And and I, you know, I don't I don't want people to walk out of here. I mean I've been blessed to work with really good teachers and really positive administrators who really care about kids in the community. But it gets harder and harder every year and Jared's right. What I What I 15 years ago I used to get 30 applicants for our elementary job. Now we get We're lucky to get two or three. And and it's It's Part of that is central mobile, but part of that is all over the It's all over the state. All over the country. You know, there's just very little respect for teachers. Sorry, it's way off topic, but what Jared says that I just want the teachers to know that I'm happy with what we do as a general rule. Yeah, I don't I don't I don't I'm not I'm not trying I don't I don't I'm not trying to slight anybody with they do.
May I have a motion? >> So moved by Mr. Angel. Seconded by Ms. Bazan. Are there any questions or comments? >> Just like to thank all those involved in the Boosters Association. I know fundraisers are done, all kinds of activities to raise that money. So, greatly appreciate appreciate it for those volunteer efforts of those involved. >> That being said, we'll move to a vote.
Any questions? Hearing no questions, can I get a motion? So moved. A motion, do I have a second? Second. A motion and a second, any discussion on the matter? Hearing none, all those in favor? I.
So, the last thing I said to Van during that interview was, "I know, boss, but the Bible says I work for the Lord." And so, I'm going to work for the Lord and the kids and the teachers and you all for the next little bit. Thank you so much for your kindness. >> [applause] >> Mr. Butler, if you could have just the board only with Ms. Brown, that would be great. Yep, thank you. >> Mr. Butler, that our last photo op for tonight after the meeting, we'll get the other two with our board vice president tonight, but I am excited to have Mr. Klausing come up to the mic if he would come on up. And Russ, thank you again for not only your work as interim, your commitment to Hennepin County Community Schools, but I'm extremely excited for you in your new leadership position.
>> [applause] >> And we're happy to answer any questions you may have. >> Thank you and thank you again to everyone involved. I know it was a labor of love.
Give me the pizza right now. >> Brought to you in part by Townhouse. Pizza, subs, roast beef, and more. Be sure to fill up with the Buffalo chicken cow zone that's been called one of the best in the area. >> Give me the pizza right now. Brought to you in part by Townhouse. Pizza, Subs, Roast beef, and more. Be sure to fill up with the Buffalo Chicken Cow Zone that's been called one of the best in the area. Am I muted? I don't know if I'm all right, we are back for fourth quarter action. I just want to quickly do a quick shout out for this Wednesday's game, girls lacrosse here in Ashlin High School at 6:00 p.m. Um definitely if you can try and make it here for the game. It this is going to be one of those uh um special games. It's going to be to promote the awareness for student athlete mental health and to remove uh the stigma surrounding that.
Give or take. >> All right. Yeah, so TS already taking the field while there was like 20 seconds left in the break. Well, I think just like I or we we all want to get home early for dinner. >> [laughter] >> Let's Yeah, let's just get going, guys. And it's going to be running clock the whole 12 minutes unless Bellingham cuts in on this lead. Bellingham has this player out there now, number two. >> Yeah, I think he was out there for a minute earlier. This uh slightly smaller defenseman. He's got the black jersey, different from the rest. >> Yeah. >> And we actually have a different goalie in the net for the Raiders. >> Yep, that is Daily. Dylan Daily's actually a really good goalie, too. Now, he has the uh That's a perk and a problem when you got the great backup. >> Oh, Cavalero hits the post.
Mother, I'm a mother. I'm a mother. I'm a Dre having a little fun out there scoring. >> Whitward back up on the draw. Whitward throws it up and away with it again. >> Whit seeing daylight goes through one two turns around rips a shot leftanded. Mac Whitmer scores that >> nine seconds after getting a self draw, running down the field, scoring a goal. That's why she is a super Whitler six goal of the game. [laughter] Spartans up 16-9. We're up on a draw. 16 to nine. Just under five. Said that two seconds ago. Last time I said it though, they were five. with the ball this time. Northampton comes away with a different draw. Good job by Northampton. >> Quickly get the ball over the restraining line. Gets the ball to Green. Green really on the offensive threat today. having a bunch of assist comes up with it.
It's the same for the past two years. We're looking to maintain that one to build capacity of both teachers, but also that collaborative nature and support within the classroom. So the students see two teachers working together to give them the best um instructional experience. Um I think that was it for that and the additional upgrade for our curriculum resource math and and English have gone with um HMH and they're moving forward. We're using National Geographic which is approved as a um high quality instructional resource for English learners for multilingual learners. The benefits of using this is one there is um consistency across the the the teachers in the department of what is being taught in the different levels. It gives students a similar experience. So the common assessments are the same. They're common assessments across and it also gives my teachers a chance to collaborate with each other to build really engaging and exciting lessons and units that capture the students interest to build their language.
You know, and our families are limited, right? They get three tickets. So, maybe it needs to go to a venue like we used to do and parents are able to purchase tickets so their families can enjoy graduation. >> buy the seats and stop renting them every year. >> Yeah, like buy them. You know, so I think like there's just things like we need to know. >> Great. >> Like library books. Like we're reducing 50%. Like what was on the list? Like what are we not getting? I mean, obviously there's a lot of library books, so I'm not That's not a big thing. But, PSATs, like half our kids do horrible on their SATs to begin with. We know that. We see the data. So, giving them a point at eighth grade, I think it's really important to see so we can track them and see if they're gaining.
They may not have a lot of Blue Stars in each building but together if they add up all their Blue Stars they could probably come up with a nice program for them. So I hope that's uh, maybe someone will reach out to me and I'll be happy to lead them in that. So thank you and I just wanted to uh, you know, present this and let let you know what's going on and that we're really happy that we were able to get this for the district. >> Excellent job. Thank you very much. >> [applause] >> If I could just add uh, the Purple Star required training um, it was over eight hours of of training and workshops that we had to do online and it was basically professional development. And one thing we know as educators is that when a child moves from one district to another it causes a learning lag.
I also Yeah, go ahead, Evan. I was going to add, I also think having been on the board for 3 years now and then having watched the board prior to this, this process or this protocol really builds like a good relationship and trust with the district administration. That when we're we're coming prepared to the the the board meeting, they kind of know uh, some questions we might ask.
We value the >> It happened last time, too. >> It was lovely the first time. Our meeting uh ladies and gentlemen, our meeting at this point remains a public meeting but it'll kind of shift uh from celebrations to business. So if you are interested in the business of the school corporation, you are welcome to stay. If you were here for the celebrations and you have other things to do this evening, we certainly understand that. Next item on our agenda is school board member reports. Each of the school board members is active on a committee or two on behalf of the school board and this is our chance to catch up with what our colleagues have been doing. Uh Mr. Glick, if it's okay, I'll start at your end of the table. >> On uh April 14th, we had the last wellness council meeting of this school year.
I'm just I don't know. It's just It's just the way it is. Yeah, it's the way it is. Your kids come home and the teachers [laughter] and the teachers that they can't quite figure out they get the speech from me like got to figure it out. How do you How do you How do you work with these people that you might not like sometimes and I might not agree with the things that happen in the classroom, but like you show up every day for my kid whether they like them or not. And that's that's who we have here. And they work hard. >> [snorts] >> Anything else, team? Yeah, I just think one other thing that we need We also have to think that since we are you know, in the money crunches, you know, I think we're thinking about doing a referendum we have to be pretty darn sure that it's going to pass if we're going to throw another 40 to 45 50 grand at that.
All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Nays. The vote carries 4-0. We'll move on to item 5.06, 2026-2027 school meal prices, Mr. Reese. >> Thank you. And tonight we'll bring bring before you an increase in school meal prices. This is a 10-cent increase across all categories except for middle school breakfast, which we're asking for 20-cent increase. Now, with that I want to make sure we announce the the prices that we're talking about. For breakfast, the elementary will be a dollar eighty, the middle school and high school will be a dollar ninety. For lunches, we range at 2.65 at the elementary, 2.85 at the middle school, 3.20 at the high school, and Trinity and St. Mary's at 3.75. So, with that we're recommending approval of the meal prices for the 2026-2027 school year, a 10-cent increase in all prices except the 20-cent increase at the middle school breakfast.
Any opposed? The motion will carry. All right, we have a request for a summer bus cleaning. catch up to that stuff as well Um this is another thing that just kind of comes this time of year is obviously we know um that we put our buses to good use during the school year and we've got to get them cleaned and prepared for the following school year ahead of state inspections. And so um I actually worked with uh Mr. Page um and Candace. Um we still want to make sure that our our buses are Um and span and ready for to pass inspection. Um so they've actually come with with a proposal uh to do that, but I did ask them to do so with some cost-saving cost-saving efforts in mind. So they've made some a little some reductions in what they've asked for in the past, and we have a good plan in place to where we can uh make sure that again, our buses are completely ready for uh state inspection with just a little bit lower cost this school year.
Um, I know from experience, Mr. Klausing, that sometimes the interim tag has its benefits and and challenges. So, you've handled that with class and professionalism and honored to have you as our director of technology tonight. So, thank you for your service and I'm looking forward to the future with you. Thank you. And it's been a blessing to be able to be in the interim position. I've I've learned a lot. I've worked with people that I didn't get a much of a chance to before and I get to work hand-in-hand with them now. I can really get to see where the ship's going and being able to be part of the team that guides it. And so, I just want to say thank you and uh I look forward to being able to continue to be part of this team. Thank you, Russ. >> [applause] >> And our most excited to come up here is uh Mrs.
Um board, are there any questions or comments? I do have a couple of questions. Um first of all, thank you. Thank you, thank you. I know what a curveball the state gave us when we had to choose from um the list of their required um ELA resources. And so, just again, kudos to Lawrence Township for being on top of it. Um I know this is ELA, but I would be remiss if I didn't ask about SLA. And so, my assumption is that we'll continue CKLA because of Caminos that that will continue as the SLA curriculum. That's that's correct. That the plan is for those two to be in alignment with each other. >> is amazing. Outstanding. Um and then in terms of for middle school, what does that look like in the middle school space if you're doing HMH? Do they have a companion SLA text as well?
So uh definitely check out Morgan's message. Go ahead and go to that website. Mortgage Morgan's message 501c uh 501c3 strives to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health with the student athlete community and equalize the treatment of physical and mental health in athletics. So great nonforprofit. A lot of schools are kind of promoting this um great cause as well. So Morgan's message um that's what the uh game on Wednesday against Grafton. So, uh I don't think WACA will be hosting that game. I think we'll be calling the tennis game. Um but if you're around, definitely uh try and support that great cause and obviously support the Ashlin girls lacrosse when they play against Grafton. Start to the fourth quarter. We have Maggie McInness, Lily Vidy, Payton Trip. White ball. It's a nice win. It's what we need. So Ashlin, we've been pretty good with the first shot over there.
I know, right? >> Cuz you feel bad when you can only play one. But, it is great to have the option. >> Yeah. Cavalero coming around. OH MY GOODNESS. >> WHAT AN angle and what a rip by the freshman. >> He gets the first goal of this quarter. >> So, you can see very sneaky, can be very dangerous as an offensive player right there. >> Yeah, you don't really see that type of play from a freshman, either. That was very impressive. To get that angle on that type of opportunity from Will Landergan, very impressive. >> That's the walk in the tightrope, if you will, you know, where you turn it. >> Turn and burn. >> Yeah. >> Nice face-off scrum going on, ref. Blows it dead, and it's going to be Raider ball. Brendan Cavalero running to the side. And Ben Savarese coming in. Cavalero up to Siegel.