##VIDEO ID:8y0k9zVCUkM## e e e e e e e good evening this meeting of the oio school board is being conducted in the boardroom at the Educational Service Center this meeting can be monitored electronically by streaming online from the district website an archived recording of tonight's meeting will also be available on the district website as acting chair I declare that the organizational meeting of the Independent School District 279 School Board is called to order at 6 pm on Tuesday January 7th 2025 seated in front of you this evening from my left and your right are Thomas Brooks Erica Foster Keith Tate myself Tanya Prince Kelsey Dawson and Sarah Mitchell also present in the boardroom are superintendent Dr Kim H and members of the superintendent's cabinet those of you who can please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance director Mitchell will you please lead us in the pledge Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for stands one nation under God indivisible withy and justice for all the next agenda item is the swearing in of elected members and the oath of office Erica Foster Kelsey Dawson and Keith Tate will you please join me in front for the board Das to take the okay um at this time I will read a statement about the importance of appointed position position from the Minnesota Schoolboard Association it is an honor that you are elected to guide the education of our community's students as you recite the oath of office you assume a tremendous responsibility as a director of our school district with the duties empowered by the Minnesota Legislature this power puts you and the other members of our school board in the position of both being morally and legally responsible for Equitable quality education of every student in our district in carrying out this responsibility you will be asked to fulfill the roles of vision structure accountability and advocacy in providing Vision the board with participation of the community envisions the community's educational future and then formulates the goals defines the outcomes and sets the course for the public schools to achieve the vision the board establishes a structure and creates an environment designed to ensure all students the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational framework because as a board we must be accountable to the community we must ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children as board members we serve as education's key Advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision for our schools furthermore we must strive to work together with the superintendent and staff to lead the district forward fulfilling our mission which is to inspire and prepare each and every scholar with the confidence courage and competence to achieve their dreams contribute to community and engage in a lifetime of learning okay so having s um so uh ra I'd like you to raise your right hands and prepare to recite the oath in unison um okay I'll start you off having signed congratulations new school board members okay uh it's now time to accept our agenda is there a motion to accept the agenda as presented so moved so moved by director Dawson is there a second second seconded by director Mitchell is there any discussion all in favor say I I I I'll oppose n motion passes 6 to Zer the next order of business bus will be the election of officers the process for officer nominations shall be as follows names are placed into nomination there's the opportunity for nominee or nominator to make a statement and a roll call vote which is required uh by um is required there no secret ballot um when we do the roll call for the roll call vote each member will state the name of the nominee they are voting for and there will be no discussion nominations are now in order for the the office of chairperson are there any nominations for the office of chairperson I nominate director Prince are there any other nominations for the office of chair Tanya Prince is nominated are there any further nominations without objection nominations are closed would any nominators or nominees like to make a statement with respect to the nomination yes um so I will uh so I nominated uh director Prince um over the last couple of years director Prince Vice chair Prince has worked really closely with uh former chair msca Jones and superintendent Hy um to make sure that the board continues to run um and that we all continue to meet um or work toward our mission uh here in the district um now acting chair um uh Prince um is already pulls to to continue his chair and I'm confident that she'll continue to remind us of our mission here in this district and what we're here to do as a board thank you um I accept the nomination um it's been a honor and a privilege to serve in the different roles um in this district and um I look forward to continuing to collaborate and ensure all board member voices are heard and that we continue to make decisions in the best interest of our district okay so at this time uh we will take a roll call vote um when uh your name is called please State I vote for Sherry please conduct the roll call vote director Brooks I vote for director Prince director Foster I vote for director Prince director Tate I vote for director Prince director Prince I vote for director Prince director Dawson I vote for director Prince director Mitchell I vote for director Prince with six votes director Prince is elected chair nominations are now in order for the office of board Vice chair are there any nominations for uh Vice chair so I would like to nominate um director Thomas Brooks for vice chair so director Thomas Brooks is nominated are there any further nominations are there any further nominations for vice chair are there any further nominations for vice chair without objection nominations are closed director Thomas Brooks has been nominated would any nominators or nominees like to make a statement with respect to their nomination so I would like to make a statement um so um director Thomas Brooks is one of our more senior board members um it's been a privilege to serve with you and um it's been um an honor to see you continue to grow and to serve um director Brooks is always open to collaboration always open to ensuring that all voices are heard when I think of our concepts of holding space and I look at our values director Thomas Brooks exemplifies that and I'm excited to continue to work with um director books in this capacity my turn yeah thank you um it uh it feels was bizarre to be called a senior member of the board um but I have loved uh the last 4 years serving on this board um and everything I've been able to learn through uh working with um each of you and former board members and and committees and staff um so I am grateful for this opportunity and look forward to Leading and helping out the board in any way that I can over the next next term so thank you okay uh with that the board secretary will now call on each board member to State their choice as voice chair when your name is called please State I vote for Sherry please conduct the roll call vote director Mitchell I vote for director Brooks director Dawson I vote for director Brooks director Prince I vote for director Brooks director Tate I vote for director Brooks director Foster I vote for director Brooks director Brooks I vote for director Brooks director Tom Brooks is elected oh sorry six votes director Thomas Brooks is elected vice chair okay nominations are now in order for the office of board clerk are there any nominations for board Clerk I nominate director Keith Tate are there any um director Keith Tate is nominated are there any further nominations are there any further nominations for board clerk are there any further nominations for board clerk without objection nominations are closed uh director uh Keith Tate has been nominated would any nominators or nominees like to make a statement with respect for their nomination director uh Tate welcome to the board thank you for your willingness to serve in this capacity and I look forward to um your beginning and continued growth on the board sounds good yeah I'm looking forward to it Sherry's uh got everything locked down so we'll be good all right uh the okay the board secretary will now call on each board member to State their choice as board clerk when your name is called please State I vote for Sherry please conduct the roll call vote director Foster I vote for direct or director Tate director Prince I vote for director Tate director Tate I vote for director Tate director Mitchell I vote for director Tate DOR dor Brooks I vote for director Tate director Dawson I vote for director Tate six votes for director Tate okay director Tate is elected to board clerk okay nominations are now in order for the office of board Treasurer are there any nominations for board treasur I nominate director Mitchell director Mitchell is nominated are there any further nominations are there any further nominations for board Treasurer are there any further nominations for board Treasurer without objection nominations are closed uh director Mitchell has been nominated would any nominators or nominees like to make a statement with respect for their nomination I will um I believe Dr or director Mitchell would lead with integrity and would fulfill this role with a steady hand thank you I accept that nomination okay the board secretary will now call on each board member to State their choice as Treasurer when your name is called please State I vote for director Prince I vote for director Mitchell director Dawson I vote for director Mitchell Mitchell s director Brooks I vote for director Mitchell director Tate I vote for director Mitchell director Foster I vote for director Mitchell director Mitchell I vote for director Mitchell six votes right director Mitchell is elected board Treasurer okay the next agenda item is to establish compensation for Schoolboard members for 2025 is there a motion to adopt the 2024 Schoolboard compensation levels as the 2025 compensation levels at the rate of $1,350 per month for board chair and $1,250 per month for all other members the monthly compensation rates are inclusive of a $50 monthly reimbursement for IND District mileage and other incidental expenses is there a motion some some moved okay motioned by director Thomas Brooks is there a second second seconded by director Mitchell is there any discussion okay all in favor say I I I all opposed say nay the motion passes 6 to Zer the next agenda item is the consent agenda board members are there any items that you would like to remove for separate consideration is there a motion to approve the consent agenda as printed so move moveed by director um Dawson is there a seconded by director Brooks is there any discussion okay seeing none all in favor say I I I all oppos say n the motion passes six to zero okay the next agenda item is to approve the school board committee and Joint board representatives for 2025 is there a motion to approve the school board representatives to committees and Joint boards for 2025 as listed on the document titled proposed 2025 Schoolboard committee and Joint board Representatives so moved moved by director Mitchell is there a second second second in by director Brooks is there any discussion thank you everyone for your commitment to serve um it's a lot of work there's a lot of committees and I know um everybody's got uh at a minimum two and and some more so thank you so much for that time of investment all in favor say I I I'll oppose say the motion passes 6 to0 informational items on this evening's agenda are the Schoolboard operating protocols consisting of the resolution protocol and the agenda setting protocol this information is for review no action is taken our other informational item is a reminder that there will be a work session following adjournment of this organizational meeting the work session will be in the Forum room here at the ESC and is open to the public the board secretary has several documents requiring our signatures we'll take care of that before we move on to the Forum room our last agenda item is adjournment we will take a 10-minute recess before convening for the work session do we have a motion to adjourn the ISD 279 oio area schools organizational meeting at 6:18 p.m. so move move by director Dawson is there a second second seconded by uh director Foster it's the first time I've said that is there any discussion all in favor say I I all oppose nay the motion uh the motion pass is 60 and the meeting is adjurned at 618 p.m here e e for