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Hey, Hey, hey, hey. beginning of March. Thank you for those that have joined us this evening. I'd like to note that board member Mark Branson is not here, but we still have a quorum this evening. So, is Stephanie
here? >> No. >> Okay. >> Got it. Thank you. All right. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance 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. Now needing approval for this evening's tenative agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. Moved by Melissa Curtis, seconded by Casey Root. All those in
favor, please say I. I. >> I. >> Opposed, please say no. Motion passes. 50. All right. We have no registered citizen comments for this evening. So, we are moving on now to our item number five,
fiscal stability, our consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Melissa Curtis, seconded by Casey Root. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. Opposed, please say no. Motion passes. 5-0. On to item number six, collaborative connections. Item A,
resolution for acceptance of gifts. I'm going to pass it over to Superintendent Eric Olsson. >> All right, I have three to bring forward here tonight. Um, the first one is from uh Peacemaker, Minnesota. Uh, $2,600 uh to funday climb theater performance
for the sixth grade assembly. Um, we have Moon Motorsports bringing forth $500 for the Monosell fishing team and then also UMC $1,000 for the Monosell fishing team sponsorship. Once again, love to absolutely thank the community
for their um support of all of these student programs that uh we're so proud of. Um, that support goes a long way in making sure that our kids have new opportunities and better opportunities. I'll let uh member Hegley read the
resolution for acceptance. >> Therefore, be resolved by Moscel SC school board number 882 to gratefully accept the following donations. Peacemaker, Minnesota, $2,600 to fund a climb theater performance for the sixth grade assembly. Moon Motorsports, $500
for the Monaceel Fishing Team sponsorship. And UMC, $1,000 for Monaceel Fishing Team sponsorship. Second moved by Jeff Hegley, seconded by Melissa Curtis. All those in favor, please say I. I.
>> I. Oppos, please say no. >> Motion passes 5. And once again, you know, board meeting after board meeting. I'm absolutely blown away at how much our community gives back to our programs and making that happen. You know, the Monaceel fishing team has just been such
an incredible program. In fact, one of my neighbors son's going to join it for the first time this year, which is pretty cool. Um, but it's a great alternative program that's there that wouldn't be possible without the sponsorships from our community members. So, thank you. All right, on to the most
important part of the evening, I think, or fun part is our student representatives report. So, help me welcome to the podium Natasha Forzy and Jordy Girtz to give us a report. for having us here today. We love being here and we get great feedback about uh
being able to share what's going on inside of the high school. So, uh this is our last week of our second trimester uh with one trimester le left to go in the year. Uh we're fully wrapping up with finals projects and essays in all of our classes, especially those that
are ending in this trimester that don't carry over into the third trimester. So in the mindset of our students, you know, it's a lot of focus going on just grinding out the last uh work needed to be done in our classes to make sure that
uh assignments are done on time, making sure all work is caught up on and any tests or uh other assignments that need to be made up before the end of the trimester is done. So there's a lot of hard work going on in our student body. Uh our high school students have
registered for classes next year as well as our current eighth graders are working on that process of registering for high school uh with their Eminem teachers. Currently uh outside the classroom there have been
uh some exciting opportunities. Field trips such as the physics careers and uh the upcoming fax field trip coming up is uh super awesome opportunities for our students to just get out of the
classroom and get that real world experience. as well as our pep band and uh music department has been able to get the pep band out to hockey games and basketball games. And so that's been super fun to be at those games and the community to see uh what our music
department can do to help our athletics department. >> So like Jordia said, we are wrapping up this trimester. However, we do have a couple of events coming up at our high school. We have on March 19th the ACT coming up for any interested juniors
taking that for their college prep. And then we also have coming up at the high school, we have the cool school Polar Plunge, which works to raise money for our unified program as well as for Special Olympics Minnesota. So that's really cool. And then lastly, we just want to give some shoutouts to some
athletics and activities. Um, our gymnastics team won state championship as a team as well as one of the senior captains won as a like state individual. She went state champion, Lauren Hansen. Um, we have girls and boys basketball
playing section games this week. We have a number of individuals who competed at state tournaments um, swimming, diving, and wrestling. And then we also have a wrestling heavyweight I want to make sure I say this right. heavyweight division state champion Garrett Bower.
And then finally, our knowledge bowl play placed fourth place last week at sub regional tournaments. All of that is very cool. Um, do you guys have any questions? Russ board members, do we have any questions? I know I saw pictures of the knowledge
bowl that happened in with resource training and solution. Do you know how many participants we had by off chance? >> No, not off. Okay. >> Six. six. Okay. Really neat. So, really cool to hear that. All right. Well,
thank you. We appreciate the update. >> All right. Now, we'll move on to item number seven, teaching and learning. Um, we'll bring up to the podium Monaceel High School principles Lori Hansen and Matt Coowell to go over our course approval. >> Good evening. Thank you for giving us a
few minutes up here. I the uh um student reps didn't mention the fact that the Polar Plunge is open to board members and uh it's it's a thrilling experience. Um we've done it a couple different times and uh it does get your attention. So, it's for a very good cause. Of course, um our unified program is very
strong and very passionate and all of them will obviously be be participating. So, we didn't want you to feel like it was exclusive. It isn't. Anyone can jump in literally. Um well, we uh just a few minutes here. We have another um new course request for um the high school
and this one would fit under our healthc care pathway. It's another one we want in our back pocket in the case um that some stars align and we can we can uh make it happen. And we'll talk a little bit about um some contingencies here as
we go. So, one of the first ones is we don't know who the teacher will be just yet. Um the the course will be at an intro to sports medicine and uh we're working a couple different angles with it. Um we're hoping that um our athletic trainer Courtney Zamora will seriously
entertain it and she is teaching the course. We're working with Novaare there and she's working with uh Becca Kungl um to get her her license to be able to teach this course. Um she's maybe interested because she might have other opportunities within her current job.
Um, but that's one person that may teach it or we may have some of our current high school staff teaching it. But as you can see, we would um hopefully be able to roll this out next year. Third try is what we're shooting for. It would just be a one trimester elective. And uh
a number of students have very strong relationship and and work with Courtney through their athletic teams and the weight room and the training. And so there is quite a bit of interest um just generally through the connection she's made um and uh we know that there are a number of students when we survey them
that are interested in the healthcare field generally speaking. So you combine our strong numbers in athletics and the healthc care path pathway you know that this would be a popular course. Looking at the details here we had um
Becca Conungle has worked really hard with this particular course. Um we had a there was a grant opportunity through resources training and solutions and uh you can see the number up there about a $9,100 grant that we wrote and we won and that then was able to outfit us with
all of the materials to run the course. And so the idea is to be as cost neutral obviously as we can. We're very aware of budget. Um we want to um provide that opportunity for students in a way that we don't have to dip into other classes
or departments. So, we have $9,100 to work with. We've ordered textbooks. Um, they're on hold. They're they're waiting this approval. And, uh, then we've gone through our inventory of what we think we would need in the athletic department, in the training department, and we have a long list of things that
we would order if we can get approval tonight with uh, this class. So, a number of consumables um, when you think about the athletic training world. Um, and it goes handinhand with Courtney's job or go role. So that's our brief
proposal. Any questions? >> It's already answered on your slide, but I was going to ask if this is a CTE offering, which is really neat because it keeps kids in school and gives them they're
looking for >> right inside that and fit under our current CTE track. Yep. So when we tentative approval, we would build it within the CTE framework as well. Any other questions from the board on
this class? All right. And was this the only class you're asking for approval of this evening? Okay. This is an action item. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Melissa Curtis, seconded by Mary Bartell. All those in favor, please say I.
>> I. I oppose. Please say no. Motion passes. 5. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> All right. Now, we'll move on to innovation, leadership, and staff shoutouts. How about we just do in reverse order and just keep um both of
you here for the Monosell High School, Lori Hansen and Matt Coowell, and then we'll move on then to the middle school with principal Jeff Sherber. >> Um we're here to shout out our Monaceel High School math department. They're in a curriculum review cycle this year. So that means they're digging into student
data, new standards realignment, uh piloting two current curriculums really to ensure that they lay out a very strong track for our math students to really grow, succeed, and accelerate their math goals. The math department includes Kristen Shenzer, Jess Tigland,
Eric Hansen, Nate Wrangler, Aaron Ranek, Jordan Garretts, Zack Loff, Emily Mccelpine, and Marine Simich. And it's been a tremendous lift for all of that department. And so it felt remiss to us just not to take a moment and just acknowledge the work and everything
above and beyond just a normal school year. And they've done a tremendous job. So our Monaceel High School math department today. And then I've got another one here. I'm going to keep you in a little bit of suspense and just describe this person and then Jeff will help fill in the blanks a little bit more. So this person
is in the room. Uh we'll start there. I won't tell you who it is. Very supportive and relational relational. Um uh this person's a very strong leader that we all um have had a lot of interaction with. Uh uncanny ability to be zoomed out and see the big picture.
Meanwhile, being able to um be um zoomed right into individuals. Like I said, very relational. Uh I personally have worked with this person through a number of problems in in our jobs and our roles. And I would say that uh this person is a very strong problem solver
and a roadblock remover. That's a word. This person's known for egg bake. It's almost like we come to wait and re and hope that egg bake is present at some of our meetings. Um very very strong motivator and uh I think all of us have
worked through situations where we have um taken for granted uh the strong relational um relationship and relational leadership style this person has. So, last thing I say is we often hear the words we got this and it's never a you got this, it's always a we. So, we've appreciated the fact that this
person works with us so many so many of our concerns, problems, and uh victories. >> Thanks, Matt. Um, I just want to thank the school board for an opportunity for a shout out here for our superintendent, Eric Olsen. Eric was recently the
recipient of a regional administrator's excellence award. >> Uh Eric's pretty humble guy. I know this is hard on him for here, but I just uh for the past eight years, Eric has served as our superintendent. And for the last 21 years, we've worked Eric and
I have worked together. Eric, it's been a privilege uh to watch you grow and evolve as a leader, continuing learning and adapting and strengthening your ability to serve students and staff. Um, consistently led with integrity and passion, always putting the needs of
this district before himself. And I think we we all know that. We know Eric, that statement is very true. He's worked tirelessly to build a a a culture of lasting partnerships throughout our community. Because of this commitment and collaboration and relationships, our district is more connected, more
supported, and more strong and stronger than ever. He's truly a heart centered leader. I heard that from a number of different people. If there's a leader that uh leads from the heart, it's it's Eric Olsen. Uh someone who leads with care, vision, and unwavering dedication.
Eric, it's safe to say that this district is very grateful for you and all you've done from the perspective of our community, our students, and our staff. And from a very personal level, we are better off because of your leadership. Behalf of everyone, we want to say thank you. Congratulations, Eric
Olsen. I like the picture. >> So, I just need to say you guys beat us to the punch. We weren't planning on recognizing this achievement until the next board meeting. So, thank you. Um but just to prove the fact of it's not even within this district, but I had
other um superintendents who applied for our superintendent vacancy reach out to me that our superintendent received this award and wanted to make sure because they knew he wouldn't tell us about it that we knew that he received this award
which was um pretty cool. And so I'd really like to just echo all of the the kind things you just said about his amazing leadership um capabilities and styles and how good it's set our district up for the future. And so you've been awesome and it's a welldeserved award.
>> Board members, anything else to add? >> No, that's good. >> We're good. >> All right. Can >> I shout out a few middle school staff as well? Or Casey, I think you >> say we'll get Eric next time. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Just wanted to share a little bit about
we have uh two middle school members that we want to give a shout out to. Randy Pearson and Joy Hman. Uh these two stepped up in a time of need. Uh their outstanding leadership helped. Uh we're we're doing something different under Laura's help with uh Kristen Hall. We
needed some help uh putting together some data and some logistics for a CAP testing. Um Franny and Joy helped uh lead a team of teachers. Uh Franny's been here for 10 years. Uh Joy for five. They served as our middle school
specialist. Uh they are part of a dedicated team that partnered with our literacy literacy team to coordinate logistics that required us to test over 200 students at the middle school. Uh once they are were identified, Franny and Joy worked closely with grade level
teams to design and implement a clear and organized plan. They helped not only students but families understand the purpose of the assessment and what the growth meant. They were strategic trying to keep students in the classroom as much as possible. We're excited for the results,
but at a time when we truly needed help, Franny and Joy stepped up. Uh it's something new and it took courage to do that to step up and work with their with your colleagues in that. Uh we're looking forward to using this data and with the helpful people like Joy and Franny to get in the field work with
teachers. We're excited about the difference that we can make. So a shout out to Joy and to Franny. Also, one of my most favorite things about our board meetings once a month is the recognition piece because it's fun to see and hear about all the great work being done. We always know there's good
work, but being able to hear about it and we know how heavy um going through and testing out new curriculums are and the people that lead that is is huge and it takes a lot of time in addition to their regular workday to do that. Um as well as other initiatives that we're
pushing forward in the district. It takes leaders within our district to make that happen. And so we appreciate all the hard work you're doing. Thank you for sharing. All right, let's see where are we at here. Okay, now we're on to item number
nine, safe and healthy culture. I'd like to welcome up to the podium director of student services to go over the National School Social Worker Week. >> Good evening everyone. Um it was really appropriate that Eric's getting um
acknowledged today um tonight because when I worked at the middle school as a social worker, Eric always said, "Man, if I had another career, Sarah, I'd be a social worker." So, I think at the heart of who he is, he's definitely carried that um his entire career. And um it's
very fitting in in the relationships that he's built as a superintendent. Um and so at the at the heart of our school is is you know you'll always be a social worker at we'll we'll give you that. Okay. Um so it's fitting just to have school
social worker uh week to acknowledge um such a great group of people. Um we're going to celebrate uh the social workers, our school social workers um because they're the heart of our schools as well. They are friendly faces who make sure no student or family has to
navigate challenges alone. We often say it takes a village and our social workers are the ones who build those bridges between home and the classroom. They look at the whole picture understanding that for a child to do their best in class, they first need to
feel safe, feel heard, and supported at home and in their hearts. Whether they are offering a listening ear during a tough day or connecting a family with a muchneeded resource, their compassion makes our entire district stronger. So
to all of our social workers, thank you for your kindness and for the way you care for every kid every day. We are so lucky to have that entire group. Thank you. >> I'd like to echo that as well. um our social workers make such a big
difference within our school system and is why um our schools are so successful is because we make sure we're taking care of everybody at every level and um all of the needs and and that job can be really difficult at times. um and really
heavy and hard and their hearts are just huge and they give everything to our students and partnering with the families to make sure we're taking care of all of our students is um there's not enough thank yous that we can say. So, thank you. A hundred times our social
workers are an imperative part of our entire district. All right. Now, we're on to item B. Approval of banking services provider and designation of official depository. I'd like to pass the podium or the microphone over to director of business
services Tina Burkeholder. All right, good evening. We have tonight uh for approval to look at our banking services uh for the next couple months. Hopefully, we'll transition over. In December, we issued a request for
proposal on banking services. We have not done a formal banking RFP since I've been here 2012. We have no issues with our current provider. I mean, I'm very well satisfied with their service. But with a recent webinar that I was at, um, there
was just a lot of cyber security enhancements or fraud anti-prevention type tools that we should consider and make sure we're we have the latest and greatest because we want to make sure we're protecting our accounts and our assets. So with that, um, we sent RFPs
out to all the banks in Monaceel. We received five responses back from Premier Bank, US Bank, Core Trust Bank, Sherburn State Bank, and National Bank of Commerce. Through those reviews, uh we had interviews and we also had
platform demonstrations and our committee consisted of myself, Amy Stalach, Zach Harry, and school member Jeff Hegley to keep us honest. And so we looked at uh all the interview materials, like I said, and the proposals. We looked at the overall
pricing that the banks offered, the fraud and security, making sure we had the latest and greatest multifactor authentication and uh control limits, implementation and service, and just the core capabilities. Um, for one thing,
um, some companies have positive pay where they look at the checks that come in and you make sure that there's no differences that are coming in and you can verify, you know, if they're match, name, the amount, and the uh, date and everything, check number, and you would
let them go through if they all match. So, it help us be more efficient and identify those things that um are not matching. So based on that, the committee is recommending uh to approve National Bank of Commerce as our banking
service provider and also designate them as an instit in institution of official depository that you guys uh tend to do in January. I must say if anybody ever wants to serve on that committee and it's very
exciting. >> I do have to say um it was fun to listen to Jeff at budget committee and he said oh my goodness that was intense and integrityfilled. So uh just this the process itself was uh pretty amazing. So thanks for putting forth that process D.
I know that's a lot of extra work. You and the committee and Jeff >> being a captain. >> I just listened. >> Is there any questions from the board to director Burke Holder before we move on this action item? >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Moved by Jeff Hegley, seconded by Casey Root. All those in favor, please say I. I. Oppose, please say no. Motion passes. 5. And if you want to just stay right up there. Our next item on the agenda is
our 202627 budget assumptions. Um, and we're going to get briefed on that by director Burke Holder. So, in January, I presented uh financial forecasts and talked about different scenarios at our budget committee meeting. And so, right now, we're at the
stage where we approve our budget assumptions. It is a fluid process though. There's a lot of unknowns still up in the air. But once some of those unknowns become known, I tend to update the forecast to kind of see where we're at financially. Um, so, you know,
through different budget committees, I'll keep the board updated on that. Um, so with our general fund, we have the projected enrollment that I present in November, and that includes our co-op pro programs where students might flow
in between co-op programs and Monty programs. But we also have our budget enrollment that determines our funding. So keep in mind, we got to keep away or take off the students that are in the co-op programs. And if you recall from our enrollment projections that we tend
to lose students throughout the year. So I tend to shave off 2 to 3% at the secondary levels to account for that enrollment loss. So that is what is used on the budget side for enrollment and revenue purposes. Also with revenues, we know our general
education aid is increasing 2.9%. The state finalized that in February. In statute, there is a minimum of 2% with a maximum of 3%. So, the original forecast in January had it at 2%. They got a little boost there at 2.69%.
I'm assuming uh there's no changes in the legislative session. Even though we did receive a more positive outlook with the state's forecast, you just never know if we're going to see additional revenue our way, but fingers crossed that we will. On the state special aid
aid program, uh we have some program shifts from co-op to Monty and next year will be our first year that we're receiving revenue with our access program. So we should see additional dollars there. However, on our compensatory revenue
side, we are seeing a projected decrease next year of 391,000 compared to our existing levels now. So, try we'll try to testify when we can to see if we can get a hold harmless for one year, but again, with the forecast and where the legislative sessions at, you just never
know what we can count on. And we have other grants that have been renewed under mentorship and intro to ed. So we'll see some additional revenue in those categories. On the expense side, um we have tenatively right now projected three
FTEES and certified retirements. Um we don't really have those in hand. So again, it's a fluid process and as we know more um we'll just continue to just roll over the staffing that we have into the next year until we know those retirements.
Our staffing is also based on enrollment adjustments each year. And then with special education staffing, we will based on a projection needs. So we might see some shifts between buildings and an increase in date needs of about2 FTE.
Also, our salary and benefit changes will be based on settled contracts or budget parameters set by the school board. We also will be going into a health insurance bid year for 2627. we tend to have uh competitive prices during that process. So hopefully we'll
continue to see that uh during the next round. Other expenditures are non salary non-benefits. So supply or transportation costs should be anywhere from 0 to 10%. we won't borrow short term because we still uh receive a good
amount of aid during the year from the state and that our total expenses will end up about 0.5% under budget. With our fund balance policy, we try to stick between that 8 to 16%. We'll continue to pay our committed severance
um payouts under our committed fund balance. and we have a budget alignment plan of 680,000 which includes our enrollment staffing adjustments. We'll also look at our util our trust to utilize the employee retiree insurance
costs depending on what the projected property tax increase will kind of be flexible on um what will be uh under the trust and what will be under the property tax obligations. Uh so here's the latest look at our forecast. I have in the reddish colors
the minimum 8% fund balance, the blue with the 16% and you in peach you can see where the forecast is. So we will see a nice uh rise in our fund balance when you start seeing that operating referendum come in but it uh drops
pretty fast as our expenses are outpacing the projected revenue in the forecast because again we're using that minimum of 2%. So, we just got to keep a watchful eye on our expenses and make sure we're kind of controlling what we can control each year with the uh
financial forecast. It's just estimates upon estimates. So, you tend to drop fast in years four and five, but we'll um hopefully lean more on the positive side and make our operating referendum last through uh 3031. So, all that is our budget assumptions
for now. Again, they will change as more known become known. And so, just asking for approval to start guiding the initial phases of our budget process for next year. Any questions from the board for director Burke Holder before we move on
the budget assumptions? >> This is an action item. >> So moved. Second >> by Melissa Curtis, seconded by Casey Root. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> I. Opposed, please say no. Motion passes. 5-0. Thank you for always doing
a diligent job with our budget. Thank you. >> All right. Now, we'll move on to our food service 2025 to 2028 master agreement. I'd like to welcome to the podium, Director of Human Resources, Rob Danicker.
Seven, members of the board, Superintendent Olsen, I'm excited to bring forward our third of six uh collective bargaining agreements for this uh year's uh round of negotiations. This is our food service employees agreement. This is a three-year agreement. The unit was willing to uh
consider uh moving from the traditional 2-year agreement to a three-year agreement. Um, one of the interests of the district in doing that was right now we have, as I mentioned, we have six units on cycle this year. Uh, next year we only have three units on cycle and so this helps balance things in the long
term. Um, so that was very helpful for the unit to be open to that. Um, as well um, it allowed us to do some creative um, exercises in the financial aspect of this agreement as well. So, a tenative agreement was reached regarding the 2025 to 28 master agreement with the food
service employees on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. The agreement was ratified today. So, earlier today got notified um by the unit that they had approved. That's why it was on the agenda, but it was not hyperl until uh this afternoon. Uh the district administration recommends that the board of education
approve this agreement. Uh the essentials of this three-year agreement are as follows. uh year one which is uh July 1, 2025 through uh this calendar or uh June 30th of 2026 I should say. The wage scale uh is set to increase on all
cells uh at 0.9% in year 1 retroactive to July 1st 2025. There's no increase on insurance or on longevity in year 1. In year two, uh wage scale would go up 1.0 uh an increase of $30 per month on both single and family contributions in terms
of group insurance for year two. uh but no increase on longevity in year two. And then in year three, the wage scale would go up on an increase of all sales of 3%. Um no increase on insurance in year three and no increase on longevity in year three as well. In terms of
language items, we did make some modifications in terms of uniform, increased the non-skid shoe allowance from 75 to $100 per year. Um, we also revised and amended the list of uniform items allocated to employees upon hire and also on completion of
their probationary period. In terms of uh catering work, we clarified that uh we do the district does require certain licenses um necessary to be awarded that catering work and that's for food safety purposes. Uh sick leave, we did increase the sick leave allocation in the
contract from 9 days to 10 days per year. Um on personal leave, we did add some restrictions and so we limited uh the use of personal leave to one individual per kitchen per day and also limiting uh personal leave during the first two weeks and the final two weeks of the school year um for ease of
service and continuity. Um in terms of holidays, we did increase the number of holidays in this contract from 8 to nine per year beginning with the 2627 school year or year two of the agreement. Um on job posting uh we amended the certification requirement for head cooks
and second cooks uh from serves serve safe uh which is identified in the contract currently to the more broader general uh Minnesota certified food production manager license which could include serve safe as well as other licenses. Deferred matching contribution
we saw the same language in the custodial agreement last week. It amends the deadline to enroll annually in deferred matching contribution plans to align with the annual group insurance open enrollment deadline. So no firm date uh in the contract but a date would be established annually by the school
district. Um schedule E, this is a new schedule in the contract. It adds the current SNA certification differential memorandum of agreement to the contract as schedule E. It also amends the differential from uh an annual stipen to an hourly differential.
uh but there's no functional increase in what the the total amount is that can be earned. Um and then there's two uh new appendices uh that are added to the contract. Appendix two is anou regarding second cook interviews. Um we note that the district has agreed to include at least one member of the unit to be
included on interview committees for second cook positions through the term of the contract which is June 30th, 2028. Um this ends previous past practice regarding interview process for second cooks. previously they went to bumping and the district uh terminated that past practice. And then uh appendex
3 is anou regarding cooks helper interviews. The district has agreed to permit cooks helper uh positions to continue to use an internal bumping protocol in lie of uh in-person interviews for the duration of the agreement again through June 30th of 2028. This is no functional change to
current past practice. However, uh finally, the total package value over the it should say three years, excuse me, over the three-year term of the agreement is 6.56 according to the MSBA costing model. I'll take any questions the board might have on this agreement.
>> Any questions? >> This is an action item. >> Second. >> Moved by Jeff Hegley, seconded by Casey Root. All those in favor, please say I. Oppose, please say no. >> Motion passes. 50 and Dr. Daner, if you
just want to stay right up there and go right into our next uh item on the agenda, first reading of policy. >> Happy to do so. So, this month we had a very energetic and robust conversation in our policy committee meeting. Uh we covered um seven policies in total. Um
we also discussed uh various other items as relevant as well. And so the first policy for us to review this evening is policy 101. Uh excuse me. So, the first five policies coming forward to the board tonight are part of our review cycle. Um, we do have a three-year
review cycle for all of our policies. We are actually entering with policy 101, we're entering our third of those three years, which means that we're five months ahead of schedule right now. So, in terms of the efficient operations of the policy committee, we're uh doing very good. Uh, policy 101 is the legal status of the school district. Purpose
of this policy is a primary principle of this nation is that the public welfare demands an educated and informed citizenry. The power to provide for ed public education is a state function vested in the state legislature and delegated to local school districts. The purpose of this policy is to clarify the legal status of the school district. Um
there were was not uh many substantive changes actually no substantive changes to this policy. Um but it came forward as part of our review process. Uh the last time it was reviewed was 2017. Any questions on policy 101? Okay, moving to uh we did review policy
102. There were absolutely no changes recommended for policy 102, but we will note it uh for uh historical purposes as having been reviewed tonight by the policy committee. The next policy for first read tonight is 103 complaints students, employees, parents, other persons. The purpose of this policy is
the school district takes seriously all concerns or complaints by students, employees, parents or other persons. If a specific complaint procedure is provided within any other policy of the school district, the specific procedure shall be followed in reference to such complaint. If a specific complaint procedure is not provided, the purpose
of this policy is to provide a procedure that may be used. Again, no uh significant changes to this policy. Um, and the last time the board reviewed it was or revised it, excuse me, was 2013. Any questions on 103? Okay, hearing none, we'll move on to
401. Uh, this is the equal opportunity um, excuse me, equal employment opportunity policy. The purpose of this policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants for school district employment and for all school district employees. Again, minor
changes uh, as part of our uh, review cycle on this one. The last time the board revised this was 2018. The most significant change this evening was that we amended uh the policy as required um according to the MSBA template to include that the director of human
resources is uh the person that any person having a question regarding this policy is directed to any questions on 401 at all. Okay. Moving forward to policy 402. This is our disability non-discrimination
policy. uh once again uh brought forward as part of our review cycle. The most recent time this was reviewed by the school board was 2016. And again, the most significant change was including the name uh title of um the person that individuals should contact with concerns
regarding disability non-discrimination and their contact information. Any questions regarding 402? Okay, two more. 403. This is discipline suspension and dismissal of school district employees. The purpose of this policy is to achieve effective operation
of the school district's program through the cooperation of all employees under a system of policies and rules applied fairly and uniformly. Um once again uh no significant changes to this policy are being proposed. It was last reviewed
in 2017. Any questions on 403? Okay. Okay. And then our last policy is one that uh came forward through um um interest of the board and the superintendent and others in the leadership uh um positions for the district. This is policy 904,
distribution of materials on school district property by non-school persons. The purpose of this policy is to provide for distribution of materials appropriate to the school setting by non- staff and non- studentents on school district property in a reasonable time, place and manner which does not disrupt the educational program nor
interfere with the educational objectives of the school district. In this case, it was noted um by uh various individuals involved with our policy committee that the guidelines uh which are included in the policy um include a
statement uh that reads as follows. Requests for distribution of materials will be reviewed by the administration on a case-byase basis. However, distribution of the following materials is always prohibited and um the policy committee noted that there was a glaring exception in the guidelines that we are
attempting to uh fill and so it is proposed as item number seven on that list of guidelines. It reads as follows. Um, materials prohibited that constitutes materials intended to advocate for or against a candidate for public office, political party or ballot question. Prohibited materials include
but are not not limited to, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, campaign signs, banners, electronic or digital campaign materials, petitions intended to influence electoral outcomes, and any other materials that promote or oppose a political campaign candidate, political organization, or ballot initiative. And
again that um prohibition would extend to any school activities uh district activities um that take place. Um the school district would not be in a position to restrict the speech of private entities that rented district space. However, for example,
and so that is uh the totality of the recommended change for 904. Any questions on policy 904 at all? All right. This is for first read. No action tonight. Chair Steven. >> All right. Thank you, Director Daner. And I'd like to just echo what he said
as well. Um where he alluded to the fact that we have a lot of robust uh discussion. I'm very proud of our policy committee. We do some awesome work, I think, and protecting our district and taking care of our students and our staff. So, I want to thank you for all those that are at the table um helping
create some of this to make sure we're taken care of. All right. Thank you. All right. That brings us to adjournment of this regular school board meeting at 5:44 on March 2nd. Our next school board
meeting will be March 16th at 6:00 p.m. and we will be following this meeting with a work session. Have a great