##VIDEO ID:IRzmdB6PX-I## uh rules for the board uh we're going to do uh the organizational meeting we're going to do we're going to elect uh board members by acclamation what that means is that if there's no one else um uh selected or or chosen we'll just go ahead and uh the acclamation which is just approval of moving them in all right I don't know if any changes to the agenda uh can I get a motion to approve the agenda as presented so moved so mooved by Schmidt second by forsberg all in favor please say I I I those opposed motion passes moving to organization of board can I get a nomination for election of chairperson I nominate Tony Easter second do you can other nominations all right so Tony Easter is through acclamation Tony Easter is the chairperson thank you everyone Tony thanks moving to election of Vice chairperson can I get a nomination I nominate Amy hennon I second any other nominations through acclamation Amy is our chair our vice chairperson congratulations moving to uh election of clerk can I get a nomination I nominate Melody SC second all right other nomination through acclamation Melody Skelly is our clerk congratulations and election of Treasurer I nominate Sam Bela I second uh I had a conversation with Sam Sam was unable to join us this evening uh he showed interest and has um said that he approves so yeah he agrees all right any other nominations all right through acclamation uh Sam vola is our Treasurer can I get a nomination for board parliamentarian I nominate Kelly MC any other nominations I second all right so I'm going to use that as the motion Skelly and Schmid to designate uh Kelly Mullen as the board parliamentarian who shall rule all parliamentary procedures and questions all in favor please say I I those opposed motion passes all right congratulations Kelly thank you all right can I get a motion uh to adjourn the organizational meeting so move so move by henon second second by Skelly to adjourn the organ organizational meeting at 704 all in favor please say I I I those opposed motion passes congratulations everyone you as well thank you so moving to our regular uh meeting agenda uh we already called a meeting to order uh please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep which it stands one nation indivisible and jusice for all are there any changes to the agenda I'm not aware of any can I get a motion to present the agenda as presented so moved so moved by mollen second by Schmidt to approve the agenda as presented all in favor please say I I those opposed motion passes some future events please check the district website for a complete list of monthly events Friday January 17th no school for students staff personal workday or professional workday Monday January 20th no school for students or staff buildings child care and District service center is closed Tuesday January 28th school board work session at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday February 11th Schoolboard regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. with communication to the board and administration at 6:45 p.m. moving to consent agenda can I get a motion so move so move by forsberg second second by Skelly to approve the following items of the consent agenda bills paid for November 2024 in the following amounts of 6,472 and Personnel items moving on to discussion reports oh consent agenda oh that's true sorry new year new me all right all in favor please say I I those opposed all right motion passes thank you for that correction all right moving to discussion reports and information items effective operations improve our effective management of human financial and physical resources 2024 2025 enrollment registration and grade level transitions update is Colleen Peterson good evening everyone welcome this is one of the my favorite times of the year in a school district uh other than the start of the school year this is when we get to have the very first impression with many of our families somewhere around 500 new enroles that'll start with us in the fall but 400 of them or 450 are our kindergarteners and so this is a really exciting time for us so I get to be here tonight to share some of our enrollment information with you and I can tell you just today I've had three different enrollment interactions with Spring Lake Park schools one with a parent that is returning um his son is joining us for nth grade to Spring Lake Park schools as a parent I received a text message and an email about ninth grade registration just today and then finally I had a conversation with one of our principles about kindergarten enrollment in our event that I'll share in just a minute so you can just see the the energy and enthusiasm and excitement that happens right around this time so I'm excited to be here tonight so enrollment is definitely open for the new school year for the 2526 year in fact it was open right around December 1st so we have been accepting enrollments since that time and enrollment is open for those that live within our school Community as well as those that might be considering open enrollment in addition to some information that I'll share tonight I'll also share about some of the transitions that we feel are really important here here in Spring Lake Park that fourth to fifth grade year as well as our eighth grade to nth grade year this is a time like I said that is our ability to make that first impression on many families but it's also our way to continue to build relationships and to know our Learners deeply by their name their strength their interest and need each year we want to provide that warm welcome and ease the anxieties and answer questions as we strengthen those Partnerships so we'll share a little bit tonight about kindergarten enrollment in our early childhood programs our westw Transitions and then the high school transitions as well so early childhood the communication team and the community ed department has been working very hard to make sure that our families in the community know everything that they need to know about Early Childhood as well as kindergarten we have reached out to our families that we know have zero to five age children in their households and um want to make sure that they know who we are and that they're part of of our school district even at Birth so we are uh this year really having a strong focus on reaching out to our daycare providers both uh inhome providers as well as we call them big box providers like your New Horizons your Kinder Care One to find out if they have uh four-year-olds that will be kindergarteners this fall we want to make sure that we're starting their learner profiles we want to make sure that the families have the information that they need as well as we are um welcoming the the daycares that are just outside the boundary but could easily be added to a bus route to make sure that those families who might choose that and maybe live within our school district but know that we have some options there as well for them so we're excited about that uh we have had many ways of reaching out to our kindergarten families including home mailings email inperson events and we're doing so at a regular frequency you'll see in just a minute what that looks like but the priority placement deadline for kindergarten enrollment is February 28th what does that mean it just means if you're if you're interested in uh say our Spanish Immersion program and we have more demand than we have capacity a lottery could be used for that so we always just recommend get in there and enroll right away make sure that we have you on our radar so that we can make decisions um and and help you along the way so here's what we've been doing for kindergarten this year starting in October we sent a mailing to all households with children ages 0er to five that mailing included not only kindergarten information as well as our kindergarten events that'll be happening later this month and in February but all of our information about preschool and early childhood family education classes as well and screening so we made sure that we were getting out there early and uh and welcoming those those families with young children in December we opened up enrollment and then we had a first class letter from our K4 principles to those that we knew about on our census list so they've been involved with uh Early Childhood programming we knew about them from birth records from hospitals or they have a sibling in our schools and so those are the students that we expect to come and so they were welcomed with a principal letter our kindergarten uh brochure will be mailed uh or hitting homes right now in January and then we start our new family kindergarten events this event has changed over time but we are we welcome everyone to these events whether you're new to the system or not but they are really targeted for those families that may have a new kindergartener and have lots of questions again to ease those anxieties and to get to know our fam as well we will have uh tours we have tours all year long but in January and February it seems to ramp up a little bit we have digital and other marketing uh that's happening and I've already spoken about the day carees and preschools in February we will start reaching out to those that we have not yet seen so we want them to come in and start that enrollment process but if we have you on our list and we haven't heard from you then we start calling you and so uh if you don't want to hear from us three or four times in the next couple months come on in and and check us out and then between March and April that's when we'll send our confirmation letters home our phone calls will continue for those that we want to try to reach and then finally in May we'll have our K in action event where the families will come in with their Littles and the kindergarteners get to do some station time with the classroom teachers I know I've got some here in the room tonight and so the classroom teachers have stations set aside for them while the parents get their questions and answers um and then in August we have a three-day Kinder Camp these are our K new family events that'll be coming up again North Point January 28th that's our first one and we'll finish up with Park Terrace February 6th each one of these start at 5:30 I can anticipate that the principal will have a message starting about six o'clock there's tours uh and like I said we were just at North Point this morning running through that with the North Point team and we're excited for that first event so that fourth to fifth grade year can be challenging it can have some anxieties around it but it doesn't need to be because we do our very best to make sure that that transition is as easy for families and students as possible so in January our uh K4 principles will send a message to our families uh what they can expect the timeline in February our families will receive an email and a text from our Westwood Administration team and then February 19 we'll have overview sessions on WebEx for our families at convenient times of 91 and 6 so hopefully we'll get as many families as possible on those calls March 27th our students and families get to visit from 5:30 to 7:30 and then finally in May our kiddos get to come over to Westwood our fourth graders that's always a fun day where they get to visit the school um and then I believe our Westwood Panther mentors play a role in that and they they walk around the the school with the students which is great seventh and eighth grade elective registration uh begins February 21st for 7th graders and March 6th is eighth graders so students can explore or stay within one elective path but there will be lots of information for families to come out on that Westwood counselors will have one-on-one and small group conversations with students to build those learner profiles and to get to know what their interest might be and that'll help inform those registration choices and then finally our families are invited to learn more on February 11th for the 6th to 7th grade transition and then February 25th for seventh to eth grade registration information and all of this information is obviously out on our website so if you're not writing it down uh it's all available out there for you high school registration that's the text in the email that I got tonight uh registration is open for high school right now so our intent to be purposeful and intentional in supporting students in their future planning and we have a variety of touch points to make that happen so uh yesterday Monday January 13th High School registration opened for next year registration materials including the course catalog and an interactive guide was posted if you haven't seen that recently I know the team worked um very hard on that product last year and it's a great resource uh both for students and for families I've enjoyed looking through it and it just gives really a it's an amazing how much we offer our high school students the online family information sessions which will provide a general overview are listed there uh they are separated by grade level so that we can personalize it to the questions that might be pertinent to that grade level and then January 28th our high school counselors will visit the eighth graders at Westwood February 5th we have an explore your options event at the high school from 5 to 7 I know this is I think the second year that the high school has offered this event but it was well received and attended last year so we expect the same this year and then Friday February 14th High School registration closes for next year so encourage High School families to get in there with their students and make sure that those decisions are being made colen yes is the Explorer options targeting the ninth graders it's exploring all I believe yep so if parents have questions around registration that is the night that in person um and of course our conference opportunities in the next month for those students that are already at the high school that would be another way that uh between the counselors or with the the teaching staff that they would hear um maybe how how to direct that path for their student and I that's it so any questions about enrollment registration any questions from the board awesome thank you moving to effective operations improve our effective management of human financial and physical resources monthly financial report for November 2024 Miss Amy Schultz all right good evening School Board tonight we're actually going to combine um our two Financial presentations together under this topic it's going to be our monthly financial report as well as the budget revisions and since the board has heard about that so many times we're just going to kind of wrap them together so with that we'll start with our monthly financial report again the board sees this each month it is a cash basis report so our first one being the treasures report shows our beginning and ending cash balances as well as our receipts and dispersements for the month of November um with that it's a relatively you know similar receipts month um our big one in November is our taxes think about it when you pay your property taxes it's May and October so the receipts that come in in November are a big part of that that was almost six and a million of our receipts um another two million in state aid as part of that when the state does that a little bit intentionally they know that we get a large payment in November so they reduce the metered Aid payment in that same month so it's one of our Lower State ones um because of the higher tax month on the dispersement side we are about a million and a half higher than what maybe a normal month would look like a lot of that has to do with projects such as uh we had a payment for our LED project that was almost a half a million in no November uh we do have a chiller that had gone down at the high school so we're paying for a temporary rental Chiller that's almost 100,000 a month um so that's something that will be set to be replaced this summer um and then some of them are more of our either annual or quarterly payments that also hit in November and that's one of those such as our property and liability insurance um as well as just quarterly ones such as unemployment and our purchase staff that we get from Northeast Metro 916 so that's our cash basis um for receipts and dispersements on the statement of revenues this report shows our November revenues as well as where we sit year to date so far our budget for the year and where that um as a percentage stands to our budget for the past two years um I do want to point out the budget revisions the board will be hearing right after this have not been taken into account yet until the board approves it so we're still um working with our original adopted budget from June um and so with that on the revenue side general fund is really actually staying fairly well in line with where it's been the last few years for food service we are again I know we mentioned this last month a little bit ahead of where we've been the past or sorry behind where we've been the past couple of years because of the supply chain assistance federal funds that had been received the past two years that were Brant upfront beginning of the year Aid payment that we received and that money has since run out so we are no longer receiving that um on The Debt Service we have talked about this one a few times this relates to the timing and recording of our uh bond refunding that we did over the summer originally it was budgeted that we would record it for July and during the course of the audit we actually ended up recording it back to June which was the date of the sale versus the date you actually receive everything so uh that it was recorded um last year so we saw that as a part of the audit and so now we will be doing that as a budget revision later to to reflect that recording in the previous year for our other post employment benefits um this is when we we don't usually spend a lot of time on it's one of our smaller budgets um it is if you look back a couple of years ago it was higher and that was a December payment that was actually received in November that year so it it kind of skewed it for that one year so that is on the statement of Revenue statement of expenditures is set up the same way um on this one on our general fund you can see we are ahead of where we have been the previous couple years at this point in November um we had a settled contract that involved onetime payments and so with that those were made in November so it's really making it look like we are ahead of where we were those past few years because of that payment and other pieces to that if you look um then really from supplies on down we are a little bit um running ahead on some of those in some areas behind others really it's all about the timing of projects so last year's was a little bit lower that was some of those projects such as furniture and some of those that didn't get done over the summer by June 30th um LED project as well a lot of that happened in July and August so we are looking like we're ahead of those for the current year again something we'll see in our budget revisions um but ahead thenc because we budgeted for them last year so it looked lower when we pushed that timing um on the Food Service fund you can see that we are a little bit behind on that compared to last year last year we did have um equipment purchases that were done sort of towards the very beginning of the school year and so we are a little bit behind that we do have a few that will'll probably bring that back up come December and January as we've paid for a few pieces of equipment um in the current year and then on the debt side our bond refunding timing again so that is what we have for the financial report if there are any questions on that before we start the budget revisions you could do that any questions all right um so as Joe pulls up the budget revisions again this is one we'll go through really quick the board has been hearing about a lot of these for the past several months so this is not new to them and they've had a chance to ask a lot of questions I and and understand where these revisions are coming from so with that just a real quick update on our budget process so school districts have a July 1st through June 30th fiscal year and so with that we are required to have a original budget approved in June so we have done that subsequent to an original budget adjs if there are assumptions that change um such things that come up that you w expected timing of projects things like that uh we do revisions as necessary throughout the next throughout that school year so we're bringing those forward tonight um and really tonight we are hitting really all four of our major funds so General um Food Service Community Ed and Debt Service on our general fund you can see the increases uh Revenue went up by some federal Awards it was a small increase in our general fund for revenues um but that's usually in September is when we'll get an update for our title Grant Awards and they each went up just a little bit so on the expenditure side we do see adjustments increases for transportation and as well as the onetime facilities project costs so we've talked about several of those in the past um led the furniture um the Park Terrace roof that was done part last year and the rest second half being moved into this next summer so those make up a lot of that there were also slight decreases in compensation um and those were mostly related to just some positions that haven't been filled um primarily in our pair of professionals on the Food Service fund Revenue increases are for just participation in breakfast and lunch so sales have gone up um on the other side then you will see increases in milk and food that relates to those as well as now that we are anticipating some kitchen equipment to be purchased as well on the community service fund um revenue is increasing compared to the original budget for increases in program participation um expenditure adjustments then also directly relate to the incre in participation as well as increases in student transportation for some of our um Early Childhood programs and then on The Debt Service fund is one we've talked about several times with the timing of that fund refunding so a quick look at the chart I know the board has a table in their packet as well would match this so you can see just those slight increases in the general fund um increases in the other funds as well so our Revenue budget in total is going from 128 million down to 114 million the majority of that in The Debt Service fund so that's really where most of that hits not in our operating um and then on the expenditure side you can see uh the increase there as well um increase okay Ivan I'm sorry this is Ivon and I Joe went through uploading this several times and it doesn't match again on the revenue revised for the general fund it should be about 102 million the table in the packet does match what it should be so we'll make sure that reflects that in the presentation as well we were having a hard time getting it uploaded and we tried four different times and it matched and now it's not matching so um we'll get those numbers it should be 102 million and some change in the general fund um other funds are good the way they are so with that it is actually a really close between the original and revised in total with the decrease in The Debt Service and the increase in the general fund and other operating accounts um so with that with just kind of an update on where we sit for the 2025 26 budget so this will be next school year um this spring through November or this past spring through November we've been doing kind of those ongoing adjustments to the current year with that we are always considering what those adjustments to the current year have for implications going into next year um and so then again with that we will continue looking at that as well as any other Staffing adjustments for the rest of this school year um then this coming so now through February we'll be continuing to update the guiding change document that we use to kind of guide our budget planning and the initial uh resource allocation packet that we give to principes and school leaders uh will be distributed in February as well but the discussions have already begun with principles um to start planning for that uh March and April we'd go through our staffing process continuing to update the school board with where we sit and any changes potentially in legislation or other items we're aware of uh again reving that revising that guiding change and then at the may work session which is scheduled for May 27th we would be bringing the proposed budget and then June 10th would be bringing the final budget for approval so with that are there any questions on budget revisions I just wanted to add one thing so as we look at this as you know as a board we spent time in our Retreat um this fall and um looking at those assumptions within the guiding change of we're looking at for Revenue assumptions from the state um the expenses related to the mandates Etc with those assumptions it is going to be interesting to see how this legislative session um influences those assumptions one of the things I'd like to point out though is that we're fortunate to be in a healthy um financial position um with a fund balance that we can move forward with the assumptions that we have even though we are at risk of losing um significant compensatory dollars right now with um unless that's a fix happen happens in the legislative session this spring my concern is right now there seems to be a lot of dysfunction found in St Paul and we'll have to see how how they're able to work and hopefully get some of those things fixed but we we'll take all of us doing some advocacy um for that but just wanted to point out again we'll be able to continue with those assumptions into next year and not have to worry about that but depending on what happens in St Paul that may lead to us having to make some adjustments in the future so let's uh cross our fingers and do some advocacy that they'll get some good work done at same thanks other questions board members um no I just wanted to mention again that as as Amy has mentioned and you've mentioned that we have seen this several times we are um fortunate enough to um you walked through this many times which is good for us so we do whatever questions we've had we've had the opportunity to ask which is great so all right thank you um this will come up for an action item then later on the agenda correct thanks Amy moving on to superintendent report yeah is that pulled up there I think is that gets pulled up I'll just add again um we how important it is to for people to know that that we're in a point where we're not looking at reductions and I just want to emphasize that because a lot of surrounding districts are in the midst of that and I've had a few questions so for our community we have no plans to make any kind of um budget cuts or reductions for for next year we do sit in a healthy position um but we are going to have to you know hope that uh in St Paul our legislators continue with the funding that they've had in place and they fix some of those compensatory things and we'll spend a lot of time talking about that as the spring goes on but I have had a couple questions on that so I did want to that up so moving on some fun things to share with you like to turn this on there we go so first we have some fifth graders who did a deep dive in social studies looking at by a 500y old sunken ship so see that you're having fun with that it's always fun to share these pictures this is kids having a fun game of hand hockey during morning meeting so and I'll give you a minute on each of these pleas to read the fun description that Erica and her team have provided for you so our journey team in grade 78 completed their solar system unit and pton is proudly displaying her solely solar system mile okay North pep North Point had their pep Fest and they had pan Parker the Panther and their High School pep band up there I think that's one of the things that's really fun about our school district is that we're a one high school district so everybody is a panther and so you can have events like this and have our have Parker the panther up there and our pep band and so on not every district is forunate enough to have a tongue twister yeah so but that's that's pretty fun to see um bowling and PE plus math so learning a lifetime Sport and learning math at the same time some uh Westwood students exploring chemical reactions so so Leila Lila you guys can correct me if I'm saying this wrong katek is that right yes and Carter Walter we our triaa award winners so that's because of their participation in academics arts and Athletics all right then Lighthouse I don't even know if I should it reads better than maybe it says lighthouse house in-house field trip was a hoot so the Raptor Center visited with students who are learning about ows Hawks and Eagles so okay so this was kind of fun reader Choice Award once again Spring Lake Park High School was voted the best public school in the area by readers of the local life newspaper so that's pretty fun to see that's in multiple years they've been voted by the surrounding area cool so so this was just on January 8th we had all of our teachers who are facilitating literacy professional learning at their buildings were um here on January 8th to prepare for the upcoming day on January 1th on Friday so just related to that a couple reminders so there is no school for students this Friday is professional learning day for staff January 20th is holiday with no school and then in February on the 13th and 14th and the 18th so those the Thursday Friday and Monday there will be no school um there will be professional learning one of those days and then conferences and time for teachers to PR and plan conferences and then you already had a chance to hear about this from Colleen our kindergarten new family information nights when she was up here did a great job with that um and then we have this Panthers for a purpose and I just asked if Colleen would come up and share a little information about this with you yes so our Panthers for a purpose uh week of giving is coming up at the end of February and that event really is a celebration for our entire panther community yes there is a fundraising aspect to it but you don't have to fundraise in order to participate so I can tell you that as of tonight we've already raised $40,000 with our sponsors including our annual sponsors so that's a great start for what the this is the largest uh fundraising event for the Panther foundation and they give so much to the school district every year but the Panthers for a purpose uh week of giving has many opportunities for people to participate including Dy to donate we have eight local restaurants that are participating this year all you have to do if you're a family that likes to take out or likes to maybe go out once a week or something like that uh we have those restaurant opportunities for you to do that so you go you have dinner and then you're actually donating to the panther foundation and the spren Lake Park schools we have spirit days so we are only in session I believe Wednesday Thursday Friday of that week uh because we are off Monday and Tuesday jefff I think um so uh Monday and Tuesday of that week but we come back in session Wednesday Thursday Friday and we'll have spirit days uh so blue out red out and white out days which will be important and then uh the silent auction will start Wednesday of that that week we have usually about 400 to 450 items ranging from $25 all the way up to um 500 in our silent auction so encourage the community and you can do that that from the comfort of your home or your office if you'd like to do it during your workday um and then uh finishing out that week we have the party at Bunker Hills uh that event is on February 22nd which is a Saturday evening it starts at 5: uh guests will enjoy the live auction uh taco bar is new this year uh Social Hour we have a funder dream and then entertainment by a dueling piano group so it'll be a really uh wonderful evening we expect somewhere around 250 to be in attendance but and it's everyone in that room loves Spring Lake Park schools and it's just kind of that that event that makes everybody just feel really good about being a panther right now we have early bird early bird tickets on sale they're on sale through Monday or through Sunday so on Monday ticket prices go up so if you're considering coming I would encourage you to do so right now and then finally we have a really exciting fundage dream this year that is a bit new for the foundation there's we have been funding experiences that follow into the X Factor is what we're calling it but the X Factor is supporting exceptional experiences primarily those that happen outside of the school day so those connections with uh Youth Sports with activities clubs uh Athletics after school um it's really everything K12 when you think about what happens outside of the school day and how we connect with students and and create that spark or find that spark within a student with their interests so excited about that so any questions thank you just point out that I gave her all of about a three minute heads up that I was going to call her up here to do that so she did a great job she did ask for 20 minutes I said two so so all right and that's it any unless there's any questions any questions don't mess it it's fun yes it is thank you Marilyn okay moving to action items acknowledgement of gifts can I get a motion so move by forsberg second by hennen to approve the following resolution whereas Schoolboard policy 706 establishes guidelines for the acceptance of gifts to the district and whereas Minnesota statute 4653 states that a school board May accept a gift of real or personal property by the adoption of a resolution of approved by 2third of its members therefore be it resolved that the school board of Spring Lake Park schools accepts with appreciation the gifts as shown any discussion always want to say thank you to to the community for their generosity and it is it is greatly appreciated so thank you thank you clerk would you please call rooll yes mlen yes Schmidt yes henon yes forsberg yes Skelly yes and Easter yes the resolution has been passed on a 60 vote thank you moving to pay Equity implementation report can I get a motion so move by McCullen second by Schmidt to direct the administration to support the pay Equity implementation report for the calendar year and December 31st 2024 to the Department of employee relations and Tony mayor would you like to can you can you provide more information on on this I know this is something that we uh action every what three years that's exactly right good evening board um as Tony was just saying every three years each public jurisdiction in the state is required to complete a statistical analysis and submit reports to the state demonstrating that there aren't any gender based uh wage inequities within the organization um essentially what that means is that men and women are being paid statistically similarly for similar levels of responsibility and basically we have a leveling system within the organization um and we have passed this test again I don't think we've ever failed it so uh in addition the statute also requires the board to take action on it and for us to post public not us in our schools great is a report filed annually or is it every three years every three years every three years okay y thanks thank you any any other discussion all in favor please say I I those opposed motion passes approval of budget revision for financial year 2025 can I get a motion so move so move by Skully second second by henon to approve the reev the revised 2024 2025 budget as shown below and below is uh a chart of what uh was presented earlier any further discussion or any other questions all in favor please say I I those opposed motion passes and moving on to board form and reports we'll start with our student reps welcome back happy New Year happy New Year so um we have a lot of sports and clubs going on right now to start with our club um Deca districts happened recently and it was held in the high school which is really cool we had a bunch of other schools come to the high school and be able to use our building for such a big event um additionally girls hockey is doing really well they are at third in the state and they had a game at 7 so they're probably playing right now um we have as an example girls hockey is a co-op and we have other co-ops in the school wrestling is one I know of and co-ops are such a great thing that we have because it allows students to meet people from other schools and you know sometimes there can be animosity between schools but the co-ops allow everybody to come together and um be unite around Sports I guess um and then our adaptive sports team went up to Morehead um for a bowling competition and it was really cool all of the students and parents went on the bus together and you know it's a long bus ride so it was a nice bonding opportunity um so yeah and then finally there is a music festival coming up um wherein SL is showcasing some Allstate music people and we have the most out of our whole conference so yeah excelling in arts and sports awesome yeah so we're in the middle of the try so even though it may seem like it's a lull and you know it's only January so everyone's kind of tired we have so much going on whether it's keeping up with your schoolwork or just keeping up with all the after school activities we have going on um for example student council we're in our second busiest season of the year which is our winter formal Spirit winter spirit week uh we've been planning that for a few weeks now it's really fun I mean in th in those meetings to see all the different students being the Committees we have about six committees and the ideas that they come up with and that we're hoping to Showcase this year I'm excited about and I'm hoping that everyone else is excited for them when they come and the one act is they're rehearsing right now and their shows open next weekend um it's free to the public you don't need to buy a ticket you can just show up and we're really encouraging people to go because this is their kind of rehearsal before the competition and we've done really good in the one act competitions in past year so I mean if you want to see a good show we already know girls in the boat will be a good show and it's about the first women's Olympic rowing team so we're really proud of them we're wishing them luck on the competition and we're hoping people come support them awesome I'm looking that yeah yeah all right board members we'll start on this side any updates um not exactly an update per se but one more activity that's uh recently happened is the Nordic ski team went up north to Giants Ridge and um I think it should be said that any coach is willing to take 60 students on a couple overnights in the cold because they're Nordic I think is um something that doesn't happen in every school and so I appreciate the coaches willing to like do that and then the students that they get the chance to um ski where actually we haven't had a lot of snow this year right and so to go up North and have some good ski I'm going to start by saying as a high school Nordic Skier who team did go to Giants Ridge I second that it's a big job but great for the students um I attended the woodrest PTO meeting last night it was great to see everybody they talked about lots of different things as usual but two things I wanted to mention one um tomorrow night is their D to donate event at Tipsy steer and from 4: to 7: if you go there you don't even have to mention their name they get a um portion of the proceeds if you show up there and eat or drink so encourage everybody to do that the other thing I was going to mention just for any families who might be watching and interested they live stream all of their PTO meetings on Facebook and I know a lot of the other PTO do as well so it's just something to look for on Facebook if you're interested and can't make it but want to watch so that's it thanks and we'll go to this side and I did not go to the last Lighthouse meeting because I couldn't but they one prior to that they were discussing the Raptors and so it was fun to be able to see this whole thing come to life on the on the images here here so that was kind of fun to see and then I just wanted to say too I really do enjoy having the student reps you guys are like always a highlight for me too I just love hearing from the students and seeing the things that you're excited about and how well spoken yall are and it's it's encouraging and fun for me so thank you guys Marilyn any updates your mic meeting and some of you may have been and all I can say is nobody knows um it was the the meeting with the legislators and their comments were interesting but things are you know not moving along real smoothly so we will see and we know that there is not an abundance of funding and but the long range Outlook is somewhat Bleak um 916 doesn't meet until tomorrow night um they usually meet the first first Wednesday of the month but this go around it's the second so boards have an opportunity to have their own meetings first and I know that there will be at least three new members on that board and if any of you were interested in that board at some point in time I would be happy to visit with you I mean there may come a point when I don't want to roam around at night in the dark Z wouldn't go to White Bear Lake but I would be happy to tell you what responsibilities go along with that um the interesting meeting I was at was Help Me Grow um you know I'm the school board member with about 30 early adid specialed Specialists of various kinds from hospitals and from um groups and it's an 11 a sount group and um they have been doing interesting work they try to find zero to five children who need special ed services and then they are referred to a school district so that's how school districts get involved in that um and they have a lot of uh videos that they have and one that they are developing is protecting the developing brain which is something that has been requested because um various groups and districts want to know what the effect of cannabis is on infant brains um this group sends out information to clinics doctor's offices uh community events wherever they can in the last quarter they spent sent out $95,000 95,000 thousand pieces of literature um and the other interesting presentation um you know that mde and Children and Youth have been divided and so there's some overlap there's some parallel there's some no Crossover at all between those divisions so so they are working through that and there is a new Early Childhood longitudinal data system that is being it's in use and it's being developed and we have something called sleds which is K12 but this is early Ed information and it's being used and as of now it is being used Minnesota system is being used by other states because they've also inserted Census Data into it so that was really an interesting presentation and I'm sure that our Colleen and some of her colleagues are familiar with that syst really really very interesting thanks that is I I didn't know that system existed until you mentioned it so well don't help me grow is funded through a Federal Grant and the state is divided into regions and the Metro 7 County Metro provides a lot of the the printed materials for the other regions throughout the state so we have some some activities that not all regions have but they have uh ambassadors who are fluent in other languages who are trying to access those communities and um really quite an active organization yeah I appreciate that effort absolutely thank you Marilyn any other updates all right no other updates actually wanted to sh one more thing okay um that I forgot to mention just because I think this is kind of cool and next week I hit a picture showing some of our elementary lead teachers who were in on January 8th prepare for this coming Friday well next Wednesday we have our secondary teacher leaders coming in which we've shown you some images of them doing that what's going to be kind of cool is they're going to be um doing a tour of Center viiew is there any other schools or just Cent viiew Centerview and Park Terrace so they're going to go as Middle School and High School teachers to learn from some of our elementary teachers about the work that they're doing and then they're also going to get to hear from a panel of teachers um um who recently presented to a group we had some schools in Ohio that wanted to learn about what our teachers are doing to personalize learning and um really work to uh deepen the engagement of students and and right after they got done hope came over to me she could have been more proud because she did no prep for these teachers it was just all them speaking with pride about the work they're doing and we thought there'd be a ton of benefit for our secondary teachers to hear these elementary teachers talk about the work they're doing so it's just kind of fun I just wanted to share that because sometimes we share these pictures where it's Elementary learning with Elementary and secondary with secondary that day is going to be really bringing our secondary teachers into our elementary schools and then learning with and from some of our elementary teachers so kind of cool that's great hope that we can hear feedback from that it happens really hear what they say and what the teachers feel and yeah after listening to that we really are learning from them really cool to hear so cool I can do that yep thanks thanks all right move to adjournment can I get a motion so move by forsberg second by Schmidt to adj the meeting at 7:52 all in favor please say I I those opposed motion passes meeting is adjourned thanks everyone thanks e