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>> set it up. It is 6:30 and I will call the November regular meeting of the Saral St. Steven School Board to order. Thank you to all of our community members that are here with us in person as well as watching online. The expectation of our community is that all participants and attendees will conduct themselves professionally
and with respect for the other members of our community. The first item on our agenda is the pledge of allegiance. So, please rise. I aliance 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. >> I'll look for a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. Okay. Motion by Jen, second by Chess Chelsea. Any discussion? hearing none. All those in favor signify
by saying I. >> I. Those opposed say nay. I will then look for we are our next item is to elect board leadership for the chair [clears throat] position. I will again ask for nominations three times and then move on with our current
nominations which is for Jen Smith and Trisha Neely. Are there any further nominations for board chair? Are there any other nominations for board chair? Are there any other nominations for board chair? Okay, since all of us are here, we will
do it by raise of hands. All those in favor of Jen Smith, please raise your hand. All those in favor of Trisha Meing, raise your hand. We are still at a tie 33. I will continue as acting chair. Our next item on the agenda is recognition of visitors and public
forum. Our public forum policy says, quote, "Speakers are expected to demonstrate professionalism and deliver their remarks in a respectful manner. Vulgarity, personal attacks, malice, or specific complaints identifying staff or students by name or implication will not be permitted. Persistence in such
remarks may terminate a speaker's privilege to address the school board. That said, our first speaker tonight is Jodie. >> Where do I go? I'll I'll run your timer right here. >> Don't let me look at it.
>> Maybe I'll turn it around when it's almost up. >> Okay. >> All right. Good evening. My name is Jodyie Henman and I work as a bus driver for this school district. I'm here because I care deeply about our students and the people who support them.
95. The combined number of years, six employees have served as route drivers for this school district. 37. The combined number of years, two other employees have served as substitute route and extracurricular
drivers for this district. Those of us in transportation show up because we truly love our students. We want to be with them, keep them safe, and help them start and end every day with stability. That's why we feel it's important to address to address
something that many in the community may not be aware of. The possibility that transportation services could be subcontracted entirely out by the end of the school year. For the staff who work directly with these students, this creates a lot of uncertainty.
We aren't just employees filling a role. We are part of this district, part of this community. We know the students routines, their personalities, their needs, and their safety patterns. The families aren't just strangers we serve. We have
relationships with them built upon trust and care. Replacing that with new, unfamiliar staff from an outside company could have real impacts on the students we are responsible for. What we are asking is simple. Please consider ways to keep our current
transportation staff in place. We believe there are solutions that support efficiency without losing the people who already know and care for these students. There are also concerns about the current route structure. Routes have become less efficient, resulting in more
downtime and less students per route than in previous years. We are asking the district to honestly review route planning and operations before outsourcing the rest of our department. There is room for improvement. We're committed to working with the
district to improve transportation, not to be pushed out of the work we've dedicated ourselves to. Our goal has always been and will always be to provide the safest, most consistent experience for our students,
95 years, 37 years. By contracting out our jobs and replacing a stable, experienced transportation department, the school district lose risks losing expertise and commitment from the people who know the students, routes, and
community best. Thank you for your time and for considering the voices of the people who work closely with these students every day. >> Thank you, Julie. >> Did I do it? I went over >> 12 seconds. No, you're you're good. >> Nice job.
>> [applause] >> Our next speaker tonight is Trisha. >> Hello. My name is Trisha Evans and I've lived in Sartell community since 2002. I have worked in food service at the high school and the middle school for 5 years. I have two boys who are currently
in 10th grade and an older son who has already graduated from Sartell. This district has been a part of my family's life for a long time. And I'm proud to say that I truly love my job and I love our school district. One of the best parts of my day is seeing the kids, yours and my own, come through breakfast
and lunch every day. Watching them grow year after year, seeing them turn into young adults, and knowing that I play even a small part in their day is the most rewarding experience I could ask for. I'm proud of the work that I do and proud of our food service program. But
I'm here tonight because we've reached a crossroads. My co-workers in nutrition services, custodial, transportation, and groundskeeping. People who care deeply about your children and this district are struggling under short staffing, fast-paced, and stressful workloads and
pay that just simply isn't keeping up. I want to keep serving this district for years to come. But I can't keep doing the same demanding job for another three years with only min only minimal increases. None of us can. We are not asking for anything extravagant. We're
asking for fair wages that recognize the value we bring to Sartell's students and families every single day. When we have strong, stable departments, students thrive. When we don't, everyone feels it. I care about this community and I care about these kids and I want to
continue doing the job that I love in the district that I love. All we're asking is for a contract that lets us do that with dignity and stability. Thank you for your time and thank you for supporting the people who support your children every [snorts] single day.
Thank you. [applause] >> Our next speaker is is it Kenan? >> Yes. >> Okay. Hi, my name is Kenan. I have been a custodian in the district now for four years and my mom has worked in the district for a number of years. And I think that working with kids is one of
the most rewarding things that you can possibly do. It's you get to see them grow from even from third to fifth grade. Just seeing the difference that seeing this little kid in third grade get to be a fifth grader. It's satisfying. But I've had to also recreate or rethink my career options
here recently with the rising cost of the healthcare that we get through our district. With it going up 255% over the last couple years, it went from $90 a month to now $320 a month. And that
extra $200 is people's gas and grocery bills. And it's hard to keep up with that in the economy now. And I mean, I know you only can do so much for it, but it's I've been looking at options for a couple months now to see what I can do,
but I it's hard to leave the district with the group of people I work with that I honestly care for and enjoy seeing every single day. But I mean, I'm in a single family or single income house, 1,300 a month for rent.
And then I mean, you do the math on that with I'm spending 2, like 300 just for bills in a month. And with like an extra $200 that's going to go to health insurance is kind of crippling.
So, I'm also asking for a more fair contract for everybody in our department for grounds, the bus, the drivers, just everyone in our contract. That's all I got. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. [applause] >> I'll look for a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Okay. Motion by Emily, second by Jen. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. Those opposed [clears throat] say
nay. Motion carries. We move on to our reports. Our first report for tonight is our Saber Star report with Ruby View Intermediate Principal Britney. Good evening. I'm Britney Shepster, the principal at Riverview Intermediate
School. Um, and I'm excited to announce that Jen Samson is our Saber staff award winner for the month of November. So, a few words that come to mind when um I think about Jen Samson, fourth grade teacher. Kind, compassionate,
welcoming, encouraging, supportive, and thoughtful. Jen has one of the biggest hearts both for her students and her teammates. She creates a classroom that truly feels like a family and her students absolutely love her for it. Students feel comfortable and cared for.
Miss Samson ensures that every student, regardless of their disability or need, feels welcome and part of the classroom community. Jen is an incredible teammate. She listens with care, supports others without hesitation, and is always there when someone needs a
hand or a kind word. Jen is also an incredible leader. She serves on our school forest team, PBIS team, and has presented at multiple PTO meetings. She uses her leadership skills to make our school and district an amazing place to
be. Congratulations, Jen Samson, on being our Sartell St. Stevens November Saber Staff Star. We are lucky to have you as a teacher, friend, and colleague. >> Congratulations, [applause] >> [clears throat] >> Porter, are we ready?
>> Our next report is our activities report for the fall. >> So, good evening members of the board. Uh this evening we have with us Porter Silman who is our activities coordinator. He is in for Mr. Thompson today. Um we're glad to have him and
he's going to bring us through our review of fall sports and activities. You guys Porter, I will turn it over to you. >> Wonderful. Hello everyone. Thanks for having us. My name is Porter Silman. I'm the activities coordinator at the high school. I work out of the activities office with Mr. Thompson, Bruce, and Amy
to tackle that stuff out there. We had a super successful fall. Um, a lot of success across all of our programs and I have today representatives from all of our fall sports that are going to tell you a little bit about their season. So, we'll start with girls tennis. >> Okay. Hi, my name is Olivia Hedland. I'm a senior and captain of the girls tennis
team. So, girls tennis team concluded its 2025 season with optimism and momentum as the program continues to build toward a bright future. Finishing the year with a 46 record or 416 record and a roster of 32 girls. The numbers reflect only a small part of the season
because it was not defined by wins and losses but by the incredible foundation being laid for the years ahead. This team demonstr This year's team demonstrated resilience and enthusiasm and a commitment to improvement that sets the tone for long-term success. We use every match as a learning opportunity and every practice as a
chance to grow stronger. The players supported each other wholeheartedly, celebrating well-played points and encouraging each other through tough ones and fostering an environment of trust and positivity. With a year of valuable experience, growing skills in a culture rooted in positivity and teamwork, the program is poised to
continue its upward trajectory. Oh, I'm Katie. I play. [laughter] >> Okay. Um, I'm Caitlyn Valdez and I'm a captain of the girls soccer team. >> Um, I'm Autumn Simmons. I'm also a captain for the girls soccer team. And this year, uh, uh, our season has been truly special. We had 55 girls play this
year. Our JB2 team went 104 or 10 and four with a win streak that lasted nine games. Our JV team went 95 and one with eight games being shutouts. And then our varsity team had an overall record of 13-6. Uh we were second in the
conference this year with a 7-1 record and we went undefeated intersection with a record of 10 and0. Um we were section champions and then we went to the state tournament. Uh we had two players this year who made our first team all state, Molly Static and Jenna Jansky. And then
our varsity team also won the academic gold award with the average GPA of 3.8. Um, and then everyone on this team, I would say, had grit, determination, and we had our coaches support throughout this entire process, which made going to state possible for us.
I'm Denny Schuman. I'm the captain of the girls volleyball team, and right from the start, we basically exceeded the expectations that were set for us. A lot of people didn't believe in us at the beginning of the season, but we ended up taking second in our conference and second um second in our conference and first in our section and made it to
state where we played two games. Uh we lost to the first team, but they ended up beating everybody in a sweep. So that was really special for us to just see what we could do. We have seven seniors graduating this year, which we are excited about, and they're going to go do amazing things, but our younger girls
will come and bring the game on next year. Um also, we had a lot of girls set records this year, breaking them on every game after game. And our coach also won section coach of the year and coach of the month recently. So that's super special.
>> I'm Martin Kman. I'm a senior captain for our girls swim and dive team. This year we had 56 athletes ranging from eighth all the way to 12th grade. We finished the season with a 8 and3 record in dual meets. Took first place in the 6A True Team section meet, third at the
Class A true team state meet. We finished second in the Central Lakes Conference. We had 23 athletes qualify for our section team and then won first place at section 6A. And last but not least, we had eight state qualifiers representing us at the highest level. Every one of these numbers shows our
dedication, discipline, and heart for the sport. Thank you. >> I'm Alana Miller. I'm a captain on the cross country team. I'm Stella Holster. I'm also a captain on the cross country team. Our cross country team had around 126 athletes this year from 6 to 12. Um,
we have a very young team. Um, progressing towards future wins. For our girls team specifically, we did pretty well. We had a lot of individual successes and successes at a team. We had quite a few meets that we were able to compete in along with uh we had our
Rory Gri varsity meet which that we do every year. That was a really good one for us. And then our sections went well with a lot of high placing in our sections for the girls. Similar thing on the guys team, they had a lot of younger
athletes on our varsity team. We only graduating one senior from our guys varsity team. Um we had one guy make state this year with doing really really well in our section and our section is extremely competitive. So that was really impressive and we have a lot of
future successes to come. Um, I'm Lincoln Norby, a captain of the uh, boys soccer team. And we also had a really good year this year, making state for the first time in like I think it was 10 years. And we also won conference lakes championship for the third time in
a row. So, back to back to back. And our team was also super young. We're only graduating four seniors, but one of them was like, we're only graduating four seniors. And my record was 127 and one. It's a really fun year. A lot of me a lot of memories. a little bitter loss at the state
tournament, but it's really fun experience to get there. And we had one player on the um all state tournament team, Cole Davidson. So, it's really special to see that and it's a really good season. >> Um I'm Alex Bar. I was the captain for the football team.
>> I'm Tal Sigler. I was a captain for the football team. >> Uh we went we ended the regular season four and four. Um our best record since 2022 and we had just shy of kids uh from senior to freshman and we graduate I
think 22 seniors so a lot of people gone but the kids below us are ready to play. >> Yeah, I'd like to add our uh JV went six and two so hopefully we'll keep winning games. Um and then also I think we changed some culture in the weight room.
We had a lot of guys in the weight room all year and we had some pretty impressive numbers in the weight room. So, I I think I'll say thank you to all of you guys for coming tonight. [clears throat] Uh what a wonderful fall season everyone has had. We're super proud of all of you guys participation
and hopefully we'll see you in the winter. >> Congrats. >> Congrats. >> See you later. >> Nice jackets. >> Thank you. Thank you for put that up.
>> Okay. [clears throat] And we move on to our school board students for student representative report. >> Starting with Pine Meadow. During the month of November, Pine Meadow students celebrated kindness week by getting together with their buddy classroom to
design kindness rocks with positive messages that were in front of the [cough] rock garden and the whole school was able to come to the high school to attend its production with a year with frog and toad. Students loved this play and they got a lot of positive responses. Many students were heard
saying this is the best day ever. So that was great. Uh shifting to academics this month school focus was narrative writing. Grade two students are practicing their fictional narrative writing skills, focusing on someone from ancient Greece and grade one wrote
personal network sharing a story about themselves with their peers. Moving on to Riverview Intermediate School, there is a food drive and food drive and schoolwide initiative. The fifth grade student council sponsored the food drive from November 17th to
November 26th. Students collected non-p perishable food items with special focus on pasta and peanut butter to high need items in our community. To increase excitement, students created the idea of building a pasta palace with peanut butter pillars known as the food
fortress and donations meet the target goal. Students will celebrate the pasta pulooa which is a pajama dance party for all the students. Um there are we have curriculum aligned
field trips that have happened and are um going to be in the future. Uh third grade visited Sartell High School once again the performance which directly aligned with their language arts unit. And fifth grade took a trip to the history museum in the Twin Cities
supporting their social studies learning. And fourth grade is preparing for a tree planting experience as part of their science standards. This giraffe, this steam teacher has been meeting with city officials to coordinate this opportunity. Um, some student celebrations and
recognition. A third grade student was recognized for being Saber Strong and received a special fire truck ride to school from the Sartell Fire Department. Several Saber Strong fifth graders were selected for the student principal experience where they shadowed Mr.
Kisenhoff and Mrs. Chef to assist with their administrative tasks throughout part of the day. Moving on to the middle school board, starting with academic support and student safety. Middle School launched targeted services, its after school academic support program
for students needing additional help in math and reading. Staff also participated in handle with care training, strengthening the school's approach to student safety, behavior regulations, and supportive interventions. School began trimester 2 for specialists
and quarter 2 for core classes this month, working for smooth transitions for students and staff. Moving on to school culture and community events. Students enjoyed participating in underground spirit week which lasted from November 17th to the 21st.
Contributing to positive school climate and engagement. The school also held a meaningful veterans day program bringing together the community to honor local veterans. In addition, a well attended seventh grade activity night provided students with fun and positive social
opportunity. Extracurriculars remain strong at the middle school with thriving programs including girls basketball, Nordic skiing, wrestling, no knowledge bowl, and math counts. These activities continue to offer students diverse
opportunities to stay connected, build skills, and enhance their school experience. Finally, moving to the high school. At the high school, we are busy as always. Winter activities are well underway. Girls basketball and hockey have games tomorrow, and boys basketball and
wrestling games that meets on Wednesday. Math League is a competition tonight and yesterday was the final production of Frog and Toa put on by the high school theater. On Friday, the high school wrapped up our Thanks Thanksgiving in a box fundraiser. Every first block competed to put together a list of non-p
perishable goods to create Thanksgiving meals. You'll find out how many boxes were made on Wednesday, and all donations will be given out to members of our community in need. The CNA class recently took part in a blood blood pressure clinic at the community center.
Upcoming on December 12th is one of our blood drives put on by the student council with each donation saving up to three lives. We're getting excited for our winter formal which will be held on December 20th and students are excited for Thanksgiving break coming up this week.
>> Was there just nothing from Oakidge? >> No, we didn't get a response. >> Okay, no worries. Just wanted to make sure follow. >> Anyone else have any questions? Thanks, ladies. >> Okay, Dr. Revard, it's you. >> Uh, members of the board, we'll start
out with something from Oakidge. So, this past month, um, we did have Oakidge hosted it early open house for kindergarten. We're doing this earlier this year than we ever have before. um just in hopes of attracting um families and parents to take a look at Oakidge to see all the programming that we have for
kindergarten to spend some time in the building. Uh we had strong turnout for this. So we're excited for this and for our future savers of the class of 2039. [snorts] Very hard to say. >> Besides that, some of the highlights of
this month also is we did have our academic assembly or excuse me, our assembly for academic award letters. So that was about two weeks ago myself and principal Kusler spoke to uh the students but we also had Miss Keller who was a [snorts] longtime teacher here and Sartell St.
Steven came and delivered a very strong message about what's inspired her related to leadership throughout our years. This is one of those assemblies where we're looking to these students as being possible future members of the National Honor Society and some [snorts] of course are the current members. So
that was an exciting day. Uh we've had some work last month from our calendar committee. We'll hear a report from that this evening. We're excited for the proposed calendar that we'll be able to do with the entire board. A few other things that we've seen uh throughout
this month. We did have our recognition for our LEA awards and for our support staff awards that's hosted by the resource training solutions organization. So those were two evenings where there was dinners and we honored five members of our licensed staff and
five members of our ser our support staff. Um fun evening probably the most important thing is being able to honor the work of our employees and and to see them showing off the excellence that happens within
closing out for me I think one of the highlights for my months was going down to Nyron and spending time at their facility. They think of it as being a pilot facility and it's it's a it's a a smallcale size. It takes up five buildings but it's a small scale size of all the great things that run does and
it was a great opportunity to be down there with deed with members from the the state of Minnesota with some other business partners to see what things can we do as providing opportunities for our kids that might be as part of a partnership with the business. That was
the superintendent report for the month of November. >> Any questions? >> No, but I'll just piggy back since you stole my resource um update. >> Heated up. >> Yeah, there you go. Um, one thing that I had learned is that resource training
solution is the only service co-op that actually does award ceremonies as far as I know. So, I think that was um I think it was really great because it was a fun two fun nights to celebrate um those uh teachers that are in our classrooms and the support staff that also are able to
be recognized for the work they do behind the scenes. So, just wanted to throw that in there, too. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, then we'll move on to our district finance and audit report. >> Thanks, Uh tonight we've got Nancy Shelton from
Murray here to present the results of our audit for fiscal year 25 year ending June 30th. Um we went over um a lot of this information with finance and personnel uh committee
Friday morning. Um but will present the results and um feel free to ask any questions for me. >> All right, good evening everyone. Thank you for giving me some time to go over the results and I apologize for those of you that have already heard it.
Hopefully my voice will be a little different than it This is what happened. >> Um, it is the same thing that's linked in the agenda. something you haven't printed out. I can go. >> I have it on my screen.
>> All right. So, we're good. Good to go. >> All right. So, I want to start out tonight by talking about all of the communications that we issue as part of the audit. And the most important is going to be the independent auditor's report. If you want to read it in its entirety, it is in the front of the financial statement document about three pages long. But in summary, it houses
our opinion and we're issuing an unmodified opinion again this year, which is the best we can offer. and it is an indication that the financial statements are fairly presented in all material respects based on the results of our audit. So that is a clean opinion is another terminology we use for that.
And then we have some letters in the back of the financial statement document. The first one is our report in accordance with government auditing standards. So we're required as auditors in Minnesota auditing school districts to follow these standards and they require a closer look at internal control and compliance of laws,
regulations, contracts, and grants. And based on that, we do offer one internal control finding for lack of segregation of the county duties. That's not new for Sartell. Not at all uncommon for districts of your size. Uh I do want to point out that the finding falls in the middle level. So we have three buckets we can choose from and yours is in the
middle level. There are some segregation overlaps, but there are some mitigating controls in place that that lessen the severity of those. And then normally we would have our report in accordance with the uniform guidance, but we don't have a compliance supplement yet from the federal government. So, we're issuing a preliminary draft of that and
anticipating an unmodified opinion on the compliance for your emergency connectivity funds that you received and also no internal control findings as it relates to the testing of the compliance. And then our last official letter is going to be Minnesota legal compliance and this covers seven broad
categories of legal compliance and is specific to the um state statutes as they relate to accounting matters. And based on that, no findings there either. And then we have a separate document, the communication letter. There are four sections in there. U first of all,
required communication. So these are all the things that our standards say we need to put in writing to you as the governing body for the school district. And it would be our tool if we had anything significant that we uncovered if we had any disagreements, you know, difficulties in working with the district, any of that, none of that to
report. It also includes discussions of the risks that we considered as part of our audit and some estimates and those types of things that are used. Then we have financial analysis which I will cover this evening. And then in the back two sections for some light reading for you. Uh first of all the uh latest legislative updates. So the latest from
MTE from their last go round and then some emerging issues. All the latest from the government accounting standards board. Moving then to the financial analysis information starting with your general education formula allowance. This is your largest funding source. So, we talk
a little bit about the components of the calculation, starting with this basic formula allowance, giving you a 10-year history and a one-year look forward. That's what we know to date. Um, 2025, the year that we're looking at, you did receive that 2% which is pretty standard over the last 10 years.
And then the other side of that is going to be your student counts. So, taking a look first of all at your residents and prior to 2021, you had an increasing trend. And since 2021, you've had a decreasing trend in the residents or the population that um is living within the
district's boundaries. So when we compare 24 to 25, you did drop about 83 students or 83 residents. And if you look back the five years, it's about 166 or 4%. Um and then because open enrollment isn't a big factor for your district,
you don't see a big change. When we look at the next slide, we've got the waiting factors here. So your secondary students weighted 20% higher than the rest. And then we do factor in open enrollment, but again that change is minimal. So you'll see a decrease of 89 when you look at the weighted basis for 2025. And
if you look back to 2021, it's about 238% or 238 or 5.2%. So a trend there. And then the graph on the following slide's going to give you the percent changes. And you can see again like I mentioned, you have been
increasing through 2021 and then decreasing each of the years since that time. All right, moving then to some actual dollar amounts. Taking a look at your general fund sources of revenue by category in the middle, those are your state sources. That makes up almost 80%
of the total and that was virtually flat between 24 and 25. And that has to do with some um the formula allowance increased, but your students decreased. There were some miscellaneous new aids, but some changes in some other ones. So again, very flat on the top in the brownish rust color. That's going to be
other. So that includes your local sources, investment, income, donations, and your federal sources. And that did increase this year by about 1.7 million related to those emergency connectivity funds. So using those for some technology and then on the bottom is
going to be your local property taxes. That was up about 732,000 related to an increase in the levy in the general fund. So overall revenues were up 2.4 4 million or 4 and a half% for the year. We have two pie charts that take a look
at your general fund expenditures and where those monies are going. So when [clears throat] we look at the overall picture, expenditures were up about 6.8%. Some of that had to do with that technology refresh that happened during the year. Um some of it had to do with
just increasing salaries and benefits as you, you know, increase those salaries. When you look at your categories of spending, those are very consistent with the exception of instruction and capital outlay. So 68% on instruction in 2024, 3% on capital outlay. 2025 64% on
instruction and 6% on capital outlay. So not really a change in dollar amounts, just a shift in that allocation of the P due to those technology items that were purchased. All right, we have budget to actual
information. So if you look at the very bottom line, you had anticipated both in the original and final budget overall deficit spending and you were able to outperform that and increase fund balance by about 213,000. So pretty flat year but a little bit of an increase.
When we look at the variance column on the far right, you look at the revenues on the top. Um those were $37,000 under budget. That's a.1% variance. So almost spot on in total to what you had anticipated. couple of fluctuations between the state sources and the other
sources. The state sources was under budget. Your sped estimates were higher than what actually came in as revenue in that category. And then the other sources include student activities and those were not part of the budget to originally. And then expenditures under budget by about 804,000 which may seem like a
large number but it's only 1.3%. So again very close to what you anticipated. biggest variance in instruction and part of that has to do with some leaves of absences that weren't part of the original plan. Overall, a positive picture
and we have two graphs to take a look at your revenues and your expenditures per student. It's in a different order than you got to go further the other way. Pass the chart that you go. There we go. All right. So, this is
going to be your revenues per M serves and that did increase your revenues were up and your students were down. So it's a little bit um exaggerated because of that change up about $950 per student. And um when you look at 2024 and prior,
you can see that you have consistently been below both state average in total and districts of a similar size in the middle there. And I do see that that got cut off in the chart, but those are districts of a similar size. And then you have expenditures. Similar picture here. You had increase with the
increased expenditures and the drop in students and below those state averages and averages of the districts of a similar size. A bigger gap in the expenditures with the districts of a similar size. All right. Then we pulled the general fund all together. So you can look back
the other way. One more page. There we go. So a really high level snapshot of each of the last five years showing your total revenues, total expenditures and change in fund balance and then the categories of fund balance. So when we
look at 2025, we talked about the 4 and a.5% increase in revenues and the 6.8% increase in expenditures. So you did have excess expenditures for the year. And then we have other financing sources. So what's going on there is when you issue a lease, it's money coming in and money going out. So it
nets to zero for the fund balance, but it does impact these numbers. So that drives the overall minimal change in fund balance of the $213,000. And then we have your categories of fund balance. Non-spendable are items that are prepaid for 2026 in future years. Uh
so the cash is gone, but it still sits as a value to the district. Then you have the restrictions. Those are all mandated by the state of Minnesota. So those are things like your operating capital, long-term facility maintenance, MA monies, a lot of different things going into that. That is up about
500,000 for the year. Assigned fund balances are all the monies that internally have been set aside for specific purposes and then that leaves you un assigned and that is what theoretically is available for future spending. So you do have a fund balance policy that outlines a minimum of 10% of
the following year's budget with expenditures and at the end of the year you're at 12.7. So in compliance with that policy close to the 10 but but above it for the year. So that's good to see. And we can look at a fund balance a little bit uh different way and give you
some comparisons to the state of Minnesota. So when we look at money and fund balance that they provide percentages for it is going to be your non-spendable year assigned and your unassigned together to be unrestricted. And your number for 2024 which is the
last year that we have comparisons was 19.8%. The overall statewide average was 24. So pretty close to that state average but a little bit below it. So just one thing to point out too uh on this one is our total the middle the
middle blue number total fund balance went up by 213,000 >> uh for the year but our unassigned went down by about $500,000 >> um which is pretty close to where we had budgeted that variance as well especially when you look at the combination of the unassigned and
non-spendable um which in my head is kind of how I do because the non-spendable includes things that are mostly in this current year's budget, but we paid for them before year end. So, it's kind of they're both available for the the
current year's operating budget, if you will. >> Um, so those the the ve the the combination of those two um was very very close to where we ant like right on with where we anticipated our budget overall. Um, but we had some things like
Redact, which had three different types of fund funding sources this past year that we're required to reserve all of those going forward. Well, our reserve for those was, you know, um increased by over $300,000 because of some onetime
money. So, and our reserve for operating capital is a restriction um that went up by about $300,000 as well. So, while our total fund balance up by about 200,000. A lot of that was in areas that were restricted for various purposes. So our
unassigned came especially in combination with our nonspendable is right about where we anticipated it to be with just under 13% of our funds about 12 and a half but I guess a good problem when you look at
it better than better than the opposite way. We came in >> ahead of budget overall, but again, some of those have restricted, >> right? Yeah. This is a little bit tougher to to spend in future years. All right. So, that's the general fund.
Then we have a couple of slides that take a look at your special revenue funds. Um, starting with food service. So just pretty flat revenues for the year decreasing 02% and then expenditures were up which you're going to expect when you have significant salaries and you have food costs that
are rising. So that's where kind of what we're seeing across the state. So overall fund balance did increase by about 193,000 and you sit at about 37% of expenditures and the state does have a cap on the fund balance in here. Uh so
it was six months through 2026 so you're still fine for now but They'll probably put it back to the three months that they had been previously using before the co funds came in. All right. And then lastly, your community service fund. Um revenues and expenditures were up in this fund. You
did have deficit spending for the second year in a row. Um increased programming is driving the increase in both the revenues and expenditures. And then when you look at the bottom, those are your fund balance categories. And the good news is that they're all positive at year end. But the to keep an eye on is
the fact that school readiness and ECF both decreased significantly in 2025. Education seems to be increasing a little bit and that is everything from me but happy to take questions or discuss anything
further. I don't have I don't have anything. It was a lot of numbers, but I think I got it. >> I think it sort of makes sense. >> It's interesting because this is probably I don't know how many 20 for me. So, I feel like I'm repeating
myself. Um, it's all different numbers, but same kind of information. So, you're coming at it from a whole different perspective than I am. >> Well, thank you both. >> Thanks a lot. Thank you. >> Before I go, I do want to thank Joe and his team for being prepared for us. That
makes the audit go much smoother. We appreciate that. >> Thank you, Joe. >> And if you have other questions come up after you leave or hear from anybody else, feel free to >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Our next item on the agenda is our schoolboard committee reports and I'll start with the button BSED district. >> Yep. Let me just switch over to my Okay. Um we had a meeting last week,
regular board meeting. Um also had our audit report from the same company. So um also in good shape there. had the same findings including the same non-segregation of accounting duties finding that we have here. So of course that's a smaller district also. So
>> so that was good. Um we looked at three quotes for third party billing services and selected one uh which is not our current provider but was one we've worked with in the past. So that was a good deal for the district. Um we finalized our district enrollment
numbers for all six member districts which helps us uh come up with the ratio of how expenditures and revenues are paid and collected amongst the group. Uh and then um we also recently had a facilities
meeting for Benton Sterns where we got some updated numbers on what different renovations um might look at might look like for their current facilities. Um, some ideas. We're using a facility
that's now no longer used by Sock Rapids and renovating that, keeping our office space where it currently is in Sartell here, keeping our Pioneers program where it currently is in Sartell here. Um, a lot of options, not any that anybody was
real excited about because the price tags are quite high. So, we are continuing to look at our options in that regard. And also um I've been talking for a while how um Inventure has been searching for us as our real estate
agent and looking for properties that might be out there and we could possibly move into a renovated space under lease and um that contract is up. So we now have to decide whether to go monthtomonth with them still looking for us. So I believe we still want to pursue
those um pursue that search but we are slightly expanding our search parameters. So just to get options in front of us because with the search parameters we've been giving him over the last several months nothing has been coming our way. So hope to hope to have
more to update soon but wheels are still turning on that. It's just disappointing that there are no real good options coming forward quite yet. So, if I know anything, I'll obviously bring it to the script. >> Matt, when you say renovations for a current facility in South Rapids, are
you talking about what they're currently using the building that is? >> No. Well, both. Um, so yeah, Voyagers is currently in the building that was built back in the 50s, I think. I think it's coming up on its 75th year, um, as being a school facility.
Uh, so that was one option. Then the other one would be Hillside. >> Okay. um which has we were shown options that only used the newer half of that facility because the older half was built in the 20s I think. So it's not
even an option to really renovate that one. But um yeah, like I said, I I don't know how seriously we'll be looking at that because the price tags were were really up there. But um just like in our facilities meetings lately where we've been given kind of allocart pricing of
maybe updated stadium facilities, they kind of gave us the same thing the architect did where we'll have to have meetings in the near future if that's the road we want to go down to kind of select how much we really would want to invest in it. But the bigger question is how to finance something like that
because that's a different situation than what we're looking at through Inventure. You know, within venture, we ideally want to find something that um either they or another company can renovate and then we lease it from them where if it's facilities that we own, that's going to
be a different situation. It might end up being like for instance, if soccer Rapids has a facility that we all can lease from them, like we lease from Sartell for Pioneers, but that stuff is still being considered. So, that'll be a big question mark. >> Did Joe
Oh, Joe, you are there. Hi. How does that work with the the when we passed um essentially the tax that would be applied if a facility were found or if we were to build? How does
that work? Because we're not finding that facility. >> Yeah, Joe can explain it. I I think we're looking at not >> approving that funding source in the future. So, there might be a correction coming. last year. Last year at this time, we
for our for our levy that was paid this year, um we approved the $65 per student additional that co-ops are allowed to lease >> in um MBE kind of let us do that with with the with the framework of a lease
agreement. Is that would that be accurate? >> And um and a year later, we weren't any closer back. kind of seemed like we're further apart away from finding a suitable facility for it. >> So, um they were like, "We still don't have a lease agreement here."
>> Um why would we lease this again? >> Um and some districts were wanting to lease that again. Some districts were not that there was a thought process of >> levy. >> Sorry. Levy it. Put put it on the lease levy, you know. um you know, levy it,
set it aside to to pay back, you know, to pay to use to pay for this later. And the Department of Ed kind of said, "We don't have a lease in place. Can't really do it." You know, so not only did we not put it on our levy this year,
we'll have an adjustment, we'll have a negative adjustment probably in two years, >> okay? >> There's some lag with those for how they true up the leases. So, it's like it would have been this fiscal year's cost that we would have been paying >> and then the following fiscal year they
do a kind of a true up on that depending on what you actually reported but you don't report this fiscal year's costs till next November so it's kind of a leg in when they'll adjust that back down >> okay >> um so it's possible we could be leasing
again and then having a negative adjustment at the same time for like a net zero >> for a year or two But yeah, a lot of considerations depending on who owns the facility. You know, if we wanted to renovate this building
uh and then turn around and lease more of it to uh Betton Sterns, um you know, we have to decide how we going to pay that up front, how much we're willing to pay for and take the risk that they're going to want to lease it for a certain amount of time. So,
like Matt said, with the costs of most of the projects looking like they were, everybody kind of went Well, and an example is I mean to give you a range of what you can do. So an example when we first started looking at this when I first got on the Benton Sterns board there was an estimate given
for one or one and a half million to upgrade Pioneers to what it needs to be to be safer and updated. Um, I think the highest end option that we saw for updating Pioneers this time was $6 million because it involves completely
reworking the classroom spaces to fit more programming in there so we could pull over. So, not just have Pioneers, but pull over the new frontiers programming for the older kids. >> Um, so you can do anything in between that. But yeah, the big question not only with a million half dollar
renovation, but especially with a $6 million renovation is that's a building we own. Where do we get the funds to do that? Even if that's what Ben Sterns wants to do, we have to be the ones to do that upgrade and then somehow recoup the cost through the lease. But
>> yeah, it's there's a lot to think about. >> Sure. >> That makes sense. Is there a like realizing that it's kind of like hoping to find something and not too
distant future? Is there like a date that becomes like okay this is really >> or is it >> No. Well, I mean that date approaches. What date that is is up in the air because the main concern is that the Voyagers facility is getting sold. Okay.
Um, we don't want to show up one day and the boiler doesn't work and we have to move everybody and we don't know where to move them to. You know, it's that's the worst case scenario. Who knows when that day would be. >> Sure. Yeah. >> Or if it would come, but the longer this
takes, the more concern there is about especially that facility. Pioneers in >> find there's no looming >> date >> vacancy date because a lease is expiring or something like that. >> Yeah. We're not ending our lease for
this space. Um we as a Benton Sterns district own Voyagers. >> Yeah. >> And we own the main office space. So those Yeah. There's no termination date or anything we have to do something by. It's just >> um especially the Voyager space is
concerning. It's mostly a matter of they don't have as a head district they don't have a funding source to maintain >> okay like so that's a lot of what it comes down to >> yeah and that's a product of how it's set up through the state it's not just
the management of that district it's just what every district faces >> thank you >> uh then we have career and tech education Jen or you Um so career and tech we met at the end of
October. Um one of the things that they talked about was Sabercon 5 which is the house building that they do. Um they are doing that on location this year um just a couple blocks from the high school. And one of the things that was brought
up was building on location um is saving approximately $20,000 in moving fees. So, um I would imagine potentially that $20,000 can be put into the house instead of fees to move the house. Um
they also talked about a need, and I don't know if this is still current because that was a month ago, um of $500 for a vibrating machine that removes rust from the tools. Um so I'm not sure if that is still a need, but if anyone
wants to donate for that, that would be much appreciated. Um and then they also started a new course as of this year um exploring engineering every day uh which just allows um students to be exposed to
a variety of engineering jobs. I think the only thing I would add is they talked about the saber trades pathway scholarship which Sartell St. Steven dollars for scholars is something that um has been around in Minnesota that for a long time but like something that we're actually starting to do this
year for Sartell St. Steven and this is one of the um ways in which they're going to do that. So they're hoping to raise I think it was like $12,500 to then have a annual scholarship that they can then provide. So like that initial hopefully one ask donation
um would help fund that for years to come. Correct. >> Wonderful opportunity for someone who makes an endowment for under any oices that it would be something that would continue on for years to come. >> And if you're looking to find out more information, ask Mr. Schulty. Um and
then they also talked about the bamboo 3D printers are really really awesome. and um the IED, so the intro to engineering and design class was able to actually make tools for them to use in school, which I thought was really cool. I didn't I think it was more of the handles, but I think Metals Lab actually
made some of the tools, too. So, I thought that was really cool. Communications and technology. Okay. Community ed. Okay. So, we did kind of a different meeting the last time we met um
on the 10th. So, first, Miss Traver wanted to point out that two of our student reps that are in that in our group, our advisory group, were the king and queen of um homecoming this year. So, obviously, their attachment to community ed was a
really great resource for them. I'm sure that's why the student body voted for them. Um otherwise, it was a big reminder of what our community is. Um reminder that ECF is run by Oakidge Early Learning Center and our before and after care is with Boys and Girls Club which is very different than other
districts. Um but we're working to share more opportunities um for a lot of people that have different classes. So the winter catalog should be coming she said December 1st. Um then our spring catalog would be coming March 1st. They are going to be looking for an
aquatics coordinator to help. Um we have a really strong support for aquatics in Saral St. Steven. And then we did a group breakout to brainstorm different ideas for adults and senior enrichment, preschool recreation, youth enrichment, recreation for adults and families,
recreation for school age kids, aquatics, and then community events. Um I think the I tried to write write down like the top five. So there was like a woodship introduction class for like more so for adults. Like so maybe you really want to get into woodworking or maybe you just want to be able to make
simple fixes at home. Um a parenting class for Sartell high school parents or maybe even middle school parents like what do I [clears throat] need to do to be helping my students prepare for next steps after school or just life. Um lap
swim and open swim in our buildings. Um a family dance night might be kind of fun for parents with young kids. And then planning park playdates so that families have a space or a park in the summer or spring when it's nice knowing that there's going to be other parents
with kids of like ages to meet up and meet people. >> So the only thing that I would have to add is as far as the aquatics coordinator goes, she did say that would be posted. I think it was going to be shortly after that meeting. So if it has not been filled, the item is posted. If that's something you are interested in,
please website. Um and then As far as the programming conversations, we had a ton of really good ideas, a lot of great brainstorming. The challenge, it sounds like, has always been finding the teachers for these wonderful, amazing
ideas. So, for anybody watching, if you have a skill that you would love to share with the world, please reach out to Jen Traver with Community Ed and um she's always looking for people to teach a lot of skills. Then we have financing personnel.
Um well Joe kind of took over or took the finance already because we went over the audit. So that was great. Thanks Joe. Um and personnel, correct me if I'm wrong, but one of the topics we talked about was um the
potential pay change for the subs for for the qualifying for professionals. >> Yes. So, and that's to be competitive and then also compensate for them being a high level, right? Highly qualified.
Thank you. >> So, we have legit legislative network and schools advocating for fair funding. >> So, um that meeting was at the end of October. Um they their annual um Morris
Leatherman company came in and presented their audit or their survey that they seem to do every year. Um that kind of talks about what the political direction is in Minnesota um and some of their other questions that they do. Um two of the things that kind of stuck out to me
um is that non-parents seem to be less engaged since the pandemic. So, we're going to want to, you know, kind of try to find ways to engage um our non-parents um when it comes to
doing surveys and just getting information out there. Um and then the other thing, 53%, so 800 were surveyed, 53% have concerns about screen times in school, which I thought was kind of pertinent to our conversation about the
cell phones. Um there was another presentation that was done the slides weren't shared to those of us that were online. Um, so it was kind of hard to follow along with what they were talking about, but it had to do with the local
optional revenue um, deep dive is what they called it and an equalization credit. So Joe, you're the finance person. I might need your help. Um, but they're talking about possibly trying to let or lobby for credit versus state aid. Have you
heard it? And I made to like watch the presentation at the same time. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, he he's looking >> he's an idea. They're looking at um the local optional revenue is $724 per
student that is is a board approved. Essentially, it's the same mechanism as an operating le. There's an equalization factor to it. Um and the equalization factor hasn't changed. a long time. So, what used to be,
you know, a large aid levy split is now mostly local levy for most districts. And I think a lot of what SAFF has done in the past was try to lobby for increasing that equalization factor so that more business and Fred's idea Fred
Nolan and I can't remember who else is working with was to instead of doing that which most people don't see as a tax impact even though it would impact their local property taxes
to basically put in a tax credit some sort of a tax credit that's specific to the um local optional >> and like an act credit. >> Yeah. Um I'll be honest, it was really
hard to understand how >> you're saying that >> most of us and most of the people in the room I think didn't understand it. um was the impression I got and and there to me there wasn't a lot of revenue ad for something that is a you know you
have to get a split house to agree on and not enough revenue ad to me and for for a little bit of revenue gain >> kind of my impression >> I think there's a hope that starting the discussion now might not equal us
getting anything through the legislature because it is a is a goal with an SF trying to increase and look at opportunities and different ways of doing an increase for equalization aid but it is what this [clears throat] mean for each individual school district and I think as we learn more that will impact how
much we want to be advocating at the end of the day it's an increase in state aid but it would come back to people as property tax credit so can be a political win depending >> I'm glad that you were lost cuz I was like that was pretty. [laughter]
>> Okay. And it looks like career achie comprehensive achievement and gradiness. You guys meet on the 9th of December. Correct. >> Um matter any update from the Minnesota Minnesota State High School League. Um I have a meeting with or that I will be going to their board meeting on December. [clears throat]
>> My next meeting is in January. I've not had one since our last meeting. >> Okay. >> M I just I didn't mention it before, but the athletic activities director of the year for regiona is Thompson. >> Congratulations.
Awesome. >> When did that happen? >> About a week ago. >> Congratulations. >> Okay. Okay. And we have negotiations. >> Um, yeah. So, just Friday evening, uh, we met with the teachers union, SEA. Uh,
that was the first day that we did any sort of discussion about the financing. Um, it stayed pretty informal. Um, most of the discussion focused on looking at our salary schedule. And if you remember two
years ago when we settled with them, we went from 18 steps down to 17. And one of their asks this year is to further reduce that number either by one or two steps. Um, so we sat and just basically had a brainstorming session about how
best to do that to have the least amount of negative impact because if you if you just eliminate a step somewhere, some people can get quite a bump compared to others in the coming year and that's not always the most fair thing to do. So, we're still
kind of in the early stages of talking about money. Um most of our negotiations on language stuff in the contract has already been settled. So so we're in good shape there. We've got three meetings in December already on the calendar. So first Wednesday
and then the following or no two weeks later it's the 15th and 18th. So yeah hopefully that doesn't take too long. uh SEIU, the group that was here in force during our public forum
tonight. Um that's been about what the room looks like for our last couple negotiating sessions. They have a lot of audience members and a lot of support for that group. Um we have had I forget if it's one or two since our last board meeting, at least one negotiating
session. Um frankly, there just wasn't a whole lot of movement on either side. So that group has filed for mediation. So, we canled the negotiating sessions that we had on the calendar and we're looking to schedule a mediation session which
with that group and which with the level of detail that they're asking for in some of the contract changes, I think mediation will be a good good place to get it worked out. >> And I don't think it's uncommon for that group, right? just because I mean maybe
for our district but in general just because of all of the different groups that are within it. >> Yeah, I'm not sure. It it is challenging being that that's our only group that's got some very different employee groups
contained all in one. But um yeah, I I wouldn't look at mediation filing as a negative thing. I think that'll be helpful process for us. So, and then the other I think the only other update I'd have on that is that um
the union rep who speaks for them in our meetings, we were informed a couple meetings ago that he will be moving to a different region within their union. So, we met the person that'll be replacing him, but I don't remember I don't think we were even told the exact timeline of when that be.
>> And the replacement guy wasn't there at our last meeting. >> Yeah. and and the current guy, the guy who said he's being reassigned was here tonight. So, so obviously there's still involvement with both people. So, that's just another turnover. Um, and both of these two are new, at least as being the
head negotiator, new from the last time we settled with them three years ago because the guy that was there three years ago retired. So, now the guy who was supporting her then is the head guy now who's now getting reassigned on. So that's just another I won't call it a challenge necessarily but just another
thing that we have to work through as we work with them. >> Okay. Then we had facilities. We met on the 11th. Um we were given a update on what what what's going to happen with
Riverview. So they'll start on the middle and north end of the building this summer. Um there's hopefully possible um opportunities to start with some early demo that would not impact kids. So like some of the boiler house
um some of the um like kind of unseen areas maybe up in what I can't remember what the house >> the penthouse. Thank you. um unseen areas that wouldn't affect kids, but possibly doing some things over spring break, but just looking like
it's going to be um attainable, something that they'll be able to get done. Um Ben Omen was right, Ben Omen was the one that was here. Um had said that, you know, he was really positive, had a really positive outlook because these are the people that we
have working within our project have done this kind of work many times and are very good at what they do. and they've done it within this time, a similar time frame. So, just really a lot of optimism. Um, our office and admin staff will have to be moving moving out mid June and they won't be
able to get back in until late August and um the intent is to have cooling in phase one. So, that central and north part of the building will be operational um for by the end of the summer. Um, and then we did a little bit of a budget
update and kind of went over some of those numbers. Um, all looking really good, looking to be on the right track. Um, just kind of waiting to share until we actually have gotten into the project and no shirt out
numbers because they Yeah, but right now it's really looking great. Um, looking like we are going to do a really good job. I don't know if you have anything to add. mostly with Tekken Riverview. >> I think well the only thing is the they said the work during the first summer
will probably be the bulk of the work. So the second summer project scope will be slightly less work than the first summer. >> Uh it looks like policy you guys meet on December 4th >> and then do you have a starting
connection? >> Yeah, first Monday of the month every month. Um, big news is they have a membership social event Thursday, December 4th at the community center, 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. Uh, there's a catered lunch and then a singing group
um for all current members or new members who want to show up and sign up. That's an annual event. They always have a good time and it's always well attended. >> Um, just to put a plug in with resource here quick. Um
so there is an election timeline that uh is coming up for there's five five open five to six open seats. Um so there will be a letter for nominations that gets
emailed to you Dr. Um so I'm thinking it says that it's the fourth week of December. So [clears throat] hopefully it's by then if not a little bit sooner. And then if we can possibly get that on our agenda because then we can nominate
somebody um who would you don't have to you can nominate as many people as you want but and then that would go to a ballot. Um one of the seats is the seat that I am currently appointed to um which I knew the whole time. Um that was just a
temporary appointment but just be aware that there is an election um that is coming up. Um so the letter comes the fourth week of December. The deadline for the nominations would be the fourth week of January.
Um ballots are mailed to member school districts the first week of February. Um ballots are due back to resource um before the March meeting which would
be the third Wednesday of the month. Um and that way they can uh have the meeting for certification. And then the fourth week of March, the um resource executive director notifies newly
elected board members and representative superintendent. And then uh April, beginning part of April would be um when the term begins for the newly nominated board member.
I have questions. Go for it. I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability. >> Who in the district votes on? Is it the board? >> My understanding. Yes. >> Okay. And then so all member school
districts receive this ballot. Correct. >> I don't know that I've seen it in the past. >> I've never seen one. >> So, I don't know >> if that just wasn't given to us, if we just didn't see it. I don't recall or if any of you guys
>> Oh, that's right. We were not we were pulled out of membership. So, that's why we did not see a ballot before. Thank you. Yeah. >> And then what is their stance because I thought I remembered as part of the conversation. What is their stance on multiple board members from the same district sitting on [clears throat] this
board? Do they >> currently have variety? >> I I don't know. I haven't asked that specifically. Currently right now there are not multiple school board members from >> one >> from one district. But I can definitely ask Mark. >> How many seats are open this coming
election? >> There's supposed to be six. supposed to be six open seats. Okay. >> And how long is the term? >> Four years. And those meetings are like I said every
third Wednesday. They start at noon. Um they do like a a lunch at noon and then at 12:45 is when the meeting starts. So every third Wednesday at noon. >> Correct. And for how long?
How long are the meetings? >> 2:30 was the latest one so far, but I've only been at a couple. So, >> two and a half hours. >> I think that's all. >> I had two questions. One's for Jen, one's for me. Merily, I'll start with you. Can you add this to our um
committee report so that we I don't like so it's just there. Um and then Jen, you're I miss this is more of a clarification. You're on the appointed part until April, right? when they take over the new >> Yeah, it would be the end of March. >> March. >> Okay. Yeah.
>> Awesome. Thank you. >> Anybody else? Anything else we missed? Okay. So, move on to our action items. We have uh I'll take a motion to approve the resolution accepting donations. >> Second.
>> Okay. Motion by Jen, second by Chelsea. It's my turn to read off. So, I'll >> I thought it was n this month. It says it on November, doesn't it? >> All right. Well, hey, go for it. I'm not gonna fight you for it. >> Um, so, [clears throat]
thank you to the following all for your lovely donations to our school district. Um, Marie and Mitch Pangrell in the amount of $455 worth of pumpkins to the Saral Middle School for student advisory activity. Um, the Weber Family Fund of Central Minnesota Community Foundation
in the amount of $8,000 to gymnastics and track programs for the Sartell High School, the Sartell St. Steven PreK to 5 PTO in the amount of $1,590 to Riverview Intermediate for the third grade zoo field trip. Um, another one
from the PreK 5 PTO um of $990, $99.80 for Pimeal Primary for Tables. Um, Sartell Sports Booster Club in the the amount of $1,300 for the girls soccer coach for the Sartell High School. The
St. Cloud Optimus Club with $100 for the Sartell High School cross country program. The Sartell Wrestling Booster Club in the amount of $5,000 for the Sartell High School wrestling program. David M. Jacobs and Associates in the amount of $3,1436
for boys hockey uniforms for the Sartell High School. various community members in the amount of $552 for the Sartell school drama program at the middle school. Um all Sartell All Sports Booster Club in the amount of $2,000 for a football coach for the high school. The Sartell All Sports Booster Club in
the amount of $229 for a dance banner for the Sartell High School. Um Sartell St. Steven PreK5 PTO in the amount of $1,482 for Pine Meadow. Pine metal primary for the second grade St. John's field trip. JD Anderson in the amount of
$360 for boys and girls state soccer tournament student tickets for the high school. Chad and Kayla Epson for $1,000 for boys hockey for the high school. Nautical Bulls $200 for girls and swim dive at the high school. And Lak Lions Club in the amount of $750 for the
Thanksgiving fundraiser at the Sartell High School. Thank you. With that, any other further discussion? >> We didn't vote on >> I know. I was waiting for discussion. Yeah. >> Sorry. >> With your [laughter] moving on to the next. >> No. Um, all those in favor signify by
saying I. >> I. >> I. Those oppos say nay. >> Motion carries. I'll look for a motion to approve the 2526 comprehensive achievement and civ civic readiness plan. >> So moved. >> Motion by Emily, second by Chelsea. Any
discussion hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Those opposed say nay. I'll look for a motion to approve the fiscal year 2025 audit. >> Second.
>> Motion by Jen, second by Matt. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Those opposed say nay. >> Motion carries. Look for a motion to approve the 2627 school year academic calendar.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion by Matt, second by Jen. Any discussion? So I want to pull that up because I have a question. >> No, we are not doing late anymore. Correct. >> There is one right now
>> for early schedu. >> Okay. And then the typical one on the last day of school. >> Yep. >> The one in November is on the last day of first quarter. First >> and my question was I did not see a
graduation date said TBD. So I just wanted to ask >> so at this time we've had some discussion knowing that we're from my perspective um bringing the calendar a little bit earlier than normal is is good and I think it's great for our families. But what we did recognize is
by doing that we a lot of different options because of Riverview and whether we were going to start before Labor Day or whether we're going to start after Labor Day, which puts Principal Kler and his team over at the high school kind of in that precarious situation. Well, if we start after Labor Day, is it more
likely we're going to go into June, which would push graduation back. Um, now that he has this information, especially with an approval from the board for the calendar, um, he's working right now on trying to look at, do we do it possibly during that last week of May? um and having it be a week night
where you might have it on the 26th or 27th, you consider doing it on Friday even though it is a Friday before Memorial Day is a possibility. Um and it's not uncommon for bringing your seniors back. Um and doing that on either Tuesday or Monday or Tuesday of
June um and having the students come back for graduation that evening. He's working right now with the lock in committee which plays a part also in when we determine graduation because students coming back in. They're, you know, going right to the lock in after an hour or so. So, we're going to have
some parent involvement in that decision when graduation is, but we were hardressed to force Principal Couser and his team just make a decision right now, but we also wanted to get this calendar before the board for approval. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome.
>> Is there any other questions or concerns, comments? >> Okay. Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Those opposed say nay. Motion carries. I'll look for a motion to approve policy 215. So move. >> Second. >> Motion by Chelsea, second by Emily. Any
discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. Those opposed say nay. Motion carries. I'll look for a motion to approve to resin policy 215.1. >> Second. >> Motion by Jen, second by Matt. Any
discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Those opposed say nay. Motion carries. So we look at our discussion item. Our first discussion item is schoolboard leaison positions.
I was just looking to see what the appetite of the board is to pass something like this at our meeting. If it's not something we would like to do looking for that discussion >> 283
or I don't remember the full sentiment of when we had our discussion about this, but I thought that we were mostly in favor of >> I don't know if I would say I'm in favor. I guess I'm not highly opposed to it, but I'm still trying to
understand, I guess, why we might like formally want to bring another like to bring these expectations more formally like to us as a as another set of items. you talking about like time commitment
or are you talking >> Well, I just I [clears throat] I don't I guess I personally don't feel maybe it's just like still getting an understanding of things that there's things that I that this would give me the ability to do that I couldn't
already do if I had interest in wanting to like like you know talking about so concerts open for pretty much anyone to attend. So that is like one item that I don't uh but from like other things
like a dare graduation if we were interested in attending that as a board member is that something today that we could ask to attend and have administration check into like are we prohibited from doing these things today
>> and would this grant us ability versus >> I don't think we're prohibited from doing we're not prohibited from doing anything is the answer but technically we can just go to whatever. Yeah. >> But I think it's the formality of it is out of respect I think for
>> everybody. Um so that >> a we kind of can have some defined purpose for being there whatever that may be. Um but it gives administration in those buildings uh the ability to kind of make it meaningful for both of
us. If we're going to be there, what's the best thing that we can do while we're there? Are we, like we do on workshop week, are we opening doors during conferences and just greeting people so that we're more forward facing and out in the community more in our buildings more or are we, you know,
having a meeting with the principal and then, you know, quarterly or something and then getting an opportunity to participate in an event they're having at that building that day. I think it just gives a more formal direction uh to
you know us having involvement with the buildings because yeah we can just wander in right now but why are we there and what is our role while we're there I think it would be good to have some definition to that we can all go to deer graduation if we want but what can we do as a board member to be impactful while
we're there or to at least you know be accessible and be out and forward facing with with parents and community members that are there was the best way to do that. So in my mind it's just giving definition to our presence there. >> And is this something how that that
administration or like is bringing forward or was one of us some I brought this as an idea because to be quite frank on boarding here was me sprinting through buildings. I didn't get a very
welcoming tour and when I asked to meet with principles I wasn't it wasn't meant with the welcome. So I think it's just another way for there to break down some barriers and be able to have relationships that um are still a board
to admin but in a way that's not stepping on Dr. art's toes in a way that allows us just to get a better understanding of what goes on in our buildings and a learning opportunity um and involvement. Yeah, any one of us can
go to a deer graduation, but if we all show up and it's not on the calendar, that's an open meeting violation. So, well, and I think too it's I mean we network with other boards. It's not uncommon like you know we don't speak to
other board members in other districts and it's not an uncommon thing to have u building I think some districts call them building reps aboard leaves on whatever term you want to give to it. It's not uncommon and I think the purpose typically is
essentially what Jen said is just kind of having that connection where we're not the board up here and we have absolutely no interaction down here. like just to kind of break down that barrier a little bit where there's more of a relationship I guess there um
and that we're getting the ability to participate in more things in a formal way versus just showing up to a event just because now that I hear this part of the discussion I um I wasn't on your tour so I don't know your experience Jen but I
you know thinking back to when I joined the board um Jeff Schwebert was superintendent and that's how much interaction there is between board members and principles when I mean they're not directly connected on the org chart is more up to superintendent
preference. So I don't know that that's necessarily something that's uncommon and when I hear break down the barrier I guess I would like more impact input from administration whether it's Dr. Ard or um building administration on how
much they feel from their perspective of running the school buildings that those barriers need to be broken down. I So that's one hesitation I have with this just hearing what I'm hearing tonight. Another one that as I think about it and have thought about it in the past since
we first talked about this. One hesitation I have is that if each of us are assigned to a building and there's a community member that has a concern with a specific building and how it's running, I almost feel like it's going to be, you know, any comments or
feedback to the board is going to be isolated just to that one person where I prefer when people have whether it's a complaint or um a celebration or whatever that they communicate with the entire board. That's why I really like the fact that we publish an email
address that goes to all of us and Dr. Revard. Um, so I I am concerned about the community relations. Yeah, it might increase for that one board member, but it might also then cut out the other board members from being included in communications from the public and being
informed on what's going on. You know, we're not a huge district. in Oka Henipin where there's how many uh factors more students than what we have here uh and so many more buildings. But
>> those are some hesitations I've had. I kind of same sentiment as Chelsea. It's not like I'm totally against this idea, but I think I'd want to work through those concerns first and get more input, especially from administration. My question would be on that, Matt, I
guess, is I didn't view it as an outward thing where the community would even know who the board I was thinking of this as an internal thing. Um, like the community wouldn't need to know who the board liaison or building rep or whoever is at any building. I guess I wasn't
viewing it in that way. >> Um, just more for us internally, we would know that. >> Yeah. And I don't so much get the sense from our discussion but just from reading the document like the example it just if you read through it it seems like you know it's our chance to get to know
the parents and community from that particular building. So >> yeah and maybe that's something from that where I agree I don't think that that should be necessarily the purpose there like yeah it should concerns I prefer that they would go to all board members as well. Um so maybe that part
of it would be not how we would word that or the language we would use. I guess I didn't view it in that way in my mind. I just thought of it more internally. And if there's a board member that I don't I mean we're talking about it like this is going to be a requirement. I guess if there's any one of us that's just
uncomfortable with it. I don't think that this is a requirement for anybody. Correct. I mean are we viewing it that way? I think whether it's required or not, I'd want if we go this route, I'd want full participation where every building has a rep that's engaged.
>> Yeah. >> Um >> Yeah. I >> But what happens if we bring this to a vote vote to move forward and there's one person I think the votes going to go with the the majority? What if one person is truly uncomfortable with it? Are we going to force that person into a
position that they really don't want to be in or are we going to you know what I mean? >> So part of our discussion I think. >> Right. Right. >> Where like what do we want to when do we want to have some sort of decision on this?
I mean, I think when it was originally brought up by Jen, it was to have it be something that we'd be able to discuss at the or meeting, but if I mean, that could be a goal, but if we're still working through kinks, we don't have to have it set at the or meeting. I think that was the original goal.
I think it was just an idea to put it on that because we're organizing committees and all of that. I mean, part and if people don't want to do it, they don't have to do it. It was just an idea to again offer support, be able to learn and be
engaged. Um, >> well, why I guess my question is why do we go to the workshop? Um, welcome breakfast. Why do we do that? And I don't I'm not like saying I have an answer to this, but that's that's a tradition. It's annual
typically. You know, whoever can attend can attend. But why are we doing that as board members? Why are we showing up to that? I think the reasons would be similar to why you would be attending some sort of event at a building and I don't know that concerts or anything
like that. I think we kind of said that but that doesn't it's not really what we're talking about because we may have kids in we're attending concerts and activities all the time. It'd be more like a scheduled like if there's conferences that day do we just open the door for teachers and families you know as they're going in and out something
like we do at the welcome breakfast. But then again we'd have to go back to Can we do it at the welcome breakfast and would the reasons be the same that we're doing it in buildings, you know, throughout the year? From a district administration perspective, the more I reflected on especially what's up in
front of us, um I I do have some concerns about the advocacy piece. And I know it's it's not written in a way about advocacy, but to the point of whether it would be known who's going to be assigned to each building. I didn't
it would become public normal for me. What I envision as I try to reflect on this and especially about [cough] um experiences that they've had previously. A wondering that I would have is working with our building
principles on number two and to begin with it would be two times a year so that we can ensure that we never have more than three members of the board. But I would love for the opportunity for our principles to spend time with board members to highlight the great things that are happening to bring them around
our building to see some of the things that maybe you don't see because you don't have a child who's gone through that level. in our district or maybe because we have such new engineering class. I mean what a great thing that we might want to
highlight as being something you may visit as a board member something together for that particular day and having those scheduled out for the year two to three months in advance for each of our five sites and exploring what that could work for board members
coming to those. That would be a great start for me to think about is is this what the appetite of the board is in terms of learning more so that you feel like you can be an advocate outside of the district >> for what
>> as possibly an initial >> and the other things the first day of school teacher conferences all those things where you're there with the public and the community I would welcome always having you and how we work that through we certainly
that we don't have concern. >> I think I said at our last discussion that the thing I'd be most excited about this program is getting into the building and learning what goes on. And I said if I, you know, if somebody was going to assign me to a building, I'd choose Oak Ridge because my kids didn't
go there. I want to know more about it. Um, I think that'd be interesting. So, if there's some framework what, you know, if it's maybe not necessarily what's on the paper here, but a framework where we can get in on a fairly regular basis to learn more about what's going on in the buildings, I'm I'm all for it. That's that sounds
great. But, yeah, I appreciate the feedback. Well, I was just going to say I think if we're I like the idea of the order meeting just because it's already kind of within the scope of what we're discussing tonight. So, if this is
something that we think that there may be an appetite for, I would say we would probably want to either at our next work session have another discussion to give more formal parameters to what he would envision this as and then
plan to have that or meetings. Otherwise, if we're not like if we're going to continue this, this isn't that difficult of a topic. So, if we're really not able to even work through the discussion within three months of discussions, I think we're going to need to nyx it and move on because this isn't a deep enough topic for us to require
any more discussions beyond that. I don't think so. I would say if we want to do this, let's try to hash this out in December. And if we agree, we'll put it on the org meeting. And if we're still all up in the air all willy-nilly, then we'll move on because I don't think
we need to invest more time into it than that. That's my opinion. I would agree. >> Well, I guess I will just say because I haven't really said anything. I am definitely more on the in agreeance with Matt and Chelsea, but I really do like Dr. River's idea of maybe just opening
it up like and being able to learn more. Um, I don't know if it's really reworking this or just asking our building principles like on a somewhat regular basis to like have some more open and engaging opportunities for us to come in and see things. Um, I also think
>> once a month, >> okay, >> we have five sites and we want to give at least two opportunities. Yeah. >> And I just want to say like I'm really sorry that you had a bad experience with your tour. I don't remember ever having a tour when I came on board as a board
member. So >> I think that I requested one. Yeah. >> And it was a >> Yeah. I got more of a workout in that tour time than I had in many years. I think I basically did a marathon sprint through our building. So >> yeah,
>> that's kind of what I recall also. >> Well, the other thing is we're sitting at a table that makes a lot of decisions to the district and there's a lot of things that we all could learn and it was just a way to allow us that
opportunity in a more structured manner instead of calling people up and being like, "Hey, I want to be in the district this day. Does that work for you?" Um, and then, you know, to Mike's point, if you can have it where there's a couple
of board members, so you're able to not be there every single day and taking away from the work that needs to be done on a daily basis as well. But >> I also agree if if it's not an appetite,
then let's move on. It was an idea and >> I'm all in favor of the opportunities. I like the idea, you know, like even was excited about the, you know, potential for being there for the first day of uh kindergarten to to like experience that.
So, I think having I'm more in favor like I would love to see some of those opportunities expand. I'm I'm not as much in favor of making it like a formal agreement. Maybe just kind of like having that as like a administration
takeaway over the next year of like starting to because then that way it's not as structured as having like someone assigned per building and that way if you want to experience different opportunities across buildings, it just
feels a little bit more >> from my perspective or history as having had one of these before when I was a principal in my previous school district that person was was wonderful but at the same time I also wasn't envious of him because I don't know if he ever go to
any of the other schools and there was eight other elementary schools was close to that school his children had gone through there and not that he wasn't a great school board member but I don't know if he ever had the ability
as much >> and I just think in reality without any structure to it. The challenges that will come in are going to be potentially if there's three or more board members that want to go to one
thing, we run into an issue of a quorum. The other part of it is if there's no structure to it, we're relying on the initiative. You know, initiating the opportunity is going to be coming from either the building administration who has a million things that they're already thinking about and planning or
us just willy-nilly. you know, having reaching out to Dr. Vard and saying, "Hey, I'd really like to participate in this. Is this something you could set up today?" Not that you wouldn't do that, but it is going to be more flying by the seat of the pants, and it's putting that administration at that building probably more flying by the seat of their pants
with our request at that point in time. But having some structure, maybe a schedule to it and an expectation for them so they know what to expect from that would be a positive for them. And I think it's more of a respect thing for them. And then as far as the Yeah, I would like to swap buildings too. I just
think that scheduling would get difficult um if we were rotating. I mean, we can maybe come up with a rotation. I don't know. But if it's just a you just pick one one day. Well, what if we all want to attend one event
and not another one? So now we have no board represent representation at one event, but we have four members that want to attend another. My curiosity would be if we would have more conversation about this. Is this something where you want to understand a
little bit more about what's going on? >> Yes. >> And that would lend itself to just doing that. I would ask I would say twice a year. We're going to choose which months the high school is going to do this. Maybe it's October and
March. And during those two months, he's going to have probably similar presentations and time that you have in certain different departments um to experience what our high schools experience. And if you can't make it in October, then maybe it's in February.
>> But again, our schedules are your schedule is so dynamic that that might be a challenge. But I would ask them, we would choose as a group of 10 or group of five principles and myself, we would choose a schedule for you. >> Now, the thing that you could do that is you have the PTO meeting, you have some
of those things that naturally happen or some of our advisory councils that we also could work into a schedule that you would know about experience some of those things. We just have to be mindful of >> Is there any other further discussion? Okay. So then our next item for
discussion is a second reading of policies 515 and 516. Was there anyone to know about those? >> Okay. I put the December work session on because when Mike and I met to um work
on this agenda, there wasn't any future topics for us to put on a work session. We had talked about potentially doing his eval, but I thought, well, that's not really a reason to host a work session. Um, we certainly could bring up the schoolboard liaison position after
tonight's discussion, but at this time, I don't there isn't anything for us to to have on the schedule. So, I brought it up thinking that we might want to move to to not have it given that December is so busy. >> So, are we like done with the discussion
on cell phones? Or were we just remind me are we doing a rough draft policy? >> Well, my understanding is we're going to try and do some surveying and it was going to be working out with policy. Correct.
>> Remind me, we usually don't do a work session in January. Is that right? >> We We would have one in January. >> We do have one. Okay. >> Is that before the or meeting? >> Oh, no. Actually, sorry. You're right. No, we don't. Nope. Sorry. Nope.
>> The or meeting? >> And when are we supposed to do the review? >> In January. So, that would be another potential thing that we could talk about for um January and February meeting dates.
Our normal work session is the first I guess. What do we want? What do what does everyone think about December? [clears throat] >> I'm indifferent on that. >> We're going to be here for college
regardless that And why not move the review off the schedule for January? So our or meeting is scheduled for the 4th and that would put us that's a Monday. No. Why does it say the
fourth? Oh, that's 27. Sorry. Yes, you're right. So we'd have a meeting on board meeting on the 5th and a work session on the potential. Well, we can't have it on the 1. It have to be on the 8th.
>> Correct. >> So it's [clears throat] just choosing between December 4th and >> January 8th. I guess I'm indifferent. If >> Yeah. If we do December 4th and we don't typically do one in January, might as
well keep it the same. But if we if we forego December 4th, we should have one >> in early January to do the review. >> Could we do is the review the only thing that's on January's adjustment
>> at this time? It along with discussion will have to continue. based also to another discussion about that
February after all. So I Well, I'm asking because could we just do the review following the board meeting? >> The meeting or the meeting because then we're all here on one night.
>> I'm not sure that you're a meeting. >> Yeah, I think there are other boards that close their meeting and go into a different I mean I could be wrong. We we actually did that. >> Yeah. >> The very first year I was on the board. I think we did that. I don't know if we >> any
started the or meeting, but we >> did the or meeting with a different meeting that we closed and entered into one way or the other. >> Yeah, I I do recall doing that at least one time. >> I don't know. I'm just throwing it out there. I mean, if >> we're then we're only taking up one
night that week. >> I mean, Sure. Efficiency. >> Yeah, I'm fine with that. As far as the discussion about this board leaison thing, just add it to the December regular meeting if we're going to go for the work session then and we'll make a
final decision. Just plan to have a final decision that evening because we're either going to add it or not add it to the meeting. >> Do it or move on. >> That'll give me an opportunity of administration. See if we can fashion something out.
So that'll get that won't be a work session topic. That discussion will just be at our next our December regular meeting. >> Okay. >> So then with that >> the only other question I have advertising policy is [cough and clears throat] something we're going to be working on in policy next week
>> getting the best draft I think that we can put forward possible for getting those updates done because I know we have the moratorum. We want to make that as expedited as possible to get something approved and in place. Does that are we going to need
discussion on that outside of when we go through the policy at a regular meeting? Are we going to want to do that at length more with the full board because there was nuances to it or do we feel comfortable with the time frame of just regular discussion at a regular meeting when it comes before the board the first
time? It's the board's appetite for whether recommendation because it will just be a virtual, >> right? I just feel like because we're kind of we're smithing this one a little bit ourselves more that I think there's going to be more input from the other
board members just because, you know, we're kind of isolated to the three of us, but there will be outside perspective then that's going to come in. So, there'll be a longer discussion. I'm fine with that, but I was just throwing that out there. >> I'm just preparing my brain. >> Yep.
>> Okay. >> My only question was, if I remember right, our board meeting last year was rather long. It was >> and so if that I don't know if that's typical or not, but thinking of having
review following a longer meeting. Again, open to it if everyone's like, "Let's just put on a long night and do that." But that would be my only question is breaking that apart to make sure that
the review is given the energy and attention that's due versus following a multi-hour meeting. >> It's all relative either. We're carving out another night trying to make time in another evening in January or we're carving out the time
that evening. It's personal preference at that point, but everybody will probably have a different argument on what's >> convenient. When we meet on the 5th, what time are we starting? >> It's down on our calendar at 6:30, >> is it?
>> That's typically what it is. at the board meeting. >> Just wondering with given that we're going to try and put two items on, do we want to move up the time that we start? >> I'd almost rather keep it the same and then just have a contingency plan. If it
goes too late, you know, if we don't get to the review, we just push that to the, you know, either that Thursday or the January regular meeting, you know, do the close session after the regular meeting or something, but we could
Are we allowed to notice a closed session for your review following the org meeting and then just decide that it's too late and we'll do it at a different time? Is that an allowable practice? >> I would have I would have I'd have the meeting for my close session be on there
and just choose not to have it. >> Okay. >> Let me personally we're going to look to cancel a meeting but then add multiple meetings in another month. Why not just do the meeting next week or whatever
week it is and then move forward with the other stuff that we >> so have December 4th be just the close session for the review. >> It's blocked off in my calendar. So I don't have a strong feeling. I mean, I'm kind of indifferent, but again, if we're
going to cancel one and then add >> multiple I like have multiple meetings in January. >> Yeah, >> I'm not a huge fan of just canceling stuff and then adding stuff later. Just seems like we're
especially Mike said that he would be fine doing it in December. Show hands. Who wants to do the review on December? Sure. >> Looks like a majority. Let's roll with that. >> So, just not work session, just close
session. Correct. After what? >> Well, we have close session starting at 6:30. >> Yeah. >> And you're comfortable with that, Mike? >> Yeah. I just I want to make sure I'm preparing you for you'll receive an information packet from me related to an
update on my goals probably on Monday. Is that enough time for you? >> So then our January and February meeting dates, we already agreed to our February 5th, but looking at the holidays, we have Martin Luther King Day on the 19th
and President's Day on February 16th. So looking to push um back both those meetings of January 26th and February 23rd and just getting those on the calendar now so that we know that that was something Jen had asked last year. So just kind of trying to plan ahead
26th of January. So January 5th to 26th and >> February 23rd and then if we want to also look at February 5th as our work session that would also be in February. Um that is the date that we have typically met.
>> It looks for me. >> Then we move on to our three takeaways. I was not this evening. I would say our activities report and our participations performance.
We have some key approvals tonight with our future plan along with our calendar and highlight Joe and our staple finan >> sound good to me. Yep. >> Okay. So then our upcoming committee dates, we have a policy committee
meeting on Thursday, December 4th here at the district office starting at 5. A close session on December 4th starting at 6:30 here at the district service center. A comprehensive and achievement and civic readiness Tuesday, December 9th at
7:30 a.m. and our board meeting, truth and taxation, will begin at 6 o'lock with the truth and taxation. And then our meeting will start right after. I will look for a motion to >> move. >> Second. Motion by Jen, second by Emily.
Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Those oppos say nay. >> Motion carries. 828. We are a Can you sign me