We're called to order the Independent School District 152, June 20th, 2026. Board meeting to order. And we'll start with roll call. Start with my left. >> Valin present. >> Burgard present. >> Markwart present. >> Bjorkland present.
>> Steph present. Vote present. >> We'll stand for the pledge. >> Preview agenda. Dr. Lunik. >> There are no additions or corrections. Recommend approval. >> Cassidy. >> I move to approve the meeting agenda as presented. Melissa, >> I second. >> I have a motion by Cassie, second by
Melissa to approve the agenda as presented. Is there any further discussion? Any additional discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. We are proud. This is the time during the meeting we recognize outstanding achievements of our students, staff, and
comm community members. After our honores name has been read, uh we they'll accept their certificate. And please stay up here for a photo to be taken. We are proud of the Morehead High School track and field athletes who competed at the Minnesota State Tournament. State
competitors include Zach Walker, Chadra Zuo, Edmund Whipy, Dalton Jones, Madison Sua, you can go ahead and come on when they call your name. when I call your name. Nicholas Steinert, Wyatt Michaelbust, Oliver Carl, Carlson,
Connor Copeland, Eli Schlicking, Taven Schlicking, Espen Bemmet, Courage Sia, Charles Martin, Jesse Adasti, Caitlyn Walthers, Audrey Humanick, Lillian Humanick, Lauren Guest, Amanda Gay,
Quinn Ericson, Nadia Davis, Avery Markort, Ellie Rossen, and Ruby Martin. The team is coached by Ron Davies, Eric Hansen, and Isaac Lunberg. Assistant coaches are Corey Esfeld, Ryan Beddorf,
Broady Clark, Lisa, Lisa Dunning, Dunningham, Kevin Feny, Justin Gaul, Adam Hansen, Brian Huber, Erica Lavoy, John Lubet, John Pike, Max Seth, and Josh Wagner.
[applause] >> [applause] >> And we are proud of the Morehead High School students Olivia Ronaldson and Maddie Shu who competed in the 2026 Minnesota State Triple AAA Golf Tournament. The golf team is coached by
Jill Raldson and Maddie Brun. [applause] >> [clears throat and laughter] >> Thanks for coming everyone. If you can stay if you want but it's going to be a long one but congrats everyone. >> Public forum de we have anybody? There is no one.
>> Okay. Thank you. Moving on to uh tax property abatement for parking lot construction and improvement projects presentation. Beth Dones Ellers Inc. Welcome. Want just make sure the green light is on the microphone and we should
>> do I have to get closer to it? >> Nope. I should be good. >> You can hear me? >> Yeah. Yes. >> Great. Well, thanks for having uh me tonight. So we are talking about the public thank you the public hearing for the tax abatement um for parking lot
projects in particular. So there is specific statute authority that allows the district to use abatement bonds to pay for parking lot improvements and structures for school districts. This is the only thing you can spend abatements on. Our cities and counties have a lot more leeway but um we're just lucky that
we've got this part. So just a stipulation that your debt service payments can't exceed 10% of your net tax capacity. So a valuation of your district or $200,000. So the process that we go through um to approve the tax abatement is first we
identify the parcels for embaitment abatement. And really all this is is earmarking certain parcels to make sure you have enough value to cover your debt service payments. those parcels that we have listed in the um the resolution are
not going to pay taxes in a different way than any other parcel in the school district. It really just is part of a calculation, this is what they're earmarked for, but their taxes aren't going to change at all. So really just want to make sure for anyone who saw their parcel listed in the resolution that they're not worried about it in any
way, shape, or form. It's going to look exactly the same as as their neighbors. Um so you call res you um called for that abatement hearing tonight, publish it in the newspaper. We talk about it right now. Uh your next step then will be the adopting the resolution to grant the abatement and then that all gets
included in when you are certifying your levy this fall and winter. So we are using the um abatement bonds to cover about $3 million of parking lot projects. and issue a bond for 3 million will be paid over a term of 12 years.
And those debt service payments are eligible for that school building bond agricultural credit, which means 70% of that agricultural property bill will come from the state instead of from local property taxes. So, it's a nice benefit for them, too.
So, tonight is the hearing. Um September 28th is when we are looking at um awarding and selling those bonds. in October is when those cash funds will come in and then your projects can be completed over the summer of next summer or 2028 and even further up to three
years if you need to go that far out. >> So that is it as far as the hearing portion goes and then we would open it up to any public comments. Do >> you have questions? >> There are no people that >> there's no sign up.
>> Okay. I I just have >> Oh, go ahead, Scott. >> You said it was 3 million and on our paper it says 4,178,000. Which one is it actually? >> So the $3 million is the amount of the bond that you're going to offer the interest.
>> Yeah. And the 4 million is enough to cover everything. Yep. Exactly. >> Any other questions? >> All right. Well, thank you for coming tonight. >> Yeah. and we'll move on to the later on in the agenda is when we'll be voting on that. So,
so cons consent agenda. All items of the consent agenda are considered to be routine and have been made available to the school board at least two days prior to the meeting. The items will be enacted by one resolution. There'll be no separate discussion of these items unless a school board member so requests
in which event that item will be removed from the agenda and considered under separate resolution. To the extent possible, the school board member inquiries on consent agenda items will be to be made directly to the district administration prior to the time of the meeting. A superintendent Dr. Lunic
approval of the minutes from June 15, 2026 school meeting and the June 15, 2026 close session. B, teaching and learning Dr. Larson ALC schedule renewal. C, business administrative services, Dr. Damer. Um, one, July
claims. Two, change of contract. [clears throat] Three, continuing contracts. Four, resignations. Five, new employees. Six, comparable worth and pay equity review. Seven, additional staffing request. Eight, part-time and substitute pay schedule. Nine,
affiliation agreement with the University of St. Thomas. >> Keith, >> move to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Scott, I'll second. >> I have a motion by Keith, second by Scott to approve the consent agenda as presented. Is there any further discussion?
>> Any additional discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Moving on. New business. Resolution relating to the property tax abatement for parking lot projects granting abatement. Dr. Lumick.
>> Yes. Tonight uh this agenda item uh relating to the tax abatement is just to fund the tax abatement portion of the uh overall bond which will be on the next agenda item. Uh this one is specifically for parking lot repairs. Like Beth said
earlier, you'll see the properties identified in this memo and uh we recommend your support in this uh to help us maintain our parking lots throughout the district. [cough]
>> We do need a motion if anybody's willing to do that. Keith move to approve the resolution relating to property tax abatement for parking lot projects granting the abatement with an estimated total cost of 4 million78,000
I think there's a zero missing there um over 12 years as presented Cassidy >> a second >> I have a motion by second by Cassidy to approve the resolution relating [clears throat] to property tax abatement for parking lot projects granting the abatement with the
estimated total cost of $4,178,000 over 12 years as presented. Is there any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.
Resolution uh stating the intention of the school board to issue general obligation facility maintenance capital facilities and tax abatement bonds series 2026b in a maximum aggregate principal amount of 12,500,000
and take other actions with respect thereto. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. uh tonight this uh resolution will be to package all three of the items that we were talking
about. So what you acted on earlier was the items we had to we had to take care of via statute regarding the abatement bonds. These uh this portion uh is the abatement bond combines with the capital
facilities which is what we're going to use to close out the high school and then the facilities uh maintenance portion which we will use to continue to maintain uh our roofs on our buildings throughout the district. So those items
combined will be the $12,500. But on that capital facilities portion, that $6 million that we have there, that will be borrowed against our um operating capital. So that wouldn't uh result in
any type of a tax increase. So, uh, just to refresh your memory on the facilities maintenance portion and, uh, with our average age being well below the, uh, age the maximum age of 36, our district
qualifies for that programming through the state where we would get some dollars back to help us cover the maintenance of those facilities. And that's why we're bringing this to you uh, tonight. So, for instance, in payable 2027, uh if we were to get our full $380 per
pupil, uh we would generate uh over $3 million in um LTFM funding. But because of our average age, um we get an estimated 1 a little over $1.8 8
million, which with this new program with the state makes us eligible um for about 1 little little under 1.2 million. And uh with us subtracting out the
health and safety portion of it, uh we would have about 752 remaining, which then allows us because of the age of our facilities, uh to capitalize on about $376,000. and that continues to go down each year as we gain the average age back. So by
participating in this program, we're eligible to capitalize on some state funding that we would not be able to other capitalize on. So with this resolution tonight, um it gives us that flexibility and allows us to uh close
out the high school, also take care of the um the Vista project, which you'll see the bids came in for later in the pro later in the bid here, later in the agenda. Uh allows us to maintain our roofs and also our parking lot. So
that's what you're approving with this resolution uh tonight. appreciate your support. >> I can make a motion, but I want to clarify the amount listed before I do. Did you say 12,500?
>> 12,500. >> Okay. I thought you said no. Sorry, I misunderstood you. >> Deb was rubbing off on me. She was saying [laughter] 12 million all last week. >> I'll make a motion. A move to approve the resolution stating the intention of the school board to issue general obligation
capital facilities and tax abatement bonds series 2020 2026b in the maximum aggregate principal amount of 12,500,000 as presented. >> Cassidy, >> I'll second. A motion by Melissa, second by Cassidy to approve the resolution
stating the intention of the school board to issue general obligation facility maintenance capital facilities and tax statement bonds series 2026B in the maximum aggregant principal amount of 12,500,000 as presented.
Any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you. A comprehensive activities report. Dr. Damer. >> Thanks. Um, I welcome Dean Halgo,
activities director up to the podium. He will give a comprehensive review of 2526 and some objectives for the 2627 school year. >> Welcome Dean. >> There we go. Sorry about that. It's always uh it's always nice to be
here. And first thing I want to say is I want to thank our our school board. Um, I would have to bet that you guys attend and you girls attend more events than most school boards. It's always appreciated when I see folks for administrative side or our school board at at ball games or other events. And so, thank you for being there this year
for our kids. Um, you know, spotlight on success. I the first slide. Um, I I I would be remiss not to talk about the last few years. Um, we've worked really really hard to get ourselves into a certain position uh activity-wise and that's comprehensively. Um, and I'm just going to share a statement that I shared
in the uh parent meeting prior to the ticket sales of the state championship hockey game uh for for tickets. By the way, that went much better this year than it did last year for anybody that attended. We got it we got it a little closer to being uh productive. But one of the things that I told the parent group in that in that Saturday morning
was it's really important to know when you're in the good old days. And right now in terms of spot activities, uh we have had probably the best two-year run and maybe five year run that we have ever had. maybe bar the the folks from 8687 might argue a little bit but we have had a tremendous run. So we are we
are very thankful for that. Um we are thankful for the support that this group here has provided for us to to to staff in a way and to support our kids in a way where um you know I'm not a big person to sit around and talk about vision statements and missions. It's just never been my strength. I I I tend to just try to live what I think we
should be doing as a department. Um I had the class of 86 in and I did not have them in. They were in for a tour on Saturday and they asked some really great questions and again that was a group of kids folks that they're not kids. Um, class of 86 is a group that came through at a very successful time in Morat High and so they asked a lot of
really good probing questions about what we're doing and how you know how things have kind of gotten to the point where we're having a lot of success at the state level. And I I did share with them and I and I've I I will reiterate this when you look at our staffing and people like coach Muscleman and Dr. asked we
are committed to every student participant at Morehead High and that is that and I will not hang that on the walls. It's not my speed. I don't I don't do that. But I will tell you right now that our focus on make is making sure that absolutely every kid at Morhead High has the same opportunity to be successful and that's that's that's
been our goal and that's been our mission. Um even if we don't state it publicly very often. Um, we are a school that has changed drastically in 15 years in my 15 years that I've been here in terms of our demographic makeup. And the student population that we have now requires a totally and utterly different
level of support than what we did 15 years ago. And and we have been able to put some of those things into place and we are currently I think operating in a way where it does not matter what your socioeconomic status is. You have the exact same opportunity to be successful as any other kid at Morat High. And
that's been our mission. And I think that is where some of our success has come from. And now that's not to say that we don't have a lot of work ahead of us. Um so that's you know just from the outset we feel really really good about where things are at but we also know that we have a lot of work ahead of us to try to keep continuing to grow and
and to push the envelope. Uh our staff um our staff is in place. This is it's nice to have two years together. um my administrative assistant. I think that's actually a very understated term when it comes to Molina went. Uh Molina will probably be the only I would have to guess the only administrative assistant
to have her masters in sports administration and she'll have that this year. Um she's a machine. Uh she does things effortlessly. Um she is basically an assistant AD without having the title of being an assistant AD. She's extremely talented. um she makes everything look very easy both dayto-day
and she's also been a great support in terms of helping with event coverage and things of that nature. Um if you know one of the things that we are experiencing in our department that I probably should have done a specific slide on it to be honest with you is the aging of our worker population. Um you know we've lost some tremendous people
in the last year out of our workforce and obviously Larry Kudson on the radio side still trying to figure out how to navigate life without Larry. Um Vern and Lois Arnson have retired from ticket taking. Uh Tom Michaels retired and he also passed recently. Um so we are really having to depend on and lean into
the people within our department more than we ever have. U so people like Molina and and Matty Oliver, our equipment specialist. Matty's just an absolute he's an absolute home run. He doesn't to be honest with you. He doesn't necessarily belong at a high school just because of his skill set, his background, his his licensers in in
in laundry and the things that he does. So we're really blessed to have him. Uh what I would tell both of you about all of you about both of them is that we meet every day. We meet every day for probably 15 minutes, 20 minutes, sometimes an hour uh sometimes multiple times per day just to talk direction and
what we're trying to accomplish as a department. Um and we are in lock step. Uh they have been uh you know I'm in year 15 in Morhead, I'm in years 30some in my career and you start to get tired and that's just the reality of of this world. And those two have been absolutely uh energy givers for the last
two years. So, I'm incredibly thankful to have each of them and I would put each of them up against anybody in their field in the in the state of Minnesota. They're that good and uh so we're really really thankful for it. Um and on the, you know, on the they're a part of our staff, but they're more on the support
side. Uh Dr. Gast, I just uh she's she's been an amazing resource. I I think uh Kelly has she's uh you know, she's had her her life has been challenging at times the last few years, so we feel really blessed that she's taken time to be a part of our kids' lives. And I think I probably said this last year and
I I'll continue to say it. I will not stop on this. It we don't know what we don't know oftent times. And our coaches, our kids, those that dial in and buy in to Dr. Gast are better because of it. Her messaging, her focus on and and on Gen Z athletes, her
understanding of the Gen Z mind has been I I'll tell you flat out for me, even as a parent and as a person who works with all of our coaches, Gen Z kids are a different animal. all of they they just there is and part of it if if you haven't worked with them and haven't been around them they have information
at their fingertips 247 they ask questions they need to know the why of everything and sometimes for 50 45 50-y old 55y old coaches they just want to say do it do it because I said so that doesn't work anymore so that is why and I'm just giving you a little snippet into what Dr. Gas has brought to the
table. She's really really educated a lot of us on how we need to work with the modern athlete to make their world better. And she works with the athletes on how to perform at their peak. And but I also think the other part about having Dr. Gast around is the normalizing of mental health, the normalizing of mental
wellness with our student athletes and our participants in all of our activities. There's obviously oftentimes people don't they they they think there's it's a stigma, there's whatever, but I think she has helped to to just be a really good connection between mental health and wellness and our student athletes and our participants in all of
our activities. Um, athletic development, coach Muscleman, I think his work speeds for himself. Um, he is unlike most. He is a, again, I look at it selfishly. Uh, he's an amazing resource for me. He challenges me every day. Um, he pushes and sometimes we
don't agree. Sometimes you might find us at 7 o'clock in the morning in the wait room having a very heated discussion over something. Um we always but we always come to the the right spot and I think we challenge each other appropriately. Um he does that with our coaches. He is a marvelous resource for them above and beyond being probably as
good of a strength coach as you'll ever find at the high school level. Simply said and you know what he's not perfect for every kid. And if you can find an adult in the world of education that's perfect for every kid, I'll give you a medal because I don't think there is one. Everybody reacts differently to different people. But the baseline of what he's accomplished in his time in
Morehead, there is absolutely no accident that his arrival and our successes four years later are going hand in hand. And like I said, it's not for everybody, but what he has done too, and I know that when we brought Coach Musman on and we went to comprehensive school athletic development training, which I've been meeting with school
after school after school, folks, I'll tell you the cat's out of the bag on our success. People are trying to figure out how we're doing it and they know that he's a huge part of it. Met with Harrisburg, South Dakota last week via Zoom. Um, it's it's I've met with a lot of Minnesota schools. It's uh they're trying to figure out how to do what we do, which is to serve every student
athlete and every participant within our school by bringing the the training within the school day. Uh, Chris has been remarkable. We have over 750 kids in HP next year. And I I want to make sure everybody understands as well, we also have a lot of kids that train outside of our school building. So, they
go to they go to Rise, they go to CORMAX, they go to Sanford Power. We don't fight that. That's what I think we have really done is we have completely changed the dynamic of what it means to be a student athlete in this community in terms of kids train. We don't and if
they want to train somewhere else and and you know Chase does a marvelous job over with his ETSs and his rise situation. We're never going to fight that. We just want kids to train and we want to make sure that they have access which they do with coach at the at the uh at the high school. So we're we're blessed to have that crew of humans. They're they're amazing and they've
allowed us to do a lot of good things and they they're great for our kids. are great for our coaches and they're great for for myself as well. U looking ahead at at the next year the planning for 20 I apologize still get 2526 up there but in 2627 no real changes with fees or
that structure whatsoever. Um we do have and I I mentioned it in a later slide but we are making a shift in the platform we use to schedule games which will change the the the view for all of you in in terms of where you'll find our game schedules and we'll get all that out. uh our participation by season last year, it's pretty consistent, I think,
with where it's been in the past few years. Um you can click on the 25 26 activity summary. Um I don't I didn't really, you know, I look at like red flags. Are there any activities that are really low on numbers or or really ballooning on numbers? Um I feel like we've been really really consistent. Um
you know, I think one of the just just a looking through them really quickly. Um I think almost every activity has been quite consistent for for quite a while. Uh, I would I would still always point to what I would consider to be our new activities. Your esports, um, [clears throat] lacrosse, even
Nordic, I'd consider to be rather new. All of those programs are thriving. None of them are on none of them are on life support whatsoever. They're actually doing really really really well. Um, I'll make a note. Um, you know, we we we added cheer a handful of years ago, uh, if you remember that. and and uh this
this last spring they did the tryyouts for fall cheer and they had 40 girls trying out uh 40 students I should say which that's a remarkably good number and we're really really tickled about those kind of numbers coming in and so you know I think we feel feel great about where our participation number
where our participation number is but it's going to be a continual point of emphasis um again I I it's we can look at participation numbers at the high school level and that's obviously important but the reality is is by the time the kids get to high school, their their participation is somewhat
determined in most activities. So, for example, I sit on the NBA board right now. The NBA, the Morehead basketball association is having a lot of lot of discussions. We feel like and we haven't done the breakdown mathwise yet, but if you look at the various elementary schools, we feel like a few of them feed a lot of our athletics and and our fine
arts and a couple don't have a ton of participation and and some of that comes down to access, demographics, all of these things. So, as we look at our numbers, I I I think there's a bigger challenge, and some of this falls on my shoulders, to continue to work and to challenge our youth organizations to make sure that they are making their
programs accessible to every kid in Morehead. And that's that's going to take time and that's going to that's going to take work. We can move on. Dan, any questions so far? Okay, think. Okay. Yep. Just some objectives
for next year. Um, we just want to continue to build and I know that sounds that's too generic and it's not specific enough. I get that. One, we want to get our operations knocked out of the park. Operations meaning game day dayto-day. Um, as we move into our are in our building that has never stopped evolving, which will be super fun when
we can actually really really settle in. Um, even today Steve and I and Josh and Dan had a meeting about just entrances and how to best use the building now that it's all fully available and then how to manage that building when it's fully available. Um, so our game day operations are a never- ending um never-
ending point of work and and just to try to make our events secure, safe, all of those good things. So we are continuously working on that. Our ticketing system will change next year. Our online scheduling system and we will we will uh roll that information out probably by August 1st to our community so that people know where to find things
that are happening next year. Our coaches, I I our coaches are going to be a continual work in progress. I put network development. Um I think our coaches hold a great responsibility in Morehead. Um a lot of coaches in this area look to them uh for a lot of different reasons and we have to make
sure that we're accessible but not only accessible that we are also reaching out and connecting with the folks in the area who are doing their jobs. Um there has you know I got to one thing that I have to make sure that our coaches understand is just because you're at the biggest high school in the area does not mean that that you are above anybody
else and that you can't access wonderful coaching and other information from people at outlying schools. So we really make sure that they understand how valuable is valuable it is to connect with their area area peers uh connected withness with our own coaches. We are that's one area coach Musman challenges
me on um making sure that all of our coaches are really well connected with each other and sometimes we do really well with that and other times we don't do as well. So we're really working at that. Uh we just want to continue to grow student participation and and work on efficiency. Um, obviously last year we we were in full-fledged budget cut
mode mode and we we worked really really hard to try to hit our numbers and do things in in the right way. Um, knowing that there were some obstacles in the way, but at the same time I think we were able to navigate stuff really well. But I think what I would tell anybody is, and I've told our coaches this, I felt like it was a year of right sizing. Like we we we were able to get to a
point where we learned there were a lot of things we could live without there. We learned that we could travel more efficiently. We can we can do a lot of things and and and bring the overall cost of our programming down. And so we want to continue to try to find efficiency throughout our our programming this year.
Our academic eligibility uh policy that was new a year ago. Um to to to summarize very very as quickly as I can. Um there is ongoing dialogue between myself and Mr. Heg not about the we we truly believe we've landed on the right policy. We I think we are both very
comfortable in our skin in the fact that we are targeting and finding and working in identifying the right students that need help that need support. Now we have to do a better job in year number two of making sure that we have the proper supports in place and that is our
mission with our academic policy going into next year. Um we feel like I said we feel like previous years oftentimes we felt like you'd be catching a kid who's a 4.0 0 student who had a bad day in class and now they're trying to figure out how to get eligible. This we felt like the kids that were struggling to be on pace to graduate and really
struggling, those were the kids where our energies were going. And I'll be very honest, we we all run, you know, everybody runs and got a lot going on. So, we need to make sure that we're we're hitting the targets on what we're looking for. And I believe on the academic side last year, we did a much better job. Our activities council, just a quick,
you know, overview. Um, I think we meet four times a year and that is a a a group that serves as as an advisory group to our activities program. Sometimes there's action items in the meetings and sometimes it's just pure information on what's going on in the world of high school activities. [clears throat] And there's a rundown of
the folks within the group, facility plans. I sometimes feel like this part will never end in maybe the best way. We are um I will tell all of you that we are the envy of pretty much every school in the state of Minnesota when it comes to facilities. We are and and and a lot of
it doesn't have to do with any one part of it. It's the collective nature of the fact that our gym, our pool, our weight room, our training room, our offices, our field, our stadium, our softball facility, our ice arena are all you could pretty much throw a stone and hit all of them from any one spot. It's the
logistical side of our facility that is is an absolute home run. And uh um I I brought Gary Revan. Doc Gary's the AD at Monaceel. He's retiring next year. He's seen about every facility imaginable. He came up for a soccer game last year and he just simply couldn't get over it. He could not get over the fact that
everything that we have is connected. So from that standpoint, we feel very blessed. So thank you guys for that. Um we have work to do at the high school. A lot of it's in the sports center. Um the wrestling room, our old weight room is now becoming our wrestling room. And that should be we should have that thing in really good shape by I would say
about Christmas time. I have learned something and that ordering practice wrestling mats is the longest lead time I've ever seen in my life for anything. So that'll take a little bit but we have a game plan to get through until then. Um we are constantly working on storage and organization uh improvements. Uh having the auditorium online now there
is a wonderful storage space that is I would say three quarters to to more than that 90% uh costume storage and there will be a little bit of athletic storage. So, we're we're working hard right now with Dan and his staff, with Becca, with their folks on getting the costumes organized and in there. And
there's just the storage piece is kind of an ongoing thing for us trying to make sure that we're being efficient. And again, that goes back to the budgetary stuff. The more the more efficient we are with storage, the the the more we save uh on the bottom line. Uh branding is a non-stop battle. Battle sounds terrible. Um, you will continue to see in our end of the building and
through the building in general through the auditorium the continuous work to make sure people feel at home and make sure that we it it just has the right feel to it. And we've got a whole bunch of branding stuff going on. We've got some work being done on some of the light post entering the building in terms of some signage there. And
obviously the the auditorium is is the auditorium itself is is in great shape. Some of the ancillary spaces around it. We are working on some ideas. We need to get back. We there's things that we took down in the old building that we haven't put back up. We don't have our Hall of Honor back up yet. We weren't really sure where it needed to go. We have a
plan. There's just stuff like that that has taken us a little bit of time. So, when you come in by I'd say mid- winter, end of winter, you'll see a very different looking uh fine arts area and athletic area of the building. Uh we had to repurpose the the old wrestling room into a second weight room. Uh we simply had too many students wanting
weightlifting classes, including HP and weightlifting one to fit in one weight room. So, we have been working hard to outfit that. Isaac Lundberg's done a great job of accessing some grant dollars, but we've been a, you know, kind of a work in progress. Um, I I mentioned all the stuff on the middle school, elementary side. The track evaluation horizon, I think, will be
ongoing, but the next handful of items, um, we had a lot of our stuff from our old facility athletically was in storage for two years in the fieldhouse. And over the last month, we've been able to make some huge upgrades to our elementary gyms and horizon. And it might sound minimal to to a lot of folks, but taking old scoreboards,
moving them into we what we have done is taken the old scoreboards out of the main gym, put them into the fieldhouse because they're a bit of an upgrade. Taken the fieldhouse scoreboards, installed them in Dorothy Dodds and Horizon, so they all have fully functioning gym spaces. [clears throat] We we had uh um the backboards, the
basketball backboards, which are about valued about probably $2,000 to $2,500 a piece. We took those out of the old gym, stored them, and those have all went out now to upgrade the gyms at Robert Asp and at Ellen Hopkins. So, uh, we've done our best to try to use the stuff that that was usable out of the old facility and everything has come together really
nicely. >> How about the softball scoreboards? Are they going in this fall yet? Is there >> the softball scoreboard? I am waiting on Mr. Josh Cre and it's he has opening hopefully in the next week. >> Okay. So, be this fall hopefully yet. >> Well, we need to get it up, Dave, because that thing is in the back of the school right now and it's really big.
Yeah. >> And and Brent will probably uh throw me out in the garbage cans pretty quick if I don't get that thing up. But yeah, the South Pole scoreboard will be up soon. both of them. The JV, so the JV field at the softball facility will have the scoreboard that was at the old softball facility at Morhead High. The scoreboard
is actually quite new. We've had in storage for quite some time. And then the Morehead Crush sponsored a new scoreboard on the varsity field. So that'll be a great upgrade. But we are waiting on the contractor to be able to put them up. And that facility, folks, has been unbelievable. It's been great.
So we've been very lucky on that one, too. I'll let you read through the highlights. It was a great year. Um I we probably miss some people. I don't know. It it's we have to backtrack and try to we should probably have a little more clean system. Um you know, swim and dive debate, cross country, football, fall
activities. Um you know, I think when you look back, I I looked it up during the state hockey tournament. We're we're one of two schools in the history of the state of Minnesota that in the same calendar year played the big school football and the big school hockey championship in the same year. Um and and when you look at it, we went hockey,
football, hockey, and I think we're sitting in a pretty good position this year to to be successful again. And not that it doesn't mean that those matter more than anything else, but those are two sports where every school puts everything they have into success. And so that has been a a a fun kind of
combination. Um you can see swim, boys swim and dive in the winter time. Nordic had a great year. Olympic lit weightlifting continues to push out kids to the state and nationals. Um, our wrestlers had a tremendous year. I got to tell the story of Billy Ward. I'm sorry. I know you told me to be fast, but I'm I got to tell the story of Billy
Ward. I just have to. It is. Matt, you're probably you're you're you're a much more well-versed wrestling guy than I, but he's Billy is kind of a legend statewide at this point. He won 215 a year ago. 215. Now, Billy came in, moved moved over to Morehead with his dad after his sophomore year. It was
actually during his junior year at at North and dad was a Morehead resident. Um, so he had the ability to move, wanted to upgrade his competition, etc. Uh, wins state title in in at the 215 pound level in North in Minnesota his junior year.
I'm going to make a long story short, kid from St. Michael, John Murphy, got an offer from the University of Minnesota to wrestle. Billy did not get the offer from the University of Minnesota to wrestle. So Billy decided this year he didn't care about anything else other than showing the University of Minnesota that he was a better wrestler than John Murphy. So he dropped down to 190 pounds. I think it's 190. Is
that the right C category, Matt? He dropped down a weight class with one mission to wrestle John Murphy. State Championship night 47-0 against 42-0. Billy Ward, John Murphy, every eye of 15,000 people at the XL watching that match. And every wrestling person in
there knew what this was all about and Billy won. And that was one of the more cool experiences when you get to be a sports fan to be able to watch a kid just kind of pursue somebody and then get them. Um, and you can see we had some other really high finishers at the state level. Um, girls hockey had a good year, lost in the section final game.
Boys hockey had a obviously a remarkable year and a and a super fun experience. Anytime you have Mr. Hockey two years in a row, you're doing all right. Um, spring, you saw me maddie and Olivia today. They had a wonderful finish. Our adaptive bowling team continues to truck along and they had uh, I think six all
state kids. Baseball had another good year with a section runner up speech. Um, you know, I told the class of 86, you can talk about hockey and this stuff all you want, but we're a speech school. That's what we're That's what we're best at. If you're going to identify yourself as something, that's what we are best at at this juncture. 10 straight state
championships is unheard of, especially when you consider there's only been 10 given out. So, that's remarkable. Uh, boys track and field. Uh, that an incredible performance by our guys, the number of school records and and uh just all-time performances, all-time state performances. We're not talking all-time
Morehead performances, folks. Um, you know, Zack Walker, long jump champion. Um he he was in he was in position where he would have placed high the NCAA's with performances that he was doing. Tremendous year for them girls in the same boat. And then just a bunch of
pictures of our kids doing what they do. Anybody have any questions? Doesn't look like it. >> Thank you. Yes. It's been a crazy year and it was a lot of good fun things to go watch and be a part of. So, thank you for what you do.
>> Yep. Thanks. Thanks everybody. >> All right. Thanks much. >> All right. Moving on to amendment to the 2026 2027 school district calendar proposed early out on April 9th. Brenda Richmond.
>> Good evening. Thanks for uh taking a moment to look at the calendar. As you know, um you guys approved the the uh 2627 school year calendar on February 9th. And um what we're asking tonight is just for a small adjustment um revision to
that um calendar um for a early out on Friday, April 9th. And the reason for that request is that the Morhead High School has been selected to host a large statewide uh speech meet. Um we're very excited to be able to uh have the
facilities to do that. Um we haven't had that in the past as you as you know and and um just due to the number of schools that are present, they'll be using the entire um facility and possibility that we would be able to continue to host that um going forward. And so we would
like to uh request um that we would add that early out to the calendar. Um that modification would increase the number of early outs uh for next year. um from 3 to 4. Um previously we you had approved an early out for um October 9th
for homecoming weekend um for October 14th with MEA break and for May 28th which is the last day of school. Um so this would be the fourth there. it would have no impact on the 171 required instructional days and um there's no
contractual language governing staff calendar um you know impacts either. >> Thank you Melissa. >> I move to approve the amendment to the 2026 2027 school district calendar as
scheduled early out on Friday April 9th 2027 as presented. Scott. >> Second. >> Have a motion by Melissa, second by Scott to approve [clears throat] the amendment to the 2026 2027 school district calendar to include a scheduled early out on Friday, April 9th, 2027 as
presented. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. And we just made a bunch of kids happy. All right, moving on to emergency operations plan update. Steve Moore.
Okay. Good evening. Hello. [clears throat] So, does now I have to Okay, I might have just kind of Okay, there we go. Here we go. All right. So, um, I'll talk about, uh, just recap the intent and purpose of our emergency operations
plan, talk about some accomplishments and planned actions, uh, for this school year, and I'll cover all the updates that were actually done in the document, and then some next steps as we get ready for the next school year.
So, we've had a emergency operations plan since 2012 and it's required by state to um brief and present it to you for approval as a school board. Our intent is it this document provides an overview of our approach to emergency
operations. Um doesn't have a lot of the details um because that's in our operations level plans at each of the buildings. Um, but it does identify and guides and support all of our actions that we do when we uh for any incidents.
Uh, we tend to focus on, you know, the potential active shooter scenarios, but we're using our emergency operations plans daily. Uh, whether it's a um, you know, a medical response or a fire alarm or whatever. Um, it all is covered by
this emergency operations plan. >> [snorts] >> some accomplishments. Uh we had uh over the course of last year, we did some response scenario training that was internal. Uh I led that um with our staff at the high school and the career academy. There were some concerns that
we've opened up these new buildings and haven't gone through a scenario. Uh so I did that with the staff and we got a lot of good information out of that that scenario. I think the staff um felt better prepared after after that. We
always have work to do um and we always have areas to improve upon. Um so we'll continue those throughout the year at different locations. One of the biggest things and uh I've been here five years and we've never done this uh we've never hosted the Asher joint training exercise
that Asher stands for active shooter hostile event response. Um and that uh they do one they did one here and then they do one in Fargo and West Fargo. Historically, they've only done Fargo and West Fargo. Now, what's great about this, this is a pretty huge exercise. It
was all day on the 24th. Um, we had three sections of scenarios with two scenarios each. So, six total scenarios. Um, we had people from police uh from Morehead, Fargo, West Fargo, Cass County, and then
firefighters from those same agencies. So, we ran scenarios of different types. It was really good to see. They did a tabletop at the beginning of the exercise, talked about basic tactics and and procedures. It was good for me to see. Um, we had some administrators show
up and watch those table tabletop exercises as well. Uh, it's good insight on what actually would happen. Uh, for me, I would I took that back. Uh, during the second block, we uh had our dirt uh district emergency response team formed
up here. I went on scene. Uh, this is what would happen in an incident. and I would report to the incident command on scene and then the district emergency response team would stand up here to provide reachback capability during an event such as this. So I communicated
back to uh Dr. Lunick was the incident commander and uh by radio communicated the basic uh updates as the scenario unfolded and the response unfolded. got a lot of things out of that. More questions than answers, but that's typical in an early first time exercise
that we haven't done in a long time. So, the next phase of that is I'm drafting a tabletop exercise for the dirt uh for a scenario similar to this, but also we're going to talk about reunification and what that looks like. So, lots of good things that we covered. Communication
planning, uh, if we had something go on like this, uh, or something, you know, major, it doesn't have to be a hostile, um, act, it could be a fire, it could be a hazardous material spill. Um, you know, communications,
uh, accountability and reunification. Those are the priorities. And those our job here at the district emergency response team is to create calm and processes during chaos because it will be chaotic on scene and guiding and communicating to parents um and where to
that they can get their uh students if we had an event if we had to reunify. So those are things that kind of came out of that. But it was really good to see firsthand how good our first responders are, how well they work with our local with their teammates across the river. So, um, lots of lots of things, good
things happening. Uh, in that picture there, that's, uh, Holly. She's one of our a she's the AP at at the career academy, and she was also a volunteer role player, so she was unconscious at that point. So, um, one of the things that we have planned, I think I may have talked about
this, is the standard response protocol. We're shifting away from the Alice training. Um, and so I would like to play a five-minute video. This video is produced by the I love I love you guys foundation which is uh create created this standard response protocol and this
video will be a video that all students and staff will see within the first staff will be trained prior to school starting but I'll talk a little bit more about how we'll implement that and get that out to the students but I'm going to play that for you right now. here today to talk to you about some
important emergency protocols that your school uses to help keep you safe. Over the next 30 minutes, we'll be taking >> 30 whole minutes. Nah, we can show you how it's done in five. >> Hey, what's up everyone? I know we're all busy and have a lot on our minds, but there's something we need to take just five quick minutes to [laughter]
stop and chat about. That's right. Always listening, always ready. >> Let's do this. >> So, how do we keep ourselves safe in an emergency? >> Yeah, I know. [laughter] But the good
good news is there are really practical ways we can respond any situation. >> Who wants [laughter] a standardized set of [laughter] students, staff, and teachers can rely on unusual incidents. I heard it's used by schools districts all over the US.
Right. There are five different actions that can be implemented depending on the circumstances. We'll also show you the [laughter] hand so you can communicate. Leah hold Yep. There's his back. [laughter]
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. There's a whole bunch of other things I could say. I'm not going to That's really weird. All right. >> So, other things, um, Klay County, uh,
received a grant that to re to do all of our facilities, all of our schools in a CRG map format and provide it to the first responders. Now, I wish I would have known this two years ago before I did this internally uh for ourselves,
but these are this is a different format. use grids, grid coordinates, and this is the micro level at each building, but the they're going to put it out to the macro level. So, if somebody responds, and you can see up in this map that, you know, they'll say
respond to grid coordinate uh you know, Lima 7, which is the student parking lot. So, anyway, to make make response easier rather than trying to communicate exactly where to go, everybody will have the grid map. So we all have access in
the district to this. Um and what these maps do is they provide location all the rooms, exits, critical infrastructure, AED locations, all the fire extinguisher locations and also the camera locations. Um so this is will be uh useful in in
responses and then we'll all have the same copies of the maps. We also use this uh in our for our cardi cardiac emergency response plan which I'll also brief you here after this briefing. So um although Vista wasn't included in the
original scope, now that we're moving the ALC over there, it's now eligible. So I requested that building be done as well. They've done the site visit and they're working on the maps and I should have the maps for Vista in September October time frame. But these are all available and I'll
show you where they're located for for the staff to locate and use. Some other accomplishments, we're implementing the cardiac emergency response plan which I'll brief you later with Natasha here. She's the brains behind the operation. So, she's the subject matter expert and
uh if you have any detailed questions when I talk brief the cardiac emergency response plan, Tasha's here to help with that. Uh I've been working on updates to the emergency management Google page. Now, this might be a little, you know,
I'm I'm flying below 20,000 ft now, but I think it's important for you to know the resources that we have out there for our staff when it comes to emergency management. Um, we'll have all the the new standard response protocol is all here. There's the video that was not
working real well. And then uh we have the training slides, resources, um and then part of that is posters that we're going to be distributing out to all the buildings. Um there's a parent handout that will be sent out in a communication prior to the start of the
school year and um all sorts of of documents here. And then uh these CRG facility maps are all located here as well. So I can go to click on any of these and the detailed CRG map is available for all uh everybody to access
and the principles IC's at each building will be using all these resources to build their site to update their sight specific emergency response plan and all the BERT rosters and all the other material are located here. So I won't go over everything but it's all organized
in one location and continually updated. So when I update one of these documents, that latest update automatically is in this location. So you're not farming out updates constantly. When people go in look at their their tab five guidance checklist, if we know uh if we're
looking at standard directed checklist, this is the late these are the latest ones. I've got to change these because it's got to reflect the new standard response protocol. Uh that one will no longer have a hallway closure. It will be a hold. So, I'm working those changes, but those will be all updated
prior to the start of the school year. And then, I haven't done this in the past, uh, but a couple weeks ago, I sent out a preparation document to all of the principles and APs to get them ready for the 2627 school year. Um, there's lots to do, so I wanted to get the guidance
out earlier than I normally do, so early in July, so they have time to work it before things get crazy as school comes back online. So, um, the way ahead, uh, lists out some specific things and I'll talk about those in the in a few slides,
but the summary of updates from updates to the actual emergency operations plan, they're very minor. I won't go through all of these unless you'd like me to. Uh, there's things like adding the cardiac emergency response plan and a drill requirement. Um, updating some
reunification sites. Um, and then some numbers, facility inventory and occupancy numbers, replacing Alice with standard response protocol. Those are the things that have been updated. And then some, this is some administr, changing property services to
facilities, transportate Richards to Palmer bus service, those kinds of things, and making sure all the phone numbers are good. So, any questions on those updates? Okay. Go ahead, Keith. >> Just a comment. I just wanted to say
that I appreciate the attention to detail on getting the buildings identified. So, you know, in the event of an emergency, of course, that we can get fast responses there because I think that's critical to our the teams involved that that would need to respond to something. So, I just think it's
great that you have that level of detail. So, thank you. >> Yep. Thank you. >> Next steps for our building emergency response team. Uh again, might be a lot of detail here, but there's a lot of stuff that goes on to get ready and for
school safety that we're doing as the overall program as well as your principles and APs. They spend a lot of time doing this behind the scenes uh on the weekends in the evenings uh to make sure their schools are safe. So, I just wanted to give a shout out to my
principles and APs on what how how much work they put into emergency management and safety to make sure their students and staff are safe. Uh, each by the 15th, each site has to update every building has their own sight specific ERP emergency response plan. That is
where you go when you evacuate for a fire drill, where your reunification point is, all those things. Um, and they that's what they cover with their staff when they get back to school. We're replacing the Alice guidance with new SRP guidance, standard response protocol. Everybody has something in
their ERP that has Alice. So that's all that's got to be swapped out. I gave them some standard boiler plate. So all they have to do is cut and paste it into their ERP. We had to add the cardiac emergency response plan. That's a new state requirement that I'll talk about again in more detail.
Every year we before school starts, the BERT roster has to be updated with new team members. And now as part of that there's a tons of acronyms. I I feel at home back it was um SER and CERT and BERT. But anyway um every building
emergency response team member will be designated as having a function in the cardiac emergency response team. So we don't have to bring other people on board and tax them with extra duty. Back to school. We're going to be distributing those posters to all
teachers for the standard response protocol to post in all of our classrooms. And then um part of the cardiac emergency response plan implementation is that uh everybody needs to be aware of where all the AEDs
are and that every state AED has an arcan in it, a nasal applicator. So that's a requirement. So everybody will get that. And then within the first 30 days, I'm requiring all IC's to conduct their first BERT
meeting. That should include initial and refresher training for all the BERT members. And then they're all going to have to watch that five minute SRP video. Um they'll see it. They've most of them some a lot of them have seen it already, but um it never hurts to watch
it again. So I want to make sure everybody's everybody's at least seen that video once. And then a new state requirement is we have to conduct our first the first cardiac emergency response drill in every building that's every school building within the first
30 days. So um I'll talk a little bit more about that later. And also now I I haven't required this in the past but we're going to I'm going to require that the first lockdown drill be done within the first 30 days. Most schools do it anyway but now it's a it's a hard requirement.
And then every student will see that five minute video. And then I talk a little bit about the district emergency response team reunification tabletop exercise. I wanted to do that this month, but I don't think I'm going to get there
before August. So, and then something I haven't done well in the past is had a quarterly meeting with our district emergency response team with some training. And I'm going to uh come up with a meeting, a schedule, and an agenda for recurring meetings. And that is all I have in terms of the
emergency response operations plan. >> Any questions? Melissa, >> I just have a question because I noticed like that the response to active shooters, those things change over time, like pretty regularly. Regularly being
like every 5 years or something like that. Is it because of learning from things that have happened other places or why do those things standardly change and I'm sure it's across >> Yeah. Yeah. They do a lot of CA you know studies um and in terms of uh SRP came
out of the um I think it's Sandy Hook um and that happened a long time ago but yeah as as they look at case studies and how responses occur. What's really good about this and why a lot of the schools are going to the SRP is because it's
very simple and it's very easy to communicate to parents. Uh and perfect example, we had um we the community on 20th Street had a a a shooting. Police responded and we had a lot of calls from
our principal saying, "What do we do?" And I'm like, "It's not in your area. Should we lock down?" No, you shouldn't lock down. But um but we didn't have another option. Now that would have been a perfect reason to go to secure. So that's an
option that creates safety and security but doesn't cause panic because you're not using the L-word and then it's we're not saturating the the market so to speak with lockdown lockdown lockdown. So now you have hold, you have secure for different instances and yeah, but
that's a it's continually evolving and shooters are involving their t are evolving their tactics in the police department are evolving their tactics in response to that. >> Thanks. It's good to know too. It's probably going to cause a little less panic if something happens hopefully. Great.
>> Yes. Yes. Y good question. Steve, as I said before, I uh I sleep much better at night knowing that you and this exceptional administrative staff and your team uh is uh is at the tiller. So, thank you for your expertise
and your just all you do. >> Thanks. >> Does that follow a motion? [laughter] >> I'll make a motion. >> Okay, Cassie. >> I move to approve the emergency operations plan update as presented.
Melissa A second >> motion by Cassidy, second by Melissa to approve the emergency operations plan update as presented. Any further discussion? Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Move
on to cardiac emergency response plan. >> And if that wasn't enough, you're right. >> Here [laughter] we go. Okay. Um, so why are we do Okay, so I'll talk about the requirement, some of the highlights of the plan, and how we're going to implement it. Uh, and I would like to
just thank Tasha so I don't forget. Uh, she's carried the load, the she did the heavy lifting on this as the subject matter expert. So, thank you for all your help and assistance. Um, so we're required what what does a cardiac emergency response plan do?
already. We've had this stuff and we've had AEDs, we've had we have health services, uh, school nurses. Um, we we had the capabilities before, but this really just formalizes the process. Um, it established a standardized protocol
in response um to an event at school or an after school event. Um, we're required to comply with the MDE. They came out with this guidance in mot statute and we have to implement this for this school year which is why
we're briefing you now and that is a part of the requirement of this plan is that we brief you on this annually. So you'll get the package deal next year EOP and SE and SER. So something to look forward to next summer.
Um and the goal is just to en ensure rapid recognition and response and coordination with uh with emergency medical services if we have an event and prompt use of of the AEDs. So plan highlights uh we're required to
have an a a cardiac emergency response team the C and as I stated in the last briefing those will be comp the will be comprised of members from the BERT. So that way um they're already involved in emergency management training and run
command and control for their building. So they it makes sense. Um Natasha Natasha actually came up with this so we wouldn't have to burden um more people with additional duties. So I think it was a really smart idea. Prevention prevention and preparedness.
It's making sure all our AEDs are in place. We have an inspection program. My there's a monthly inspection of the AEDs and the Narcan done completed by my custodians. If there's any discrepancy or need to replace components, my head
custodian will will let our supervisor of custodial services Jose know and Jose will contact Tasha and we will get um the ads replaced or the Narcan. So that is a process in place. Training uh the C will be responsible
for making sure their team's trained. Uh we have CPR training required. Um and Tasha's staff is working on the training and has done completed some that's a pretty big undertaking for us to do SER uh
train to do the CPR training but um we'll have that done as well and drills. Yes. >> Is that for everybody? All staff will be CPR certified. >> All the C members only the members. Mhm. Yep. And then we'll be required to do a
drill one within the first 30 days. And um I'll show I'll go back to the emergency resp uh management page and show you where those resources are. And we have checklist developed. That's where the SER is located. And then we
have some uh tabletop exercise scenarios drafted and available for the IC's to use. cardiac emergency um activation protocol. It's just a list and it's outlined in in the document
itself about how things would roll if we had a cardiac incident. So, I didn't go through that. I wouldn't go through every step, but we also have a checklist that that formalizes and outlines the
protocol. So all the cert team members will be trained in this protocol and that's what they'll go through uh as a part of their first exercise. They'll run through this protocol. >> Just to to follow up on Cass's point, I guess if a staff member that's not on
the the CERT or the BERT wanted [clears throat] to attend CPR training, you know, I was CPI certified many many moons ago. Could could that person sit in on it or is it like a the only capacity for the people in the room? >> Okay.
>> So, would they reach out to one of you and just say, "Hey, I'm a teacher at whatever and I want to attend get CPR certified." >> Yeah, they could reach out to either one of us. Ultimately, I'll funnel them to Tasha, but >> I was just curious because I know that, you know, that's I think something that
you can never have too many people CPR certified. So, thank you. Yep. And then uh there was quite an extensive implementation checklist from MDE. It was like six pages something like that. So I think I may have included it in
your packet just to show you where we are with that. Um there's only a few other items that we have to complete. One being the briefing to you guys um and getting the u cardiac emergency response plan approved. But it included
one, two, yeah, all these se seven sections and uh so we'll have that documented that we've completed the checklist and complied with all those actions prior to the start of the school year. The only one that we have left open I think uh that might not be done before the beginning of the school year
is the actual policy change, but I'm working with Deb on that when the time and when that'll be updated in the policy itself. But the plan will be implemented when school starts. I think that's all I have is if anybody has any questions, uh, any details.
Scott, >> go ahead. >> How many AEDs do we have in the district? >> Um, I don't know. Could you go Could you back me out so I can go to the I would say 11 buildings average of two to
three. So 30 to 30 35 I would say. >> Okay. and and most of this was like for the schools itself, correct? Like >> do we have a plan in place for activities? >> So, we just installed
um one at the concession stand. So, this is a example of what our what each employee will receive. So, this is the high school. So, the three that are located are here uh listed here. And then we
just installed, thank you, uh Dean's not here, but Maddie. And we bought two and and did one at the concession stand. Um and there's even a picture of what it looks like and where it's located. >> Okay. >> Um and then one by the new softball field. >> And then we have certain.
>> Well, we're still working that piece and how that So coaches will be uh they're all I believe CPR certified. We're still they're trained. So that would be the team, the coaches would be part of that after hours team, but that
one's not as solidified right now um as the the inbuilding one. >> Just to give you context, >> I was at a volleyball game and watched the ref fall down, heart attack, and had to go help them. So it's it's happened
>> and it's good to have somebody there for something like that. I'm sorry. >> Okay. I I believe that athletic trainer goes to almost >> Okay, thank you. But that's a good question. So that's one of the items I think is still open on that checklist
and I have I have to connect with with Dean on that. So that is definitely a limb fact right now. How many athletic trainers do we have that have the portables? Because if there's multiple things going, do we know? >> I don't know.
But for the the two buildings that are the busiest here, um yeah, there's one in the athletic commons, uh one in the sports center, uh and one in the commons area, and then Horizon has some located near the gymnasiums in the pack. So, the
two busiest ones have uh installed ones in the building and they're within three minutes is the recommended response time availability of any AED. So, One sec. Go ahead. >> Just a follow-up question because those
are located at places where somebody outside of the high school might also be. So those are available, correct? Like if somebody was at an event that wasn't a high school event, somebody else could use it if they were trained or felt comfortable trying to use the AE device. So
>> is nice for everybody to know where those are located because you can like in the mall, >> you can use it. If you find it and know where it's at, you can help somebody. >> Yep. Yep. So, um they are Yes. Like they all have labels
in the or signs in the hallway, so they're pretty visible. Um and usually and the ones um near the activities areas are pretty very close to the gym, but yes, anybody can use them, including
the Narcan. Um, so how many searchs do we have throughout the district? And more specifically, how many in each building? >> So each building will have a cardiac emergency response team. >> Correct. How many people does that consist of?
>> Well, it'll be um anywhere from it'll be at least seven people because every there's seven BERT positions and there's we have to have at least one in every building. But most buildings have um if we go here and most buildings have
um at least two an alternate and a primary for those BERT positions. So this will be this is Robert ask for example um and they have to go in by the 15th of August. Each BERT roster will be annotated on which member of those BERS
are on theert and have received the training. So this is blank right now because this will all be done by mid August. >> So you could theoretically have 14 15 SER members per building, but it'll
probably be more like seven or eight. >> Pretty good. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> M question. >> Yeah. Comment. So, three years ago, I had a cardiac arrest after speaking at a local high school assembly, not one of our high schools.
>> Um, so, uh, I'm, uh, I'm I'm glad to see this as one who gets a little excited at games, as many of us do. Uh, so if we're ready for a motion, uh, I'll go. I move to enthusiastically support the cardiac emergency response plan as presented.
>> Scott, I'll second. A motion by Matt, second by Scott to approve the cardiac emergency response plan as presented. Any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. I was
wondering if you need some water before you go on, Steve or not, but there's another one. >> Looking for my school board memo for the next item. I think I already brought it up. All right. So, next uh approval of the base bid for the Vista renovation
project for level four program. >> Steve, I don't know. >> I can I can help you, Steve. >> Yeah, I don't I actually had it with me, but I don't know. So last week, uh, Steve was in the bid opening and, uh, as
a result of the bid opening, the total base bid came in at, uh, 970,097.80. And, um, as we stated earlier in the agenda, this uh, this portion and this project will be divided up amongst three
different funding sources. So the total is going to uh equal around that 970,000 mark, but uh the capital portion of it that we were talking about uh will be $478,299.90 with the remaining $491,797.90
uh split up between two other funding sources. So, um, we need your support tonight to move this project forward because I think Steve has some contractors, uh, ready to go as of tomorrow potentially,
uh, assuming that we get your support. And then that uh, 478,000 we talked about earlier will be coming out of capital, which was that $6 million that you approved earlier. And um now that we're starting to get those numbers a
little more solidified between what's remaining with the high school and what we know now can be taken out of this portion. Uh remember the the item set up to 6 million. So it may not be 6 million when we come back to you for uh approval
of that overall dollar amount. But just know that when you approve this tonight, this will be uh for the Vista building and will be amongst three different funding sources. tied to what you approved earlier under that capital facility. So if you have
any questions, I think Steve's got the bid tabs up there. Uh if you wanted to ask any questions pertaining to that or any other questions you might have >> and I can give a brief summary of the scope of work. So we're moving the level four from Fergus Falls Lakes Country and
then also our solutions who are now housed in the hallway at the support center over to the first floor. So this project will re renovate the the first floor, create a separate entrance with a secure vestibule for the lakes country function. Uh it will um it will renovate
the area where our solutions group will be and provide them a lot better um area for these kids than we currently have them in. And then um it also makes some does some security upgrades for so really the building will be compartmentalized into three
compartments. The top floor will be the ALC. They'll have some space for cafeteria and common space on the first floor, but that's it. They'll come in the main door and go straight upstairs. There's no other egress or access point
unless uh the fire alarm goes off, then they can egress, but they are to go in and out and at door one. Door three will be the new secure entrance for Lakes Country. And then the solutions function will also enter through door one. Um, and then we're renovating the bathrooms
on the first floor that will provide six compartmentalized um individual bathrooms uh for three on the one side serving the um uh this the level four and then three on
the other side to serve the entire building. That being those down there when the ALC kids are there eating lunch or doing some exercise in the commons area. So that's basically the scope. So it's really it'll also allows us to move the ALC over to Vista. But none of that
project these project dollars are not impacting any spaces uh that's going to be occupied by the ALC. This is strictly for level four functions on the first floor. >> Oh, we I can do my question afterwards. You want to do a motion first? >> Okay. Go ahead.
>> I will make a motion. Move to approve the total base bid of 970,97.80 the Vista renovation project as presented. >> Keith, >> I second. >> I have a motion by Melissa, second by
Keith to approve the total base bid of $970,97.80 for the Vista renovation project as presented. Another question is um for the level four is like the the walls and everything else is not going to be basic sheetrock is it have you talked with
>> well there if it's exist if it's existing so all the some calming spaces in some of those rooms all be redone with 3/4 inch you know our standard 3/4 inch plywood and so they'll be created for that and then the flooring will be
LVT type flooring there'll be some carpet but but the classroom areas all will be LVT. Um, so there will be some uh drywall areas, but not a lot in the office areas and things like that. So, >> okay. And has the project been like
communicated with either Fargo or somebody else who has an level four facility to make sure like the hallways or that the viewing areas everything is >> Yeah. So, we've worked with uh with Lakes Country and they've just in the last few years have done project down at the >> the old armory
>> that the old armory. So everything that we've presented in terms of design and layout is um is is functional. So Dwayne and his group have approved their their area for functionality as well as Lakes Country. Yeah. >> Perfect question. >> Yep. >> Any other discussion? Yep. Keith,
>> you always do a good job of before and after photos, but are you planning to do that with this space as well? >> I'd appreciate that. Thank you. >> Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thanks, Steve.
>> Thank you. >> All right. 2026 2027 employee handbook update. Dr. Damer. >> Okay. Um, tonight we present 2627 employee handbook. Um, basic revisions um would be links to policy or removal
of policy that no longer applies, program names and job titles um as examples. significant revisions were made to the following section um which was the time away from work and that specifically had to do um with the adjustment of Minnesota paid family medical leave. So in some of um that
information there's more reference to family medical leave in policy and then more specifics to Minnesota paid family medical leave since uh that information tends to become first in the conversation and then we support through the family medical leave. um important to adjust that so there's
less wording and we redirect redirect back to policy. So um that that really was it from a significant change perspective >> Cassidy. >> I'm ready to make a motion. >> Please >> move to approve the 2026 2027 employee
handbook as presented. Keith, >> I second. >> Motion by Cassie, second by Keith to approve the 2026 2027 employee handbook as presented. Any discussion? >> Any further discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> I.
>> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Moving down to resolution of accepting donations. Dr. Damer. Thank you. >> Um, thank you. Um, tonight we present the following donations and I would note that we have had a significant amount of nonations over the summer and so you'll see some of the some additional come
forward in August as well. Um, but we have donations tonight from Lucas Rolson, a monetary donation for high school girls golf. Uh, KB Floring, Inc. monetary for Morhead High School football, the Gene Hos Foundation, a monetary donation for both high school super mileage and high school robotics
team. I meant to ask what super mileage is and I don't know. So, if you have a question about what that is, I'd have to get back to you. Um, Klay County Local Advisory Council, a monetary donation for the high school robotics team. Lane Hansen, monetary for the high school baseball team or high
school baseball. Sue Shot, monetary for high school girls golf. Amy Larson, a monetary donation for high school girls golf. The FM area foundation, a monetary donation for high school special or Morhead school special education. Uh, the Legacy Education Foundation monetary for both food for thought and teacher
impact grants. Morehead Midday Central Alliance Club, monetary donation for homeless services youth support. Travis Wyan, a monetary donation for adaptive bowling. Amy Biller, a monetary donation for Horizon Middle School orchestra. Shields, a monetary donation for Horizon Middle School scholarship programming.
And Morehead or Probesfield PTAC, a monetary donation for the Probesfield Elementary Art Program. Keith >> move to accept the donations presented and direct administration to send a thank you letter. >> Cassidy, >> I'll second. >> Motion by Keith, second by Cassidy to
accept the donations presented and direct administration letter. Any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Post same sign. >> Motion carries. Nonalignment employee agreement. Dr. Damer.
>> Um, thank you. Um tonight we present a two-year the a new two-year non aligned employee agreement. This is not a negotiated agreement but u more of an employee policy for those individuals um not covered by existing agreements. Um so we present language changes article
2, article 3 and article 4. Um and this one in particular had some um again policy adjustments um grammatical errors, things like that that would have been fixed throughout. um and a financial settlement for uh 2627
$115,279, a 3.57% increase. And the 2027 2022 year, $111,283, a 3.45% increase for a total cost increase of $226,562,
a 7.02% increase. >> Thank you. Melissa >> move to approve the 2026 20 2028 nonline non employment agreement with cost and language changes as presented. >> Keith
>> I second >> a motion by Melissa, second by Keith to approve the 2026 2028 non-aligned uh employment agreement with costs and language changes as presented. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor say I. I
>> oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. All right. Next one. Resolution relating to the election of schoolboard members and calling the school district general election. Dr. Lunick. >> Okay. Thank you. Tonight you have in front of you a resolution uh for the election of school board members and the
calling of a school district general election. uh remind you that uh this is uh required for us to complete so we can hold the general election to elect three school board members uh to a new 4-year term. So, we'd appreciate uh your
support of this resolution uh so we can complete our duties to elect those three school board members uh that are up for election or three seats that are up for election for a four-year term. Matt, do you have a question or motion? >> Motion when you're ready. Need
>> a motion. Okay, Matt, go ahead. >> Move to approve the resolution relating to the election of school board members and calling the school district's general election as presented. >> Cassidy, >> I'll second. >> Uh, let's see. I have a motion by Matt,
second by Cassidy to approve the resolution relating to election of school board members and calling the school district general election as presented. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.
>> 2026 legislative session policy updates. Dr. Lunik. >> Thank you. At the end of every session, uh MSBA reviews their policies and uh based on what goes on in the session, uh they make recommendations for changes uh
to their policy. As a result, as a result of the 2026 session, uh you will see 11 policies in your packet that uh MSBA is uh recommending that we modify based on changes uh to the session. And
policy 208 will allow you to adopt uh and review these policies in one reading. So, I would recommend uh based on MSBA's recommendation that these 11 policies uh get your support for adoption uh and review via one reading
so we can make these changes before the start of the school year. >> Melissa, sorry. Move to approve the policy revisions which result 2026 legislative changes in one reading by the school board on July 20th, 2026
pursuant to the section five of policy 208 as presented. >> Oops, not five. Four. Four. Sorry. >> Thank [laughter] you. >> Cassidy, do you want >> Yeah, I'll second. >> All right. I have a motion by Melissa, second by Cassidy to approve the policy revisions which resulted from the 2026
Minnesota legislative changes in one reading by the school board on July 20th, 2026 pursuant to section 4 of policy 208 as presented. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I.
>> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Letter [snorts] M. Recommendation for facility naming exception. uh recognition of outstanding service by a current employee, Dr. Lunik. >> Yeah, thank you. So, I was uh approached
by a board member uh in mid to um early to mid June uh with a request because this individual had a request by a community member uh asking if there would be the possibility uh to name a
portion uh in this case it would be the Blackbox uh theater uh after a current employee. And um if there wasn't in uh if there wasn't the ability for uh you to do that in policy, I wouldn't have
brought it forward. But there is a portion of this policy that allows you to make a modification uh to potentially name a uh space after a current employee. So, um I don't know
if you want to join in uh and talk about this, but uh because of the way the policy set up, it does need it would need board approval uh to modify that uh and to um um make this uh motion
complete uh with a current employee. So, I just wanted to bring it to you folks. Um, currently, uh, the employee is is still an employee in our district, so you wouldn't necessarily have to act on it, but, uh, I felt I wouldn't be doing,
uh, my due diligence if I didn't bring it forward, explaining the policy that it does have, uh, an out, uh, to support, uh, the naming of a, uh, space after a current employee. So I can uh turn it over to Matt and and Matt, you
can talk about what uh was said to you from that community member. >> Go ahead, Matt. >> Well, indeed, I was uh approached by a community member. Uh gave it some thought before I uh uh called uh Dr. Lunick. Rarely in the course of a school
district's history does a school board have an opportunity to recognize a living legend who is a current staff member by naming a facility in their honor. Rebecca Myer Larson is in fact a legend in the state and national speech and theater communities
with an unequal 10 state team speech championships. countless first place individual and place winners, consistent success in national team and individual competitions,
recognized and honored by her peers as a Hall of Fame member of students, a number of them who have starred in New York's famous Broadway theaters. Um, and if you've ever been around for the uh the Thanksgiving vacation plays,
there's an annual pilgrimage that comes uh to to visit her uh former students. She is loved and respected by current and former students. Rebecca is affectionately known in our community
and nationally as myar. Naming the blackbox in our new high school theater as the myar black box is a wonderful opportunity to honor the
amazing legacy of Rebecca Meyer Larson. With that, I move to approve the formal exception to the naming of the Blackbox Theater in honor of a current staff member as requested by administration.
>> Do I have a second, Keith? >> I enthusiastically second. >> I have a motion by Matt, second by Keith to move to approve the formal exception to the naming of the Black Box Theater to honor of a current staff member as
requested by administration. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.
I think it's Yeah. Be great privilege to have her name on the black box. That should be good. Superintendent updates. Dr. Lunick. >> Okay. Okay, since this is the last meeting uh before uh we start our back to school um work already.
>> Wow. >> Uh so we'll have our back to school work and then we'll have a board meeting with that third uh weekend in August or that third Monday in August. Um I feel it's important to list out and get you some dates on your calendar that we would uh
request your presence uh if you're able to do so. The first one is the uh district showcase which will take place at the career academy on August 13th from 3 to 6:00 pm. Uh if you can make it uh and there's any way that you're able
to, I would reach out to uh Isaac Lundberg and uh he may uh sign you uh something to do. Uh but uh we do have the district showcase and and that event seems to get bigger every year. So, I don't anticipate us having less than
3,000 people there at the event. So, I think it would be a good opportunity. Uh, we do have a new employee lunchon. Correct me if I'm wrong, anybody at this table, to make sure I have the date and time right. Uh, in the Morehead High School Commons, August 17th from noon to
1. Then we have the Morehead High School Theater ribbon cutting August 18th from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. uh that day. And I think uh we may be able to get more information out to you
as we solidify and finalize those plans. But uh that's when the theater ribbon cutting will take place, August 18th at the high school from 12:30 to uh roughly 3:30. And then later that evening, uh, August 18th, uh, there'll be a theater
event, and I think the details are still being worked out there as well from 7 to 8. And I think, uh, from what I gather, uh, that should be a pretty powerful event as well with some alumni coming back and potentially performing. I
don't, uh, I don't know much more than that. So I don't want to say much more than that with uh uh maybe me overd delivering and underpromising or however that expression goes. Um and then the last part under my update is uh um our
previous superintendent who uh was before me uh has uh posthumously received an award. Uh it's called the Barbara Hexum award. And this individual, Barbara, uh was a dedicated
longtime Lakes Country Service Co-op employee who provided mentorship and facilitation. And um I I didn't have the privilege of knowing Barbara, but my understanding is she facilitated um and impacted thousands across
Minnesota. And uh Dr. Kovash and uh Barbara had an enduring bond of professional respect, personal friendship, and a mutual passion uh for improving the lives of children uh families and schools. So uh they did
honor her or honor Dr. Kovash posthumously with the Barbara Hexum award. I don't know, Scott, if you know what day that was that they did it. Uh, but this award has been um going on
since 2011. So to achieve the honor, I think it was a pretty big deal. But I'm not exactly sure uh what day. Uh do you know the date off hand? >> July. It was Thursday. It was July 11th, wasn't it, Melissa?
>> Yes. >> Yeah. I was it was at the at the Minnesota Service Cooperative conference that we had in >> Okay. >> And the family was there to receive the the award. It was it was very nice.
So, um, as you know, as her service here was, um, well documented, um, Scott and Melissa felt that it was, uh, important, and I I would agree that,
uh, we shared the the the award that she received, uh, at the, um, statewide service cooperative uh, meeting. So, if there's anything else you'd like to add to that, um, I'm more than willing to give you the floors. So, >> no, thank you. Lynn did a wonderful job
and, uh, well, very deserved award for her and her families. Thank you. >> And I thought it was really nice that we were there at that meeting, witnessed the award being given. It was really important, especially since we knew Dr. Kovash and had been on the school board when she was here. So, that was really
nice. And it was July 11th. Sorry. N >> or ninth, I'm sorry. Yeah, ninth. Just wanted to correct it. Yeah, >> that was not near as um bad as my 12,500 versus 12,500. So, no worries. Um but it
was a it was a good it was a it was a wonderful award and um I want to thank Scott and and Melissa for bringing that to me so I could share that with the rest of the board tonight. So, with that, that's the only uh those are all the superintendent updates I have. And I
will say this, um when we do come back to see each other at the district showcase or the new employee lunchon, uh we won't be too far from uh school already starting. So, uh enjoy your last couple weeks of July. uh because once we
flip it into August, uh activities start two weeks um beyond the first and and then we're and then we're rolling again. So enjoy the time and then uh we'll get we'll get back to the regular routines of the second and fourth Monday for our
meetings. So thank you everybody. >> One more. Do you know when the um like all staff gathering will be at the start of the school year like when they all come to the gym or whatever? Oh yeah, that would be um August Monday. Is that the August 24th?
>> It's 24th is the first day back. I see. Yeah. >> Yeah. Monday, [clears throat] August 24th. And then I think the uh the folks will be in the building to start the day and then about 12:45 we'll reassemble. We'll meet back at the high school and then that's when we'll have our back to
school speaker. And uh so if you're interested in that um you wouldn't have to be to the high school on that day till I'd say roughly 12:45. We'll open with the band. Uh we'll kick it off and then we'll have uh the Legacy and United
Way kick off what they do and then we'll get right into it with our back to school speaker. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Adjournment Cassidy. I move to approve the July 20th, 2026 school board meeting at 7:40
p.m. >> Keith, do you want to bother with the second or not? [laughter] >> I'll second. >> Motion by Cassie, second by Keith to um I missed the time. >> 7:40. Okay. Uh approve the adjournment of the July 20th, 2026 school board
meeting at 7:40 p.m. Any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I. I >> oppose. Same sign. Me adjourned.