we'll call the April 21st Triton School Board meeting to order Please rise for the pledge of allegiance I pledge algiance 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 Recognition of visitors open forum I did not have any requests There were no requests to speak Um moving on Number four approve agenda
Second Have a motion by Jim and a second by Rebecca Any discussion all in favor opposed motion carries Cobber Pride Yeah Um we had our final uh profile of
the graduate recipients uh was that last Friday the 11th The 11th So just wanted to recognize those uh students We had Thomas Faber in kindergarten Eddie Horsch in first grade Tyler Mikkelson in second grade Cody Rollstead in third
Emory Hanigraph in fourth grade uh Bryce Blanchard in fifth grade uh Garrett Garnes in sixth grade McKinley Blanchard in seventh grade Aubrey Lowey in eighth grade Colin Lok in ninth grade Sabri Reynolds in 10th grade Olly Acriman in
11th grade and Macy Pleski who happens to be here in 12th Great Congratulations Do we have a staff yeah they they they do pick different staff Um this last one was uh Mr
Ickler Amanda Mueller and Mr Florence Well congratulations Macy since you're the only one here Um number six approve consent agenda
Motion by Lloyd second by Jim Any discussion all in favor opposed motion carries 7.1 discuss approved students to attend an overnight trip for the super mileage competition in Brainer Minnesota May
11th and 12th of 2025 So that would be for this year Um Cory you want to speak to that quick so I believe this is the third year of our super mileage team coming back uh they take their annual trip to uh to
Brainer where they're uh they race their cars and do their uh do their event on the uh International Speedway there So it's a pretty sweet place for them to to go and see the the fruits of their labor Um they've been meeting about once a month for uh months that are out of
season and then it's about a weekly meeting uh for uh since about the first of the year that they've been that they've been working on it So they're looking to take about 10 students and drive two or have two cars compete a varsity car and a JV car uh on the May
11th and 12th Um the one thing I'd like to throw out there for Mr Bendixson who's the super uh the adviser is that uh it's completely uh self-funded through donations which is a huge which is a huge uh uh bonus for them just to
be able to see the support from the community to have that uh those extra activities allowed to them So thank you This is the first time they'll have two cars correct first time they've had two cars So the the interest is is growing for sure We've gone from having five to
six students Now it's uh uh over 10 on a regular basis where we're at the meeting So cool Pretty cool Thanks Thanks Thank you I'll make a motion to approve 7.1 Second Motion by Rebecca second by Lloyd
to approve 7.1 Any discussion all in favor opposed motion carries 7.2 two discuss policy updates Um I still have it as discussed because I think that there there may end up
being a large magnitude of changes in the future if the if there is no longer a department of education at the federal level I think that's going to as you can imagine there's a number of our policies that have that So I I just talking with other people I think it's best just to
to wait on changing anything because if we change it we're probably going to have to change it again So it's best just to wait until the legislative session's over and then uh relook at moving forward with updates That make sense all right Thanks
7.3 enrollment update Um some good news We are up uh for students overall If you look at uh the all the way through preK up one in
uh the K12 And then the other exciting news that I just put on here if you look at the number we have for kindergarten this year is 47 We have 72 confirmed for next year and we have 67 graduating This will be the first time we have a
kindergarten class replacing a senior class that's bigger So that's a huge huge uh positive which also lends the fact that when you have 72 kids that's too many for three sections So I think
it would be best to look at and we haven't done anything with that yet but looking at four sections for kindergarten Any questions right I guess my only question is those 67 Are we looking like we're
going to have 67 actual graduates as well excellent All were on track at one point We have some work to do but I'm confident that we will get there Good deal 7.4 student council report Um they they
were not able to send a representative today so I just told them that we would just skip that for tonight Perfect the 7.5 zed report Okay we had a meeting last Thursday Um we did approve the dollar increase
that came up and um it was approved unanimously Um there yeah I passed out their explanation for it all and where the money so they could explain it they
can explain it better than I probably can And um the other action item was they did they still had an account at the First Security Bank in Byron since we were and
that finally got closed out So now it's MB MTB MBT MBT whatever manner Um and then okay there's a date
so graduation oh we did have a pre we had a presentation from the facilities um uh it's Brian Haskin he was at well he's been at Zed about a year or a little better he he was from Byron he
is a long time maintenance guy at Byron and everything seems to be good They talked about the gym gets used quite a bit and he's it's been working well He has no complaints of uh it's mostly
basketball I guess but um they did have a big front cast and has this crunch is that volleyball They have a big tournament and they use that and he has no complaints from any other
people using the building I guess so everybody takes care of stuff And then okay they got some dates The ALC graduation is uh May 28th at
4:00 The futures and sun awards are Monday June 2nd Activity day is here uh Friday uh May 9th Extended school year is at
Cassen and Steuartville and it runs from this June 10th to the 30th and the ALC summer school is from the 10th to
the must be the zero 10th to the 30th also Um Zed Summer Academy is also at Triton It's June 9th to the 13th from 8:30 to noon Uh they're
sending out I don't know how they uh this sign up is the only thing about the sign up this I don't know They have a flyer and I think they
have probably They have started to see the numbers rebound since co They're still not to what they used to be but um Becky Rimley talked about that at one of our last meetings just about some of the offerings and some of the things they're
trying to do to spark interest again There used to be like 400 Anyway I guess that's about all I have 7.6 AD report All right everybody So I wanted to start off with just giving everyone a heads up and the the community as well that we'll
be rolling over to a new uh registration uh company for uh the next school year Uh so uh Arbiter Arbiter Sports has purchased our school who has housed all of our previous registration stuff So we will have more information uh going out
on how uh how that process will look whether we need to create new accounts or whether we will be able to roll uh information and accounts over from the from the old uh from the old company more or less Um so when we start talking
about uh registration for our summer strength and speed training we're still uh trying to figure out what the what the process will look like there Uh we're going to keep the old process if we can for as long as we can so that we can make sure that the
rollover is nice and smooth for everybody to make sure that we can iron out any possible uh hiccups that would come along the way Uh the next thing is just we're gearing up for the summer strength and speed training Uh this year we're offering uh offering it for
students in grades uh five incoming students in grades 5 through 12 So we're adding an additional session uh on there which will be will be great to get them not only around school school more and with their friends more but uh just
moving and moving and shaking in the in the summer with that with that process as well and kind of uh aligning them with what we're doing at the at the middle school and the high school levels of just utilizing our our weight our weight room to the best of our of our abilities Uh section realignment just
happened So uh if everyone can remember previous every two years the high school league aligns which postseason sections you'll be in uh for this goound uh everybody
every every program is in section one with the um with baseball and wrestling being in section two So that means that uh football for instance has been in section two for the last two years They've moved back over to section one
with the likes of of Chadfield uh Chadfield Calonia uh St Charles dota and and Leurard Um and so coach Ness is really excited about that number one but I think that it's a it's a good alignment for everybody and kind of
gives our wrestling program a a chance to possibly take a little different avenue to punch through with uh more um more student athletes reaching the state tournament as well So everybody's pretty pumped about that and kind of getting back to the uh getting back to uh the just the basis
of the the same old rivalries that we've seen in the postseason for for a while Uh on top of that the girls soccer update Uh we've I've held meetings with uh prospective student athletes at the junior high level and at the high school
level Uh in total we had uh 15 students show interest in participating in girls soccer next year with uh I believe 11 of them being in grades uh seventh being in seventh or eighth grade next year Um
with that being said that's uh we're kind of in a in a bit of a catch 22 of where of where we're at within within the program with the with the current numbers Um number one I don't think that we have enough to facilitate a varsity program just with the uh the age level
and and ability levels of the students that that we have that that are showing interest And on the other hand uh we don't have any co-op opportunities at this point in time Um my efforts to reach out to Cass and Manville have uh
not fruition and they have told us no at this time It's not an outstanding no that that it impossible for it to happen in the future but at this point in time I don't have a partner for us to to co-op with And with that being said it's
um uh my my opinion that we should not support girls soccer moving forward just with the um the low numbers and the the amount of turnover that we've had within within that program I mean if we look back we were graduating 11 11 seniors
who basically were the the the lynch pin to that program moving moving through the system the last four years And without them there not only do we not have the the numbers to to practice we don't have the the numbers to compete and we we don't have the the skill and
abilities at this point in time to to support a varsity program And unfortunately I I wish that we could provide them every single opportunity that that we can and I will do my best to make sure that we can provide them with that opportunity However I'm struggling to see how we can do that
solely as Triton moving moving forward with the current state of the of the roster and the interest there So any questions hey just a quick question back on on Arbiter buying our school Is are they going to be changing anything with the
scheduling and eventually so what we've been told is that uh the this the scheduling and the calendar process won't take place until the following school year So we'll still be going to the same place for the calendar calendar updates Right now registration is the only thing that is
that is being moved over to the arbiter Do they have a different product for the scheduling uh yes the so I I think the what I've been told is that the amount of data for the
scheduling is too much for them to try to take on while they're also doing the registration So that's why they're doing it in a in a two set two phase system So ultimately there will be one site that we'll be able to go to uh to to find the registration to find the
calendar for everything to line up It will just take uh probably a process of two years to be able to get there Gotcha Thank you Corey Thank you Principal's report Hello everyone Hello Been a busy uh time
in the elementary school We just well before we get into elementary school business we would like to recognize our administrative assistants throughout public bulk schools Michelle Anna Lee Marica Whitney and Chris This Wednesday is administrative
professionals day So wanted to make sure and recognize our lovely administrative assistants in our school offices that uh help everything go well Um the majority of the time if a teacher has a question if a parent's in need um if a student
has a question or needs a service they're talking to one of these individuals first and they continue to uh be our front line if you will and do a tremendous job for us as a a school community So we're thankful to work with with some of the best here at Tri
All right as I was saying it's busy time in elementary We just wrapped up our math MCAs last week The week before we did reading We have a couple spragglers that out there but about 98% of all our students are done with those tests Our fifth graders will take the science test the first week of May Um those results
will be rolling out in August We're very hopeful at elementary that we'll see some nice growth this year We also wrapped up our booster thon fundraiser Um we were raising monies to upgrade the media center with Tara Hagen Tara Bradford in there and also getting some items for our project lead the way our
steam projects for our students Was very successful We raised about $15,000 for the school this year Um so um that was good This upcoming Thursday fifth graders will participate in Math Masters That's in Austin Minnesota It's a math competition that we've been doing the
last couple years April is Autism Awareness Month Um Dana Aselson in our building kind of took a lead and you know there's a a lot of things in the hallways educating individuals about autism and we're for the first time we're going to do a bubble blowing All
those kids are going to go outside on Friday this week at 2:45 and we have donation for some bubbles So we're going to be blowing out bubbles in recognition of autism awareness month At the end of the month we have our family title night At 5:30 we'll have some walking tacos At
6:00 we'll have games set up in the cafeteria for our families to go around It's a math games It's another event that we've done the last couple years It's a always a good turnout there Uh Zed activity day we are hosting that on May 9th That'll be uh here down at the
turf I met with Zed this prior week We'll get that all set up They'll have a bounce house They'll have some races It's a it's a fun event And I don't know the last time we've hosted it Mr Schlicken but it's probably been a number of years Um so our our high school band and our high school choir
will also be helping out with that event Um so that should be a fun day around Triton That same day we have a field trip that Mrs Bradford received a grant for the busing on May 9th Physics Force field trip that's in Rochester All of our K through five uh students will be
going down to that And as Mr Slick was talking about with the 72 confirmed kindergarteners we will be posting for a fourth kindergarten teacher middle school Yeah Um I'm not Mrs Johnson but I'll do my best for
y'all here tonight Um MCA's as Shane had talked about we we've had our MCAs going in all of our buildings Um at the middle school the reading was done a week ago Open math will be this school week and science the week to follow Uh we have a
band and choir event approaching So we're excited about that Once again the Z activity day and some of the seventh and eighth graders will be down there displaying their singing skills Um a few things that uh we look forward to at the end of the year in the middle school the Valley Fair trip I've been doing that
for a number of years So those individuals that get to enjoy some time together as a class at Valley Fair the end of May and then the eighth grade ceremony there Um I know in the past we've had some individuals from the board come to award the certificates So
please let Miss Johnson and or I know if you're interested and then uh on the same day looks like our sixth graders are going on the annual Fort Snelling and Capitol trip So this past week um was thinking about school and a number of things
going on And in the course of one week we did the ACT the preac and the ASVAB Um we had prom and we also had our MCA tests for the building So we had a lot going on in a short amount of time Um as you can see there but everything has
gone well uh so far Just wanted to commend our students Um prom Prom continues to be a wonderful experience and um I should be cautious but we have never had a major problem at prom Our students they show up uh they do what
they're supposed to do and and and and they just do a great job on on behalf of our school So with Tina here it was probably the DJ this year that kept everything going right her husband was the DJ So um but yeah great time So uh for staffing we have a couple of
openings now that you can see there So we're going through our processes to uh make sure we have individuals there that are prepared to go So I would assume we'd have both of those spots on the agenda for May with new staff there So senior activities believe it or not
we're to that point Senior awards and scholarships is the 14th of May Uh we do an academic pepfest on Friday So uh that's changed the last few years the academic awards We used to award those 9 through 12 Now we pulled that apart So
it's just the seniors on the academic awards and scholarships night We do the other awards during the school day on Friday to help uh help the program go Uh the seniors last day boards and balora is Wednesday May the 28th Then we come
back for graduation practice and our senior walk on the 30th of May and then uh the graduation on Friday evening the 30th of May And then we'll finish up the school week the week after So believe it or not it's coming
up for sure Um we talked about this in March but I should have jotted it down And this is I had to put on the slide so I so I didn't forget but if you are on the board and you'd like to help present diplomas at graduation stop and see me
before you leave tonight That'd be great questions Yes When are you sleeping on the roof Mr Van Beek yeah after Easter It's after Easter now Well find a day that it's not very windy I don't think it'll be a problem
But um is it the winter or is it the cold it's the wind but it will be taking place And uh the newspaper reached out and stuff so it'll be a little story there Yeah the kids are asking too a lot I bet they are brush Oh everyone's welcome There's a
lot of room up No fires up there It'll be this Thursday Next week Thursday but I'm picturing doing it on a Thursday night So I'm I'm up there when the buses are arriving So I'll be up there when they're leaving I'm do a story over
Facebook live and then sleep up there and then I'll be there when they get back We'd all like to wait Yeah Dave's a little worried about me going up for that reason Anything else folks
thank you Thank you Superintendent report Yeah I just wanted to recognize Deb Tammy and and Tina also Uh very appreciative of our district office staff um want to recognize them as well for um I know they all have
different titles but um the reality is they're a they're a huge part of what we do here as as a district and uh just wanted to thank them as well in my report Um next thing I have is a survey I've been talking with Luke about the
possibility of doing a survey at some point to gauge some community interest There's definitely some different things that um we can glean from our community by doing a survey and I just think that that would be a valuable thing if you're going to look at going out for um a levy
in the fall It it's always best to try to get some of that information before you do that So got a couple of different uh recommendations We used school perception the past um they would be one and then there is also a couple others but uh definitely looking at how we can
get that information that will help guide that process um June board meeting date Um I'm asking this on behalf of the future superintendent because he's going to be on vacation the week of the uh
June board meeting and was wondering if it would be okay if we moved it up a week because Luke would like to be here for that last board meeting for me just to make sure he's in the loop with everything So I told him I didn't have a problem moving it but I did want to
throw that by all of you June 9th June 9th That work that would be fine with me Anybody else have any issues with June 9th we are also looking at doing some upgrading in that superintendent's
office which um I told him I'm going to try to clear as much of my stuff out um in that after we get out of school probably after that board meeting Um the wallpapers coming off the walls the that
it it's time And we just figured with this being a transition that it'd be a good time to get that done and clean that up a little bit So looking at doing that this summer as well Um next
thing I have I I put this in my update Uh the table and chair process I I just think it would be good to have something that what's happened is a lot of people borrow things And as a school we've been great
about working with people to borrow them But what happens is when you go to have conferences and you're missing tables um and wondering where they are and then people go "Oh yeah I've got that I've got one." Um we just want to get rid of that
type of problem And Dave had a great idea He said "Why don't we make it so and and and and maybe have some sort of uh down payment or monetary contribution that would be refunded so if it doesn't come
back it encourages them to bring it back But the other thing he said is you know we have custodians that are here every weekend doing a building check and what we could do is coordinate it with whoever would be borrowing things to bring them back during the building
check So then we would actually have a custodian here to say "Yep you took 10 tables You're bringing 10 tables back." So just wanted to throw that out there and and uh reiterate that Um yeah and that was just the procedure
for for rental that I was talking about That make sense to everybody we draw up a little process I want to talk to Chris um Lad Doll since that's usually who they contact for rental things or renting space So it would just be an
additional process that we would add for tables and chairs The other thing that it we haven't had this problem in a long time but there was a time where um and Dave's been really good about
clarifying that with people that borrow chairs but the chairs need to be used on a hard surface because if they use them on grass they tend to go into dirt and then that dirt goes up into the holes on the folding chairs and that just ends up creating a mess So um that hasn't been a problem but it would just
be good to include that language as well All right Any questions for me All right Any other business next school board meeting is Monday May
19th If there's nothing else I'll take a motion for adjournment So move Second Motion by Brian second by Rebecca All in favor opposed motion carries Meeting adjourned