Good evening and welcome. I'd like to call to order the May 19th, 2026 meeting, regular meeting of the Mounds School Board. First on our agenda is the uh is the adoption of our agenda. So moved.
Second. Any discussion? Hearing it uh moved and seconded and no discussion. All in favor? I. Motion passes. Next on our agenda is item 2.1, student representative reports. Tonight we're welcoming Roslin
from Irondale. Come on up. Great. Hello everybody. My name is Roslin. I'm from Irondale and I'm here to tell you guys about what we've done last month. So for our robotics on May 2nd, we
competed our first robotics competition championship that was in Texas. We had over 600 teams around the world that was competing in that and we finished as the eighth succeeding team in the 75th division and was seventh alliance
captain in the Newton division playoffs which is amazing. Um yeah and we had a tie for fifth place in our division. And then Max Swanson was also honored for being a first leadership award finalist
which was recognized outstanding student leaders in robotics. And then for winter guard we placed first in the Scholastic RA and uh for our Irondale Gold Guard we also placed
first in the Scholastic A in the Northstar Circuit Championship finals this past weekend. I think that was at Manetto State University. So, yeah, we literally stayed undefeated this entire season, which is insane.
Wow. For speech on Friday, April 24th, we had nine students from Irondale compete at the MLS. Wow, such a AA state speech tournament that was at Park Center High School. We
had three students from Irondale that reached the final round and placed at the tournament. So our senior Osma placed first in discussion. Boyana also placed fourth in extingraneous speaking.
Oh my gosh, what a mouthful. Sorry guys. Wow, such a mouthful. It's hard. Um, and then Birdie placed eighth in humorous interpretation. Osma is the third state speech championship in team history. That's
actually insane. Wow. Okay. Buana is the only threetime speech medalist in team history. So, we got a lot of winners here in state. Wow. Insane. On May 7th to 10th, we had eight members um also for speech compete at the
National Individual Events Tournament of Champions at Shakobi High School. We had over 250 schools at this competition and students just qualified based on their performance. Seniors um again Buana
received fifth place in international that word again um speaking um again setting more records. She is Irondell's first ever finalist at this tournament. reaching earlier elimination rounds at the tournament um had Sam
Bolan in program oral interpretations and senior Kenyal Ortiz in original or oratory I can't speak right now oh my gosh and then personal finance we just had this club kind of start up um Jacob
Griffin and Coup and Nolan uh placed for Irondale in the top 10 schools in the Minnesota personal finance dance challenge state competition um that was held at the U of M last week. And then Griffin and Nolan were
also in the top 10 individuals scored statewide. We're just setting so many records. Um but yeah this 2026 personal finance challenge program is made through the support of objective measure trust point
the US bank foundation agri bank agri bank sit investment associates cortis financial alliance health life foundation blaze credit union foundation and a fiance financial a lot of sponsors
and here are student highlights We have a lot of musicians that, you know, just got recognized. So, that's amazing. Here's everybody. And then some student highlights. We have Hayden going to the Minnesota State
University of Mano for cross country and track. Hunter, that's going to Uklair. How do you say that? Clair. Sorry guys, I don't. Um, for football, Elliot is going to W
River Falls. Um, and then baseball. This is all like in the wrong format, but um, yeah. And then we have Elliot also going for baseball. Uh, Annaise going for softball. Ava going for lacrosse. Eli
going um for lacrosse. Logan going for lacrosse. A lot of lacroses. But yeah, here's all the list of everybody that we have. And this is just amazing. We have everybody committing to these colleges for sports. So that's just amazing. And
then here's our principal. Seong. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Um yeah, we love Mr. Seong and he's just amazing. So very glad that he got recognized. It's amazing. Thank you. That's all we have for you all today. Thank you.
You brought a much needed smile to all of our faces. Thank you. I have not been speaking correctly. I do not know what's going on. You did amazing. Want you back already, but apparently you get the summer off, so fine. Um, I'm so excited for this summer. I hope everyone has an amazing summer and
thank you so much for being here. Thank you. And our student from MSU couldn't make it tonight, but also great things happening at MSU High School. Um, anybody in the public who wants to know more what's happening at at our high schools, they have great social media accounts. Um, both high schools have
activities accounts and student council accounts that um, I am constantly amazed at um, all that is going on and all that our students are doing on a daily basis. All right, we're going to move on to item 2.2, announcements. Jim, can you read the gifts for us?
Absolutely. Thank you. There are 10 gifts for schools and programs received this period for a total of $6,969. There are 20 gifts received for the Ralph Reader food shelf for uh this period for a total of $39,986.
It is recommended the board accept the bit gifts and extend thanks to the donors. Great. Thank you, Jim, for highlighting the generosity of our community. Shauna, uh we had comments to the board at 6:30 tonight. Can you share who we heard from tonight? Yeah, so the uh the board was available
for 30 minutes prior to this meeting to hear public comment. Uh this evening we heard from several High View staff and a couple um district parents around the proposed middle school model. Uh this is an ongoing discussion and we will
continue to engage our community on this topic. Thanks. Upcoming meetings um uh June 11th uh 5:00 pm here in the at the district center, we have our next work session and our next regular meeting of the school board is at 7 pm on June
16th. All right, we're going to move on to item 2.3, superintendent report. All right. Well, several things tonight. Uh the first annually we take this opportunity and I use the superintendent report to uh discuss our annual QC comp
uh progress that's required by the state. So, I'm going to jump into that this evening. Uh each spring, the state of Minnesota asked districts to provide an update on their QC comp program. Um, Mounds View Public Schools, for those of
you following along, was actually one of the first districts in the state to implement QC comp. Um, over the course of that time, it really has been a very successful program for this district. And there are five components that need to be covered. So, I'm going to go
through each one of those uh, and highlight them this evening. The first uh, is career advancement options. Sometimes you'll hear those called career ladder positions for our for our teachers. Uh examples in our district of
these positions include uh building instructional leadership team members. A lot of acronyms in Mountains View. So built members, BIT, uh building instructional leadership team, instructional strategies facilitators,
we call them ISFs. So you'll hear that. And then some of our content area specialists or CAS positions can also be part of this group. In total this year, we have approximately 113 people in these positions, which is roughly about
13% of our teaching staff. The work that these um teacher leaders do is really an essential part of our PLCbased system. The support they provide has helped us improve both our practice as educators as well as student achievement
districtwide. It's definitely a positive part of our school culture. The second component uh to highlight is job embedded professional development. Now a key message here is that much of the professional development that happens uh
that is associated with this program is focused on indist opportunities. Professional development is often done by teachers for teachers for their colleagues. It doesn't mean that no one goes out to a conference. Of course, that happens over the course of the
year. Uh it's just not the primary focus of this program. So, one example of job embedded professional development is that the growth and development opportunities are embedded as part of our teacher development and appraisal process, also called TDAP, another an
acronym. Um, as part of their PLC's, teachers have the opportunity to learn from one another on how to best use high yield instructional strategies in their classrooms. Micro teaching is also a technique that our teachers have been using to learn and grow. Uh for those in
the public who might not be familiar with micro teaching, at its core, it is a digitally recorded lesson where a highly effective teacher models an instructional strategy in a classroom. By recording that instruction, it allows groups of teachers to come together,
watch the instruction, talk with their peers, ask questions, gather ideas, and then go back and implement that strategy in their own classrooms. I've been very impressed at how effective this technique can be uh in the adoption of best practice strategies in our
classrooms and I definitely want to commend our teacher for their commitment to ongoing development. Clearly, it's having a positive impact. The third component of the QCMP program is teacher evaluation. Uh teacher evaluation is embedded as part of our
TDAP process. appraisal takes place at both a team level as at at their PLC's being evaluated as well as at an individual level or the members who make up the uh PLC teams. The benefit we see in this approach is that the work
teachers are appraised on is directly connected to the work they're doing individually and collectively in their classrooms. So the work of their PLC isn't seen as something separate from uh the evaluation system but is actually connected and integral to the work they
do on a daily basis. A fourth component is the alternative pay system. The Q comp system includes alternative pay structures in the form of stipens for teacher leaders. Specifically, the career ladder positions we talked about earlier, our
builts, our ISF, CAS's, uh other components of our alternative pay system are included as part of the more comprehensive salary schedule here in the district. And the final thing we're asked to report on annually is a general
review of the program. Uh this year 95% of our tenur staff completed the necessary requirements to receive their full alternative compensation as part of the program. That percentage is a bit lower this year as we had some uh tenur
staff who actually left us before the end of the year. So they couldn't complete those requirements to earn full compensation. uh for probationary staff that number was 99% this year. So overall it's telling us the balance of our staff are able to complete the
necessary requirements and are able to receive full compensation. Uh that's important because the way that system is organized, every teacher has the opportunity to earn full compensation, but there's no guarantee that everyone automatically receives that
compensation. So, uh, in closing, I would just want the board and the public to know that Q comp continues to be a very successful program for our district. I believe the way it's been embedded into the work we do here in Mountains View is very complimentary to
our overall goals and we hope the state continues to fund this uh, program in the future. Um, few additional items if I might. Um, just updates for my report. Uh first we celebrated staff appreciation week uh
from May 4th through the 8th. That is always a wonderful opportunity to recognize some of our wonderful educators and the outstanding staff we employ here in the district. This year we had 1,238 individual thank you notes sent to staff
members and over 8,000 views of the staff appreciation video. So overall, we felt it was a great success and want to thank everyone who helped us recognize our staff this year. I am also pleased to be able to share that our district received the
prestigious Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Award from the Association of School Business Officials International. Uh that's a mouthful, but this award really is considered the gold standard for promoting and recognizing excellence in financial accountability
and transparency. We were very pleased to uh be honored with this award and I definitely want to thank our finance director Paula Steele and the entire finance team for their work. They just do a a wonderful wonderful job.
I also wanted to highlight uh this year's walk, bike, and roll to school day. Uh this year that event took place on May 7th. I was fortunate to be able to participate with uh staff, students, parents, and even some community members uh at Island Lake this year. So, I want
to thank Ann Gentry. Ann is one of our parents and staff members uh who organized the Island Lake group. I know that many of our board members in the past have participated uh in that event over the years. It is a wonderful opportunity to connect and certainly a great way for the kids to start the
school day. So, thank you to everyone who participated in that event across the district. Um, in a lastm minute addition, this came in on the fly. Carl Brown from Carl Brown. Our elementary track meets are in progress. So today
the Westside Elementary track meet uh took place at Bair and the Westside is Belair, Pinewood and Sunnyside students. So they were in competition today. Um and I think Carl has some photos. If I had those, we could share those with you, but look for those. We will
definitely do that. The East Side Elementary track meet is taking place tomorrow at Turtle Lake and will feature uh athletes from Island Lake, Turtle Lake, and Valentine Hills. So, good luck to all our elementary trackers.
That's the board wants to know if you skateboarded to school. Did you rollerblade? What was your mode? Definitely walked. That was Yeah, I I definitely walked, but there were there were bike riders. There were kids uh on on all modes of transportation.
um a lot of scooters that uh they actually took our our photo at the end and they uh abandoned their scooters, just toss them to the side as they come to to get their their photo. So, uh no, it was a great great event and uh again, I know I know a number of you have done
that in the past. So, I think it's just uh it's a great opportunity for for us to connect. It is and I know that that particular group does this every day. They don't just do it on this day of the week. that group of parents and students um kind of form a a walking u bus route if you will
to school every day. So, thanks to those parents and those community members who reach out in that way. Absolutely. Awesome. We will move on to um item 3.0, approval of the consent agenda to entertain a motion. So, moved. Second. It's been moved and seconded. Any discussion? All in favor?
I. The consent agenda has been approved. Moving on to item 4.1, 2026 27 enrollment and class sizes report. We'll welcome up Darren Johnson
to give us our report tonight. Evening members of the board. Uh included in your board packet this evening, you will find an enrollment and class size update for the 2627 school year as of May 12th, 2026. This data will continue to be updated throughout
the spring and summer months as we move closer to the start of the 2627 school year, which will begin on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026. In addition to the attached document that has been provided for you, I would also like to provide additional remarks as it relates to our
current enrollment calculations uh for the upcoming school year. Okay. So, in summary, as of May 12, 2026, the number of enrolled students at our two kindergarten centers for the upcoming school year is currently 794 students,
which represents six students below our projected count of 800. Please note that on your enrollment sheet in the bottom right corner, kindergarten projections are not included due to the time that original projections are created in January. Rather, the number 800 is used,
which matches previous trend data and calculation practices. Okay. The number of enrolled students at our six 1-5 elementary schools for the upcoming school year is currently 4,173, which represents 37 students above our
projected count of 4,136. The number of enrolled students at our three middle schools for the upcoming school year is currently 2,681, which represents five students above our projected count of 2,676.
Finally, the number of enrolled combined students at Irondale and Mountains View high schools for the upcoming school year is currently 3,649, which represents 48 students above our projected count of 3,61.
Currently in total before the spring task of calculating the departures of current Mountains View public school students we have 11,297 K through2 students which represents 90 students more than the 2627 projection
of 10,413. Again this amount this amount represents the adjustment of kindergarten students that I noted earlier in this report. To compare numbers, this spring we are set to graduate approximately 915 proud
students from Irondale and Mountains View high schools. This upcoming fall there are approximately a combined enrollment of 800 students at Snail Lake and Pike Lake kindergarten centers. With these numbers being similar, our plan to maintain enrollment from year to year by
again accepting non-resident students in grades one through five has been effective. At this point in time, all sections remain in the board approved class size ranges. These class size ranges and section assignments will continue to be monitored in the coming
months. Finally, please note that these numbers remain fluid at this point in the year as school and district staff continue to adjust these totals by welcoming new students to our schools while other students join learning communities outside of our district. I'd like to say thank you to a couple
people, right, that make these numbers so accurate. First, Cara Maryfield who works in our student enrollment department. Uh all of our lead building admin assistants at the elementary schools, our registars in the secondary schools, building principles, right, are all really keeping up with this, sending
uh you know, important information to the district so that we can provide these numbers to you and so that we can continue to track this before the school year starts in the fall. Are there any questions related to these numbers or calculations? U Darren, can I just ask uh I heard you
say that enrollment was a little higher than what what we initially projected. Um can you just reassure everyone that that does not mean that our schools are busting at the seams that we do actually have room for all the students who are coming? Correct. Yep. So we're in a good spot.
Um sometimes we have questions related to the students that we allow into our schools related to open enrollment. Um we do have schools that are closed, schools um that are partially closed, right? We sometimes will close uh you know sections or or grades within a school. Um yeah, but we do not um will
not take kids uh under that open enrollment unless we have room for them. So our schools are in good spots for right now. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions for Darren? Great. I know that these numbers will be
watched carefully over the next couple of months. So, we appreciate all the effort to um consolidate a memory. Yeah. And just to build on one of Shauna's comments is that as a board, we really want to get kind of between that um 11,000 and 12,000 numbers to be right
sized and you know, looking at 113 and 114. Um it's really good size for our school district. So, thanks to everybody who um goes out makes this happen. So, thank you. Thanks, Darren. Thanks, Darren.
Thank you. All right. Next, we'll move on to item 5.1, the 202526 district operational plan, also called DOP, another acronym. And Superintendent Lennox is going to walk us through that. Yeah, I'm I'm happy to do that tonight.
Um, thank you, Heidi. Um, and one of our priority goals actually was the enrollment facility. So, I'm going to get to that in just a minute or two here as we go through this. But each year u as part of our district improvement process, we um identify goals that are
part of our district operational plan. Uh this past year we had eight total goals, three of them being identified as priority goals for the year. Um throughout the course of the year and we have a chance to present on our progress. uh we bring those uh goals
back and u publicly spend considerable time uh in conversation uh with our uh district administrative team with the board uh about where we are and then make sure that uh that progress is being documented. Uh in addition, we also
create a comprehensive written document that details all the work that's done on each of the goals and that is also submitted to the to the school board for their review. So tonight, rather than going back through all of the goals in
detail and uh rerunning everything we've presented publicly, uh what we'd like to do is provide the public with a reminder of what the eight goals were this year and then a highlevel overview of the uh work that's been done on the priority
goals this past year. So uh in summary, the eight goals we had this year uh one was around career pathways. Uh we also did uh environmental learning in outdoor classrooms. That was a priority goal. So I'll speak a little bit more uh about
that in a moment. Uh third goal, new uh student information system. Our uh fourth goal was onboarding and staff support. Uh fifth capital projects technology levy. Of course that was a priority goal and I'll say more about
that in a moment. uh our negotiations uh was uh a goal for us. Enrollment and facilities study that was a priority goal and then our energy audit. So those were the eight goals that we focused on this year. Uh but let's take a minute
and go through some of the priority goals or the three priority goals. So first priority goal, environmental learning in outdoor classrooms. Uh this goal was the focus of our fall school talk. So just kind of knocking off the rust. When we get to this time of year,
you got to think back where were we in the fall. So we were doing a lot around environmental learning, outdoor classrooms. We had the school talk edition. Uh we also created a short video uh along with u through our partnership with the Mounds View Education Foundation. So that was
highlighted uh by them as well as the district. Uh the team has been back uh to the school board in the fall and again this spring talking about the progress that's been made both on the spaces as well as the uh curriculum um
that's starting to be tied in with our environmental learning uh and outdoor classrooms. Um we are pleased to be able to report that a comprehensive master plan for our outdoor classrooms and environmental learning uh opportunities
has been completed. So uh we are um happy to have all of that documented as part of this work. Um the curricular environmental learning opportunities across the district has also been
completed and that was just shared uh earlier this spring. Board members, you may recall your interest in the puddles uh unit or activity that we uh we did. Uh there are obviously many many more exciting opportunities for students to
engage with uh in the curriculum as we move forward aligned to this goal. Uh work is ongoing at our school sites as we identify and support their outdoor learning spaces. Um and this goal, we're happy to say, was met for the 2526
school year. Uh but as we've said, we plan to continue enriching and extending this work uh as we move forward next year and beyond. The second priority goal was the capital projects technology levy. Um, as you might recall, much of
the work, that work was focused on the the levy campaign uh this fall. And as part of that campaign, uh, the district produced a series of communications, did presentations, many of you were part of those presentations, electronic media,
including a district website that was dedicated to this goal. Um the school board uh presented information publicly at the September school board meeting. Uh were part of the presentations that were done at school buildings. Ultimately uh we were very fortunate to
receive support from our community and a positive uh levy result. We're very very pleased uh with that and our current work is now focused on prioritizing uh the projects for implementation as we move into to next school year. So uh
very pleased again to say we met that goal and now this work will continue uh really over the next 10 years as as we implement uh those projects moving forward. The third priority goal was the enrollment and facility study. Now, that's been mentioned already a little
bit today by by Jim and Shauna already. This goal was focused on making sure that our enrollment is in line with our school capacities. Um because people were asking, well, if you're opening up elementary um spaces to non-resident
students, even on a space available basis, we want to make sure you have that space. And I think what you'd see right now uh is that not every school is open. uh and certainly not at every grade level. We're looking at where we
have the space to be able to add students um as we go forward and being very very clear about where we we have space um in our schools. So, we were able to update our K12 building maps to match the ongoing facility improvements
that really have continued to happen since our since our construction. Uh we've calculated both a maximum capacity for our buildings as well as a functional capacity. Um you you don't want schools operating at a maximum capacity. Uh you really want to lower
that a little bit so you functionally you can use the space uh appropriately. Uh we also calculated the current utilization for each site and that allows us to understand the impact of our current enrollment and plan for future enrollment. Uh comprehensive
report has been prepared and that will provide all of that information for each of our K12 school sites. Uh it also includes graphs on enrollment trends so that you can see averages and and where
uh those maximum capacities are for planning purposes. Uh overall, as Jim had mentioned, our our buildings really are in a very strong uh position relative to our enrollment. It is recommended that the district focus on maintaining an overall enrollment
between 11,000 and 12,000 students. It really puts us at um a great point for operating our schools effectively. So, it is recommended that the district um take a look next year with a similar
goal to evaluate our additional sites uh that house specialty programming. So, those are some of our uh both leased and owned spaces, but programs such as our ALC, AB, early childhood, and special education. We really want to take a look
beyond just our K12 buildings uh at those spaces. So, in conclusion, I'm happy to report we were able to meet all eight of our goals this year. Uh I also want to recognize the effort uh of the team. This is a huge team effort every
year with the operational goals. Um the executive team, many are here tonight, our cabinet members, principles, others who've been part of accomplishing these goals. Thank you to them and everybody that's been part of uh completing the
work on the goals this year. With that, I will end my report. Great. Any thoughts or questions from board members? Uh I just want to say thank you. uh while you've highlighted eight goals for us, there is so much more work that you
and your team do uh on a daily basis. So, thank you for all of that. This isn't all inclusive of the work you do. Um, and as we look around the state and see school districts with declining enrollments or financial troubles, it is
uh both refreshing and exciting to see where Mountains is in the midst of all this with uh steady and growing enrollments and winning awards for our uh financial abilities. Thank you.
I also want to say thank you uh Chris particularly around how many of these goals kind of overlap. Uh the use of the courtyard, uh using new technology to be able to access uh what was an unaccessible
um resource before, particularly with our outdoor classroom pieces. uh the the the uh ingenuity and the innovation um and maximizing all of our resources I think is a testament to the staff uh and
and the team who uh think outside the box but also use the boxes that we have to uh maximize educational opportunities for our students. So thank you and thank you to the team for uh for those innovations. Great. Anything else?
All right, we will move on to item 6.1 updates. Uh Jim, could you share any AMSD and legislative updates at the conclusion of the session? Yes. Um the session has concluded and it concluded on time which actually helps us with our budgeting next month which
is very helpful. As I've always pointed out, we get about 60% of our funding from the states. So what they decide is uh very important to us. Uh probably the biggest thing is that um we do get a formula increase of 2.7% this year. Um
that was um dictated by state law several years ago, but that can be capped and moved around. And so uh really appreciative of the state to uh boost up the formula. Um you know um there wasn't actually a lot happening there. There's a lot of bills and a lot
of things floating around, but not much happened this year. We got about $12 million worth of uh behavioral mental health grants. Um there's just some minor probably big disappointments were school safety things. We just got some minor grants. There was really not any
major movement in there which is after what happened last fall and where we as a board have been very concerned. Are we doing everything to keep our kids safe and asking our community to invest in that? Um that we didn't really make any progress there. That was unfortunate.
Um, special ed, um, is going to be steady this year. Next year, there's a bit of a cliff that I think that those of us who, uh, care about that have to go down the legislature and advocate for. There's a built-in balanced budget, a $250 million education, special ed cut
next year. And so that's next year, one that's down the pipe. It won't affect our next school year, which is great. Um, you know, there is really no new policy. There are some tweaks on the Read Act, not too much. um no new mandates which is always refreshing and
a little easier to honor staff and um you know we did lose some compensatory money and um it was um disappointing but it was not major. Um it's interesting there'll be a constitutional amendment this year um to increase the funding out
of the permanent school fund. The permanent school fund is state lands in Minnesota like forests and mining. that money goes into a pot that the state has paid and that is distributed to the school. Um there appears to be a little more extra money in there and if the
voters approve it, we'll get about $45 per student per year in perpetuity, I guess, unless the fund gets drawn down too much. And there's some rules on that. But, you know, one thing I hope folks I hope people support it, we will certainly appreciate give $45 more a
student, but please realize that, you know, we spend about $15,000 per student um to educate our kids in Mountain View and we get about, you know, uh on a formula about 7600 odd dollars uh per student. So, the $45
is not going to fix the crisis that we have in a lot of public school districts right now. It'll be helpful. it'll be appreciated but it is not any silver brilllet for anything but I still hope people support it. So that is my report. Great. Thanks Jim. Uh Shauna any report
from Northeast Mro 916 school district. Yeah so just as a reminder intermediate district 916 is um made up of 13 member districts. Mounds View being one of those districts. I am the liazison from Mounds View to that school board. Uh we
meet the first Wednesday of every month in White Bear Lake at their district center. So we met May 6th. Um we had a presentation on the 916 teacher apprenticeship program uh which is um all the intermediate school
districts got together for a grow your own program and they got a grant from the state to do that. So, um it's fairly new but uh going really well and uh we have quite a few teachers in that program.
Uh we had the first reading of the fiscal year 27 budget and then uh we were able to recognize 39 staff who had between 10 and 30 years of service. Wow. Uh with the 916 school district. So, um,
which was very exciting to see people with 30 years of continuous service, which was great. And then we will meet again the first Wednesday in June. Sean. All right, we'll move on to item 6.2, school board member reports.
Yeah, Mark. Yeah, thank you, Heidi. I've got a couple updates. I was at the Bell Eair Elementary last night at the PTA meeting and they did an afteractions report on the uh recent carnival that was on May 2nd. I was a volunteer working the
lollipop stand. It was a blast. Um the number of um of kids that showed up was I think over a thousand. They exceeded their expectations on kids and fun and um uh revenue. They actually ran out of tickets. Uh so it was an incredible
success. Um, also I met uh Sam and Elliot last year and they thought that this carnival, which was their first one, it's absolutely amazing. They're a new family from Oklahoma and they just they love Minnesota. So that was great. Uh, also had a chance to look at the uh
view the outdoor classroom with the new awning and furniture. That was fabulous. I I wish I was a kid again so I could go out there and study. Um, and I mentioned last time that I was going to head to the almost main play which was on April
23rd. It was absolutely um, it was romantic. It was a great date night with my wife. Uh, it was called Almost Main. And within that play, there were several mini plays. So, it was a good uh, chance to see the incredible acting at Ironale.
And that's my update. Thank you. Thanks. other board members. Uh before we meet again, I believe all of our seniors will have graduated. Um so I just wanted to say congratulations
to the class of 2026 and I look forward to being at Irondale's graduation to uh congratulate our students in person. Um and I just wish them well in their futures. any other board members? Well, great.
Not only is it graduation time, but I think school will be done before the next time we meet. So, um just appreciation to all of our staff. We know that um staff appreciation was um great. Uh I sent some notes to some staff members myself and I love how easy
that is, how how easy our staff makes that to um to be able to recognize other staff members. But we know these last couple weeks are hard. lots of little people have lots of energy. So, thank you to the staff that continue to educate until that very last bell rings
and um just um hope that the last couple weeks is a good experience for all of our students and all our families. If there's nothing else to come before the board, we are adjourned. Thank you, Heidi.