call the January 13th School Triton school board meeting to order please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance 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 move on to the oath of office um we have three Schoolboard members that were elected this year Rebecca canson James Jensen and Scott
curen um if you would stand I'm going to read the oath of office and then um we will go through did you have that in your packet yes yes we will go through in
your packet you have the oath of office so once I read the first part I'll have you all three of you read the bottom portion it is an honor that you were elected to guide the education of our community's children as you recite the O of office you assume a tremendous
responsibility as a director of our school district with the duties empowered by the Minnesota Legislature this power puts you and the other members of our school board in the position of being both morally and legally responsible for Equitable quality education of every student in The District in carrying out this
responsib ability you will be asked to fulfill the roles of vision structure accountability and advocacy in providing Vision the board with extensive participation of the community envisions the community's educational future and then formulates the goals defines the
outcomes and sets the course for the public schools to achieve the vision the board establishes a structure and creates an environment designed to ensure all students the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational frame framework
because a board be because as a board we must be accountable to the community we must ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children as board members we serve as education's key Advocate on behalf of students and
our community schools to advance the vision for our schools furthermore we must strive to work together with the superintendent and staff to lead the district toward fulfilling the vision we have created fostering Excellence for every student in the areas of academic
skills and knowledge citizenship and personal development and then if you all just want to read the portion below the the stars there yeah go ahead and read it all together accept ofice
the of the United States and of St office of school M of Independent School district12 Jud thank you very much okay moving on
we have recognition of visitors open Forum I have uh Dean shudy and Damon bringelson from The Claremont Chamber of Commerce we're here to present a check to board so if you two gentlemen um they did hand out a spreadsheet and uh that
kind of shows the total of all of the different things that uh they've helped support fund over the past year so uh very gracious for your support um if I could get the board to go over do you guys want to say anything first well um
you can just come up here Damon yeah sounds good we going to say that you know we're proud to support the TR School District um it's something near and dear to our hearts and it's something that we want to continue we uh thought we made a pretty good Endeavor this year and I can tell you that we're
already $6,000 into donations for 2025 thanks to a raffle that U we help coordinate with you guys so we're looking forward to a partnership in the future to help out the trading District as much as we can thank you thank you very much appreciate it does so I I mean
when they get the bang ERS together and stuff like that the kids come and help out which is awesome it shows that they're putting effort into it too so it's not just the adults getting involved it's the kids getting involved too so this is right and that's something that we are really kind of keying on is um we want people to have a little skin in the game so you know if
we ask kids to show up to help clean up ditch or to do whatever you know um but to help sell a raffle ticket to so Bingo whatever um the families have been very good about stepping forward and helping in that regards so if people are willing to put some effort into it we're more
than willing to help make it a reality so thank that's what we did this year that's fantastic 2024 2024 so can I get the board up there so I could get a a picture of all of
you this one too if you don't mind huh good all the gaps yeah SC in the jail I put the student council y all right smile one two three get more PS
thanks guys thank you all right number five approve agenda second motion by Lloyd second by Brian all in favor oppose motion carries number six
Cobra Pride yeah I wanted to recognize Christy Faber and student council we've uh the the the numbers that you guys have gotten involved the number of students involved is just amazing and I know you're continually getting people to ask to be involved and I just wanted
to recognize you guys for your work and uh very much appreciate it because it's uh it's noticed so thank you um number seven reorganizational um so first part of this is going to be the election of
officers um beginning we'll begin with the office of board chair do I have any nominations for the office of board chair nominate Wendy Ken any other nominations for board
chair a second person any other nominations for board chair any other nominations for board chair having no other nominations for board chair Wendy Kenworthy is chair by acclamation um do I have any nominations
for the office of Vice chair n second any other nominations for vice chair any other nominations for vice chair any other nominations for vice chair having no other nominations Rebecca canson will be Vice Chair by acclamation next up is the office of
clerk CL the position of clerk do I have any nominations for the position of clerk I nominated dson do I have any other nominations for clerk any other nominations for clerk second Dale John any other nominations for
clerk hearing no other nominations for the office of clerk Dale Jens will be assigned by acclamation and for the office of treasur do I have any nominations for
treasurer nominated Jim any other nominations for Treasure any other nominations for treasur any other nominations for treasurer hearing no other nominations Jim Jensen will be treasur by
acclamation um we all were given a committee report um as far as what our committee assignments were in 20124 does anyone have any um wish to
switch the Committees they were on and Scott I don't know if you have any strong feelings about what you might want to be involved in but you know feel free to speak up there's something we probably just put in where D was otherwise we'll fill you in where
where Dwayne was but um but this is definitely a conversation that can be had so if anybody wants to move around by a bunch tonight is everybody good with where they assigned to yeah I say the only that that meet and confer I've been on since I think I've been on the
board with m just yeah I mean it does it's not a big deal no if somebody wants to jump in there for the next 20 years right what was D involved with um so Dwayne was on he was the alternate for facilities and grounds he was on that
meeting confer uh he was on the negotiations committee for the classified staff which probably are they negotiating again this year yeah 20 this will be the end of their contract after this year so so
they're all up again they're actually all up again and then also on the administration support um negotiations team and then about last negotiations no I don't I mean I thought everybody met last year no not wrong yeah yeah
everybody did all the contracts will be up again because they all end in 2025 they were 20 right yeah think so um and then Dwayne was also on the Safety
Committee a lot of them don't meet very much like extracurricular we haven't met last time have yeah it's been probably two years in two Myles um a lot of the meeting a lot of them don't really meet very
much yeah I mean slap me in wherever there's vacancies and go ahead okay yep and this is a every year process so we'll be talking about it next January again so you know by that time you'll have your Fe feet wet and maybe have some thoughts
about where you really want to get involved so okay well if nobody wants any changes has any big desires to move around we'll leave things the same and
and plug Scott's name in Where Dwayne was okay um number eight approv consent agenda [Music] move second motion by Jim second by Dale
to approve the consent agenda any questions all in favor opposed motion carries new business discuss approved Triton school calendar for 2025
2026 anything you would like to Mr lman really led the charge on this this year and I know Wendy was involved as well anything you wouldd like to say regarding the calendar yeah just real quick one piece I want to make the
board aware we we took a little bit of a different approach in in putting the calendar together um if you had an opportunity to review it um most of the things um in terms of what we would like to Envision for next school year are similar um Ju Just a couple of things I
wanted to I wanted to point out that are new or different um in the month of February we had a number of priorities from the group and one thing they wanted to prioritize was having some sort of a break in the winter so you'll note in
the middle of the month of February we have a day off uh Friday the 13th and then the following the Monday after that is a day off already as well so uh four- Day weekend there that's that's one of the changes um one piece that that came
up with uh the committee the group when we were put putting this together is the late start time so uh you've probably heard some conversations on this uh based upon the requirements with the read act um we can go back to those
being two-hour times um so hope hopefully that's a popular thing with our families and Community but uh having an early out in place of a late start was a conver ation so you'll see those days marked on the calendar now we're
gathering information from our parents on families on what a preference for that would be so um we sent that out this past week so I feel like we're at a point where we need to gather more information on a recommendation on those days at this point but we could bring
that back at the meeting in February for you all at that time think that affects is the extracurricular that have to do it correct correct it does any questions thoughts [Music] ideas okay so you would bring that next
month for the the early outs or late starts we can approve next month but the calendar is the calendar should be able to on a recommendation from the Committees here with the exception of that and we'd ask for approval for that next part on the early outs or late starts in February okay thank you move
to approve school calendar 2025 2026 I'll second motion by Jim second by Rebecca to approve the 2025 2026 school calendar any
discussion all in favor opposed motion carries 9.2 discuss approved final certified staff seniority list for 2024 2025 yeah and this was on the agenda
last month we just delayed a month because there was a couple people that wanted to change and that's all done and taken care of so we're good to go now that's solidified a second motion by Lloyd second by Dale all in favor opposed motion
carries 9.3 student council reports I think I got a slide on there yeah I got that number drawn too but that's all right I got your slides um so right now we're not doing a whole lot um we're just getting ready for snow week which is the 10th through
the 14th February um we're just finalizing dress up days some activities snow Court um we're just trying to make it a lot more fun this year I mean not that it hasn't been fun in the past but um people students haven't really been looking forward to as much we like them
to and during this time of year students have a whole don't have a whole lot to look forward to you know middle of winter uh whatever it may be um so we're trying to make that uh something students can look forward to um and then we just have teacher AAR coming up just as you can see a picture of Mr O'Brien
he won it last last quarter uh this is just a good way for us to get back to the teachers uh for going above and beyond for us so yeah guys did a nice job of decorating too thank you pretty much it right now
thank you thank you thanks 9.4 Z report I've got my numbers wrong on these I apologize but um we met last week um you know budget wise things are good uh enrollment has been uh pretty
stable um the the largest group still is that birth to three group but uh yeah if I remember now The Bu the fund balance increased by like a half a million dollars y so instead of a
million it's around a million and a half um which was a good thing uh they've haded some of the future students are transitioning back they had two fully this goes back to December yeah
yeah this the two fing and four are in the process now they don't say where to but back to the home District but realistically one of the things they talked about is that of most of the time when you have a a future Choice student they don't transition back to their
regular district and for them to have two in one year that did that I think says a lot about where they're at with the programming and the things that are happening at Zed um to have those be not only happening but to have two of them
that were both successful so um that was kind of a highlight that Patrick went over with us as well well and we don't get those details okay yeah he just yeah but so thanks for that
um there the SRO is changing um the one they had got promoted to Sergeant and so they now have Zach Casper and there one of the custodians got his boilers license which
iess important to have somebody so anyway that was some of the director's report um our meeting this month would have been Thursday this Thursday but because of the School Board Association it's going
to be the 23rd I don't know maybe you add more from your meeting um just talk to the one thing that we did talk a little bit more about was the gifted and talented program um a lot of
uh ad districts I guess Zed is one of the few that actually has gifted in talented programming so just wanted to kind of I guess the Patrick was kind of looking for a gauge of where the super tenants were at with that and I I
believe that we were all very much in support of continuing that even though that that might be a unique thing for Zed to do um we feel like that the the gifted and talented programs are a big part that we utilize um and I know Adam
is here and you know the state did a did away with the academic Triathlon but they're still running it and we all felt that those were valuable things that you know the the show the the triathlon the choir um all of those things that they
do the re creative writing contest we just feel that those are all of us feel that those are a value ad for our districts and I don't think any of the districts at this point have hired um a gifted and talented full-time
teacher in the past that was something districts had done but it sounds like everybody is really relying on Zed for those programs so um just feel like that's something we want to continue to look at and he said he just wanted to have that conversation because um the
person that's currently doing it is um has maybe mentioned something about retirement in the future and he's like I just want to make sure that this is something we want to continue but I feel like that very strongly all of the superintendent supported the
continuation of those programs um for districts and maybe you know it's Becky remley from Dad Center tell so and she's not a full-time um staff member but still feel that the in
in uh oh the other one I missed I missed a few things I'm sorry about that but the uh Summer Academy and all those different things that Zed offers and you know the other thing that he just kind of reminded everybody that the Zed summery are only at Triton cassen and
Byron because they feel like that is more of a centrally located uh to get the best participation and they have seen numbers go down since covid it they have come back a little bit but not to where they were preco
yet so that was an activity day is that May 10th I think 9th or 10th yeah somewh yep that was kind of the big conversation that we had was on that so
thanks thank you 9.5 ad report um Cory was out sick today and he said he really didn't have a whole lot to share at this point in the year I'll just let
that okay 9.6 principal report church is out sick today too we're here all right well that formatting didn't come through the way we wanted it to apologize for that see the top 10 get the top 10 very
very good um really the the main thing at this school right now and what we've been working on it's kind of a transition time we had conversations with all the grades today um is busy uh you have the break you come back and then you have the transitions with the
semesters so um it's it's a busy time it's an exciting time but that that's been a lot of the work that we've been doing um helping the students finish off the semester and making sure we're prepared for semester two so that's been a lot of the work uh the healthc care
event that you can see there I think regardless of the content or career path that our students are are interested in here uh we want to provide them some experiential time outside of the building to learn more so that's just a recent piece that we've done once again
the end of the semester so we have this school this school week the big thing this week is Miss Swanson's in here uh Wolf Bridge this week so that's been a Triton tradition um and I I I don't recall if it started with Triton or if it started in one of the schools before
that but I know it's been going on for quite some time and a tradition that we're proud to continue here at Triton um you'll see you'll you'll see a note on there change in the day of the week um traditionally Wolf Ridge has been leave on Friday bright and early and
come back on Monday so a change for this year we're leaving on Thursday and then coming back on Sunday so I believe I got that right is that correct Miss Watson but still bright and early still and back L there so folks are informed um if you
been on that trip before some of us as a student and and as a chaperone um you're exhausted right so we thought for our staff and students to have to be back on Sunday and have the Monday which is a day off of school to uh uh refresh a
little bit would be a good thing for everybody involved there and I know Mr schlicking made the trip a number of times D driving the bus and it's tiring for sure um so we're looking forward to the trip hopefully um and I'm not sure what they have for snow up there hopefully more than what we have here
right now okay well good looks like a warm up a little bit by the end of the week too War so I wasn't sure what would be talked about in terms of the calendar for the late starts but just remember we
had one of those days today um it was a three-hour late um what we have found throughout the course of the year and although we we felt we needed that time for training with the re fact um it is a challenge to have a school day with a three-hour late so we're looking back at
going uh 2our lates um for the uh the events today are the 9th through 12 students prepared to sign up for courses for next year uh we met with all of them in a variety of ways to prepare for that we've done a number of things on those days to where uh we'd have to do in a
traditional school day but the late late start times have provided an opportunity to not take instructional time away uh from those other days been doing those events on a late start I'm trying to think of other things Mr bamb you want to highlight a few I just want to piggy back on the late starts I I will say
that for those of us that are doing the trainings um including I know uh m sua is doing it also the three hours was necessary because it's two full hours of training from 8 until 10: and by the time you take the exit survey and stuff
we're not done until about 10:15 1020 so it it it worked well this year with the large group of individual idual taking that read act Mr lman talked about the late starts versus early outs and we'll bring that back to the board meeting um perhaps don't we have a study session
29th 29 we could maybe discuss it at that point the results from our our our results there um Mr lman list out a lot of the ACT work and stuff in the elementary we are doing diagnostic testing I'm excited to report to the
board that from Fall until winter we are seeing great growth if you think back to the summertime when we talked about that I ready program that we utilize and looking at growth scores for our students the growth is happening at some of the grade levels very very great
growth so we're excited for the upcoming um MCA test to see where our scores are at after another work of hard another year of hard work by our teachers well number 10 Minnesota student survey that'll be coming out I know in the Middle School we're doing in
January it's for fifth graders e8th grad ERS nth graders and 11th graders um is uh mandated through the state um those are if any of the board members want we have a copy in the offices the copies of the survey cannot leave the the school
office but you're welcome to come in and take a look at it questions about that when I look through some of the questions are such as how safe do you feel at school how safe do you feel at home is there adequate food at home um is there caring adult at school those
type of questions it's given to all schools in the state of Minnesota and has been for years years it also gives you you know questions on vaping and alcohol drug use those types of things because those those statistics
really help us know where we're at and where we're you know with the data yes we've seen a huge increase in in vaping so and it it shows what grade levels they're starting and obviously not that you want to hear this but it does happen
younger than it used to so um but there's a decrease in smoking so there is some positives too all of our parents will be notified prior to any student taking that with an option to opt out if there' be a family that did not want their student to take that student
survey they they can sign out of the Minnesota student survey um can I just ask how and where is that data shared I know it shared at the state level but does it show if you were to look up Minnesota report CS for schools um it
has a graph on there and all that data is basically taken right yeah you can pull it from any school in the state of Minnesota oh so just like you would to pull up achievement information on MCAS uh there's a section for the survey as well other than that we're in the the
days of January where're we're plugging along and ready to get to the second half of the school year are there any questions from the board for Mr lman or myself thank you thank you thank you 9.7 superintendent report yeah um
just reminder we have the January 29th study session and we are confirmed with Ellers to kind of review some things with them um Financial looking at ahead and and those types of things um we had a county reunification coordinated
planning meeting um one of the things that at our last reunification meeting we talked about um you know we have it set up so we would use like Faith Lutheran Church if we needed to have reunification but um we thought it would
also be good to have a plan the because if there was a situation where we needed to get further away from the school than faith and Faith to be honest would be prowed um so we talked as a the three School District districts in the county
is there you know could we use each other's school or could we but in our discussion um we talked about if we were to try to use another school that might create more of more crowding if you had a one school trying to do a
reunification and the other school trying to get an early out um so anyway what we learned is that Community celebration is willing to host anyone in the county that wants to use that and that's the the the church on Highway 14
between um cassen and Byron so we we are looking at doing kind of a field trip this summer and they're going to do a mass um drill but the other thing that we talked about um was if there ever was one of those types of situations it
would be nice to have all three schools in the county similarly trained because if an event that was as tragic as that happened in a school um you really can't rely on all your staff to try
to jump in and and fulfill those roles I mean we are going to ask them to do that but we also have to realize that that might not be realistic so what we thought is we would have 10 people from each School District trained so if there were a situation in Hayfield or a
situation in cassen we could send a group of 10 people to either location to help and support in a re reunification effort um um so we have all been using the same reunification type training so it would just be a matter of
collaborating that and working together so that was a I felt like it was a real productive meeting um and we are looking at having a couple more and then they are looking at having a a large uh crash scenario this summer um where we could
practice our reunification plan as well so um just a quick heads up on that and then uh principal interview uh Mr lutterman is planning on having those start next week next Wednesday so that's all I had any questions for
me um what about the retreat that we were going to have is that still yep I believe that's planned in June me okay keep going around the 25th yeah I was thinking the 25th also Jun 25th
Wednesday June 25th at 4 P.M thank you yep you're welcome any other our study session on the 29th is at 6 yep with others okay anything
else okay hearing nothing I would take a motion for adjournment motion by Brian second by Rebecca all in favor oppose meeting adjourned