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e e e that e good evening the time is now 7:00 the wiata Public Schools Board of Education regular meeting for Monday August 12 2024 will please come to order will the
clerk please call the role heer is absent Sheila prior here Sarah Johansson here Paris bende here Valentina SS here
Dan janra here Milan Sone present Chase Anderson is absent thank you we have a Corum if you wish to speak during the audience opportunity to address the school board Dr Anderson Is Not
absent ah he's on yes okay so is merked present if you wish to speak during the audience opportunity to address the board please fill out a form placed at the back of the room and hand it over to our district admin assistant Amy sitting to my
right okay the next item on our agenda is the approval of the agenda and the consent agenda items consent agenda items are considered routine in nature and will will be enacted by one motion there will be no separate discussion of these items
unless a board member or a citizen so requests in which event the item will be removed as a consent agenda item and addressed the consent agenda items are listed in the materials the recommended action is to approve the agenda and the consent
agenda ises is there a motion I still move is there a second second moved and seconded will the clerk please take a rooll call vote Paris bende yes Sheila prior yes Heidi
ker is absent Valentina SS yes Dan janra yes Sarah Johansson yes Milan soney yes we have an agenda thank
you there is no report from the Wisa high school student Representatives tonight and so the next item on the agenda is recognitions I will now request Executive Director of Finance and operations Scott lasage executive director of Stacy of Human Resources
Stacy was and director Valentina s to proceed to the podium Dr Anderson is not here tonight so I'm sorry you want to do it one at a time okay yeah that's fine okay
thank you members of the board uh tonight I have the opportunity to um recognize the employee of the month um for uh the month of August 2024 and tonight we are um looking at wi Zetta Cafe's employee of the month which is
Dev how so um I'll read a little excerpt here why Zetta CAF is proud to select Dev how as the August employee of the month as the high school unit coordinator Deb has demonstrated exceptional dedication leadership and innovation in her role she has
consistently gone above and beyond in ensuring that our students receive nutritious delicious and well-balanced meals each day Deb has streamlined kitchen operations resulting in a more efficient workflow and reduced food waste through her meticulous planning
and organization she has ensured that meals are prepared and serve promptly maintaining high standards of quality and safety Deb has shown remarkable adaptability in the face of challenges whether it is managing supply chain disruptions or addressing unforeseen
issues in the kitchen she approaches each challenge with a proactive mindset finding innovative solutions and continually striving to enhance our meal programs she also takes on any crazy idea we throw her
way as a manager Deb has demonstrated exceptional leadership mentoring and supporting her team to achieve their best she has has created a positive and collaborative work environment that motivates staff and enhances overall team performance she was a key member in
implementing a successful student worker program by involving students in the kitchen she has provided valuable Hands-On learning experiences while also addressing staffing needs this Innovative has not this innovation has not only supported the kitchen team but
also fostered a sense of responsibility and pride among the students Deb's commitment to Excellence in the School nutrition has made a significant impact on our students well-being and our school's operational efficiency her Innovative approach coupled with her
unwavering dedication truly sets her apart as an exemplary employee we are proud to recognize Deb as the employee of the month and look forward to her continued contributions to our school Community congratulations Deb thanks for
all you do [Applause] all right you want to come up perfect I don't know if you want to say I don't want to put you on the spot but if you wanted to say
anything all right excellent um I have a have a somewhat brief history working actually running the kitchen um originally I worked with uh communities in uh and um University of Florida
Community fed um food programs so it's been a lot of different things had let me get to this point but I think it also all that variety has helped me do what I do without getting too worked up about it so but anyway thank you very nice
very nice okay next we have executive director Stacy was presenting the or honoring the retired retired employees thank you thank you uh tonight we would like to recognize the following employees who announc the retirement in
2024 2025 we would like to thank them for their years of service to Isetta public schools and wish them well in their future endeavors we have Deborah hos West um Cafe wetta cafes at East Middle
School and she's worked in the district for 20 years we have Dale mson who is a custodian at Central Services who has uh been in the district for 25 years Kent schaman custodian Central Services 20
years Christian stots par professional at East Middle and Central Middle 20 years and Jeff Stark who has been a custodian at Central Services for 33 years I think they are all enjoying their retirement because I do not see
any of them at the meeting this evening so congratulations to each and every one of them for their exceptionally long and dedicated service to our district let's give them a round of applause thank you thank you um congratulations honores and thank you Scott and thank you Stacy
thank you director next is the audience opportunity to address the board there is no school Spotlight presentation this for this month so next we are going to head to the audience opportunity to address the board Amy do we have anyone that has expressed so we have no request
to speak the board we move along next on the agenda is the administrative reports and recommendations first we have the superintendent report Dr Anderson is not here tonight with us so executive director teaching and learning Dana
Miller will present nine policies for approval by the board Dana little technical difficulties there good evening director Mahoney and members of the board before you for review are the following policies and regulations for your consideration the
policies and regulations were reviewed as part of the regular review cycle using the Minnesota school board's model policy were available by District administration and other District parties where necessary as well as um final review completed by the policy
Committee of the school board policy for approval tonight are 409 tutoring for pay 410 un Affiliated staff Compensation Plan 416 family and medical leave policy
428 mandated reporting of Mal treatment of vulnerable adults 504 school resource office officers 516 admission of non-resident students open enrollment options 518 assignment of Resident
students to school 523 corporal punishment and prone restraint and 524 extracurricular and co-curricular student Behavior 504 and 523 are both new policies per state legislation the recommended action for
tonight is before you thank you Dana so board the recommended action is to approve the policies as just presented is there a motion I so move and ask that we wave the first reading and move all policies for second final approval all
right thank you is there a second second thank you moved and seconded any discussion hearing none this is a voice vote so all in favor say I I I opposed I think it's supposed to be a
roll call vote no that's this is fine we we'll find out you know if if it's a voice word with the bottom line is to find out who is saying yes and who is saying no there are all eyes there are no Nays
therefore everybody here is assumed to have said yes okay I was just following our ad thank you okay all in favor say I I opposed the motion car thank you there are no reports from the
teaching and learning this evening so moving on to the next item on the agenda we have Financial reports presented by Executive Director of Finance Scott lasage Scott will request a resolution providing for open enrollment non-resident agreement for
20242 Scott Scott what would you like us to vote on yes thank you uh board chair and board members um essentially uh just addressing the agenda items there are no Financial reports as we discussed at the finance committee of the board uh with it being the fiscal year end and US
wrapping up the fiscal year the acrs um payables and all of those are still in the process as we prepare for our audit so um very normal every year we don't do those reports at this board meeting so um regarding the uh Clos open enrollment
at wetta high school for the 24 25 school year um essentially we are just updating the resolution for the board to take action on and entally we're just asking the board to close open enrollment um through K through 12 besides what statutory required at the
1% um but this really focuses on the Open Enrollment in grades nine and 10 uh we would ask that we're able to cap those at this time thank you Scott so the recommended action uh colleagues is to approve the resolution providing for open enrollment
non-resident agreement for 20242 as presented is there a motion I so move and ask that we wave the reading of the resolution is there a second a second moved on second de is there any
discussion hearing none I would like to oh I'm sorry what I just want to say you know it was I know we're at a school district that a lot of people want to come to and it was nice that we were able that we had room previously and it
you know but if we're full we're full so I um I believe this is the right choice to um cap it at this time thank you any any other comments questions all right so this is a roll
call vote so will Sheila please take the RO yes um Sarah Johansson yes haris Bend yes Sheila prior yes Heidi Kar is absent
Ina s yes Dan janra yes Milan Sone uh did that come on the microphone yes the motion carries okay thank you Scott and the finance and operations uh Department next we have the human resources Services report presented by
executive director Stacy was I believe Stacy has one item for board approval that is correct thank you chair uh Salone and M MERS of the board um this evening I have the updates to the proposed calendar for the 2425 school
year and we have two changes uh the first one being October 21st of 2024 this will be a no school day for students grades K through five and this is State mandated to assist um teachers with a completion of the read act
requirements um and then on February 13th 2025 there will be no school for part day preschool students and this change is due to the increased number of enrolled full day preschool students and teachers needing the state to conduct
parent teacher conferences so the recommended action is before you thank you Stacy colleagues the recommended action is to approve the proposed 24 20242 school calendar is there a motion I so move thanks
thank you for seconding par moved and seconded is there any discussion who seconded that par right then second sorry I heard somebody second it yes is there a discussion
anybody yes I would like in future I understand this one was um by passed by legislature but in future I would like to still have a discussion that uh families who should not have that many flex days because it's learning is not
happening during flex days so yes District might be saving some money but families have to find uh care and families have to find um burden themselves financially too so I'm hoping
that we can come uh for next calendar year that we can develop okay thank you Valentina any any other comments or questions I I just have a question let's let's remember I just want to clarify this is a day on
October 21st that the state has said that the teachers have professional development for the the read act and Al and although it is important to make sure that students are in school and in class and in every single bit um teacher professional development is also of a
high priority in addition to um the fact that we as a board must always follow State Statute and so in what we're told and and it doesn't I I just want to affirm it's not a cost-saving man ma it's not a cost-saving move right but instead is due to our deep and sincere
commitment to making sure that all of our students have the tools to learn to to read in the best possible way correct this is definitely a collaboration um in an effort to make sure that teachers who have a lot of additional hours who are working frantically to meet the
requirements of the read act that was mandated this wasn't a district choice this was the state saying you will do this training and so therefore there is no money savings and we have to remember that we are an educational institution
and we work on learning and we have to walk the walk um so as we teach we also have to be Learners and we can never stop learning and for a district our size with the number of uh State
mandates with mental health issues and just all of the changes with children since the pandemic we must support our teachers uh with professional development we are more than daycare um so we must make sure that um we have a
good balance with offering um as many days as we can um to our families to maintain all of the requirements in regards to time spent in school but we also have to remember that we have to support our teachers and we already asked them to do so many things outside
of the school day that we we need to balance that um and we've definitely heard the feedback um and we have made changes um it's just we made the changes as a district and now the state added some back so kind of going back and forth I'm sure we will find a good spot
to land at some point so thank you for the good feedback it's always something that we want to consider and balance if I can clarify one more time as I said I understood that 21st we cannot do anything because this legislature I understood that part I'm
just wishing our part uh that in future when we discuss calendar that it is possible when I discuss with teachers they explained to me in the past they were doing that training we as families didn't feel that because they had
substitutes covering during that time so in the past they got the trainings too uh kids had been taken care of and teachers had been taken care of so I'm hoping in the future we will have that kind of opportunities
yes thank you noted Valentina uh anybody else have any comments questions if not uh let's see this is a rooll call as can you remind us what we're what are we voting on should I
repeat the yeah absolutely the recommended action is to approve the proposed 20 2024 25 school calendar Sheila PRI yes Heidi ker is
absent Valentina SS yes Dan janra yes Sarah Johansson yes Harris bende yes Milan soney yes thank you the motion carries unanimously there is no other board
there is no board action tonight and then the final item on the agenda is board reports this section of the agenda provides an opportunity for board members to update school board members on school board related work or to make announcements of interest to the public
I believe there is one board report from director janesta thank you Mr chair along with uh uh board members soney and Johansson um I was very fortunate to attend uh the get ready for kindergarten event at the high school um put together by our
wonderful uh Communications team our principal and so many others where our incoming kindergarteners had the opportunity to um you'll have their photo taken sit in on a safety demonstration video in the High School auditorium as well as then ride the bus around the high school um to really demo
and get to know what the process is going to be like once they um start with us in just about a month so it was a very very fun um experience I want to say thank you to our Communications team for putting together this wonderful uh flyer piece of literature that really I think helped families navigate the event
um as kind of a a fun stepbystep um uh proceeding and so and so forth so um you know I'm very grateful to our our first student bus drivers for taking the time out of their day um to you know introduce the students to you know what they'll be doing um for you know perhaps
the next 13 years so um very exciting night all together um you know seeing our principles seeing them meet there soon to be students um you know very very exciting time so thank you to everyone who made the night possible and um we're excited to attend future events with that I yield thank you director
janra yes I was so present and so was director Johansson this was my second year and I I really enjoyed being there and not unfortunately stay till the end but for whatever time I was there it was really you know it felt very good to see
the smiles on these children's faces when they were before they went on the bus and after they came back so so thank you for arranging that um all right um our next board works session and will be held on Monday
August 26th at 4 p.m. this concludes the Wisa Public Schools regular board meeting I want to thank everyone for their participation in a process that is focused on students in our district is there a motion to
adjourn I move is there a second second thank you all in favor say I I I oppose n the motion carries the time is now 7:23 the wi Public Schools Board of Education
regular meeting for Monday August 12th 2024 is adjourned