you have to report, but I also just want
to take this moment to really just thank you for all you've done in terms of the gala, but also for MAEF, you've been a champion for the district repeatedly. When there's been a big project, you've answered the call, so thank you, Kate. >> Absolutely, it's been my pleasure. Good evening, members of the school board and
Superintendent Defrin. Um my name is Kate Krampy. I'm a parent in the district and for about the next 17 days, a MAEF board trustee. Um I wanted to give you guys just a little bit of a highlight of what we did over the last um year. So um bear with
me as I go through some highlights. Um in 2025-2026, we as a board distributed nearly nine $90,000 in classroom grants to teachers. Um, some of these things included 38,000 dollars for teacher professional development, ukuleles for the preschool
music education, heart rate monitors for phy ed and special education classrooms at Wildwood and Minnetonka Middle School, programs for advanced learners at O.H. Anderson, culinary [clears throat] equipment for family and consumer sciences classroom
at the high school, um, funding to support engineering and programming at the high school, and tools to support mental health initiatives throughout the district. In addition to that, we awarded 59,500 dollars in post-secondary scholarships.
Um, 39 of those scholarships went to 33 students. And this year we did add two new scholarship funds, the Wendy Wendy Jo Schaefer Memorial Scholarship in memory of a 2007 grad, and the Kelly Kirkpatrick Menozzi Scholarship in
memory of a 1988 graduate of Minnetonka. And then to the big reason I'm here tonight, um, on April 10th we had the, I think it was the 37th Zephyr Gala, um, and it was a great night. Um, my favorite thing about the Zephyr Gala is
the connection in the community with educators, with families, with grandparents, with supporters, with people that work at the district, people that support the school district. Very positive night. Um, our most successful fund-a-need this year, um, a fund-a-need
is something the the board works with the district to select each year and it's a special project. Um, this year that that project was to replenish our Angel Fund. It had been since 2020 that we gave it a
boost, so it was not only being depleted, but we also wanted to take a look at >> [clears throat] >> what are basic needs that we should consider of a student. So, really kind of opening that that scope to look at what students need
um for their experience as a student at Monta Vista and and sort of limiting those barriers based on on their circumstance. So, um drum roll, no big check this year because we it's just a different type of fund a need, but we raised $100,000 at
the Sabre Gala this year. So, it was our most successful one um yet. And just to give you an idea of what we funded last year with the Angel Fund, uh we supported back to school supplies for 116 Monta Vista students, daily snacks for 100 Monta Vista
students, weekend backpack for the food program for 100 students including two meals, two breakfast, two fruits, two bars, um protein and granola. And we also supported the care closets in each of the five buildings where students can
discreetly obtained supplies that they need, hygiene products, or winter clothing. And in addition, we fulfilled 170 I'm sorry, excuse me, 107 individual family and student requests for assistance including things like gas cards, um bus lift
cards, grocery gift cards, bedding, clothing, gym shoes, boots, household supplies, personal hygiene items, extracurricular and school supplies. So, um when I mentioned that we wanted to think about what we we fund as we go forward with this great influx of of
money, we want to take a look at um programs that students aren't able to access because of their financial situation. And and that would be a part of the Angel Fund as well. So, the need has continued to grow in our community and others as well. So, super happy to be a part of it. It's been a pleasure to
work with my fellow board members at MEF and um look forward to supporting from a different role. Hey, thank you. Any comments questions for Kate? >> I'll make a quick comment. Kate, I want to say thank you for the service that
you provided to MAEF. I'm fortunate to have a bit of an inside peek into the work that you do and it's incredible how much effort you put into it and it clearly shows based on how great the event has been and every year the attendance and the interest in the event just continues to
grow because honestly I think people have such fun time at it. So it's great that we're that you're able to organize such a fun event that gives back to the community and to the school district. So thank you very much. >> I also want to sort of yes and that and Kate I've seen it firsthand for a number
of years your work with MAEF and it's incredible your organization, the level of detail and how hard you work on it. It's incredible and the things that you've done to bring resources to classrooms across the
district and it's just incredible. So that gala is a very large task and every year you just like absolutely crush it. I don't know what else to say but crush it. So thank you and enjoy those last 17 days or whatever you said
the days. Anything else? Should we take a photo with Kate? Kate, it's photo time. Okay. Ryan, you got to go in the middle. >> [laughter] >> Okay, next is superintendent's report, Superintendent DeFrain. >> Here it comes. Okay.
There we go. Just um as always, just a little review of some things around the district. Awards and noteworthy news and upcoming events. Um so it since we last were together, we celebrated the end of the uh school year. One of our favorite things you see
in the middle there, I think, is is that is that when the fire trucks come? Is that the video of the fire trucks? Okay. Um we had the Wildwood walk a when our um seniors come and walk over to our grad our new uh almost graduates come over to walk over
to Wildwood and then, you know, you see that fire truck the fire trucks come and have some fun with the kids, so it was a a fun end of the school year. Um just these we had a successful graduation ceremony and what you see
here are a few of our by the numbers that we always like to share about our our senior class. Um just so you get kind of a a snapshot of of who makes up our class of 2026. We also got uh to participate in the
Passages graduation. This for me this just felt like a special one because I feel like we've been um with this group for quite some time. They've been with us and so it just it's it was a special group of kids and it Passages graduation always is and it's
always nice to see the um Passages students who come back to sit in the back row and cheer on their friends, so another another fun graduation. Some things coming up uh Community Ed one uh the fall catalog. It's it's not
too early to be thinking about fall. The fall catalog is coming up soon. Um and uh we also have a little picture there of our preschool graduate and that was uh their couple board members were able to participate in the preschool graduation as well.
It's always hard when um this comes in it's June, but look at that. We have we do our back to school information up on our website. So if anyone's getting a head start on anything, they can um start looking there on our website. We had a breakfast for future educators
and this is something we started um three-ish years ago, I think. Um and look at that look at that group. It was the biggest group we've ever had. These are the class of 2026 students who are entering the field of education and that's the plan. So this is our our biggest group of
of soon-to-be educators. Congratulations to all of them. Congratulations also to the Mod Medai baseball team uh with their their most recent state championship to add to their their long list. Um
it was a fun game. I hate to say they 10 runned the other team in the championship game, but but it always it feels it feels bad for the other team, but yeah, wasn't it something that was a great performance by our by our team. Sorry, we love to say they
10 run them in the championship game, I guess. They shortened the game. Um our you heard about this another time that our theater students won um that that that actually it was the technical crew that won this uh big award for Spotlight Education Program
achievement in musical theater. And um this this is a picture of some of the cast that went and were able to perform and then there was a video about our our um our crew as well. So, congratulations to them.
We've had we had a couple uh state champions. There is Eric Defour who won who set a state won the state title and set the record in class double A in the triple jump. Um Andrew Russell had the
state class double A record and he broke it um by 4 in on his in winning that. So, it was really you should watch the video if you can if you uh to if you can because it's it's pretty fun to see him both clear um 6'11.5" and
then the celebration afterwards, so. And then upcoming events, we have concert in the park July 22nd. Uh don't forget the community garage sale. Um there it's a fundraiser for community ed and so um take a look at that. There click that link and see what
they're looking for so that you can donate and participate in that community garage sale. And then once again I won't mention it but we have some back to school dates on there as well. Um, and that's it. Any questions about that? Before we move on also as part of my
superintendent report I want to recognize Jen Reichel. This is her last meeting with us. This is her last week with us in the district. She is off to another um, position but we want to thank you for you've spent a lot of time with us explaining curriculum data
processes, world's best workforce that it has now another name and um, you've done a lot of a lot of work for our district and um, really taking a lot of our systems to a new level in curriculum and um, I I know that
you've had an impact a very big impact both internally and externally with our community as well. So congratulations on your new position. And thanks for all your work with us. Mhm. >> Um, any other questions or comments?
Thank you Dr. Reichel. Good luck in your next position and I think the end of the year events are always so fun. So just such a great great time to celebrate all the things. Um, and I'm sure everyone's really excited to look at that back to school thing on the website cuz they're thinking back to school right now.
>> [laughter] >> Um, let's move on to the number nine discussion information items the board member calendar of events. Are there any items in our upcoming calendar for July and August that anybody would like to call out? Dr. Peterson. >> Yes.
I'm not seeing a study session in August. Do we only have one meeting? A regular school board meeting? Not. Okay. I'm just making sure. >> Was there where >> It's August 10th. >> It would be.
>> Can't hear you, Jenny. Can't hear you, Jenny. >> Can't hear me, Paul? I'm trying to get us another meeting. >> It's on our calendars. >> Any other items on the calendar to call out? Just want to make sure everyone is
paying attention to that Wednesday, July 15th that meeting time is it's a Wednesday one and it's at 4:00. Okay. Okay. All right. Uh moving on to number 10 action items. Um item A, approval of donations and grants for May 2026
totaling $84,621.38. Is there a motion? A move by Director Doman. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second by Director Peterson. Any discussion? All donations and grants are greatly appreciated. The use of these funds will be to further the mission of the school
district and are used towards the wishes of the donor. Any other discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Aye. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout. >> Aye. >> Director Donna.
>> Aye. >> Director Regan. >> Aye. >> Well, >> The motion carries. Um 10B, approval of Northeast Metro 916. Who is that going to >> It it's um you can see him. He's just
>> He's getting ready. >> Here he comes. Yes. >> Him. >> Good evening. So, this is something that you do annually, which is approve the long-term facility maintenance allocation for
intermediate 916. And so, uh in your in your board packet, you can see there is a I'm going to just direct you to the one that's labeled a fiscal year 28 LTFM cooperative allocation. So, you can see how that breaks down
between the member districts. Everybody gets allocated a portion. And what happens is we act as a flow-through. Those revenues come to us and then they get allocated back out to 916. And all of the member districts have approved this allocation. So, um
I'd just like to get a get your approval. We need we need to approve that as well. >> Is there a reason why we wouldn't approve it? >> No. >> Does this go to Century, that place in Lake Elmo for behavior? It's where our students
>> No, it's it's for intermediate 916. So, that's >> So, yes, it goes to it goes to the the buildings where we have programs. >> students. >> It probably does not go to Century College because I would imagine we lease that position that that building, but it's more along the lines of the
buildings that 916 owns. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Mhm. >> And what are the percentage allocations based on? >> Oh, boy. Uh >> Student count. >> Yeah. Yeah, you can see, you know, South Washington County
has the biggest allocation. Largest district. >> Make a motion to approve. >> I motion There's a motion by Director Doman to approve Northeast Metro 916 LTFM as a >> Second. >> Second.
>> Uh second by Director Stout. Any further discussion? >> I just wanted Oh. Go ahead. Thank you, Chair. I I just want I just want to say that um as the
representative to the 916 board, I I see firsthand all of the work that um happens, and I really commend that commend the district for what they do. I also want to commend our special ed
director and what we do internally. We work closely with 916 to ensure that if we can keep the students in district we do and then for those who need the supports of 916 then we work with 916 and I I think we we just do a really
nice job on both ends of that and just really want to call that out. >> Thank you. Any further discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye.
>> Director Stout. >> Aye. >> Director Donna. >> Aye. >> Director Reagan. >> Aye. >> Aye, as well. Motion carries. Thank you. Next item is item C, the approval of the long-term facilities
maintenance plan and this is Adam Gimmended. >> Good evening, everybody. My name is Adam Gimmended. I'm the facility manager for Mounds View United School District. Um like >> I just want to check, can you hear him online? And you might need to move that up a
little bit closer, Adam, I think. >> Can Can I make it go up any more? >> I'll give us the That's a maybe, I think. >> Can you hear me now, Paula? >> Can you hear him now? >> Okay, I'll try to talk closer to the mic. Um Like Tim was just saying, the long-term
facility maintenance 10-year expenditure application is an annual thing that we need school board approval on every year. Um heavily there's there's 10-year I believe all of you have been shared with the spread spreadsheet and then some of
you have seen it in the facility meeting that we just had. Um we have the base year on here and then fiscal year 27 through fiscal year 36. However, we're heavily um focused on fiscal year 28, so next summer for facility improvements.
Um for projects and um the years after that 29 through 36 can are subject to change as far as what we're looking at doing for projects depending on our building needs. Um for fiscal year 28 um
we have some of the same expenditures that we do every year for health and safety items and then um some of the annual stuff that we still do for gym floor refinish, um gym inspections and then also mechanical systems for bigger
repairs and then for professional services and salaries and then the big ticket item we're looking at is figuring out a solution for O.H. Anderson parking lot on the south end which is currently in pavers, some of it is. So, um
So, tonight yep, so I'm just looking for it's like I said it's annual. We just have to have school board approval on a yearly basis this and then once we have school board approval this gets submitted to MDE so we can move forward with our projects for next year.
>> What questions do you have for Adam? >> I don't have any questions, but as a member of the facilities sub committee Adam it was very thorough and well thought out and and uh I think everything was explained well, so I would be in recommendation of moving forward with approval.
>> I'm looking for the motion um the long-term facilities maintenance plan. Is that a motion by Director Doman? >> Assuming there's no other questions from the board, yes. >> Second. A motion by Director Domans, uh second by Director Peterson. Any further
discussion? >> Madam Chair. >> Director Donna. >> Um I don't have Was there something in the packet that I missed? >> Um it's the >> the >> 10C.
>> My question relates to um the funding of the LTMF plan. And is that funded through the annual levy going forward or is there a contemplation for borrowing during this time frame that we're
approving it? >> Um th- this is based off of our our um the fund that we get from the state. Um Tim, or would you be able to answer that question better? >> So, funding for this comes through a mixture of levy and aid. Um and so we
got about $930,000 in levy dollars that come into the district uh depending on the formula. And then about uh I think we're about $280,000 of aid that uh flows through. Did that answer the question?
>> It does. Thank you much. >> Any other discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Domans. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout. >> Aye. >> Director Donna. >> Aye. >> Director Reagan. >> Aye.
>> Well >> Motion carried. Um thank you. Next item D is uh Tim Erickson approval of the 2026-2027 preliminary budget. >> So, here is the the time you approve the
preliminary budget. And then we'll come back as we've talked about before, we'll come back with revisions um as needed when we see larger changes or adjustments. Um and I I'm anticipating we'll come back late uh late fall after that Blue Ribbon Commission has met.
And uh so tonight uh I'm just going to run through some of the some of the uh bigger changes that have happened since the 8th. And then also I just wanted to note that uh you'll approve what's called our new revision for for this this current year
26, that's our cleanup which we talked about before. And along with that you'll approve the preliminary 27 budget. So if we pull up uh Yeah, you can actually I'm just going to say there there's really there haven't been a lot of major changes on on that
assumptions page. Um we've got a few changes on the sources of revenue page. So if we look at uh the basic revenue allowance, that is our largest piece of state aid and [clears throat] that's uh made up of of several different components.
We've actually adjusted this one to avoid what uh we're seeing and are hearing about occasionally when there's a double counting of revenue. So um you'll see this this number has actually uh increased net wise but uh we've
allocated portions like staff development and learning and development, those are restricted funds. They're now now moved down to different line items so that they're separated out. It's less of a less of a chance for a double counting error there. Um so uh if we get down to the next line
down which is uh other general education aid, uh there we have uh see we went up, that one was increased uh with the pension uh TRA pension aid, that was a uh additional funding that came through
for the year. So, that one's been increased all across the whole budget from 25 26 all the way through all the way through 28 29. And special education aid, when we get down a couple lines below that, uh that change uh
mainly when we look at 26 27, um when look when we're looking at the projections that the state puts out, um they're very very rough, so we can't actually use that number. It would be much higher, and most likely we would not realize that uh in the end, so we're
always a little conservative with this number, but uh when I was looking at it, I thought we could push that up a little bit more than it was before, so uh that moved up uh in 26 27 preliminary budget, and then followed through uh through in 28 29 as
well. >> So, may I may I stop you for a second? So, when you um made those adjustments to special education aid, were you keeping the Blue Ribbon Commission in mind as part of that? >> Yes. >> Anticipating that we'll have reductions there to aid?
>> Yeah, very Yeah, being being still being pretty conservative, I just felt that we could push maybe maybe maybe I was a little too conservative, so we could push this up a bit. >> Okay. >> Okay. And then uh let's see what else do we have here.
That's mainly Those are the Those are the bigger items. And so, when you get down to the bottom, uh you can see the see the revenues um in total. I won't read through all of those. And when we get to the uses of revenue or the expenditures, uh there
have been no changes in those. So, those all remain the same. And then you can see the net result uh when you go to that next page down, revenue over under that line there, so you can see use
we're slightly higher or actually slightly lower in our revenue, which is our planned deficit in 20 fiscal 26 of about 795,000. Uh that was a little higher in the last version of this that you you saw.
And uh we're also And we're also a little bit lower in the 27 preliminary. So, that is That's a surplus budget. We have 130,000, so it's just about a break-even. And same with uh 27 28, it's just about
break-even, I would say, with a $86,000 deficit. And then uh we get out to 28 29, and we've got a $676,000 deficit. And again, you know, I want to I don't just want to mention the $676,000
deficit. It would amount to about a 1% reduction in expenses. We've got We've got time. We've got time to adjust uh certainly for that, and uh it's uh you know, I think it's certainly a manageable number, for sure.
So, with that, uh there's one more page. You can go to the last one, Dennis. You can keep going down. Okay. And then these are all of the funds. So, we've got, you know, not only general fund, but general fund accounts for almost everything we do. Uh we've also got food
service. Uh that one uh will is planned to go up from about 1,392,000 to 1,600,000, almost 1,600,000, which means we're generating additional income, which is a good thing, because we need to keep reinvesting uh in equipment, food service equipment
uh is uh fairly pricey, uh larger dollar items. Uh community education, you can see the same thing. That fund is uh looking like We're projecting about a $1.5 million balance at the end of '27.
Uh the construction fund, that one is going to hop around quite a bit. It's pretty tough. We're going to We're going to be working and doing construction uh generally over three about three fiscal years. So, uh this one uh accounts for the the
first first half of bonding money. Uh and that's in that beginning balance of $15 million. And then we'll issue another half the other half of that bonding you know, depending on timing. We're going to We'll definitely be looking at timing when we issue that. But that
would be about $14 million. And then projected expenses, that's the tough one because we don't know exactly what year all of those expenses are going to hit. Uh but we're going to We're going to be having more of the more of those expenses will be more on the back end. So, in the summer of '27,
we'll be doing a a majority of the work. So, about $15 million is what what the estimate is now. And then debt service, the final fund. And that one is just a function of our bond all of our bond outstanding bond payments. So, principal plus interest.
And uh and then we have one proprietary fund. And that just means that's a that is a self-funded Our dental self-funded, so uh we uh collect premiums from employees. The district kicks in money out of the general fund. And that one um
I I would like to draw down the fund balance a little bit because it's it's plenty high. Um we just we really don't need it to be that high. So, that one will go go from 455,000 estimated down to 395,000.
And then down at the very bottom, uh we've got the fund balance. So, So, again, this is the policy-related fund balance for the general fund. So, uh at the end of this year, we're we're estimating a a 9.47%
of expenditures. so that's uh almost a percent and a half above the minimum policy of 8%. And then in 2026-2027, uh we drop down a little bit to to about 8.8%. Any questions? >> Director Peterson.
>> I have two. I happen to be sandwiched between two school districts that passed huge levies and building bonds and are now looking at they have very large deficits that their school board is dealing with. Can
you go back up two slides? Yeah. So, this really helps to see those numbers at the bottom. Even on our worst day, which it won't be 676, we're not looking at millions. So, when
you say you're conservative and we ask so many questions, is this keeping us from not being those two districts that build new schools, pass bonds and levies, and then now are looking at huge deficits?
>> Well, it's a it's a great question. I I would probably start by saying, you know, when you when you're bonding for construction, that's all those funds can be used for. They can't be used for anything for any operating expense. So, um if if they have they're running large
deficits, a lot of districts, which a lot of districts are, uh they're struggling with we're all struggling with increased cost pressures. Uh and so that's that's one of the things. Um we've done a few things to bring down some of our expenditure areas.
Um I can't I can't quite speak to specifically about those two districts, but >> Can you just My gut is just that I mean we won't be and can't be hit with that surprise post construction. Correct? Based on that.
>> Right, yeah. We're So, I'll I'll just add another piece that you know, when we look at what we're at we're adding we're adding about 10,000 square feet of space in different areas. And our only our our biggest one of our
costs in personnel would be a half-time custodian and it's you know, it's very minimal. So, yeah, but great question. I wish I had a little more specifics for you. Hopefully that helps. >> I know how surprised other residents are
at the deficit their school is facing after passing levies and bonds. >> Yeah, I think uh with with that reference with that operating referendum, it puts us in in a very good position for the next several years out. Of course, nobody has a
crystal ball to tell what exactly would happen, but yeah, we're we're in a very good position. >> Thank you. Oh. Can I second question? second question? I know a couple of us have been >> [clears throat] >> bugging you or Barb about shopping out food
service. When is our contract up with that? And when can we start shopping? >> All right. So, we're going to we will do a one-year contract with Stillwater. And then we'll we'll begin the process fairly shortly. The the state has a very
lengthy and involved process to go out. Uh so, we all have to we'll have to follow their process, but we'll start we'll start this fall. >> Okay, thank you. >> Uh I just want to add thank you for this, Tim. Uh we saw this we at the study session we talked about it then we
asked questions at that point and um so, I guess my comment is just thank you for bringing this back and then there's even more specifics than when we talked last time a little bit here. So, thank you for that. Um what other questions I just want to see online, make sure
I'm seeing anything from either one of them. Okay. Um with that, I'm looking for a motion to approve the 2026-2027 preliminary budget. >> So moved. >> A move by Director Peterson. Is there a second? >> Second.
>> Second by Director Doman. Any further discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson. >> I. >> Director Stout. >> I. >> Director Donna. >> I. >> Director Reagan. >> I.
>> I as well. The motion carries. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Item E, approval of the Mahtomedi Youth Hockey Association, the MYHA DEC Rink Enhancement Project. So, we got a very comprehensive um presentation
at our last study session. Uh Christina Lucius is here from the Youth Hockey Association once again, in case you have any other questions. Um but I did share with you a resolution that outlines what it would be that we're asking you to approve. Um it's related It It
highlights what the project entails, what as a district we are asking for um from the hockey association before any kind of improvements happen. And um so, that is attached here in um board book,
but it's also something that we've discussed. So, if you have questions about it, I'm happy to answer those. But, essentially um if all of the conditions are met within that uh resolution, then um our the administration would sign off on
approving the project. And the project is one that will um serve community needs. It can serve uh youth needs in terms of that skating rink in the DEC. Um and it's a pretty um visionary. We've got some visionaries on
that um youth hockey association board who are really looking at um doing some great things for kids. So, we certainly want to um support that work and at the same time recognize that it is um the rinks are not something that the
district the district owns, but the district doesn't use for programs. And so, it's um our resolution kind of highlights both of those things. And so, do you if you have any questions, again, um Christine Lucius is here to answer any
of those if you have any from last time. I think that let's see if anyone >> Any questions from anybody on the board? Uh with that, I'm looking for a motion to approve the Mat-Su Youth Hockey Association DEC rink enhancement project. >> I'll move. >> A move by Director Whitsett. Is there a
second? Seconded by Director Doman. Any further discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Oh, wait. There's further discussion. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Did I miss you? Sorry about that. Director Peterson. >> Uh I just wanted to share uh two highlights since Christina's not
speaking. She did go around to any neighbor whose property touches the rinks or the district education center up there. That property and every single neighbor has signed off with ink that they are okay with any enhancements up there. And the second thing on Friday afternoon in
about 4 hours, uh made $30,000 at a fundraiser. >> And I'm sorry, is there anything else that you wanted to be able to say? That Okay. Okay. So for those of you can't hear because
she doesn't have a microphone, she did turn in 28 documents to us. So. Any further discussion? Uh roll call vote. >> Director Doman. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout.
>> Aye. >> Director Donna. >> Aye. >> Director Reagan. >> Aye. >> Aye as well. >> Motion carries. Thank you. Uh next item is item F, the approval of 2026-2027, the resolution for membership in the
Minnesota State High School League, and that is Superintendent Duffrin. >> Okay, and again, this is something we do annually um in order to participate in the Minnesota State High School League, we do need to approve this resolution. And so um I don't have anything to tell
you except that it's attached here, and I am looking for um approval. >> I'll move. >> All right. Uh there's a motion to approve the 2026-2027 resolution for membership Minnesota State High School League. Is there a second? Oh, and by Director Peterson,
sorry. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Director Doman. >> Uh any discussion? >> Madam Chair. >> Director Donna. >> Um Director Doman, I know last time we considered this,
um there was discussion at the table regarding the State High School League's view with regard to allowing males to compete in female sports. Has there been any update from the State High School League concerning with with respect to their
view on that? >> No, there is not. I've I've got a letter >> I can't hear him. >> Can you hear me now? >> Yeah, that's better. Thanks, Ryan. >> Um no, I brought the topic up at multiple meetings
and I've been told that it is not something they plan to address. Once there is an update, they will distribute the update via their legal channels. >> Okay. >> Now, I I do know that as a group we did discuss at some point having the Minnesota State High School League
representative come in to meet with us directly. I don't know if we formally made that request. I don't believe we have. >> We also talked about it that this is um something that you know, if our students are going to be participating in high school activities
and athletics, that this is the route we go through every year, right? There's not a plan B or another option. >> Yep. >> Um so, I just want to We know we talked about that last summer as well when this topic came up. Um and yes, um I I guess I'll stop there.
Any other discussion? >> I do I do have a follow-up if I may. >> Go ahead, Director Donna. >> So, um Barb, um is what do we have protocol with respect to if there are students that participate
on a team that um for whatever reason do not feel comfortable or do not feel safe if if they were to be competing against um
boys in a female sport, how do how does the district Is there is there a an avenue for the for the our athletes to express their concerns to coaches or staff? And how would we
address that? >> Um so you were asking about I believe you're asking about when transgender students are participating in sports. And um I will just say that I I um we have to my know I have nothing has been
brought to me in terms of concerns from any of our athletes or families. Um and so at this point I don't have anything to report. Um and I I guess in general I I just say
that has not been something that I've I work with. And and I will say also that there a lot of issues that um happen with children and students and families that never make it to me because um our
teachers and administrators work well with with uh our students to figure out how to best support all children in feeling safe and supported in our schools. So I'll just give you a very general answer because at this point nothing I
have nothing specific to offer. >> Um I will also add that at the end of each season like when a athlete participates or in in an activity as well there's a survey that goes out um that I would imagine Director Donahue would be a place for some feedback as
well to the coaches or the program. I mean I I that's just what I recall from my own kids experience. Um and I guess the last thing I'll say on this is um the motion that we have on the table here is to um for the resolution for membership in the Minnesota State
High School League and that um the the question was asked by the board a year ago and brought up by Director Domann to the Minnesota State High School League without any new information or anything. So um um I guess that's where I'm going to say
that's where it sounds like that's where the Minnesota State High School League is going to make that the or that's not part of us being a part of this. I That's just my two cents that this resolution is for us to be a part of the Minnesota State High School League. Period.
>> Yeah, I I understand that and I'm just trying to get answers to questions concerning um the membership of the High School League. I mean, frankly, um their their unwillingness to address
this issue and communicate to districts uh it's now it's over 12 months when this issue flies in the face of their their mission, which is to promote competitive fairness, safety of
athletes, um and the fact that they continue to, you know, just sweep it under the rug, so to speak. Um I I I just wanted to see if there was any further discussion and there hasn't been and that's
I I'll accept that um and I appreciate the conversation. >> I guess I would offer the perspective of the opposite of that that they're not sweeping it under the rug, but they're continuing to provide a place for all of all people to participate in activities and athletics. So, it's sort of a
two sides of the coin in my opinion, but um what further discussion do we have on this item? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout.
>> Aye. >> Director Garnaas. >> Aye. >> Director >> Aye. >> Aye, as well. >> Motion carries. Thank you. Um item G, approval of the resolution establishing the dates for filing affidavits candidacy for the open school
board member position. So, every 2 years we um approve this resolution and it's for um three seats that are up for um election in November. The filing
um dates are sorry, I think it's July 14th through the 28th. And so, this is a required resolution um that needs to happen for um every 2 years.
>> Just to note, it is a month early this year. >> Yes, it is it is now earlier than it used to be. >> Mhm. >> Any other comments about this item? >> I make a motion to approve. >> Motion to approve the resolution for
establishing dates for filing affidavits candidacy for open school board member positions by Director Doman. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second by Director Whitson. Any further discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson.
>> I. >> Director Stout. >> I. >> Director Donna. >> I. >> Director Regan. >> I. >> I as well. >> Motion carries. Thank you. Item H, approval of the final reading of policies is our third reading of these
policies. Superintendent Daffron. >> Yes, and I've received no other comments for these, so I'm bringing them back to you for the third and final reading. I do want to um call out that um one of the policies, policy 615 testing accommodations, we uh we discussed in
the policy committee to remove it as a policy, specifically because um we anything it just talks about what is required for MCA testing and that comes out in a a testing manual. Uh the board does not get involved at all in in that.
Um lots of districts do not carry this as a policy. Um I was surprised to see it in there, in fact. So, um we are recommending just removing that policy because, again, um any kind of testing accommodations, modifications, all of that is written
out um for districts in the the testing manuals that come regard and if there are any changes, we would follow those changes in that have to bring it back to you for a policy review. So, at any rate, all of these have been reviewed by the policy committee and
this is the third and final reading. So, I'm approving I'm I'm recommending approval for all of these. >> I'll move. >> Motion by Director Peterson for approving the final reading of policies. Is there a second? >> Second. >> A second by Director Doman.
Any further discussion? Okay, thank you. Any further discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Yes. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout. >> Aye. >> Director Donna. >> Aye. >> Director Reagan. >> Aye.
>> Well, >> motion carries. Thank you. Um that was item H. Um Okay. Um item 11, school board committee reports. Let's start with the AMSD and that is Director Donna. I believe. I think.
>> I believe so and unfortunately, I do not have a a report prepared for this evening. I will submit it. >> Okay. >> I was going to jump in, actually. did kind of go over this um at our study session because we did a legislative conversation, which is what the most
recent AMSD meeting was about. It was the legislative update. And so when we had our study session, we actually did go through some of the things that were talked about at AMSD. So um you're off the hook. >> Thank you. Thank you for saving my bacon. >> Yep.
Thank you. Next, Director Whitson, I believe has the MAEF update. >> I um >> I have that. >> Also don't have it. >> Yeah, that's me. Um and um I got distracted during a little while ago cuz did you see who snuck in the
back? Our old uh I did. Yeah. It's fun to see. You come back. We asked you to come back. So you can't see right now that our former uh school board member, Max, our student school board member, has snuck in the back. So sorry to the two of you who are
remote. Anyway, so people saw me smiling and like communicating in the press room and they >> Is he bored? >> Max walked in the door. What was that? I was wondering the same thing. Like did he not have anything to do on his or >> Yeah. >> I'm happy that you're here, Max. We'll get We'll get a We'll get a report from you later.
Um Uh so the most recent MAEF meeting that I attended, they did have one more meeting and that was uh the end of the year social and I I I was not there for that. But the um most recent uh full board meeting um the
the things that I a lot of what the conversation was um talking about grants and um and the nominating committee. I do believe now we are full. I think that I think we have all of our members. So we did
um we did talk a little bit about that and some new members joining. Um and sorry, I'm just looking through these notes. I was going to highlight. Oh, uh the Zephyr get-together is going to happen again in the fall. So, that's
always um a fun time. It will be at Pine Tree and they're just waiting to confirm the date as of last time. So, I will let you know once I know um that. And then, I think the biggest news is that there is a the search for the new executive director and I have
not gotten an update on that. So, I believe that is ongoing. That's my report. >> Any other questions for Barb on that? Okay, thank you. Uh let's move on to MSBA, which is Director Peterson.
>> Uh there are no Coffee and Conversations to join in July, but to start up again in August. MSBA is working on language for communities and school boards to understand this permanent school trust fund that will be on the ballot November 3rd.
MSBA is working on talking points uh because this will is a touchy vote in the fact that people won't understand what it means unless they're educated on it. And if you fill out your li- your ballot and just skip that,
um that is a no vote. So, if you start a ballot, but don't finish it, that's uh not good for the permanent school trust fund. >> Thank you. Um Here next, we have Dr. Stout on Northeast Metro 916.
>> Uh we met or 916 met on June 3rd and I just sent the summary to Leslie and she will get it to all of you. >> Thank you. Other uh reports? >> Um I will just add that uh this evening,
June 22nd, the Facilities Committee met and some of the items that were talked about were the summer 2026 planned projects, which include um some stadium turf maintenance. Um update or wood gym floors refinished.
Um and I believe that's an annual process. I think Adam's gone, but um tennis court resurfaced as well. Um so um that is happening this summer along with parking lot cracks filling that asphalt repair, concrete repair.
And also some new flooring at Wildwood on the first and second floor, new carpet replacement. So that was the summer planned projects. Um Is there anything I missed on that part? Who was at facilities tonight?
>> Question, Kelly. When or Barb, when do we hear from Wolder Armatage again? Is that month >> So month So monthly the um facilities committee gets an update from um Wold and Knutson, and so there'll be another
one in July. And then in August the full board will be hearing um again about all of the projects that we'll and be we'll be asking for approval before we go out to bid. >> With them here. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> So that'll happen in August. >> Mhm. >> And the two other items from the meeting tonight were the long-term facilities
maintenance 10-year plan, which we already talked about and voted on this evening. Um Oh, we talked about the long-term 10-year plan anyway at the meeting. Um and then number three was the uh fiscal year 27-28 OH Anderson parking lot project conversation about what's
going to happen there. So those were the items from tonight's facilities meeting. Are there any other committee reports? Okay. Um with that, uh we are going to move into closed session.
And so um with that, we will come back together just to open the meeting and then adjourn. So, at this point, we're going to thank everybody who's been here tonight. Um have a great evening and um um thanks for joining us. But, I'm looking for a motion to move to close session. >> So moved.
>> I'll move by Director Peterson. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second by Director Doman. Any further discussion? Um roll call vote, please. >> Director Doman. >> Yep. >> Director Peterson. >> Aye. >> Director Stout. >> Aye.
>> Director Dona. >> Aye. >> Regan. >> Aye. >> Vote for me. >> Okay, motion carries. We are um in closed session at 8:00 p.m. >> We got to hear from you, Max. You came to say hi. That was nice of you. How are you?