States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Everybody, please silence your cell phones. Are there any or deletions? There
is a deletion under curriculum item 1B, American Indian parent advisory compliance. We need to take that off because Ryan needs to actually meet with the committee first. So that'll have to come on after he does that.
Okay. Deal with that next month. Y then can I get a motion to accept the agenda with the second? Any questions or comments?
All those in favor? Motion pass. Is there comments? No. No. Sorry. Oh, I'll be a visitor for a minute. I'm planning a 2026 all school reunion next
year and I would like the school's permission to go ahead with advertising that we will offer um tours of the building during this afternoon of that. Okay. Thank you. Oh, go ahead. Are you going to just food for thought, are you going to tie it into anything
with the the city? Uh it's going to be the weekend of the pillager fair. Okay. So there'll already be fireworks and parades and all the things. No, that's in September. They do have a dance at the fair.
Okay. An outdoor and a beer garden and some kitty stuff. Uh we already did set agenda. I was on the visit. Yes.
Uh the consent agenda consider the minutes of the monthly previous previous monthly board meeting. Cash flow including investments, monthly bills paid, the monthly bills paid in the activities account. Uh there were no donations this week or this month. And the personnel
summary sheet. Can I get a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented? I'll make that motion. Any questions or comments? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion passes.
Uh, special board reports with possible action. We'll start with activities today. Madam Chair, we did not meet curriculum. Can I touch base on that? You can. Activities started today. Good numbers in football. 51 I think out for varsity.
65 volleyball numbers are out. So I don't know about cross country. I didn't see that. But they all started up today. So awesome. Fall's back. Wow. Do we have any spring plays or anything like that? Or not spring, excuse me, fall? Nothing like that. We don't have a fall.
The middle school does theirs. Well, that's all right. Curriculum. you did not meet. I'll turn it over to my report. I gave a copy of the workshop week schedule. We have two weeks out for
them. Uh we did have new teachers report today. So we had new teachers in the building. Um great to see them. This probably the smallest groups that I've been here that we've had. So we didn't have a lot of turnover this last year. Um great people coming on board. We have
a new fifth grade social studies teacher. Mr. boxes. Move over to special education. We have got a new A teacher, which I just love that is Mr. Plowman. Stop it now. Fantastic. He's super excited to be on board. Uh a new speech language
pathologist. Uh our second nurse has come on in Maggie. A new elementary teacher and our social worker at the So yeah, really great to see them. Workshop week schedule. You guys got a copy of it. The biggest uh
change in terms of welcoming people back is usually we've done the welcome on Tuesday. We're doing it on Monday right away. So just a heads up to people. We'll do the breakfast and stuff Monday morning. You are welcome and then we'll jump into things right away. We have some
trainings happening on that Tuesday. So that's why we have people going off site. So we have do a little switch. You're welcome to come to that breakfast on that Monday and uh buy a little back to school steel if you are really bored. The way you put that I want to see how
many people are bored. What are you serving? The clergy does a church and rolls and it's very good. They do a great job for us. Each church is in a charge of a piece piece of it. Cool.
So, definitely it'd be great. Stop by check out teachers get ready for the school year. So, we're ramping up. Awesome. Thank you. Any questions for Ryan? Any questions for Mike about test? And no, I'm not making it myself.
Uh moving to facilities. Um just a little update on some summer maintenance. Um, we replaced uh some bathroom petitions, an elementary sink. Uh, we got to do some work on a boiler, which might move
up some changes on our facility plan between rooftop units and a couple boilers. Um, they were kind of scheduled to be replaced in a couple years, but we got a a person coming out to look at them to see if that should be moved up because they're both kind of at the same
age where they're getting old. So, and they're not cheap. So, we'll see about that. Um, the roof on the early childhood has not been done yet. That's scheduled for this fall and September. Um, other than that, just the normal mainten maintenance of
the rooftop, all the units being repaired, filters, things like that. Then the baseball and softball, they are finishing that up here. I think uh did that thanks to some help from some local companies and some fundraising. Those
patting cages should be done here and that's about it. Nice. Yep. And the school I think custo staff is I had a schedule for all the waxing and cleaning. So that's pretty much the floors look very nice on Saturday. It was commented on a couple times. They do a nice job. Yeah, pretty good
job. So thanks to John and his crew. And the other thing I have on facilities is I know Lake Lakewood is meeting this month on and on the agenda is the wait room edition. So their board will be talking about that and what kind of a commitment they would be interested in
and I'll get more information from them after the meeting in August. Anything else for facilities? All right. Budget we did not meet and has something just a little
something pretty short and sweet. So this week is audit week. So, our law auditors will actually be on site tomorrow and Wednesday, but it has begun already today. Um, so we'll be going through that for the next several weeks
as we wrap things up for this last fiscal year. Uh, levy, that system will open up soon. So, once the system is opened up, I have to put in all the school information that it requires and then that will give us some numbers once they do a levy run. So that will have to be approved at the September board
meeting, which I won't actually get my first levy run until the day of the meeting. So that won't be attached to the board book, but we will have it then at the meeting that evening to discuss LTFM. That plan was approved at the July board meeting and that's been submitted
to MDE. And then as far as budget goes, we're already underway on our FY26 budget. So we'll have a first revision in September as well. Anything else from budget or any questions for Missy?
Thank you very much. Going to personnel. We did not meet either. We have uh uh some things I want to share with you on enrollment update. I have two sheets for you at for information. The last one, the first one is where we
did last board meeting on July 16th. So you can see on that one you can kind of see where our numbers were with each grade and then overall our numbers were at plus 36. That's where we were total K through 12. Um so now this next sheet is
updated as of today. Um so you can see the one area that we were kind of worried about or watching very closely was that first grade. Uh we were as of last week we were up to 97. Well today we're at 95. So we've dropped
a little bit in that first grade. So we're at 23.75 in that class per classroom. Um so you can kind of see overall what we're at for each grade. Um if you look on a couple things I want to show it. So
at the very bottom we're up 44 kits as compared to last July or not last July. Yeah, this last month. Um if you look on the on the sheet I got some numbers there for you in red. And this kind of ties into our policy discussion that
we're going to have here in a little bit. I ran I looked at if we added five kids in fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. And I also looked at some other ones and I shared some numbers with the policy committee. What does that do for our class size? Um, so if you look on
the say for fifth grade, I put 110 in. And if you put 110 into the to the fifth grade, that would bump the class sizes up from 26 to 27.5 in those four in those main core classes like reading and math. If you bump 110 into sixth grade,
same once again, 27.5, 115 in 7th, and then I put 120 into eighth grade, and those bump up to 28.75. Now, if you look over to the very column there, I've added that since this last board meeting, I redid some numbering
and some calculation of what FTE do we actually staff that grade at. So, technically, we have four, for example, in in fifth in kindergarten, we have five teachers, but we actually staff that as 5.2 because each classroom gets
0.2 of specialist, right? So it it doesn't quite in the elementary it doesn't really affect the class sizes and you still are going to have 25 24 22 kids per class. But if you look at that middle school, if you remember a couple years ago when we went to school within
school, we actually added another math teacher and another reading teacher, ELA teacher. So we actually staff middle school at 4.6. Um, so we actually put it's actually higher staff than the elementary is when we added those two people. So if you
look at that, how does that how do you how do you base that off of what does that do to the class sizes? Well, that actually goes if you see the very number to the right, it's 23.26 23 23 24. So we actually in middle school we actually staff it a little bit
higher than you do elementary because of that added math and reading person in school within school. So that's something for you to consider. And I think when I shared that with the policy committee that's where they're going to come back I think in a little bit recommendation of where where to maybe
adjust those that cap number. So have any questions on that at all? Are we uh considering another section? We're at first grade at this point. We're not. I would say no. Let's let's talk about
that. I think at some point because let's say we bump I mean I think per your guys's conversation or to to where we're at. Would we say comfortable? Let's say we get to 100 we add one. Well, that's what's going to be my
question is can do we have to make a motion or something? I would we leave that up to you. We could do that or you could just say put a number down and and and make a motion and then once we hit that we would add that then I don't have to pull you together and
and the only reason I asked that is I just found out that a couple local schools have full registration day next Tuesday. I'm like why aren't you registering every day? Yeah, they literally have a registration day in Little Falls next Tuesday.
So I'm fine either way if you want me to pull you together or do you want to say Mike as if we reach 100 higher it reach 98 higher it that's yeah so 97 puts you at 24 and
three and one of 25. So I'm thinking you're still pretty close there. I'm thinking more about that 99 to 100 number if we reach that is kind of my recommendation. So I don't know if you want to any other questions on
and as a recap if we were to say okay at 99 please add another section. We do have a classroom available. We would have to displace a couple interventionists and they would be a classroom. Correct. We have people in that room right now but not regular classroom teachers. So,
so it's doable with a physical space though. Yes. I feel a little reluctant to put a number on it. Just thinking what if there's something circumstantial that you then wanted to add about it that I mean I can pull you together real
quick too. I mean it the problem with it is is you know even if you get to 100 and then you get to the first day and then all of a sudden nobody you it could change you know that first day all of a sudden three kids didn't show up because parents didn't tell us. Well this changed from our policy meeting
it just changed from Friday to today I yeah I ran a new sheet this morning just now. I'm like this doesn't match. Yeah it just changed. Yeah. We had till 97 and we're back down to 95. So, so I I think maybe I don't think it's too hard to get some four of you together for a meeting if we had to.
Yeah. So, all right. Any other questions on the open? We're not doing what we just said. Okay. We're having the discussion about opening other ones. Correct. Yes. So, any other questions on student
numbers? All right. voting out of policy. Right. We did meet on Friday. Um the biggest thing we talked about is yes, upping these middle school numbers. Um as you can see, we are staffed a little better in the middle school versus the
lower levels. Hey Bridget, can I interrupt you? That's number two. Can we do the other ones first? Yes, we have the whole sheet. Let me find that paper now. Hang on everybody. First reading of the policy.
Up first on the agenda. Oh gosh. Thank you. All right. Do you just want me to start? Yep. Yep. All right. Policy uh 414
just says if you are told of a threatened injury, we are mandated to report. um 418. Uh if you are a registered patient with medical marijuana with regular
registration and also tribal registration, we are to honor those. Uh 505 active shooter incidents, the threat has to be reported. Now first, excuse me, 501. Did I say what I say? 501 is where
501 is where we're at. 503 just removes the school board. The lingo removes a school board member. Um parents can't come to us. Uh no, not it just removes schoolboard member. They have to go to the principal to
clear an absence. Yeah. To clear an absence. Yeah. School board. Not not us. You're telling me your kid's going to be gone means nothing. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. If somebody we could go on to get tricky, they could. Anyway,
515 um just talks about what we can and cannot give out for personal information and that it's parents and students and staff. Um 516 lingo replaces auto injector for an
EpiPen with delivery system. 516.5. It gives us the option to approve a policy of whether or not we want to allow grades students grades 9 through 12 to administer NARCAM.
We can add that if we feel we need to add that, but that's just giving us the option. Uh remember I was really surpris I'm like who is doing heroin in the locker room anyway?
524 524 um is more lingo change. 534 524 524 is a lingo change. Okay. 534 That's not
That's not on our sheet. 602. Wow. We What? Okay. Well, uh Oh, we must have forgotten. We forgot that one then. So, do we have to mix that one? Technically, not after we approved it, that thing. So, so we'll have to do 534 next time.
We got add 534 back in next week. Um, if anybody wants to know, it says that students and families are responsible for seconds in their meals. Meals. Uh 602, we can decide uh if Labor if
Labor Day is later on in the month, we can decide if we want to start before Labor Day to fix our calendar. Who makes that role if it's later? was say the fourth one we want to start on August 26. Well, technically you couldn't up until this year or next year,
but now you can you can do it for two years because of the late Labor Day. The state fair the state fair lobbies very hard not to be able to do that. Yeah. Um, I am I am meeting with other area soups to see if any of them are we already have our school calendar set for
next year, but I've talked to a couple of them just recently and they they don't believe they're going to start before Labor Day just because of our area of the resorts and kids are working and so I don't see us changing that. Okay. But we can
but you can. So, okay. Yeah. 621. Yep. Changes to literacy aid uses. It's just a money coding. We can do it a little different now. Um 707 a language change. It basically simplified the language. Um there was a lot of mumbo
jumbo in there that they took out. 709. Um, again, a lingo change to simplify, but still states that we have to do the safety training, bus safety training. I believe that was um 802 surplus books
can be donated now um to basically anybody I believe is what it said. Correct me if I'm wrong. Families or charities? Families or so? Anybody? The lingo is families or charities. Anyway, public auction site first
and 806 uh violence prevention report information just says that we have to report violence to the authorities. I believe that correctly. Yeah. Department of Public Safety. If we have a threat, we have to report it.
Would you like to make a motion to accept all of those present? I would like to make a motion to accept all of the uh policies I just named up. I'll second. Uh, is there any questions or comments? All those in favor?
Opposed? Motion passes. For the next one, the open enrollment. Um if as per our superintendent's recommendation, we are recommending that we up the fifth grade to 110 max, sixth grade to 110
max, 7th grade to 115, 8th grade to 120. If we allow this with our current kids on the waiting list, we would gain $112,000. Why doesn't that matter? Oh, we can wait for the it changed because of I had a couple
numbers wrong. Okay. So, that might So, if you I think I had Did I put give you guys that she? Yes. So, this was kind of done when on Friday. Um, can I can I explain that a little bit? Uh, yeah, if we're possible action
if we're going to actually. Okay. I make a motion that we up the following grades open enrollment. fifth to 110, 6th to 110, 7th to 115, and 8th to 120. And I'll second that motion. And add high school to 450 and high school.
Oh, I thought okay, I had that note, but I thought that was part of the annual review thing we discussed. The whole thing with me and high school to 450 to accommodate any incoming eighth graders to that grade if we pass. I now discuss discussion. to add.
So, so I made a couple mistakes on kids on the waiting list and stuff. So, if you looked at and this is probably different than from with a different of other kids coming in. So, it might not be completely accurate now, but as of Friday when I did it, if you added those
changes, we would gain about 12. we would gain 12 kids that were on the waiting list, which would increase you about it's about $8,000 a child, which would give you an increase of $96,000. Um, and and then you gain those kids every year. So, that would help. Now,
this number might change now because some of these numbers that I got from Lois today, that might affect some of those kids on the waiting list. So instead of maybe three kids in fifth grade on the waiting list, we can only take one now because I just got updated numbers. So
but that's what by increasing those numbers, that's what the revenue would be for you to to add to the budget somewhere in that vicinity. Yes. And then we would hope that and if we need to make it during our March meeting or something do an annual review
of numbers to where if we feel like whoa we're getting way too full here we're stopping it where nobody else can come in for the following year. One of the things that might change that is housing development, right? If we get a housing, somebody's apartments, town homes that they're adding, could they
add a bunch of kids? Possibly. They might not, right? Silvin Township, you know, are they, you know, talked to somebody the other day, it seemed like there was quite a few new homes in that area. So, that could affect that number where all of a sudden, you know, you got more in district people that we might
come back as a board and say, you know, that 120, it's getting closer to 125, 128. we better back it down. But the one thing I I do think that that I think you're safe with is if you look at our kindergarten and first grade numbers the last couple years,
they've been a little bit lower. You know, they've been around that 90 to 94, which gives you that room to grow a little bit. So, if I was saying your kindergarters are coming in at 105 and 70 in district kids, well, that hasn't been the case, right? So, and I think
it's something that we would need to look at every year and can always adjust it. I I said at the last meeting that I was a little nervous about going to 110 for the fifth grade, but when you point out the extra um reading and math teacher and I understand, so I'm
really like it, but I'm comfortable moving ahead with it at this point. It does help pay for that school within school. I mean we gave more support and there's a lot of things that have to be done in our particular way. It is what it is.
Any other discussion? All those in favor? I sorry. Favor in favor. Opposed. Motion passes.
Okay. Moving on to other open house update. Um open house update. Um I forgot to bring the sheet to give you guys but August uh 27th is the all school open house and August 20th is
the fifth grade. So uh JMC message will go out tomorrow with all that information. They'll hand out Chromebooks and um meet the teachers and do all that. So that's coming right around the corner. and your report. Uh,
I don't have a ton. Um, I know we've been looking for a shuttle van driver for co-op sports for Little Falls. I do think we have somebody who has applied, which would be a good option for us. So, that was good. And I was a little bit worried about finding somebody there.
Um, good news. I was informed this last week that we were in voted in as the top area school in the Brighter Dispatch again. So that's the second year in a row. Uh fall sports started. Mr. Men informed
me that the fall sports registration went very well, was well attended and had a good speaker and well received. And the last thing I have for you is we have a new food service director. His name is Chris Glassman. He is replacing
Todd Lewis who resigned from K through 12 earlier to take another position in the DISC in the area. Uh Chris has expensive experience extensive experience as a lead chef in many restaurants and recently he was the director of a food service at a
nursing home in the area. So met him today. Um excited to have him aboard and I think he'll do a great job. I said he's a chef. He's a chef. Yep. and K through2 is is and I talked to Jessica today. Um they're focusing on
trying to do more instead of processed things or trying to make more things in house and more things that are cooked here versus so that was one of their big pushes that their their chefs are going to try to do that more. So awesome. Some of the interesting I did see the
menu for September. Um our kids won't know what some of the items are. You know, it's going to be interesting to see when, you know, I could see elementary kids go, what's that? You know, I mean, so I think that just give us a sample like what's the
oddball stuff to have. I would love that. I can't think of the name. It was like chicken something or whatever and I can't remember. There was a couple that I was like, what's that? Chicken. I think that was it. Chicken Marsala. That's I always enjoy when I go to the
conference, the national conferences, and they they're always there. They're always cooking. I'm like, "My kids never eat." Yeah. They always try to impress people at the What are you doing? Look at this. Yeah. I don't think our kids have ever eaten anything like that. Yeah. Like glitter grapes. They never make glitter grapes here.
What's a glitter? Oh, yeah. That's all I got. Any questions for All right. A motion to adjourn.
Any question? Wow.