Hello everyone. I'm David Law, superintendent of Minnotonka Public Schools. >> And I'm Kimarie Foss, vice chair of the Minnetonka School Board. >> We're glad you're able to join us for our school board recognitions program. It's so important to take the time to acknowledge and celebrate the
outstanding accomplishments of our students, staff, and community members. >> We began most of our regular board meetings with recognitions to highlight the positive impact that so many different people make in our district. >> Today, we are recognizing three groups.
boys football state qualifiers, girls swimming and diving state qualifiers, and newly named AP scholars from the 202425 school year. >> First, we will recognize our varsity football team for its outstanding season.
>> The skippers qualified for state again this year after finishing as state runners up in the 2024 season. This year, they made it to the semifinal round of the championships. The football team is led by head coach Mark Esh and
assistant coaches Brian Damon, Dave Shoemaker, Jason Opsel, Rodney Francois, Bubba Moore, Matt Lombardi, Matt Gorman, Ismile Corron, Ryan Lass, Matt Mueller,
and Steve Tutill, football videographer. >> Before we recognize each athlete by name, let's hear more about the season. Hey everyone, this is coachesh. I just wanted to get this message out for our school board meeting as I know you're acknowledging our uh football team from
2025. Just want to say I'm proud of these guys. They had a great season. They fought hard all the way through and the first team in Minnitak history to make it to back-to-back final four appearances. So, it's just been a great group of of leaders and young men that
are dedicated to to football and to our program and to our school and super proud of what they've accomplished. Thank you for all of your support. >> Hi, I'm Tavin Thompson and this is my senior year and I am proud to state that I had the courage to step outside of my
comfort zone and play football for the first time this year. I discovered a brotherhood of outstanding athletes. and the power and of believing in what's possible. Well, this experience was capped by us reaching the state qualifiers and being able to step out
onto the US Bank Stadium. Congratulations to the varsity football players and team managers who contributed to the football team success this season. Miles Augustine, Henry Alec, Logan Bakis,
Noah Baronwald, Riley Batani, Blake Bisson, Ezekiel Bodhi Abugayi, James Balduk, Alexander Bordalon, Cody Bronn,
>> Bennett Broster, Leo Brown, Parker Burkhart, Grant Bergam, Trigg Carlson, Leard Cassidy, Owen Chica, Grady Chapman, Kendra Chile,
student manager, Carter Christensen, >> Joseph Clayburn, Lane Kan, Jonah Cummings, Aiden Daly, Eric Denhart, Joseph Donnelly, Tate Eisenbart,
Quinnland Iman, Elijah Fernandez, Maya Furkus, student manager, >> Roman Fisk, James Fitch, Connell Fleming, Pierce Fogerty, Trace Foot,
Caleb Francois, Captain Gavin Garner, Jacob Gendro, captain. Grady Gibbon, Samuel Godsave, >> Nicholas Graph, Kaden Gutsmer, Kingston Hamlin, Brady Harrison, Austin
here, Brooks Henrikson, Charlie Hos, Ellen Jandro, student manager, Bergen Johnson, Anen Jor, William Keenan, >> Lucas Kendall,
Devin Lamontine, Mai Lewis, Maggie Majero, student manager, Evan May, Delan Mayers, Wallace McCulla, William McKini, Chase Meen, Jack Metner,
>> Samuel Mills, William Modrell, Anders Moore, Griffin Moore, Brady Mortell, Braden Morvig, Carter Mueller, Beckham Nelson, Landon
Noon, Cormarmac Feffer, Nle Premiumar, Quinton Restrepo, Captain Daniel Richards, Jackson Rick, Parker Running, Kehlani Sana, student manager. Ivy
Sonia, student manager. Nico Sherado, Samuel Schmaltz, Alec Schneider, Captain >> Mitchell Shhatler, Adam Schulting, Channing Scott, Drew Simington, Charles
Simson, Eric Scarlet, Zachary Smith, Spencer Somerfeld, Cabelloo Sabali, Taven Thompson, >> Calvin Velgardike,
Blake Viger, Kerion Vogle, Wade Vorland, Noah Wallace, Elijah White, Michael Weeberg, Colin Wicket, Brady Young, Aiden Zubzka,
captain, Ari Zubzka, Naziv, John Zoarov. >> Congratulations again to each of you. >> The varsity girls swim and dive team had an outstanding season. The team took first at the True Team State meet and was the runnerup at the Minnesota State
High School League state meet this year. >> The team had several second and third place finishes in individual and relay events. Menotanka took first place in the 200 freestyle relay. The team included Claire Wilkkey, Lydia Cameron, Anukica Graham, and Sophia Kukowski
Gonzalez. The team is coached by Minnotonka aquatics director John Bradley along with assistant coaches Dan Bilski, Sarah Bilski, Abby Capeller, and Anna Celing, as well as diving coaches
Sam Freda, and Stephanie Venice. >> Let's hear more about the season. >> Hi everyone. We had an amazing year with the Minnitonka High School girls swim and dive team this season. The girls finished as the 2025 late conference champions, the true team girls state
champions, the section 2A champions, and second at the MSHSL state meet. We also finished as a gold team academic qualifier with a 3.81 GPA for our section squad. With 82 girls on the roster, our team was loud and proud all
season long with any number of smaller accomplishments too numerous to mention here. Thanks to all of our athletes, coaches, parents, and fans for making this season a memorable one. We had a great time, and we look forward to another season of excellence next year. Thank you.
>> Congratulations to the following state participants and alternates. Lydia Cameron, Haron Choy, Caroline Dosk, Claire Freeberg, Anukica Graham, Briana Harvey, Sarah Hurley,
Lauren Kille, Sophia Kowski Gonzalez, Isabelle Lane, >> Evelyn Long, Naa Love, Rebecca Moss, Brooke Olsen, Vivian Shot, Anukica Tungseth,
Alexa Yulanowski, Reese Ullet, Haley Walstrom, and Claire Wilkkey. >> Our last recognition group for this evening is the new AP Scholars from the 2024 25 school year.
>> The AP Scholar designation is granted by the College Board to students who receive a score of three or higher on three or more exams. The students we will recognize tonight achieved the AP Scholar designation for the first time based on their AP exam scores from the
202425 school year. >> Earning this achievement requires an incredible amount of hard work and dedication. We asked our AP scholars to share about a class at Minnitankka High School that has inspired them and has had an impact on their academic journey.
>> Hey everyone, my name is Adnan Closely. I'm a senior in the class of 2026. Now, one of the AP classes that I took was AP psychology. I took this in the health sciences program at Vantage. And this kind of changed my perspective on the brain, the structure of the brain, um how you develop into your personality and all sorts of biological and
psychological features of the human body. Um now I really want to one of my top major choices is the psychology u major or maybe even neuroscience. Anything that has to do with psychology because it really opened my you know my my path and my career to all sorts of things that I could do related to the
human body and specifically psychology. So that's my story. Thank you so much for listening. Our AP scholars from the class of 2025 include William Anderson, Rachel Adio, Harper Bem, Malachi Bod
Abugayi, Dmitri Bubnoff, Claire Christopherson, Kase Copley, Michaela Eslinger, Ashlin Everett, Meredith Gillis, >> Natalie Hendris, Graham Herman, Sylvia
Hooker Ree, Ryan Howard, Graham Lindmeer, Eric Lopez, Malo, Lucy Mahilov, Ella Morrison, Piper Naruko Stewart, Bradley Nicholas,
>> Zachary Pace, Mason Partardau, Nicholas Patz, Jack Raymond, Veronica Rymer, Santiago Samcow, Annabelle Shoenberger, Audrey Sonic,
Henry Soer, Kate Steppen, >> Noah Stockham, Marissa Strile, Citily Swingley, Lucas Sylvester, Naomi Vega, Tyler Wall,
Sophia Wesling, Jacob Worms. Our AP scholars from the class of 2026 include Abdi Ramen Abdiaram, Alexandria Albreight, Adnan Alkillisley,
Federico Areola Lucio, Casey Ballard, Daniel Barren, Aninsley Balile, Naomi Berg, Lauren Bisson, Helena Blamquist, >> Ava Bulshandani,
Oliver Breen, Sydney Brightling Anders Buckstaber Cavia Czecha Arin Chong Maddox Cho Alexandra Kovville Grant Connley Brixton Dit
>> Diego Diaz Schultz Addison Dobbins George Dolan Olivia Asha Fernandez Greta Foss Alice Foster, Max George,
Matthew Gibney, Daniela Gordon, >> Nicholas Graph, George Herig, Olivia Hashburgger, Henry Helldingan, Anelise Henderson, Bradock Hokinson,
Connor Johnson, Elen Johnson, David Kelling, Elena King, >> Brady Kramer, Riker Magnus, Amaly Maloney, Charlotte Marshman,
Scarlett Mayor, Fiona Mily, Spea Moberg, Anders Moore, Chloe Morrisy, Katarina Morig, >> Jacob Nelson, Hannah Nuin, Ryan
Nuttleman, Cameron Oberding, Emerson Olsen, Sebastian Olay, Sahana Pelle, Thomas Poston, Ruby Reading, Ryan Remick,
Quinton Restrepo, Jolie Racider, Petra Samson, Gary, Sydney Shab, Burke Schulting, James Schultz, Abigail Score, McKenna Seaffort,
Molly Sipple, Silus Cernneck, Lucia Stenbach, Sadie Stillman, Arwin Suare, Anika Lauren Tran, Zineia Tungs,
Tess Van, Jack Vincent, Ella Voss, Haley Walstrom, Rome Wear, >> Tegan Welsh, Sophia Williams, Tras Wolf, Benjamin Wanhoff,
Kelvin Woods, Reena Youngquist, and Zoe Zavajill. Our AP scholars from the class of 2027 include Anushin Adikari, Salma Ali, Lily Alvarez,
Elizabeth Arnzen, Ragoff Bellagi, Mina Beckard, Elsa Brashier, Bronson Kalateude, Edwin Caldi, Grady Chapman, >> Viviana Chow, Henry Cox,
Paige Cummings, Natalyia Deao, Kayla Delaria, Ilwad Diri, Owen Douglas, Riley Elen, Jack Arrington,
Molly Gaml, >> Christian Garner, Silus Giddon, Charles Gman, Gwyneth Grage, Greta Grina, Logan Harrington, Leonitis Hawk, Tabitha
Helner, Hope Herbert, Richard Hillard, Ethan Hines, Adajia Hippie, Chang and Shu, Marley Jack, Sophia Jalil, Claire Jensen,
Campbell Kerr, Mara Klene, Hunter Comp, Finola Ola Kraker, >> Sabrina Krebs, Andrew Lawson, John Lure, Sierra Lindamman,
Dakota Lockheart, Benjamin Malvin, Mia Margolin, Josephine Martin, Gemma McAlexander, Charlotte Midwinter, >> Augustine Moroski,
Aftton Murtha, Samuel Nelson, Cara Anwyn, Henry Nichols, Andrew Ortega, Hoh, Anukica Peters, Logan Peterson,
Cormarmac Feffer, Jackson Rick, >> Liam Ragnes, Vivian Rowan, Dylan Sandberg, Noah Sharbach, Brody Shreup, Vivian May Scrier,
Owen Shoalter, Alexis Smokski, Wallace Stone, Stella Swanson, >> Sophia Taringer, Eva Ves, Quinn Welter, Katherine Winter, Lydia Walleneck,
Camille Woods, Sienna Woods, Lucas Wrangler, Nathaniel Yohi, and Madison York. AP scholars from the class of 2028 include Joshua Bridge, Cecilia Cho, Sebangi
Doss, Raymond Davin, Lydia Degrrood, Eisen Dwan Porter, Ellie Fensky, Landon Fine, John FTH, Andrew Goodier,
>> Marlo Goodwin, Thomas Grinder, Jacob Hidleberg, Thea Highland, Lana Herbst, Wyatt Hunt, Bodie Loftton, Sydney Peterson, Tanner Pierce,
Annabella Pullum, Jotto, >> Chris Nessa Rajan, Jankar, Elizabeth Reed, Alyssa Ren, Oragal Wrenchen, Ethan Rosner,
Dia Saglar, Anika Samir, Brandon Sther, Andrew Seagin, Connor Smith, >> Brendan Stockman, Anna Telantello, Bennett Turpin, Ashley Vergen, Owen
Wang, Kayn Warmouth, James Welsh, and Hanjo Jang. >> Congratulations again to each of our AP scholars. Fantastic work. >> That concludes our recognition program for this evening. Thank you again for celebrating with us.
>> The school board meeting will begin shortly. Good evening. Our first item of the board agenda tonight is to swear in newly elected and reelected schoolboard members. Newly elected and re-elected board members, please stand.
Please repeat after me. I swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the state of Minnesota. and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of school board member of Independent School District
number 276. And I will faithfully discharge the duties >> discharge the duties >> of the office of school board member >> the office >> of independent school district number 276 >> to the best of my judgment and
abilities. >> Welcome to the school board. At this point in time, if there are members in the audience that would like to take a picture with these board members before we proceed with meeting, we will take a few minutes to acknowledge that. If family members want to come up and take pictures and stand with these board members, you're welcome
to step out from behind the podium if you would like. Sure. Should I do it with a picture as my reaction? >> Sure. Welcome everybody and happy new
I would like to call the January 6, 2026 meeting to order. May we all stand and say our pledge to the flag, please. >> 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. May I please have a motion to adopt the agenda? >> So moved. >> Dan second. >> Second.
>> Thank you Karen. Motion pass. Um >> any is there any discussion on the agenda? No discussion. All those in favor please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries.
At this time in the meeting, we are going to have the election of the schoolboard officers for the year of 2026, beginning with that of the chair person. So, I would like to invite any nominations for the chair at this time.
Dan, >> I'd uh this kind of this kind of feels silly and performative sometimes because Key's already sitting in the chair and we had this discussion uh back in December a little bit, but I nominate Kim Key Foss for board chair. She's been dedicated to this school district for
longer than I've been a resident of Minnotonka. She's got the optimism and hope that matches the optimism and hope that our teachers and pair professionals and administrators bring to this job
every day and she's been a generous and welcoming presence while I've been on the board. So, I think she'd be a wonderful chair. >> May I please have a second? >> I second that. Karen, any discussion or additional nominations at this time?
Okay. Welcome to the chair, Kimy Falls, I guess. Oh, I do. Oh, a formal vote. I'm sorry. Motion and a second. Now, may All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Motion carries. Next. Next. Um,
officer position is that of vice chair. May I please have a nomination? Tanya, >> I would like to nominate Dan Olsen for the position of vice chair. Dan has already shown his leadership as board treasurer and with his ongoing training
in law school, I think he is well suited to use that training as it pertains to public policy. I think he is very capable of supporting our chairperson in the new year. >> May I have a second? >> Second, >> Megan, any other nominations or
discussions? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Welcome to vice chair Dan. Next on the agenda, we have the position for our schoolboard officer of treasurer. May I please have a
nomination, >> Megan? >> Um, I'd like to nominate Sally Brown. She is not here tonight, unfortunately. Um, but I'm still going to say why I'm nominating her. Uh, in her time on the board, she has been uh very uh
responsible. She has really embraced the role of a school board director. Um, she has institutional knowledge. She has been in the district with her family for many, many years and I'm excited for her to take on a more leadership role on the
board. Um, she is aware of the nomination. We discussed these all in December and she's happy to do the role. >> Thank you. We have a motion. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Second. >> Karen, thank you. Any other nominations or discussion?
All those in favor, please say I. I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Welcome, Sally. Next up is for the clerk. I think this is me. Yes. Um, may I have an I would like to nominate Mike Remacol
for the position of clerk um for 2026. Mike is now the second longest tenur member on our board and provides predigious service through his committee assignments and as well as a member of the district 287 board on our behalf. He has expressed interest in serving as board clerk and I recommend him for this
leadership role and I would also like to acknowledge that even though he's not here, he is aware and acknowledges this nomination. So, may I have a second? >> Second, Megan. Thank you. Any discussion or other nominations at this
time? Okay. May I have a vote? All those in favor say I. I. >> I. >> All those opposed. All right. Welcome, Mike. Last up, we have the deputy clerk, deputy treasurer. And this is just for Paul Bourgeois. Correct. Do I nominate
him? >> Not. And I'd like to nominate Paul Bourgeoa for this position. May I have a second? >> Second. >> Second. Any other discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I. >> Any opposed?
>> Motion carries. Thank you. Next up on our on our agenda this evening is the school report from Clear Springs. One of my favorite times of our schoolboard meetings. Superintendent Law. >> Madam Chair, members of the board, as you said, it's a highlight of every
board meeting in Minnitanka. first boarding meeting of every month where schools come and report what's happening in the building often aligned to schoolboard goals but also exciting things that are unique to that school. Tonight we have a full house from Clear Springs Elementary Administration staff
and looks like most of a class of students over there. I would like to uh principal Carpenter couldn't be here tonight. So in his absence, assistant principal Elizabeth Johnson will be introducing the students and talking about Glitch Springs. Miss Johnson.
Good evening and thank you Superintendent Law. Madame Chair, welcome and thank you. And existing and newly elected board members, congratulations and it is an honor to be here tonight. My name is Elizabeth Johnson and I am the new assistant principal at Clear Springs. And I am
here along with Courtney Davis who is our school counselor. I just want to take a quick moment to acknowledge Courtney. She is fabulous. She's actually an itinerant staff who serves Clear Springs, Groveland, and Tonka online. And yet her impact at Clear Springs is just profound, including
co-leading our fifth grade student leader group with me. And it has been a privilege to work with her. She has such great ideas and really has such an impact on students, staff, and systems at Clear Springs. I'm also joined by this fabulous and courageous group of
fifth grade student leaders and they will be sharing with you tonight the ways in which they impact our school community and really bring greatness to the Clear Spring School on a daily basis, not just through their specific leadership roles. The schoolboard goal that we felt best
aligned to our fifth grade student leader program was the goal of excellence in well-being, connection, and belonging. Um, when Mrs. Davis and I were thinking about what we really wanted from this student leader group this year. We wanted it to elevate student voice and really bring their
voice into our decision-making and school operations. And we also wanted to foster a really strong investment in our school community, not just from the leaders, but having the leaders model that for all of our students at Clear Springs. We have four different uh
subcommittees. safety patrol, CS shines, CS share uh cares and CS connects. And through those committees, we meet weekly. Um each committee meets separately each week and then we collaboratively meet together to promote safety, service, mentorship, and care
for our school and for one another. We strive to create a welcoming environment where every student feels valued, connected, and included. And by building positive relationships, modeling responsibility, and serving others, we support the well-being of our school community and aim to strengthen a sense
of belonging for all. >> I wasn't expecting the accolades. Thank you. I'm script. >> I can Yeah, I can share them here, too. Elizabeth has jumped right in, and we're grateful for her leadership. Um, and so grateful for the leadership of these students who have joined us tonight. Uh, Clear Springs started student leaders a
while back, but this is the first year we really expanded it um and had subcommittees where more students got the opportunity to really shine and show their skills in an area that felt um like themselves. So, we have shines which is our cleaning. They're going to tell you all about it. Patrols, cares,
and connects. And we align them with our CS core values of being responsible, respectful, safe, and ready to learn. The students actually applied to be a part of the student leadership committee. and um were elected um into their roles similar to you tonight. Um
so 115 out ofund 148 of our student leaders serve in these positions across the building which is fantastic. And eight of them um were chosen because they're just exemplar students who go above and beyond and really are leaders in our leadership group. So we're
excited for them to speak with you tonight. Oh, first up we have Anna and Caitlyn talking about bus patrols. Hello, my name is Anna and my teacher is Senor Chase. My name is Caitlyn and my teacher is
Sierra Howard. Tonight I will be talking about the roles of being a C CS bus patrol. We serve as a CS core value role model on your bus being responsible, respectful, safe, and ready to ride. We love helping younger students walk to
and from bus as needed. A really important part about being a patrol is wearing your yellow patrol vest to and from school over your jacket every day so that you stand out and kids know where you are. We recognize
students with CS core value pride tickets. We report issues to bus drivers and adult at school uh if there is any issues on the bus. We help the with the driver checking the
bus for belongings, delivering forgotten items, support and supporting struggling riders and more. We help make sure students are walking to the bus, staying behind the yellow line, and waiting appropriately if bus is late. Thank you.
Some highlights about being a bus patrol is making sure kids are doing what they should be doing while riding the bus. Um, we love wearing our super cool patrol vests. We have been working hard to make sure
everybody is safe traveling to and from the bus. Um, we help make sure that kids don't go on our hill by the bus loop. It is great to see kids following directions and we hope that keeps getting better in the future. And we
love giving out our CS lips for positive behavior. Thank you. All right. Next up, we have our CS Shines members, Logan Johnson and Annie Taff. >> I'm Annie and my teacher is Howard.
>> I'm Logan and my teacher is Pastrona. >> CS Shines is an opportunity to make Clara Springs a bright and happy place to be. Examples of CS shines helping with the twominut tidy um building wide training jobs with Mr. Jeff bathroom
hallways helping in cafeteria training younger students on recycle compost trashay help picking up outside keeping the courtyard clean mulch beds and window ledge dusting. We have been working to keep all areas
of the school clean. We award each grade level English and Spanish with a CS Shines tidiest classroom award once per month. Classrooms are proud in displaying their awards in the doorways. We look forward
to expanding our roles in the courtyard, playground, mulch beds, and other outdoor places when it's warmer outside. We are also hoping to have more trash cans and cleaning supply like gloves to help our job and to for some special
places earned up for fifth graders to spend time together. Next up, we have Emma and Declan to talk about CS Cares. Hi, I'm Dean and my teacher is Pro Chase. Hello, my name is Emma and my
teacher is Pray Chase. CS Cares is a schoolwide community service committee to show we are CS core values. across the school. Some example things CS care leaders will help out with, we help with unity day plan and
roll out, the winter gear drive, the A food drive, and monthly themes in classrooms. And we are on the announcements. Uh some of the highlights in the state of the committee CS cares are we helped sit the kindergarten students in the
cafeteria on unity day to read the conversation starters and get them connecting with each other. We helped create posters to advertise the food drive. Uh we helped take down stars in the in the unity day in the stars in the hallway. Uh we are looking forward to
being on the announcements to share important upcoming events with the school. We are looking forward to working together for the greater good. Thank you. >> And our last uh CS leaders, Olivia and Gigi are here to talk about connects.
>> My name is Gigi and I'm in Miss Piering's class. >> My name is Olivia and I'm also in Miss Piering's class. CS Connects CS Connect's main focus is mentoring younger students. Students will connect with their mentees for 5 to 10 minutes a week during nonacademic
instruction. Examples of CS connects RSK buddies reading or doing simple math with menty going on a walk and getting energy out with menty. Playing a game with your menty. Here are the rules for CS Connects. RSK kids are so happy when we help them as
their fifth grade buddy group. We love seeing the progress our buddies are making and working with us. We got to help with the RSK friends at the third grade bazaar. It was such a fun way to support them. It really feels like we're making a difference with the kids we mentor. We love to laugh with our
buddies. We look forward to continuing to see them grow. Okay. Could not be more proud of the way you represented your committees tonight and the fabulous job you did sharing with the board and the audience here. So, thank you students. Um, and in closing, thank you all for your time and
continued support that allows our fifth grade student leaders to grow, learn, and inspire others throughout our school community. We are so proud of them and the work of their committees and the other students who weren't able to be here tonight. Um, and everything that the fifth graders at our school do every day to really set the tone for a special
school community that serves each other. Thank you. Mrs. Johnson and fifth grade students, that was amazing. Thank you. I'd like to ask for any comments. Megan, um, first of all, thank you guys for so for coming. It is so brave of you to get
up in front of this room full of adults. Um, and there are a lot here tonight. So, um, thank you for being here and for your contributions. And I just want to say I love, um, seeing the theme of positive reinforcement popping up. Um, I heard it with the keeping the classrooms clean, but especially on the buses. I
think that's such a great idea because it's one of the places that we as a school district aren't necessarily always able to monitor as well as we can in our buildings. So, I love that you guys are doing something that we know works. Positive reinforcement works, and you're doing it in a place where maybe
we have a gap. So, it's a really cool idea, and I loved hearing about it. Thank you, >> Dan. I I really hadn't planned on saying anything, but this brought me back to when I was a crosswalk patroller in elementary school and also dawned the
vest for safety. So, I just want to say thank you to all of you for everything you're doing to make that school a better place. >> Tanya, fifth graders, right? You're all fifth graders. I'm proud of you for being here. Thank you so much for showing up. I loved your message about doing uh the
right thing for the greater good. So, keep doing that throughout throughout your lives, too. Bring that out into the community as well, okay? We need you. Nice job, fifth graders. >> And I would like to introduce I'm sorry. I apologize. Our student board rep is Sierra Lindamman tonight. And she would
like to say something. >> Hi, I'm Sierra. I'm a 11th grader, so a junior at Minnitankka High School. That's just a little bit about me. And I just wanted to say I'm so proud of you guys. I'm in student government as well at the high school. This has been my third year on student government. I did
three years in middle school. I just like looking back at my fifth grade memories. That was the time that co started for me. So seeing this opportunity for you guys to like really connect with your grade and like take this initiative initiation so early in your life. I'm just so proud of you guys.
>> Thank you Karen. >> Um just want to echo what has already been said, but just it's amazing that you're here tonight. We appreciate you being here and your future leaders in in the state of Minnesota and across the world, I'm sure. Thanks for being here
tonight. >> Thank you. >> At this time on the agenda, we will have community comments. It's a time for the It's an opportunity for the public to address the school board on an item included in the agenda. Do do we have anybody who would like to
comment that we have missed? Nope. Okay. At this time, we will now go through the organization of the school board. Superintendent Law. Madame Chair, the first item on the uh organizational board meeting is fixing
the time, date, and place of each regular board meeting. Those uh dates and times are in your attachment. You've had the chance to review them for the for about the past month. >> May I have a motion for fixing the time, day, and place of each regular board
meeting, please? >> So moved. >> Megan, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Dan, any discussions? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item on the agenda is fixing
the time, day, and place for board study sessions. Those dates the third Thursday of the month throughout the school year are listed in your attachment. >> May I have a motion for fixing the time, day, and place of board study sessions, please? I move.
>> Karen, may I have a second? Second. >> Tanya, any discussions? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item on the agenda, item 7C are setting the salaries for board members,
chair, vice chair, treasur, clerk, and board directors. These have been unchanged for the recent history. >> May I have a motion for setting of salaries for the chair, vice chair, treasurer, clerk, and board directors, please? >> So moved. >> Megan, may I have a second? >> Second.
>> Dan, any discussion? All those in favor, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item, item D, is resolution designating depositories. The district has existing relationships with the nine
financial institutions listed in your board agenda item. It's my recommendation that you would approve those. >> May I please have a motion to approve the resol resolution designating depositories? >> So move. >> Tanya, may I have a second? >> Second. Karen. Any discussion?
All those in favor, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item is the designation of the official newspaper and alternative dissemination of bids and quotes. This is a statutory requirement. Uh do you
have the Sun Sailor listed as the official newspaper for legal publications? It's my recommendation you'd approve those. >> May I have a motion to approve the Sun Sailor as the official newspaper? So move. >> Karen, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Megan, any discussion?
All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item is the designation of the official radio station for emergency announcements. I'm not sure how many people still listen to a radio station for emergency announcements, but just in
case, uh we have been using WCCCO as the uh station that we go to with emergency announcements for school closins, etc. It's my recommendation you'd approve those. >> May I have a motion to approve the WCCCO as our official radio station for emergency announcements, please?
>> So moved. >> Karen, may I have a second? >> Second. Tanya, any discussion on WCCCO? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item is the appointment of an
auditor. Auditors are required by Minnesota's statute for school districts to do on an annual basis. Clifton Larson Allen has been the auditor for over 25 years for Menitak. It's my recommendation that you'd approve them again for the current year. >> May I please have a motion to approve our auditor? >> So moved.
>> Dan, may I have a second? >> Second. Karen. Any discussion on our auditor? And all those in favors, please say I. I. I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item is the setting of the superintendent evaluation dates. These
are also listed in schoolboard policy. Uh the expectation of when these should happen. They are February 19th for the midyear, June 1st for the self evaluation, June 11th for the board development of an evaluation, and June 16th for the board review of evaluation.
It's my recommendation you to approve those dates. >> May I please have a motion for the superintendent's evaluation dates? >> So moved. >> Megan, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion on these dates? All those in favor, please say I. >> I.
>> And all opposed? Motion carries. The next item is setting of mileage allowance for business purposes not covered through negotiated agreements. This item adjusts annually as the IRS sets mileage rates. The current rate for 2026 has been set at 72.5 cents per
mile. It's my recommendation you would approve that. >> May I please have a motion to approve the mileage allowance? >> So moved. >> Dan, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion on mileage? >> All those in favor, please say I. I I
>> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The next item is the approval of a board member to the intermediate 287 board. Mike Remackl has served in this capacity for as long as we've had this recently. It's my recommendation that you would
approve Mike Remall as the Minnotonka School Board representative to sit on the district 287 board for the term of two years starting January 2026. May I have a motion to approve Mike Remacol to intermediate district 287 for the two-year term, please? >> So moved.
>> Tanya, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The final organizational meeting item is the determination of board committee
assignments. In your attachment is a summary of the discussion that happened at the work session in December. all board members and committee assignments. I would note that for some of these committees like the finance advisory, there could be an alternate link. For
example, Karen Jordan has an interest in attending that meeting on Sally with Sally Brown. Just that may happen on those public meetings. I'd recommend you approve board committee assignments as presented. >> May I please have a motion for the board committee assignments? >> So moved.
>> Karen, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Dan, would there be any discussion about the committees? Megan? Um, I just wanted to remind everybody that uh we do appoint these representatives, but if you can't make it to a meeting for some reason or um there's a scheduling
conflict that you can reach out to the rest of the board and look for a substitute so that we are able to have somebody there if possible. >> Thank you. Any other discussions? Let's see. Um I just got lost.
>> Motion and a second. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries for the committee assignments. All right. Next up this evening, we have the presentation on the 2026 2027 school
board goals. Superintendent law. >> Madam chair, members of the board in Minnitanka. Recently, we have been um previewing schoolboard rules for the upcoming year in January, gathering feedback through the spring, and then formally approving them before the
summer starts. Tonight, executive director of communications, Dr. Jackie Getty will be previewing that process and our goals. Dr. Getty. >> Thank you, Superintendent Law. Madame Chair, members of the board, thank you for the opportunity to present this first draft um of this first public read of your drafted schoolboard goals for
the 202627 school year. My clicker here. Uh so, first we'll just walk through the process for the public. Uh the school board reviews the district's past goals and the progress in achieving those goals. considers input and feedback that we received
throughout the school year from board presentations as well as from staff, students, families, and the broader community. Um, you review student outcomes, including the assessments, activities, and the survey data that you receive. The board holds a planning meeting to draft revised and new goals,
setting new action items, and that initial meeting was in November on the 17th this past year. Second planning meeting to fine-tune goals will be held in the spring. If you follow past practice, the drafts are shared publicly. So today is the first time we're publicly reading the draft and
again will be shared in the late spring if there are um additional changes and after that the final draft goes to the board for approval. Make sure I'm going. These are the three um board goals that are um in draft right now. Excellence and well-being, connection, and belonging. excellence
and innovation in student learning and support and excellence in leadership and organizational support. Under this um goal of excellence in well-being, connection, and belonging, your first action item listed was to foster and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment for all students and
employees. Um some of the new um action items listed provide candid reports on efforts, outcomes and challenges, provide a report on measures of success and trends and provide an update on related professional development. The next action item was cultivate
social and emotional well-being and implement best practices in school-based mental health support. The steps under that were to continue implementation of the multi-tered systems of support, to advance student awareness and support diverse needs, to screen students, to
monitor the impact of technology on mental well-being. That was a new ad, to implement recommendations from the Jed initiative, and to consider recommendations from the mental health advisory. The next action item listed currently is to consistently implement and
communicate bullying prevention efforts. Um to do this to maintain high levels of student and family awareness about our bullying prevention efforts and to monitor the impact of bullying prevention efforts through student discipline data, student parent and staff reports and survey data.
The next goal excellence and innovation in student learning and support. The first action step under that to ensure all students receive outstanding instruction. Uh the elements of that listed focus on highquality universal instruction in all courses. Leverage teacher collaboration to ensure
appropriate use of benchmark and formative assessments, responsive instruction, and progress monitoring. Provide staff development throughout the year to address priority areas and provide consistent administrative guidance and teacher support. The next action item to ensure all
students receive outstanding instruction uh with the steps monitor effectiveness of programming at all levels to ensure students needs are met including participation and proportional representation in coursework. takes steps to provide a continuous improvement process that considers unique needs of programs that serve
students receiving special education students learning English and students in Tonka online and to report on academic progress of students using available data that includes student performance on standardized assessments, participation in rigorous coursework and
student parent and staff survey data. And another action step to prioritize student literacy improvement efforts. continue to implement the district's literacy plan. This includes provide teacher training on effective practices in foundational and disciplinary reading
and writing instruction to implement board approved core and supplemental literacy materials aligned to researchbased best practices and to ensure all students are screened for barriers to literacy early on. Continuing that, continue to implement the district's literacy plan. Another
step, monitor student growth through the school year and year-over-year to determine if core instruction, including interventions and assessments, positively impact student outcomes and to report annual results of standardized assessments, including the MCA and NWA, and student growth and gaps.
Another action step under excellence and innovation in student learning and support is to implement the second year of new middle school programming. to continue to implement the new middle school program, including adjustments made based on teacher, student, and parent feedback, to continue to monitor
implementation to ensure the program meets the district goals and is financially sustainable, and to update the board evaluating changes and recommendations. Another action step to explore options to increase participation in experiential learning programs. Pursue efforts to ensure all
students graduate with tangible real skills for real life and that they are future ready. Provide annual update on efforts to expand experiential learning and the measurements of real skills and to continue to ensure that instructional use of technology tools
and resources are intentional and enhance instruction and student learning. monitor evidence-based practices in the incorporation of AI technology and student cell phone access at school, making adjustments and communicating with all stakeholders as appropriate, and continue to educate students and
families on essential skills for responsible digital citizenship. And now to the third goal, excellence in leadership and organizational support. The first action step, ensure long-term financial stability and sustainability for the district. Steps under that
monitor if the financial forecast for future school years and recommended adjustments that will improve short and long-term financial stability include adjustments to enrollment reductions to expenditures. Advocacy for legislative changes that will address funding shortfalls and other solutions that will have a positive impact on the district's
financial situation. Ensure that the unassigned fund balance remains stable. Provide periodic updates on the district's finances and actively involve the community members in legislative advocacy. Another action step to ensure facilities meet the current and future needs of
students. Implement the bonding, planning, and construction of the projects that were approved by the public with the passage of the 2025 building bond referendum. And provide regular updates on the status of bondrelated construction. Recruit and retain the highest quality staff. Continue to focus on recruitment
and retention of exceptional teachers and staff. identify strategies to create a representative workforce of exceptional teachers and staff capable of meeting the cultural and academic needs of our diverse student body and who will create a learning environment for all students to be successful and
provide an annual update on staffing recruitment and retention. Build strong relationships with stakeholders. Inform and engage all district constituents through outreach and engagement efforts. create and support a variety of engagement opportunities for all to connect with
district leadership and the board and survey all stakeholders regarding their experiences and their sentiments about the district developing strategies to address any challenges revealed by this data. Continuing in that present annual communications and community engagement reports including community perception
data related to the trust the community has with the board and with district leadership. assess and adapt the model for providing student voice to the board. Districtwide advisory committees will present a report or update to the board. And annually, the board will reflect on progress of schoolboard
goals, considering all input, feedback, and student outcomes to determine priority areas for the year ahead. Monitor the delivery of highquality meals. monitor the delivery of high-quality school meals at every site within the parameters of the federal nutrition guidance and provide an update
on nutrition services meal delivery and student feedback. And those are the goals as you have them drafted thus far. Thank you, Dr. Getty, and thank you and your team for all the work that you did on updating these and keeping them current. I would like to draw attention
to one of the newer things that the board has been talking about, which is the experiential learning. And I think for the public to know that's the real skills, the real life that we're trying to make sure every one of our Minnotonka students has the opportunity to experience through Vantage Momentum
programs like that. So I would like to just say that that's a commitment that we have made from our our new board goals perspective. Is there any other discussion Megan? There we go. Um so I just wanted to also say like these goals are ongoing, right?
So, we're not setting brand new goals every year. We're revising. We're taking feedback and we're um making tweaks based on what we're seeing in our schools and in our community. And I thought that there were kind of two that we did make slight changes to that I
wanted to point out. Um we get these reports from the school principles and the cabinet and the administrators. And one of the things that we added was that we want to hear not only about the successes because it's great to celebrate our successes, but we also did
mention in there that we do want to hear about the challenges or what feedback they're receiving as concerns. Um, and then also we did kind of beef up the section on digital literacy and technology in response to um ongoing just kind of community input around um
concerns about mental health and technology use and students. And so, um, that is something that we enhanced a little bit to kind of address that concern. >> Thank you, Dan. >> And building on what Megan said, these
just being draft goals that we're looking at. This the these aren't just the goals of seven people who are sitting up here. We want these to be the goals that reflect the community. So, if you have any other feedback, if there's anything you want to add or you think that we should be monitoring, please let
us know. and we'll make sure we hear that and take that all into consideration. >> These goals will be shared tomorrow in the schoolboard news. So they'll go out to all the students, staff, and um parents and there'll be an opportunity with a link of where you can provide feedback. So um so vice chair Olsen is
absolutely correct there. And then also we'll be sharing the draft goals in the next school news postcard which goes out to the residential community and they'll have the same opportunity. Thanks for mentioning that. >> That's great. Any other discussion? Thank you, Dr. Getty.
>> Thank you. >> Okay. At this time on the agenda, we have the approval of sale of 2026A general obligation building bonds. Superintendent Law. >> Madam Chair, members of the board, this is the first official schoolboard goal
action item of 2026. We have a board goal to further our community approved facility bond. And tonight, the first step in that process was the sale of general obligation bonds to start the building process. As I understand it,
the largest bond sale in the history of Minnitankka schools. Executive director in finance and operations, Paul Bourgeois will cover this sale. Mr. Bouris, >> thank you. Superintendent Law. Madam Chair, members of the board, before I actually talk about the bond sale, I just want to take an opportunity uh to
go through um our our bond rating because our school district has a unique uh rating from Moody's Investor Service of of AAA bond rating and what exactly does that mean? And it's actually an important uh item because it shows uh solid financial management. It also
makes a big difference in the rates we have. If we didn't have a AAA bond rating, uh the the bond uh interest rates that we have would be anywhere from 25 to 50 basis points higher. And we all know like if you're looking to finance a house, what a difference 25 or 50 basis points make, right? So, um just
a few slides here very quickly. Uh this particular uh uh slide shows Moody's investors 21step bond rating scale and you can see that uh up on the top is AAA and right now we are there uh and prior
to that we had been double A1 uh but the top top block is actually what they call investment grade bonds in the bond trading vernacular and in the lower level ones uh non-investment grade bonds are what they typically call junk bonds uh in the vernacular And those are more
risky, higher interest rates, etc. They're not used in public finance at all. Public finance because we have taxing authority uh are typically uh investment grade even if they are in the A or or uh double A or or BAA section.
And you can see there on the right, Moody's rates and analyzes debt of 100 sovereign nations, 12,000 companies, 29,000 public finance issuers, which includes school districts, and 96,000 structured finance obligations. Those
are what you'd call um uh like hedge funds or private equity funds. So this is uh the the general categories are um are these and I I just want to
point out AAA obligations are rated AAA they're judged to be of the highest quality with minimal risk. Uh double A bonds which a lot of school districts have actually I take it back only not not a lot of school districts have double A. Uh most are in the A or B AAA range. uh but their obligations are
rated judged to be of high quality and they're subject to low credit risk. So, but all those are again uh called investment grade one uh and it's kind of interesting particularly since there's a a TV show streaming now called the guilded age. Uh but uh the the AAA bonds
are typically referred to as guiltedged bonds. Guilt as in Gilt. Uh that it means that uh it's covered in in gold gold um gold flakes um which you you know that's what they did in the guilded age. They coated
everything with gold flakes. But uh and that's just to signify that they're very valuable, very safe. So so in the vernacular uh you know AAA bonds were as as good as gold so to speak. Our just a little bit of our bond rating history. We were double A2 up to May
1996, which match matched the state credit enhancement program. In 1996, my predecessor Tom Bergie and and the people there uh were able to get the the uh uh district rating up to double A1 with the 1996B general obligation bonds for school building construction. of
don't is that bond was the last general obligation bond that was done prior to this one with a building bond referendum and that was for $33 million to build a lot of the additions on the south end of Minnotonka High School and several of the elementary schools and interestingly enough on February 2nd we're actually
making the last of 30 payments on that bond. So uh in in April of 2010 we were able to uh get our our bond rating up to to AAA. So uh and it we were at that time we were issuing some certificates of participation for
classroom construction. We started in 2008 with uh with 20 classrooms. We did another 30 after that as we were growing the district. And uh we've actually built over 100 classrooms out of the district without doing u a tax increase. But uh
so we're we're we're high quality. And what does that mean? Well, there's 13,598 school districts in the US right now. Now Moody's rates 97 as AAA which is 7 of all school districts. There's another 99 um um
uh 99.3% of all districts then are in essence rated lower than than us in or that category. There are 249 that are rated double A1 which is another about 1.8%. So 97 and a half% of all districts rated lower than double A1. But uh we are you know up in the the the smallest
echelon at the very top in 2020. Mood has published their methodology for rating uh US K12 school districts and this is what it looks like. Uh there is a table. This is their scorecard. These are are general categories and
there's subcategories. Uh actually there's a number of subcategories underneatheneeneath each one of these. But these are the the major factors in terms of their general percentages. They look at the economy for about 30% the economy for the school district which includes resident incomes. In other
words, how likely are residents able to pay their property taxes to pay the bonds? Enrollment trends. How are we doing in enrollment? It's not only in Minnesota, but in most states, uh, schools are paid on a per pupil basis. How many students they have in the district. If your enrollment is going
up, you have increasing revenues. Uh, your financial performance is 30%. And of that, the the fund balance ratio, which for us is our unassigned fund balance, is 20% of the of the evaluation. And then they have something called net cash ratio. In other words, what does our cash look like compared to
our our total operating revenues on an annual basis and at at 10%. Institutional framework is is interesting because that actually is um uh a measure of the state uh that you're in in terms of how the state funds
schools. And so um uh it can have an impact. Uh when I was a number of years ago I was in Rochester and we had gotten up to AAA bond rating but the state had gotten um some financial difficulty back then and they were going to have a hard time funding schools with some 0%
increases on the funding formula and so we issued some bonds for Riverside Central Elementary School and we got downgraded and they told me it was not anything that we did is because the state the state institutional framework underneath us was was getting a little bit more dicey. The other thing they
look at is leverage in other words, how much you owe, how much you have borrowed compared to your ability to pay. So you got your liability ratio and fixed costs. They also have these other notching factors that they apply to some districts. They typically don't apply them to us. So here's our latest score.
Um you can see uh for on resident income uh we're rated AAA full value per capita you know how the tax base for the population we have a solid tax base uh we're rated AAA our enrollment trend uh
we rated double A on financial performance for the available fund balance ratio as as you know with we had co we went down and then we had some enrollment drop a little bit just a little bit and kind of flattened out but because of that they rated that as an A uh but operating cashwise we're rated
AAA we have plenty of resources to manage our cash flow. Don't have to do cash flow borrowing which some districts do. Institutional framework that's the state of Minnesota that's not us but they rate that an A. And then our liability ratio in terms of how much debt we have outstanding versus other
resources double A. And fixed cost ratio uh in other words a lot of our fixed cost is how efficient we are in our support areas. And uh so that we're rated AAA there. But and interestingly enough at the bottom uh so they said if
you if they rate just took all the all these scores and and looked at those alone they we would be rated at A3. The thing is they gave us an assigned rating and um the the reason for that is
um quite frankly it's it's the interview that we do with them. That's where we sell the district's going in the right direction. Uh, you know, always 100% truthful. We tell them about the ups and downs, but um, we talk about, you know,
the management philosophy of the district and of the board. And that is the difference in getting us from just our scorecard outcome to then what they assign. So that's where that part of it from getting up to double A3 to to AAA is where they're betting on us. They're betting on us and they're betting on
you. the uh historical trends. Uh you can see here I'm not going to go through every single one but there's a few things where you can see how resident income we uh in 2020 at the time we were rated double A on I pulled the bond the last five bonds uh and then the current one
rating to just to so you could kind of see a trend and but if you look at down below our scorecard uh indicated outcome was double A1 and then double A3 double A3 which was in the middle of COVID and we got back up to A2 A2 and now we're at double three, but we've always been able
to to pull it out. And but the thing about that AAA rating is, you know, it's like the Kansas City Chiefs going to the Super Bowl. They get there, but you have to win it. You have to earn it every time. It it's just not given to you. So, uh, every bond issue, uh, they look at
everything and and, uh, and they start from scratch. So, it's just it's important just to to know that. So uh just kind of last slide uh some of the items that they mention is the things that we talk about the assigned rating is higher than the scorecard indicated
outcome because of our strong educational reputation that drives significant open enrollment to the district and substantially increases financial flexibility. It also reflects the district's strong voter support and financial governance that has resulted in a stable financial position through
various economic conditions and over a number of fiscal years. So we've contri completed 16 years of being AAA rated. So we've been able to um you know to earn it uh every time for the last 16 years and hopefully we'll be able to continue to do that going forward when
we have our next bond rating. So with that our bond uh sale today was uh for $55 million approximately. We actually used a a vehicle called an uh called a general obligation capital appreciation bond as opposed to general obligation
coupon bond. And uh general obligation coupon bond, you have a flat amount for each coupon and then interest occurs on it and you have varying payments for each coupon uh uh at at at when it comes due. For a capital appreciation bond,
you actually start with a principal amount and then you calculate the interest to try to get a flat payment at the payment time instead of varying payment. So, what you'll see here is there's about a $1.70 below um uh $55 million in terms of the
principle that we issued because that is the the mechanism that we used uh to to actually uh be able to also then sculpt the bond payments uh in the in the chart that we used during the referendum and to sculpt the bond payments to keep them flat on an ongoing basis while other
bonds were being paid off. So, uh we had a very successful sale though. It was done by noon. We went into the market at 3:30. It was done by noon. Uh we actually had uh at least three subscribers and as
many as eight subscribers for every coupon. What that means is this. We sell our bonds in in kind of like a reverse auction. In other words, in an auction, highest bidder gets it. In these, the lowest bidder gets it. And so and banks are typically banks and and investment funds and pension funds are people who
like our bonds because they're rated AAA. um and and they're stable and and we we make payments and our public pays taxes on you with very few delinquencies and so we have money to pay them you know the AAA rating very uh very attractive to the to the uh people who
buy these types of bonds and uh so what what that means though is we went in thinking we're going to probably be at 4.75% which is a good rate but we were able to work it down to 4.69% by basically going on coupon X or coupon Y. So, who's willing to take that coupon
down a notch? And you just keep working. And And so, some of our coupons went down as many as nine basis points. Every one of them went down at least two. So, we ended up at 4.69% for this uh $55 million bond issue. So, these bonds
again are just to remind you, you and the community are primarily going to be doing uh three things. are going to be funding all the the major part of the of the projects which is at the uh the two middle schools. Uh um additional science
uh labs and the an additional gymnasium and performance venue at each school and internal modifications. And then also at the high school, we are going to be installing the Epic uh uh the Epic security system. Uh and that's going to be somewhere in the one 1.2 1.5 million
range. Those are the three major things we're working on with this chunk of money. But one of the things that we are going to do is um and and we'll be updating you on the 22nd about the process we've used to get staff input and all that kind of stuff. But we are going to be looking to make this money
um you know work hard for us. I when I was a kid there was this character named Gumby in the cartoons who I could really stretch. And then my brothers had a guy named Stretch Armstrong who looked like Hulk Hogan but it was a toy you could stretch. And my daughters had uh Mrs. incredible or whatever and she could really stretch, right? That was her
superpower. And so we are going to try to make this money stretch as much as possible and and work as hard as possible. It's because using another metaphor, it's basketball season and if if one of our young men or women are on the court and they're driving driving a lane and they're going up for a shot and
they get fouled and the shot goes in, the rough bucket's good and and one, right? So we're going to work hard to try to get that N1 at the end. So with that, I ask you to please approve the sale of our 2026A general obligation bonds.
>> Thank you, Mr. Bourgeois, for all the information. May I please have a motion for the approval of sale of 2026A general obligation building bonds? >> So moved. >> Karen, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion on this? Karen,
>> um I just want to say, Mr. stretch. Paul Baois, we um I was on the task force and we visited every building and I think it was an incredibly thorough process and there was a lot of lot on the wish list um was paired down to where it this is
really great work and a lot of people in the community participated and a lot of people at the district level and very excited to be supporting this. Megan, >> I'm trying to think of how to incorporate football, Gumby, and basketball, and I just can't do it. So,
I'm not going to try. Um, but I just wanted to point out, I think that you really highlighted something that we added to our goals this year, which was the importance of maintaining the unassigned fund balance. Um, because not only does it really impact our bond rating, which gets us a lower interest
rate, but also using that res unreserved money, we would be gaining less interest on that money in that account. So, it's like a it's like a two-pronged thing that shows the importance of maintaining that balance. And I think we get that question sometimes like why don't you just use the unassigned fund balance and
there's like multi- reasons for that. I mean statutoily we have to have a certain amount but also financially it behooves us to maintain that balance and so I just wanted to call out that tie to that change in the board goals as well. But thank you for your work and um
touchdown I guess. Any other discussions? I would just like to say every time I hear you speak about the finances, you are stretching every every dollar that we have. So, we really appreciate all of your efforts and your whole team for that. So, thank you.
>> It's easy to work hard to support a lot of great people who are doing the work on the front lines for the students and resulting in some wonderful people like >> Sierra, >> our student board member. >> Thank you. So, we have a motion and a second. May I have a vote? All those in favor
say I. >> I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Bourgeoa. >> Okay. At this time, we have um the consent agenda up for approval. May I please have a motion for approval of the
consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Megan, may I have a second? >> Second. Any discussion on the consent agenda? >> Oh, I'm sorry. No. Okay. All those in favor say I. I. I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries.
At this time, we have any board reports. >> Oh, okay. So, I do have one board report. I will be rolling off of the foundation um and passing that along to our new board members. But we do have Dream Makers coming up on February the 21st for the public. Mark your calendars
because it's going to be epic. It is the It's the party that you don't want to miss. It raises money for every single student in our district. The foundation has contributed to the Vantage momentum building technology across our district. It's just a very important organization
that we're that we partner with. They do a lot of great work. So, please, if you can buy a table or buy tickets, there's a wonderful band there and I've never missed it and it's just a really good time. So, February the 21st. Megan, >> I'm going to add on that that I think it's the last day for the discounted uh
pre-order and rumor has it they are almost sold out, so you should get on and get your tickets now if you want to go. >> Thank you. Any other board reports? Okay, Superintendent Law, >> I just like to acknowledge our student
schoolboard members who are here tonight. Uh it's hard to get our board me or student schoolboard members to come on busy school nights or the first day back. And so we really appreciate you taking the time as I meet with those students. Uh we are at the spot in the year where every student I think other than maybe some of our freshmen have
been here at least once and some twice. We appreciate you coming. Thank you. >> Okay. Okay, any announcements, Karen? >> Um, I would just like to announce that the case committee that we'll be that Sally and I be working on on together. Um, which is a community action for
student education is looking for new members. We have a lot from last year. Um, but we would love to have more people from the community join us. Um, we'll be advocating at the state legislature for uh, Minnetonka. The there's a sign up on our website. You
can sign up and get the updates. We'll have a couple meetings probably in January and February and a visit to the capitol and it I promise it will be a lot of fun and dream makers will be the place to be but this will be the second place to be. So please join. Thank you.
>> Thank you Karen. At this time may I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> Megan, may I have a second, please? >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed? We will adjourn.