To the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation indivisibley and justice for all. >> Thank you for joining us this evening.
Uh looking at the agenda, are there any changes to the agenda as presented? Uh we do have an addition. It will be approval of the uh Spring Lake Park teachers uh master agreement is an addition. Uh any other changes?
Can I get a motion to approve the agenda with the following change? >> So moved by committ. >> Second by Mlullen. All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes.
Please check the district calendar and resource guide or the district website for a complete list of monthly events. Wednesday, November 26, 2025, no school for students, staff professional workday. Thursday, November 27th, and
Friday, November 28th, uh no school for students and staff, uh district services center is closed. Friday, December 5th, 2025, school board retreat at 11:30 a.m. and location is to be determined. Tuesday, December 16th,
2025, school board regular meeting, 7 pm with communication to the board and administration at 6:45 p.m. And this also includes the truth and taxation hearing. Moving to consent agenda. Can I get a motion?
>> So moved by Scully, second by Hennon to approve the following items of the consent agenda. Minutes of the October 7, 2025 regular school board meeting. October 2020 October 28th 2025 school board work session
bills paid for September 2025 in the amount of 3,653,652 and personnel items. All in favor please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. Moving on to discussion, reports and
information items, communications and connections. Increase the connection, engagement, and support of our families and communities. Develop a successfully develop and successfully implement Levy campaign a district operational plan project update.
>> Hello, >> Miss Tyel. >> Yes, good evening. >> Hello. I'm thrilled to be here to uh tonight to officially wrap up this project on our district operational plan. I have to admit I feel a little bit off because I'm missing my one of my
key partners in this work and that is Colleen Peterson who couldn't be with us this evening. But because she's not here, I get to say this. Colleen is a pro at Levy Work and she's had so much experience over the years and a lot of great success. Um it's just really fun to work with her. She's also a fantastic
colleague and partner. So tonight I am going to do my best to represent our work the work on our behalfs and I know I'll probably hear from her if I miss something. So um I know the board is wellversed in this at this point so I'll
be brief and welcome any questions. So first just a reminder of the background. Um we um the project work began before the district operational plan was um put together for this year um as we were looking at both the short and long-term fiscal outlook for the
schools. Um and then of course we mobilized the project um as the school board took action to add the question to the ballot in August. Um, so we focused on effectively communicating why the levy request was even out there, its impact on voters, and the potential
impact should it pass or fail. And now it's November and we're wrapping it up. So maybe the shortest DOP project we've had in a while, shortest and longest at the same time. Um, so just a reminder of our goal. Um, we wanted to develop and
implement a campaign that enhances trust and support for our schools. um leading to the successful passage of the levy. We had three um pretty general um achievement points. Um we wanted to develop theformational campaign,
implement it and then partner with kids first on their um advocacy efforts. So tonight I just want to share a few highlights within each of those. So, first um developing theformational campaign. Um as I sat down to reflect on
what were some of the most important elements we there there are tons of things that go into developing the campaign, but three really stood out. Um one the first one is really taking the time to understand some of our community perspectives. Um knowing that we wanted our message to be grounded in the things
that our community cared the most about. Um we did that with the community survey last spring and then we had a chance throughout because we were having frequent um touch points with community members to continue to um test that messaging. Second is really crafting the right
question and I will not take credit for that at all. That was very much a team effort and overlaps with the fiscal health project as well. Um, so the fact that we had a two-step question, um, and that it was very focused on minimizing the impacts to our taxpayers, um, as
well as generating the funding that was needed, um, is really a gift for a communicator, I have to say. Um, because the question itself communicates fiscal responsibility creativity and understanding of where people are at. So
that um, question was really important. And then finally identifying a narrow set of critical messages. Um we knew from studying what others had done that the most successful campaigns really focused on a few as simple as we could
be um compelling messages um that were repeatable and were repeated often um so they stuck. So for us, the question was a part of that um as was our the place we have in the 37 metro districts and that graphic we've used as you can see on the screen.
Um the fact that we had a balanced budget for 14 years um with no increase to our operating levy since O2 and that um really our intent was to use these funds to maintain what we've built over time together. So we worked on developing that campaign
and then as soon as the school board um took action to put the question on the ballot um we moved toward implementation. So um implementation began right away in August and then we really wrapped up I guess we're wrapping up tonight but November 5th um the day
after the election. Um and really the campaign took a layered approach um to delivering our key messages. Of course, there was a lot of there were a lot of online components with district-wide um emails, texts, and voicemails to our families knowing that they were they
were crucial to our understanding of what was out there as well as voters. And then weekly school newsletters, we used video. We had our um website hub and then we had a very strategically brief social media campaign. And then we layered on top of that all of our paper,
right? So, what what comes um to you in your home? Um we had a couple of key mailings both to families as well as to the broader community. Um we had a couple of backpack stuffer stuffers at grades K through six. And then um we did leverage our conferences um that
families were participating in in October. And then finally we had a lot of in-person opportunities. Um there were more than 30 in-person presentations from PTO's to community groups reaching hundreds of people. Um,
and this is where I have to shout out Superintendent Jeff Ronberg who hosted those so well. Um, and some days had three or four different presentations all across the 7.5 miles of our district. So, and he managed to keep his
voice was great. And then the third achievement point was around partnering with Kids First. Um, Colleen Peterson is the official district representative and liaison to Kids First and she was working alongside a group of volunteers, a few of which have been doing this kind
of work for our district for 35 years. So, incredible legacy of support. So, the Kids First Group is the the volunteer advocacy group often known as the vote yes group. Um they reported that more than 80 volunteers
participated in advocacy efforts that complement the district'sformational campaign. Um you can see a few pictures here of the last big effort on November 1st which was the door hanging event and you can see that our volunteers ranged
in age and also their modes of transportation that day. Um, Kids First was also very successful with their friends and family approach. They mobilized um nearly 2,000 personal connections to identify encourage the
yes vote. So that's volunteers coming in identifying their neighbors, their friends, their family um who are voters um and people they were comfortable reaching out to. And then finally having that strong vote yes message in all of their materials, the website,
presentations, residential mailings, and on and on a lot of efforts. So I'm happy very very happy to report that the outcome was um fantastic 66%
approval of the question. Um and uh uh that's on a night when actually 30% of the operating levies in the state did not pass. Um there was strong showing in the metro but um a third of the levies didn't pass um on election night. Um,
and in addition to the our district and our kids first channels and opportunities for communication, we know that community members chime in in all kinds of forums. Um, and especially on social media, there are good great connections that happen amongst the community. And there's also like a lot
of questions, speculation, and some misinformation. So, one of the most gratifying things that we saw was um people that we didn't even know that weren't officially connected to any of our efforts chiming in on our behalf and sharing messages, the website, graphics,
um all kinds of things um to help make sure people had good information. I actually want to read one example of a comment that was just so heartwarming from a community member that we, you know, was not officially connected with
our work. She wrote to somebody's question, "I will vote for it. SLP has a vision for its students like I've never seen. Starting with the OAC program, construction trades, and CMA programs, among others. This is a class act school
district that cares about these kids and teaches beyond the classroom." I don't know about you, but comments like that give me little goosebumps. um and make me as someone who is helping lead this work um incredibly proud of what we do and that we have such a great
story to share. Um so at the end of the day, I know I can confidently speak for everyone involved um in feeling so grateful that the experience our students have in our schools is supported so well by our community. So what's next? We're going to wrap this
project up um and work to position the district for fiscal health is continuing. It's part of our standard work. Um and um gratefully our attention now can just go back to managing our resources very well, which is a core capability of ours. So um and I don't
know Jeeoff if you want to chime in on any of that. >> Yeah. So, as it relates to this, I think one of the things that's really important is people often think you just I mean, this is as simple as in June, July or August, the board says, you know, approves an action to put a levy
on the ballot and then we wait and the vote comes and you find out do people approve it or not. And there's a lot more that goes into that in between the date that you all approved the levy to I mean putting the levy on the ballot to when the vote actually took place. There
was a lot of work that went on which Erica had just summarized. I think even more importantly was all the work that went on for years and years and years leading up to putting it on the ballot. And I think that led to what comments like what we heard is the work happening in our classrooms, the work happening throughout the district, managing
resources well over time is what builds that trust in the system that that 66% was the highest passage rate of an operating levy in the state. So that's something that I think is really important um to point out on an
operating levy where it was generating new revenue. So there were some that were higher where it was a renewal, not a renewal, but um like a capital projects levy or something like that of a true operating levy. So that's something that I'm really proud of the work that went into communicating the message. But just as importantly, I'm
really proud of the work that happened in the years um leading up to it. So, I think that's what's really important to let the community know we don't take this for granted. I've often had people say, "Well, Jeff, just go out and get for a levy and get more money." I think part of the reason we have the support is because we haven't done that. It's not that simple. It's a big deal to ask
people to um invest their dollars in the school district. That's not as simple as as some people may think it is. It's a challenge and it's something that when we do that, we want to be able to say that it's really a time when we need it and and um we do that thoughtfully and now we'll continue
to use those resources well. So, that's just a promise that I know that you as a board make to the community that we're appreciative of their uh vote and we'll continue to use those resources well into the future. >> I don't know if anyone has any questions. I'm happy to take a stab at
anything. >> Any questions, comments? >> Yeah. No, no questions. But, you know, thank you to you. Thank you to Colleen. Certainly the Kids First um volunteers and uh the board really appreciates all the work that did go into it and the
voters that decided to support it too. >> Thank you. >> Compliment the team. It was well, it was a wellrun machine and they were great.
>> Thank you. >> Lots of good things, but in addition to telling what we've done and what we hope to do, we have no plans to do wild and crazy things.
all of those resources will be used very carefully and very thoughtfully. And so, um, just think that the public needs to know that we are thinking in terms of being very careful with those dollars that we have access to now.
Anyone else? >> Yeah, I think I I think they've said it all. We do have an action item in uh tonight's agenda to basically approve the um the voting that have taken place. The only thing I can say is thank you to
the community for once again uh entrusting us and investing in future students because we couldn't do it without them. And I think uh as you have said and and others have echoed um it's
taken years and because of our um because we've taken such a strong fiduciary stance and responsibility for what funds we do get. This is why we can see the successes that we do when we do ask for money. And again, we don't ask for it often, but when we do, we greatly
appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving on to effective operations, improve our effective management of human financial and physical resources uh monthly financial reports for
September 2025. Miss Amy Schultz. >> All right. Good evening. Uh we have not had a an update from um our usual monthly report for the last few months and that is normal for this time of year where we're trying to close out an audit in last fiscal year as we are already
several months into the new year. So this is our first one for fiscal year 2526 and we're going to be reporting on the month of September. Now we're using the same reports and format that we have in past years. So the first one of those is the treasures report and that is our
beginning and ending cash balance as well of our as our receipts and dispersements. Um so with this you can see uh we're in that kind of 66 67 million. we were a little less than what we have been in previous years and that was completely anticipated as we have um over the
summer had some facilities projects um that were planned for and so we knew this was coming and it's still a very healthy cash balance so we appreciate that um and then with that so the receipts this month were about 7.7 million in aid out of that 9.5
um and I'll talk a little bit about that in just a minute um on the dispersement side it's about 70% is compensation for staff between salaries and benefits. We are a peopleheavy organization and so that is um that is common across all school districts. Outside of that, we
did have close to a million dollars of summer facilities projects that were still being paid off. And then outside of that, it's some contracted services and supplies as well. on the statement of revenues. This report shows our uh revenue for the
month of September, what it is year-to date so far, um and then our budget for the year and then as a percentage of where we stand and then compared to the last two years as well. So with that, um everything looks really in line on our operating accounts. The general fund is
back up a little bit. Last year was a little dip um where it went down um in the month of September. September's a big month for starting up with state aids from the Department of Education. And with that, the estimate that was being used coming out of the legislative session into the school year for special
ed was quite low last year. So the amount that we received in that first big payment was lower. Um so it's about $900,000 more this year at this point in the year for special ed as they have upped those estimates. So, uh, one other thing to note on this, you will notice
that at the very bottom there is nothing regarding the OPED bonds. Those are gone. We talked about that last year that they were being paid off. So, that is one thing that has fallen off of these reports now that we no longer have those bonds.
Uh, the statement of expenditures, again, these look really similar where they have been compared to the last couple of years. And we've talked before that between supplies and capital and other those things can vary a little bit depending on how things are budgeted specifically in buildings and the timing
of when um activities happen. The biggest one of those is usually in capital as we have our summer facilities work. So when we do a budget in June, we're estimating how much is going to get done in June versus July and August. So with those swings, we did have a lot of rain this summer. So, uh, with that,
a lot of those projects were pushed into July and August, and we will start seeing those payments come in. We're still making those. So, um, with that food service is just a little bit lower. In the past couple of years, we did have some equipment purchases. We do have some planned for this year as well, but
they will happen later in the year. Um, so again, with that, we've talked about debt service many times over the last year, why last year looked so low, and that was the bond refunding that we did last summer. And with that, the anticipation in the budget that it would hit in July, and when it actually came
through, it went into June the previous year, which is why those just look a little bit off when you look at a year-to-year comparison in September. So, that is our update for September. If there are any questions, >> any questions.
Quick question on the bond refunding. Will we see the same thing with the recent refunding? >> Uh, we will need to do a budget revision at some point to reflect uh the bond refunding. And we actually just received one of the wires today for that. So, >> okay, great. >> So, we won't see that until the probably
the November update. >> Awesome. Thanks. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay, moving on to superintendent report. thanking our community um for their support of our operating levy. So that's crucial into the near term here um to
continuing to provide uh the wonderful things happening in our schools. So we're really excited about that. Um relief might be a better word, but uh really glad that that's behind us and we can move forward. We had some kindergarters at Park Terrace in Woodrest learning all about apples, how
they're growing, etc. So, some fun picks. And then we have uh some of our third graders at North Point working with some of their kindergarten buddies. So, some of our experienced readers working with some of our new readers. So, it's fun to
see. Then, we had these students who are celebrating their nutritional services heroes. So, um during National School Lunch Week, thank you very much to our staff for the work they do. Our um nutrition services
staff for the work that they do. Westwood sixth grade students learning about portions of a whole, working in teams. They use long division, other strategies to convert fractions into decimals. So, some great work happening over there at Westwood. We also had a chance to hear from
teachers all over the district about other um challenging students for growth. This was really one of those topics that when we asked parents what the hopes and dreams were that they shared with us. There's a story online that people can read more about that. So again, this is a pick from Westwood.
This is once again Westwood. We had 33 of our seventh and eighth grade choir members um who joined other students from uh across the uh metro area to sing at a twins baseball game. Some of our lighthouse students so they're had their middle ages theme and
they researched various topics, people or events and they brought it to life um during a medieval fair. And then this is just over at our high school. We talked with a variety of students and teachers to hear that um about the 51 courses we have at the high
school. Um the opportunities for college credit. As you know, we have that one project we're looking at how we can improve, continue to improve in in that area. Even more, the great news is we have 83% of our graduates this past year that earned at least one college credit in high school. and just 40 almost 50%
48% of our kids um had earned a semester's worth of credit. So this is really something that we're we are creating opportunities for each and every kid to have that opportunity. >> So this one I think is really cool. I'll just let you read that on the right.
This is a very cool thing that uh our high school choir did. Huge props to the staff making that happen. Um, we had a chance to hear recently about mechatronics at one of our previous board meetings. So, this is a picture of some of our students, mechatronics, learning how the machines
work and um, just working with industry professionals. So, you know, that was a fun presentation that we had. So recently our high school parking lot turned into some career exploration for our kids. So some of our local industry
partners were here um Henipek, US Army, etc. really providing um a variety of opportunities for kids to learn more about different careers they might. We had academic award night recently. So, class of 26, 27, and 28 students
earned academic distinction based on how they did in this la past school year. So, there were a ton of kids who uh received recognition, which is very cool. And once again, one of our football games earlier this year, Panther
Foundation Sweep Stakes, um winners were uh received their gift cards um to the Panther store and then they also get to decide how they're going to help their school spend $500. I thought this was kind of cool. So, the Lions, they always have their pancake breakfast, which just a few weeks ago,
they had their pancake breakfast on a Sunday morning. It was the biggest one I think they've ever had, most attendees, but they did something different. They came actually and made pancakes for our high school students during lunch, some of the Lions did. So, they made over a thousand pancakes for our high school
students. So, There's Lion Pete, a former staff member of ours who's a retired uh staff member of ours who's very active with the Lions. >> And then this very fun Saturday to be at the football game. It's like it doesn't
get any better than coming down to the very last play. Um it was very excited exciting. I was standing next to the fence right by the goal line and for overtime and all the students came down to stand there. So I was surrounded by the students as they were jumping up and
down and it was it was very cool. >> Yeah. Yeah. I I did it was pretty exciting. It was fun. But it was so cool how many students and community members that we had there. It was a huge showing for a Spring Lake Park. So So it's
exciting. They play this Friday 2 o'clock US Bank Stadium against uh St. Thomas Academy and we will be ex uh excusing the students at the high school at 12:45. There'll be a fan bus provided for students who may want to take advantage of that. They will leave the
high school at 105. So they'll allow the buses to get back and pick up other students. Um if students in younger grades, if families want to attend, that will be of course an excused absence for them to be able to attend um the game. Um the middle school may provide a fan
bus as well if there's enough interest for that. So if they win the game would be on a Saturday or when they win they play the following Saturday. So just some upcoming days. Uh you already saw this on um earlier in the meeting. Um but no
school on November 26th for students staff professional work day and the 27th to 28th. Thanksgiving on the 27th. Um the 28th is off for students and staff. And December 1st um no school for students. Once again, that's a professional learning day for staff. And then of course at the end of December
from the 24th to January 2nd, no school for winter break. Upcoming our winter market and gift shop. Um K4 students can come in and shop for presents, entertainment treats. So that's Saturday, December 6th. That
seems to get bigger every year. So, it's kind of fun to see. We have our Westwood play in Justice for Pigs, Revenge of the Bad Guys this December 4th and 5th. That will be it's our Westwood play, but they do have it at the high school. And then we have our um upcoming Live on 65 after
hours big band. So, that will be Sunday, December 7th. So, that will be a busy weekend at the high school. And that is it. >> All right. Thank you, Jeff. >> Yep. >> Okay. Moving to action items.
Can I get a motion to approve the resolution canvasing returns of votes? >> So moved by Vala, >> second by Mlullen to adopt the following resolution. Be resolved by the school board of Spring Lake Park Independent School
District number 16, state of Minnesota, as follows. It is hereby found determined and declared that the general election of the voters of this school district held on November 4th, 2025 was in all respects duly and legally held as
specified in the attached abstract and return of votes cast. A total of 2,874 voters of the district voted in said general election on the election of four schoolboard members for four year term
for four four-year terms. Okay, it's kind of confusing. Caused by caused by ex by expiration of term on the first Monday in January following the general election. And then in your uh in your notes, it
has the results. Melody Skellyy, Kelly Mcclullen, Sam Vala, and Marilyn Forsber, having received the highest number of votes, are elected to four-year terms beginning on the first Monday in January 2026.
It is hereby found, determined, and declared that the special election of voters of this school district held on November 4, 2025 was in all respects duly and legally held as specified in the attached abstract of
votes cast. A total of two 2,847 voters of the school district voted at said special election to consider ballot question number one as follows. The school board of independent school district number 16 has proposed to
increase its general education revenue by the following amounts. Tax for taxes payable year specified which was to 550 per pupil for taxes payable in 2026 through 2028 and then $930 per pupil
which will replace the $550 per pupil amount beginning with taxes payable in 2029. and that amount would increase by the rate of inflation for taxes payable in 2030 through 2035. The proposed referendum uh revenue
authorizations would be applicable for a total of 10 years unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. Votes cast for and against the question are as follows. Ballot question number one 1,889
voted yes. No votes 966. Valley question number one, having received the approval of at least a majority of such votes, is hereby declared to have carried. The clerk is hereby directed to certify results of the general and special election to the
county auditors of each county in which the school district is located in whole or in part. After the time for contesting the election has passed and the candidates have filed all campaign financial
reports required by Minnesota statute chapter 211A. The clerk is hereby directed to deliver a certified a certificate of election to each person entitled there too. The clerk is also hereby directed to enclose with a certificate a form of acceptance of
office and oath of office. All right. Any discussion? Congratulations to our board members. >> Congratulations. >> Welcome back. >> And and again, I we want to say thank
you to um to the residents uh for approving the levy and and just again for for investing in our students and helping us to continue the great education and opportunities that we're providing for
our students. Clerk, can you please call RO? >> Yes. Mr. Bella? >> Yes. >> Miss Hennon? >> Yes. >> Miss Forsber? >> Yes. >> Miss Skellyy? Yes. Ms. Mlen? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Schmidt? >> Yes. >> Mr. Easter? >> Yes.
>> The resolution passes on a 70 vote. >> Thank you. Uh, moving to acknowledgement of gifts. Can I get a motion? So moved by Forsber, second by Hennon to approve the following resolution
where schoolboard policy 706 establishes guidelines for the acceptance of gifts to the district. And whereas Minnesota statute 465.03 states that a school board may accept a gift of real or personal property by the adoption of a resolution approved by twothirds 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? >> Only thank yous. Yes. >> Clerk, did you call the role? >> You bet. Um, Ms. Forsber, >> yes.
>> Miss Kelly, yes. Ms. Mlullen, >> yes. >> Miss Hennon, >> yes. >> Mr. Bella, >> yes. >> Miss Schmidt, >> yes. >> Mr. Easter, >> yes. >> The resolution passes on a 70 vote. Thank you. Moving to approval of Spring Lake Park
uh teacher master agreement. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> So moved by Schmidt. >> Schmidt and Skellyy. >> Second by Scully to approve the 2025 20 through 2027 master agreement between Independent School District 16 and Spring Lake Park
Teachers United as recommended. So we had a lot of discussion in close session on this. Everyone's received updates on the board. Uh any additional discussion? All right. All in favor, please say I.
>> I. >> Those opposed. >> Motion passes. 7. >> Moving to board forum and reports. We'll start with our student reps. >> All right. Um,
so last month I went to the play at the high school, Clue. Um, which is really fun. I have never watched the movie, but I grew up playing the game, so it was kind of fun to see it brought to life. Um, and it was also fun to see a lot of new faces um, in the theater department.
So, I look forward to seeing them through the next two shows. Um, in student council news, we're in our application review process right now. So, um I'm excited to see new faces this month probably and get to know everyone,
all of our new members. Um we're also working to plan the blood drive that will be happening in December. And it's always fun to see people show up to support um to support others because for a lot of people it's their first time. Um and it's great that they have an
opportunity to do it at the school. And then I just want to mention my coach um Dave Cuther for tennis won our section's coach of the year award and so all the head coaches in the section vote on it and we're very proud of him and of the
team for um winning that award. So yeah. >> Yes. >> Um just to add on to what Mia said about the blood drive. Uh I plan on donating blood for the first time this year. So, it's um it's really nice to see everyone come out and support the community for that. Um we have a very busy week ahead
of us. Um so, uh first things first, I want to say that even though we are now officially going into our winter sports season, we still have fall activities going on. Um this Thursday, our band and choir are be will be going to Chicago on a four or five day trip, I believe. And
then girls hockey has their first game against Rose Mount tomorrow. And our girls soccer team was the section runners up. And we had two players, Brooke Gorsch and Viviana Smith make all state with Brook Gorsch also be making the all-American team. And then
for cross country, we had Genevie Vjowski uh qualify and she plays 72nd out of 160 uh participants. And then for swimming uh diving, we have Ellis Rosenberg who will be going to state and that will be at the University of
Minnesota Thursday 6 pm. And we had for our swimmers Cora Roseboro, Anna Milsell, Ana Becker, Quincy Gilbert, Mia Quigley, Oiria, and they'll be going Friday at the U of M at 6 p.m. So if you want to do a double feature, you can go to the football game and then right
afterwards go to the swim meet not too far apart. Um, and uh, also a reminder that winter registration has opened for those sports. And last but not least, our football team. Uh I was not able to make it to the game on Saturday, but I heard from everyone that it was great.
You know, super cold, but um we won 1312 against Alexandria and then we'll be going to the semi-finals this Friday like Superintendent Rosenberg said. Um we Ryan Bber, my bad. We will we will be having we will be having a early release 12:45 and then there's a fan bus at 10:05 I
believe. Tickets for that will be $11 and then for the game it's $10 for students and $16 for adults. And uh yeah, that's all to report on. >> Part of the students was >> Yes. >> how they chose to >> Yes. It's chronic.
>> It's chronic. >> Although they did wear ski attire. >> So it was smartish. >> Smartish. >> Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. Little not as smartish.
No, but it was Yeah, I agree. It was funny to see. >> Uh yeah, really quick. I also saw Clue. Really great show. Lots of fun. >> Um they do such a good job every year. Um when uh Superintendent Ronenberg
showed the picture of the lunchroom with the hero masks, I was there. I was actually literally on the other side of the camera when that shot was taken because uh after speaking with Amy Kimmel in August, she invited me to have lunch and I said, "Sure, I'll have lunch." And she's like, "What day?" And
and I said, "Well, what's the favorite lunch?" And she's like, "Mandarin chicken." All right, show let me know what day Mandarin Chicken is. And it happened to be that day. So, I actually got to have lunch at Park Terrace and uh the day of the Lunch Heroes. And I I cannot compliment the school lunch team
enough. They so care about the kids and the lunch and you know knowing that >> um there's different levels of resources and food security um in our district. It is really pretty powerful and there was a little
excitement at the lunch table that I sat at with some kindergarteners and it was also a real time sort of watch of how fast the staff was there to support the kid and um navigate the the hiccup that was happening at that time. And so, um,
it was it was a pretty amazing. And then by chance, I literally, as I was walking out of the lunchroom, I ran into the principal. And so, I also earned myself a tour of Park Terrace. And if you haven't been to Park Terrace in a while, it is a pretty cool setup. I, of all the schools, that's probably a school I know
the least well. And so, got to see like how the hallways are set up and the big space and whatnot. And so, um, it was, it was just a nice little visit to Park Terrace that day. And then my other quick update is uh in September you all nominated me to continue my role on
Midslap which is the fund that we are invested in. For for lack of complication, we're just going to say like the money market version for school districts. And so I was uh reelected formally in October. So I'll continue that term for three years. And which is
good. I'm around for four. So that all so that all worked out. And um and I I just bring it up because they're quarterly meetings and it does bring in revenue to the district. So while we are also being fiscally fiscally responsible, it's another way for us to
use our money wisely and um while it's sitting there waiting to be applied in some um purposeful way that we are getting interest on it and helping get revenue that way too. I had the excuse me the pleasure of
attending the Woodrest Spanish immersion PTO meeting last week and as all with all of the PTO's in our district. They're always so busy doing so many amazing things. Um they had a cookies with the principal coming up and a book fair coming up. They have a bookf fair
family fun night coming up this Friday. Um uh they had a grants meeting where they give out some um grants to some of the teachers. They're always looking for more Wednesday morning volunteers if you happen to be watching this and want to do that. And they also were talking
about um spiritware and how they're working with the district office to kind of come up with some cool logos for them with them and it will be available to order for the holiday season. So that will be super fun. >> All right. I too went to the play and it was really
great. It was my husband went with me and he was like this was so good. I think he was surprised at how amazing these students are. Like I can't believe how much they can remember. I was I was shocked by it. I mean that one whole sequence where the guy was it was
>> it was so much. I was amazed at how good it was. It was really good. So, if you ever get to go go um and then I had a question about um maybe this is the right place, but is the market the where you can donate former like old Spring Lake Park gear? Do you guys anyone know
I mean clean gear? >> That's Yes. Okay. So, I think it's worth stating if you have Spring Lake Park gear that you are retiring or don't need, it's a great place to drop it off so that kids can get some Spring Lake Park year for
the cost of whatever it is that they charge. So, so that's my two cents. >> Marilyn, >> well, I too saw Clue and was really impressed. It was really fun. Uh, I went live on 65 to the election
gall gathering to Park Terrace PTA meeting to help me grow. I had delicious lion's pancakes. >> I'm not done yet. um had a presentation at 9:16 by an
individual who is working for a career in tech for all four metro um intermediate districts. And those four intermediate districts serve 45 school districts and more than 20,000 students annually. But it's an attempt
to share some of their career in tech uh things and also on ITRA which is the program that is designed for uh working paras to become licensed teachers and that is
progressing well. Um, I don't know if anybody else was at AMSD. There were two people from the legislature and some of the topics they touched on was mental health.
This was a preview. um discussion about free lunch, whether some of the people should be paying um because some of the families that could and that we need to listen to students more.
Um there probably will possibly will be a bonding bill. gun safety as a topic and um the position papers of AMSD are on their website if any of you are interested in knowing what AMSD is going to be supporting
and I'm going to AMSD's annual conference tomorrow. >> That's more than enough. >> You sure? >> I always appreciate your updates. >> All right. Anything else from board?
So, should we move to ajournment? Can I get a motion? >> So, moved by Skully. >> Second. >> Second. >> I think Forsber beat you to it. Forsber to adjourn the meeting at 7:46. All in
favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everyone.