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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: td-U1eIEzhc):
- 00:00:09: Meeting Called to Order, Agenda and Consent Approval
- 00:03:49: Saber Star Awards: Pine Meadow, Oakridge, and SMS
- 00:09:39: Student School Board Representative Report and Recognition
- 00:17:22: Superintendent's Report: Legislative Updates and Athletic Recognition
- 00:24:46: District Finance Report: Budget and Legislative Updates
- 00:27:36: School Board Committee Reports: Updates and Discussions
- 00:41:32: Action Item 1: Resolution to Accept Donations
- 00:44:16: Action Item 2: Approve High School League Membership
- 00:46:16: Action Item 3: Resolution Calling for General Election
- 00:47:10: Action Item 4: Policy 524.5 Discussion, Amendment, and Vote
- 01:10:07: Second Reading of Policies, Takeaways, and Adjournment


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Everybody ready? >> Sounds good. >> Okay, it's 6:31 and I will call the May regular meeting of the Sartell St. Stevens School Board to order. Um, the first item on our list is the pledge of

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allegiance. 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. >> All right. Next item is approval of the

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agenda. Do we have a motion? >> Second. >> Motion by Jen. Uh second by Emily. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none. Um, all in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. Agenda is approved

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unanimously. Um, usually this is when we have the public forum, but uh, nobody signed up for this month. So, we'll move on to item number five, the consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve? >> So, moved. I make a motion to pull letter D out

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because I have to abstain from that portion that item. >> I have to abstain it as well. I was just going to abstain from the whole I think I went back. >> Hang on. Um before any we have to second a motion before any discussion takes place. So

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>> Sure. >> Um can I actually get a second on the original motion and then we'll do an amendment to that? All right. Second to the original motion. All right. So, discussion starting with Emily um wanting to abstain and Chelsea is also

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going to abstain. >> I make Yeah, I just make a motion to remove letter D to abstain. >> Okay. So, 5D on the agenda. >> Correct. >> Okay. Um is there a second to the motion to amend by Emily to

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>> second? Thank you. >> Okay. Any discussion on the amendment to pull 5D out for a separate vote? Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Okay. We have an amendment. So, um, back

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to the original motion uh to approve the consent agenda minus item 5D. Uh, everybody in favor of all the other parts of the consent agenda, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed?

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Okay. Um, Chelsea, did you vote on that one? >> Okay. So, all but 5D is approved unanimously by all six members. Now, is there a motion to approve item 5D of the consent agenda? >> So, move.

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>> Second. >> Motion by Jen, second by Trisha. Um, any discussion other than notifying us that you're abstaining? Okay. Uh, all those in favor of approving 5D of the consent agenda, say I.

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>> I. >> That's four votes, four Scott, myself, Jen, and Trisha. Any opposed? >> No opposed. Any abstensions? >> Say I. >> Emily, and Chelsea are abstaining. Uh,

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so passes 40 with two abstensions. Uh, on to our reports section. And first one, well, we have actually three Saber Star reports this month. We are catching up from the last couple months. So, um, the

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first one we will welcome Pine Meadow principal Sarah Nelson, please. >> Welcome. >> Thank you. And thank you for having us here today. It's my honor to be here to recognize Pine Middle Primary first

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grade teacher Nick PCO as our saber staff star. Nick exemplifies what it means to be an outstanding educator, teammate, and community member. He creates a classroom where every student feels heard, valued, respected, and loved exactly for who they are. Students

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light up when they talk about Mr. for Koko and the positive relationships he builds with children extend far beyond the classroom walls. Whether at school or out in the community, Nick always takes time to listen and connect and make every child feel important. Nick is

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known for his calm, patient, and steady presence. He approaches every situation with professionalism, kindness, and fairness, serving as a trusted voice of reason among colleagues and students alike. His sense of humor, compassionate nature, and willingness to support

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others helps lift the spirits of everyone around him, even on the toughest days. Beyond the classroom, Nick is deeply committed to building a strong school community. From volunteering at family events, you've ever heard him call and tell stab jokes at bingos, you've met Mr. Goko. He

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consistently steps up to make our school a welcoming and joyful place for all. He's a true team player who reflects thoughtfully on how best support students and colleagues, always going above and beyond to ensure others feel seen, heard, and appreciated. Nick's an exceptional role model whose positive

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impact can be felt throughout our entire school community. We are incredibly grateful for his dedication, kindness, and unwavering support. Congratulations, Nick, on being recognized as our Saber staff. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Congratulations.

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>> Yes. Congratulations. >> Next we have uh Principal Julia Berkkey from Oakidge. >> Good evening. It is my pleasure to present Kelsey Stoby as our saber star this month at

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Oakidge Early Learning Center. Kelsey consistently goes above and beyond to create a positive, engaging, and supportive learning environment for all her students. Through her enthusiasm, humor, and creativity, Kelsey makes learning fun while building strong,

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meaningful relationships with students and families. As a leader within the school community and on the kindergarten teaching team, Kelsey demonstrates professionalism, flexibility, and a positive attitude that inspires both staff and students alike. She keeps her

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grade level organized through her participation in our building instructional leadership team in the past and serves as a dependable collaborative team leader who is always willing to support others. Her nurturing approach ensures every child feels valued, including students with special

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education needs who are consistently loved, cared for, and fully included. Kelsey continuously finds innovative and exciting ways to engage learners while celebrating each child's unique strength and growth. Her energy, joy, and passion

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for teaching truly brings a spark to Oakidge each day, making her an inspiring educator and an exceptional leader who's deeply deserving of this recognition. Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you. Uh our final one um is for

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Sarto Middle School um principal Angela Saffron cannot be with us. So Christa Der is going to present this one >> because our middle school staff star is not here with us today. We do have a photo of him

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holding his award. Um, so it is my pleasure to uh recognize Craig Braun as the Sartell Middle School uh Saber Staff star for March. Um, Mr. Braun is a dedicated teacher and coach. So dedicated, in fact, he was unable to attend the March, April, and tonight's

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meeting because of his coaching responsibilities. As he approaches retirement at the end of this school year, it feels especially meaningful to recognize the lasting impact he has had on our district through his many years of service. Mr. Brown has been more than an exceptional educator. He has been a

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mentor, a coach, and a role model to countless students. In the classroom, he fostered curiosity, patience, and a genuine love of learning. His room was a place where questions were welcomed, effort was valued, and students felt seen and supported. Beyond the classroom, his impact as a coach has

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been just as significant. He has consistent consistently emphasized discipline, teamwork, resilience, helping students grow, not only as athletes, but also as individuals. He has shown that success is about more than wins. It's about character, growth, and integrity. Throughout his career,

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Mr. Brown has exemplified what it means to be a dedicated educator. His commitment to students, his passion for teaching, and his contributions to our school community make him truly deserving of this recognition. As he prepares to retire, his influence will continue to be felt by both his colleagues and former students for years

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to come. SMS is a better place because of Mr. Braun, our March Saber staff star, finally being recognized. Thank you. >> Congratulations to all the award recipients. Um, next on our list is school board

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student representative report and we have Emily and Miriam with us. >> Good evening. Miriam and I have a bit of a longer report this evening because our schools get very busy towards the end of the year. But before I started, I just wanted to take a second since this is my last school board meeting to thank you

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all for the hard work you do on this board, as well as for making this such a good experience for me the past two years. Starting at Oakidge, it has been a very busy month with the last day of preschool coming up this Friday and kindergarteners having a busy last couple of weeks of school. This past

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Friday, the 15th, preschoolers went to Lion's Park and spent the morning there playing on the inclusive playground. On the same day, the kindergarteners had a field day full of fun and games. So, a huge shout out to all the parents of high school students who volunteered to help make that possible. Um, as the

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month starts to wrap up, kindergarteners are looking forward to their annual zoo field trip on May 27th and their last day of school on the 28th with a 2-hour early dismissal. At Pine Meadow, they recently held their annual evening art show where students showcased their

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favorite works of art. The glow room is always a favorite, and this year they also added a sculpture room. In addition to the art show, the gym was transformed into Safety Town, a miniature city complete with roads and buildings where all second grade students participated in a hands-on experience, learning to

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navigate a city environment as pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists in a controlled and safe setting. Um, this opportunity was provided by the MN Toward Zero Deaths program and their volunteers. As the school year begins to wind down,

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school tours are also well underway. Our second grade students walked to Riverview to tour the school and meet their new principal. And they were cheered on by the middle school students as they passed through the middle school. Lastly, students receiving adaptive physical education services

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also visited Sarto Lions Parks and had the chance to play on the inclusive playground, which was a huge hit with the kids. Looking ahead, all of first grade has plans to visit Sarto Lions Park together and grade two will be heading to the bowling alley for their end of year celebration.

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All right, starting off with Riverview. Riverview is also winding down the school year and many exciting events and accomplishments underway. Last week, Riverview held its annual family bank indoors due to weather conditions. Families showed support by attending the

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event, enjoying dinner together, visiting the book fair, and viewing the student art show as well. Uh, fourth grade students also recently completed a meaningful environmental project connected to their studies on human impact on the environment. Students raised funds to purchase and plant 12

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trees at Pineome Park, officially beginning the fourth grade forest. Steam teacher Mr. Wrath organizes collaboration between students, families, the city, and the community partners as well. Riverview also participated in important transitional activities this month. Incoming third

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grade students from Pine Meadow visited Riverview for tours and activities to help prepare for the next year. Students were welcomed by Riverview students, SMS students, and the fire truck, continuing a special tradition. Current fifth graders in Riverview also visited Sartell Middle School to learn more

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about life as a sixth grader and to prepare for their transition next fall. Students also recently completed spring fastbridge assessments in reading and math along with MCA testing in science, math, and reading. Staff members are currently reviewing student growth data and celebrating the progress that

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students make throughout the school year. And finally, RIV staff is preparing for the first phase of the summer HVAC process. Classrooms and materials are being packed and organized in preparation for construction work beginning June 8th.

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Uh Sartell Middle School to stay busy as the 2025 to 2026 school year comes to a close. During the month of May, the music and performant arts programs wrapped up the year with outstanding band, choir, and orchestra concerts along with student art show that highlighted student creativity and

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talent. Students also participated in several and memorable end of the year activities and transition experiences. The unified track meet was a tremendous success and celebrated inclusion, teamwork, and school spirit across the school community. Transition activities were also an

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important focus this spring. Eighth grade students toured the Sartell High School to to prepare for their move the next school year, while incoming fifth grade students visited SMS to learn about the building routines and expectations. Additional student celebrations included

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the eighth grade valley fair trip, the sixth grade talent show, and the student advisory kickball championship. SMS athletics are also wrapping up a successful spring season with strong student participation across programs and the final session of targeted services recently concluded.

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Appreciation goes out to the teachers, staff, and families who supported extended learning opportunities throughout the school year on Mondays and Wednesdays after school. And Sartell High School has had a very busy and exciting spring as the school year also comes to a close. The music

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programs recently showcased student talent through spring concerts, including orchestra on May 11th, band on May 4th, and choir tonight. Students and staff are also particip preparing for several important upcoming events, including senior awards night

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tomorrow on not tomorrow, sorry, Wednesday, May 20th, and graduation on May 30th and celebrations connected to senior week this week. AP testing or advanced placement testing wrapped up this week with students completing over 700 AP exams collectively this spring.

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Students have demonstrated dedication and perseverance throughout this testing process. And the unified track and field day hosted by Apollo on May 8th was another highlight of this month celebrating inclusion, teamwork, and school spirit. In addition, the robotics team was

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recognized during a pepfest last week to competing at the state level in which they won the state championship this last weekend as well. And student council organized several of the year activities including the bread drive tomorrow on May 19th, teacher

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appreciation festivities last week and senior dress up days the entirety of this week and we've got yearbook and daily bar distribution on May 21st and end of the year sunset dance on May 22nd. Additionally, prom was held on May

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9th at the River's Edge Convention Center and was a memorable event for students as the school year begins to wind down. That's all we've got for today. Any questions? >> That's it. >> That's all we have. >> I don't know if this is a question for you guys, but the city room and at Pine

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Meadow, is that something that we'll be able to continue doing? Like the that city room that they did in the gym at Pime Meadow, is that something that's going to that we'll be able to continue to keep doing? That was that was new this year, right? >> That was new. >> So, that sounded really like cool way to like teach our kids about some public

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safety. >> Thanks. I was walking the dog along Seventh. It must have been the day after the Pine Meadow kids marched up to Riverview because the middle schoolers covered that entire sidewalk in chalk messages.

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>> That was really cool. And there was >> only about 5% that were like, "Turn back. Most of them were very positive." So, that was really, really nice. Emily, thanks for your comments at the start. Um, we wish you well in the future.

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Thanks very much for your hard work. >> I just saw my wife run up the sidewalk with the gift that I forgot to grab as I was walking out the door. So, give her about a minute or two and we have a nice thank you gift um to wish you well on your future endeavors. >> Thank you. That's very thoughtful of you.

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>> Thanks for the work that you've done. >> Perfect timing, >> Chris. Yeah, you can take it out of the gift bag. It's really good wrapping. Yeah, >> thank you very much.

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>> Yeah, congratulations again. Thank you. >> All right. Uh the next report on our list is the superintendent report with Dr. Revard. >> Good evening, school board members. I'm going to spend a little bit of time this evening initially just talking about a legislative update. So, our legislators

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did finish up um less than 24 hours ago and we do have a little bit of preliminary information. My goal is to continue to update you as for the board as our superintendent and MSBA spend time reviewing what the final versions of some of these statues that have enacted look like, but I'm going to

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highlight four that we do know and that we hear about a little bit in the news. Uh the first one is compensatory revenue. You'll hear many many districts are very concerned about their compensatory revenue and seeing pretty significant decrease for some school districts. For us, it's not impacting us

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as much. Probably somewhere between 75 Joe has already figured that into the budget and we recognized that was probably likely no matter what was going to happen during the last few days of session that we would not be a district that would necessarily rebound. We knew

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that there was going to be some drastic decreases for many school districts that while we weren't held harmless, we know that we we had already considered how that might. So that's the first one that you'll see often times in the news. Second thing that we're seeing that came out of this year's session is the budget

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office is now has an expectation that school districts are doing and contributing information to an annual survey about group health insurance um for their bargaining groups. Uh there's been movement across the state of looking at how maybe having a larger

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pool of either teachers or pair professionals or whatnot bargaining together in terms of looking at how we might be doing our health insurance. and no movement happened on that. So what they are trying to do now is just ask maybe more enact that we start we've

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always participated in the survey. Now the legislature is looking that all districts will participate in the survey and send in their information related to their health insurance. The next one that you do hear about is there was a lot of talk about school safety during this last legislative

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session. One of the things that did come out of this is an anonymous threat reporting system being required by school districts um beginning by July 1st of 2028. Uh we already have an anonymous threat reporting system. It's been active for my time here and I

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believe two or three years prior to that. Uh our students do use the threat system. It's called final site. I I receive reports on that immediately as do our secondary principles. So we are already meeting what that statute is asking for us to do. We'll continue to

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look for ways that we might be able to access some of the grant money that we're setting aside for that, but at this point we know that Sel is in good shape. The last item and an exciting item Matt learned about this myself too is there is now going to be a constitutional

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amendment about our permanent school funding. Um this is going to come to the our voters in November this year across the state. permanent school. The permanent school fund was established in 1858, not 1958, but 1858. Um, and during that

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time, the permanent school fund has continued to grow. And the amount of money that has set set aside, it's not money that our legislators have an opportunity to spend. It truly is something that's been set aside as a school funding mechanism. It's not a lot

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of money if our voters do approve to allow school districts to use some of the permanent school funs, but We'll learn more over the next coming months and we will be probably advocating with our our voters. It doesn't impact their their taxes, but it would be an

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opportunity to have this fund that's set aside um that only us as voters can approve that school district have an opportunity to access. So, we'll learn more about that over the next few months and how that might impact what would be coming up.

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So, those are the four main topics that I've been talking about tonight with legislative update. I do have topic. Uh Dan Johnson from the Minnesota Interchool Athletic Activities Administration Association, which is a mouthful. Um Dan is going to come up and join us with athletic activities

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director Bruce Thompson. We do have an award for Bruce that I felt it was important to highlight um because for for some of us it might only come around once in a career and Bruce has a lot of years left. So maybe it'll come around more than once. But I did want to give the opportunity to have this recognition.

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>> Well, thank you. And it is a mouthful. We have it on everything on all the clothes that I have. So I don't go very far without it. But um the athletic directors association across the state, we've got 500 and some members um at each of our schools, public and private.

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And every year in March, we have our state conference just down the road at St. Cloud where you just have your prom at River's Edge. And we usually get about 320 330 of ours there. this year because the high school league had a a unfortunate situation with the contract that moved the basketball tournament

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back week was in and uh this this type of thing has happened before where we've had recipients that were unable to attend because of we're going on a family vacation. It's during our spring break. I'm not going to come. Well,

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this year in section 8, which is a very AAA is a very very strong section in our state from Big Lake to Bumiji to Morehead and all of the the bigger schools in between there. And it's always very very competitive and it's an award that's selected by your peers. The

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ads are the people that make this decision within the region and say that's our person for this year. And like I said, we've had this happen where people haven't been able to attend before. And I put the plaque in the mail and sent it to them because I didn't

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want to drive up across the state. But um this year on March 25th, we were having the awards banquet at the same time that Sartell was playing Richfield in first round of the tournament. And Bruce told me a couple days out. He said, "I got to be at work. I got to be with the kids."

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And at that point, I thought, I'm going to go out to Sartell and hand this to him in front of somebody. If it's at a game, if it's at the school board, if you know, somebody that lives down the street will just come around and see it because there's a lot of people that

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make their plans and then they do their stuff. And this was a situation where you have a a very dedicated staff member here that said it's the students before it's my award. So I just wanted to come and do this on behalf of Bruce

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on behalf of the MIA and give to him this 202526 AD of the year for region 8A. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Congrat. >> That is the superintendent report for this evening.

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>> All right. Thank you, Dr. Revard. Uh, next up we have the district finance report with Joe Promer, director of business services. >> All right. Well, evening everybody. >> We've got the April uh financial report linked on the agenda. Um, budget to

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actual which reflects the now revised budget that was approved at the last um April board meeting. Um, we are trending really right on with where we were at last year. we're at 76.4% of our total budget spent and last year at this time

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we were at 76.56 across all funds. So um very close across the board. Um and just as a reminder we'll have the um by statute the preliminary budget for next year has to be approved by June 30th. So I intend to main that to the board on

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the June June 15th schoolboard meeting. And in between now and then, I believe on June 8th, we've got a finance committee, finance personnel committee, um where we'll go over that in some detail beforehand before it's posted to the agenda. Um just wanted to follow up

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on a couple legislative items that Mike talked about. The permanent school fund um was established basically with mineral rights um that the mining companies had to pay to into a state fund and like you said, it couldn't be touched. And I and I believe because

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legislators can't legisl can't that's why they need the constitutional amendment. That's why it has to go to board. I think it was a unanimous vote even to send it to the voters. >> Governor and for us it's and for everybody it's about $27. That's anticipated for next year to be about $27 additional per

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student. So a little over $100,000 for us. Our current permanent school fund payment endowment fund payment is around 275,000 and this would add another 40% or so to that. Um like Mike said there wasn't a lot else that impacted us from

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a budget standpoint. Compensatory is we had kind of had that in our projections already to go down by a little bit. There may be some other smaller grant opportunities that usually um usually the details will come out in a couple months as we get updated from MSBA and

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from our various organizations about and from MDE about what would be available on those. I know there were some things related to security and safety um that we'll be looking into if we've got projects that qualify or if we've got um if we meet the meet the qualifications

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of what they're looking for there. Um, but other than that, from my perspective, there wasn't a whole lot that came out of the legislation. There was a little bit of funding flexibility around a couple things, but nothing that's going to have a major impact on. Did anybody else have any other followup

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questions related to that or anything the budget process? >> Um, did they make any decision on the committee that was put together to bridge the special ed, the >> blue ribbon committee? I haven't heard anything on that. They

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still have a target for next year to reduce funding. Correct. In next year's >> benium $50 million that was supposed to be additional did not question. >> Easy one. >> Yeah. >> Thanks. >> Thank you.

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>> All right. On to our schoolboard committee reports. I'll go down the list. Um, Benton Stern's meeting is coming up this Wednesday. Um, one thing that was interesting from our last meeting, I guess kind of relating to legislation, is our board chair for Benton Sterns is

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Mike Gallagher. He's a board member from Kimble, and he had reached out to our local senator and representative about our need for facilities improvements at Benton Sterns. And I looked it up last night to verify, but he shared, I'm sure it didn't pass, but u both Senator How

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and Representative O'Driscoll had introduced bonding bills um for I think 11 or so million dollars for improvements. So I know both of them are retiring from the legislature, but that is something that maybe we could get some momentum going forward since they

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are bills that were introduced this year. So, um, if anybody's looking to contact whoever, uh, gets elected into those seats before next year, um, to promote bills that have been introduced in the past but haven't gone anywhere. That's a good one to start with. So,

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yeah, otherwise, nothing going on there until this Wednesday's meeting. Um, career and tech ed committee. We have a meeting on Wednesday which I believe everyone was given an invitation to because that would be our saber trades third annual third saber trade signing

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date. I don't 100% know what time that starts though >> because the meeting starts at 7:45. But what time does the signings? >> We're open between 8:15 businesses that come also. >> Yes.

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>> What day was that? Wednesday. >> Is that in the pack like other signing days? >> All right. Uh, communication and technology. >> Yes. Um, so we met

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on April 29th. Um, and main items that were covered, um, accessibility. So, we touched on this. Um, it was one of our updates the last time we met and this has now been

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pushed back. So, the Department of Justice extended the ADA title 2 digital accessibilities deadline by one year. So, it was supposed to be the deadline was supposed to be April 26 of this year and now it is pushed back to April 26th of 2027.

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serve. Um, and then the Skyward migration. So, this is going to happen July of next year. So, they're going to be moving everything on the student and business side to the cloud. Um, so announcements will be made later in the year. nothing

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that needs to necessarily um be prepared for on our um user sides at this time and there'll be more communication coming out of it. Um so instead of really just kind of being hosted on our side, they'll be moved to the cloud. Um and then finally there is also a network

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audit on the technology side. So CDW, which is a company, um offered to do a free assessment of our network um which is pretty generous offer. And so they essentially put a map together for us like all access points

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and servers um and then they also put together a list of recommendations. So the recommendations went on um three different levels of operational, tactical, and strategic. And so those just kind of um as it grew down that list, it's really that size of

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project. So your operational or maybe some in potential fixes and enhancements within existing networks. Your tactical um are meant to like change our existing architecture without requiring a large capital investment. And then strategic would be, you know, longer term goals or

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sizable investments in projects. And so um there was 13 operational, nine tactical, and 10 strategic items. So most of these were already kind of on our own radars or road maps. Um so nothing was surprising or things that need to be done ASAP. Nothing that we're

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at risk for. So just kind of the overall helpful information um to have mapped out and and listed by another third party for us. Um I think

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the Oh, that's not a huge Yeah, I can't. >> You probably know more about it than I do. >> No, like one of the updates on that is moving from so like our wireless network. So moving

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off of um an example update is like getting off of 2.4 4 GZ and only having like 4G 5G. >> Um so just reducing the need to have to be monitoring that from a bandwidth level or network or having devices

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connected at that. So um that was one of the examples and then just um did a quick review of the full access agreement that will be signed at the beginning of each school year um for

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the technology one onetoone program. I think the only thing I was gonna say is that Kyle did say that he wishes that all schools were required to have an audit. Like we have chosen to do that, which I think is an amazing thing that we do, but he wishes that everyone does. So, I mean, I guess thanks to Kyle for

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going above and beyond. >> Thank you. Uh, community education advisory committee >> August. >> That one meets August 3rd according to my list. Okay. Uh, finance and personnel. Looks like

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that one's coming up on June 8th. >> Okay. All right. City District Ad Hoc Committee. Um, we did have a meeting just this past Friday, May 15th. Did you want to give an update? >> Um, I can. I think, correct me if I'm wrong. A lot of that conversation was

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around um community ed and if there's ways that the city and the district can partner on >> on anything really. Um but a lot of the conversation was around the timing of the catalog being put out um as well as

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offerings in the catalog and then the time of the day that the offerings are being um avail or that are available for people to sign up for and possibly looking at maybe some more evening options or what that might look like

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because a lot of people in Sartell have two families that are or two family incomes. So the daytime offerings are hard and the city cares about it too. So do you have anything? >> Yeah. No, I mean that's the main topics we talked about. Our discussion went

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anywhere from brainstorming about transportation providing for community ed stuff to how the district and the city can work together to market not just market to people who would use the services but market to people who be teachers and

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coaches for the community ed offerings because that's always one of the biggest asks from the community ed department is find somebody who can teach it or coach it and then we can offer it. So um yeah, a lot of lot of good discussion, a lot of brainstorming, a lot of working

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together how we can pull our resources or team to better provide services in a community education or community yeah education department that is frankly quite strong already. So it was very productive meeting and quite

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different topic from the demographics that we mainly talked about at our first meeting. So, it's good that we're getting a range of topics to discuss, but I don't have written down when our next meeting is, but I believe we have two more. >> August.

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>> Yeah. So, we we're going to do them roughly quarterly each year. Um, legislative network and schools advoc advocating for fair funding. I believe it's this Thursday we have a meeting. >> Yes. >> Coming up. Yeah. I'm sure anything we

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talked about at our last meeting is irrelevant now because >> we got basically at the last meeting all we got was legislative updates. Here's where the bills are at now. And as of midnight last night, it's um everything set in stone. So what we heard was already updated. But

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>> um I I will say, you know, in addition to >> funding for Benton Sterns and the bills that were tied to that, one of the biggest things that I saw that was lacking was the school safety bill did not become part of the final agreement on the last weekend. So, um, that's

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something that not just our district, but a lot of district districts could benefit from. So, I hope that continues to be a focus going forward. That's another thing that we can all advocate for as board members, as community members, anybody watching online, that's another thing that has been in the works

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and could have continued momentum next year hopefully. Um, comprehensive achievement and civic readiness. My list says there's no more meetings until next school year. >> Correct. >> Correct. Okay. So, we'll get an update

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in a few months on that. Um, Minnesota State High School League. I have not had a meeting since our last regular meeting here. My next one is over the summer here at Sart High School. >> Um, I was able to log in remotely for

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their work session. Um, one of the big topics that was kind of talked about was the the tournament, especially the basketball tournament. Um, the cost for that, the challenges around that because of venue,

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um, needing to find a venue. Um, and then the dates. So, there's a lot of conversations with that. Um, there's Yeah, that's they got a task. I don't want to envy them. I'm glad I don't have to try to schedule the

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basketball tournament or find a venue. Sounds like they're having a hard time. And then it was just also the membership which we're voting on today, too. So, thank you. Uh negotiations committee, we begin

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discussions with our professional group in June. We have a couple dates on the calendar. Uh facilities is still upcoming in August. Um policy looks like another one that's

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in the future June 4th. >> Okay. Sartell senior connection. Chelsea. >> Yes. Um so similar to what it sounds like was maybe discussing at the city level. Um, a lot of the conversation was kind of

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around uh offerings and through community eds and sets where senior connection kind of has been utilizing that from um for helping to run some of their programs. And so um they talked about the success of the puzzle

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competition. So it was all 20 teams. Um there wasn't as much of a their goal with some of these events is to offer it so that there's a large demographic of kind of the community coming together ranging from those that are younger to

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those um you know multigenerational kind of events. And so part of the conversation was talking about how how do they help create some things that encourage that multigenerational um instead of maybe just missing out a

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bit on that senior community. Um, as well as when they're looking at what they're planning for the summer. Um, so some of their like day trips or like state fair trips this fall, they don't get as um there's a a need for there to be a minimum number of people due to the

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cost of like the busing and so they continue to kind of run into not being able to meet that full minimum. So kind of just focused around how can they continue to attract additional um members and participation in some of the

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senior events. Um so that was uh I would say otherwise uh continuing to talk about the tunes and trucks planning. Um, and then in June, the No. Yeah, June, the guest who's coming to

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dinner is at 3 T's. Sounds good. All right. Thank you. Um, last on the list, resource training and solutions. I'm guessing you have a meeting this week. >> Yep. On Wednesday. >> Okay. And no meeting since our last meeting,

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right? All right. Thank you. Okay. Uh action items. First one is approve the resolution accepting donations. Is there a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion by Trisha. Second by Emily. And I was just about to pull up the list of

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whose turn it is. Unless somebody knows whose turn it is to read the donations. >> I know it's mine next month. That's notse. >> It's Chelsea. >> Okay. Great. Yes. So, I will go ahead and review which is another impressive

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list of donations this month. So, we have the Gene Hos Foundation who donated $6,000 to the high school Saber Robotics team. The Sartell Playmaker Association donated $6,43242 to the high school boys hockey.

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Dentistry for Children donated $200 to the Sartell Unified Club track and field event. uh central imaging as well as regional diagnostic radiology also both donated um $200 and $400 respectively to unified club track and field event as

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well. The Rice Area Sportsman donated $4,000 to the Sartell High School for a clay target. Dearwood Bank donated $100 to the high school for volleyball. Wilky Sanderson donated $250 to Sartella High

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School for the play target. Uh Michael Duca donated $200 to Sartell High School for a scholarship. The Ellie Withstre Memorial Scholarship Fund of Central Minnesota Community Foundation donated $1,000 to Sartell High School for a

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scholarship. Uh Mark Brat Scholarship Fund of Central Minnesota Community Foundation donated $1,000 for the Sartell High School scholarship. and the Maxine Fasen and Gary Fen Memorial Art Scholarship Fund of Central Minnesota to Community Foundation donated $2,000 to

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the high school for a scholarship. The Fitsum Family Fund of Central Minnesota Community Foundation donated $1,000 to the high school for a scholarship. U Mossman Companies donated $2,000 to start to help Saba Robotics the high school. Granite Partner Foundation in

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Minnesota donated $1,000 to Saber Robotics at the high school. Non Magnetics donated $2,500 to Saber Robotics at the high school and St. Stevens Sportsman Club donated $500 to the high school for clay targets.

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So again, extremely generous donations from our community. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you to all the donors. Anybody have any questions or comment? >> All right. If none, all in favor of the resolution accepting donations, say I. >> I.

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>> I. Any opposed? Right. Resolution passes unanimously. Uh the next action item on our list is to approve the Minnesota State High School League annual membership. Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second.

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>> Motion by Jen, second by Trisha. Dr. Vard, do you have any comments to make or would you like us just to go to the vote? >> This is an annual approval from district administration. We pay approximately, excuse me, $8,500 for the Minnesota State High School

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League competitions or mostly competitions. This is something we always questions or comment. >> We do have a question about the feel like this wasn't always on there. Maybe it was and I've just never noticed, but

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the designated activity representatives. It says, "Designate the representative or I'm sorry, the governing board of each member school shall select individuals to represent its school in the following areas." Do we do we currently I mean I'm sure we have these positions filled, but

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have we in the past had to select them as the governing board? I feel like that's not something we've done. >> The board chair tends to be one of them. I need it in front of me. I apologize >> here. It's the activity representative. So, not the same as the

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>> Oh, yes. Yes. Bruce does Bruce does those. >> Okay. Okay. >> That was the only question I had. >> Good question. >> Thanks, Scott. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments? >> All right. All in favor of approving the

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membership say I. >> I. Any oppose? >> Approved unanimously. Uh number three on the action items list, approve resolution calling for general election. So moved. >> Second

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>> motion by Trisha, second by Chelsea. And I will note that this needs to be a roll call vote. So first any discussion my perspective this is just required before each election. So gearing up for November's election. All right. If there's no further

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comments or questions, I'll start with or I'm sorry. Emily, can you please conduct the roll call vote? >> I will. I just want to note to you, I don't know that it matters, but my name is spelled wrong on the roll call just as far as the vote goes. I'm just throwing it out there. We will

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certain certainly have that corrected. >> Um, okay, Scott, I'm just going to start with you because you're on the end here. >> Hi, >> Emily. I Matt. >> Hi, >> Jen. >> Jen. >> Hi, >> Chelsea. I Trisha. I

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>> resolution is approved unanimously. >> Uh, fourth and final action item, approval of policy 524.5, which is a new policy. >> Second. >> Sorry. Motion by Jen. Uh, second by

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Emily. Um, I'm gonna move to amend that if approved, this policy would not go into effect until the school year of 2026 2027. So, if it does pass tonight, it's

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not in effect at all for this current school year. Any question or comment on I'm sorry, I need a second. >> Second. >> All right. Motion by myself, second by Jen. Is there any question or comment on that amendment?

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>> No. >> Okay. Uh, all in favor of the amendment, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. Um, now discussion on the now amended uh motion to approve the policy

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to go into effect next school year. >> Anybody like to begin? Then >> I mean I guess I can >> Okay. >> Um I wrote something else that I wouldn't forget what I wanted to say. Um so I just want to begin by saying thank you to all of all of our board members

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for the incredible work that we've done and the amount of time that you guys have put in for this policy. I believe every member on this board shares the exact same goal of wanting to eliminate distractions and create the absolute best learning environment possible for the students of Sari and Steven. To be completely clear, I do want to make sure everyone understands that I do fully

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support removing cell phones from instructional spaces during the school day. There's no debate there and I believe all of us are in full agreement with that. However, I do not support the policy in its current form due to the restrictions placed on non-instructional time, specifically passing time and lunch. When we extend these restrictions

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to a student's personal time, I believe it crosses a line from establishing a strong learning environment into micromanagement. In the professional world, we would never dream of telling employees they cannot check their technology during the designated breaks or lunch hours. As a district, our mission is to prepare students to become fully functioning, independent, and

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contributing adults to society. Part of that growth is learning how to navigate the modern world, which includes self-regulating technology used during personal time. If we treat our high school students like younger children by controlling every minute of their day, we inhibit that critical growth. They need the opportunity to practice these boundaries before they graduate.

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Finally, we have to look at the practical reality and human cost of this more extreme measure. In my opinion, I believe we'll be incurring uh there's a potential of a higher cost for doing something that would restrict during those passing times and lunchtime hours and also asking our staff,

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especially our teachers, to do even more when we've already been making district cuts for the last three years. So, another heavy burden of compliance to our teachers plates, especially during what should be their own harder breaks and a time for them to be able to utilize a bathroom or anything else that they might need to do to prepare their

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room in between classes. Uh, I love that the board agrees on protecting a classroom. Let's pass a policy that does exactly that without overreaching into student breaks or restraining our budget. I also was hoping that people might be able to give me some more information as

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I did ask at our last regular board meeting for the answer of why we needed to go to such a strict policy and why we weren't able to do something that I believe all six of us would agree upon. >> Thanks for your comments. Um I can address your question and I appreciate that you asked it at the last meeting.

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Um, and it's something I've been thinking about and I I don't think I'm going to have a long-winded answer, but I think I have a couple parts to my answer of why I would propose um the policy as written and to approve it. And

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first, it's just the simple fact that in my opinion, and I your opinion is not unique. It's shared by a lot of people. I I appreciate that. I understand that. Um, but it's my opinion that the policy as it is now of no phones during the

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instructional spaces. While there's room to improve, the ceiling on that policy is lower than the ceiling or the best case scenario under the policy that we're hoping to approve tonight. I don't think even under perfect conditions or perfect implementation, the current

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policy gets us to a learning space that is free enough of distraction. um that allows kids to have their full attention on their schoolwork. I think I mean the I was reading a study recently from New York State which just

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imposed their K to2 away for the day statewide policy this year and some of the um survey results were encouraging. Teachers were reporting more focus, more engagement in the classroom. Um students

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were in certain categories reporting improved mental health benefits. So those are the reasons that I personally have looked at this. I I've said all along I know we can't control kids every minute of every day because when they're outside of our building, we

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don't have any control over that. So the whole the bigger broader question of teens and social media use isn't necessarily my focus. my focus is on the learning environment and just seeing you know the study results seeing

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the anecdotal feedback from teachers in the districts that have done this I still think it's the right move and the second part of my answer is I don't think it benefits to take like a stepped approach or maybe you know to say well next year they have to all be locked

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away in a lock box during instructional time anytime the kids in the classroom they can still use them out in the hallway. I think for continuity of our kids who are used to the system of away for the day coming from the middle school, which includes this year's freshman class,

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they were there one year at the middle school and had the away for the day. I think the longer we wait to impose a policy that says away for the day, the more discontinuity and back and forth these kids, these current students are going to have. So I think since it's

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something I believe in the away for the day policy, I think it's right to do it now so that for instance the eighth graders coming up to the high school next year won't have any back and forth. The ninth grade class this year will be the only ones that have had a back and forth. And yeah, it might be challenging for next year's juniors and seniors

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because they didn't live under this sort of policy in middle school. But I think as far as I've heard and from most people that have imposed this, the things I've read, the presentations we've been to in MSBA, yes, there are challenges and I appreciate that and that's the thing that's made me think

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most about this decision. Uh I know it will be asking something of our staff. Um but that's typically temporary. At least the hardest part of it seems to be temporary and you as a school, as a district, we'll get past that. So those

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are the considerations I've given to your question especially um and yeah I while I see both sides of it my gut instinct and now I'm going to you know our policy says you have to vote your conscience my gut instinct

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from the start of this process has actually never wavered from I believe this is the right thing to do. I have taken the time to study it. It's been because this is a policy, you know, required three months plus the several months before that that we studied it. It's been on my mind constantly. But my

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gut is that this is still the right thing to do. I think our kids just need the time unplugged. I think it's required at school to be unplugged from that stuff. So whether it's passing time, lunchtime, or whatever, just so

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that they don't have that constant distraction, that constant need to pull out a distraction from their pocket when they have a free moment. And I know it's not I I visited the high school. I took up the principal's um invitation to come visit. So I saw passing time. I saw

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lunchtime. No, it's not every kid that does it all the time. It's But it's enough. It's enough where you can see the behaviors. And I'm not going to call it addictive behaviors, but kind of the reflexive behavior of I hit the hallway, time to check what's going on

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on my phone. Or I'm at lunch and I finish my food, even though I'm sitting with my buddies, time to check what's going on on my phone. And that just I think that takes away from the entire environment. Even if they're not sitting in class at that point in time, to me, that takes away from the environment of

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this is a learning space. And their attention needs to be more on school and less on distractions. Um, and there's a lot more I could say about that. You could get into the nitty-gritty of, you know, how there will be less online bullying and less opportunity for kids

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to be filmed and that sort of thing, but I think I've said pretty much what's been forefront of my mind as far as why I would vote for this policy. >> Thank you. >> Um, I I just had something that I

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prepared as well. So um so like many in our community, I do believe that we have a responsibility to support student mental health and healthy learning environments. I strongly do support limiting distractions during the school day, removing social media from the classroom environment and ensuring that

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instructional time is focused on teaching and learning. I do not believe that phones belong in classrooms during instructional time. As a board member, I also believe that we have a responsibility to not only consider what outcome we want, but also how we implement change in a way that sets our students and our staff up for success.

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The feedback that we received from our community um to me wasn't it was largely split um which tells me that you know this is a unique instance and that there's not going to be a one-sizefits-all answer. And I also

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believe that parent partnership matters. So we did hear from many parents that they were in support of this and then we did hear from families as well um that they still wanted their students to have the ability to communicate throughout

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the school day. Um while schools absolutely have a responsibility to establish clear boundaries during learning time, I believe that we should be thoughtful before moving to a model that significantly limits parent and student choice throughout the entire day. Um, I also think it's important to ground our decisions in the realities of

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our district. Sel St. Steven is a high performing district with strong student outcomes. I have not yet seen evidence that suggests our district is facing a crisis that requires the most restrictive approach immediately. Does it not mean that there's no concern to address? I

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certainly respect um and do recognize the um the research out there that shows that social media specifically and a lot of times then because of that phones um are an issue for mental health. Um but

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to me this also just means that we should be intentional in matching the solution to the problem that we are seeing specifically in our schools. Also important to me, we have heard from the students themselves. And while the student voice shall not be the s sole factor in board decisions, I do believe

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they should matter. The feedback we heard from many students was largely not in support of a full bell-to-bell ban. If we are asking students to partner with us in creating healthy habits, I believe bringing them along through a measured approach increases the likelihood of buyin and long-term

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success. Also recognizing that implementation matters, I think a bell to bell would place additional responsibility on our administrators and staff to manage phones during passing times, lunch, and other non-instructional periods. And before moving to a most restrictive approach, I would prefer

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um that we were to do a more phased approach um setting clear consistent instructional time expectations in a policy um and to evaluate those results while also assessing the impact on students learning, behavioral, mental health

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enforcement, and school culture while giving our administration time to develop consistent systems and supports. Um and from there after assessing outcomes if we determine additional restrictions are needed to then revisit the conversation with the benefit of real data and lived experience in our

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district. So again, just to be clear, my position is not about maintaining the status quo or about not being in support of student mental health or needs and certainly understanding that your points on how a phased approach might be um you

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know more of a change management to our students. Um and that I do just overall support meaningful limits on cell phones use in schools. I also believe that parents should be involved in that conversation and have some of those abilities to manage their

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students um use without the school setting those restrictions. So um thank you. >> Anybody who hasn't spoke up had any anything to say? >> Um sure.

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I guess I look at this as two different issues. One being the mental health aspect, the studies that we've reviewed, there's been, you know, some medical professionals that have weighed in that are in the community that have been in

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favor of it due to some of those studies and that data. That's one side of it. The other side is the rest. When we say restrictive, this is so restrictive, but I always kind of return back to Matt's

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point is when did we permit them? When did we ever give permission? And then I thought about it. Somebody had brought this up to me. It was actually in a conversation not about cell phones, but um they had told their student going off

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to college that they couldn't bring their PlayStation with as a parent, you know, they can't bring it because it's a distraction. And I was like, well, yeah, as a district we, you know, when have we ever permitted video games being brought to school, DVDs, DVD

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players, um, back in the day, did we say you can bring your own desktop computer, you can bring your boom box, you can bring your VCR, you can bring all of these electronic devices from home because in your free time in between classes, you could use these. This would be permitted in the school. We've never

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allowed that. I think the challenge was all of those things. watching movies, listening to music, messaging, calling, emailing. It all got put into one. And video games, they got put into one little pocket-sized device. And we never really gave permission and said, "Yeah, you can bring it." It just

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kind of entered into our environment without much of a conversation about it. Probably because a lot of us didn't know how far the technology would truly go. But all of that is in the palm of their hand. Now, all those things, if somebody came to us and said, "Could we bring our PlayStation to do during passing time?"

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We would say, "No. Can we bring our DVD player to watch a movie? No. Can we bring our TV? No, you cannot. Um, but all of that is in the palm of their hand. So, all the things that we already restrict or would say no to as a school district have essentially

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been allowed through the use of this personal device. And so, I look at it as two separate things. I am very passionate about the mental health part of it. And then like a lot of the things even what Mike sent out on Sunday just the articles about even schools looking at a reduction in their screen time with

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their school issued devices because of some of the um negative effects or negative impacts they may be seeing with that. So there's the mental health side of it. The other part is though is when we talk about is this restrictive. Not really. I mean we if all of these things were individual

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items and not all being put into one thing in the palm of their hand, we would say no to bringing all of them. Um, so I guess I I'm looking at it as we're not really restricting anything we wouldn't already restrict this part. So

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I guess that's my my take on it. I don't really have much to add. I think I've been pretty vocal on where I stand for quite quite a while and honestly I

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would rather not have electronics in school at all. I think um back in the day when we were in school and didn't have the devices always at our palm, we

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had computer labs and whatnot. we were we were forced and encouraged to memorize things to take a textbook and have something tangible. Um, and I think academically

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we were much further ahead than kids are now. That's just my personal opinion and I will say it all day every day. I would rather go back to textbooks, notepads, and pens and papers

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and would rather have kids writing notes to each other. Um, you know, than sending text messages. It's just more personable. And so that's me. I'd rather go back to textbooks together.

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Scott, anything to add? >> Well, I I again we we've discussed it and everybody knows where I stand also, but to your point, Chelsea, you mentioned something about the teachers and you know, will it be hard and put a

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burden on them? Um, I look at it in this way. uh the the burden really will be on the superintendent and this the administration to really start cracking down and actually holding consequences for when they do break this

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policy. In my line of work, if we have hot spots where we know there's high high crime rate, whether we like it or not, we're told we're going to start to put some bodies into this or that people complaining about speeders, we go and proactively do it. Yep. It takes time,

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but the word gets out. The word gets out quick that if there's a consequence and you're going to get a ticket because you're speeding down that road, uh, or the school zone or whatever, we we we've saturated and yep, it's a tough start,

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but when the word gets out there going to be consequences and that people are going to take action for that specific behavior, well, it it kind of solves its problem right there. then eventually. But again, it really takes uh some consequences and

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and the administration really uh holding it to the teachers to do it. And they're not going to like it at the beginning, but once they start seeing that the staff is serious about taking the phones, well, it it's going to correct

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that behavior. So, that's pretty much all I have on that. And to your point about change and enforcing change, um what I'm hearing around the table is that we'd all like some sort of a change. >> So

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it I don't want to be too simplistic about it, but to me, if we're going to make a change anyway and put the effort and time into making a change, I'm going to vote for the policy that I believe has the best long-term outcome. >> Agreed. >> And that's what I'm that's what I'm doing today. Um, Chelsea, to your point

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though, and I want to make this clear because I've felt this all along, but I haven't voiced it. Um, you know, you kind of asked the question or made the statement that there is no crisis here in our school system. This is not a pervasive problem. I agree. My motivation is improvement of our school

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system. My motivation has never been, oh, look how rough of a place Sartell High School is, or how bad of a job they're doing. I I don't think that administration is doing a poor job with the current policy. It's just that I believe where the the new policy could end up

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puts us in a better place than anything could be done with the current policy. So that's that's my motivation. I want to make very clear this is not a referendum on how the high school administration or district administration has handled the issue to this point. I'm looking for

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improvement. Uh so that's my underlying motivation for doing this. So, I appreciate you making that comment, though. >> And I think that's one of the things that gives me probably even more pause is at the middle school, it was very easy. I mean, not easy, it was work that staff had to do, but it was easy for

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them to place restrictions of this magnitude in that space because we have a locker system that accommodates every student. And that's also something that very much worries me here is these cell phones and these smart devices are still going to be on our students bodies.

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And that's going to add a whole another layer of complex problems and trying to make sure that we're managing that. So, just when you were talking earlier, that was just something that popped up in my head too. >> No, I I appreciate that. I I don't think

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anybody could argue that it'd be easier if there was a locker for every student here at the high school, but that just isn't the case. I I do anticipate there ought to be some creative thinking about that, but I I trust our administration enough to to handle that. And I will support whatever policy our board unit like has

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the majority on like is that the role? Any other discussion? Right. I'm going to call for the vote. Um this is not required to be a roll call vote, so I won't do that. But um just since I'm anticipating different votes, uh just throw your hand up when you vote so I can be sure I'm hearing

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everybody correctly, please. Um, all in favor of approving, get the number right, policy 524.5 say I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Say nay. >> Nay. >> Okay. We have four votes. Four. Scott,

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Emily, myself, Jen. Two votes against Chelsea, Trisha. So policy passes on a 4 to2 vote. Thank you everybody for the very respectful discussion and analysis. First discussion item, second reading of

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policies 525 and 609. Does anybody have discussion on those two policies? >> Which wasn't there a policy that you were going back to answer a question? I can't remember

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if it was one of these or not. No. Okay, never mind. Any discussion? Not then we will move on to discussion item number two which is second reading

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to rescend policies 414.1 and 541 which I believe were procedures. I think that was maybe it 541 >> on that.

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>> Yeah. Why that was in place >> history behind it. >> Yeah. >> The athletic acceleration and we basically were saying that we were rescending it because we follow Minnesota State High School League. if there was any historical context as to why >> the historical context goes back to

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about 14 years didn't have a clear policy at the time. So it was school district along with a few other school districts didn't have anything and now they do lots of procedures

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Okay. All right. Uh unless there's further discussion, we will move on to discussion item three, which is our three takeaways from this evening. Dr. Revard, do you have any notes written down yet? >> I do. Um me and contemplate you. I did have

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number one is a celebration not just of but also celebration of our student representatives of school being a possible topic. to highlight not only the work that they do but that we are looking at new representatives coming in as we did some interviewing. So it's a possibility of

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one. Uh the second one that I noted maybe a little bit more mundane but the general election and called for resolution for the general election and highlighting that that's going to be coming around and believe a little earlier this year if you do

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want to consider running for school board I want to say is what and I looked at today. So it is a little earlier than normal. So we could highlight that as a takeaway information also. Um and then the last one I have our last conversation related

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to policy 54.5 additions. Those are the three that I had but I'm always >> I think those sound good to me. >> Yeah. That was the only one that Yeah. Thank you. >> Yeah, that's true. Was there one that

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you would like to pull? >> Just clump it all together. >> Well, I guess my question was could we do the November election something like closer to >> or is there a way for us to just like make sure that information is more broadly broadcast and we don't need to

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have that one. >> Yeah, sure. Thank you for calling. >> And just to be clear on point number one, um, with Emily's departure, we interviewed, but we're only bringing on one student representative because we

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currently have two that will be seniors next year. And our policy that we recently revised says up to three. So, my goal with that one would be highlighting the role, right? And >> yeah, I Yeah, I knew you weren't going to go into those details. was more for the benefit of the board to be updated

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on what we've done lately. But um yeah, well thank you. Sounds good. All right. Uh upcoming meeting dates on my list here in addition to the committee dates we talked about earlier. Some of these are committee dates. Career and Teched

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Advisory Committee uh this this Wednesday, May 20th, at Sartell High School meeting at 7:45 a.m. Trisha, I think you mentioned >> 85 >> 8:15ish for the signing date activities. Okay. Uh policy committee Thursday, June

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4th. That's at the district service center at 4:30. Uh we have our schoolboard work session that same day, June 4th, at the district service center at uh 6 pm. I believe we have a negotiation earlier that

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afternoon also with the Paris. Okay. Uh finance and personnel committee Monday, June 8th at the district service center. That's at 7 a.m. Our next regular board meeting uh we're back at the district service center Monday June 15th. Uh

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summer hours 6 p.m. not 6:30 for June, July, and August. >> Further work sessions too. >> Uh oh. >> You said six, but just >> Yep. Just dial it. Yep. Work session is at six also. All right. Last item is adjournment. Anybody move to adjourn?

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>> So move to second. >> Motion by Trisha, second by Jen. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Passes unanimously. We are adjourned.