Make sure my mic's on. >> Good evening everyone. Welcome to the July 20th, 2026 regular meeting of the Prior Lake Savage Area Schools Board of Education. I'd like to extend a warm welcome to our community members joining us this evening and a special welcome to
Dr. Wagner as he joins us for his first regular board meeting as superintendent of Prior Lake Savage Area Schools. On behalf of the board, we look forward to partnering with you and um as we continue our shared commitment to serving our students, staff, families,
and community. I now call this meeting to order. Uh please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance as you are able. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> This evening, um, we have Director Johnson and Director Atinson will be re uh joining us remotely. Um and they they
were going to be a little bit late this evening, but we do have quorum. So um that is our roll call. Uh before we begin our business, Dr. Wang Dr. Wagner encourages us to keep the mission that guides the work of this board and our district, which is to inspire and
empower each student to reach their full potential. We all agree that every decision we make should reflect that mission, keeping students at the center of our work. Um, our strategic plan states, oh, sorry. Tonight,
um, Dr. Wgner also encourages us to highlight one element of our strategic plan to remind ourselves and our community of the long-term direction we're working toward together. Tonight, I'd like to recognize our first strategic priority, which is academic
excellence. Our strategic plan states that students receive challenging, rigorous, and relevant instruction for their unique learning needs and goals and develop essential skills to be successful. As we recognize our student athletes and activity participants this evening during Laker Pride and consider
the business before us, this priority reminds us why our work matters to create opportunities for every student to succeed both inside and outside the classroom. Um, next is the approval of the agenda.
And before we consider approving tonight's agenda, I'd like to note one proposed change. Agenda item 16A, which is the APAC response letter, will be removed from tonight's agenda and moved to our August 10th regular board meeting. Um, are there any additional
changes uh to the agenda from board members? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda as amended. So made >> second >> second >> by director France and first was by director Mason. All in favor say I.
>> I opposed. That passes 5. Uh next on the agenda is open forum. Community input is an important uh aspect of the work of the board. In accordance with board policy, speakers who signed up prior to the meeting will
each have up to three minutes to address the board. Are there any speakers tonight? one. Okay. Please remember that this time is a time for the board to listen in accordance with the open meeting law. Board members generally will not respond
or engage in discussion regarding topics raised during open forum. Thank you to the speakers for helping us maintain a respectful environment by speaking in a manner that you prefer to be spoken to and adhering to the three minute time limit. Our speaker tonight is uh Aaron
Proachka Pro um on behavior of board members on social media and cost of new leadership. You come forward. >> All right. Good evening and thank you um
members of the board and fellow community members. My name is Aaron Pvancha. I'm a parent of two students in our district and a deeply concerned taxpayer. As a former high school physics educator, I spent years teaching our youth that definitions matter because they establish expectations and
guide our thinking. A director is defined as someone who manages an organization with its best interest at heart. Unfortunately, the actions of some members of this board have caused our community to question if you have forgotten this fundamental
responsibility. We have watched our leadership descend into behaviors we would reprimand in a middle school classroom. This performative posturing has spilled into digital spaces where members use social media to spread misinformation and push
exclusionary agendas under the guise of inclusivity. Specifically, and most recently, invoking Supreme Court rulings on Title 9 as a shield for discriminatory rhetoric, often without a basic understanding of the law, is a clear
sign of unfit behavior for this role. When leadership prioritizes partisan talking points over the well-being of the student body, they demonstrate a profound lack of awareness for the gravity of their position.
This dysfunction extends to a total lack of accountability. Semantics have clouded your judgment on critical decisions as most recently demonstrated by not understanding the meaning of interim and approving a massive salary and benefits package that our taxpayers
must now shoulder. All this in a time when we should be investing in classrooms and frontline staff and you chose to inflate administrative costs instead. Our teachers deserve stability. Our taxpayers deserve transparency. And most
importantly, our students deserve leaders who look past self-interest to focus on education. It is time for this board to end this abhorrent behavior and to remember what it truly means to lead. To our new superintendent, welcome, but be wary. Do
not attach your future to this broken ideology that speaks of inclusivity but behaves without a heart. Some of you on this board consistently rely on demonstrative language rather than the basic fundamentals of directing
an educational institution. It's time to move forward forward with integrity or step aside for those who will. I would say thank you for your time, but for some of you that's more than you've earned. Next up on the agenda is our Laker
Pride. And we all agree that one of the greatest privileges of serving this district is recognizing the accomplishments of our students. Tonight, we're honored to celebrate our spring athletics and activities participants and their coaches. So, I invite Director uh Jeff Marshall to
begin tonight's recognition. >> Thank you, Dustin. Oh, got it. Can you just page through it? >> Yeah, I can do that. That's fine. >> Y perfect. Well, good evening, uh, Superintendent Dr. Wagner, board chair Bullian, and school board directors. It's my honor and privilege to present
to you the 2025 to 26 spring activities and athletics report as well as to recognize and honor those students who have qualified for state or who achieved tremendous success in their given activities from this past spring season. Uh before we begin bringing our students in, I just wanted to share a few reminders um in regards to our athletics
and activities department. Um I'm not going to go through all of this because you can take a look at it on your own at some point. Um, but I think first and foremost when you look at our vision, the vision statement on the very first slide is that within our department, we continue to live by our vision of students experiencing an enjoyable
environment of a wide array of co-curricular activities. And those activities help to promote pride, character, sportsmanship, and development of personal and team excellence. Uh, at Pri Lake High School, we have over 75% of our student population participating in some sort of
co-curricular activity. And so this is a testament to the wide array that we offer and certainly the enjoyable experiences that our students are having within our sports and our activities. So um again as you look through this you can see certainly what our definition of
success is for our department. Uh you can look specifically at the Laker acronym in terms of the moral character traits and the performance character skills that we strive for all of our programs to make sure that they are teaching all of our students within these programs. Um, you can also see our
spring season participation numbers. Um, we do the 2-year comparison from 24 to 25 to 25 26. Um, we stayed pretty steady across the board. The one thing I do want to note is um, and I might have gotten cut off at the very bottom of it, but uh, we did start
this year with our our first uh, girls flag football program this past spring. Um, right now it's considered an inter mural activity. Uh the high school league is considering whether or not they're going to make it a high school league sponsored sports. And to be honest with you, I have some mixed feelings about that because we did have a number of girls who went out for that
team this year who are also able to participate in other sports and be a part of some of those other pieces. And if it were to be sponsored by the high school league, uh that becomes a little bit more challenging. But in our inaugural year, we had 38 girls come out for the team. U we were able to actually field three different levels. So we had a varsity, a JV, and a B squad. Um they
would act they'd practice twice a week. Uh the games were actually all on Sundays and you travel around to different locations. We did host one week at all three levels. Um and it was just a fantastic experience. Those girls who came out for that sport this year loved it. Uh it is growing in popularity and numbers statewide. PLAY, our youth
program here in Prior Lake is also looking at starting um girls flag football within their youth program. So we fully expect those numbers just to continue to grow. Um but it was just a again a wonderful experience for those girls who came out to be able to participate in that inter mural program.
So um at this point we will actually start to to call some of our kids in um to be able to recognize them. I know our first student that we had on our list was from our boys golf team and unfortunately Jake was not able to be here tonight but this year the boys golf team finished third in the conference and fourth in sections. Jake Hinrich
actually finished as section champ in what is arguably the toughest section in the state. qualified for the state tournament where he finished 27th um at the state tournament and he actually won the Mr. Golf award this year. Um so while he didn't necessarily place as the highest senior at the state tournament, they award that before the state
tournament and based off of his career, uh he was chosen to be the Mr. Golf award this year, which was a very big honor for Jake. So, uh next we're going to call baseball in. So, let's see if Nancy's able to hear us out there. We have a number of individuals from our
baseball team here. Um, usually you can tell them by the color of their hair. Going into the state tournament, most of them dyed their hair as they headed in. There was a kind of a ritual that you'll see in a lot of team sports when they make the state tournament. So, the interesting piece this year with our
baseball team is they finished eight and 10 during the conference season. They were fifth place in the conference out of 10 teams and they went into sections as the number eight seed, which no offense to you boys, but it's the last seat. They were the number eight seed
going into sections. But something happened with this team as they hit postseason. In the very first game, they played the number one seed, Shakape, and they beat him 10- nothing. And that started this this trend moving
forward where they continued to win and advanced to the section championship team. They were the only team in a double elimination tournament to win all their games going into the section championship. So in the section championship game, however, they did lose to Chesa in the very first game.
But again, as double elimination, Chaska would have had to beat them twice. And so to come back the next day and they defeated the Hawks in what was considered the true section championship, thus qualifying for the state tournament for the first time in school history. Again, I believe the
school is at this point 75 years old and this is the first time that we have ever had a baseball team that has made it to the state tournament, which was extremely EXCITING here tonight. I will go through and I'll read those members who were a part of that team um that made it to the to the section in the state tournament. Team
members included Ryan Block, Brody Nelson, Venil Condi, Cole Abramson, Miles Olsen, Brody Daly, Cam Samella, Lucas Grayson, Ethan Totten, Cole Brinkman, Judge Schmezing, Drew Brinkman, Tyler Lyall, Brady Bellzer,
Chris Worm, Tyler Carlson, Colton Gunderson, Mason Goldberg, Kaden Campbell, and Jamon Aish. And our coaches this year were Zack Hendrickson, Scott Gesler, Zack Jacabowski, Dave Mau, Takama Padilla, and Taylor Smith. Congratulations, boys. Nice job this
year. >> Way to go. Recognize any of them with their blonde hair. >> Next up, we have one member of our boys tennis team. The boys tennis team this year went undefeated in conference play, finishing
9-0 to secure the first ever conference championship for the school. So again, another first this past spring for one of our spring sports teams. Jack Williams is here with us tonight. And at the section tournament, Jack finished in second place, thus qualifying for the
state tournament. And Jack has what, three more years to go? Two more years. I was hoping maybe you're a little younger. two more years to go. Um, which again, we know that having that experience of being at the state tournament this year is only going to certainly better serve him moving forward. Also with Jack tonight is our
head coach, Jason Maul. Uh, Jason's been with our program for two years and has done an outstanding job of recruiting guys, getting guys to come out, getting them um fired up to play all summer long. And uh again, for that team to finish nine and0 this year and losing
two seniors, I believe is what we've graduated. We know that there are some big things on the horizon for the boys tennis team. CONGRATULATIONS. Next up is our boys track and field team. The team this year finished sixth place in the conference and fourth place at sections. We had a number of
individuals who qualified for state. Unfortunately, many of them were seniors. The same holds true for our girls track and field team where some of these seniors have actually already headed off to college. A lot of them are participating in their sports at college and they already have to report to be there at this point. So at state the
boys 4x400 team of Austin Kger, Javon Robinson, Liam McCabe, and Griffin Nordom placed eighth. Josh Baras, who is here with us tonight, also qualified in the 110 meter hurdles. Josh was just a sophomore this year, so we know we've got two more years for him. Um, and we're excited to see what he does on the
football field this fall as well, too. So, uh, we also had the 4x200 team of Javon Robinson, Noah Kalipe, Aiden Binda, and Griffin Nordrum qualify. Garrett Wood did in Pvault, and Ethan Beckman did in shotput. And our coaches this year were Nick Syler, Ken Clam,
Pete Hartman, Kevin Bass, John Flatness, Ian O' Conor, and Missy Rock. So, congratulations to the boys track and field team, and specifically to Josh for being here tonight. >> YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, our girls track and fieldy, like I mentioned, many of them have already gone off to school. Um, and none of them were able to make it
tonight. This year, the team finished third in the conference, second at sections, and 13th at state. At the state meet, Bell Reinders finished second in the 400 meters where she set a school record. Sarah Gastin finished sixth in the 1600 and the 3200. Our 4x400 team of Hattie McGilly, Kennedy
Sawyer, Sarah Gastin, and Bell Reinders placed fourth. And our 4x800 team of Kennedy Sawyer, Mackenzie Benedict, Kendall Wench, and Talia Bushman also qualified, as well as Anukica Campbell in the triple jump, Tina Rock in the 100 meter hurdles, Claire Grahamling in the 300 hurdles, and Maline Shapi in high
jump. Our coaches this year were Jimmy Barles who just had surgery this morning, otherwise I know she would have been here as she's Joshua's mom. um Joe Bowlinger, Mariana Lair, Kyle Nordling, Mattie Scho, and Kevin Wilson. So, congratulations to our girls track and field team. Next up, we have our synchronized
swimming team. This year, the team finished in eighth place at state where they had 11 routines that qualified for state. The extended team of Caleb Barnett, Hannah Evold, Cara Petri, Sophia Suarez, and Tessa Wesland placed 12th. The long duet
of Kayla Barnett and Hannah Evold placed 11th. The long team of Sria Barachara, Harper Collie, Annabella Deng, Payton Hannah, and Rachel Vegdal finished in seventh. The long trio of Kayla Barnett, Hannah Evald, and Sophia Suarez finished
fifth. The long trio of Sria Baj Bajgerara, sorry, Sria, I'm trying my best here. Annabella Deng and Payton Hannah finished in ninth. The long trio of is Elizabeth McNair, Cara Petri, and Rachel Vegdal finished 10th. The short
duet of Addie Daly and Kenzie Tonsuger finished seventh. Addy Daly and the short solo finished eighth. The short team of Addie Daly, Caitlyn Lipy, Tolen Manning, Isla Nelson, Gigi Oliver, Kenzie Tonser, Vera Villa Roachcha, and Maggie Wenthold placed seventh. And the
short trio of Isla Nelson, Vera Villa Roachcha, Maggie WHold placed seventh. And finally, the short trio of Tolen Manning, Gigi Oliver, and Kenzie Tonsuger placed eighth. And our coaches are also here tonight, Carrie Kabushek, and Kelly Thomas. Congratulations, coaches. Congratulations, synchronized
swimmers. Nice job on a great season. >> Next up, as they come in, we have our Southern Stars adapted softball team. Many of these faces are going to look very familiar to you since this is the third time this year that these individuals have qualified for the state tournament, which is a huge, huge
accomplishment. This year, however, with our adapted softball team, which we actually host here at Prior Lake, all of our games for adapted softball are at Twin Oaks Middle School. We're in a co-op with Shakape and Chaska Chan with those districts, but we are the host school um for
adapted softball. So, the team actually went undefeated during the regular season, gaining an automatic bid for the state tournament. So, we didn't even have to go to sections to qualify for the state tournament because of the amazing record that they did throughout the the course of the year going undefeated. At state, the team won its
first game 14 to nothing over the South Suburban Jets before falling to Dakota United in semiis. The team ended up placing fourth overall at the state tournament and team members from Prior Lake included Isaiah Menddees, Dylan Noman, George Johnson, John Connley, Aub
Hussein, Jackson White, CC Brutald, Ben Madson, Caleb Schultz, Colin Schultz, and Ryland Man. And our coaches are Julia Reese and Renee Lawrence, both of whom are here with us as well tonight. So, congratulations Southern Stars on an absolutely amazing season.
CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. >> Thank you. >> Undefeated. >> And now we're going to switch over to our activities. Many of our activities had again amazing spring seasons. Uh some of these activities actually, while their seasons culminate in the spring,
certainly were very involved throughout the entire year. And our first group coming in is our robotic students. Um the robotic students, it never ends. You guys have been doing stuff all summer as well too, right? I mean, getting things all ready for being in parades, participating in things, trying to grow the program. So, um robotics is one of
those things that continues on year round. 24 students participated on King Tech during the 2025 season. The team attended four competitions throughout the season at the Northern Lights Regional in Duth. King Tech was selected as the second pick of the number two alliance and went on to win the event.
The team also earned the sustainability award at the Northstar regional in Minneapolis. The team ranked 39th out of 47 teams and received the team spirit award. King Tech did qualify for the first championship uh first which is the Minnesota State High School League championship through the regional pool
which marked the team's 12th appearance at the championship event in Houston, Texas. I'm sorry that that is actually different than the Minnesota State High School League one. Uh the team did qualify for the Minnesota State High School League championships as well where they finished 29th out of 36 teams. While not all the team members
are here tonight, team members include Isaac Abdi, Cody Alford, Sam Berg, Richard Charts, Maraki 14, Rishihari, Landon Hendrickson, Jay Holm, Ghoul, Ibrahim, Moova, Schlock, Jane, Joshua
Johnson, Shane Lteran, Eli Matthew, Ethan Matthew, Patrick Mcraith, Jolene Wyn, Emma Rankin, Summer Sheller, Bryson Scheacher, Braden Subley, Sophie Svela, and Cameron Thompson. And this year our coaches were Mike Lind, Martin Davis,
Will Lind, Zeke Stallow, Ka Stalo, Guhan Vajanathan, Greg Greenley, and Richard Charts. Congratulations to our robotic students on a great season. The next two teams we're going to recognize are teams that are what we call independent providers. So while the
school district itself doesn't provide any sort of financial support for these teams, they are teams that actually get together. They uh they fall under the independent provider umbrella where they utilize the name the Prior Lake High School name. Um they're able to be on our website. Um and we want to be able to recognize these individuals as well
too. So we have a number of independent providers out there. The first one we're going to recognize is our fishing team. Um, we did have uh four members who have qualified for various uh league nationals on the national level. So, Noah Written and Justin Diddian were not able to be here tonight, but they've
qualified for the 2026 Bassmaster High School National Championships at Kentucky Lake, Tennessee, uh, which starts later on this month. With us tonight are Henry Michaelelsson and Jake Domer. They received a bid for the SAT League Nationals. Uh, do you guys know when that's actually happening? Have you found out yet? Uh, no.
>> No. Okay. Um, their coach is Henry's dad, right? Greg Michaelelsson, who's also here as well, too. So, Jake Henry, congratulations on outstanding fishing season. >> The next team we'll bring in is uh again another one of our independent providers. It's our trap shooting and
our ski shooting team. This year the team was the 8A conference champs for the 17th year in a row. So again, while we had some teams earlier who won conference championships for the first time ever, this group of individuals have won 17 in a row. So I
don't know what's more pressure um trying to continue that streak going or winning your first ever. So uh the team finished in 18th place at the Minnesota State High School League state trap shooting championships. Individually, Jack Benedict finished in third place after shooting a perfect 100 and having
to go to a shootoff. On the female side, Samantha McDonald finished in fourth place and Courtney Krueger placed 18th. Team members who qualified for the state tournament included Jack Benedict, Henry Sandow, Samantha McDonald, Gavin Ruprect, Courtney Krueger, Jackson Aias,
and Miles Liz. The team also finished second this year at the Minnesota Ski Shooting Championships, and their coaches Tim Johnson. CONGRATULATIONS THE LAST GROUP WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE IS our speech team. Um, I think the speech season just ended maybe a week
ago. They're bringing some hardware in at this point, which is pretty impressive. Uh, the hardware really comes from all over the country, isn't that correct, Jaden? What are you holding there? >> Uh, the NCFL first place. doing >> and that one was the one in Washington DC. Yes. >> Yep. And what's the other one?
>> This is for districts. Also first place. >> Also >> first place for districts. >> We have two district champions for the first time in program history. >> Okay. And and Lindsay, what do you have there? >> Uh we are one of the top 20 schools in the entire nation. >> So pretty impressive. And I do have a a
a long list here of accolades that the team accomplished this year both at the state level and at the national level. Uh at the Class DoubleA Minnesota State High School League state tournament, the team finished in eighth place with Talia Bushman in the discussion category finishing fifth. Logan Fedy and creative
expression finishing third, Khloe Erikson and Jaden Nelson. Jaden whom is here tonight in duo duo interpretation finishing in third. And also qualifying for state was Lindsay who's here tonight, Lindseay Madson, Wyatt Gillis, Katie Weaver, and Parker Waters at the NITA which is the National Individual
Events Tournament of Champions. And this was the one in >> Shakapei this year hosted the national event. Jaden finished third place in pros and Austin Klehorn finished 18th place in humor. And correct me if I'm wrong but that was the same night as prom. Right.
>> Yeah. So those individuals made a choice not to go to prom and instead attended the national uh tournament in Shakape at the NCFL which is the National Catholic Forensics League Grand National Tournament which you don't have to be a Catholic school to participate in anymore but they've kept the same name.
And that is the the trophy that Jaden is holding right there. Um they won that tournament. Correct. Khloe and Jaden won. They were the national champions in duo interpretation at that tournament. So very impressive to be named national champions. Katie Weaver also
participated in that where she finished 23rd in dramatic performance. And finally, at the National Speech and Debate Association, which is the national uh speech um uh competition which took place just a few weeks ago, and that one was in, remind me where
that one was at. Richmond, Virginia. There's over 7,000 students who participated in that from around the country. At that meet, Austin Klehorn finished ninth in humor, where he was named a national semi-finalist. Jaden, who's here, and Khloe Ericson finished 12th in duo interpretation, also named
national semi-finalists. Katie Weaver advanced to the quarters in dramatic interpretation. This was the third year in a row that she has uh advanced to the quarterfinals, and she finished 22nd overall. Laya Urban advanced to the Octofinals and finished 34th in poetry.
And for the second year in a row, the team finished in the top 20 in the nation, earning the NSDA School of Excellence Trophy, which is the trophy that Lindsay is holding on up there. We have our head coach here with us tonight, Nick Engles. Nick has a fantastic group of uh assistant coaches
who also help him. Jared Daget, Beth Bear, Emily Pollster, Dakota Hall, Alyssa Mavis, Cali Herdering, Adria Hedrik, and Miranda Hobbs. So, congratulations to the speech team on an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING YEAR. IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN SEE A
NUMBER of pictures um things that that happened for all of our teams um throughout the course of the spring season. Um certainly, you know, a couple other highlights. Um our spring play was absolutely fantastic. Um our celebrate concert that happens every spring.
Again, a truly amazing show that happened at that point. So, lastly, I just want to um express my gratitude. You know, certainly my gratitude for the support that we continue to feel within our activities department. Um it's been a tough year. Uh we know that we've had to make a number of cuts across the
board that have certainly also drastically impacted our activities department as well. And we know it's going to be very challenging moving forward as well too. Um, but the support that we have from the community, the support that we have from the school board, the support that we have from our coaches, our adviserss, our teachers,
our administrators, our custodians, our cafeteria staff, uh, the list goes on and on. Um, certainly those parents and community members um, who have done everything they can to continue to encourage our students to participate. Um, because again, we all know that if you if you're participating in high
school athletics or activities, you are more engaged in your school. And with that engagement comes higher attendance rates, better grades, and kids who are proud to call themselves Lakers. And we know that these students who are here tonight will continue to be Lakers for the rest of their lives. So again, thank you for your support. Thank you for
giving us this opportunity to be able to honor and recognize our students. >> Thank you, Director Marshall. >> Director Atinson and Director Johnson, can you hear us? Okay. Okay, I can hear you. I can hear you. Director Atinson, can can you speak?
>> Director Johnson, you were breaking up. Can you try again? >> Okay, >> thank you. >> Thanks, Danny. >> Thanks. >> Welcome everyone. Okay, moving on. Our next item on the agenda is a resolution
for acceptance of gifts. On behalf of the board, I'd like to express our sincere appreciation to the individuals and organizations who continue to invest in our students and schools through their generosity. The gifts are all going toward everybody's playground and
are uh from the following generous donors. The unified donation of $4,000. Jeff Pond PTC of $1,000. Burnsville Savage Lions Club of $10,000,
RH and TH of $2.3. Glendel PTC for $25,235. The dogs and Lobos, I don't know if I'm saying that right, um of PLSAS with two amounts of $2,000 and $2,500.
uh and Boat House Brothers Brewing Company for $912. Um is there a motion to accept the resolution for acceptance of gifts? >> So made >> by Director France. Is there a second by Director Mason? Uh this is a roll call vote. So I'll start with you Director
Atinson >> I. >> Director Johnson. >> With gratitude I >> thank you Director Smith. I >> Director France >> I >> Director Alstead >> thank you I >> Director Mason >> I
>> and I am an I. So that passes 70. >> Uh next up are administrative reports. These reports are provided for information only and no board action is required. Uh we'll begin with board reports. Board members, are there any committee reports that you have to
share? >> Yes, you do. Yes. Very good. >> Um I uh uh attend the Southwest Metro Intermediate. Um I sit on the board there through our board here. Um we
recently accepted the resignation of Dr. Jeff Horton as superintendent and I am so pleased to say that we are bringing on board a new superintendent. Um if we thought this process might be a little fast, that was even faster. Um we had a very quick timeline to bring in a new
superintendent for a lot of reasons. as the school year approached. Um and so we are very excited to welcome Dr. Heidi Nistler um to Southwest Metro Intermediate School District. She starts on August 3rd. Um the contract um negotiations are complete, so she's
ready to go. We're very excited to have her. Um we do have a meeting tomorrow night, a regular board meeting tomorrow night, so she'll be at the next one um as we welcome her then. So that's my update. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other board members on
the finance or teaching and learning or policy committee I don't think has met since last time. Any other board members have reports? >> Um I have a few words to add if I can. >> Sure. >> Okay. Um I just had the pleasure of
attending the Oops, sorry my Oh, sorry. My my audio is on. Okay. I had the pleasure of attending the um Bell Plane Barbecq Days uh parade and festival and it was so fun to see our marching band um performing. And I just really want to say thank you to um our band um
directors and volunteers for being out there on a hot Saturday um in July um allowing our our Lakers to be the best that they can be and um show their Laker pride. So that was really fun. And then Director Johnson and um we are Director
Johnson and I don't want to steal your thunder, Director Johnson, but um just a small policy committee update. Um we've been working um with Director Cthorne and we'll be working with um Dr. Wagner on hopefully bringing forth um a couple
policies that we can get um put into place before the school year starts. I know they're working behind the scenes on possible AI policy. um reooking at our cell phone policy as well as um a potential grading policy. So that's more to come on that. Um and that's it. Thank
you. Anyone else? Okay, hearing none, we'll go to administrative reports and I will invite um interim executive director of academic services Dr. Caroline Warner to
provide the acade academic update. All right. Good evening. Thank you so much. And I did invite um two of our building administrators, Lisa Manders and Joe Kabushek to join also in this presentation. Um just exciting to be able to share what we've been up to this
last year. So from formally to address um Chair Bullion, Dr. Wagner, board members, we are excited to be able to share just a little bit of those highlights. Um, I'm going to start us off and then I'll pass it off to both Lisa and Joe at certain points to be
able to highlight some of those specific things for us. Um, first off, just to be able to highlight and share, I'm going to make this just a little bit smaller. Um, how we are connected to all of the work that we
have with our district strategic plan. Um, really that's what guides everything that we're doing. And so the academic success and the outcomes for our students really tie back to that strategic plan. So our strong outcomes require more than just good programs.
And those are the pieces that we're going to be sharing and talking about this year. We've really focused on creating our systems that support that high quality teaching and learning across all of our schools. Um and so we're going to speak a little bit more about that. And the format that we're
using is through four different areas. So, we're going to talk about um building our infrastructure because that was a huge piece of our structure this year. Um our academic program updates as well as strengthening our instruction and then looking ahead. What did we learn from this and celebrate so that we
can make sure that we're making that um a reality for our next year. So, first off to think about our building infrastructure um to be able to really build the system to support all of the great things that are happening in our schools. Um what we looked at is just
how to bring that school continuous improvement plan to life. And so we have a continuous improvement system and that process we use to be able to help bring the opportunities for students in the classroom. So um as myself and our
building administrators who get to work with the adults who get to work with the adults who get to work with the students um this is the way that we have that in place. So, I'm going to invite Lisa to share just a little bit. >> Good evening. Good to see you all this evening. Uh, Chair Bullion and Dr.
Wagner and board directors and happy to talk to you a little bit about what this looks like um kind of from a structural standpoint. Of course, when you're going to build anything, you have to start with a plan. And so, as you can see on here, you we we have a um a way that we do this, and it's through our DIP and
our skip. So, our department continuous improvement plans for our departments within the district, then our school continuous improvement plans um within each of our school buildings. And those are really important guiding documents for us each and every year. Those documents are built directly from our
strategic plan um in our priority work and our goals that are set forth right there on us on our strategic plan. So what this looks like is um a group of leaders within each building and in in each department um each year really take a deep dive into what are our goals
going to be for this year. And as you can see it's really about our goals, but then how are we also going to measure if we are meeting those goals that we're setting forth and how are we going to be monitoring our progress as we go through each school year. And so that's something um work that we engage with as an administrator in a school. We work
with our building instructional leadership teams to devise that plan and to really work with them and bring them along as leaders within the buildings um to make sure that we are um making sure everything is aligned and that we're kind of taking all the steps that we need to take with all of the key
stakeholders within each department or in each school building. Um and this is consistent really throughout our district. And um having that connection with the strategic plan I think helps everybody kind of stay focused on the same goals. And even though each school or department might look a little bit different, we're all working towards the
same overarching strategic plan. Let me click here. Okay, thank you. Um so another key piece of this is related to implementation science. Um so obviously as schools and as departments we have a lot of materials, curriculum,
resources, right? But you have to be really strategic about how you implement all of these things. As a building administrator, we often have new curriculum, right? And so it's really key that we pay attention to how we implement things effectively. Um, as you
can see here, high-quality materials are only materials and papers and apps and things like that unless you know how to implement them correctly. And so it's really important that we do that if we want to get the results that we are seeking to obtain. Um, so first we have to really adopt those highquality
resources and instructional materials, which I think we've done a really good job of doing. We really use a highly vetted process. And then we have to make sure that we have strong professional development. We can't just turn them over. We have to make sure we're providing support and training um, and learning along the way for our teachers
and staff. And then it's it's also not done there. It's really a never- ending process. We have to make sure we're supporting and being consistent with how we're supporting the people that are using our curriculums and using our resources to make sure we're um on the right track and that we're going in the
direction that we want to go. Um and so that's a lot of our key work kind of a real life example just in recent years adopting bridges as our math curriculum. This is exactly the process that we took. We adopted that highquality curriculum, right? And then there was a lot of professional development, some of
it really formal and some of it more informal in our PLC's or learning teams, in our staff meetings within our buildings. And then still many years later, we are still making sure that we are consistently implementing. That work is never done. We're still fine-tuning, still checking in on things even when
other priorities um also rise. All right, I'm going to turn it over. Thank you. >> Thank you. One of the other things that we did to build that foundation is to look at where our curriculum is at. So, we conducted a curriculum audit to be able
to know and understand an inventory of our resources, identify kind of those primary curriculum by subject and grade, and then really use that piece to look at what does that show us and what do we know for where we might have some gaps or where we might need to put some more
professional development. like Lisa was talking about to be able to build those skills so that we're using that high leverage resource with those amazing skills of teachers to be able to get those outcomes for students. Um through that curriculum audit process, we really were able to get a clear picture of that
instructional resources across our system K12 so that we really understand how that vertically aligns as well as how those opportunities are there for us in the future. Now, we're going to shift to just a quick overview and update on our
programming. And so, specifically in those areas, our curricular areas looking at literacy. Um, we have spent a lot of our time learning in literacy. Um, certainly to be able to make sure that we're up and um up to date with all
of our ReadAct requirements. Um and the benefit of that piece has been that learning and then the opportunity to apply that learning. Um we were able to really look at a K5 literacy resource adoption that had come to you this last spring. Um we were able to align things
to the uh science of reading as well as just hearing from teachers perspective how they're applying the things that they've learned through that readact training to be able to implement and support the students within their classroom. We have the opportunity now with our phase 2 teachers that'll be starting. They just started in the
spring. So that's our group of secondary staff that teach ELA. We'll be starting that training and then that cycle to be able to apply the science of reading to all of the things that they're studying. And then the other pieces we did at our secondary level was to really look at
where might be some of those gaps. And one of those was in our multi-elabic word reading. And so really looked at a small group of our secondary teachers and administrators looking to see how do we build that piece in for all students. So that's kind of a a key for what we're
looking at where we know we need that piece and then the planning for next year because um being able to have that multi-elabic reading strategy and apply that to all content areas not just in literacy will have a really great great benefit for all of our students and
readers. Um, specifically just we kind of highlighted out what does our data say? Just as a reminder, um, our reading MCAs are transitioning from our MCA 3 to MCA 4. So that will mean that our scores will not come back for a little bit.
it'll be more of that um late fall timeline, but certainly early data shows that we have promising results in our classrooms in K5, which is really where we've had that extensive lit learning about the ReadAct and then being able to
have opportunity to apply that as well as some of our teachers who are piloting or field testing, excuse me, um a new resource this year. And so being able to hear anecdotally from them just how they've watched their students learn and grow through a lot of those reading
strategies has been exciting. And the key takeaway from our literacy is that we are well positioned to meet those read act requirements. Absolutely. And then while we're strengthening that literacy instruction for all students and I would say yes at the elementary
level but we've really made some gains with that too at our secondary to look also at math. Um, we have been really proud of our building this year, um, being able to build a coherent K12 math system. So, you heard Lisa speak
about our bridges math. We've been able to be able to bridge all of the math that we have for students as they've become a kindergartener through their high school experience to really leverage um a high resource increased
vertical coherence and then being able to support those needs of learners at different levels. And one of the things that we've noticed with some of our new resources are the opportunities that are within those resources again with professional development to be able to
support learners at all levels in those moments of learning because those moments of learning where it just clicks or those moments of learning where we need more support are all across the board every time, you know, every class period. And so those resources have have
really been aligned to be able to support teachers in providing those opportunities for students um at those levels. We also then um just to look at where our data is at with that. Just as a reminder, our MCA data is currently
embargoed. Um so we're not able to share those specifics at this time with our results, but those will be released later this summer. And we are super excited to be able to share those results with the community when we are able. Again, the reflection and the talking from teachers being able to see
those resources and then being able to watch the learning that students are having and then hear that learning and watch those pieces come to life um will be part of that story that we'll continue to tell. Um, key takeaway from our math this year was that students are
now experiencing greater consistency and alignment across our grade levels. And again, when we think about the life of a student as they are a Laker from hopefully kindergarten through 12th grade, um, being able to see how that
all fits together, we just feel really proud of all of that work that we're continuing to do to foster that alignment between all of our math And then to highlight our science, um we are excited to look at our resource
implementation again. Um and then really just to highlight one thing we've looked at deeper this year, um is introducing our ESTEM specialist at our elementarymentaries. And so that will begin this coming school year. And so we really looked at how do we help ensure
that we have um science standards and inquirybased learning and those high opportunities for students to engage in that inquisitive and critical thinking and working with elementary principles to be able to support that with an
elementary e STEM specialist that'll be part of that specialist wheel. Um that students will be able to get that high level of science learning. We're super excited about that and I can just tell you um those teachers have been meeting this summer with our elementary principles and it's the excitement in
the room about the opportunities that they will be able to have to really dig into an extended amount of time on investigations in science and then connect that and then even the science eMe specialists have shared how they're excited to be able to see that over
multiple years. So, as a specialist, you get to know those students for six years sometimes. And so, the opportunity that our ETEM specialists will have for that. They just um like I said, the staff that we have worked this summer are super excited for that opportunity for them.
Um we do not again have any of our MCA science data currently because that's embargoed at this time also. So, just wanted to highlight that piece because um tying those things together is certainly the work that we do to build that connection with that curriculum audit to see where are we growing, where
do we need to continue to grow. So, our key takeaway from science is we're going to continue to investigate in our high quality science experiences and instructional expertise to build the learning experiences for students. to dig deeper into how we strengthen
instruction. We really focused a lot of time with our building leaders about what that looks like um and building the foundation for that. And so one of the main ways that we do that strengthening of instruction is supporting teachers. And the main way we do that through
sitebased is our learning teams because that is our built-in professional development at our sites. And so I'm going to have Joe speak just a little bit to bring that piece to life at a building level. >> Good evening, board chair Bullion, Dr.
Wagner, board directors. Um, as Dr. Warner was saying, learning teams is really where we take everything that both Lisa and Dr. Warner talked about and bring it all together. So we start at the beginning of the year with our school continuous improvement plan. So we have our goal. We then start to look
at each of the individual learning teams are in going to be in a different place. Especially if we look at most recent slides talked about the curricular resources. We have courses that are in very different places when it comes to curricular resources. We have some that have a brand new resource and they're
just getting to learn it. We have some that have had a resource for a few years and we also unfortunately have some that have had resources that are 10 or more years old. And so looking at how can we support those teachers
where they are at the learning team is where that happens. That is the professional development that we have built in throughout the year. It's a weekly touch base for our teachers so that they're able to see what it is that they have for a resource. How does it
directly connect to those standards? and what can they do to make sure that they are challenging all of their students regardless of what their ability levels are. And so, um, as we kind of look at, um, our teachers and our learning teams go
do a really nice job of keeping, um, notes and data so that they can each week look back at what is it that we talked about the previous week or the previous month so that they can look at test results and compare how students did compared to um, whether it be from
classroom to classroom or from year to year. And so then as we look at this year, we're going to go ahead and see what we can do to continue to strengthen those learning teams so that we can continue to provide that continuous professional development for our
teachers. Thank you. Yeah. >> And just to highlight again, we've kind of spoken about that in other slides, but the professional development of that really our key successes are what Joe just talked about being able to leverage those learning teams to be high
functioning and centered on student data and asking the questions of each other and learning from each other where things are working or where things might not be working so that we can grow and support the outcomes for students. Um we have again really strategically aligned
that to our school continuous improvement plans which again are directly aligned to our strategic plan. So really built that through line to make sure that our professional development guides that and supports that work. Um, and then looking at that practical value. Um, when we think about
what staff and what teachers really are looking for when we've asked them, they really want something that could be used or applied to their classroom in an immediate sense. And again, that's where that sitebased piece of those learning teams or um you know, both Lisa and Joe
have leveraged staff meetings and opportunities where they bring all staff together to be able to make sure that it matches directly with that. In addition to opportunities, we did have last year where we had um all staff come together and learn about a bunch of different
topics to be able to support kind of that overall learning that then enhances the specific content learning that teachers would need. Um we also just as a future focus um we'll look at improving our implementation um kind of
reducing some of those barriers. Again, those barriers were if we have a large group of us coming together to learn, it's just we don't have a lot of spaces for that piece to happen. So, it's not always as comfortable to learn, you know, a lot of the things while we're sitting in the Prior Lake um high school
commons area. But the content of that learning was beneficial. The opportunity of how we do that so that adults are able to have that space to learn in their best ability um was a reflection that we had. Um and then strengthening our connection to student achievement.
Um that piece is the continued question again as Joe talked about is part of those weekly meetings meetings that learning teams have to say how are our students learning and growing and how can we continue to get better for that. Um that always will be a continued focus
of ours again aligned to our strategic plan and to optimize those resources of that expertise that we have in all of our schools and all of our buildings. Um, and just note that there is a full copy of that 2526
professional development report. So, it has more of that highlevel pieces that are within the packet for you too. And then our last area, just thinking about looking ahead. Um, really exciting to be able to reflect on the year and then also to think how do we use that to
support where we're going to be moving in academic services and teaching and learning. Um, and one of the things that we really spent a lot of time this year in our uh, teaching and learning area is thinking about these five pillars. And
so we've spoken about those within this presentation, but thinking about our highfidelity of our curriculum, our rigorous teaching and learning, building those leadership teams as our guiding coalitions, having our high leverage learning teams, and then living that
school continuous improvement plan. That will be our continued work as we dig deeper because that is what we know will build that foundation to support the adults who support all of our students to be the best learners that they possibly can.
And then thinking about just what's our celebration, the things that we've accomplished. When you look at the year-end review, there's so many details of that, but just some highlights of those um again that we kind of spoke about, but just to highlight again, our continued align district and school
continuous improvement plans. We just feel really proud about how that link has gotten clearer and clearer over time. This is the second year that we've been using that school continuous improvement plan aligned to our new strategic plan and being able to feel that when we're working with building
leaders, but then also to be able to feel that coming to life in each of our buildings um with the staff that really are the ones who get to bring this to life for students. Um implementing or further implementing our implementation
science framework. So that's what Lisa talked about. When we really think about what makes quality high quality instruction, it's the resource plus the staff development plus the support of those teachers to be able to provide those opportunities for students. Um we
also completed that audit. We continued our readact implementation, strengthened our math K12, continued our science programming, shifted our learning teams to really focus that time on instruction. Um there's lots of management things that have to happen.
also and we're trying to balance those pieces to really ensure that that time is meaningful um for both of those and really has more of that time devoted to instructional development and then helping our professional learning. Um that piece is the foundation to be able
to support. It's the exciting part of what we do as whether a building leaders or district team to be able to work with the adults to help support what that looks like in our classrooms for students. So this year's work has focused on those building systems, structures, and instructional coherence
that really are necessary to improve those outcomes. So we really spent that time building that and are excited for the future opportunity for that um to come next year. And just a thank you um publicly to all of our teachers and staff who do amazing things for
students. some of them that were mentioned tonight and I know many of them that weren't mentioned tonight because they just happen um because it just is the right thing for students. Um so just again thank you to Lisa and to Joe for sharing a little insight into
what happens at a building level that supports what those teachers are doing and just thank you for your time to be able to listen and hear what we're doing. >> Thank you so much for the in-depth presentation. Really board members, do you have anything that you want to add?
question or two director Mason. >> Yeah. Um around the curriculum edit, just a couple of questions. I think we saw sort of a a sneak peek into that in June that was sent to us. I think it was just math. Um amazing work. It's great. Um I would love to see that for other
subjects or I don't I guess my question is um what is the plan to do that for other subjects? And also are we going to publish that at some point for parents or um like on our website or anything? That's part of what we're continuing to do this year. We're just looking at
getting that snapshot or that picture of what that is and then looking at that opportunity for what might be that public facing um part of that. So that understanding of it, it's really built also for us to determine where might be some of those gaps. And so trying to
navigate which is the best opportunity to be able to have families have that view um so that they get what they need and then also utilizing it as our staff to be able to make sure it's that guiding document that really supports our continued work. >> Yeah. Okay. Great. It's super helpful.
Um and related to that too, I was part of that audit the special education curriculum. I know I didn't see like the math one for example that are some of the special ed curriculum was on there or is that a later will that be covered at some point >> that would be built into it. >> Okay.
>> Um just you know that piece certainly all of our students receive that tier one instruction. So that's really what that curriculum audit is highlighting. um if there were specific things that were part of our special education programming, those are related to specific, you know, individual education
plan goals and student needs around that. So, the curriculum audit K12 was looking at what is that tier one support for all students, which includes our special education students. >> Okay. I know sometimes they have a different curriculum. I didn't see listed here, but I was just curious if
it's um Okay. Um yeah, that's super helpful. Um, I was going to ask something else too. Oh, around the you mentioned the organizational barrier and and the spaces being a barrier to that and like what can maybe we as a board do to help
with that? Are is it um a matter of space in buildings or you know can we utilize as we move to Greenwood space there or anything like that? We just don't have a big enough space to have a comfortable I mean the responses back to
us to be able to sit and learn and you know have either paper resources or technical resources sitting at a lunchroom cafeteria table is the great conducive to be able to talk to as a you know small group it's just not great sitting on it for two and a half hours.
Um, so it was more I mean it it certainly was something that was responded to and I want to make sure that we're always thinking about that and recognizing that. I think that part you know we certainly had considered are there opportunities where we could use the auditorium if that might be it's
hard to hold things on your lap and some of those types of things too. >> Great. Thank you. >> Anyone else? Director Smith. >> Um, yes. Thank you. Um so and and kind of dovetailing off of that point about
um individual student needs, can you you know talk about the um a little bit about this work and particularly about the challenge of not only having to implement a resource but also to do that alongside uh evolving student needs and
kind of again the challenge that there is within that to not only implement that and and learn that yourself, but also to adapt it to each student that's that's receiving that tier one instruction. >> Yeah. And that really comes to life in those learning team conversations
because that's where that level of understanding how students are responding. We know we have a high quality resource and we've had professional development and we're continuing that professional development. Um, and then it's thinking how about how does that respond? I have
this student who already knew this. how am I going to make sure that I'm matching that need of it? And that's where I said um the resources again that we're digging further into um as we've adopted new resources have more opportunities for us to learn what those
strategies might be. Again, it's that art of teaching that really is that learning team coming together saying this is what I'm trying with this student and here's how it really did work. So like, so you might want to try this with your students or I really
wonder what I should try and then having that discourse in that learning team to be able to learn from each other because I think where teachers have shared that the most learning comes from is those directly applicable situations that seem
similar to the types of things that they're seeing within their classroom also. And the best place to do that is within that professional dialogue. Um it's I would say a part of the continuous improvement process always because as an educator always looking at
we know where we want students to go. It's also then matching how do we get them to the you know what's that journey to be able to support that and it's an ever changing and continuing process. Um I don't know if we ever will say that we've fully achieved that piece because
then there might be some variable that changes with the need of that or the outcome. Right. Great. Thank you. Um and then in section two, you know, talking a little bit about um the built teams and uh just to because there's just so many
acronyms. Um that is building instructional leadership teams. Is that correct? Okay. Um so you know um obviously you've talked a lot about you know the it is those teams and and that you know the things that are happening in the classroom that are bringing that to life the things that you know that
this is the right work that you should be doing. Um, can you one thing that I'm curious if you can elaborate on a little bit because you've you've kind of um sprinkled in uh phrases that like uh kind of connect
to other departments here at the district services building. Um particularly like you know uh continuous improvement implementation. Um, so can you talk about, you know, kind of the work that you and your team do in terms of kind of providing that guiding
document or that guiding principle, the strategic plan, um, kind of how those conversations work with you to kind of cascade down to the built teams and then to the into the classrooms. >> Yes, our um, LII team, so our learning, achievement, and innovation team meets
monthly with our building leaders. So Lisa and Joe being part of that very important team, we continue to learn ourselves and then that piece is where you know even within our district staff development committee, they would collaborate and bring back how that skip
plan, so the school continuous improvement, how those goals are coming, how the action plan towards those goals, what are those um artifacts and evidence to show that it's working. um that piece it's a combination of all of that because it's our building leaders being
able to learn together and learn from each other. So basically have that learning team of adults um with our building leaders because some things are working really great at this site and then there's a really great question to say how could that work really great at a different site. Um it's the
combination of those building leaders then coming back to their own site team to be able to then have those site teams who are also part of learning teams bring that back to that smaller group which then brings it back to students.
So kind of that cascading piece which is all aligned directly with our strategic plan and the school continuous improvement plan linking to that it's intentional. um we bring that back together. Um we also do that on purpose every month to be able to say how are we
learning as an adult to be able to make sure that we are supporting our adults who are learning in our buildings to support the kids who are learning too. >> Awesome. Thank you. Um just one final question. Um because a lot of this work seems to be focused on you know building capacity and ensuring that we're kind of
focusing on the right things and and some of that from what I gather from the presentation and from some of the comments that you've made tonight is not only about the resources but also just kind of about how we're spending our time um and the things that we're focusing on. So um and you mentioned uh
tier one instruction. So, I I'm wondering um you know, when it comes to multi-tered systems of support, um tier one, but also tier 2 and tier three instruction, um how does that fit into the the future conversations? And and
maybe we're too early for that, but I don't I'm just curious if that's been a conversation had. >> Yeah, that focus has been around that tier one. And like I shared at our secondary level, we've really looked at that multi-elabic strategy as that opportunity for tier one, but then we
started to bridge that to tier two to say, okay, here's what we know all students need because we knew that piece was missing and we know some students need more than that. So what might that look like? So we're really bridging that piece. We spent this last year really building that tier one and really
learning about it. What are we doing it? where might there be some opportunities to enhance that? And then at that same level, thinking about how are we um not missing an opportunity to support students who need that plus more because that multi multi-tered system really is
built on that tier one is for all of the students and then the next layer. When we have that data that determines that they need that plus more, um that's where we, you know, dig deeper into that. So really putting all of our emphasis, not all of our emphasis, but
you know, a high level of that emphasis to make sure that our tier one had everything because all students receive that and then that helps us to determine where those gaps might be where students need that plus more. >> Yeah. Yeah. And I think it's interesting
because you know um I think it used to be you know kind of a triangle in terms of um your base was your tier one then tier two and but um you know from some of the research I've read it's more of a diamond now where you know kids are you know advancing faster than their peers
or they're struggling maybe a little bit. So there's kind of a continuum there of of that diamond in terms of like the core tier one instruction being here, but then there like you said this kid needs this plus more. So um so I think that's really interesting. Thank you. Really appreciate it.
>> Thanks. >> Thank you so much. In the interest of time, board members, unless there's someone else that has a question that they can't um do without asking, I'm going to move us on to the next agenda item. Anybody Is everyone okay with that? >> No, I have a couple questions. Okay,
Director Atinson, what are your questions? >> Um, they're really just more comments about things that are um hoping that we get followup on. Um, >> can you hear me? Okay. >> Yep, we can hear you. >> Okay. Okay. Um, I think one thing that we've been waiting to hear back on and
um I thought it was going to be part of this academic update was how are we um restructuring our Sage program and um supporting those students and what type of curricular resources that um they can expect in the classroom. when we think about academic excellence, it's that
rigorous and relevant um instruction for every student. Um the other thing that is kind of pending that is re related to this is the change to Laker time. A lot of parents have been asking like what to expect um as far as that looks. Again,
these can all be follow-ups. Um it's just kind of stuff that is relevant to teaching and learning and um to um kind of a followup to Dr. Thomas. And then I'd also like to know, this is a question I do have, the skip plans, are those um posted online for by building
so that um we as board members have visibility to them or what I know I'm just curious >> with the school continuous improvement plans. I know that um Dr. Zumbush and myself are looking at the best format to be able to have that be clear. Um it
really is a guiding document for buildings to be able to connect those things. we have those academic goals and things but you know currently right now they are not posted somewhere um but that certainly has been a topic for Dr. Zumbush and I to think about um how to
again the second year around making sure that they are clearly linked to that strategic plan and feeling good about that piece. So now what does that link look like so that you know others are able to see the great work that's happening at our buildings too. Okay, so more to come on that and then my last
question with kind of taking on to the curriculum audit. Um really important to ensure that our curriculum is posted online so that parents have the ability to review it and then pretend, you know, if they need to opt out for whatever reason. I know there's more um there's been more Supreme Court rulings and
stuff around that. So I just want to make sure that our our district is compliant with um allowing our parents to be able to have visibility to um what's being taught in the classroom. So and that's that's it. That's all I have for that. >> Anyone else?
>> No, I just want to say thank you very much to uh Director Warner and I look forward to working with you this year at the teaching and learning committee. >> You all right, moving on. The next thing is a superintendent report and I will turn it over to you, Dr. Wagner.
>> Thank you. Uh we'll move right into the enrollment report. Um Dr. Ryder, if you want to start with that. >> Certainly. Um, included in the board packet is the enrollment history updated for fiscal year 26. So, this is a look back. No numbers were changed from the
last time you saw this report, but I am submitting it again for the June 1st. We are waiting for that final um that revised budget will be replaced with a final end ofear number. We have our first submission that just went in at the end of June, but we are looking to
probably utilize the August and or September report for our final audited figures. Um, but the July is is submitted the first time is just preliminary in nature. The next report is the kindergarten enrollment report. Um, this is one that
I've been updating every Friday. we take the counts. And so this um particular report has been updated since the last meeting. At the last meeting, there was a request for us to share out how much of the kindergarten enrollment. This is for next year's kindergarten enrollment.
How much of those students um were residents, how many of them were open enrolled. And so as of June 18th, that information is shared on page two of this report. Um, and then as you see on the first page, that is the latest
information. If I could just run through exactly how to read this again for people, we keep a cumulative number for each year for the similar type date a year earlier or second, third, and they're forward. Um,
we take a consideration of the number of students that we have enrolled for kindergarten for the coming year. And what I'm doing then is I'm applying the percentage On average, when you look at the previous years, what percentage of completion were we at at that point in
time in those years? On average, it's about 96%. So, if I apply that 96% to the 464 that we're showing as of July 13th, it means we should be landing right around 483 for our kindergarten count. And that is just shy of our
budgeted number of 489 by six. So, we still have some um room here for families to enroll kindergarteners, and we anticipate there's um plenty more enrollments coming um about another 4% at least. And we're just encouraging
families to keep that in mind and and uh enroll their students if they have not yet done so. And that concludes the report. >> Dr. Wagner. >> Yes, I got an update on our a uh AP exam scores. So um just recently received our
numbers historically um starting in year 2022 we had 73% of our students at the high school which was 548 score or achieve scores of 3, four and five or above 73% of those students had accomplished that. 2023 we
had 74% and a total of 587 students. Uh two years ago we had uh 710 students at the high school which was 80% achieved scores of uh 3, four or five. Uh in 2025 we had 82% students or 774
uh high school students that achieved scores 3, four and five. And then this past year now we had 84% and our highest number of 943 students achieve scores of three, four and five. The significance of that is for students who are going on to uh post-secary or or college level
are getting earning credits to test out of uh certain courses or classes that they're taking. So they don't have to take them at the college level. So it saves them the dollars as long as the university that they go to acknowledges and recognizes the AP uh test score as far as they moving forward and and
getting those credits. uh over all the summer events. We also had this uh on um uh the the Dan Patch Days on June 27th. I want to thank the staff members and board members who volunteered to be a part of that. Uh we have Prior Lake Days coming up on August 9th from 11:00 a.m.
to 6 p.m. in downtown Prior Lake. And then we have our third annual back to school celebration that's held on August 20th from 5:00 to 7 pm. Uh we're going to start at the Prior Lake High School. And then um I've been talking with the this um the Prior Lake mayor and doing
kind of a joint uh kind of a tour around town and and celebration of the school starting back up and then uh sign up to come for a night to unite for August 4th. So that more information will be coming out for that. Um just want to thank everybody for opportunity to be to
be here. Um, I had a a nice night at the Prior Lake uh music festival, I think they call that or something. And it was quite to see the the pride that Prior Lake has and the and the excitement that people still have for George Thorough and and Billy Idol and all those who got
people that I recall back in the day. So, it was fun to see everybody celebrating and having a good time. But, uh, there's just a lot of pride here and excited to be part of that and to carry on to the next level and and to get us to where we need to be. Thank you, Dr. Wagner. >> Chair Boy,
>> yes. >> I have an update as well if if I may, please. >> Thank you to the rest of directors and to uh Dr. Wagner. Mine's going to be focused around uh some of the transitions that are uh going on in our district right now. And I just want to provide uh the board and our community
kind of where we're at with some of those transitions. So, as the board is aware, uh the district's been working through the transition of staff and operations from the district service center, otherwise known as the DSC here to the educational service center at Greenwood. Uh while significant progress has been made, the DSC uh will continue
to serve as our primary administrative office uh for the foreseeable future. Uh we will continue to keep the board, our staff, and the community informed as additional information becomes available in regards to our move to the ESC at Greenwood. Uh several important components of the transition have
already occurred. Our IT team uh department has successfully relocated to Greenwood and will continue operating from that location while supporting our district technology needs. In addition, the district's planned fiber transition remains scheduled for July 24th. So during this work, district buildings
will experience downtime to our internet and network connectivity. However, internetbased services hosted outside of the district network will continue to be accessible anywhere an internet connection is available. Uh staff have been notified of the expected impacts and the technology department has planned accordingly to minimize
disruptions and restore services as quickly as possible. I also want to recognize the many staff members at both Loa Delago and Westwood who dedicated significant time and effort preparing their workspaces, packing offices, organizing materials, and helping ensure these buildings transitions could occur
as smoothly as possible. Their flexibility, teamwork, and willingness to adapt have been instrumental throughout this process. As well, a tremendous amount of work has already been completed by our custodial and maintenance teams. They've gone above and beyond to coordinate and complete multiple building transitions, including
relocating both the Loa Delago and Westwood staff along with an initial move of the DSC building. Accomplishing these large-scale moves while continuing to maintain our buildings and support summer projects across the district has required an extraordinary effort. Their willingness to take on this additional work while continuing to provide
outstanding service across the district has been nothing short of exceptional and we are sincerely grateful for their dedication. I also want to recognize the staff here at the DSC. While they have invested considerable time preparing for the move by packing offices and workspaces while also navigating several
changes to the relocation timeline. Despite the uncertainty, they have remained patient, flexible, and focused on serving our students, families, and staff. and their professionalism and positive attitude throughout this process have been greatly appreciated. District operations will continue as normal from the DSC for now and we
remain excited about the opportunities the new educational service center will provide for our staff and community and appreciate the continued patience and support of our staff, the board and our community throughout all of these transitions. Thank you. >> Thank you for that report, Director Catherine. And I'm I apologize for
skipping over you. You weren't listed. You weren't listed. Um, moving on. The next item on our agenda is the consent agenda. Um, let me find that here. The consent
agenda items are considered routine and will be approved with one motion unless a board member requests that an item be removed for separate discussion. Items in tonight tonight's consent agenda agenda include financials, approval of schoolboard minutes, personnel items,
approval of memberships, and the 202526 professional development annual report. Are there any requests to remove an item? >> Uh yes, I would like to request um removing letter C, personnel items uh
for a very quick question. >> Okay, we will remove item 13 C and we will move it down to um new business or in between 15 and 16.
How about that? Sure. Thank you. Are there any other items from the consent agenda? Do we have a hand? Direct >> Director William. >> Yep. Director Atinson. >> Just a quick couple questions about 13E, the professional development annual
report. So you want that removed? >> Yes. >> For discussion. Okay. We'll take 13E and move that down. >> Down as well. Any other items?
Hearing none. Um is there can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda less item 13 C and 13E. >> Second. by Director Smith and a second by Director France. All in favor say I.
I. I. >> Oh, roll call. Roll call. >> Oh, sorry. Roll call. Oh, yeah. We have to do roll call for everything. Okay. Director Mason, I'll start with you. >> Yep. Hi, >> Director Olstead. >> Hi, >> uh, Director France. >> I, >> Director Smith, >> I.
>> Director Johnson, >> I. >> Director Atinson, >> I. >> And I'm an I. So, that passes 70. Okay, moving on to personnel items. Our next agenda item
relates to three personnel items. Uh, executive director Catherine, I invite you to present on the Prior Lake Savage Area Principles Association agreement. >> Yes. Thank you, Chair Bullion and Dr. Wagner and other directors. In front of you, you have the 2026 2028 um Prior
Lake uh principles association agreement. And on behalf of the board negotiations team, it's my recommendation that the proposed terms and conditions between the school board and the employees represented below be approved. Uh some of the highlights uh that you have in front of you uh on the memo from the principal association. Uh
as you can see there, we removed a cell phone stipen language that they were receiving. Uh we did some updates to the severance language just make it cleaner to understand. didn't change anything structurally but just made the language a little bit cleaner to understand. Uh as far as the salary schedule um it'd be
2% plus steps in 2627 and then 2.75% plus steps in 2728. We maintain the current language of the district providing their family viva healthcare coverage. Maintain the current uh viva H contributions at $1,200 and $2,400. Maintain the current language of
district providing the family dental coverage. And then there was several formatting and and uh uh clerical updates as as well within the contract. Um and I would like to also thank the principal's negotiation team for their work uh on bringing this new 2-year contract for approval to the board. Uh their willingness to collaborate and
work effectively and we were able to get this done in only two meetings. >> Thank you, Director Catherine. Board members, are there any questions or comments for him? Director France, >> I had one. It's not really related to
the contract, but all of them. Um, and it's just so I just want to get it out of the way. Um, the VIBA HR contributions, is that across all contracts now, or do we still have some that aren't doing that? >> Correct. There's still some that don't have the VIBA. Yes.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other uh hearing? No other. Can I get a motion to approve the Prair Lake Savage Area Principles Agreement for 2026 through 2028? Zoom made and a second. >> Second. Uh, director Ols and Director
France. And then I will do a roll call vote starting with you. Director Atinson. >> Hi. >> Director Johnson. >> Hi. >> Director Smith. >> Hi. >> Director France. >> Hi. >> Director Olsen. >> Hi. >> Director Mason. >> Hi. >> And I have an I. So that passes 70.
>> Okay. Director Catherine, will you now please present uh the Prior Lake Savage Federation of Administrative Assistance Agreement? >> Yes. Thank you, Chair William, uh Superintendent Wagner and the rest of directors in front of you. Uh on behalf of the school board negotiations team, it's my recommendation that the proposed
terms and conditions between the school board and the employees represented below be approved on this memo uh which is the Prior Lake Savage Federation of Administrative Assistance. Um few of the highlights within their work agreement. We updated some senior seniority language once again to help it make it
easier to understand. Um we increased the lifetime maximum to their 403b contribution. Uh we added language that gives internal candidates an opportunity to be interviewed for internal jobs. We added language in the overtime section that allows for coverage options in
long-term absence scenarios. uh we removed the wellness compensation language um and their salary schedule uh saw 2627 with a 2.3% increase with no step movement and then 2728 with a 1% increase with step movement. Uh once
again we maintain their current language of district providing single viva healthcare coverage and we also maintain the VIBA HR contributions at the 12 and $2,400. We maintain the current language of district providing single dental coverage. uh we maintained the flexible summer hours for two years of the
contract and we did add December 23rd 2026 to thisou and once again several formatting changes. Um and their 2year total compounded percentage increase over the base year equated to 5.15% MSBA. And once again I'd like to thank
the PLSFAA president Penny Peterson and the rest of their negotiations team for the willingness to have great collaboration conversations in regards to their contract. I greatly great greatly appreciate their willingness to work together to bring this new two-year contract to the board for approval.
>> Thank you. Board members, any questions or comments on this? >> All right, hearing none. Can I get a motion to approve the Prior Lake Savage Federation of Administrative Assistance Agreement for 2026 through 2028?
>> So made by Director France. Is there a second? By Director Smith. Um, Director Mason, I'll start the roll call vote with you. >> I, >> uh, Director Olsen, >> I. >> Director France, >> I. >> Director Smith, >> I. >> Director Johnson, >> I.
>> Director Atinson, >> I. >> And I'm an I. So that passes. 70. All right. Director Catherine, will you please present the confidential group contract, please? >> Yes. Thank you. So, on behalf of the schoolboard negotiations team, it's my recommendation that the proposed terms
and conditions between the school board and the employees represented below be approved. This is a two-year work agreement. Um, some of the highlights, we did remove uh language around early retirement incentives. Um, their health insurance uh saw an increase of 4% for
2627 and a 4% increase of 27-28. their salary schedule enhancements would have 2 and a half% plus steps in 2627 and then two and a half or excuse me 2.9% plus steps in 2728. We also increased their lifetime maximum cap on their 403b contribution and once again different
formatting um changes within the contract and their total compounded percentage increase over the base year equated to 5.14% MSBA. And once again, I'd like to thank this group and the members of the confidential group for a collaborative effort to bring this two-year agreement forward to the for
the board for approval. >> Thank you. Board members, are there any questions or comments for Director Catherine? Director France. Uh so first of all on the last one I'd like to thank director Ktherern and director Ryder because I know how much work this is to
put these contracts together to work the numbers um to get them ready to have the meetings uh and I'm glad everybody was incredibly collaborative in the process but you're thanking everybody else but yourself. So, I'm going to I'm thanking you um and appreciate your time and
effort to get these done in a quick, seamless, and painless manner to the rest of the world. >> Thank you. >> Any other board members, questions? All right. Can I get a motion to approve the confidential group
contract for 2026 through 2028? >> So made >> by Director France. >> A second by Director Mason. Uh I will start with you. Director Mason. >> Hi. >> Director Oad. >> Hi. >> Director France. >> Hi. >> Director Smith. >> Hi. >> Director Johnson. >> Hi.
>> Director Atinson. >> Hi. >> And I am an I. So that passes 70. And I echo Director Franc's uh gratitude for all Director Catherine and Director Ryder your work. I'm sure there's probably many more that are attached to
that, but thank you. Um, moving along, uh, we'll go to the unfinished business of the consent agenda items. Uh, first, uh, we'll go with the personnel items like item 13C
from consent. Director Olad. Thank you. Um, I very quick, uh, wanted to, um, call out their retirements, Mr. Haden, Miss Schwingler, and um Miss Vanderplats for their retirement and gratitude of years of service. So, I didn't want to
skip that. Um thank you so much. Um very quickly, um the uh candidates for employment and then the resignations, terminations, non-renewals, the the format is just a little different. And so I didn't know if somebody could walk me through or us I should say walk me
through kind of the different formatting. When I read through it in the first very first I thought some were like duplicative and I'm probably wrong on that but I just wanted to make sure since the format's new. >> Yes, thank you. Um I do believe uh some
of the conversations um came around just that they used to be individually typed um within the consent agenda and that took um time to individually type each one of these when we already have them in a um format that could easily just be
attached um to the document. So, moving forward, I I believe the plan is going to be then to kind of attach them in the format that you're seeing instead of individually type all of the uh folks uh within the consent agenda. >> Great. Thank you. I knew there was a very easy explanation. Just wanted to
make sure. Thank you. >> All right. So, sufficient for 13C. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And then, uh 13E, Director Atinson. >> Yeah. Thank you. Um so, just for um the board's awareness and um Dr. for Wagner's awareness. Um this is the first
time that we're seeing this um professional development annual report. It's something that I was advocating for because it is a statutory requirement. Um Minnesota statute 122. A60 um requires that we annually report back to
the board on um how we're spending our professional development money and how it aligns to outcomes. Also whether or not we're using um general fund or if it's coming from a grant. And so while this is a great start because it's like I said the first time we've seen it, um
I think there may be some more details that probably need to be included in it. Um something just want to make sure like I said we're meeting our statutory requirements um regarding the professional development. So thank you. >> Thank you, Director Atinson. Okay. So,
uh, is there a motion and a second to approve, uh, item 13 C and 13E? >> So, made >> by Director Smith. >> Second. >> Second by Director Mason. Uh, we'll start with you, Director Atinson. >> I,
>> Director Johnson, >> I, >> Director Smith, >> I, >> Director France, >> I, >> Director Olsad, >> I, >> Director Mason, >> I. And I'm an I. So that passes 70. All right. Thank you board members. Uh moving along
to um item Oh, the item 16A was removed and that will be um addressed in August. So moving on from there is item number 16B
which is a long-term facilities maintenance. Um, this plan was presented for review at our June meeting and is before the board tonight for action via roll call. Uh, executive director of business services,
uh, director Ryder, will you please present? >> Certainly. The materials that you see here, um, the FY28 revenue long-term facilities maintenance tenure projection is a PDF of the Excel file that MDE requires we submit in our application.
um as well is the fiscal year 2028 expenditures long-term facilities maintenance 10-year application. Um also a PDF of the Excel file. We must submit the LTFM year 2027 through 2037. No changes to what you saw previously, but
um just wanted to share that again for the public. The statement of assurances has been updated for um names and dates and that will require our superintendent signature um once board is approved and there is a resolution then as well for the board's approval tonight.
>> Board members, are there any questions or comments? Dr. France? >> Um just confirming I didn't see any substantive changes to what we discussed in June in detail. Okay, you're confirmed it. Thank you. >> Anyone else? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion to
approve the long-term facilities maintenance plan. So made >> by Director Olad. Is there a second? Second by Director France. Uh we'll start the roll call with you. Director Mason. >> I. >> Director Olsad. >> I. >> Director France. >> I. >> Director Smith. >> Hi. >> Director Johnson.
>> Hi. >> Director Atinson. >> I. >> And I'm an I. So that passes 70. Uh, next up on the agenda is approval of the 2026 27 student handbook. Director Catherine, will you please present?
>> Yes, thank you. Um, I was asked from former awesome communications director Musman uh to present this because new awesome communications director Zimmerman is back in the control desk working. So, you get uh the updates from
me. So, uh, some of the talking points around the, uh, 2627 handbook. Uh, this is the parent student handbook that includes policies that MSB recommends the district include in their handbooks. Uh, because the schoolboard policies reviewed and updated throughout the year, the handbook is maintained as a
live Google document. So, it always reflects the most current board approved policies and families are required to acknowledge that they have reviewed the handbook as part of the district's annual update process. Thank you. >> Thank you. Is there any uh questions or comments on the handbook?
>> Dr. El said uh a couple of things. Um I didn't know if we were um updating all of our documents such as this to saying parents and guardians or andor guardians. We do that in our policies. So I didn't know if that applied here.
>> I will let Director Zimmerman get back to you on that. >> No problem. Um, and then, um, under school meals, it says all students receive free breakfast and lunch on school days, and that's not applicable to the high school anymore. So, I didn't know if we had to change some copy
there. >> Okay. I will let Director Malone know, and um, she can get back to you. >> I mean, right. >> Um, the high school is now on the program with the other schools, so everyone's on the on the food program. So, free and reduced meals are available
for students in need. >> It's free for everyone. >> In need. Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you. I just wanted to make sure I understood. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Director France. >> Um I kind of had the same question as Director Olstead. Uh typically we don't update any of the policies in this.
They're all just hyperlinks to existing policies that have already gone through. So I I I assume that if this handbook was put together that it's just a hyperlink to what has already been approved through the board. Okay. All right. Thank you.
>> Anyone else? >> And I'll just mention that there I recall recently there was an MSBA update like policy update um through MSBA services that came specifically regarding the handbook. So there was a
bunch of things um mentioned there. So something to to reference as well. Did I did I hear someone online? Director Johnson. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Uh many of these policies are policies that
we will undertake. Um, and not to steal Director Cthorne's um, sunshine here, but many of these policies are policies that will come in front of the uh, policy committee this year. So, some of the things that
director Olstead mentioned, we will uh, correct to match the remainder of our policies and since it's a live document, um, they will get updated once the policies are updated. Thank you, Director Johnson. Anyone
else? Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the 2026 27 handbook? >> So made >> by Director France. Can I get a second? Second by Director Olad. Uh, Director Atinson, we'll start with you. >> I,
>> Director Johnson, >> I. >> Director Smith, >> I. >> Director France, >> I. >> Director Olad, >> I. >> Director Mason, >> I. And I am an I. So that passes 70. Okay, moving along. Our next item is the annual Minnesota State High School
League resolution for membership. Superintendent Wagner, will you please present? >> Sure. This is a yearly membership that uh for our students to participate whether it's activities or athletics to compete against other schools against across the state. Um, right now the
Minnesota State High School League is the only group that offers the opportunity to do that and every school district is a member of that. So, kids have the ability to participate uh against other schools. So, like we saw tonight with all of our athletes and activities that are competing against
other schools. Um, being a member of the Minnesota State High School League allows the kids to do that. >> Thank you, board members. Any questions or comments? Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the resolution of membership to the Minnesota State High School League for
2026 2027 school year? >> So made by Director France. >> Second by Director Olad. And I'll start with you, Director Atinson. >> Oh, are you looking for discussion on this? >> I ask for discussion.
>> Oh, okay. Um, yeah. I mean, you know, I' I've raised the concerns about um about this about this resolution. >> Point of order. >> I'm sorry. What? >> Point of order. >> We were we were in a roll call vote. I had asked for if there was any comments
or discussion >> already. >> Yeah. >> We're discussing, right? >> No, we're voting. We moved I asked for that and there was no there was none made. So, I moved to a roll call vote and starting with you. >> Um point of order. It's a motion and a
second and there's always discussion. >> She asked for it. >> I asked for discussion after >> discussion before you made the motion. I listen very carefully. >> Are we able to have discussion on important topics or are you going to censor us on this? >> Oh jeez.
>> Point of order too. That's that's not a censorship. She did ask for discussion. >> I did ask for discussion. Director Atinson, >> you asked for discussion before you made the motion. >> No. No. >> It was typically there is discussion after the motion is made and accepted.
So I think I was also >> So I I asked we were starting a roll call vote, but are you say you need you have discussion that you want you you want to discuss? You have a question or comment for for Dr. Wagner? >> I think I mean I we didn't have a chance
to discuss because I was waiting for the motion to be made. Why would we discuss before we made the motion? >> I asked for discussion. I That's how I've been doing all of our voting this whole evening. >> 100% consistent. Um I would like to make
an amendment to the original motion. Um if you're not going to allow discussion, I'll make amendment to the original motion. >> Um so >> I would like point of order point of order. Um I just want to ask for formality. Chair Bullina, are you okay pulling the the the request for vote
because Robert's rule says once we start to vote there's no more discussion. So if you are okay with that, but she needs to ask your permission and just to just to be clear. >> Well, we're we're going into Director Atinson. I think the the challenge is is
all evening long we've had presentations and then I've asked for questions or comments and then I've gone to a vote. I did the same thing with this. When I asked for comments or or questions, there was nothing said. So, I I called
the vote and you were the first person I asked for roll call. >> Um, respectfully, Robert's rules of orders is a motion and a second and discussion. And so, we have not had discussion. Um, so if we could please
have discussion, I would greatly appreciate it. We had already called the vote. I was also >> You did not allow discussion. This happened in the past. It happened in the past under director Franc's leadership as well. And I don't understand why we can't have discussion on >> Director Atinson.
Go forward with your discussion, please. >> Thank you. I would like to make an amendment to the original motion um which would basically take the resolution as presented. Um, and if we go and look at the resolution as
presented, if you look at the third sentence of the resolution and you look up into the p the word website, so it as it appears in the league's website, I would like a to to make an amendment to this original
language where it would include the following. To the extents such provisions are consistent with and do not conflict with applicable federal law, such constitution, bylaws, policy rules and
regulations set shall serve as the minimum standards governing participation in the league sponsored activities and athletics provided that nothing in this resolution be be construed to require compliance with any league provision that is inconsistent
with or prohibited by applicable federal law. Can I get a second on my amended motion? >> Can you say again where you were where you were reading from? So if you go to the third paragraph
where it says further resolve that this governing board or entity hereby adopts the constitution bylaws policy rules and regulations of said league and all amendments thereto as the same as are published in the latest edition of the league's official handbook on file at
the office of the school board or district or district or school or as it appears on the league's website. That would be stop there, strike that language and insert the language that I read that
said to the extent such provisions are consistent with and do not conflict with applicable federal law. Such constitution, bylaws, policy, rules, and regulations shall serve as the minimum standards governing participation in league sponsor activities of athletics, provided that nothing in this resolution
shall be construed to require compliance with any league provision that is inconsistent with or prohibited by applicable federal law. >> Can I get a second on my motion? >> So, we're
I will second that. As I understand, you are asking for the resolution to ensure that it does not conflict with federal law. I second that. >> That is correct. Yes. Yes. And if we need legal to write something that is that's just something that um like I said, I put together um and we could we
could certainly have legal do that. Um, >> so there is a motion and a second to accept the MSHL resolution with the amendment that director Atinson
read which unfortunately none of us have in front of us. Um, so uh I will take a roll call vote for that first and second and I will start with you direct. >> Can we have discussion first? more more discussion. Yes, please.
>> Yeah, I I support language where we're stating that it does not conflict with federal law. Um, you know, as again, I highly urge MSHSL to review their their student eligibility policies and ensure that we um they follow federal law and
that we protect our district's federal funding. Um, I'm also a firm believer in girls athletics and I think it is extremely important to preserve the safety of females um and the fairness and opportunity that our athletics offer them. Um,
and you know these exist today because a lot of us worked very hard as many as of us know over 30 years ago these sports did not exist for girls. Uh, we worked hard to get them here. their families, administrators, communities. Um, and we had to fight for them and build them and
and I really strongly believe that these opportunities need to be productive for our girls. Um, so I support that language. Just again, I don't have the language, but assumption is that we could add language stating that it follows federal where it follows federal law.
>> Any other discussion? Director Smith. >> Yes. Thank you. Um, I feel like we're wasting our time here. This is a distraction. This is nothing that we can change right now because the Minnesota Human Rights Act specifically protects uh individuals uh transgender
individuals. Uh federal law and state law disagree all the time. This is nothing that we are going to settle tonight. So therefore, I'd like to call the question. >> I just want to say that this is the MSHSL's form. It is not our form. We
have had this discussion three years in a row. There is no federal law. There was a Supreme Court ruling that says it's up to the states. This is a state organization. It is not our form to change. It belongs to the Minnesota High School League. So, we can't just go and
change it and say, "By the way, the rules only apply to us in this." And and it doesn't work that way. Again, we've had we've had discussions on this for now four years straight. And same thing, same topic. We can't change it. we
either join the Minnesota High School League as it stands with their own form or we don't. So there's the the the whole language there. Um it's not our form to change. That's first thing. Second of all, the reasoning behind the language and the
language is legally not correct. Um and second of all, um it's it's we're joining an organization. We don't control the organization. So it's a yes or no on this. We either join or we don't. >> Anyone else? Any other discussion?
>> Yeah. >> Director. >> Director Johnson. >> Yeah. >> Um I I just want to say that I I think a participation in the Minnesota State High School League is extremely valuable to all of our student athletes. Um the
this conflict between the state and federal law is something that um our state legislators need to absolutely be involved in and that you know the recent Supreme Court ruling and the ongoing federal lawsuits. It's continuing to
have ongoing stress for school districts and states like ours and it's just going to continue until these things get settled. And yeah, >> any other >> question has anyone ever tried to ask
for a inserted language or requested that to anyone's knowledge? >> The problem with asking for inserted language is you're also expecting that the schools you compete against to change theirs. And if they're not changing theirs, we're at I mean because I'm I'm guessing it's part of the
transgender thing and I'm not aware of any right now any transgender issue here in this district. And so like I've said before, um school districts have to deal with politics. We don't make the politics. And so the frustration with all this is
separate to this. I got my own issues with the state high school league, but the bottom line is our students do not participate in anything unless we're members of this setup the way it is. And I mean, we could be here all night to talk about things. We agree and disagree with the state and the feds and all that
kind of stuff, but the bottom line is we have to look at what's best for our students so they can participate knowing that there's issues there. you know, we're not going to, you know, ignore that. But at the same time, looking at what they have here, to Director Fran's
point, this is not our document. And I know that unless other districts are not, or unless other districts are changing it, if we're that lone wolf, then we put our students in a spot where then the state then has the ability to say you're not eligible to participate because you're not a full member of the
organization. And again, agree or disagree, we didn't make this document. And right now the state is in the battle with the feds on it. And until that's satis or settled, there's really not a whole lot we can do. >> And that's that's the hard part because
they problem with litigation is it lasts for years. But we have to make a decision tonight because they the state needs this. I expect to have this I believe by August 11th because sports start, correct me if I'm wrong, but whatever that Monday is in August. I think it maybe it's the 10th. Yeah.
>> So, we have to have it in place by then in order for our kids to participate and not be considered ineligible. >> Any other discussion? We do have a first and a second. Uh or yeah, we do have a motion and a second
on the table. Uh I don't have the language in front of me. Um but it is to amend the resolution as director Atkinson um spoke.
Again the board does not have that language in front of them which makes it a little bit challenging. But because we have a first and a second I'm going to go to the vote. Uh and we will start with you director Atinson. >> I. Director Johnson,
>> I. >> Director Smith, >> nay. >> Director France, >> nay. >> Director Olstead, >> nay. >> Director Mason, >> I. >> And I am a nay. So that that motion fails. >> 43. Yes. 43.
>> Okay. So, can I get a motion to approve the resolution of the membership to the Minnesota State High School League as it is written in the packet for 2627? >> So, made >> by Director Smith, >> second
>> and a second by Director France. Um, discussion. There any discussion? >> Yes. Thank you. Um, I mean it's just really unfortunate. The Minnesota State >> Point of >> We have gone over this.
There is nothing that we can do. I I I really feel like this >> What is your point of order, Director Smith? >> That it is not that that it is not relevant to the conversation. We can't change Minnesota state law and it is not up for up for us to decide whether >> that's not a valid point of order. Point
of order. >> Excuse me, Director Atkinson. I am trying to talk here. You ask me a question >> that the rules of the assembly have broken. But you actually broke the RULES OF ASSEMBLY SINCE you interrupted me. >> Board members, >> let me speak. >> Board members, I'd like to bring us back
to decorum. Um I'd like for us to be able to speak um without being interrupted. Um, and so if we can get back to we had a
motion and a second to accept the Minnesota the membership of the Minnesota State High School League for 2627 as presented in our board packet. We have a first and a second on that. I asked for discussion and director
Atkinson, you had something to say. >> Yes, thank you. Um, as I was saying, um, the Minnesota State High School League has really just put us in a difficult position. And I'm really surprised that after the Supreme Court ruling where Kavanaaugh gave an opinion that said
this is up to local school districts, that the Minnesota State High School League has not figured out a way to protect female athletes in the state of Minnesota. It's unfortunate. It puts us in a terrible situation because there will be f further litigation and I hope
to God our school district is not involved because all it will take is one female athlete get hurt and the school district will get sued and there will more than likely they will win because of the Supreme Court ruling. So I unfortunately I've you know
I've led efforts at this um through the state level. Um, I'm going to continue to um advocate to our legislators to do what's right to protect our female athletes as written in federal law. It's unfortunate that we can't figure out a way to ensure that we are following
federal law. Um, so with that said, um, I can go to home sleeping sleep and sleep tonight knowing that I still will am and committed to protecting our female athletes in their private spaces and also that they ensure that they have
a fair opportunity to compete, which is exactly what the Supreme Court ruling was about. >> Any other discussion? >> If we're done with the political grandstanding, I'd like to take a vote, please. >> Let's get back to governance. Is there any other discussion?
Okay, we will call the vote. Director Atinson, >> A. >> Director Johnson, >> I. >> Director Smith, >> I. >> Director France, >> I. >> Director Olstead, >> I. >> Director Mason >> I.
>> And I am an I. So that passes 61. All right. Moving on to the next agenda item. Our next item is the resolution relating to the election of school board members and calling the school district election. Director Ryder, will you
please present? Certainly. This resolution is required for the calling of the general election for um election of schoolboard members. And this is one that um we would like to see approved tonight. There is a deadline of August 10th for this. I'm
sorry, August 11th for this to be approved by the school board. Um, we do have one more meeting prior to, but the ask is for this to be um approved as a resolution tonight by the school board and signed. >> Thank you. Board members, do you have any questions or comments?
>> I have a question. >> Director France, >> do we have a video we're supposed to watch again this year? Because we've had a the MHSL has sent us a video in previous years that we're all supposed to watch. Oh, >> is that did that not get continued
anymore >> for the for the past for this last agenda item? Are we still on? >> Yes, they send it to us and it's required that board members watch it. >> Are you referring to the Minnesota State High School League or are you referring to the call the election? >> Oh, I'm so sorry. I was still my brain
was on the other one. I had that question. I apologize. I am Yeah. >> Okay. >> Sorry. It's okay. It's okay. Um Okay. So, we are on the uh resolution relating to the election of the school board
member and calling this school. Okay, we're all on the same page now. So, Director Ryder, she presented and so I'm seeking uh comments or questions by the board members. >> A motion first or >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you. I was going to >> second.
>> I'm a little confused by the order. Um second one did. >> Director Smith second it. So I will open for comments and questions. >> None. >> Anyone else?
>> All right. Hearing none. Uh there is a motion and a second to approve the resolution to the election of school board members and calling the school district election. Um all Oh, we'll do a we'll do a roll call. We'll start with you. Director Mason. >> Hi. >> Director Olad. >> Hi.
>> Director France. >> Hi. >> Director Smith. >> Hi. >> Director Johnson. Hi, >> Director Atinson. >> Hi, >> and I'm an I. So, that passes 70. >> All right. And then, uh, this evening's final
action item is a consideration of the resolution relating to revoking the existing referendum revenue authorization, approving a new authorization, approving a capital project levy authorization, and calling a spe special election. Uh, this
resolution authorize placing the proposed questions before district voters this November. And director Ryder, will you please present on this? >> Yes, this resolution does include the details of revoking our current $623.97
per adjusted pupil unit referendum authorization and replacing that authorization with a new authorization of $1,740.97 per adjusted pupil unit. As provided by law, the ballot question must abbreviate the term per adjusted pupil unit as per
pupil. Um this does also call for inflation and um it also does call for a period a term period of 10 years. Um so those are the highlights of that particular
resolution. This is in alignment with what was approved in our previous board meeting in um in June with regard to the referendum questions. It also does talk about the um capital projects levy that
is uh second question on the ballot for the um capital projects levy. This would be contingent upon the passage of question one as just read. All right. To avoid confusion, I will uh
ask for a motion to approve the resolution made >> by director Osad and a second. >> Second >> by director France and I will open it up for questions or comments from the board. >> Just a quick question and clarification because we approved the the bow language
already in June. So is are we just authorizing the clerk basically for all of these items that I'm reading in here? >> Yep. This is the formality of the resolution being approved by the board. >> Thank you. Any others? Director France. >> Director Ryder, did we receive feedback on the capital projects area
>> from MDE? We have not yet seen their their response to our review and comment. We're still awaiting that. >> If they come back and ask for changes, do we go and re-revote this or how does that work? >> We'll have to figure that part out with them. Um I I I think it's anticipated
that there won't be anything but a positive response. Um, should there be something other than that, then I would immediately inquire as to exactly what that requires and we would involve legal. >> Okay. Thank you. Yes. >> Any others?
Hearing none, um, I will go to the vote. Director Atinson, can we start with you? >> Yep. >> Hi, >> Director Johnson. >> Hi, >> Director Smith. >> Hi, >> Director France. Hi, >> Director Olstead.
>> Hi, >> Director Mason. >> Hi. >> And I'm an I. So, that passes 70. >> Uh, next item on the agenda is policy and there are no uh board policy first readings this evening.
And then, uh, then we go to future events. Uh, we have a school board candidate filing period from July 14th through the 28th. and that is at the educational services center at Greenwood. Um
then August 10th, we have a regular board meeting here at the DSSE at 6 PM. And then um I'd also I'd like to briefly discuss our August 24th study session with Dr. Wagner now serving as our superintendent. I think it would be
valuable to spend some uh dedicated time together to aid the transition and level set um with a board retreat. Um and so two thoughts, two possible options, you know, allowing us to discuss, you know,
board governance, maybe expectations around communication, some of our priorities. Um, as we begin a new chapter with a new superintendent, I'd like to get a sense uh from the board on two possible options. One would be to
convert August 24th uh study session into a board retreat, allowing us to focus entirely on those foundational conversations. And the se second option would be to hold a board retreat immediately before the study
session preserving the sk the scheduled study session agenda while also creating time for a retreat. Um so I'd like to get a sense of the board's preference so that we could start uh planning and wanted to bring this at the table.
>> Get question. Um I uh I guess my question would be around I know we um intended to bring some policies forth in August and other things that we may need study session for. Um and related to that I did not see like the annual
calendar updated for the topics. So generally are there things Yeah. are there things that we have to accomplish with the study session in August that we couldn't do if we converted fully or could we combine them somehow? Well, and that's kind of what this
discussion is about. I don't, you know, uh there's been again with a brand new transition just wanting to be mindful and bring this discussion here, uh just to hear from board members and their perspectives. But I I believe that it
would be um it would be beneficial for us to have some kind of a a board retreat. I'm I'm you know and just kind of offering those two scenarios. Taking away a study session does um pose
challenges for certain things. Um but I wanted to get a feel from the board members and hear your perspectives. >> Yeah, Director France, >> I think it's great you would do it on the same day because most people already have this on the calendar, right? I can't speak for everyone else's work
schedule of course, but um that would be very expeditious as long as we had a very tight agenda because we can't afford to not have an announced study session start time, >> right, >> and not meet it. That's the only thing. So, as long as the agenda was tight, I
have no problem with it. >> Director Smith, do you have any >> I'd agree with that. >> Director Johnson. >> Yeah. My only question was um did you want to try and start early uh for a retreat and then just
>> start the study session like an hour later? >> Yeah. I I was just thinking back on on um personal experience as a board member. I think our first my first year on the board, we did a board retreat prior to a meeting and I think it was 1
hour prior. Um >> it started at 4:30 I do believe and then went to six. Okay. And then we ended at 6 and then moved over from the PD center to here. >> Yeah. So options are open such as that.
So uh 4:30 start to a a a board retreat and then followed by the 6 pm study session is an option. Um but really wanting to get feedback from all of you before we move forward. Did that answer your question? Do you have feedback regarding that, Director
Johnson? >> No, that's that's fine. Uh, we've got enough time. Um, at least for my I I'll only speak for myself. That's far enough out for me to kind of plan ahead. Um, if we're going to go earlier,
>> would you prefer um going earlier with the board retreat and rem keeping the study session as is? >> I'm good for either or. um totally um good for either one. Uh obviously I don't want to cut anything off the
schedule because we do things um within unison. So, um, we have things that we we need to get done that cannot move to the next either board meeting or board retreat
then. Uh, but I think doing a board retreat is probably a very good idea. >> Thank you, Director Atinson. >> Yeah, I agree and I appreciate you bringing this conversation to the table so that all board members can um can um chime in. I think it's great. I think
the date is fine and um keeping at 4:30 to 6 um is I think is is perfect. So, thank you. >> And director Olen, >> I am okay with it. >> With either or? >> Yes, with either or. >> Okay. Director Mason, same. >> I'm fine.
>> Okay. All right. Well, thank you for your feedback on that. board members uh in agenda planning. We'll we will uh talk talk the details through and get that sent out to the board as soon as possible. Um
all right, the next item on the agenda is a discussion item. Uh this is discussion regarding the district services center property. Uh this is a um for board discussion only and Dr. Wagner, I will turn it over to you.
>> So, you saw the email I sent uh forwarded to everybody. Basically, we know that the planning commission uh decided not to change the zoning uh the reszoning of the property right next to the district service building. And so, part of the buyer's uh um ask was to try
to get that changed over to high residential um zoning like this one. this location is that location with the trees and the wildlife area there is uh commercial is commercial zone. So uh at this point the
buyer has not indicated any indication of backing out. I know we have a very long due diligence period and so um still waiting to kind of get more information from them as far as what their plan is moving forward with who they're talking to. Um I have talked with Mr.
from the um I think he's the city engineer the city manager and so I've talked with him and so I have a meeting scheduled with him to talk more about kind of where they're at and kind of some of the the processes and so I wanted this opportunity from a board's perspective because obviously you have
the history to to you know with the sale of this building and and how we got to this particular point kind of what your thoughts are on moving forward and continuing down the process. I have no indication at this point that the buyer would back out during this time, but um
anything can happen. I've done building sales before with my past districts and what I've learned is that anything can happen. And so it's a matter of do we want to discuss plan B, plan C if it comes forward, if we have to and that type of stuff. And so um it's better to
be more prepared than not if something does come up. I think that the impression I got with the planning commission not being approval of the resoning was a surprise and I guess I moving forward I just don't want to be unprepared for surprises.
>> Good way to say it. >> Well, we will let's open this up um for board member feedback based on based on that where anyone's coming from. Anybody want to start us out? Um, I'm happy to start out. Um, I
watched the meeting, the planning commission meeting. I highly recommend every board member, if you haven't, go watch the meeting. Um, it's very interesting and it there's a lot of great information about there about how much commercial property we have in Prior Lake versus other communities and why they made the decision they did. Um, I think it's really important given the
situation that we have a backup plan. Um, and I'd like to better understand kind of the financial um, you know, I I would love to hear Dr. Wner's kind of how do I say his proposal to come back on sort of what is the best case
scenario plan A plan B plan C. Um we still have Greenwood property. Um so maybe there's some changes that could be made there as well but just really want to better understand how to protect our district um given this change.
>> Director France. Um, I'm sure there's been models already done from before about the cost of mothballing this and moving out because the due diligence period was so long. But it's also my impression that the property has never gone off the market. Um, it is still for
sale and that was part of our deal with the due diligence. not only do we get the small payout at the end if it doesn't go through, but also that we can continue to to um to take bids on this property. It's not like it would go off
go off sale and go to contract. Is that is that a correct assumption? And from what I understand, >> to my understanding, there has been no further proposals submitted. I >> I get that. What I'm saying is it's still for sale, though. It's not like we took it off the market.
>> That is true. It's still for sale. >> Okay. Um and then the financial model of us moving and essentially mothballing this place. How much savings pro or con do we have? I thought that
that was part of the initial model. >> Yep. >> Uh from the beginning. Do have those numbers changed? Is it does it favor staying in here? the amount of savings that we would see in utilities that we would anticipate seeing as a savings here for this building alone um would be
offset by a potential increase on the premium for a vacant property >> um for coverage of risk insurance. And so um for that reason, our staying put here or portion of us staying put here in this building does preserve the
building for a longer period of time. um without that being an issue or a factor, it is a wash essentially um anticipated with regard to the utilities compared to the potential cost of an increase in insurance premium for the same period
we're talking about um the due diligence period. I think it's somewhere between the 18th and 24th of October. And um so you know waiting until then would tell us you know for sure what their plan is with regard to whether or
not the current um agreement is to be seen all the way through or not. Um and I guess that's where we begin anticipating other options um around that. What other things might they do? What what might
they come back with in a separate purchase agreement potentially or something of that nature? I'm not sure. Are we aggressively marketing this property still as a >> I would not see aggressively. >> Okay. >> Would that be an option to to make sure
particularly as we head into the end of the year? >> I would want to verify with legal. >> Okay. >> Based on the current agreement in place, but I will I will check into that. >> And I was under the impression too that even if we did vacate, we would still have to keep the utilities on for that reason you said because you you you
don't want a building left vacant with without HVAC in it because you're going to have maintenance issues. >> Yeah, your temperature could be controlled differently, but you would still need fire suppression and and um alarm and things of that nature as well. So, for those reasons um and initially
we had anticipated that we needed to um go dark here completely, but we have found a solution for that too. So, we will continue to have our internet access here beyond the 24th and so everything will be continuing as as normal. >> Okay. Anybody
else? >> Yeah, Mason. >> Um, I happened to run into council members this weekend, so chatting about, but it is my understanding that they withdrew their application from the planning commission. So, I think that they would have to go back to the back to determine
whether they're going to just go forward with this property or or revise something that they submitted. But it sounded to me like this could be quite a lengthy process and knowing that it was a 40 vote on um declining the adjacent
property zoning. Um you know I would just advocate to take a really conservative approach. I mean we can we can obviously try to market and do the things we can but that property has been sitting for sale for five plus years with not a lot of interest. So um this was sort of my concern you know with the
budget. I know I expressed it before and I really think we need to step back and probably um revise budget and other things and I mean I don't know if there's any like creative thinking as far as like renting space or anything like that we can do. Um but I would
really advocate for you know just a conservative approach to ensuring um that we well just knowing that this might take a while right um as much as we hope it doesn't um it might. So,
um, yeah, I agree that the council meeting was or the planning commission meeting was was definitely interesting and, um, it just to me sounded like it was going to be a long process. >> What else? >> I'll just say I'm really disappointed.
I'm really disappointed. We need this money. We need this thing to sell. People have already started to move. you know, this is a really big disruption for our staff and for, you know, to to move in the first place, you know, but I'm just Man, I heard that and
I was really disappointed. That's all I want to say. I'm just really disappointed. >> It's it's possible that that they could or they pulled the vote from the city council. They didn't remove their application. Um but um because the city council can override the planning
commission but um the thing is is that paperwork wasn't submitted per director um Mason's comments that stated that that the land and I used the term commercially viable um adjacent to this.
So, it's not this property. So, everyone understands as as Superintendent Wagner said, it is the adjacent property that was the issue. And they need that adjacent property in order to do what they want to do. Um, and that adjacent
property hasn't had one offer at all since it went for sale. >> Nothing. Um but there wasn't paperwork submitted to substantiate that and there wasn't an alternative um discussed or even offered or suggested of different
commercial property that could be reszone commercial that would be a lot more attractive. So there's a lot of different moving pieces that's completely out of our control here. I think the question is is what do we do from a financial standpoint in the
meantime? Um, can we start to market more aggressively? Can we look at ways to just use this property and not depend on something that a group that's completely out of our control? Or do we want to actually take an active role in
advocating to change the zoning of the adjacent property as a school district actually, you know, look at options to speak to um planning commission, Met Council, etc. uh to say, "Hey, listen. There's no traffic over there. That's why
commercial property isn't there. It's not in a good location." And and part of the reasons why we have so much property like that that's zoned commercial is because we do have such a low level of commercial industrial use. So, you know,
our option is we could actually advocate for this and help the process or get more actively involved. legal may say we can't. I I don't know. Um but um and then we can also aggressively sell this property. Either way, square footage,
from what I understand, the utility costs of this building are the highest of our entire district. So, um and we do have an excellent option over at Greenwood. Um we've already moved the internet. Um it's a it's a good plan to
sell this property. how we go about doing it, how we make sure that we actually can sell it and also maybe do some financial models to figure out what happens if we have to take a lower price just for this property versus depending on the adjacent property coming with.
And that's a financial model and a legal question that I don't feel comfortable going down those paths until we have more answers. is um um is there opportunity to partner with the owner of the adjacent building
to advocate for resoning of that? I don't it sounded like they weren't at that meeting to advocate for themselves. Might be an approach to consider. >> Anyone else have any comments or things that they want to add for Dr.
Wagner to to consider and to hear from us. I think um if I were to say anything, it's, you know, just remember I I understand the disappointment. I think we all maybe had a little bit of surprise um when it was uh denied, but I
think it's important for us to remember that uh we're on the same team of as the city and um uh how figuring out how we move forward. you know, the city has a long history of protecting commercial um
commercial property. Um the planning commission heard, you know, testimonies regarding uh or against the reasonzoning. And so, um all of those factors came into place to put us to where we are. And and um I appreciate
the board members giving giving, you know, insight and input. We got to figure out how to best move forward. So, um, yeah. Is there anything else that you'd like to hear, uh, regarding that, Dr. Wagner? >> Nope, that's all I need.
>> What is the Can you share what the what your next step is? You said you have a meeting coming up or, um, >> yeah, meet with the city planner and just kind of talk about >> kind of what they're looking at and the kind of discussions they've been having. Um, and I think that all the stuff that
we've been discussing tonight is viable in the sense where what are other options, you know, >> what does it look like financially if we do take a lower option because that the buyer did indicate that they might have to change that because now if that property is not part of this um they might have to make a different offer.
They didn't come out and say how much what that would be. So I just again want to run numbers with director Ryder and just kind of go over all the possibilities of what any of that could look like. Um maybe there's, you know, if legal allows us to market it again,
maybe there's someone out there um looking to get into this property. And I think that, you know, one thing, like I think I can't remember who said it, but looking at possibly renting this building out that's not out of the ops, that's not out of the question either. I mean, that might be a possibility to kind of bridge some financial income
until we can sell it from that perspective. So I think all options are on the table and we have to consider all of them to move forward and make sure that we're as prepared as we can be. >> All right. So can I ask what are next steps then? >> Well, next step is just looking at kind
of the different numbers that we're expecting. So looking at I think we're at was it 2.4 million I think between the two looking at what how much of that we were supposed to get how that was going to go into our budget and determining okay so what what has to change with that. So if it's a lesser amount, what changes with that? You
know, because right now the move from here to there is simply are our staff making that move. So it's not necessarily costing us or extra dollars because staff already work in the summer, but it's a matter of now trying to figure out how does that look like. And so um again, look at all options and
see what that is. >> Just question on that too because I think um the due diligence end date I think we were saying October 20 18th to 24th. Is that what you're saying? That's the end of the due diligence and and then we have a 90-day close period on top of that. So, I mean, we're best case
looking at probably year end, >> right? >> Trying to get a sense of um I would imagine we're probably not going to hear a lot until the end of that due diligence period. Is that a >> If the planning commission had said something, we would have heard something. I mean that would I mean if the planning commission had approved it
and things had gone well there >> then we definitely would have you know the due diligence had padded timelines on it but now things are different but you know as as as Dr. Wagner said and as you mentioned about renting etc. If we we can't just put a property up for rent
that's and give it a couple year. Nobody's going to move into a business property for a year. You know your typical is a minimum of three. The average is five uh or greater because they want to make re renovations and and all that and they're not going to be throwing away their money. And we're
certainly not going to throw away our money. So, we really are kind of in a holding pattern with a lot of lot of variables that aren't in our control right now. And as much as, you know, we're upset about it, nobody's buying our building because they're altruistic and they just want to help out the
school district, right? they want to they want to uh you know they they they need it to make money and and um and um so we just have to make sure that we're aggressively marketing all of our options for an actual sale and doing
whatever we can and waiting to see what the resolution from your discussions if there is any >> and what our financial models look like. I we're in a holding pattern. >> All right. Well, thank you board members for that discussion.
With no further business to come before the board, I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So made second and a second from director Mason. And we will roll call vote that. Director Atinson >> I.
>> Director Johnson >> I. Director Smith. >> Hi. >> Director France. >> Hi. >> Director Olsad. >> Hi. >> Director Mason. >> Hi. >> And I have an I. And that passes 70. Thanks for joining us remotely, Director Johnson and Director Atinson.
>> Thank you. Great timing. Two minutes till I get kicked out of my conference room. So, thank you. >> Have a good night.