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and justice for all. >> You go right ahead. >> Need Mrs. to show me how. Please turn your cell phones to silent. >> You have any other electronic devices. >> Are there any additions or deletions to the agenda?

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>> Madam chair, there are not. >> I would consider a motion to accept the agenda as presented. >> I'll make that motion. I'll second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I

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>> I opposed passes. Visitor comments. >> No, just here to observe. Thank you for coming. >> Consider the consent agenda. We have the actions of the minutes from the previous monthly board meeting. Don't we have

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from both the last two months? >> Okay. uh monthly cash flow including investments, monthly bills paid for April and May, uh donations, which uh would like to thank Casey's for their $21 donation, the Pillager Husky

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Booster Club for their $1,000 donation for Huddle. Uh the Booster Club for $400 for their May donations. Dorcas Community Services uh looks like donated $6,000 in three of her checks.

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I'm going to guess one to elementary, one to high school, yeah, and one to middle school. If I read who they were written to exactly what they would be. So, thank you to all of them. And then also our personnel summary sheet. I would entertain a motion to accept the

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consent agenda as presented. >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. Second. Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I opposed passes. Uh special board reports with

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possible action. We are going to start with personnel and we have the SK salary schedule C. >> Madam Chair, we did not have a committee meeting, but we have a couple of addendums or I guess you could say

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changes. one um since we approved schedule C in the few months ago, we have kind of made a change with PearlStart um we have added that as a class to the the just like we do with um

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yearbook. So we put a different rate in there if it's part of a class or if it's not part of a class since there's not going to be as much time out of the school day. They used to meet like at 6:00 in the morning, 6:00 to 7. So there that wouldn't occur. So so the the fees

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the percentage is reduced a little bit. So it goes from uh if they if it is not part of a class it's 6.5% which is what we had approved. If it's part of a class it's down to 2.5%. Which this is agreed upon by the union itself. Um uh and then the other one

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that I forgot to put on there was the elementary yearbook which is at 2%. So I we already agreed that but I didn't have it in the document. So, those two things I would recommend that you approve those changes. >> Uh, can I get a motion to approve the

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modifications to the schedule C handout? >> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or comments? >> I just have one question. Um, on the elementary yearbook, we have it as a two and just the yearbook itself. One was part of a class, not part of a class. So, elementary book would never be part

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of a class. Okay. >> So, I wanted to verify that. Any other questions? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. Uh, anything else for personnel we didn't meet?

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>> Then we are going to move on to curriculum. >> Um, I love it uncomfortable at all. Uh, I'm just gonna turn it over to Ryan. Just last thing to help us out on this. >> And I made I made it super short.

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>> Oh, all right. I seen that. I was impressed. >> Um, so we had a couple of things on um when we met as a curriculum committee. Just an update. Summer school uh we have 54 students in summer school K through

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eight. We had about 76 last year. The biggest change obviously is you don't have transportation or um the afternoon camps connected with it. There are some camps going on and stuff like that, but that's the transportation is obviously the biggest impact. So um district

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leadership team, we did meet on the 19th. Um some of the agenda items we had there, we have our wellness committee. um our connection with that um we had a presentation by teamworks about our strategic plan to kind of start some things going and and get some public

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interest and teacher interest as well in it. We'll be setting some additional meetings up with the school board and so her name is Brenda Damiani and she'll be in from teamworks and will kind of walk us through that whole process. And then um the intervention rotation was another

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topic we t uh in terms of the number of years we have somebody intervention and some of the training that they get and that importance of how do we get that back in the classroom as well so that it's not just I'm in intervention and I'm going to stay there forever. How do we make sure that we're getting those skills back into the classroom as well.

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So we talked about that and then did some recruitment around our standardsbased reporting. How do we report to parents? Um, parents have had some questions about that. Uh, middle school staff were there in the past and gave us some more information and so we

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put a task force together that we'll be doing some work this summer. So, um, otherwise additional topics that we have with the curriculum committee um test results, we talked a little bit about the the MCA. We don't have English tests or the reading tests. We won't get that

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until November. The criteria has changed on the science test. So looking at the comparison piece, we're still working on that. They're not using the meets, partial, and does not meet. They're actually have four categories. And so we're looking at that correlation. And then um just some preliminary math

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pieces. So more to come on test results and password as well. Um as we go into the summer, the reading curriculum, uh we talked about that in the elementary. We are moving forward with emerge, which is a McGraill product. I'm just

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going to give you a copy of the flyer as well if you want to take one of those. >> And this came from the state. >> The emerge curriculum is a is a vendor. So, McGraill um sells it >> and then there's only like three that

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are approved by the state. >> Yeah. So, there's actually Yeah. only two that are completely aligned to the structured literacy piece, the training that we went through with letters. Um so the first one was arts and letters. We piloted that through this year and then

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we did a review around McGra Hills emerge. Brainer has also gone with emerge. I think St. Cloud is now choosing to go with emerge as well. >> So does it use the letters piece or no? >> It uses the letters training and it actually very aligned to it in terms of

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the structure of the reading block and how that's going to look. Um it will be a big change. It will be a big change for teachers. Um, it is instead of teaching things in siloed pieces of here's where I'm doing some vocabulary and here's where we're going to do a

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little bit of writing, it is aligned together and there is a theme and there is a topic that goes through it. >> Yes. So letters, UFly, the whole bits in here. >> So yes, so in terms of UFly, UFI has been the foundational curriculum we've been using. We will actually use a

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merges version of that foundational piece moving forward. Um, we are not getting rid of all the UFly materials. We will utilize some of those pieces, but emerge has that built in and we want to make sure we're using that language. >> But the EU fly materials will be turned

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in. >> Everything is being turned into the classroom end of the school year piece of everybody is turning in everything. So, we collected all of you and anything

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>> that you know that'll happen, right? So >> yeah, somebody there's a level of uh grieving that has to take place so that we can move to the next site. So um so this is a flyer piece that we use. It has some of the PD

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and stuff that we'll be doing over the summer. Um we will continue that into the the fall and McGraill's working with us in terms of their professional development people coming in. And then the last thing we looked at was the curriculum cycle. Um, next year we will

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continue middle school math. We'll be looking at it. Uh, two other curriculums. Um, looking for those kind of what fits best with the new MA Minnesota math uh, update to standards. There's a focus on the Minnesota or what

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I say the math practices piece which oddly aligned to how we've done this with reading and with uh, letters training. math is very similar and we have to really get to what are the practices that we're using mathematics. So,

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>> uh since you brought up the district strategic planning, would you like to give the first warning to the board about the timing of that? >> There there he is. You know, so >> yeah, >> there he is. As we've been talking, we're going to do a work session in July. Um so, just kind of as we're

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thinking about, just know that we'll probably take a little bit more time than our typical board meeting. Um but with the strategic >> three hours people >> where when's this meeting? >> Well, we have one on July 27th. >> Okay, we talked about that. >> Yeah, we talked about that.

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>> This is where we're going to go through every single committee. >> Over the course of the year with teamworks, we have about four sessions with them that will be a work session and those will be anywhere from two to three hours. So, just to kind of prepare for that um as we go. Um, I'm excited

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the information and stuff we're going to collect around where we want to go, the next steps. I we're gonna get a chance to talk about anything from technology to curriculum to the thing we're doing with our with our land and those purchases. So, I think it's going to be

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pretty cool process. So, >> it's gonna be exciting. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. Anything else that people have questions for for Ryan? >> Thank you, sir. All right. Anything else from curriculum?

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>> Nope. I think we have it all covered. >> Okay. Uh policy. >> Policy. We have to uh we have an action item today. Um consider this the third reading of policy 410.

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Yeah, we'll do this first. 410 Family Medical Leave Act 503 student attendance 530 immunization requirements. 533, wellness policy. 534, school meals policy. 615, testing, accommodations, and

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modifications. 701, establishment and adapt adaptation of school district policy, and 721, uniform grant guidance policy. We need a motion to uh >> Would you like to make that motion? >> Uh, yes, I would. >> Would somebody like to second that? >> Second.

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>> Any questions, comments? I was your motion is to accept all of these. >> Yes. My motion would be to accept all of these, please. Now, go ahead. One of these days, I'll get this right. Okay. I do it like twice a year. >> Okay.

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>> Any other questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. >> Okay. >> And then uh we have two policies here. 901 and 902.

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901 with community education. Um it says in our policy that we are to have bylaws and uh so we're working on getting bylaws put together. Um Josh is talking to some other schools and gathering some information to

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>> have bylaws. >> Yeah. Why are these on the agenda? >> No, this is from our meeting today. Just met today and it just came about this last week. So >> all right. Like I said, I'm gonna somehow get this right one of these times. Sorry. And then second policy we

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talked about at the meeting today uh was 902. Um our insurance agents met with the administration and apparently we need to enforce u liability coverage of nonchool sponsored

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uh what do you call them? Events would >> activities. >> Activities events. Um, so like JLo volleyball, uh, any of the travel sports that practice here need to have their own liability coverage outside of the schools. If they go

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through community ed, they don't need liability coverage, but it's for >> like tournaments and such. Yeah. >> Yeah. As long as they pay a $300 fee, we cover their insurance. But they don't want they're not going to want to pay a $300 fee for every practice, >> right? For every practice. So the

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question is we um an association gets the insurance >> which is now required they have to and so they have the insurance for the whole year >> then there wouldn't >> be need to be paid to come a 300 fee because they already have the insurance. >> No because that's for the um

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>> the policy can go ahead unless you want >> no that the $300 fee is for the use of the building >> silly because it's a whole long day and stuff and they're making money on that event. So the policy states from the group if they rent it, if they're using that

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event to make money, we charge the events fee of $300. That's what the policy states. Practices, they're not making money on it. So we we don't charge them for the practice. But if they're using the facility to make money, we do charge

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$300 for that facility. >> So the 300 Okay, so I misspoke. The $300 does not cover their liability coverage, their insurance. It covers the use of the facility. >> Use of the facility. >> Yeah. Per policy. No. >> Um, this is also being sent out to like

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Pillsbury players and things like that because those are not school sponsored events. So, they have to now get liability coverage to do a play. >> I believe I think they already have that. I don't know. Jamie would know that. They already do that already.

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>> They've already been doing it, but >> yeah. >> Got you following the rules. Good job. >> Good. >> But that's a policy we have to do. >> We don't need to >> Nothing changed now. >> Both those two policies. Nothing

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changed. It was just >> informational type of thing. Yeah. >> Uh yeah. So that was um that's that from our policy meeting. We'll have other stuff to talk about at the next meeting. >> Anything else from policy?

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Okay, any questions for the policy committee? Moving on to facilities. >> We met on May 13th. There is still a lot of moving parts in regards I'll start off with the wait room. Um there's been you worker

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>> user groups and just things that we've worked through. I would say there's no we actually cancelled our last meeting. We pushed out to June 17th and we are working through more of that. Um, we still do not have a firm timeline. Some of the discussion was we are already

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getting thinking about fall planning and whether we're breaking ground and if we're going to do heat or if we're waiting till spring. So, I think there's just lots of moving parts with timelines and noran and we'll moving forward on that. So, >> when you start building it, can you

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build it like it's on the paper? >> Just a little. >> It didn't cut quicker. >> So, we're working on that. There's a lot of like little logistics of how it should be and what's inside of it. You know, I think the biggest thing is is us

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moving forward is trying to get decent amount of money on steel and starting just the out the outer pieces, the inside stuff. I think we'll have lots more meetings and discussions about making it appropriate. So, that is on that piece. >> Can I say something? You have the packet in there and they did give you a couple

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drawings examples of exteriors and just they're still breaking down cost of which those would be and how much they would >> and we have no idea on cost of roof and curves and all that stuff. We are still waiting on those numbers. So hopefully we have more to discuss at our July

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board meeting when we meet with them in June though. So hopefully that will be discussed. And then um we in regards to facilities, there's multiple pieces of property that we are still working through with lawyers as well as the people we're purchasing them

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from. I would say things look very positive. Um there's one that just has a little bit more to it. So that will continue to move forward and if we I have anything super exciting when things are final, I'll let you all know. But we

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were still working through it. Um I did go to a uh baseball tournament in peers and I noticed that there was a twins grants of a fields and I think exciting things about there is grants and funding and hopefully as we grow as a school not

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everything have to just come out of our budget. Hopefully there's good resources to grow in good ways with good grants. So >> there's two twins one's in the older house too and there's both of them have the fields that work twin. So, I think that would be a cool um thing to look into. So, >> let me tell you about the FEMA one when

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you're done. >> Yeah. So, that's kind of it. We will meet again um June 17th and then hopefully I'll have more board to report at the schoolboard meeting in July. So, that's about it unless you questions for facilities

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activities. >> We did meet today. Um, we started with spring season update. Uh, baseball went 8-13. Uh, we lost to Piers 9-2 in the opening round. Softball went nine and

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14. Um, they lost to Heartbreaker 1 to zero to Foley in opening round. Um, boys golf were conference champs. Jackson Kamacho made it to state, sent off today with Kim Keith made it to state and girls golf, both of them were sent off today. boys track. Uh they were

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conference champs. Andrew Brown, Frank Brown, Tyson Decker, Thomas Nigler, and Grant Grimsley all qualified for state. Um girls track. Whoa, there it is. Uh conference champs,

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Violet Mets. Um she finished second in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the 200. Olivia Brown, McKenna Kamacho, and Sophie Slasher all made it state. Sophie Slasher sixth in the long jump. Uh Veron Veronica Mets all qualified for state. Jim Benson and

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Terry >> Terry Hollingsworth were Park Region coaches of the year. >> Yay. >> So that was the spring update for participation or how we went through the spring season. >> Then they went through the coach the coaching evaluations are done. Uh

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participation numbers. You guys can look at all all these are in your packets. It's it's a little different than what the uh um the agenda is because we added more to it. Um but the participation number numbers softball the last five years were up 20

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participants. Baseball up 20 participants in the last five years. Girls track up eight participants. Uh track boys were up 20 participants. Boys golf were up 14 participants and girls golf were up 12 participants from

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the last five years. So, as you can see, we're steadily increasing our numbers in the spring sports, >> which is nice. >> Yep. And then we went through the survey results, which is in your guys' packet. Um, I'm not going to go through it right now because it's a lot of information, but if you guys can breeze through it and if you have any questions, reach out

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to me. Um, I'll definitely answer any questions you have because we we went through it um today. And then we have um the Pillager summer practice details so you guys can understand what the varsity and or all sports are doing um with their schedules

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for the week. You got girls varsity softball from 8 to 11:30 on Monday. Um then you got cross country from 7:00 to 8 at night. And then you got wrestling from 7 to 9 on Monday. Then Tuesday you got girls varsity basketball 5 to eight

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boys basketball. Um cross country also meets again that day. 9 to 12 boys basketball games um for or baseball games. Legion field one and four. Then Wednesday there's girls varsity basketball at the high school gym in the morning. Um girls basketball 5 to 8

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girls basketball in the afternoon. 9 to 12 boys basketball on Wednesday uh 7:45 to 9. So and then 5 to 8 boys basketball 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The volleyball is on Thursday morning and then cross country meets again and 9 to

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12 boys basketball Thursday from 7:45 to 9 at night. So, as you can see, all the sports are pretty much represented for weekly participation. >> When does it start? Yeah. >> When does it does it go the week before they start fall sports?

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>> I would assume it's going to go the end of >> all the way till Oh, just through July. >> Yeah. We didn't really have an end date. I think it's like football says the >> coaches, >> right? I know like baseball will be done by the middle of July. So, I'm assuming the rest will be about that time, too. >> Point out the football.

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>> Football 11 practices scheduled throughout the summer. You can It's a Minnesota State High School League. So, you can only have 11 practices throughout the summer and I think they already had their one. So, they started one. So, they got 10 more to go for the football practice.

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>> Texas is already hard at it. >> Yeah. Well, that's Texas. Um that would conclude that. Then we talked about sub summer offseason opportunities, camps and workouts. Um so we went to the training health, the strength and performance. Um

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the schedules every Monday, every Monday through Thursday, um June 1st through July 2nd and July 13th through July 30th. No contact week is July 16th through the 10th. Um there's four costs to it. or four day four day a week

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program or a two-day a week program. Um there are sessions grades 9 through 12 male female combined. Session two is 9 through 12 female only from 7:30 to 8 am. Um grades 6 through 8 m male and female 7:30 to 8 am. Session three

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grades 9 through 12 male and female 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. And session four is 9 through 12 male female 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. And the last session, session 5, is grades 9 through 12 male female 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Morning session is Payton Landowski. Afternoon session is Paul

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Clark, paid through training house. Um, our open lift detail is Monday through Thursday, 4 to 5. It's June, July, and August. Um, it's paid via schedule C. And the coach is or the one that is opening that up is >> Patrick Cox.

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>> Patrick Cox. Thank you. >> Oh, yes. >> I knew that. There it is. >> Who's that? >> So, so we'll go through that. Um, then basically we update on the numbers. So

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June 24 or 2024 program we had 32 re-registered participants. 2025 we had 62. In 2026 we had 115 117 registered participants. Um the girls only session

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is 23 uh 28 total 9 through 12. That being said, um the booster club or we had the $50 booster club scholarship and that was all used up and then a local family that went above and beyond

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what the booster club wouldn't do to answer the $50 scholarship. >> So most of the students had the $50 scholarship to 170. >> We had 102 kids get scholarships. >> Yes, it was. >> Thank you. >> Which is awesome. >> Perfect.

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Um, and then activities throughout the fall. That was it. Then we went through the activities handbook, which won't go through until July for a motion. Um, so I'm not going to just brief it quickly. The only thing was fees and

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which personnel will have to get it >> uniforms. >> Uniforms. >> Yep. That's the only thing. Two things on that side of it. Okay. Um, co-op sports update. We are looking for we're looking to add tenants into the co-op of Little Falls and as we

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were discussing that we got to chime in saying no that's not going to be feasible >> from them >> from them. >> So they don't want to open that up right now because their numbers are too high. So we are going to be looking at actually adding tennis whether we can go to PE or Staples. We don't know yet. We're still in discussions with that

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one. So we're looking at girls tennis on >> Oh. So we're looking at tennis for the co-op. Okay. Activity handbook. We got pizza and cuts. That's some that's all music. Pearl start band. We went over that about last time. The banning fire trip.

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>> Did you talk about >> I did not because it's a new system. >> Not fully comfortable talking about that with you. Do you want to breach it? >> Uh just an update. I just want to make you all aware that the park region calendar that we all subscribe to or

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should be subscribed to in the past if we had kids is no longer a thing. So there is going to be a new website, new calendar for that. So >> and the only thing I got in the only thing I got in here is very tedious in how it's working right now. >> Okay. >> It got emailed out

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>> today. So I got it in my box. >> And it also um the other only other update I'd say is that they only want the home team >> to put their schedule in. So if schedules aren't in and it's an away game, it's because they have to wait for

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away the away team to >> wait. Yep. So it's going to be tedious. >> So it's going to be interesting because that whole Sorry. >> No, you're good. >> And some ads are better than others. >> Yeah. >> So you're dependent on the other schools, which doesn't always happen. So

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if you see something on there that's not on there, >> may not be Matt's fault. >> Yeah. >> It's the other school. >> I feel like you'll have to help me with that thing again. Okay, >> we'll bring it up multiple times >> as we get used to >> somebody hold my phone and help me do it.

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>> Got that. So, um >> we'll ask him to do that at the >> And then we talked >> at No, at the August 3rd sports circle. >> Oh, there you go. >> There it is. I said it. Um then we had the activities update on

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Banquo trip to Boston. It is in your packet. They're looking at based on 60 dispatcher. Let me get to the first page. Here we go. Villager High School band choir Boston tour March 24th through the 20

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28th 2027. So it looks like they will be um leaving Wednesday March 24th local university band choir master classes um depart for the chart house. As we go through this, as we get closer to this, we'll come out with the details, but we just got

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briefed on exactly what they're looking at for a band tour or a band concert or got a band tour. So, if you have questions, let me know. We're talk to probably Ryan because that time he'll be retired >> and this is nine through 12, right?

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>> Yeah. >> Do they um like do they perform? >> Yes. >> They perform outside the new hall and then I think there's one other time they perform. >> Cool. Nice. >> Have they ever been to Boston? >> I thought they went Did they go to New

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York? >> They went to New York once. >> I remember you in New York with uh >> Lex. Yeah, New York. >> The choir just get to come along. >> Does the choir perform, too? I just see band. Oh, no. That's a master class they're taking. >> They do it together, I think, at the same time.

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>> Exactly. >> And they fundra for this or >> their Spanish. They get to do this. >> This is their every four years. every four years I get to do this. So >> high school and I'm I'm very disappointed in Mr. Fre love that I didn't get this. >> I hear you entirely

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100% agree with you on that. So and then we switched it switched that sounds right. Then we switched to the community ed portion of the meeting. Um >> this is all over the place. So, current and existing existing

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members of the AD advisory committee, Paul Clark, Matt Mo, Ben Horn, Sarah, Michael Brandt, and Josh Smith. They've been on the um advisory committee for a long time. Um there is no policies and there is no bylaws on how current and

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existing members are on the advisory committee. It's kind of come see what we got. Let's go with that type of thing. Um and I don't know if you guys had more discussion on that after We're working on it. That's what policy you're working on determined.

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>> Okay. On that one. So, policy 911. You're still working on that one too then, right? >> Okay. Um, Peekquat says they haven't had some members on forever. No term limits. Lot of falls inherit the committee when taken over four years ago. So, we're working on that one. Um, you already talked about the use of premises, the

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policy on that side of it. Um, review current programming. So, we went over the programming numbers. They're in your packet. Youth track is at uh 67. Uh baseball was at 139 for 2026. Softball was at 10 109 for 2026. Um all the

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T-balls K hometown everything total was 108. Babysitting 101 was 11. Fast kids was 11. Firearm safety firearm safety was 18 and it was full right away. We can have multiple sessions on that one

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along with the ATV safety that was full at 33. Uh gymnastics uh 2026 camp 1 is at 40. Hot spot was at 20. Swimming was at 28. Uh 31 for June and 28 for July. Pottery

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painting was at 15. Root beer mug >> for dad. >> 13 >> was for Father's Day. >> Oh, that's what it was. >> It was same kind of pottery. >> Mother's Day. >> Okay. Father's Day. girls basketball camp was at 31. Um and then we talked

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about the basketball 2026 2027 discussion. Um third and fourth or let's start with K through two. K through two they're looking at adding more sessions for more contact with the students. Instead of just a month, they're looking at adding the six to seven weeks or eight weeks or

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something like that to get more contact with those students K through two. Um third through fourth uh normal they're going to be uh community ed normal equal skill equal playing time. Um they're going to go Tuesdays and Saturdays

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December through February. Um so that'll be through community edifth and 6th. Um youth we're going to start at November 10th and then we're going to go through December 19th through the community ed side of it. They're going to work on skills and are

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going to work on um skills and they will there won't be any tournaments at that point in time for that fifth and sixth grade through the community ed. That's when PYDA will be taking over December 19th after December 19th and that's where you will start seeing the

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uh Pillager Youth Basketball Association start opening up to um t tournaments and um practices on that side of it. thoughts, concerns. Um, then we went through that. I'm going to hold off to that for the last and we talked about that spring for pretty much

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almost done, aren't we? >> I think it's just the this sheet. >> Yep. That's That's where I'm going to go with next. So, I'm going to make them a motion. >> Just one other thing before you do that. Youth football is going to start a week later. >> Okay. Youth football a week later. are going to hand out equipment, but they

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aren't going to start before school because there was always conflicts with fifth grade and >> orientation >> orientations and stuff. So, they're going to actually start when school starts. So, like all the other teams. >> So, I'm going to make a motion um to increase the behind the wheels three

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from 275 to 300. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> Any questions or comments? Are we we're increasing other fees to other stuff too though, right? >> This is more geared towards the >> just driver's test. >> Disriver. Yeah.

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>> Yep. The schedule C will >> What's the numbers on driver? That's in your packet. >> In your packet, you can see that we generated 30,000 and our expenses were $32,000. So, we're short about $2,600 just covering our expenses for driver's

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ed with what we pay people and stuff. The other side shows what this is just driver. >> That's the only thing. It's just driver's. >> The other fees go in. We've already >> and that does not include the cost of the >> vehicle were in it.

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>> I don't know. We don't have that packet. >> No, no. I meant you you had it. I thought you had that number here. >> Not for driver's. >> Oh, sorry. >> What was it before? >> 275. >> We're going 25 and this >> $25 is all we're up 275 to 300. It's

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>> not the cost part >> or the behind the wheel portion. >> Yeah, I read something wrong. I was I Okay, never mind. I read something wrong. >> 380. >> Well, yeah, I don't know. >> So, we're Yeah, it' be going up 20 bucks. >> 20 25 bucks. >> My question. This says it's 280. This

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says it's 275. So, >> we're actually increasing it by $20, not 25. >> I think it's 25. It's It's 275, I believe, isn't it, Missy? >> It's 280. >> 280. Okay. It's 20 bucks. Yeah. >> So, the motion. >> So, we're going to have to redo that whole motion then.

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>> Yeah. >> Cuz I went off this one where it says 275 cuz >> redo. >> Would you like to motion is just really to go to $300. It doesn't matter what the 275 is. >> Okay.

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>> Motion to go to $300. >> Okay. >> So, yeah. And with cost gas and everything, we also >> Yeah. And it's still probably not going to cover totally and still think and and and doesn't cover the vehicle. >> Yes.

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>> Which when you buy a vehicle, you know, you're looking at a car at 30 $40,000. >> Ours is probably about 10 years old now. But so just so you know, it's still probably not going to cover everything, but >> the district covers a lot with that. So,

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>> I I also want to point out we did ask the question during the meeting, >> the residents versus non-residents because some schools uh charge non-resident students a higher fee to take the class behind the wheel. So, we looked at the uh Matt pulled the numbers

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and it was like less than or Josh did less than 1% for us. So, one or two kids >> making the effort to do that, >> but I can get you the numbers for the driver company that are actually in >> That's okay. You don't have to get that. I was just running some script back in my head.

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>> Uh any other questions or comments, concerns? >> All those in favor? >> I I pass. >> And then the last thing we ever we had was 2627 resolution for membership in the Minnesota State High School League

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renewal. >> So we will be it's not a motion. It says >> it should be >> What about activities? >> Should be an We have to make a motion on it every year, don't we? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we usually do. >> Oh, yeah. I'll make a motion. >> Thanks. That'd be great.

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>> We're having a good meeting today. >> Appreciate that. And would anybody like to second? >> I'll second. >> Any questions, comments, or concerns? >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> Motion passes. Anything else from

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activities? >> No, I'm about done. Thanks for asking. >> Budget. Budget. We met. And we have our board book. We're going to go through budget book. This is going up.

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>> Okay. Never mind. >> No. activities. >> Activities fees. But that's next month. >> Didn't we already do that in the past?

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>> I don't think those will get through next month when we talk about policy. >> Thought we did that at when we did last fee. >> Activities fees have already been increased, >> right? But the fees were increased back when we met a couple months ago. >> Oh, it's just updated. >> It's just not updated in the handbook.

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We've already done the fees. Okay. Sorry. >> I am >> here. >> You can throw that pen at him. >> Oh, I've got other things. >> We'll turn the camera off for five

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seconds. What do you throw a pen? >> I don't think we need to shut the camera off. >> Would say no. Okay. So, we'll get started with next year's budget book. So, second page is just our admin team, our

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school board. Okay. So, highlights of next year's budget. So, towards the top you will see the most significant adjustments. So, projected 2.7 for the gened revenue increase. We've adjusted our APUs, so

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adjusted pupil units to 1457. This number is based on the kiddos that we have now plus the ones that we know already that we're bringing in next fall. So, we've encompassed those ones. So,

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now and take advantage or take into consideration that APU is the adjusted unit. That is not how many butts are in seats. So it's adjusted based on their grade level. So 7 through 12 we get a 1.2 per kid. So just a reminder we

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reduce PSO because we have less registration. So we reduce that down a little bit. Um now we're going to go to the most significant can adjustments for the increases. So we have teacher and salary roll up. So in the beginning of the year there is a 3% there that will

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happen and then about second semester change that's when they the 4% goes into effect. Um, this encompasses the steps and the lane changes. Okay. Transportation contract increases about 40,000. >> Is there a total on that besides

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percentage? >> 400,000. >> Um, >> I'd like to see that number. >> I can figure that out. >> Great. >> Yes, I can do that. Um, new curriculum. So, this is our reading curriculum. That's going to be about 160. Um, we did

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budget in a third and fourth grade teacher. Um so half a.5 for each grade level just to put that in there just for now. Um wait room project so 400,000 we have some increased public co-op costs

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and then if we do the land purchases and then added district staff. Now some of these are just budgeted in. They're not hired or >> done yet. So they're just we just worst case scenario. This is our worst case scenario budget.

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Um, so unassigned fund balance. So I keep the actual in there because that was last year's actual number for our unassigned fund balance. So 15.7. I'm projecting to be about 16.6 at the end of this year. Um, it actually might come out a little bit better, but and then

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anticipated with everything that we budgeted in, we're expected to go down about 15.33. So still within our policy. Yeah, >> well I say well within our policy. >> Yes. Um but we are anticipating to be in

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the deficit of about 930. Now with that said because that is a big number but remember the wait room project that's a onetime fee. Um the reading curriculum that's not an every year expense. Um land purchase again not

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>> so we have a lot going on that's not an annual expense. And I appreciate you being conservative on your projected number. I appreciate when you do that every year because then we get surprise >> instead of going the other way. >> She learned that from the best.

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>> Yeah. >> Take it back. It's your last meeting. I'll let you take that. Let them have it. >> Give me one. >> Okay. So, the next page we're just going to cover. We're just going to kind of brush over food service, community ed, building project. Um, so food service,

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we've just updated the expenditures and revenues based on what we've done this year. So, no real big change for those. Um, breakfast and lunch will still be free for next year. So, that's not changing. The district again is still working on spending down the fund balance.

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>> When did Sorry, Missy. When did we find that out? Like, how did you know that? We already know that. >> Legislative session. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> They would have to make a change in the legislative. >> Okay. >> Y >> and that session's already closed. It is crazy.

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>> Yeah. Um, community again, same as food service, I just updated expenditures and revenues with what we're trending at. So, no big changes there. Building and construction fund. So, I put none here because it's not a referendum, right? So, this is a levy. It's a different

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project. It's still part of it still coming out of the general fund. So, it's not going to be a separate fund balance. And then there's no other no other funds to report on. So now we get into the data part. So

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here's the revenues. You can see we're projecting about 19.1 million. And you can see in my pie chart how that's differentiated out between state, federal, and local levy. And then we have a couple of pages where

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the expenditures are broke down in a couple of different ways. So this one is showing you how it's broke down by program expenses. So we're you see the total program expenses of about 20.074

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million. And then let me get the whole chart here. Um but then down at the bottom you can see the chart where you can see where those are split out where the majority of the money money is going and how it's split there.

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The next page, it's very similar. It's just broke down just a little bit differently. Um, and staff development is not included in this part. So, salaries and employee benefits are bundled together in this one in the chart. So, you can kind of see we're we're about our people, right? So, we're

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that's the majority of our expense. So our salary benefits, we get the purchase services, supplies, and then capital of course is a little bit higher than last year because of our weekly project. >> Can you tell me why there's a difference in the number? >> So because staff development is not

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included in the in this one in the objects. >> Okay. So then and then >> it's just broke down differently. >> And then your projected is also that's just because this is our officially what we spent. This is what we're hoping to spend, right?

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This 19 million here 20 This is revenue. >> Okay. So, are we at a loss here? >> Yes. >> 93. >> Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yes. I need to chart this. I just need a triple down. That's it. I too many pages. Okay.

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>> Okay. Um and then the next couple of pages just talk about the food service budget. So, food service total revenue will be about a million65. Um, we're about 50/50 with state aid and federal aid there. Expenditures about 850,000. So, we're

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still anticipating to >> have to spend down some money on >> some money. >> Mr. Glassman has some ideas. So, >> we are excited for some ideas to come our way. Um, community service revenues anticipated about 511,000. You can see

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88% of that comes from local revenues with 12% coming from state aids and then expenditures about 519. So we're pretty pretty close on there and then it's just a summary on the back

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page. Is there any questions on the budget book? I know I want to do that kind of the same >> and remember this official budget. So this is there's going to be a lot of change especially with revenue as MBE starts coming out with some reports next

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fall. So >> you mean they expect you to set a budget without actually telling you what they're doing? >> Yes. >> Okay. Interesting. That's how we all do our budget at home. >> So we're going to need a motion to approve 2627 budget and I will make that

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motion. >> Perfect. >> I will second it. >> Any questions, comments, or smart concerns like I just made? >> No. Well, you can say something else. No about that. No. >> All right. Uh, all those in favor of

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approving the 2026 2027 budget. >> I >> I >> opposed. Motion passes. All right. So, I was just going to continue on with my budget report. Um, so current budget spent. So, we're in the 12th month. Um, we're currently

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spent 85% of the budget. Now, I still have the rest of June payments and then the teachers payments that come out for July and August are all coded to this fiscal year. So, I have all I have five more payrolls essentially coming up. >> That's a lot. >> That'll be

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>> So, we'll be pretty close to >> we'll be pretty close. Yeah. Um just a friendly reminder, July 1 starts a new fiscal year. So, our budget that we just approved will begin on July 1. Um, we just presented the next year's budget

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LTFM. So, next month, the 10-year LTFM plan will need to be approved at our July board meeting. We do this every year. Um, this is something that we're working with in collaboration with W. So, they'll help us prepare the reports and that'll be presented next month for you guys. >> And then we use that other system for

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that when they allotted that go. Okay. >> Any other questions for Missy? Thank you. Anything else from budget? >> Not really anything else we have to mention. I guess um lunch fees will be

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coming up. We're just waiting for the state numbers. We have to follow what they tell us. That was another thing we talked about >> for adult prices. Kids are free >> for the adult prices. and and the second

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>> Yeah, that's a mandated. >> Uh we've reviewed the family center rental contract. No change in that. Kind of talked about some of our school district expenditure comparison to other schools and that's good. really much else to say

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about that fundraiser recap or is that something that you were Is that in the newspapers? >> That's just something we present to the committee. >> Okay. So, I didn't know if you were looking. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. We just share that with the committee members. >> Okay. >> That's it. We reviewed that

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>> and that's all we talked about. >> Anybody have any questions for budget? >> Thank you very much. >> All right. Moving on to other updates on enrollment. >> We have a sheet. >> We have a sheet that I updated as of

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last week. So, if you find this one with a little colorcoded sheet here, >> she's got it. >> Okay. I'm just You're looking for >> You're like pass things at me and I'm like, you already did that.

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>> I want to make sure you're on track with me here. >> Just a lot. Yeah, he's going to go down. >> This is the most papers we've had in a long time. >> Well, you you you hammered me for not knowing everything. So, my god, Sarah, you're going to

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>> Let's go. >> So, I updated these numbers as of last week. So, kindergarten, we currently have 86 from last year. You're down eight. >> We have five sections at this point. Your class average is at 17.2.

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policy recommends 17 to 22. You're technically staffed at 5.2 because you add your specialist in there. So that kind of lowers your number to 16.2 staffing wise. You cap that number at 105. We have nobody on the waiting list at this time. First

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grade you at 95. You're down one from last year. We have four sections. Class average right now is at 23.75. Policy is 19 through 19 to 24. So you're within that range. Second grade, you're at 98. We're down eight from last year.

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You have four section staff right now. You're at 24.5. Policy recommendation is 20 to 25. Third grade, we're currently at 105. Uh uh we have um four kids on the waiting list. Um right, if you Right

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now, we're at the same we're staffed at four sections. I have some numbers there for you to look at. We're currently at 26.5 >> with four >> with four sections. Your policy says 22 to 27. If you increase that to 10

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for third grade, you go to 27.5, which would be slightly above your recommendation. Okay. If you do a half-time teacher in there, you then lower that to 24.5 for those those reading and math

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numbers, half the days. fourth grade and and you can ask questions when I get through all this. Fourth grade, you're currently we're at 108. We have uh three kids on the waiting list. If you increase that to 10,

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we have uh four sections of there, we're currently at 27 kids, which is right a number that under that recommendation of 22 to 28. If you go to 110 and increase that, you go to 27.5. If you halftime teacher it, you're at

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24.5 for half the day. Fifth grade, we have 110. That's up 13. Uh we're staffed at technically 4.6. You look over to the red because you have a lot more specialists and more different

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things. Sixth grade, you're at 110. Um we're staffed at technically 4.6. Over to the right, you're at 23.9. Seventh grade, we're at 109. Um, you can see on the over on the right there, what we have one on the waiting list. They're waiting on a third grader

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if that third grader would get in. Eighth grade, we're at 113. Ninth grade, you're at 120. 10th grade, you're at 105. So, 11th grade, you're at 81. 12th grade, you're at 77. So, if you go a little bit farther down, you see grade

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that are currently closed. Currently, you have third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade that are closed for open enrollment. your enrollment through last year at May 15th at the very end of the day. I'm sorry, at the end of the year as of May 15th, we were at 1307.

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Look at the trend through the year, though. If you go back to last fall, we started at August 5th, we had 1335 on our books. August 28th, we had dropped to 1327.

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As of September 5th, we dropped to 1316. As of May 15, we dropped to 1277. So, we lost kids throughout the year. Okay. Which is kind of an it doesn't really happen. Usually, we stay pretty pretty stable.

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>> Uh did we do we know where what we lost? >> Mostly eighth graders in high school went online. We did lose some. Problem with August is we don't know kids that are moving. All of a sudden September 1 rolls around. We get letter requests from other schools saying Jimmy Smith

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moved to Piers. Parents didn't let us know that. So your numbers always do drop in August tech usually because we don't know what kids are moving. Right. >> Well, that's a big drop even from September to May. >> Yeah, we lost a lot last year. We had

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quite a few kids went to online school. Uh we lost a lot of kids. Uh mostly we're online eighth grade and ninth grade. A lot of juniors >> seniors are going online. >> Oh. >> So now if you look down a little farther where our current enrollment is high

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school, last year you were at 338. This coming year you're going to be 383. That's a plus 45. But keep in mind I don't have PSO numbers in there. >> So you could have 20 to 30 kids go PSO. Right. Last year middle school you were at 439. This year you're going to be at

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442. That's a plus three. Elementary, you were at 500 last year. This year, you're at 492. You're down eight. So, total wise, you're up 40 kids right now. That doesn't have PSO numbers in there, though. >> And this doesn't have August numbers. >> Doesn't have August numbers dropping.

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Okay. >> Or adding >> or adding. So, what I wanted to talk So, keep this in mind. Okay. I'm going to add Can we go to Adam to item B, which then goes back to this. So if you go to item B, I just want to review your class

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your class uh statement of your class sizes which talks about what you recommend recommendations are which I kind of already shared. Um you know 24 25 what numbers go to each one but I want to

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share with 509 which is your open enrollment policy which is closing open enrollments for third and fourth grade at 105. My recom my recommendation would be to look at those which we can do every year

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and adjust those open cap numbers per grade level. Looking at where you're at with waiting list for kids and where your numbers are currently. I would recommend that you bump that third and fourth grade up to 110 for one year and

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then see what happens in July and August because you may lose some kids. But we do have in the budget already a half-time teacher for each one of those which would lower the reading and math numbers down to that 23 24 range. So it actually if you increase to 110 it could

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actually help lower those class sizes even by going a half-time teacher. It would be two different teachers though. It wouldn't be the same teacher because you got to amount for prep time and you got to meet the schedules of when reading and math are. It doesn't really align to having one person do both.

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So, with that in mind, my recommendation would be to to raise those to 110 and 110. Keep in mind, you're not a lot away from that second grade number either at this point. So, if you bump a few eighth grader or bump a few second graders up,

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you may need to look at that. You maybe change that third grade number to a halftime second grade, but that's something you can decide in July or right away in August. Okay? It's a lot of information at you, but kind of touches base to where you're at and then

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the policy. >> So, we wouldn't let everybody from the waiting list in. >> You would let the waiting list in for third grade, >> but not >> and fourth grade would be two two of the three would get in and then the one

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seventh grader would then come as well. So, you're basically gaining >> seven kids. >> Yeah. Is it the third grader? Is it on the >> third grade would all >> the third graders would all get in third grade? >> The third grade would all get in.

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>> Okay. >> So you're you would be increasing seven kids. So if you look at that, if you increase seven kids, you're roughly bringing in $65,000 in revenue >> pays for the one >> which pays for that halftime third and half time fourth grade.

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>> And it helps lower the numbers for half the day in those grades. >> Yeah. Yeah, we didn't post for that yet though, right? >> We have not posted what happens. >> I would wait until you see what your numbers are. It's in the budget. >> Yeah, remember we talked about >> it's in the budget, but we're not I

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wouldn't hire until you see what your numbers >> at least till July, maybe even that first meeting in August, you would be able to find a couple teachers in that time by year. >> And this is a an adjustment we can just make for one year, not every year,

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>> right? that process if we adjust the third for this year they're in already and we have already adjusted fourth grade for >> 110 right you technically right you would make that adjustment for

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>> yeah so second grade back down to 105 >> yes >> not necessarily >> but fourth grade would have to stay at 110 because we already >> um >> uh would somebody like to make a motion on Can I go back one second? The policy

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does allow you to adjust it based off class sizes, based off of rooms and all that. So, it can be fluent every single >> fluent every year. Y >> I would make the motion to adjust the third and fourth grade up to 110 students because it will keep the class

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average size down. Should we hire those hire the positions if we're >> keep in mind half the day it does >> keep those half really not too high above that recommended number. You're not >> But you're like small.

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>> Would anybody like to >> Okay. Now free. >> So this budget has already taken account that maybe we hired this teacher. >> Correct. >> Okay. So Okay. >> Yeah.

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Now keep in mind that like you saw what happened last year. You did lose kids too. So that's why I would really be hesitant to maybe wait till August at least because you could lose two or three >> fourth graders. You could lose two even if you let these kids in. You might say,

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"Well, we don't need to hire that halftime because we're still >> Yeah, >> you still might, you might not. Right. So >> availability, >> right? And we do have one room available. >> I think that's a discussion that the personnel committee takes on when the

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next numbers come in. Why >> don't you take policy first? Well, yeah. The policy policies have to change first. >> You're talking a half time. >> I'm talking hiring a half time. >> That's what the we're doing right now is changing temporarily. >> That was part of the basing

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those numbers under that 27.5. >> That's what the motion is to lower the class size. >> Just saying. So it's based on there >> and and how a halftime teacher works is that halftime teacher would teach reading and math. They do all the

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regrading and reporting for that. So if you had a teacher in that classroom, you have two teachers >> because the other subjects would be taught by the home room teacher. Social studies, science, fiad, all those are taught by the other teachers normal. So it does help the teacher in that

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classroom takes two things, you know, some of those kids off of their plate as well. So, and we do have one room available. That's why we'd also split that room at halftime and halftime. One of the teachers might be in there half the morning. The other one would be in their afternoon. >> Okay.

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>> So, if I'm hearing you, Eric, if what you're saying is math and reading, they'll have to split what are their 24 and a half, but your specials will have the full >> 27 or 28. Yeah, >> that makes sense. >> Say the rest. >> Whoa, wait, wait.

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>> I'm waiting for it, Brian. Oh, >> how does this, now that Brian's brought that up, brought that to our attention, how does this help the teacher if the the halftime teacher still has 27 kids? >> Is that what I'm understanding correctly? >> Teacher doesn't have 27 kids, >> the specialist

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27. So, the FIA teacher, the computers, >> all have the 27 and a half >> in one location. Well, that's a nice awkward silence. Anybody want to comment on that? I'm

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waiting for him to keep going. >> No, I'm done. >> I'm done. >> See how far he's going. >> I I will say I've done this several times in my other districts by halftime teacher. >> So, and it helps read helps with the core reading and math. Uh,

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>> and like I said, my sister changing the policy is not adding or doing anything along that lines. It's just changing the policy for >> that's why that's why I'm not having a discussion. >> What this policy will do is gain us seven kids. We we can say >> potentially >> potentially more than likely it's going

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to July or August numbers. >> Well, no more. >> And remember, I update this every month. I've given this to Ryan. So every summer >> this gets updated by each, you know, I do it about every

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>> be a great July 27th. >> Yeah. >> Discussion >> very heavy discussion. >> I actually I agree. >> But you we have to look at policy and that's why I'm agreeing with the policy >> plan dinner. >> Uh any other questions, comments or

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concerns? >> No. >> Are we ready to vote? >> Yes. >> All those in favor? I >> I >> oppose. Motion passes. >> We have adjusted for one year. >> Maybe >> maybe

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>> potentially maybe. >> Well, no. >> Technically, we did just But we adjusted for one year. >> But we just adjusted the policy for fourth grade for two years. >> Right. But that because we adjusted this policy, >> we've upped the cap. So those kids can

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come in now. >> Yeah. For two years here, >> right? >> Yeah. Right. The thing that is in question is the hiring of >> legislative update. >> I'm not going to spend a lot of time on there because I given you papers. If you look at this first sheet here,

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>> um just a couple highlights that came out of the legislative session. If you look at the page which says action compensatory. >> Yep. >> We lost $60,000. We were a loser. >> Um right. Um, most districts were

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losers. >> That's always fun. That's awesome. >> There were some that gained, but uh we did lose some money in that revenue for the the plan of the of that. >> Um, >> but let me guess, they mandated us do a few more things that'll cost us money.

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>> Yeah, not a whole lot of mandates came out of this year. A couple. >> Um, the next sheet shows how many districts? 235 lost revenue, 89 gained. So the majority of schools >> went down >> went down.

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>> Uh and the very next page um >> the the other piece I want to talk to you about and and I know Brian and Sarah are going to join us with Ellers something that came out of the legislative session that could help you guys down the road was the seasonal

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wreck replacement aid. If you remember many years ago, we had the um the farmers land piece. I can't think of what that Ryan, what was that legislative called with the farmland? >> Uh I'm gapping.

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>> Seasonal wreck. >> Has to do with seasonal wreck. >> Has to do with seasonal wreck. But >> no, the farmers when we got the credit, >> the egg to land credit, egg to school credit. >> Thank you. years ago when schools like

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us couldn't pass building projects because a lot of schools had so much egg land that farmers and their egg there's there they paid way more than their share for a building so they changed this whole legislative plan called egg to credit and it was phased in over

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three to four five years remember that >> I do >> that helped farmers and help schools pass bonds that mostly agricultural land this is kind of the same thing as that egg to plan for school districts that have a lot of seasonal rep property,

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which we have. We have over 15%. So, currently there are 89 districts without voter approved operating referendums. 87 of those are in the rule, which is one of us. Many with high percentage season wreck property. So, one of the things that this would do is

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it would replace if you went back for an operating levy operating levy in in the future or if our lease levy that we do currently with the weight room, you might be able to restructure that lease levy, put that on as a bond, as a as a

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vote. It would help. It might actually save our residents money because it wouldn't be the lease levy, which is more expensive. Seasonal w property does. So before people who have like a seasonal property say, "Whoa, you're going to raise my taxes." No, it doesn't. Doesn't raise

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the seasonal property. It's being replaced with other money just like the farm egg to credit did. They pulled money out of something to cover that. So, something that Ellers was going to come co come over with you guys is in

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the future with this new change that just happened, you might want to reconsider how we do the we'll still lease levy it now, >> but in the future you might say let's have a bond election, take the money off the lease levy, put it on a bond for the

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vote and say you're going to save money by doing it this way. So something for ellers, we'll share that with you with this new legislative change. Or if you go for an operating levy or a tech levy for oneto ones, like we've talked about how expensive one to ones have gotten. A

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lot of districts have a tech levy where they just say we're going to say for $100 per >> regular one to one. >> Yeah. Or whatever. I'm just throwing that out as an example. >> So keep in mind this might be something that you might want to do down the road.

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So that was a big change with the legislative session. So I wanted to share that. >> And then the other piece of this, this was actually the article that came in the Star Tribune that talks about it. So if you want to get yourself a little bit more up to speed on what that was, read

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that article as well. Okay? But Ellers is going to present that information to us on when they come. And then uh just something for you to consider down the road is that that lease levy because we have the lease levy for the early childhood. We have the lease levy for the new weight room coming on. That can

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all maybe be rolled up into a bond election. If the residents vote for it, it might actually save them money, which is what Staples just did on $49 million project. They raised their pro they raised their taxes just because we can,

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right? They went back for $49 million and said, "If you vote for this, we're actually will lower your taxes and they got $49 million to do some projects." So they built up the tax base and then So it's not exactly the same thing, but in

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principle it is because you go for a vote and it's actually going to be less money. So you'd have to educate >> the community >> the community on voting yes is going to save you some money possibly. I always find it interesting how many schools uh their levies are so high and we did all

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that we did for what 13 million >> and we need 49 million. Oh, and here's some from the >> I don't know >> hospital that also has a bigger clinic in our town but that doesn't give us any money. >> Okay, that's all I got for that. >> On the record. >> On the record. I said that. You can put

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that down. >> Next item you have. So >> that is me. The school board would like to say that we do not condone students pranking the staff or community members or me for that matter. But so we would like to say we're sorry that that's

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happening and we do not condone that. Superintendent report. >> Uh I got a few things. Um I attended the chil uh Cass children's Cass County children's initiative meeting last week. That is where we collaborate with the

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county, family centers, by cap schools, and the county. We receive money from the feds by doing time studies. We generate about $30,000 from that group. We put that towards the elementary social worker. I've been chair of that

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group for the last six to seven years. I think uh it's good work. We we do a lot of collaboration with the county and all these it's it's a good group and it helps us down the road as well by by helping us with a social worker. But we've done done a lot of neat things with the county and and truency and

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different things by that by that uh by that uh group working together. I attended f the family center board meeting this month. Uh been on that board for the last 10 years. Very great relationship as as well between the school and the family center.

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uh they do programming for our students uh and our future students and also for our community. Um I attended the Paul Bunan and Freshwater executive meetings this month. Both of those organizations as well help us serve students with

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special ed, ALC, family education, and they've also been great for our district as well. Um last but not least, I went to my last region 5 Mesa meeting at Source Wall. That's where we collaborate or get information from MRDA, which I

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just shared with you, MSBA, MASA, and the Sourcewell group. Together, they help us keep informed with legislative issues of things that are going to hurt us, maybe some things that'll help us. Uh, I've served on that as a region rep

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for the last five years. And somewhere you can see this seat has a lot of different organizations that you may not all see behind the scenes where you're involved in. So I've been fortunate to work with all those group groups and great people. So I'm excited about that.

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Um I want to congratulate the spring athletes on all their successes which I know Brian did already already. Um as my mom used to call me Mr. Second um because I got a lot of second places. Um I know how important all those

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activities are. Um and as a school administrator they um they they've become difficult to manage and oversee and I worry about what the next 10 to 20 years with all that might be because I've seen a huge change in that in my

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last 10 to 20 years. Uh but overall it's such those those programs and activities are such an important role that we play in our school and I I hope they continue and and be strong here at Pillager. Last

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but not least, I want to thank you guys as board members for over the years of your support, the staff, the community. It's been a great 11 years. I've been consider myself very lucky to be here. Um, it's been a great 38 years in my

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career. It's been rewarding and uh I thank you all for everything you've done for myself and for uh what my my tenure was here and I wish Ryan the best and uh all of you. So, thank you. I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE BOARD and

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wanting to say before we end our last meeting that we thank you for the time and energy that you put into our staff, our building, our whole community and school. U I don't think our fund balance would be quite what it is if you weren't

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so good at being conservative about it and doing well. Uh you've done a lot of great things here and we appreciate all of them. So, thank you. >> Thank you. come a long ways. A lot of neat things. I mean, >> neat things, >> a lot of neat things for programs added to facilities and

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>> it's think where we were 11 and just when I got here, we were 850 kids. Now we're at 1350. And >> I mean, I I'd take this time now to present you with an apple. But >> got a pair. >> I got a pair. >> I can get you a pair. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate it. We

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have >> I think >> yes. >> Card for you. We have treats all of us. >> Thank you guys. Appreciate it. >> Yes. >> There's cupcakes. There's >> Would somebody like to make a motion to

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>> I'll take that motion. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> All those in favor? I >> I >> oppose passes >> and done deal. >> Done. John De Lucil

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ladies.