Okay, I'll let you know. We'll work that out. Well, and with the base. Well, I'm tased by man with a guy inside a car. So I got locked up, but I was still able to like get one and it was frozen
to him until the taser was done in 5 seconds. Then I could the video is quite hilarious. I knew that it was going to be over in 5 seconds. But my uh my daughter is finally done
after six years. She's coming home. I can't weekend with her boyfriend. Yeah, he wants to go through all those It is now 6:30 And I am going to call
the regular May schoolboard meeting to order. Thank you to all of our lovely people in the audience and for everyone watching online. Um just a quick reminder that we are we expect everyone to be as
respectful give respect the same way that you would want to have respect. And with that we are going to start with our first agenda item which is our pledge of allegiance. 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. Our next item on the agenda is to elect board leadership. We currently have nominations for Trisha Meing and John Smith. I am going to do the same thing
and ask three times if there are any other nominations. So, are there any other nominations for board chair? Are there any other nominations for board chair? Are there any other nominations for board
chair? Hearing none, I will open it up for discussion if there is any. Okay. All those in favor of Trisha, raise your hand. All those in favor of Jen, raise your hand. We are still at a 33. I will look for an a motion to
approve the agenda. So second motion by Emily, second by Chelsea. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those oppose say nay. Motion
carries. I don't believe we have any rec any visitors tonight. Then I will look for a motion for the consent agenda. So moved. Second. Motion by Jen, second by Emily. Um, we cannot have discussion
because we would be just like to explain that we used to in the past and we are not because that would be not the right order of operation. So with that, I will call for the vote. So all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those opposed
say nay. Motion carries. So we move on to our reports. And our first report for tonight is our Saber Star report with principal Sarah Nelson. All right. Well, it is an honor to be here tonight to introduce Artell's
newest Saber staff star. This is our very own Pine Metal Primary School special education teacher, Kelly Turner. Kelly is truly deserving of this recognition. She is team oriented, hardworking, positive, kind, and
inclusive. She genuinely cares for both her colleagues and her students. As a dedicated educator with strong work ethic, Kelly goes above and beyond to support those around her. She ensures the pair of professionals that she partners with feel confident and prepared, helping them understand
student programs, navigate schedules, and access the tools they need to succeed. Her communication with families and staff is outstanding. Kelly approaches difficult conversations with empathy and a focus on growth, always looking for the best ways to support her
students. When colleagues have questions or concerns, she's quick to offer insight and collaborate openly. Kelly consistently gives 100% to her students. She's flexible, approachable, and works seamlessly with classroom teachers to do what's best for everyone involved. In
addition to her teaching role, Kelly serves as our special education assessment coordinator. She's meticulous with due process timelines and presents assessment results in a clear and meaningful way, helping families and staff use that information to enhance
the instruction and improve our student outcomes. Kelly has been a valued member of our district for many years. She builds authentic, lasting connections with her students and works tirelessly to help them thrive. A true team player, Kelly uplifts those around her with her
warmth, positivity, and unwavering commitment. We are incredibly fortunate to have Kelly at Pine Middle Primary School. Congratulations, Kelly. You truly are a savior sar.
[Applause] Thank you. I will now invite Jen Traver, our community ed director, up with our archery report. Good evening. My name is Jen Traver. I'm
the community ed director at Sartell St. Steven Community Education and I'm here with Bob Presinka who is our archery coord coordinator extraordinaire kind of the guy. Um, anything that he we are presenting tonight is because Bob had an
idea and Bob is the heart of the archery as well as his entire family. I will add um we do have lots of support and as you um as you asked us to come, you can see all the support that the archery um families as well as the coaches have for
this program. So, we're very proud to present our Savers archery summary of the season. Thank you for having us. Like she said, uh Bob Bzinka. So, uh we have archery program through grades 4 through 12. So,
a big part of that is the uh relationship that we've developed with the schools. Um because it's a requirement of the National Archery and Schools program that the archery program be taught in the schools. Um, so when I first thought of this program four years
ago, uh, I began speaking with, uh, Joe Perski and some other people that have previously been in the schools and been around archery and kind of developed those relationship. Um, and began talking with Zack Dingman and, uh, Dave Deinsky at Riverview and they really
helped kind of expand that and reach out to others at the middle school and the high school level. So, uh, we are taught at all three schools. Um this was our third season. Uh we have 98 archers, 15 coaches. Uh we have a 3D program as well. We'll kind of go into that a
little bit. Um we came back this year as the national champions uh of the elementary 3D uh at the Western National Tournament. Uh there was over 2,000 archers at that tournament. Um and there's a picture of our elementary team
with their trophies. Um so the one the red one is second place for bullseye. Uh we missed it by three points but the kids worked extremely hard and uh we went last year as well came back with fourth place uh in both events last year. Um so the program has really taken
off. Um but we are trying to create quality uh program uh not to be the fastest to grow but just to create a quality experience for all the kids. So, uh, our seasons December through March. Uh, we extend into April, uh, on the
times when we need to go to nationals. Uh, all equipment is provided by the team through, uh, fees through community ed. Uh, but a lot of local sponsorships happen as well. Uh, archery's expensive to get started. Uh, but once you're in
it, it's just kind of, uh, arrows and things like that. Targets are a little bit perishable, but um, they do a lot of that. So these are the jerseys that we wear. Uh this is our second year with this jersey. The first year we just had teachers trying to keep, you know, see how much interest there was and stuff
like that. But um we do also have to have the school um teachers go through the basic archery instructor uh class. Um so we've helped facilitate that, paid the fee to have them go and do that training. Uh obviously there's still
maybe some staff time that they have to incur, the schools are incurring, but we really want to make sure that this is a partnership and that if something that the schools need um whether it's equipment or anything like that to make sure that the program is successful in the schools that we provide that to them um and that that doesn't come out of
their own operating budget. So if they need something from us, we can help support that. Uh we have a couple of members of our own archery board here uh that we formed this last year uh to try and help with that. Um, but as you can see on the bottom there, safety is our top priority. So, um, one of the things
that NAS talks about is that it's one of the safest sports that they can do because of all of our strict protocols for when they can shoot, when they can't shoot, how we handle emergencies on the line, and all of that. Um, table tennis is the only um sport that they say is
safer than archery. So, uh, so this year as an elementary team, uh, we went undefeated in the state of Minnesota. Um, our only second place finish again was at Bullseye at the national tournament. Um, our middle school team is continuing to grow and get stronger. We finished third place at
state. Um, we're still building our high school program. Uh, we need at least 12 archers, four male, four female, and four of any gender to make a team. Um, and this year I think we had seven high school archers. So, but a lot of our middle schoolers continue to grow. We
hope that in the next few years um we can recruit enough or retain enough um that they'll still be interested. Um I think a big part of our success is that um the relationship that we have with uh Mr. Daminsky at the Riverview, he really
pushes that program hard and there's a lot of support at Riverview for it. So, um, they get in young and I think that's a big part of why our elementary team has had the success that it's had. Um, so we practice two nights a week inside of Riverview for 50 minutes. We have
three classes. Uh, and then we also have our 3D uh, team that practices one more night a week. Um, so you can see um, the bullseye target there in the background. So, we shoot at 10 meters and 15 meters. A perfect score would be 300. Um, it's
extremely hard to do. But, uh, we also have a national champion, uh, archer in the room. Lincoln standing in the back. So, uh, as an individual this year at the national tournament for Bullseye, he
shot a 289 out of 300. Um, we also have uh a second and uh second, third, and two fifth place finishers out there. So, we had an extremely strong showing at the Western National Tournament again. Um, so
Hunter's in here. He's got his plaque. Show him that one. stand. Let's go, buddy. [Applause]
Uh, and so then these are our 3D targets. So there's a bit of a difference for 3D. Obviously the animals, um, they're all different. They're at different distances. The kids have to learn and adjust very quickly. Um, and they've done a great job at
that. So again, archery equipment being expensive, a um set of six 3D targets is just over $3,000 um at our discounted or almost 3,000 at our discounted rate that we get through NAS. So um we did now have the funds
through our sponsorships and um raffle tickets that we sell um to buy two sets. So, we have two sets of 3D targets and 21 bullseye targets, which is exactly what we can fit inside of the gym at Riverview. So, there again, another
photo of our elementary team. We also did bring two uh middle school archers uh that qualified. They placed in the top 10 at the state tournament. Um so, they got to go out and join as well. Um so, we are looking at hosting a
tournament next year for the first time. um still looking at exactly what that looks like and um how we can go through all of those details yet. Um but that'll likely be in February um at either Riverview or the community
center. Um so we just want to continue to grow in that controlled manner um and support the archers through the program. So I'd be happy to answer any questions. I could talk about this program for hours. I I do want to point out too just um with Zach leaving the district, Zack
Dingman has been really really a positive light. I know um when we first met, Zach's the one that kind of um brought us together right after um I accepted the position and and just the RAIS and the space has been really we've
been storage has been a big piece to that and so RAIS has been pretty um instrumental. um Quinn and his crew, the janitorial staff and and getting every all the little hooks and the netting right and things like that. There's been a lot of people behind the scenes that
have really helped in um establishing what we need for our kids. Quinn was able to get us some some wall anchors to make our setup and tear down much safer and faster um using a large ratchet um to hold the netting up. And then they
also said that when it's refinished this summer that they might be able to permanently put the lines down so we don't have to damage the floor um with any tape or anything like that for where our safety lines are. Um so that was a big deal. And I did meet with I don't
know how to say her full name, but Miss Shep. Um I had a meeting with her this week about the potential of putting in a trophy case to celebrate the kids there as well. So um we're going to be fundraising for that in the near future. How many schools at the state level or
how many participated? Uh so at the state um tournament which was held in St. Cloud this year um I think there was 23 or 2400 archers. Um I think maybe 60
plus teams uh in the area. Um there's Foley who has also been instrumental in getting us going. Um, Becker Sock Center, Malaca, um, Albany, Melrose, I think, Princeton.
Um, there's quite a few in the metro, but the the bulk is in the central Minnesota area. Um, so of the 2400 kids or so that went to the state tournament, I think 15 to,600 of them went to our
region two uh or region three tournament. um which is was held in Becker. Uh Becker has the largest program in the country with almost 300 archers. Um so it's it's very popular in the area and it continues to gain popularity. And
you had how many in the top 10? Uh on the elementary level, uh we had uh I don't know, it's a good question. At nationals is kind of where my head was at lately. Uh and we had two top 10
or two top five eight at eight at state in the top. Yeah. Our elementary team is very very strong. Yeah. And the the thing is we like some teams have like one or two great
archers. We have a great team of archers and they work together and they help support each other and they're learning together and growing. So it's been great to great to see. That's fantastic. So when does the season start and end? So
uh we start in December and then we go through March generally that um last weekend in March is our state tournament. U but I would foresee that this um trend towards nationals is probably going to continue. So we might be looking at December through April
every year. And we usually um register starting in October. Yep. So this last year for the first time we did a parent meeting to try and make sure that everybody kind of knows what the expectations are of the students, what they are of the parents, what they are of the coaches, what they can expect of
us, how the program works. And I feel like that really helped everyone kind of understand where we were at and our our no call, no shows for tournaments went way down. I think everybody had a better understanding of how we do what we do.
Um so I think that that's been a benefit as well. So, in a typical December to March season, I guess it's kind of a two-part question. Sorry. How many tournaments could a student go to? And then I actually had some fifth graders that
were kind of trying to explain archer to me and they they made it sound like it's so so convenient and easy because if let's say I wanted to do another sport, like I can accommodate my archery schedule because I can pick when I want to go and I don't have to commit to all
of them. Yes. kind of talk a little. Yeah. So, um like I said, I could literally talk for hours about this. So, keep going. Um so, as part of their um entry fee that covers everything that we include
four tournaments. So, um we generally do three um like local tournaments. Um this year we did um Becker, Princeton, uh St. Croy Prep which is in uh Stillwater. Uh and then we also did
um the Vector regional tournament and the state tournament in St. Cloud. In addition to that, we're still exploring how to allow them to do more if they're interested in doing more. Um and so this year we had a tournament every Saturday
um from January 7th or whatever the first Saturday was uh until the end of March except for March 8th. we didn't have one because it would have been a three-hour drive to get to it. So, um we went all the way down to Fairbowl and we just kind of used that as an opportunity
um to go around the state and see what other tournaments have to offer um as far as venues and where we could bring the team in the future, but try and be cognizant of the fact that um you know, not all families can afford to go down and be two hours away or three hours
away. Um, so we try and keep them local and we do have some great local tournaments um that can accommodate that. So it's a fine line also of you know which one has bullseye and which one has bullseye and 3D, how do we do that? Um what are the time slots? How
big are they? Um so at the national tournament in out west I think they had 80 bales running at a time. So 160 kids shooting at a time. Uh there is a Eastern National Tournament in
Louisville. Um and they had 15 or 16,000 archers and they were shooting like 400 bales at a time. Um so we try to go west because we get preference there and we get to choose our flight times a little bit more. But when the kids go to these
um tournaments, uh we get the flight times that we have. Um sometimes we get to pick them, sometimes we don't. Uh but we try and accommodate as best we can. But the nice thing is, you know, they we ask they they come 45 minutes prior to their time. They shoot their time, which
is about an hour, and then they're free to leave. Um, so they don't need to be here for, let's say, like a yeah, a gymnastics where, you know, 3 4 hours or something like that. Um, or I don't know, dance. I don't have any dance
kids, but um, you know, soccer tournaments and stuff like that can go all day. So, some families find that it's a good fit because they can do some of those things. Um, obviously sometimes there's conflicts and they have to make a choice, but even for practice there's
three slots. So, there's early early, middle, late. So, like if the kid was in I think some of these kids have been in basketball or hockey and trying to navigate, they can pick so parents are cognizant of um the time frame that they know that they have open. Um, I know
that some have switched because all of a sudden they realize, oh, um, that's right. I have to switch to later because my kids sa practice at 5 or whatever. Yeah. So, our first one starts at 6:30 and the last one gets over at 9:00. Um, which I realize is late, but it's the
only time that we can get in to make sure that we can get everybody in. Um, and it actually works out pretty well. Um, so for like my daughter, um, my oldest, um, she goes to gymnastics until 7:30. We pick her up and then she comes and practices from 8:10 to 9:00. Um, so
not fatigued at all? Not at all. No. Uh, you got a lot of sweaty hockey kids coming in, you know, after skating for an hour, hour and a half or whatever. But, um, we've got kids on the swim team and it seems like, um, can be a really good fit for a lot of different
kids. So, well, I know how the bullseye works. That's 300 points. How about for the 3D? Uh, 3D is also 300 points. So, um, when they're doing bullseye, they shoot a practice end of five arrows and then three scoring ends at 10 m and 15
m. At 3D, they start at a randomly selected animal. And then, um, they get five practice arrows at the first animal, and then they shoot five arrows for score at each animal, but they don't get any practice on the next ones. So, when they move over, the target distance
has changed, the target has changed, the way it's facing might have changed. They have to factor all of that in as they're shooting and making these adjustments. So, generally try to like tell them, okay, if you shoot at this spot, you'll at least be on the animal. If you're on the animal, then you can make an
adjustment. But we're talking minor adjustments and we're talking, you know, finer details of, you know, sometimes it's a matter of their hips being perfectly straight versus three degrees off and that'll move their aim point
that far. So trying to teach all these things to fourth through 12th graders. Um sometimes the fourth graders listen better. So but it's it's interesting to to see the mindset and to to go through
all of that, but it's still out of um 300 points. Um I don't recall some of the scores that we've gotten. Maybe some of my other coaches remember what we got for individuals. Anybody?
Yeah. 2 385. Yeah, we get some 280s. How do they score on the three 3D model though? Is it just Yeah. So the there's a ring the same size as the bullseye. Um is a is a
10 ring and then there's a little bit bigger one that's nine. There's like an outer line of an insert that you see is generally eight and then anywhere on the animal is a seven. But if you miss the animal, it's a zero. So yeah, if you see like on the coyote there, it's kind of
easy to see where there's like that kind of oval shape. Um, so just inside of that would be the eight ring. And then if it's the the tail, the ear, the foot, all of that would be uh seven points. Uh the only thing that wouldn't count is
like there's a stump between turkeyy's feet or the antlers on the ram or where I would be hitting. Got it. Yep. So, yeah, I don't know. You see the smiles on their faces. The kids love it. The coaches love it. We have a great um
thing. Um we have a Facebook page that has a ton of uh additional information and photos from our season on it. Um happy to continue to talk about it whenever. Do you guys go hunting together? Uh some of them are getting into hunting and and
things like that. Um trying to Yeah. Uh I think we need to um develop a relationship with the trap team and see if that but there's a lot more um activities for tips that maybe don't fit neatly into some other boxes. Um so
I think that that's a great opportunity. We're going to keep Bob around as long as we can. Two more girls after years. My only question is regards to like from community education. So, is this a program technically through like community education because of the
variety of age groups that it represents versus like through our athletic? Yes. And this is I mean we're not at a Minnesota State High School League or anything like that. So, yes. So, and with the connection to the school, it's a pretty easy kind of Yeah, absolutely.
Connection, but yes. So, that would be we're not at a point like the next thing that the Minnesota's high school league would have would be trap shooting. Archery is not I don't believe in they're in the works. Uh they are having active conversations about how to join. Um but I don't understand all the
intricacies of how that part would work. My understanding is would be there would be a separate Minnesota state high school league tournament after the NASP state tournament. Okay. Um for the archers that would be in that correct age group for that.
So when you say that it's a requirement to essentially partner with the school, that's just basically saying you aren't an association or you can't be like an outside association. You still have to be partnered within the school district for safety protocols. Is that why or I
think the big thing is they just the NASP sees the value that archery can bring um to other kids and it provides them an opportunity to see some new things um and teach them some skills and that you know again that someone might
not fit neatly into a box of of certain sports that they're being taught in gym um but they see this and they're like oh this is something that I can excel at. My disposal stands for National Archery and Schools Program. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. That's the part where I was like, if it's a requirement, I'm
assuming it's part of our our eligibility requirements. So, like just in the the same way um we need to have it taught in the schools. We can't accept kids from homeschool and we can't have kids from St. Francis because they're not a member of that um school
district. And that's to where the sure I come in to help with that process as well. It's really nice to finally put a face to your name because like the end we talk about a lot don't even know your
last name for sure definitely they're wonderful things so thank you for absolutely if you ever have uh additional questions about the program uh you can just find our email address on the Facebook page or on the website um and it's just Bob she's the
And we are going to do a team article in the saber spotlight in June for archery. Well, congratulations all you kids out there and and the parents. Good work. That's that's the achievement. Thank you for coming. You guys don't do not have to
stay if you want to. Yeah. Thank you very much. Thank you guys. Thank you. They don't want me shoot. Okay, and now that it's a little bit quieter, as they continue to exit, um we have our schoolboard student reporter with Emily and Bennett. Good evening. Um
as the school year wraps up, we have lots of exciting things to share that have been happening within the district. Um starting at Oakidge, making May memories is the exciting theme of the month where students are joyfully celebrating their achievements throughout the year with a variety of
themed activities and special events. Preschool students enjoyed delightful trips to Lions Park in the Sartell Community Center. And kindergarteners have successfully completed their spring fast design assessment while also wrapping up their American Symbols CKLA
unit and concluding their hands-on PLTW unit focused on pushes and pulls. As students embark on a 10-day countdown to summer, all classes are participating in themed dressup days and engaging class activities. Kindergarteners are also also celebrated their track and field
day which I was pushed to today I believe and they are excitedly looking forward to their Pine Meadow class visit on this this Wednesday followed by a field trip to Hemer Zoo this Friday. Um at Pine Meadow they celebrated their annual student art show on May 6th
recognizing their incredible talent and dedication of the students who proudly showcased their art pieces they had worked so hard on. Additionally, students had the chance to tour other schools within the district, which helped their connection to the wider learning community. And lastly, they enjoyed exciting field trips that
offered them memorable experiences outside the classroom. Over at Riverview, they have also had an exciting month, announcing that Miss Britney Shepoister has been appointed as their new principal following five years of dedicated service as assistant principal. All grade levels also
successfully completed their MCA and best bridge testing. And fifth graders showcased their musical talents during ensemble concerts featuring band, choir, and orchestra. Riverview also held their annual family picnic sponsored by PreK
through 5 PTO, which coincided with the book fair and art show. Um, despite challenging weather, many families attended to enjoy free hamburgers and hot dogs while exploring the art displays and book fair. Um, looking ahead, students are preparing and enjoying field spring field trips with
grade three visiting the Minnesota Zoo, grade four participating in track and field day, and grade five engaging in activities at the Shields Complex and celebrating graduation. And the school year will conclude with a community gathering at Riverview Stadium to honor students who exemplify the values of
being saver strong. Over at the middle school, uh each Thursday in May, they've been highlighting one of their ensemble groups and band orchestra concerts. Have all these past Thursdays attended, always showing our s night for eighth graders. A big thank
you to all those folks who supported the evening games. They also have their valley fair trip at the middle school which I'm not jealous at all about. Um that's a tradition that SMS students
excluding some of us who the pandemic stole that from. Um they all look forward to that year. Sixth graders also had a field trip. They went to the movie theater to replace the sixth grade that did not have the same weather. Uh we also had MCA testing at the middle
school. All students, all these are as always working very hard. We should be proud. Eighth graders in our art room were in the high school next week from my peers which we're very excited for. We also have the unified
track meet last week. May 9th which was awesome and well attended. I think we'll see a little bit of that donations. And then they closed out their year with the championship game of kickball and
that will be held at the stadium expect over at the high school. We uh have spring sports wrapping up. Lots of success there. We're proud of all those teams. We also have our concerts which are happening tonight. Last week we had our blood
drive at high school. This is the third one we've done this year. raised about 50 pints of blood I want to say. Aside from that, also during that week we had spring week which is similar to homecoming in the spring. So we have
dress up days and three daily bars to students which is always a lot of fun. This week currently is senior week which includes some dress up days. It was anything but a backpack day which is quite cool. And then tomorrow is college
apparel. Wednesday there's a breakfast for seniors and then we have some end of the year activities. So awards night is Wednesday, graduation is the first walk through of all for seniors is this Friday and then finals are end of
this week and then just a big thank you from Emily and I to know the board staff across the district teachers. It's not a good question. Why did not get a dilly bar? You did
not. [Music] That is organized chaos. Anybody was there to watch that. Bren, was there anything for anything like that pack day that struck you? Um, I was invited to be anything but a backpack. I did hear
about that. I passed on being that, but I believe that would have broken the rules. Nothing alive could be brought in to the dogs last year. Do you want to explain the concept backpack? So, any So, anything but a backpack is solely for our senior class.
Um, the goal is to bring anything anything um to carry your belongings other than a backpack. So, we had, you know, shopping carts today. Couple microwaves, some traffic cones. Not sure where those things are. Uh that
explains the accident, but so that day, but it would have been great. I'm sure you would exc my last So just bear with me. I want to say thank you. But first I want to go back to kind of how I started in this this
room. I spoke in front of this board for the first time about four and a half years ago advocating for the importance of mental health resources for students. The board at that time through the US took action through the work of students and staff community members teachers
identif I'm really proud of that work. and all who helped with it and I'm proud of this board for contin after that I became the student rep and had a little bit more active this and I want to thank you for providing that opportunity nowhere else have I had the chance to engage in
really meaningful dialogue about all that we do here you taught me how to ask questions how to answer how to respond to those we disagree with kindness that are We don't always agree, but I do really admire the passion that all of you have
for you. I would be upset with myself if I didn't say this, but I started my time on this place speaking about mental health and I'm a little disheartened to end my time. We're an excellent school, but we want to remain that way and provide our students with the
resources. This means counseling and opportunities for students to better themselves. Our school counselors are excellent. There's no doubt. But without four of them, our students will not have the best opportunities for success. Be less equipped to provide students with resources. We won't match the districts
around us. And we will students. We know what happens then. We cannot settle for that. I know we have a fiscal responsibility. I understand that. But we first and foremost have a responsibility to continue to. That being said, I'm excited to see where this board goes and how the
district continues to grow and better serve all of our students. Thank you for Thank [Applause] you. We have a skating position to always recognize our student reps. So,
you can actually open this. Yes, we want you to open it. You don't have to read the card. Go ahead and open that. That's a gift from our board thanking you for the service that you provided. Maybe it'll work out for tomorrow. It It might.
Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you. This is very kind of you. Do people know why? Yes. Yeah. Well, um I Yes, I will be attending Harvard University in the fall. Very excited. Congratulations. So, now you can dress
college days. Yes. We didn't even know. So, thank you. Thank you. Congrats. Okay, Dr. Evard, you have a hard act to follow. I I do and I can't thank our school board student representatives enough. They they send me what they're going to present and I just quickly
again to tick off things that I don't have to speak about. I'm going to speak about three things this evening. Um on Saturday, we did host our graduation ceremony for our Native American students. Uh great great day. Um, this is separate from some things we've done in region or things within the region in
previous years where we've gotten together with the St. Cloud Technical College and ISD 742 in South Rapid Rice School District. We wanted to do this ourselves and be able to honor our Sartell St. Steven students. Native Elder Joe Big Bear was here, led the
ceremony was in this very room and then we spent time with our families afterwards. It was a very moving experience, but also just a wonderful opportunity to to celebrate our American Indian students. Um, I want to talk a little bit about that. While we're preparing
for this year's graduation, we did see some information that came out regarding our graduation rate for the class of 2024 with 97.1% of our kids graduating from that year. So, last year. Um, reflects the hard What's the giggles? I'm
just kidding. Um, it reflects the hard work of our students, dedication of our staff, uh, support of our families. That is still a wonderful, incredibly impressive number with over 97% of our kids graduating. Um, every student matters. So, we know even if one student
doesn't graduate, we have to be considerate about what we need to do and assess where we need to be better at that. So, bottom line is that while we're proud, we're always going to be thinking about how we can make commitments for every kid to make sure Um, and last thing, you may have noticed
that our website is starting to look different. Um, our provider, um, previously was required, or excuse me, acquired by another company, which required us to start making a change. Um, so we're adjusting to this new layout. It's just kind of turned the page over the last couple weeks. Uh, so
we'll be doing further updates over the summer, um, improving on it, perfecting it. Um, and if you have any feedback regarding your experience with the new website, just please share them with me. That's superintendent report. Can you remind me again how many graduates do we have through the NP? So it varies every
year. Our cohort's a little bit different. So it can vary between about 295 all the way up to 340 over the last 5 years. Okay. So then we have our district. Sorry, did you ask? Yeah. About NIPAC? Yeah. NPAC. How many know how many graduates did we
have at Sartell? How many How many graduates did we have? Oh, last year. No, no, this coming year for Saturday. The one Saturday for May. Yeah. I I kept hearing that something um we had three of our
American Indian students were participated in the ceremony. We also invited a Sock Rapids rice student came over too. Okay. Because they weren't able to participate. There are six students right now that are identified as American Indian in this year's graduation class, but only three
participate. Okay. So, we had about 45 Oh, wait. Sorry. No. Thank you. Yeah. Anybody else have any other questions? Just not for me, apparently. So, well, we'll find a translator for
you. Yeah. Okay. Uh, then we'll go on to our district finance report with Good evening. Um the monthly financial report as always is linked on the agenda and of course this was the budget that was just approved. Um this is a revised budget
that was approved in April. So we're tracking here to date. No surprises right now. Um at about the same we were last year. Um we're patiently awaiting um the legislative session to to get done and then possibly start the next
special session and see where we end up with our funding. Um, so working on uh the budget obviously uh on the expense side, we've been plugging away on that for a couple months, but continue to work on that and kind of await what we know on the revenue side from the state
over the next couple weeks. Um, we do have, it sounds like, um, the good news is on the unemployment, the summer unemployment, there has been a um, a vote, a separate vote that's taken place outside of the education finance bill that's already passed. I believe the
whole house, correct? Um, so that that's looking optimistic to be funded for the next two fiscal years. Um, so that will definitely help with our budget shortfall anticipated for next year. Um, we'll talk about that more um at our finance and personnel committee we've
scheduled for June 4th. Um, kind of how that impacts everything else. But other than that, we're kind of in that um putting putting everything together and hoping we know um hoping we've got some some final answers on our funding before before our budget's due in June.
I do have a question and I don't know if you know the answer to this, Joe, about what I read about the unemployment insurance vote was it was they basically kind of transferred a hundred million which was going to fund something else. They moved that into funding this
instead for the next two years. Do you know if that's 100 million total spread across all 330 districts or is that per year like I that wasn't clear in what I was reading? It's a it's a one-time funding that's intended to that that they expect to last for the next two
years. So they originally had put 135,000 aside um two years ago and that funded 135 sorry 135 million. Yeah. about two years two years. So that funded two years and was expected to fund part of this year but
not very much. Um so then what's remaining um they would expect to fund they have around 32 million I think is left in that and then with the next the additional 100 million they would expect that 132 to basically fund two years now
and I believe it was a transfer from the railway system that was going to be set aside from the cities to move. Yeah. And they did not, as far as I could tell, they didn't specify or they did not vote to repeal it in the following because I unditionally I think the proposal was to
repeal in 2027 28 and I believe that the committee at the committee level they maybe did but they don't have the support of the full house level yet. So that's still TBD. Yep. Okay. Anything else? Thank you. Thank you.
No. Then we'll move on to our school board committee reports. So, Benton Sterns, please. Uh, I have not had a meeting there since our last meeting here. Our next board meeting for Benton Sterns is this Wednesday. Okay. Career and tech head. You guys have something
coming up this week. Great. Wednesday. Um, communication and technology. We have is it next week? May 27th. May 27th. Okay. U community ed. That's me back.
So the the beginning was um 42page spotlight adding people adding more class options online. Um see struggling to find fifth and sixth grade options. 46% of the registration is kindergarten through
fifth graders typically. Um, see, they have some really good hiring with best potential to hire even more subs. Still looking for tennis instructors because a lot of our kids that play tennis also end up being in the tennis camps that the high school
team offers. So, then they're not able to help with those tennis camps. So, if there's anybody out there that that could help with some tennis instruction, that would be super helpful. Contact Jen Traver. Um, yeah. And then boys volleyball has been going really well. Thank you to the community center for
allowing the team to have space, especially in the spring with all of our spring sports and athletics that are housed in the high school. It was really great to have them to be able to utilize. Um our flag football girls are being coached right now with Scott Henches and Joe Nelson and they hosted
their first ever um event here in Sartella Riverview Stadium on May 4th with some great success. Um swimming lessons are up and running on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We obviously just heard about the archery success.
Um, Funfest was was a great addition to have um, Community Ed partner with this year. Um, Jen would say that her highlight was getting to to to clean the the gym floors with the gym floor Zambon, which I thought was pretty
amazing. U, but the end of the day, they were able to raise $5,500 United Ways Make a Wish. um they're always looking for volunteers or I mean people are always looking for volunteers. So a great person to always check in with if you
yourself find yourself being volunteers is actually Jen Traver. She still has a lot of contacts. Um she's able to usually help with different areas and her dual role of also being at the middle school helps with that as well. um L the the person that happened to be
at our meeting shared that the um Lions Park they donated money to Lions Park to be able to put a bathroom in which I thought was pretty exciting. Um and summer wreck numbers are up from last year. So then our goal kind of and our biggest part of the meeting was talking about what we want to do moving forward
with the community education group. um looking to potentially expand that group, open it up to more interested people. Um kind of discuss at what our current group looks like and what we hope. So our next meeting is going to be talking about goals and what we want
what we want to see for how we can best support community and um what our role as in the advisory would be. Emily, did they? No, I mean no, really nothing. Uh, as far as volunteers go, just to specify, we were talking about, I think,
Veterans Day run. Oh, yep. Tounes and trucks and Summerfest were all activities that had come up where there's volunteers needed. I think Jen had said talking with students, honor society, student council, and pulling from there. So, yep, you know. Um, well, and Ann was
there talking about like the praises of some of these kids like Yes. and how great the volunteers that you found. Yeah. Yeah. for the puzzle contest. Yes. Yes. Uh and then as far as Yeah. the growth of the advisory council, we just talked about kind of defining its structure more and then defining its
representation. So how many people we want to try to grow it to and then who are those people and you know who are they representing so we can expand our reach as much as possible. Um and then how to network and gain representatives from kind of each of those cohorts that
that we talked about in the meeting. So like another township because we have but we don't have the others. And I feel like kind of what you're saying like we have the the nice caser has that really nice laid out like this is what the expectation was. It kind of felt like that's what we're looking for. Like we want to make sure that we're make we're
kind of hitting all those touch points and then kind of building from there. So defining the the membership on that. So that was it though. That's all I had to add. Um we have a finance and personnel meeting coming up June 4th. June 4th. Okay.
And then legislative network and school dev funding. We have a meeting May 22nd 22nd. Tonight is the deadline for the legislature. So they're most likely going to a special session. Um Emily, the question you asked about where things stand currently at kind of
looking up the most current and this is not as of today, but as of yesterday. Um there are kind of two competing bills for how to fund the unemployment insurance. One is in the education omnibus bill which would just give an
extra $30 million to get us through this coming year because there's still 33 million left. They need another 30 million to get through this coming year. The other one is a separate bill that you talked about most of the the money I think 77 million comes out of the cities
to duth railway project and then the rest of it though 22 million comes out of special ed cross subsidy funding. So, it's somewhat hitting schools to pay schools in a different way. Um, but that's all stuff that's not final yet.
The omnibus bill, I think, at least passed the House. I think the other one may have passed both House and Senate, but nothing's been signed by the governor and won't be until they get all their work done. So, a lot of lot of question marks um yet to go. But, I think as far as timing goes, from
everything I'm reading, I wouldn't expect there to be a special session tomorrow. It sounds like they'll give it a few days at least to get everybody's ducks in a row and then maybe call one hopefully get everything done early June. Yeah, they have to send most of the even
if they finalize things this evening, they have to send it to the advisor's office who will then cost everything out to make sure everyone's in agreement versus just approving approving all. Yeah. So, it's unlike I think it was 2019 they keep comparing it to it's
unlike that where in 2019 they just added one extra day the very next day because they just needed to pass the budget that they had already worked out and we're not quite to that point yet. So, it's going to be a little while. Okay. Um, Minnesota High School League, either Jenn or Matt, any
updates? Matt, you had a meeting? Yep, I did. I went to the region 8A quarterly meeting. Um, somehow the date's not on here. Oh, here it is. April 23rd.
Um, so I'll just give a quick rundown of some of the things discussed. Um, we had an update from one of our members who sits on the MSHSL board. Um, the main topics that they're discussing at that
higher level are up updates to 2025 to 26 tournaments. Um, probably the biggest issue at the moment is nth grade governance. Uh we are the only state in the nation to not cover our ninth graders with our catastrophic um loss
insurance coverage. Um so we want to get those nth graders under that umbrella like every other state does. Um there were some section alignment issues that were discussed at that level. Um one of the things and this is from a prior meeting that we had given feedback on uh
they talked about how alumni participation in sports practices would impact insurance. Um, so they're still working on that. It sounds like they're going to probably require uh no alumni participation unless that alumni is
registered as a coach or hired as a coach. Um, yeah. Is that within the season? What's that? Isn't that the loophole? Like if it has to do with when the season is in session?
Um I don't know that I've heard that distinction because I know they've talked about um you know in the examples they give they talk about alumni who will come back for the summer from college and they're still in whatever sport they're in competing in college and they'll help you know they'll the
idea is they help um the summer training for high school kids because they're up against better competition. Um, so it can be offseason stuff too. But then, um, yeah, it so I guess that could happen anytime kids are back, whether it's summer break, winter break,
whatever. No, but I'll keep an ear out for that, but I think that's beyond our region committee since we've already given our feedback on that several months ago. I think that's now probably not going to be sent to us for consideration anymore. Um most of these meetings is
administrative stuff. You know, talking about financials of each section tournament that our group is running. Um we do comparisons of revenue and expenses. Um for the past few years, um let's see. So we
[Music] had we took some straw polls. So, we gave some feedback uh to the higherups at the high school league. Um, one had to do with the rules in debate competitions. Um, just to make the rules more uniform
with how things are usually done. So, we gave the thumbs up to that. Um, we did not I guess it's not called approving, but we did not show support for a few changes to Nordic skiing. They wanted to make one change to the code of conduct,
which we determined there really wasn't any way to enforce since there's miles and miles of trails that you can spectate from. Um, the Nordic. Okay. Okay. Then the question came to us of should we increase the number of Nordic pursuit qualifiers who make it to state
from each section uh from four to six kids and we were against that unanimously basically for logistical concerns that they're already short on daylight at the Nordic state ski meet anyway and if there's any weather interruptions it would just be too
difficult to handle. Nordic skiing wanted uh the ability to do video review, which we were unanimously against again because it basically would have been parents bringing videos of alleged infractions to the officials, which did not sound
like a good situation to be in whatsoever. Um then we considered some wrestling uh rule changes um expanding the uh brackets at the state level for the
girls wrestlers. We were all in favor of that. Um and then allowing what's called wrestlebacks, which basically just means everything is now a double elimination um for each wrestler. Uh so we were almost unanimously in favor of that. And
uh then also the last thing for wrestling was if ninth grade governance is something that passes at the high school league, we need to add a weight class below 107 pounds for the subjv levels. And we were in favor of doing that should the nth grade governance go
through. And then also there were some class division of class questions about wrestling that I gave feedback on. So I guess the last thing of note, we did rehire our regional secretary, John Ross, who's a
former Sartell St. Steven employee. Um he's acted as our regional secretary for a while. He does a great job. We gave him a 3.8% 8% raise and added the duties of overseeing the online ticketing sales to the scope of work.
And yeah, we have a couple new members coming on next time. Uh our next meeting is in July here in Sartell. Uh there's going to be a second schoolboard member, this one from Alexandria, we think. And then there's going to be a vote between two people
uh for one of the other openings. Which one is it? It's one of the coach openings. I think it's the girls sports coaches rep. There were two people that raised their hands wanting to do it and we can only take one. So, we'll have a vote on who
to pick. That's about it. Okay, we'll move on to negotiations. Uh, we met last week. It was pretty brief because there's not a whole lot that we can really discuss with the legislature being on
So there was some language things that maybe we wanted some clarification that we would look into more. So we have another meeting to hold. Okay. And then facilities either you want to do or you want me to go ahead.
Yeah, we had a facilities meeting. Yeah, I have my sheets here. Um, so we kind of talked about two things. One was just the overall uh maintenance projects that we hope to tackle. Jesse was there to give us a good rundown of all the things they hope to tackle at each
facility. Um everything from new carpeting to uh maintenance on loading docks, uh repairing brick work on buildings. That was the Oak Ridge stuff. Um Pine Meadow gym floors.
Oh yeah. all across the district. We're refinishing gym floors this summer and I think that was mentioned um by archery that they may be able to put some permanent striping down when that gets done. So, that's a good deal. Um so, at Pine Meadow there's some, you know, flooring in the
cafeteria that needs fixing, um carpeting, kids stop office, repairing doors. So, pretty typical maintenance type stuff. Um I won't bore you with all the details. I'm just looking to see if there's anything that doesn't fit that
category of just typical maintenance stuff. Oh, yeah. Yep. Well, you're right. I'm seeing two things now. So, the one at Riverview, they're putting in a much more expansive sidewalk system so that it goes now to the south end, the road fifth street north toward the south end.
Um, that's part of that safe routes to school funding that we've obtained, which also is going to have some more lit up crosswalks like we've heard recently. Um, the other bigger one besides the gym floor refinishing everywhere is um the middle school, the
main gym is getting all new bleachers this summer, which is needed because Jesse explained that those current bleachers are the original ones from the early 90s. Yep. So, not all of them pull out all the way, right? Or go back in.
That's also not a problem. Yeah. Um, yeah, I'm not seeing anything on that side of things. That's more than just typical maintenance. Uh, well, I guess our maintenance shed back behind Riverview there, uh, is going to get all new siding and roof, so that'll look quite different. And camera
and a camera by the gas pumps right outside that building. Yep. Yep. That one was not on the list. I think the only other thing that I ended up writing down was the the two classrooms at Oakidge that are going to be transformed into the 18 to 22 program. Um the
um they'll have separate access out from an outside door kind of back by the back shoot or the bus shoot, sorry, not back shoot. Um closer to the playground. Um, and there will be a separation door that that doesn't lock because these aren't children that we need to be like
containing or there's no safety issues, but like just another door to just, you know, hey, you're going into now, you know, the preschool and kindergarten program. Um, and hopefully it'll be a savings for us in I don't know, a couple years to be able to host house h house those kids
um soon. Will that be done this summer? Where are the 22 current we currently do it BSD currently we don't have a program 1822 except for in partnership education this year this is going to expand our office that program is that the Voyagers
building in Sacramento that's the one that is so old and we're trying to replace but um then yeah then Jesse and Joe also gave us an update on the Riverview HVAC project which is still in the design final design phase um I guess the highlights that come out
of there because all you know a lot of the details aren't finalized yet is just the proposed schedule that we're looking at um which is that we'd hope to have all the actual uh design development drawings and narrative of the design done by the end
of this fiscal year so the end of June. um hope to get a budget together within two to three weeks after that with actual construction drawings um coming in early September and bidding occurring um for about the last three weeks of
September which would lead to the board approving the bids hopefully um in our October regular meeting and then obviously which has been the plan all along construction phases in the summer of 26 and 27.
And they did say bidding might like open as early as August. So I don't know if those construction drawings would actually have to be done a little bit earlier, but the design deadline was July 17th. Yeah. Y So then we have policy you guys meet in
June and then I actually attended the policy meeting. Matt wasn't. Thank you for doing that. So let's sorry. So first and foremost they really wanted me to share that they are doing a
guess who's going to guess who's going out to dinner at Jord's in Bolus. Thankfully I noticed that the date changed to July 10th. So if you are wanting to join the Sartell senior connection at Jord's in Bolith on July
10th, you would want to meet them at this the community center at 5 to cartpull over to Jord. So I haven't been to Jord. Sounded sounds kind of fun when Maggie talked about it. Um but that was one of the things they really wanted me to share. Otherwise, they the puzzle the
puzzle um competition I cannot speak more highly of like the work and I'm like totally blanking on Rose. Thank you. Rose does such an amazing job. She puzzles with games by James. Like I guess a team from like outside came in
and won and some of some of our seniors didn't even finish their puzzle. So they got very distracted. They also didn't realize that it was a Do any of you like know something's a miss puzzle? So like it's not quite what it says on the box and so one of them
didn't even realize that the puzzle was different. So just love hanging out with them. They're so fun. Um and then they also wanted me to share that June 10th they are going to be doing their trucks truck and tunes. Um and then August 12th is their membership meeting and an ice
cream social. Um, and they're just kind of still trying to figure out like what what works best for them and how they want to move forward with you know they're how how they get different um get more people involved like they're always looking they're very welcoming group
very fun group um yeah and then I think the only other thing I'd want to add that I didn't write down is that andor which was our district person forever that was our liaison for the senior connection recently retired I think it
was the 16th last week. She had her had her party on Thursday and then her last day of work half day on Friday. So, if she's watching or if you know Ann like just thank her. She did a really great job. She took really good care of our senior connection group. She was a integral part of like even making that
group happen. Um and that is my senior connection. Any questions? Okay, we can move on to our action items. We have I'll look for a motion to approve the resolution to accept donations. So second motion by Emily, second by
Matt. Any discussion? Yes. I would like to read off our donations because once again, uh it's impressive how generous our community is. Um so we have from Lasak Lions Club a $500 donation to
Sartell High School DECA program. from the Sartell Saber Dance Team Booster Club, $2,652.81 to the Sartell High School for Coach Buses for Dance. Sartell St. Steven PreK through 5ifth grade PTO donated
$31,968 to the Pine Meadow Primary School Bingo Night. MJS Services Incorporated donated $50 to Sartell High School for the Unified Club Track and Field again event. um a number of unified club track and field events. These next round of donations are all
for that. Uh Anderson Tax Service in the amount of $100. Craig and Heidi Hilner for the amount of $100. American Sports Outfitters for $100. Pleasurand in the amount of $100. Dentistry for Children in the amount of $100. Blueline Sports
Bar and Grill in the amount of $100. Magnify Financial in the amount of $100. Gallas Construction in the amount of $100. Summer and Jeffrey Bilbin in the amount of $100. Nicole and Seth Wbeck in
the amount of $100. St.Cloud Orthopedic Associates in the amount of $100. Gate City Bank in the amount of $100. Uh Laney Jake Jacabuchi. I'm really sorry for any I
would say Jakabuchi. Jack Jackabuchi for any misprononunciations in the amount of $100. St.Cloud Area Family YMCA in the amount of $100. Hilner Company in the amount of $50. Uh and Murphy Leur Incorporated in the amount of $100. So again, all of those donations to the
Sell High School Unified Club track and field event. Next, we have Nelson Sanitation and Rental in the amount of $350 to community education for the summer programs. McDow custom embroidery $99 to community education for boys
volleyball. Lowel and Marilyn Levine for $50 to community education boys volleyball. Various parents donated $83 to community education uh for the community education programs. Sartell Playmaker Association donated
$11,954.86 cents to Sartell High School for the boys hockey transportation and video program. Bernick of St. Cloud donated $150 to community education summer recreation sponsorship. Tina Perry donated an
antique wooden school desks valued at $150 to Riverview Intermediate School. Adam and Tiffany Heathcoat donated $500 to Sartell High School for the Golf Simulator Project. Sabers All Sport Booster Club donated $1,198.84
84 to Sartell High School Nordic Ski Coach Bus. Full Circle Water donated steel material valuing $4,28.40 to Sartell High School for teched. Maxine FAC and Gary FA Memorial
Art Scholarship Fund donated $2,000 to Sartell High School for scholarship. Sartell St. Steven Education Foundation of Central Minnesota Community Foundation donated $2,400 to Sartell High School for the David and Alice Durk Scholarship. The
Mark Brite Scholarship Fund of Central Minnesota Community Foundation donated $1,000 for Sartell High School scholarship. So again, just thank you to the community um for all the generous
donations. Any other discussion? Okay. Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those oppos say nay. Motion carries. I'll look for a motion to approve the resolution for extension of probationary period.
Second. Motion by Jen, second by Emily. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I post say nay. Motion carries. I'll look for a motion to approve the Minnesota
State High School League annual membership. So second. Okay. Motion by Jen, second by Matt. Any discussion. Okay. Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Those oppos say nay. Motion
carries. And under our discussion items, we have our second readings of policy 417, 425, and 505. Is there any discussion or concerns? Okay. And then Dr. Vard, you said that
you have some takeaways prepared for us. So this evening based on our conversation, I want to provide recommendation for three takeaways. And at this point in time, I have down our community education
report to archery would be one of our takeaways from this evening. And we add one or two bullets for that or arrows. Both nicely done. We can add eventually for the fun. Uh uh second for me would be a takeaway be the celebration where
schoolboard representative and a third takeaway for me and we' have a little bit of detail and the third would be our committee reports. And just from discussing those would be the three main takeaways that I would have. We would take those. We'd add a little bit of content to them and
we would be posting those on the school board part of the district. I have a question on the committee reports and I want to be short and sweet. How do we propose we shorten and sweeten
our committee reports down to like bullet points? I would what I would try to do is we would go through the the video and we watch and we probably have While we would say that there was no report for this. Sure. Okay. And every
month um during our regular meetings and more session meetings the takeaways one of the takeaways might not be committee reports. We might have a more robust conversation about one of the agenda items but for me this evening it just yeah to anything else.
Okay. So then we have upcoming command dates. We have the communication and technology meeting on the 27th of May, finance and personnel committee meeting June 4th, policy committee meeting June 5th, board work session June 5th, and our next board meeting which will be back at the district service center on
June 16th. So, make sure that you're mindful of that road construction for everybody. Otherwise, I'll look for a motion to Oh, you another date. We went out well, no, but we went out of order of the agenda. So I don't know if we want to make a future move after discussion and
before adjournment or if we're just not going to read the date. So I'm just clarification we did just go out of order the agenda. Yeah. So flip-flop upcoming. Yeah. I think you should read
the dates but just flip-flop it. I think it's worth mentioning our next regular board meeting is at 6, not at 6:30. We're going to summar Jen, second by Emily. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those oppos say nay.
Motion carries. It is 7:44 and we are adjourned. Thanks, guys.