We'll call to order the April 13, 2026 Independent School District 152 schoolboard meeting to order. And uh we'll start with calling the meeting to order with the roll call with Matt on my left. >> Present. >> Bergen present.
>> Burgard present. >> Markwart present. Bjorkland present. >> Steph is present. >> Vote present. >> All right, we'll stand for the pledge. >> You taking it? All right. Um, preview of agenda. Dr. Larson. >> There are no changes to the agenda.
Recommend approval. >> Scott, >> move to approve the agenda as presented. >> Melissa, >> I second. I >> have a motion by Scott, second by Melissa to approve the agenda as presented. Any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I.
>> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. We are proud. This is the time during the meeting that we recognize outstanding achievement uh of students, staff and committee members. After the honores name has been read, they will accept a certificate and a photo will be taken.
So please, when you hear your name, come forward and stay up here while we uh we'll take a photo at the end. >> We are proud of Morehead High students Daniela Solless for re for receiving a Minnesota platinum bilingual seal.
Brooklyn Aberly, Odin Adams, Sophia Damer, Isabelle Oaks, Rowan Stika Jacobs, and Isabella Wood for receiving Minnesota Gold bilingual seals. and Jade Brandt, Olivia Gorgon, Emily Krogan,
Isabelle Norren, Spicer, Emma Feifer, Nel Rodriguez Navara, and Greta Verilikin for receiving Minnesota World Language Proficiency Certificates. Minnesota bilingual and multilingual seals and proficiency certificates are
awarded to high school seniors who have demonstrated that required the required levels of language proficiency including listening, reading, speaking, and writing in languages other than English. The bilingual seals program at Morid High School is facilitated by Amy
Zenady. Nice job. We are proud of Morehead High students Cecilia Flood, Cole Eastman Wright, and Max Lockwood for competing in the Minnesota State BPA student leadership conference. Max Lockwood
placed in the top 10 in SQL database systems. Cecilia Flood placed third in basic office systems and procedures and Cole Eastman Wright took first in both device configuration and troubleshooting and server administration using
Microsoft. Cole and Cecilia both advanced to the National BPA student leadership conference in Nashville in May. The Morehead High School BPA team is coached by Leah Spots. for Minnesota Honor Choir. We are proud of Morehead High School choir members
Timothy Kreps and Kaden Sherman for being selected into the 2026 American Coral Directors Association Minnesota Honor Choirs. The ACDA MN choir honor choirs are comprised are composed of Morehead High stu students from around
the state performing at Prior Lake High School in February 14th. The Morehead High School choir is directed by Kaye Aids and health occupations. We are proud of Morehead High School Career Academy students Rowan Stika Jacobs and Laney
Bowerer for qualifying for the Health Occupation Student of America HOSA International Leadership Conference in Indianapolis competing in the chapter's inaugural year year. These students advanced to the international level after finding success at the Minnesota
HOSA state leadership conference in St. Cloud at their respective events of nursing assisting and health and healthy lifestyles. The HOSA program at Morehead High School Career Academy is coached by Tracy Tarnaskki. All right, congratulations again everybody. And if you'd like to leave,
you certainly may or stick around too if you'd like to watch. So please, whatever you choose to do. Great. All right. There's no public form, so we'll move on to consent agenda. All items on 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 have been enacted by one resolution. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless the school board member so requests in which event that that item will be removed from the agenda and um member so requests in which event
um it'll be removed from the agenda and considered under separate resolution to the existing to the extent possible. Schoolboard members inquiries on consent items are to be made directly to the district administration prior to the time of the meeting. Number one,
superintendent Dr. Lunick. Um approval of the March 23rd, 2026 school minutes, business administrative services, change of contract, sbatical leave requests, leave of absence, retirement resignations, and new employees.
And that's it. Um Cassidy, >> I'll move to approve the consent agenda as presented. Keith, >> I second. >> Motion by Cassie, second by Keith to approve the consent agenda as presented. Any discussion?
Any further discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. On the new business, uh we'll start with um the high school choir major magnitude recap. Dr. Jeremy Larson. >> Yes. Kaylee Aids, the Morehead High
School choir director, is here tonight to dis to um talk about the trip they just had in January to Los Angeles. >> Hi. So, let's make sure the green light is on the microphone and you'll be good to go. >> All right. Thank you so much for having
me. Like was mentioned, I will be talking a little bit about the trip that the Morehead High Choirs took back at the end of January to Los Angeles. This was a five-day, four-night trip that allowed us to have some musical and performance experiences, which expand
beyond what we do in the normal day-to-day classroom, learning from workshops and clinicians out in the Los Angeles area. Um, experiencing a region of the country with nice weather and different sites to see, and students being able to bond with each other and having a fun time while doing all of
those things. So, our first day looked a little different than expected. It ended up being an extended travel day as we got to the airport early in the morning and ended up with some travel delays that kept us in the Fargo airport for a significant amount of time. But the
students made the most of it and as you can see they found some games to play. They enjoyed each other's company and after a long day of travel and layovers and things, we finally made it to Los Angeles at about 11 p.m. their time that day. So, um, the students got a lot of compliments throughout the day just in
terms of being really respectful and like polite through the experience, which is always a good compliment and a testament to them. But the next day, we were excited to finally make the most of our time in Los Angeles. And that started out with a performance at Universal Studios CityWalk, where we
performed a set of music for people who were at the Citywalk at that time. After that, students were able to spend the day at Universal Studios and just have fun exploring the park. We also throughout the rest of the days of our trip were able to fit in a few of the things that we had missed on that first
day, including time at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, followed by dinner at um the Hard Rock Cafe downtown. We then on the next day did a lot of sightseeing starting out at the Grammy Museum where students learned a little bit about the Grammy Awards and the
prestigiousness of all of that and also enjoyed the Grammys sound studio that um they had to experiment within which is fun for a bunch of music music kids. And then we went on a sightseeing tour um a walking tour of the city that highlighted some different things that
sites that were used in popular movies and films in Los Angeles. Then we went to the Griffith Observatory where you see us in front of the Hollywood sign off in the distance. Um, and really got a great lookout of Los Angeles. As you can see right there, way out there is
the Hollywood sign. Whoa. Um, and I'll might have bumped that. Um, then we traveled back to the Santa Monica Pier and got time just to explore the pier and had dinner together at Bubba Shrimp at the end of a busy day of sight singing.
The next day, we got back to doing some more musical things. So, we went to Pepperdine University where we had a great with their choir director, um, Dr. Ryan Bour, who helped us through some warm-ups and gave us some new ideas on the music that we had prepared. So, we had a great time working with him, and
then got a campus tour of their beautiful campus there at Pepperdine. Then we traveled to the Getty Center where we were able to sing for Excuse me. The Getty Center um is an art museum. So we were able to perform some music in that beautiful space and really
was a highlight of the trip just getting to sing there. followed by time at the market and the um grove for some shopping and some food before we cleaned up and went to a Broadway performance of The Notebook the musical, which as a bunch of musicians and theater kids was
a really great way for them to wrap up that trip. Then the last day, we made our way back to Morehead. And when we returned to school, we were greeted with some nice welcome back posters made by the other students in the choir, which really was a nice wrap-up to what was a great trip despite a couple hiccups on
the front end of it. >> Thank you. Any comments or questions? >> Uh, I quick comment. I just love seeing when you guys come back from these trips how much fun the kids had and what their experiences were. So, I thank you for coming in and and showing that to us. I
really really appreciate it. >> Yeah, we are grateful to get to go. So, thank you. >> Yes. Thank you for your willingness to take these students to a trip like that and uh I'm glad to see the update as well. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Move on to graduation rate, Dr. Larson,
as well. So, yeah, the uh graduation rate for the 2025 school year was released uh a few weeks ago. Um so, we're just going to kind of go through some of the the data from uh what was released at MDE. Again,
just on kind of the the way they work. Uh graduation data is based on cohorts. Um, as you enter 9th grade, that is your four-year cohort that you're going to be with. Uh, so this last one, uh, was the ninth graders during the 2122 school
year. Um, but then there's also the seven-year cohort. And so the seven-year cohort would have been students that entered 9th grade during the 1819 school year. So we always kind of get the four-year and the seven-year cohort. Um, in general, students are counted uh for
the school that they are last enrolled. Um, the only exception is if a student happened to move in and dropped out of that school and they were they less than a half a school year, then they do not count towards that school. They count towards the school that they came from. So, that's about the only exception. Uh,
otherwise, you are kind of when the school year what what what you finished with, you're part of that cohort. So, kind of just a big picture, uh, the district, uh, the district's at 77.95.
Um, the high school 83.67. Uh, you see that that rises to just under 92 for the 7-year rate. The ALC is 46.59 and then that grows to just under 60. And West Central does count because it
is one of our schools. Uh so West Central uh even though the programming kids are in and out all the time that does count as one of our district. So that is in our district rate of that 78%. So West Central Academy.
This is just another example. It's kind of hard to see but it shows some different rates again on the progress. >> I have a question. I think sorry interrupt. >> Does that include the and west central does that include the students that come in from C County? >> Yeah. when they're rolled with us if they're here with that time. Yes, they're ours.
>> Thank you. >> So again, just a kind of comparison of the four to sevenyear rates and kind of some of the different growth. Um you can see the high school, the alternative learning center, there is a push to try to use the seven-year rate uh for
adequate yearly progress because the cut score to get recognized for improvement is 60%. And our seven-year rate is just below the 60%. So, uh, that kind of is a lot of push because ALC's trying to get that 60% is pretty tough across the state. So, there is some discussion on
trying to get the 7-year to actually be used for the data rather than the four-year. Um, and just some of the other uh subgroups that pull out, English language learners has a pretty good increase from 4 to 7. So, do our American Indian students.
So, kind of what's working, we do have a good um extended cohort. We are seeing some good growth from that four to seven. So that is good to see. Um you can see that the English language almost jumps 20 points. Um and Indian ed jumps
about 25% from that four to seven. So we'd still like to improve that four-year rate, but we are still getting them through the seven-year rate. High school, this is just Morehead high now. Uh just at the 84% graduation rate.
7-year is up to 91.29%. ALC. So again, we have two other schools kind of part of the alternative pathways. Uh the ALC is at that 46. Um so again, uh we brought up the Northstar data at the beginning of the year. They were recognized again because the cut is
60%. So they're just at that seven-year rate. We're just under. So again, we're we're hoping that'll come through that. Um and then West Central. Again, these are some areas that we know that we're always working on. Um a big push, a lot of this is that new attendance work that we're doing. Uh we
know our homeless students um have the lowest and so we're struggling or struggling to support them um with attendance, trying to get them to school, get them what they need. Uh but that is our lowest rate. Uh free and reduced is at 62.62%.
Uh special ed is kind of tough. Uh as Dwayne and I talked about this, we have a very good um transition program for students. Well, if they graduate, they can't be a part of that program. So, the 26% are still with us and they're 21 years old. Technically, though, they're
part of that four-year cohort. So, they're still getting programming for us, but as soon as you graduate, you can no longer get programming. So, um, it's kind of it's, you know, it's tough to put that in there just because it it doesn't represent what we're doing. So, we're always going to have a higher, uh,
continuing for special ed than most categories is just because of that. Um, and then the ALC dropout, again, we're going to continue to work with that. Uh, this just shows kind of comparison of the the school average um in some of
our subgroups. Again, another thing that we look at to try to improve um again this year a big push is our attendance and trying to really get those kids to be in school. We know the number one indicator of success is school uh
attendance and so that is a big one, but this is just another graph to kind of show how the district average is to some of our different subgroups. And then just some things we're going to continue to push on individualized student support. Again, we're really
working with that. We actually added a a second homeless liaison um this past year to kind of work with our native population and homeless. Uh so we added extra staff there. Uh continue that transition from 8th to 9th grade. Uh we know that 9th grade is a big step uh for
that. So continue to build what we're doing there. Um and then our credit recovery program at the ALC. So continue to look at what we're doing to try to help students that maybe fall behind get caught up. Laurely has a question. Y >> um
this is a bit u um on the side, but um I am wondering if uh students continue in school if they need extra time for whatever reason, can they still be eligible for the um four years of free
college at MSUM? >> Um I do not think so. I'd have to double check that. Number one, you have to have the 3.0, >> right? So, the the GPA is the number one uh that they have that. Um and as of right now, it was you graduate, you go
to school the next year, but I can double check that. >> Yeah. Just if if something happened and they needed extra time, if they didn't graduate with their cohort, >> would they still be eligible? >> I can I can check on that. >> Thank you.
>> So, again, just some different things, key takeaways. Uh we we're really happy with our seven-year. We want to continue to grow that. Um, graduation rate for homeless again is always a need that we're going to look at. Um, and then continue to expand the credit recovery at the ALC.
And then this is just kind of a nice little snapshot of an overall picture of where we're at. Uh, comparing our four-year rate to our seven-year rate. We have good growth in all of them. And then again, just some areas that we are going to continue to try to build on um to help, you know, lower that
achievement gap between groups. Do you have any predictions at Is it the junior class that have the requirements are higher now to graduate? More credits are needed. No, >> they're all back to 26 what they were >> even for this last class. Yep. So, everybody is back. >> Okay.
>> Uh the other the only new thing is personal finance is now required to graduate starting with this sophomore class. >> So, that's otherwise we are back to 26. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, I was wondering if uh, so our
biggest growth area was uh, our Native American population. I'm wondering if you are um, attributing that to the additional liaison who is helping to get them to school. >> I think that's a part of it. I think um,
Isaac Lundberg kind of leads that. We do a lot of different programming with our liaison. We've added probably two, three over the last three, four years. So that's definitely a a part of it. Um yeah, they they reach out to families and are doing some pretty good programming. So I think that is definitely helps. Um Lacy is our
homeless liaison and she also works a little in Hopkins. Uh so we're trying to make that connection earlier uh for that. But I I definitely think that has helped increase it. >> And then do we have like a similar structure sort of in place for our homeless students? like are we doing uh
all of the similar things that we're finding are working with our Native American population, >> those same things. >> Yep. Yep. Amy Rickio has been our homeless liaison for many many years and she works with the agencies in the counties and uh done quite a bit. Yep. >> And she's got staff to be able to call.
>> We actually added it this this year or could have been last year. We added some promise fellows that are here again just to help with that their homeless work. So we added two or three promise fellows that is part of that kind of like the reading corps but it's through a different agency of the Americanore that
just helps with our homeless populations. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> All right. I don't see any other questions. So thank you for that information. Moving on to MAP's 10-year paving plan. Steve Moore
hold your hats. It's when rubber meets the road. >> I like that. I might steal that. So, uh, tonight I'm going to be presenting the 10-year pavement and roofing plan. I'm not going to go through the entire presentation unless you want me to. I'd be more than happy to and I could talk
for hours about pavement. So, um, tonight I'll talk a little bit about methodology because it's important to understand how we look at roofs and pavements so we can maximize our repair dollars. Um, so there is a a method to
that. I'll do a summary uh of the 10-year pavement plan and then I'll I'll probably just go through three of the worst pavement systems uh in the district and then I'll stop there. Unless somebody has a specific question they'd like me to address, I'd be happy to.
So, uh, and funding strategy. So, methodology. Last year, uh, we executed thermal imagery program for both the roofs and the pavements. So, we had a an aircraft fly over with with, uh, infrared imagery. And what that does, it
it actually was able to give me a PCI or pavement condition index for each pavement surface in our district. Why is that important? because um doing certain pavement solutions at the right time will save you money so you never have to get to a full full rehab. That's where
you're going to that that's super expensive. So, we want to do um routine maintenance and seal coating and have a striping plan as well. That makes sense. So, everybody would like me to stripe every year, but we can't afford to, nor do we need to. Um, yeah, new paint is
parking paint is is just super fun, but um, we just can't afford to do all that striping annually. So, I'm not going to go through this in detail. The next two slides, this first one is concrete. Um, the number on your left is the PCI pavement condition
index, and it talks about visible distresses and general conditions and treatment measures for each of those. So that'll kind of give you an idea. This is kind of a guide guideline of what I plan to do or what I've been doing with pavements based on their PCI.
And that there's the same thing for asphalt only it's a little bit different on how it's assessed and what those obviously asphalt and uh concrete are different. And this is uh something where pavement age curve used to always start out with new pavement right at the top and then it degrades
over time. Um, I had a really sweet slide when I was a public works director with pavements that showed when you seal coat what it does to that curve, but I didn't want to bore you with that much detail. But bottom line, we want to keep that curve from going all the way down to the bottom where you have to do a
full rehab in 25 years because you haven't taken care of your pavements. >> Steve, we have a question. >> Yes. >> Did you say they capture that information with a flyover? >> Mhm. >> Yep. >> That's impressive. >> Yeah, it is. It's a lot easier than me taking my old things from when I was a lieutenant in the Air Force and my pad
of paper and making calculations on on the pavement surface. >> Yeah, that's that's pretty takes a lot of time. So, >> yeah, thank you. >> And I might make a mistake. So, but I doubt it. Um just kidding. Uh so, this is a matrix of what our payment looks
like. So, green is good, right? So, um, over the past three years, we I've been doing a lot of, um, pavement maintenance, crack filling, seal coating, uh, mill and fill, strategic locations, and things like that. And a lot of work was done those three years prior to this flyover. So, had we not
done that, I would we would had a lot more yellows than we do greens. Um, our worst lot, it's by our Ellen Hopkins Horizon Middle School, which is a little disappointing because that's not a really old building or old pavement. Um but the condition is is especially I'll
talk a little bit about that and then Vista but I have some ideas on Vista. So any questions on this table but overall when you have all of your pavement systems are green except for two and those are low those are high fairs right we're on
the cusp of of good. So, doesn't mean that you'll never have potholes, you'll never have cracks, you'll never have those, but um overall you can have good pavements. >> Keith, go ahead. Do you have any reason why the Horizon is not standing up as
well? >> I think it's poor subgrade construction, but I wasn't here for that, so I'm going to blame it on that. >> Okay. >> So, thank you. >> But typically, when you see the type of alligator cracking and things like that, it's it's poor subsurface. Um, but there's no way that that parking lot
should look like it does in the number of years it is. >> Okay. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Um, so the next few slides are just a FY by FY over the next 10 years what we plan to do. And I'll just talk through this first slide and then I'll go through the I'll just skip past unless
there's something you'd like me to talk about. So this coming coming fiscal year, we're going to do a traffic study with Bolton and Met SG Reinardson. They're the company who are doing the design of the uh city project on 40th Avenue. So, they're very familiar with traffic flow. So, I'm going to I'm going
to have them starting uh when school gets back in session, they're going to do a traffic study of of the patterns for student drop off and pickup. Um because no matter what we try to do, uh we we've moved all the all the parent drop off
and pickup to one side of the building. it helps. But um what I want I don't want to spend any money on pavement design or redesigning that parking lot if it's 90% due to operational conditions. Otherwise, we can't get um parents to comply with directions and
orders of of traffic flow. But um we have capacity issues at a lot of other schools too, but SG is probably the worst um from a safety standpoint and what I've observed in the afternoon in particular. So striping and uh and repairs are the next two items and
that's in each fiscal year. So I want to set aside money for striping and and repairs. And then Vista um I have a topographical study that's just been done. And then we're going to redesign the parking lot and improve the drives. Um now that we have a new mission for
that building, but even before there's way too much parking asphalt it was built for Globe University. We don't need that. So I'm going to give it a pavement diet which is what we call in the civil engineering business. So um and then 28 SGR we'll do the parking lot
if the study dictates the need for a design we will do that design and it'll be a design build type where we can design it and build it in the same fiscal year and then Hopkins Mill and overlay of lot one which is the south lot which is one of the poorest parking
lots in the district and then striping and crack fill mill and fill repairs and seal co budget there off to the side. So, um, over the course of the next 10 years, we have 5.4 5 a.5 million. Um,
and I put a 3% inflationary factor uh uh on those FY27 costs. So, it should be reflective unless the disaster that is our economy. Um, and it's way more than 3%. So, but it's lining up that way, but
that's what I'm using. So, um, and then I'll just go through the first three of these slides and then open up for questions on pavements. So, this is Ellen Hopkins, the south lot. That's a 5.4 PCI overall weighted average of all the pavement surfaces of 5.8. But what's interesting and I found when I was going
through a bunch of drawings, uh, is that the east section you most of you probably already know, but I wasn't I just got here in 2014, but that new that area that was was added on. So what that means that 5.4 is an average
of that pavement surface. So probably the stuff to the left of the red line is is probably in the threes, but it's weighted out at 5.4 because that pavement surface on the east side is only 10 years or 12 years old. So
that'll be the first on the dot for uh mil mill and overlay. I haven't decided if I'm going to do the whole parking lot cuz it's going to it just makes sense to do the whole parking lot and I don't want to do part and then 10 years I'm doing the other part and they never match and then I can't sleep at night.
So because I have OCD. Any questions on Ellen Hopkins? And this these maps all the stuff in the in the white were things that have been done in the past three fiscal years. Things in the orange are what's planned
and programmed in the future. Yes. >> So, oh, I just saw this pop up. The silk quote on like lot two. >> Um, those are you just leaving those alone? >> So, in um let's see
>> I did I think it was in FY. Yeah, we we did a mill overlay of both West lots at Ellen Hos Hopkins and ASP, but that was older than three years ago. So, and then I seal coat it a year later and then I'll seal coat again in about the six to
sevenyear point. >> So, that's all that I'm planning on doing because those have been mil and overlaid in the past 5 years. So, now the plan is just to seal crack fill and seal coat and stripe over the next 15 years or so and which is relatively
inexpensive. Okay. Horizon Middle School, there's that north lot. a lot too is is our worst pavement surface by PCI in the district. Um so this one's kind of broken up and done at all different times. So um this one's a little bit
more difficult. So uh in the future we'll be doing FY29 will mill and overlay because I got to get to that north lot do a milling overlay before it degrades anymore because once it gets to that two then milling overlay might not be the solution. I might have to do a
full rehab and that's going to cost a fortune. So, and then I got to get to that 5.9 that south lot um pretty soon. So, that'll be a couple years later. >> We Keith, go ahead. We have a question. >> So, I know know you're looking at a
traffic study for SG, but um I know Hopkins and Horizon Middle School, and I don't know if people are still parking on 12th Avenue or anything for pickup, which is not a safety issue, I'll just say. Um, is that are those going to be looked at at some point or
>> I don't have it programmed horizon. I have not received since we made adjustments a few year a couple years ago. I I know it's still not optimal. >> Y, >> but since the city we partnered with the city on putting different um flashing crosswalks and those kinds of things to
help guide the kids now, you can't you can guide them to the water but you can't make them drink. So, there's still some >> shenanigans going on, but >> yeah, >> um >> I think the stop signs definitely have helped um with traffic flow, even though
everybody has to stop. I think it's safer and a better option. Um, and I I guess I haven't seen it recently, but I know in the past that cars have been parking on 12th Avenue um before they drive into the lot and waiting for their student to walk out rather than driving into the lot and then getting stuck in
traffic and driving. >> I haven't heard the last time I heard when I was out there doing crossing guard duty at at drive three point off to the east. Um the police department would come and and check that every once in a while, but that was u when Captain
Swinson was still on the force. And I'm not sure they're still doing it, but to answer your question, I haven't been I haven't been over there to observe, but I haven't heard any. >> It could be. It's been a little while since I've been picking. >> I think it's better. It'll never be great. >> Yeah. >> But I think it's been better now. So
Okay. >> But unless anybody else has heard so, good question. So, >> yep. And then the last slide I'll talk about is um is Vista and I will go to SGR because I would like to talk a little bit about that but Vista bottom line u
that entryway in is garbage um that needs to be fixed um and it's just it's wonky. So this is my plan. All the red is pavement diet and then uh we'll mill and overlay the other areas. So, um,
what I do have to look at though is is, um, bus traffic for now that the ALC is moving and we're going to be driving school buses in there. I got to make sure it's configured in a way because the way I have it right now, I'd have to remove that island to the left because I can't get a turning radius to get a bus
around there if I cut all that pavement off. So, we'll figure it out in the design. So, pavement diet, Ker Kurban storm drainage, mill and overlay, and then a couple years later do a seal coat and stripe for pavement preservation. >> Steve, since they're using a multiple
doors at Horizon at um Vista, do you need to have a couple different spots or just the one bus drop off and they'll walk to different doors? Um, we'll probably So, we're probably going to use door the door on the south side for No, we're
going to use Nope, we'll be good because ALC will be on the north side, northwest side. >> So, just walk to those doors. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Yep. But I But that's a good point, too. So, once we're in the design phase, we'll make sure once we got all the the
I'm going to use the bed down word because that's what I use. um once we got it all the forces back into Vista and that's all we'll incorporate that in the design so to make sure I don't cut too much pavement off then that would be bad.
Um and then I'm going to fast forward to SGR because I'd like to talk a little bit about that. So um what's happening um I've been meeting weekly with the city so they're going to be constructing a roundabout but the most important on 40th and 14th Street. The most important
thing though is that right at drive where it says drive one and you have that sidewalk. Um right up there anyway right yeah right up to the top 40th there's going to be a sidewalk put
in and a crosswalk there. So, the intent is to channel a lot of that ped traffic from the north right across that way to the sidewalk, but we're going to turn it into a oneway coming in off of 40th Avenue and a oneway going out on 14th
Street. Now, what that's going to do is we got to cut that pavement. And I I don't have a diagram, but I'm going to follow up with it with that with you with you. I can provide that. But basically, everything is going to come in from the north and exit out of the east. and we're going to push all the
traffic in the parking lots into one direction. Uh but the city is going to pay to cut that concrete out to join those two parking lots and they're going to pay to reconfigure uh the exit out on 14th Street as part of the project.
So, um they're going to do that. We we talked about it um in length last week and we think now we think it's going to help with traffic flow. So that's why we're going to have the study once that roundabout's constructed. We reconfigure the parking lot a little bit differently
and then we study it in the fall to see if there's been any improvement. Now we have to do it one in and one way out because it has to help facilitate that traffic circle movement so we're not backing traffic up waiting to get in and out of the parking lot. So we think it's
going to work quite well. So traffic going west on 40th will not be able to turn south into the that >> No, they will. Yep, they will be. But there'll be some median there'll be some medians there. Yep. >> Um and some pedestrian islands for safety. >> That's where the curb. Yep. Okay.
>> Yep. It's a it's it's a really good it's it's turn it's a really good plan. >> So um but that's all I have for pavements. Uh any any question other questions on pavements and I'll skip to roofing. >> Go ahead Scott.
So, how's I'm going to striping now, which I know you love to talk about. >> Okay. >> Concrete striping doesn't really stay on that very well. >> No. >> Have they come up with a better solution to what we've been doing in the past? >> So, we use latex right now because it's
the cheapest. We could go to epoxy, but I haven't done a study on how much that would cost and how long that would last. The best thing for concrete is to mill under into the pavement and then use epoxy, but that's extremely expensive and that's reserved more for roadways. Um, but so I'm going to look at epoxy
for like the the high school because that's pretty costly to do once every couple of years because that's not holding it up. You're right. >> Yeah, because it only lasts like two years and the paint's gone. >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Y question. Are we talking about coming
in on drive one? So we're like the parent drop off would be like coming down seven and then going out eight. >> Yep. So it's going to come down seven and then we're going to force it into three directions so we can maximize three curve lines. >> So it's going to go there's going to
flow here >> down this. >> It's going to flow here around there and it's going to flow here. >> Oh, nice. >> And then it's going to come out here. So, what we're essentially going to do because if you if you look at it, everybody parks here. Nobody uses this. So, we're
all gonna because and then I striped this wrong. So, we're going to restripe it this way. So, it forces all traffic into one direction. I screwed that up last year. I was like, "Oh, should have painted it the other way." But I don't think it would have mattered because it's just a cluster out there right now.
So, I think it's going to it might I'm hoping that it's going to be the solution and I don't have to make a major investment in a parking lot reconfiguration. >> Any other questions? >> Well, there is one. I'm sorry. I got to there is a go at the end to talk about
cost. So, this is overall our current maintenance backlog. All systems wide, all buildings. I don't know. I like to walk around. Um, so we're about a $40 million backlog. That's all systems, all buildings. That is not uncommon uh for public
institutions to have this type of backlog. Um but what what that does is with our age of our facilities, what we're going to get in long-term facility maintenance dollars, 10-year average is about 2.5
million a year. Right now, it's only 1.9 million. So, if you take the 10-year average annual payment requirement at about half a million and you add it to the roofs, which I'll talk about, both roof and pavements would account for 55%
of our long-term facility maintenance dollars that we get from the state. So, um, last this year on the 1 of July, there's an opportunity to capitalize on a funding mechanism that can be approved locally for roof projects that will help us take that out of the LTFM funding
line and we'll come back and talk to you about that um, at a later date. but it's brand new for this from the state from MDE and uh now that we have a comprehensive 10-year plan, we could take advantage of that and some additional state aid dollars for pay for
roofs in particular. So, okay. All right. You switch to roofs. >> Any other questions? >> All right. Yeah, go ahead. Move on to the roofing plan. >> All right. same overview as the last and
same approach, thermal im imagery, but we also have an annual inspection program and preventative maintenance program for all of our roofing systems through Tech to America, which is here in Fargo. And then uh by observing maintenance records in our service request system on calls for roof leaks
um and those kinds of things. So methodology um when you use infrared they look for subsurface moisture and you any subsurface moisture in a roof system is bad especially here because we have so much insulation. It takes a
while when your membrane fails. It's got to go through several inches of insulation because it's so cold here and then by the time it shows up um it starts leaking through you've had problems for a while. So, the advantages of having an infrared scan is you get a
head start on potential subsurface moisture issues. And this is just the uh legend. So, the one at the top, if you see any that's red or yellow, that's known moisture. And then pink is something that's not
quite right in the image scan. And then you have to take core samples to do further investigation. But it gives us a framework on what we should focus on. So, same slide. So, in FY27, we have quite a bit, 1.6 million in
roofs. Uh, ASP, you approved that one. That one's, uh, for the joist reinforcement and then replacing roof sections J and K. And then, um, I have bids out that are due on Friday, coming in at 1 p.m. on Friday the 17th for
Horizon East and SG roof sections. And I'll show you those maps because those um letters probably don't make any sense to you. And then we have a set aside budget of about $100,000 a year for preventative maintenance service and emergency repairs. We don't spend that
every year, but it's a good bogey to have uh in case we have things show up like uh one of the 200 skylights at the career academy and one leak last week. So those are that's what we use that money for. And then we'll move on to Horizon East
over the next couple of of years because those roof systems are 25 plus close to 25 years and will be over 25 years when we get into those fiscal years and then further on Reinardson and
Hopkins. So, we're going to look at all of them um over the course of the next 10 years with the exception of course of the high school and the career academy is only looking at skylights, but I might have a solution for that that's going to be
different than that and a lot cheaper. And by the time we get to FY36, DoddS will be 20 years old. Holy crap. Imagine that. So, we're gonna have to start thinking about that. Okay. So sections J and K are there for Robert ASP and this
is a great photo because it shows that pink section which is suspected potential moisture issues and that is coinciding with a lot of leak calls that we've had in those areas at Robert ASP and then the tables pointing to those sections are the roof assessment
profiles provided by Teka. They use a roof assessment roof assessor point system and it kind of highlights it there. So once you're in the orange, you really want to start making some some action, taking some action because then you're going to run out of you're going to start getting uh a good number of
leaks. So this was supposed to be done a couple years ago, but we have to reinforced uh the joist due to state code changes. And then you see these slides. Um it's going to impact that small area at Robert ASP. And we're going to do some
interior lighting stuff and roof and ceiling stuff while we're have the roof open or the ceiling open to fix it from the inside. But we have that all planned out. Ashley Schneider's been great. She's got a a plan for feeding and doing food. Um it's
going to be uh pretty much a pain, but uh once it's done, well, they'll be good to go for a long time. >> Yep. You don't have to go back to ask, but >> if you look on this slide, you'll see
that you're going to do a east, but um what about the big pink spots you have in the other spots? You can you can just wait for those. >> Yeah. So, what we'll do the ones that So, pink are suspected. So, if we have any leak reports or anything, I may do
something at that point. The two areas that are are of concern are the dark are the red orange ones. >> Yep. So, we'll check those out when Teka is doing their inspection. I'll say, "Hey, can you check that out?" And we'll look at those areas. >> Okay. Because I was just wondering on ASP, there's a couple other spots on
those roofs. If you go back, >> like in the corners there, you can see that aren't going to get touched over on the east side there. >> Yes. Yep. >> And you'll look at those when they're while you guys are up there. >> Yep. Yep. And he'll look up and if there's any concern, then we can take some core samples and check the
insulation. Now, the good news is with the project at East, you see all that pink there? We took core samples and there was no subsurface >> moisture >> moisture. So, what's what we're going to be able to do is the we scoped the
project to leave all the ballast rock on uh remove the EPDM rubber and put PVC on it and 80 mil PVC that should last 30 years. And we will only replace once they take the EPDM off. If they find
other areas that are moist, they will only replace those sections of insulation. In the past, we've just ripped it all off and put it back on, which is why, you know, so I'm hoping when the bids come in on Friday with this new approach that it'll be uh considerably cheaper than we've been
paying in the past and getting a better roof system in the long run with PVC. >> Thank you. So, this is new for us, for me. Anyway, >> had a question about that process. Um, >> so like on our house, >> this is obviously very different and I don't know rough roofs like you do,
right? Um, but like when you patch a roof on your house kind of like it always tends to leave a leak >> um where those seams are. How do they make sure that that doesn't happen here when you're just doing those parts? >> Yep. So, any roof penet So, they'll
check all the roof penetration. Well, all those areas, the seams, the ridges, any roof penetration that has a vent pipe or anything, that's all going to be redone because it's they're taking off that old rubber surface and putting on a PVC. So, all that will be new and all
those those points will be redone and sealed. Yep. It just won't be the installation underneath that's not >> just what you're saying. >> Yep. Yeah. But great question. Okay. And then Rinertson is the other project. You can see this one was really
interesting because I was this Rinerson was farther out in the plan. Um you can see the one section wasn't it's got a wrap of 31. Um 7 to N. I wasn't planning on doing that probably while I was here. Um
but with this infrared imagery that roof is something going on underneath that needs to be fixed. So, that was good to show that how it's good to use a combination of techniques, roof inspections and thermal imagery to prioritize what we should be doing. And
then there's that little section north of those solar panels that I need to check out. That's that um that looks pretty uh red and orange. So, and I think that's the only one. And then we got whole plans for out the next 10
years. So, but I won't go over all those unless you want me to go over anything specifically, but it's all programmed out um over the next 10 years. And um I'm having all skylights are being inspected once the
weather breaks. Now, I had a drone fly over. I got this for free. Brandon chatted this guy up in the air in the airport and they're from Grand Forks, but they have a drone that takes a full scan of the building envelope, which is just not the roof, but all the windows
and everything else. So, there's a lot of thermal loss in these skylights, which we know, but it could also be indicative of some issues. So, I walked up there with Tecta and I said, "Hey, I'm not going to spend I'm not going to walk looking at all these." So, he sent
me a quote for time time and materials to walk and make any repairs and then he's going to give me a map on what he's found. So, now I'll be able to figure out what we want to do with these over the next um 5 to 10 years. What I would like to do is remove them all and get
but it's going to be that's expensive. I think it's about $800 to $900 a skylight to replace and then by the time I do that then we got to look at you know is it time to replace the membrane and things like that. So, we'll look at that. And then, so that's the same slide as
the pavement. And then, but our 10-year uh average, our 10ear total for roofs is 8.3 million. So, that 8 832,000 annual plus half a million in payments is that
that 55% of LTFM allocation. So, um we can also do abatement bonds for payments. So, we'll also be talking about that in the future because what we'd like to do is take that 55% um and tuck that back into the LTFM budget so we can start addressing HVAC,
some other U issues that we have in our LTFM program which I will be briefing you next month. So, that's all I have. >> Any other questions? >> All right. Thank you, Steve, for all the information. >> Yep. Moving on to uh resolution relating to
the termination and non-renewal of teaching contract of probationary teachers. Dr. Damer. >> Um thank you. Tonight uh we ask you to um consider the resolution directing administration to affect the termination non-renewal of the identified teachers
um in memo. Um I will not be running through those teachers by name. However, I will um note that in the state of Minnesota um school districts can non-renew teachers um after three years or before year four essentially on year three and or one year if they've served
three years in another school district. And one of the changes that was made um in the last couple of years is that that's three years in any district. So that crosses state lines whether it's North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, doesn't matter. If you've had one year of
teaching experience, um then you would have the opportunity to be to continue in contract after one year with the district. Um the majority of our non-renewals are license based in the state of Minnesota. I can't speak uh to all districts, but us in particular, especially having a couple programs like
Spanish immersion as well as um quite frequently special education who were working into the correct lensure, which um happens frequently. So um the district really is in a place where um we are required to lay out some of these individuals due to lensure. That happens
every year. Again it can be the majority. I will say it's not all but we don't delineate um on those decisions. So some some of these individuals you will see back um potentially after posting requirements uh which is which is what we're required
to do. So, it might be um that they are a tier one teacher, which means they haven't had any teacher education, or a tier 2 teacher, maybe they've had some education, but not identified as a um as a program allowed in the state of Minnesota, um but hasn't hasn't done
student teaching, hasn't been for hasn't completed teacher education. And then also any probationary teachers who have an outof field permission. So they may be licensed and you'll you'll see that and probably can make some assumptions based on some of the licenses but um it could be I'm I'm have a license in
elementary education but I've been teaching in special education and I'm working on that but I still have an OFP which is an out of field permission. So I just want to provide that background because sometimes the list looks really long um and there's a lot of reasons. The last thing that I'll say is that the uh school districts are allowed to
non-renew probationary teachers up until June 30th. Um, very rarely will you see um, renewal, another document like this come back. It does happen occasionally. Um, but it is pretty rare. And just know that we we do this partially to give people opportunities if they're looking
for other uh, placements also um, so we can get our posting requirements done. And that's why we don't wait until June to make these decisions. So, I'm open for questions if anyone has any. Matt ready. Do you make a motion? >> Sure.
>> Move to approve the resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of teacher contracts of probationary teachers as presented. >> Cassidy, >> a second. >> Motion by Matt, second by Cassidy to approve the resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of teacher
contracts of probationary teachers. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I. I. >> Oppos? Same sign. Motion carries. Resolution governing the tally of write
in votes for the schoolboard elections. Ed Becker. >> Okay. As you know, in an election, write in uh counting can be very time consuming and resource intent uh intensive without changing the results of an election. Um there's a Minnesota
statute 204 BO9 that provides school boards with the option to adopt a resolution governing the write in uh the counting of the right in votes for schoolboard elections. So by adopting this resolution, write in votes for an individual candidate running for a seat
on the board would only be individually counted if the total number of right in votes is either equal to or greater than the lowest balloted candidate. In the last three elections, it's been lower than 7%. So it wouldn't make any
difference. So, it's the recommendation of the Klay County auditor and also administration that the school board consider adopting the resolution. Um, the resolution would remain in effect for all future elections until a school board would then do another resolution
negating that. Um, so I guess I'm asking for your consideration and support. >> Melissa, >> I'm ready to make a motion. Move to approve the resolution requiring the tally of write-in votes only if
writein votes are greater than a ballot candidates total votes as presented. >> Scott >> second. >> I have a motion by Melissa, second by Scott to approve the resolution requiring the tally of writein votes only if writein votes are greater than a ballot candidates's total votes as
presented. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor say I. I >> oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you. Moving on to second reading of policies. Dr. Damer. >> Um, thank you. Tonight we read uh we
present the second reading of policies. There have been no changes made since the first reading on March 23rd, 2026 with the exception of the additional language to policy 412 expense reimbursement for travel, professional meetings and conferences section 5 item C lodging as requested.
>> Cassidy. I move to approve the second reading of policy policies as presented. >> Scott >> second. >> Motion by Cassie, second by Scott to approve the second reading of policies as presented. Any discussion? >> Any further discussion? All in favor say
I. >> I. >> Oppos same sign. Motion carries. Adjournment. Keith >> move to approve the adjournment of the April 13, 2026 schoolboard meeting at
6:59 p.m. >> Cassidy, >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by Keith, second by Cassidy to approve the adjournment of the April 13, 2026 board meeting at 6:59 p.m. Any further discussion? Any discussion? All in favor say I.
>> I. >> Oppose, same sign. Motion carries and we are adjourned. Think you're