Evening and welcome to the regular meeting of the St. Peter School Board. It is Wednesday, November 19th, 2025. We are in the governor's room at the community center. Uh we'll call the meeting to order. First item up, pledge of allegiance, please.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to theublic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> You guys nailed it. >> All right. Uh, consider any request to speak, Kimberly. >> All right. Next up, we need to approve the consent agenda, which is in the board book packet online and in front of you. regular first.
>> Oh, >> right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Sorry. Consider adopt the regular agenda first. >> I move. >> I'll second. >> Motion in a second. All in favor? >> So moved. Uh now we'll do approval of consent
agenda. >> Motion in a second. Any discussion? Discussion. Discussion. Discussion. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Consent agenda is
approved. Next up is our student spotlight. Miss Sakora has Odin here. >> Sure do. >> Mr. Brewer, >> you wanted the spotlight early with that pledge of allegiance. >> Yeah. Loud and proud. I love it.
>> You do. Should we move this down for you? Can you hear Odin? Okay. All right. Well, this is Odin Brewer, and he's a first grader at South Elementary in Miss Alderman's class. Right. Okay. So, I'm going to read what Miss Alderman emailed
me after she heard that I picked Odin. She said, "I'm so glad you picked Odin. Odin comes to school every day with a bright smile and a very kind heart. He is the kindest student who recognizes others emotions and acts on them. He's often the first to give a friend a hug
if they are sad or help when he sees a need, and I can attest to that being true. He takes action right away and always shows his best work. Academically, he's engaged and has a clear passion for learning. My favorite story about him comes from the first
couple of days of school when he asked if he could read chapter books during playtime. Did you do that? >> Yes. But she's just really excited that he's here and was chosen to be honored tonight. And so am I. So Odin is smiling
all the time just like this. And he is always saying hello to adults and kids in the building by name. Just a really good friend. So speaking of names, who did you bring with you tonight? Can you introduce your family? >> Mom, dad, and my sister Raven.
>> Yeah. And how old is Raven? >> She is nine. >> She's in fourth grade, right? Yeah. So, she's over at North with Mr. Doherty. So, um, can you tell me about your favorite thing at school?
>> What do you like to do at school, Odin? >> Play with my friends. >> Play with your friends. What do you like to play the most? >> Tag. >> Tag at recess. Yes. You're running all over, aren't you? >> Mhm. What about in the imagination stations? Do you have a favorite thing
there? >> The restaurant. >> The restaurant. What is the role that you play? Are you the server or are you the one ordering the food? >> Server. >> The server. I could see you being a good server. Um, can you tell me what your favorite thing to learn about is?
>> You fly. >> You fly. Do you guys know what you is? >> Does anybody know? Will you tell them? What is you fly? What do you learn about? >> Consonant diraphs. >> Right now you're learning about consonant diraphs. Does anybody know
what that is? What is a consonant diagramraph? I told you they wouldn't know. >> Two letters come together to make one sound. >> Yeah. Okay. So, what's an example? What are you learning about right now? >> Um NK.
>> NK. What does that sound like? >> Yep. Yep. One. The one that you told me about when we talked earlier was ch sounds like ch. Yep. So, we're learning about consonant diagramraphs and this is this comes back to that redact stuff, right? So Odin's very engaged, which I
love. Is there a difference between kindergarten and first grade? What do you think the big difference is? >> In first grade, you do harder stuff than kindergarten. >> Harder stuff. Is that okay with you? You like the challenge? Of course you do. Um, we also talked about character
strong and purposeful people. What is our theme this month? >> Gratitude. >> Gratitude in November. Perfect for Thanksgiving, right? Um, what's something that you're grateful for? friends and family members, >> of course. Yes. Yeah. And that makes sense knowing that you love to play with
your friends and you're glad your family is here tonight. Um, what do you like to do when you're not at school? Can you tell these adults? >> I like to jump in leaves with Raven. >> Oh, play with your sister outside. I
love that. >> And put up the decor Christmas decorations with mommy and daddy. >> Nice. You're ahead of the game back there. I'm impressed. All right. Well, thanks for telling us a little bit about you. I'm
just I'm super proud of Odin. He's doing a great job this year. Would you mind if they ask some questions? >> No. >> Okay. Any questions? >> I'll ask a question. I got to think what my question is going to be. I have to ask question. Okay. What's your favorite
season? Like spring, summer, fall, or winter? >> Winter. >> Winter. What do you like about winter? >> Snow. >> Snow. What do you do? Something in the snow that you like? >> I like building snowmen and burying my sister. >> Oh, I love that.
>> Sounds fun. Do you feel Do you feel along well with your sister? It sounds like it. That's impressive. >> Any other questions for Odin? >> I think it's so exciting that you're reading chapter books. >> What are some of What's your favorite book that you're reading right now?
right now. Dog man. >> I love Dogman. >> Good choice. >> All right. >> You did bring us a test. Sometimes the students have been bringing us. >> Maybe we should have no a test on diagraph. I don't even know if I want the first grade test these days. Maybe
next time we'll bring a diagraph test. All right. Well, thank you very much. Thank you, Odin, for coming. Thank you, Odin. Good job. >> Well, we can't top that. But let's try with some action items. Yeah, >> all the way from there.
>> First item up is to consider acceptance of gifts, donations, and grants. Dr. Graph. >> All right. We have seven items to uh accept this evening. If the board's okay with it, I'll just go ahead and read through those items. Uh so the first one is a donation in the amount of $120 made
in memory of Amanda Nuer. Uh she served as a special education pair professional in the MVED autism program at North. and th that money uh will be used to support the media center. Next is a grant for the amount of $500 that was awarded to Seth Putts,
operations and maintenance supervisor during the Massmith's uh conference. And that grant is uh to be used toward the building and grounds. Next is a donation in the amount of $4,37354 that was received from Steve and Yvon
Neil and is to be used uh for St. Peter athletics department. Then we have a donation in the amount of $25 and I'm sorry, $2,759 uh from Bill and Deb Dixon. And that donation will help cover the cost of extracurricular choir trips and special
events uh for students at the St. Peter High School choir program. Next is a donation in the amount of $2,000 was made uh by Ken and Paty Roso. Uh, and this donation is to go toward the SPS Angel Fund to support students
uh, in need. And then we have a donation from the St. Peter Booster Club for $22,889.56 and that was made to the school district um for transactions that were approved uh, previously to reimburse. And then lastly, we have a donation in the amount
of $55,250 uh from area and businesses uh for the premier partners program. So I would recommend that we accept these gifts, donations, and grants as presented. >> Also move second.
>> Motion in a second. Any discussion? >> Is there like a process that goes out for like thank yous on these and things? >> Yep. Okay. >> Yep. So each uh individual will get a letter from the district office. We're incredibly thankful for all the donations.
>> Is there usually like I mean obviously the reason we get them, but are there like annual I mean I'm just curious like because there's a lot of them this month >> or and obviously some of them but like is there usually letters with them that says like the reason? I mean, obviously some might be from a funeral or
something like that, but >> uh so in the um the packet there'll be a little bit more >> information about them. >> Okay. >> In the the memos that come with each one. >> Okay, >> we have a motion and a second.
>> Any further discussion? Discussion. Discussion. Discussion. If not, uh, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very much to our generous
donors. Item two, consider approval of agreement with St. Peter Food Service. Dr. Graph. >> So, the negotiations team has reached an agreement with St. Peter Food Service for the 25 through 27 contract years. Um
the notable changes in that agreement are a 2% and a 4.1% total package increase, a 40 cent and a 50% increase on the salary schedule, and then the addition of paid holidays and increases
to the career increment schedule. Uh and then there were also increases to insurance contributions um by the district. Uh anything to add from the HR committee? The food service group is kind of a
different group because they represent themselves. They do not have a union rep there. And so it's it's a nice change of pace in negotiations. Um get along with them very well.
I'd have to say that uh they're a pleasure to negotiate with. I'll move since >> I'm the chair. I'll >> Perfect. Second. >> We have a motion in a second. Any further discussion? >> Just to reiterate Bill said a moment
ago, just a very cenial group to work with as all of our our bargain units have been thus far and we certainly want to continue that trend. Further discussion discussion discussion discussion hearing none we'll proceed to vote all those in
favor signify by saying I >> I >> oppose same sign. >> Motion carries. Master agreement with food service is approved. Thank you. Thank you to the negotiations committee as well. >> Next up, consider approval of a resolution supporting the district's
application for a grant from the Minnesota State High School League Foundation. Dr. Graph and Mr. Roar Cassie. >> Yes. So, the Minnesota State High School League uh awards grants to school districts to help in lowering the cost for students whose uh income uh shows or
families income shows that they have that need. Uh the application has already been submitted. >> Yes. >> Um but we are looking for formal approval for that process to move forward. And Shay is here to give us a little more, answer any questions. >> Yeah. It's the same thing we've gone
through um yearly, but it just allows um the Minnesota State High School League has um been able to take the money that they get from taxing um state tournament tickets and put it into a grant and then that money gets um donated back to schools for these causes and other um
grants that people or schools can apply for. Um and so just helps with replenishing our scholarship funds so we can allow students to participate without charging if they need that that assistance. So, this is just to um notify the school board that we've
applied for it and then and in order to be approved from the high school league, we have to obviously go through this process. So, >> I'll move the resolution. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. Discussion or questions?
>> The numbers I should call this. don't are they somewhat comparable to last year? >> Um they are a little bit higher. Um but they should be pretty comparable to years past. We've just continue to have more and more students involved as well which is just going to increase that number >> and that's a good thing.
>> That's a very good thing. Absolutely. Yep. So um but it is a little bit higher than um than I think what we ended with last year. So hopefully we get a little bit more >> of that pot to um put back in our >> Exactly. So thank you. >> Yeah.
We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion discussion discussion discussion? >> Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. This is a resolution. Uh so we will go around the table. Miss Rosbach >> I.
>> Mr. Russell >> I. >> Miss Dwey >> I. >> I. Mr. C. >> I. >> Mr. Dixon >> I. >> The eyes have it. Motion carries. >> All right. >> Resolution is passed. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks for working on the application, Mr. Roar Cassie. >> Next up, consider approval of the
comprehensive achievement and civic readiness report. Miss Engleinger, >> this is the the report that everybody looks forward to every year. I think I can see by the look on your face, Charlie. Um, last year I believe I explained that uh
the world's best workforce report was getting a name change to what we lovingly call Kher. Um, so much so that we I have to look up what it's actually called every time I'm going to talk about this. Um, you have actually you
have three. I apologize. um what was in the board book uh has been updated because we wanted to include the goal areas that we're actually working on this year. This report always feels a little bit funny because we're just talking about last year only in the
report. Um but after meeting with our we have um there are several steps in this process. we have an advisory committee um where we meet and talk about talk about last year's goals and how we did on them and then we get their input in setting goals for the current school
year. So I believe Kimberly kindly ran um additional copies of the updated um goals sheet for you. It's just a quicker cheat sheet than talking through this whole thing. Um so if we go through last year's goals, uh
you'll notice goal area five is um is on page two. That was a new that was an updated goal from the state last year. Uh prepare students to be lifelong learners. Um that replaced the reading
on at grade level by grade three uh of the five goals. We still care about kids learning how to read, by the way. But um but the state wanted to change that to prepare students to be lifelong learners. We struggled uh actually with
with a goal setting a smart goal for that one. So it's not it's that one is not phrased as a smart goal at all. Uh but it is actually the work we're doing and we think it applies to um preparing kids to be lifelong learners. We that
one is a really tricky one to to measure. So, uh we're sticking with the same goal that we had last year because we're still continuing on with that work with the social studies department and the C3 framework which I've included on
that on the cheat sheets. Uh the other goal areas, goal area one, Mrs. Pvki and her team always make their goal and it just keeps inching up higher and higher each year. Um so they met their goal at
91% um and that was all kindergarteners entering um entering the school year with word skills, number skills, fine motor and social emotional skills at or above level on that and it's a St. Peter designed kindergarten entrance checklist. And she has noted on here um
that this will likely change. We're keeping probably sticking with we are sticking with this for this year. Um but next year actually the Department of Education is releasing their own kindergarten fall assessment. So um
there'll be a set of a data point um to compare kindergarteners across the state. Uh so we'll be likely switching to that. Goal area two uh was another was a goal area that was not met. Um we
and in conversation about this too, this one is a tricky one. Um we just took our multilingual learners and their performance on the MCAs uh which ends up to be that's a that's a tough test. Um, and that's a tough test
to um to compare specifically our English learners to everybody else. Um, so we did not meet that goal. We're changing that uh based on some feedback from the committee uh and the principal group. We're changing that. Um, we're
going to use the fast A-reading test for our for that goal number two for next year. All students college and career ready. Um, this is this one is an exciting one because it it has to do with our diploma plus program which we're moving forward
with at the high school. Um, and you'll notice we set our goal for 2% and we met it at increased the number of kids by 15%. Um it it was you'll notice that um industry certifications earned. We went
from 17 to 125 simply because our culinary arts students took the ProStart exam last year. Um and that includes everybody who who earned that as well as as others. Um and we're still we're working on getting our teachers
certified to be able to have all of our welding students earn a welding certification. So hopefully that's added this year. Um, and we're really working on we need to do better on our workplace ready experience. Those numbers do not include
our special education students. Those are general ed kids who can earn a a credit as well as um job experience during the school day. Um, and that that one is so instructor dependent on people
who have that that lensure. uh South Central Service Co-op pays for instructors to get that. So, we're working on getting a couple more certified this school year, but we're pretty proud of that. And if you look at the um I don't know why the this is in
here twice. That's on me. Um the number of college credits earned went from 1,039 to 1,787. Um, that's a ton more and and that has a lot to do with the the work that our counselors um and along with our
partners at MSU and South Central did on on getting enough of the um dual enrollment classes to cover the Minnesota transfer curriculum. So, that added a course for sophomores as well as
um as a math class for juniors. So, that one we're pretty proud of. as well as our uh graduation rate that has continued to rise in the last couple of years. Um again, I say it every single year. It seems funny to set that at
anything less than 100 because that's obviously the goal. Um but something we're pretty proud of in St. Peter. uh of note in the report. I always think it's kind of fun to
see how much Oh, I don't know if it made it in here. How much money we've saved families um based on all those credits. Um but then but the amount of of dollars saved saving savings that families have on,
1787 credits is Pretty impressive. >> Any questions? >> So, have we submitted this report yet? >> Uh, no. And it is so this report is to
be presented to the board tonight and it will be linked on our website and then Dr. graph and I will submit we'll work on a template that is then submitted to the state with the with our goal areas
>> because I hate to do this but I noticed when you talked about the college credits earned. >> Yeah. >> You have that 1787 number.
college credits earned 2023 through 2024. >> And >> I don't have a pen on me. Somebody Thank you. because it's linked on our website. I'm sure people pour over it. >> But I just when I looked at it this afternoon, I saw that number and I
thought, "Holy cow, >> what?" Yeah. No. >> And then I looked here and then I said, "Oh, somehow you got one of the two crossed." >> Yep, I did. No. No ap don't don't apologize to an English teacher for catching
the typo >> and then your approval tonight will signal to Annette and I kne to get this report submitted to MDE and I believe we have until December 15th I think is the deadline. >> Actually I think the deadline is November 30th >> is it? >> Yeah I could be wrong.
>> It used to be like mid December sometime but I just checked that and >> plenty of time. You bet. >> We've got all kinds of time. >> Yep. >> I'll move the approval. And then I do have one question. >> I'll second motion in a second.
>> Discussion, Mr. >> Um, very interesting. I always enjoy reading this. Seriously, I really do. >> Um, page 33, if I may. >> I'll let you page >> three. You said >> 33. 33. >> Sorry, I just have the Six of yours.
>> Page six of yours. Yes. I'm sorry. >> If you want my board packet, you're welcome to browse through that, too. >> No, it the the paragraph at top alludes to to students that enrolled in public institutions. >> I'm just curious. >> Might be your page. >> Oh, >> eight might be.
>> Yep. Yep. Yep. >> Six or eight. One of the other. >> It's I think it's seven. It's on >> It's page eight. >> Seven and eight. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Those are to public institutions. >> Only public institutions report this. Interesting. >> Yeah, it's on the it's information that
that we can get from the Minnesota report card. >> Okay. >> So, so yeah, this only they're only counting state institutions. >> So, students that would enroll in a private institution are not reflected. >> Correct. >> And that would theoretically skew it to
a lower number. >> Yep. >> Okay. Interesting. >> Good question. Yeah, it is interesting that >> Yeah. Thank you. Mhm. >> And that charter schools are considered public schools, right? >> They are. >> By the way, don't uh don't send 33 pages of this to the state. That'll really
confuse them. >> I thought like, wow, that 33 page >> checker report. That would be exciting. >> It's really large print. >> We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion?
Discussion discussion discussion hearing none. We'll proceed to vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. >> Motion carries. Thank you, Mrs. Engelinger. >> Thank you.
>> Uh, agenda item five, consider approval of school calendars for 2026 27 and 2027-28. Dr. Graph. >> Okay. So, it is uh St. Peter's practice, at least since I've been here, uh to
approve two calendar years at a time, uh before you, you have draft calendars for 2627 and 2728. Each year there are two different drafts.
What makes the next two years a little bit unique is that our construction schedule requires an a post labor day start. We have promised our contractors that much time uh to get phase two and three done.
The problem is Labor Day is really late for the next two years. It's it's the second week in September. So we have presented two different versions of each school year. Draft one is if we do school the way we're doing it right now,
a full two weeks for winter break and a dismissal that puts our dismissal the second week of June. Draft two for both years. We take a little bit from winter break and that allows us to end school the
first week in June. So there's been a lot of conversation. Uh I believe this group has seen this at least twice. Uh we went over it at a study session. The policy committee meeting our committee has seen it. The education committee has
seen it uh a couple times. And at the most recent education committee, there was a recommendation made by the committee to move forward with version two. And some of the rationale is just
the idea of keeping kids engaged all the way up till the second week in June. Um it is our opinion, our observation. Kids are ready to come to school in in the beginning of the school year. Uh but as soon as it gets nice
outside, associations start rolling, kids are having practice late in the night, we switch the clocks, it's a little bit harder to keep them engaged. Uh especially into June. So we felt or the the committee felt um that it is
educationally beneficial to go with version two. Anything the committee would like to add or questions from the board? >> I think I think it's interesting um to
to to do this comparison. I the important fact for me is number one that the that um education association liked this draft and number two this is just for now. It's not going to be we're not it's not like we're doing this in the future. This is to deal with the men the
middle work. So that was an important consideration. Three years from now, Labor Day will go back to the first week in September. >> Is it possible that because Labor Day is so late
that there's more time than the construction companies anticipated and they could finish before Labor Day, a week early like, and we could move that up. is possible. Uh I've communicated with uh our
representatives from ICS and what they are communicating back is because we have when when we drafted up the the timeline uh it was communicated to them that they'd have until Labor
Day. So to redo those schedules will they would have to essentially go back and renegotiate with all of the crews. And um in short, yes, John, anything's possible, but it's going to cost.
>> So, uh it was not recommended by ICS to to mess with those construction calendars. >> Um I'm on the education committee. Um, and I just want to clarify that this went to the education SPA and SPA has
said they have spoken to their teachers and that this is the agreement that they have recommended is option two. >> The representatives at the SPA meeting said that they preferred this. Um, whether or not >> they have communicated beyond that team,
>> I don't I don't I can't say for certain. >> I just want that part known. Yep. It was presented to SPA at an earlier meeting and was discussed. Hey, go out and get some feedback. >> So, >> because I'm on board and I'm a team
player, I'm on draft one team, but I thought doing one one way and one the other way was a good way to make everyone happy. But but I'm a team player, so I'm going to go on draft, too. But I just thought if we did the 23rd, the
one year, then we'd be on that way. But but like I said, I'm a team player, so I will go with the team. But if this is what the teachers want, then I will go with that. But I just want to make it known that I'm voting this way in the spirit of thinking that this is what the
teachers want. And I just want everyone to know that. >> Sure. that that is why I am voting that way is because that is what I think the teachers have said they wanted. >> And to clarify, uh, Miss Prafky and I meet with representatives from SPEA every month. Um, and this has been shown
to them and the members at that table said that they much preferred version two. I have vacation scheduled >> and the board obviously has the authority to to change this um >> let's change it
>> at any time. Happy teachers. >> What the teachers want >> change? I suggest everyone just destroys it anyway. So doesn't matter. >> Starving. >> Huh?
>> I said I don't think you need two days in October. >> It's not a holiday. It's probably in front of me fine print, but the actual instructional days are identical in total to what they have
been this past year and current 185 uh contract days. >> Mhm. >> 173 instructional days at the high school, four less >> sure 68. >> So no change. >> No change. No, the same as these years.
>> Thank you. >> And we won't necessarily need a move day at the end of the year this year, right? Right now, what's being discussed is we will not need a move day. The the move will be significant, but uh it impacts about five teachers at the middle
school. >> Um many of the spaces are are large spaces such as the choir and band room, the media center. Um but about five teachers uh the last time I walked through um will be impacted. So, is that
accurate, Miss Butell? >> Sure. >> Okay. Mhm. Okay. >> And we don't have I know a lot of there's always this perception that I' or things have been said like that St. Peter always has so many more minutes than we need to, but that's not really the case from what I've understood because every level or every grade has a
certain number of minutes, but I mean we might be more over on some levels, but we don't have a ton of wiggle room there. >> Yeah. And I I don't have those numbers in front of me, but I can certainly get that to you. Um when we made the decision to shorten the middle school day to provide for collaboration time
>> um because you remember that conversation. >> Um we it got tighter. >> Yeah. >> Um and there's there's always that fear. We get five flex days. >> Mhm. >> So inclement weather days, you get five of those. If you go beyond that, flex days don't count anymore. Y
>> um so there's always that fear and we never want to get to a point where we're adding days back on. >> Um so that's that's just a consideration. to June and we get to really test it out. >> Test it out. Um but but you are correct. There's not as much wiggle room as there used to be.
>> Okay. >> I would not recommend it. For the school calendars, I move to approve draft two of the 2026 2027 calendar and also draft two of the
2027 to 2028 calendars. >> We talked about that. >> Yeah, talked about both together. Yep. >> I'll second. >> Motion in a second. Further discussion.
The next steps to this, should these be approved, is meeting with the principal team uh and getting all of the details put on there, conference nights, things of that nature, um before we get it onto the website. >> So, the motion is to pass or to approve
draft two of the 26 27 27 28 calendars. Further discussion? Discussion discussion discussion hearing none. We'll proceed to vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I.
>> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. >> Item number six, consider policies with legislative requirements for approval with one reading. Dr. Graph. All right. The policy committee reviewed a number of policies uh this past month and all
but one of those policies is coming before you tonight uh for approval with a single reading due to very very minor or no changes. Uh one thing that I want to point out there are a few policies on here where there are no changes. Um we still do want to the policy committee
still wants to to formally approve those. That way we have written record that they've been approved. Um, we want to make sure that when we're doing our three-year cycle, we've got documentation of all of the policies getting checked off the list. Um, so if the board is okay with it, I'll go
through each uh, and just briefly describe what those changes are. Okay. So, policy 517, it's our policy uh, that essentially prohibits recruiting of students. Uh, there are no changes recommended.
Policy 518 is our DNR DNI orders policy. It uh creates guidelines around uh situations where a school district might get a do not resuscitate order. There are no changes recommended. Policy 519 is about interviews of students by
outside agencies. This provides guidance around um authorized individuals having access to students during the school day. There are very minor legislative changes recommended uh and those changes are being recommended to match MSBA's model policy.
Um section 3A for example um it's it's a change in the language of that section to match policy or I'm sorry to match statute 260e.22 subdivision 2. So that statute
has been altered. So they're changing the language to match that statute exactly. Policy 526, hazing prohibition policy that pro prohibits hazing. No changes are recommended. Policy 528, student parental, family, and marital status
non-discrimination. There are some very minor uh changes recommended uh and those are really about changing the policy references to match what the policies are now called.
Policy 522 was formerly called student sex non-discrimination. It is now called title 9 sex non-discrimination grievance procedure and process. That policy is referenced twice in that in in policy 528. So the
only changes recommended are to be to change that to match. Policy 529 staff notification of violent behaviors by students. This provides guidance or guidelines around how we would notify staff should there be a
student with uh violent behaviors. Uh there are minor legislative changes recommended um and it's all in the legal reference section. And then policy 531, pledge of allegiance provides guidance uh on when
and how we offer or or say the pledge of allegiance in schools. No changes recommended. Anything to add policy committee? >> I would just say we had a robust discussion of each of these. It looks as though we're just kind of running
through them, but the the uh ones that we're just looking at again and not making any changes, we do have an obligation to review them every two two to three years. So, we're making sure that that's covered. >> Any questions?
>> Just briefly looking at the one with the staff notification of violent behavior by students. when you had the and just cruising over it quickly. Um, is the definition of an employee did that transfer over to the like a bus
driver. >> Is that considered a staff member? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Y >> I don't know why that was significant to me. There is nothing that happened that makes me think that. I'm not trying to open up a can of worms or anything. Can I just
>> Well, that's a good question because technically bus drivers are not our employees. >> So, >> I mean, it it was written in read as like a conversation that to be had. So, no, there's nothing that's happened. I'm not alluding to anything. I'm just >> And then within the system, anybody with
an educational need to know would be included in that policy. So, I'm a little interested in the logistics because it's covered in the policy and I'm assuming the policy is being
followed, but it says it's a written notification and is that written notification going to subs also because it talks about subs are being notified >> and we've discussed this and that is a practice that we we need to discuss.
>> Yep. So the in in practice we track behaviors with behavior referrals and we have record of that that is accessible by those who need to know.
Substitutes do not have that access. >> No. Do they are they notified that hey you're taking over this class today and there's a kid in here who >> not to the extent that we should be to
be open and honest. >> So are we going to fix that? >> Yes. Yep. And then there's the there's there's the discussion that would happen at the student support level of what is
that level that we now need to notify? >> Great question >> because yeah, I mean I'm assuming that notification could prevent >> possible
bad occurrences. And this is the value of going through every single policy, even if there's no changes recommended, every three years is because it forces us to look at each one and think about how how we're meeting those needs or or following that policy, being compliant.
Uh, and there's always things to to do better at. >> I like looked at this like, wow, there's like a policy for this, but then I'm like as a parent going, wow, there probably should be a policy about this and wow, this is all really very
interesting. Um, and then I'm like, when does the parental notice is that in one of those things we get at the beginning of the year, >> sorry, all those things you get, you know, >> just so many things that
>> teachers, I mean, so many things. >> It's a lot to keep track of. Once again, that that is the value of doing this at this level every 3 years is it really helps us examine our practices. >> Would you clarify 518
clarify what the policy is? >> Yeah, just a quick summary. So, in a situation where a family would request um their child has a do not resuscitate order, >> if something catastrophic were to happen, their request is do not provide
medical assistance. >> We will we we will not accept a do not resuscitate. >> We are obligated. >> Exactly. >> To provide care. >> Yeah, that's what I wanted clarification on and that is communicated to staff.
>> Thank you. Interesting. >> Good discussion. >> You have a motion yet? >> I move that approve policies 517, 518, 519, 520, 526, 528, 529, and 531 um for
approval after one reading. Motion in the second. Further discussion discussion discussion discussion hearing. None. We'll proceed to vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. >> Motion carries.
Thank you. Moving on to information items. Number one, review of policy manual revisions of first reading. >> Dr. Graph. We have one policy uh that is being brought forward for a first reading. That policy is 527 student use
and parking of motor vehicles, patrols, inspection and searches. There is a section in that policy that describes essentially when high school students can access their cars. SPS's policy is slightly different in
the fact that it calls out off-site classes, PSO classes, and with parental permission. The policy committee is recommending that we also add language um to describe situations around junior and senior
privilege. In addition, there is a minor legal reference that we're recommending that we add or change uh to match MSBA's model policy. So, first reading so you can get your eyes on it. Ask questions if you have
them. >> I have one. >> Yes. the uh and maybe I'm misinterpreting what I'm reading, but in the area it talks about uh
student use of motor vehicles on school grounds outside of school hours. And it says the high school is the only place that they can use motor vehicles if I read it right.
And I'm thinking we have juniors and seniors who probably are driving who may be driving from the high school to the middle school for swimming practice.
or now we learned yesterday that the girls wrestling team is going to practice there >> and theoretically that would be a violation of the way that policyy's written if I'm reading it right >> because it's within the purview of the
school day >> well it says outside the school day >> so I you If you have a swim meet on Saturday, for instance, that's not considered a >> school day, but >> yeah, >> I'm sure they're going to drive up there. >> Mhm.
>> So, take a look at that section. >> Yeah, we >> So, how extracurriculars might play into this? Yeah, >> sounds like a good topic for our next policy committee meeting. >> Yeah,
>> I do think that the policy does say is specific specific to the school day and so the practices and so on would maybe be out that but we will definitely comb through that one. Director >> C. Great. Yeah. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Next item up, community and family education report and update. >> Miss Skinner. Hello. >> Hi. It is so nice to be able to meet with you and share about some of the things that happened in community and
family education over the last school year. Um, I know I've shared this in previous reports, but community ed looks different in every single community. That's because we are charged with meeting the needs of our particular community. So things that happen here in
St. Peter are very different than what might be happening in Mano's community ed. I also think of us as a bridge, a bridge between our community and our schools. Um, especially for people who do not have children in our school district. we are a way to show people um
our facilities and help them be invested in seeing the education that's occurring within those spaces. Um we just build more support for our school district. If you look at the two pictures on the very front of the report, the very top one is
from our community choir. And last year we had 38 participants, which this year has grown to 55. And fun fact, we had fall performances. one of them happening last night and the other one Sunday night. They were well attended and it's
just really fun to see this group growing. The next picture is from Saints Overtime. During the winter months on Fridays, we bring the kids up to the middle school pool to get off um some of that extra energy that they have when
it's too cold to be outside. So, those are some of the big things that we've had going on. If you look at the next page, um, as I said earlier, we really help strengthen the community and the schools in a lot of different ways. One of those
ways is is providing safe, accessible learning environments and opportunities for all ages. Um, we are so fortunate to have great facilities within our community. We can use all of our school buildings and we use the community center as well for our programming. We
also connect families to school and community resources. Families can benefit from support through our early childhood family education classes and school readiness preschool programs. We also collaborate with the public library, the senior center, um public
health, the food shelf, and the recck department to provide a lot of different resources for families. Um, and if you look to the photo right next to that paragraph, this is from one of our community threads meeting and you'll notice it Prafki is presenting. This is
a monthly gathering that we have for people who are new to the community and those who um for English is not their primary language. And what we do is we share with them all of the different services and um agencies and organizations in our community that are
there to help them. Um, and in this particular photo, it is talking about our preschool programs and helping prepare children for kindergarten is another way that we help strengthen our community. And the early early childhood
staff do an excellent job of making sure that kids are ready to transition into kindergarten. And this is part of community and family education's contribution to the district's comprehensive achievement and civic readiness goals, which you would know as
KCER. Um, supporting working families is another way that we help. And the Saints Overtime Program under the direction of Carrie Ericson provides people with safe, highquality afterchool child care. And that's held at both of our
elementary schools during the school year. And then during the summertime, the program is housed at North. Um, and during the last school year, we served 165 children. The majority of our staff are college students from Gastavis, and
they, um, the majority of them are majoring in education, and we're really fortunate to be able to have this partnership with Gustavis and have this crew of young uh, excited and fun, energized people to work with our kids. And if you look at the photo to the
left, you'll see that cute little guy holding a goat. Um we took the kids on a field trip that to the goofy goat farm. And then if you look at the picture next to that, um we we went swimming at Flandro. So in the summertime, we like to go on a variety of field trips, take
kids to places that maybe they won't be able to go to with their families. Um it's a really fun opportunity for them. Expanding learning beyond the classroom is another way that we draw connections within our community. Um we know that
our afterchool enrichment programs and summer programs really play a vital role in social, emotional and academic development for students. Um we provide students with an opportunity to explore interests uh build skills and
participating in things like art and music and STEM classes really helps to build critical thinking and problem solving skills in students which then um trickles down into enhancing the learning that they are receiving during the regular school day. If you look to
the right of that that is a photo of Mrs. Nighhammer teaching one of the art classes. She's been teaching with us for over a year and every one of her classes always fill which is a great sign that kids enjoy the things that she's providing.
Building a qualified workforce is another way that we help out. Our adult basic education program provides adults with the skills that they need to either um seek better employment opportunities or to transition on into higher education.
um people can work towards getting their high school diploma or their GED. Uh they can improve literacy and math proficiency and also learning English. Um and during the last year we served people from Mexico, Somalia, Guatemala,
Honduras, Ukraine, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Djibouti, Kenya, and Nicaragua. And pictured here is um our June commencement ceremony. If you'll notice, uh, Nate Warden is the person at the podium. He is the coordinator of our
adult basic ed program. And we had one person earn their high school diploma and then the others earned their GED. In this program, we also help with improving the quality of life. Um, we know that lifelong learning provides
valuable benefits like reducing stress, improving mental well-being, and also providing people with opportunities to learn new skills, whether it's through art or music or a fitness class. Um, we know that we are creating experiences
that inspire curiosity, connection, and personal fulfillment for people. And if you see the picture next to that, that's one of our cooking classes. Creating a sense of community and belonging is so important. We know that everybody wants to feel like they
belong. And so offering classes and events which bring people of all ages together really helps build a strong connected community. from events like women celebrating women to cross-cultural learning opportunities, um films at the historical society or
sharing meals, our programs really create spaces for people to have meaningful conversation and dialogue. And we know that children and youth also benefit from those things as well um in helping them to develop social and leadership skills, building confidence,
and then forming those lasting friendships. In addition to all of those things, we also take care of scheduling our school facilities for non-school groups. And I thought you might be interested to learn a little bit of the numbers from last year. We worked with 51 groups who
reserved our spaces for a total of 14,783 hours. So, our school facilities were busy all the time, which is wonderful. Um, in this school year, we partnered
with 33 different organizations and groups to offer programming to serve 7,59 children and 7,575 adults for a total of 15,8 and84 people. As you can see, we had a
really busy year. Um, and all of those services take a lot of behind the scenes work. and Alina Webster, our program assistant, and Beth Toms, our secretary, do a wonderful job of making sure that everything runs smoothly. And I am
really proud to work alongside our community team. They do a great job and um it's a pleasure to serve the school district in this capacity. And that is the end of my report. So be happy to answer any questions you might have.
>> Thank you. I'm on the committee and I have to tell you that I did make a request that if it's at all possible I would like to see how that num those numbers at the end compared to some of our comparable districts in terms of what our community does because I think it's pretty pretty
expansive. >> Thank you. >> Other comments or questions? I just want to say thank you Tammy >> of work from you and your team and you know a strong district >> equals a strong community and community ed is that link. Um you know we really
are not just the kids but the whole community. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks Tammy. >> Thanks. >> Next up activities director update. Mr. Roassy. Welcome back.
Glad you stuck around. >> Yeah. >> What else we got to do, right? Um, thanks for having me. I do have, it's just like anformational. I can hand them to Kimberly and pass her out if you want. Um, but it is just um some numbers that we threw together um based off of
the fall um participation numbers and also ticket sales and passes and things along those lines. And so once you get those um we can kind of go over um some of the numbers and then also just talk about the fall in general and gearing up
for winter. So um as you can see um our participation numbers um and this is just for for sports as we hadn't um finalized our registration activ for activities is like mock trial and um the musical and things along those lines that um do more and um we're registering
for more now. Um, but we had 461 participants from 7 through 12, which um, in my time is the highest number by far. Um, which is pretty a pretty big number. And right now, um, that number is probably closer to 550. Um, when we're now getting into like those
student activity registrations that I talked about and, um, like basketball and the musical and all those um, different things. And that's 550 um, pretty much different registrations. So 550 different students. There's a few um that are you
kind of that do the that we had that did um girls cross country and girls tennis or girls cross country and soccer and things like that. Um but for the most part those are all like those solo registration numbers which is um was really fun to see. Um but from that you
can see that we had 63 scholarships. Um and again that premier partners donation helps to um alleviate some of that. That form a that we just talked about helps alleviate um some of that as well as um some grants and donations we've had in the past um we use as um for those
number or for those um scholarships as well. Um ticket sales can show that what we brought in over the fall um which is a big number and um we had a lot of big events um had great weather which helps um when we're not dealing with rain and
early snow and things along those lines. um money that we brought in just for activity fees of 55,000 um and then our concession stand as well. So um and then we talked about Premier Partners or you heard about Premier Partners earlier in the meeting.
So um just wanted to kind of touch base on some of those numbers. We are um running out of space for Premier Partners signage which is a good problem to have. So, we're got a new board to put underneath the scoreboards to um put more signage up um and hopefully have more businesses that are interested in
that as well. So, um yeah, I don't know. I can pause there if anybody has any questions and then continue. >> Question for you, Shay. Yeah. >> Um so, when you look at the adult tickets, >> Yep.
>> is how do you calculate if if somebody bought a pass? Like is that are these unique to it's not a pass, it's it's a one-time ticket, >> correct? >> Okay. >> Yep. Because then when they when they show up, they would just show us their pass. Our person with how it's set up
just clicks okay, they walk in. So they would not be purchasing a ticket. >> Sure. So that's a unique sale. >> Yes. Okay. for that soccer, volleyball, football, whatever >> game >> and that would include like section >> is that include sections and um you know that
>> it would not because those numbers we have to give back to the high school league. >> This is just our money >> correct. Um, so with the concessions, when you say payouts, that's the payout going to the booster club. >> Um, or any we so we booster club has a lot, but whoever's doing the covering that. Yes.
>> Okay. >> So, we um, >> so that $10,000 is the school profit. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> So, when you look at participation numbers, Shay, and
>> for instance, in boys cross country, were there some There was only one middle school student out or were there some middle school kids that were on the varsity and they're not? >> There was just one out for this year. Um
we had a couple that were interested but um only one one stuck it out and um throughout the rest of the year, but um but yeah, that's a sport that really goes in >> right >> kind of in waves. Um, so hopefully we >> So if there are seventh and eighth
graders that are participating on the varsity sports, >> they're still listed in the middle school count. >> Correct. Yes. Yep. So yeah, you could look at it more 92 78. >> Okay. >> Y the number increases are great. >> Yeah. >> Right. More more students getting
involved. Wonderful. And all across the board extracurriculars. Do we collect data on the experience like how what students thought of their experience with swim dive with
cheer with the musical? >> Um we do have a um well we I'll be doing one a like a student survey. um we do an interest survey on things that they would like to see us um offer that we don't every two or three years and kind
of go off of that um data. So, we're coming up on on one of those and then we um kind of like quarterly do a um I guess yeah student survey of of the like their coaches or just the overall
program that they were in. >> Okay. >> So, >> yeah. So, >> because I think that's compelling info, too. Like, what did what did I learn >> being on the swim team, >> right? >> And how do I talk about it? Yeah. >> So, >> yeah. Um,
>> so you need more work to do. I'm not suggesting you do this, but what would be interesting is to see what the attrition rate is. How many ninth graders continue with the same activity or similar activity, 10th grade, 11th grade, and so on.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I mean we could um we should be able to pull those numbers. Um we just switched over to a registration system this year, but I think hopefully like when using the same one next year. Okay. >> It would be pretty easy, I think, to pull those rosters from like >> Sure.
>> last year's registration to >> you know, >> and then maybe choose to go from sport X to sport Y, but still participate. >> Sure. >> Yeah. Right. Yep. Yep. Yeah. So,
um, just based off of like, you know, first glance looking at rosters and names that we see coming across, I would assume that's a pretty high number. Um, especially if we continue to see like higher numbers in participations overall. But, um, but yeah, I mean, it would be actually interesting to kind of
see, you know, they're moving from sport to sport or if it's just uh, you know, similar students across the the same thing. So, >> yeah. Um, and then just to kind of highlight some
excitement over the the fall, hopefully you'll able to um catch some some events, but um or see some excitement through um Curt's posts on Facebook and things like that. So, obviously um you know, we had a fun football season. They went seven and one. Um swimming and
volleyball had had great years. Um both our boys and girls soccer made it to the section finals. Um, which for the girls first time being in double A, um, they made it. Unfortunately, we lost to a school from Mano East, but I did see Dr. Graph had his blue on that
day. So, but um, and that was one where we had a little bit of rain and cold that night. That was, but luckily I was able to go in the booth. He had to at least sit out in the stand. So, um, um, but that was awesome. um boys cross country, we placed third in the section
and we had two students qualify for the state um high school league meet which was the first time in talking with coach Dwey um that he can remember um which is quite a few years um so at least 30
plus years um if if maybe ever. Um so that was an exciting um for for our boys program. girls cross country repeated as section twoA champions um and then obviously had an all state um in um excuse me Lucia Penner but then the big
notification of Kira Friedrich being a state champion and um by like 20 seconds and it was actually really it was quite impressive to to watch and congratulations to her and coach Portuguese team obviously for that. Um, girls tennis, also section twoA champs.
Um, thankfully we finally had three classes in girls tennis. Don't have to play Minnetonka anymore. And so we were able to qualify for state and then also had five individuals qualify for state um out of the six that can go for girls tennis. So um exciting there. Um and
then um obviously we have a big weekend coming up with The Little Mermaid. So hopefully you have your tickets for that. Um it's going to be an amazing show and and set and um so it should be a fun to kind of that'll kind of kick off the winter season really um because
after that we start with hockey and basketball and wrestling matches and everything else. So >> yeah, >> I hope this is the first time you're doing it and it might be a lot of work but I really like numbers and this is kind of fun to see. So thank you. >> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Our hope is to bring Mr. Oraski back after every season. Then we can start tracking it and making graphs and line charts. >> All sorts of fun. >> I'm so excited. >> Yeah. >> Yep.
>> And if I may, I do want to congratulate Mr. Roar Cassie. He named the >> section 2A ad of the year. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Congratulations. Well deserved. >> Thank you. >> So yeah. Um and then I did um want to
talk or just kind of make note as Dr. Graph and I have been talking about and um Mr. Cout brought up um girls wrestling which is continuing to grow and grow and it's an emergency emerging sport right now in the high school league. So it's just one thing we want to kind of keep on the back of our mind
about what that might look like in St. heater as it becomes a sport um and what that process is if we bring on a new activity um and if we are going to be able to support that and not but it's just going to be a continuing conversation because um right now we're sitting at I think 10 that are fully
registered and hopefully getting up to like 14 or 15 um girls throughout this week kind of getting their physicals and getting completely registered and things like that which is a um you know double up from last year and if that continues it's going to be a bigger and bigger
thing which is a great But just continuing conversation along those lines and other emerging sports that might or activities that might be coming along. So >> how many other schools have >> like a girls as their own team? >> Um in our area right well right now
wrestling is still just considered wrestling. Okay. And there's a girls um individual tournament for the section and state. Um but when they go to wrestle um like at the team tournament, they're just part of the the wrestling team. >> Okay.
>> Um then either next year or the year after they're hoping to have enough schools that would be able to do it where they're having its own girls wrestling which then it would be split up like basically like you think about boys and girls basketball. Okay. >> So they their own schedule, their own you know >> nice
>> everything own state section tournaments and things along the >> I did not know we had that many girls. I mean, I knew we had girls that were in wrestling, but I didn't know it was that high. That's awesome. >> It is. It is. And I think there's actually um with talking with a lot of people involved in the youth association, those numbers are even
bigger down in the, you know, elementary ages and stuff like that, which is, you know, so finding space. >> The preliminary numbers for number of kids out for wrestling total >> um roughly without like doing a deep
dive, yeah, 55 to 60 probably total in wrestling. That's awesome. >> It is, but we're trying to find some space for them. >> See that? >> Yeah, >> I know. So, just needing to, you know, put on an addition and, you know, extra
gender will be fine. Be great. So, >> is this a survey here to determine lower grades interests are in participating in what activities in the future? >> It is. Yeah. Um, but we just do it through our through the high school. >> Okay. Okay. So, um 9 through 12 and then
we'll add in we'll have um so a couple of the big ones now are >> um well girls wrestling will be on there but then um girls flag football >> becoming a bigger trend. Um right now it's a club. Basically the Minnesota Vikings are really trying to push it um so that they can participate on Sundays
and have a little more flexibility on when they can play and practice. Um so that will be on there as well as boys volleyball. Um but talking with area schools that hasn't picked up a whole lot of momentum. Um but you never know. So >> lacrosse is that popular
>> that will be on there. Um we have not in the couple we've done you have not seen >> okay >> much interest in St. Peter. Um but >> if only >> I know >> probably attract a family or two. >> I don't know skiing
>> probably. All those are spring sports and we have plenty going on in the spring but Exactly. >> Then we really would need another gym if we have all those added on. >> Yeah. >> Yep. Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> Congrats again, too.
>> Item number four, update on the plan to utilize Madison National as the district's paid leave administrator. >> Megan. Hi. >> Hello. Um, so as you all know, Minnesota paid leave is starting January 1st, uh, 2026. So, the district has been working hard
to hammer out all of the details that we're going to have to um to utilize in that implementation. One of those pieces was deciding who we were going to have our plan through. We could use the Minnesota State Plan through DED or we could go with a private plan. We worked
with our broker NIS Aaron Casper and Company. Um they help us with our health and dental and all of our other insurance plans. Um, and so they obtained a quote for us through Madison National Life. Madison National currently does our life and LTD insurance. Um, and so in discussion with
our group, in discussion with the business committee, our recommendation was to go with Madison National Life. Uh, we did that for two primary reasons. First, the rate, the premium that they're going to charge us, the state plan is8% shared between employer and employee. The Madison National Life Plan is
only83. So, a small savings, not not huge, but small savings for both us and the employee. And then, um a bigger factor was the customer service piece. We're not really sure how this is going to roll out with the entire state going into this plan. Madison National has
administered this um similar plans in other states. So, this is not their first rodeo. So, we just felt that our employees who are going to utilize Minnesota paid leave would have a better experience if we went with Madison National. So, we ran it through the business committee. We got their
blessing. We did have to apply with the state of Minnesota if we were going to use an equivalent plan. So, we have already applied and gotten approval to use Madison National. Um, today an email went out to staff just to notify them that a formal
um notice will be sent to them on Friday. They and actually all of you will receive that notice through our smart system and they'll have to acknowledge that they received that. So, at this point, we just wanted to let you know that is that is the administrator that we have chosen to use. A year from
now, if we decide that um either our premiums go up or we aren't receiving great customer experience, we do have the opportunity to go for a different private company or to go with deed, we're only locked in for one-year commitment. So, any questions on that?
>> I think so, too. >> Yeah. Awesome. Thank you, Megan. That is all theformational items, reports, principles >> going backward. >> Somebody has to show Darren how to do
this, right? Thank you. >> Um well, you guys stole my um my lead, but congratulations to Shay Roar Cassie for being the region AD of the year. And um what you didn't mention was that he
will now be um I think he has had to gather a couple of recommendations. Um and he's in the running for the state AD of the year. And this is only his fifth year as it might feel like it's been 25 years, but um this is only his fifth
year as our AD. So that's really impressive. Um so congratulations to Shay and that's welld deserved. Um I also wanted to mention I know that we have struggled in the last few years to have a student council report. Um, but I
I would like to propose that um that I invite our senior class officers rather than our student council officers. Um, our senior class officers this year are super involved in trying to make the
year extra fun and meaningful for their classmates. Uh, so Quinn Delique is the senior class president. um and he would be happy to to come and be the student rep on the on the board if that's
something that you're interested in. Um the first thing that they did, they're they're um I it's this is sort of like asking forgiveness. Um but they want to do something fun at the end of each quarter for just the senior class. And so they
played hideand seek in the building on the last day of the quarter from 6:00 to 7:00. It was supervised. They were great. They had a they they had like 80some kids there who participated in hide-and-seek at the high school. It's
really fun. So they're just trying to come up with with some new fun events. And so I think that he'd be a great guy to give you updates on what's going on at the high school each month. But hang on, right? careful careful what you wish for I
guess. Um I also wanted to just uh our our personal finance class is not new to us but it's new to the math department this year. Uh it is it is a state requirement that everybody I believe in the class of
2028 has to have personal finance at some point. Uh our our thought is that it makes the most sense to have that class that your junior or senior year. I wish that my graduate had had a personal
finance class her junior or senior year. Um but Heidi Neee is is teaching that class this year and she's doing a fantastic job. I she's re you know reviewing some new curriculum. These are the kids who signed up for the
class as a as an elective. So, they're all juniors and seniors this year. Uh but but that math department, I give them credit for taking that on and a brand new class and they're doing a she's doing a great job. And then the musical. Hopefully, we'll see you all
there this weekend. >> All right. A few updates on the St. Peter Middle School is we've had two great months of student of the month, September, October. And what a a great spotlight for our students to showcase um some individuals and um just
individuals are like, "Yeah, this is my year. I got it." You know, I'm finally behaving, you know, an eighth grader. And I was like, I didn't know. So, um so that's always fun. That's always great news to share with our families and um the teachers decide that. So, it's individuals that are showing those pride expectations really um kind of going
above and out of their way. So, remarkable. First student council dance December 5th. So, I have I'm not sure what to what what's going to entail, but I'm excited for it. Um, I hear it's a great time. Dr. Graph has has told me. So, if you're looking for a fun night on uh Friday, you know, come on and and see
us. I'll be on the dance floor. I like to dance. So, >> it sounds like he wants to. Yeah. So, we have our celebration day coming up. And so, with our celebration day is our our teachers decide different activities for our students, different experiences, and students get to sign up. And so it's
just a different opportunity for them to be with a different teacher or to um be with their friends or just kind of an opportunity to do uh new experiences. So looking forward to that, getting to know a little bit more about that process and how we can make it even better. We have Biz Town coming up or sixth grade
through junior achievement. Looking forward to this. This is we've had a lot of our community members coming into the school. We had our interviews and we're up for mayor speeches. So, it's been really awesome to see our students in the hallways giving their speeches. Those will be presented to their peers
um teachers and they will decide who's going to be the mayor of Biztown. So, looking forward to that. Uh we also our yearbook contestant for the yearbook cover um Miles Hoffman. Really awesome. So, if you're looking for some great artwork by our students, come into our front office. We have those displayed.
So, um really talented individuals that we have in our five through eight um grades. And last but not least, we have turkey bingo next week. I don't know what that entails, but I'm looking forward to it. So, I think if there's a blowup turkey, I might have to wear it.
>> Just might have to. So, yeah. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That was really good. Really good. I'm gonna start there. Is that okay? >> Principal Sakura. >> All right. Well, greetings from North Elementary School, everybody. I have
just four items to talk about. First one, uh, we just finished up conferences. Are they making comments? Uh, just finished up conferences. Uh, where again, love the cooperation with our families. 90 95% a lot of teachers saying 100% participation, which is
wonderful. We made a shift. We did a pilot last year about coming up with like a standardized template for student le conferences. Um agreed upon that template and this is the first time we applied it throughout the the building and got some good feedback. I stopped about 10 students and families in the
hallway randomly and just asked them how it went and they produced their template they guided through. So it's like what's going well, you know, goals, um progress, visual learning progressions, charting things. Um but hand it to the teachers. I mean that takes that's uh
it's it's three backto-back pages of a document that they complete over multiple weeks getting ready for the conference and so that it's it's the students learning they're in charge of it. So they need to be sharing it with their families and engagement level. Um
we teachers um other than like preparing for it, you kind of have to prep ahead. Um some great feedback and then I'm going to send out just a five question survey to families, see what they thought about it. So hopefully um get some results and um adjust from there. Uh also uh let's see a couple
opportunities. Lots going on at North Continental Math League started. Um so that's an voluntary. Anybody can participate in it. Uh, coach, math coach Robinson coaches second, third, and fourth graders. They stay after school and then it's a it's a challenge. It's a competition. They co he coaches them
through strategies. They're tough math problems. Um, they don't have to participate in the competitions, but then we kind of keep track of like out of the five questions, how many questions were right? And then it's it's ongoing throughout the year so you can see kind of who rises to the top. So,
um, good luck to that crew. And then also just want to make sure everybody's aware that in third and fourth grade this year we're um providing an academic enrichment u program with um a volunteer parent who's coming in and using the mind um it's used to be called the DI
curriculum fire it's fire skill fire and so there's a curriculum that goes along with that with problem solving and really um team work um with a common goal um that they'll be um pulling on Fridays like rotating ating back and forth, three, third and fourth grade
back and forth. So that that'll be new. So that'll be um parents have to sign up first of all have to qualify based on some um assessment screening details and then parents have to be okay with it, you know. So we're uh we're going to be starting that December. Also, uh 8th
annual um rebranded formerly known as No North's clothes Closet. It is Quinn's clothes closet. 5 to 8:00 this Friday. two days. Front hallway at North is packed with clothing. Um, and I'm not sure how the other offices look, but
there's a lot of work to be done now. So, at one o'clock on Friday, crew volunteers come in. Quinn has been working at transitioning. They have three students in ninth grade, I believe, ninth or 10th, their ninth, um, that are working on taking over for her. So, they've been, we've been in
communication and they're doing a great job and pretty fun work with with the new branding. We've tried to be really purposeful of like formerly known as Quinn, you know, North's clothes closet. Not as big as Prince when he changed his name to a symbol, but still pretty good. Um,
that's right. That's right. So, again, Friday 5 to 8, completely free, everything in the North Gym. Um, and then we also will be doing Northstyle Turkey bingo. So, we'll see. We might have to send out another survey to see which one has more gobbling going on on
Wednesday between middle school and North. >> Oh boy. Oh boy. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Oh gosh. So at South Elementary, we are doing something that North has been doing for a while with flexible grouping
and reading. And so our our cohorts, we have a cohort of just kindergarten. We have a mixed cohort, some kindergarten, some first grade, and then we have a first grade cohort. But among the cohorts, the teachers are dividing the kids up um for 30 minutes to do some really targeted skill practice. So Odin
talked about diagraphs. That is one of the targeted skills um that a group is working on. So our students are getting all grade level um um they're getting gosh, what's the word? Um >> yeah, they're getting exposure to that
grade level stuff. um everybody is for 30 minutes and then 30 minutes of targeted what they might need. So it might be enrichment, it might be going back a skill. So just that very targeted practice. Thank you, Mr. Dohy. Um so that's just something that's been new and it's been going really well. Kids
are loving it. Um they love to get to go to uh see a new teacher, to see new groups of friends, and teachers are really enjoying getting to know kids from other classrooms as well. So it's been very positive. Um this week we had the Native American Heritage Cultural Trunk. um in our building at South, John
Warren, our equity coordinator, has been coming over and speaking with our kindergarten and first grade classes. It's been really good. Teachers have had really positive feedback. They said they're learning quite a bit as well. They'd like to get CEUs. Um but the kids are asking tons of questions. Um they're
raising hands or I mean they're just very very engaged and it's such a hands-on great activity. So, thank you to John. Our teachers have incorporated um two Native American books this week. Kindergarten is reading fry bread. First grade is reading pow-wow day and our kitchen is involved as well. They are
serving fry bread on Friday. So it's really been a really a great week. Um with that in our building kind of a theme um we are not doing turkey bingo but we are doing our annual balloons over Broadway parade the day before Thanksgiving. Um it's tied to the book
called Balloons Over Broadway about the puppeteer that invented the Macy's Day Parade balloons. So, that is a collaborative effort between our art teacher, Kelly Nihammer, and our steam teacher, Rachel Schwagger. Um, the kids work on these paper balloons and they do
a parade and it's very, very fun. So, probably more fun than turkey bingo. >> It could be measurement. >> Could be. >> Um, Odin said that our gratit our theme this month is gratitude and I would like to express some gratitude. November 11th to the 15th was our school psychology
appreciation week. We've been talking a lot about MTSS at the administrative team level and it's also one of our strategic priorities and our school sites are a huge part of that. So, thanks to them. Friday is National Substitute Appreciation Day. We have
great substitutes in our district and they are hard to find. So, uh appreciation for them. And we have a active parent council. Um they provided meals for our conference nights for teachers. So, thank you to all of the families that generously donated and they are planning a movie night now for
December 5th. So, if you're not going to the dance, come to the South movie movie night. Um, it should be fun. So, >> what's being >> uh gosh, it's a short Frozen movie, Olaf's Winter Adventure, and then a How
to Train Your Dragon Homecoming. So, two short films. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Dr. Graph, >> just some quick ones. Uh, a message went out to all families in the district uh today
reminding folks of our flexible learning day policies, practices um so that the board knows nothing will change. Those will stay as they've been uh in the last year. Uh next, just a reminder, MSBA conference leadership conference is coming up. We'd love to see you all
there. If you have not yet connected with Kimberly to let her know of your plans, please do so so that we can get registered and uh lodging uh musical. Super excited about that. That's an annual little date night for me and my daughter. We're going to squeeze it in between hockey games.
We'll be there Friday. And lastly, I typically don't have a big social calendar, uh you know, conflicts, but December 5th, I got a dance and a movie night, so I figure it out. So, thanks for those invites, guys.
It's a short film. Maybe you can dance. >> Yeah, that's what I'm wondering. >> Bring your daughter there. >> Yeah, there you go. >> She'll be so excited. >> Awesome. Board members around the table.
Miss Rasmach, >> um excited about Quinn's closet at North. Thank you. That was very kind of you to name that after her. Um, little bittersweet since she's a senior. Um,
but so excited about the uh students who will be carrying on that the project. I I really appreciate the the um students who will be doing that for Quinn. So, it's not too late to make the donations. Um, you have until Friday morning when
someone who volunteers for Quinn will be collecting everything and bringing that all over to North. >> They don't have to move it out of North. >> I'm excited to see that. I I really appreciate everyone who's donated for for this for Quinn. Um, and very excited
about the musical been going for the last however many years and I always know that they're going to be great. So, very excited. Congratulations to Quinn and have her come back next year just to supervise. >> They will be great without her, but it'd
be fun to It's fun to have her back to >> Such a subtle way to have her go to college nearby. >> Good point. Yes. I'll see if I can convince her. >> There you go. There you go. Uh just a quick thank you to Jesse. We had the uh you had conferences last night and we
had a a negotiation meeting. finish that and I really enjoy meeting students, meeting teachers, and there are fair number of teachers I have not met. So, she graciously granted me permission to wander the halls and if teachers didn't have parents involved, I pop in and say hi and introduce myself and get out of
the way and and uh but thank you for letting me do that. It's I really really enjoy meeting not only the teachers but the families. >> Um just I guess I want to do a little shout out to all of the fall athletes and teams and everything. thing. I know I might be late on that, but congrats to
all of the teams and individuals and how well they did. And since we're talking about gratitude, I'm going to say thanks to all the teachers. I guess I haven't done that in a while and feel like they just need a little thank you for I know a lot of them just made it through conferences and that can get a little long. So, thanks for all you do. I know it's
not easy because I'm not doing it. So, thanks, >> Mr. Co. Yeah, I'd like to echo what Tracy said about the uh accomplishments of the athletic teams and individuals
this fall. Uh, and I'd like to congratulate Seth on his amount of what you won at your conference there.
>> Awesome. It was uh nice to hear that to know that you're appreciated and Shay of course has been congratulated enough. I don't want his head to get any bigger so >> you got to keep that. >> Yeah. But um and then thanks to Ken and Paty
for their donation. That was very thoughtful. Finally uh I won't be able to go to the movie night nor the dance. because I'm going to be in the cities with the delegate assembly on December
5th. And we do have uh it was interesting the book with the resolutions came out. Oh, >> and our resolution
um recommendation was to oppose our resolution by the GR team, but I've been in discussions with them and some of the
staff members up there and I believe that we can amend our resolution so that they will accept it and hopefully um recommended for passage and it's a simple
simple amendment just removing I believe the word volunteer. So instead of saying all voluntary prek programs it'll be all prek program students will be counted in the student
count. So that would probably involve more individuals. So it would increase our amount a little bit more. So we'll see how that goes and we'll let you know if
we get some success on that resolution. >> Nothing for me. >> Just listening to all the great stuff that's going on in this district is just awesome all the time. And congratulations to everybody. The tome that Bill held up, I got I got to
participate in an in a video thing last night going through all of the resolutions. And I think that there's some possible solutions for some of the issues in St. Peter and other school districts this year. So hang on. Good
news coming. >> The tough part is getting it through the >> legis. Well, yeah, we can do that. Uh any items that were not covered that any of the committees would like to mention? We all got a little air time already, but
>> well, we have meetings scheduled with the teachers um Monday and then the following Monday with office support I believe it is and then
the Thursday before we go to the delegate assembly with uh the Paris. So we're inching along in all three groups. Yeah, I guess to that point, I I appreciate everyone who's participating
in that process both on from the schoolboard side, uh the superintendent side, the negotiation side, um >> the business office, >> the business office, like you don't see, but there are there are a lot of
meetings and it takes up a lot of evenings, time away from maybe people who have young families, and that can That's a big ask. It's a big um commitment and I recognize that and I I appreciate that. That's part of the part
of the sausage being made. So, thank you. All right, we have upcoming meetings. Uh some of the committee meetings that were just listed. Uh we will be together again on December 3rd for a study session. uh MSBA will be joining us uh
as part of their the followup to their support during the search. This is the transition conversation that they do the workshop which I think will be really good. And then we've got a couple other committee meetings before we are back together for a regular schoolboard meeting on Wednesday, December 17th. And
a special note, uh, we do the annual truth and taxation presentation that evening and legally that cannot start until after 6 PM. So, our meeting will start at 6 PM that night as opposed to the usual 5 o'clock.
Set your alarms. >> Yep. >> Awesome. Although, the worst that happens is you're an hour early, right? >> Yeah, >> we're good. Yeah. >> All right. Would motion in entertain a motion to adjurnn.
>> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> This happened last time, too. Super weird. >> All those in favor? I meeting is a journey. You >> could just go. Okay. Meeting adjourned. You have that power. I like