001Just we are live on YouTube right now and the v the mic is very sensitive. So just so you know I really find I have no idea. But I should be having I've never had glasses but the last So tonight we're coming. probably going to be hot in like five minutes, but I'm like that could I go back to the rest of us though. Well, you mentioned that you were hungry and then I would like look into my vehicle. Oh my god. He decided at 7:30 cookies. Sounds like Sophia's here. I don't make cookies, but I did go to the bread store and buy cookies. They have the best cookies. Well, I gluten, so that's what's nice, you know. Most of we only have Well, I do have regular flour, but we don't usually ever
002bake with it. It's usually gluten-free. So, I just had cookies. She made some for with Trisha's graduation party, but nothing problem with bakery and stuff. It's like a like or like um cinnamon rolls. Man, I would love a cinnamon roll. And I'm sure I could attempt to make one. I just I don't know. I bake a lot, but I've never attempted some naturally less. Thank you. Lower now. probably is making me sleepy tomorrow. They're good. Yeah, it just says, "Well, it's fun too when your kids are doing them." Mhm. I was in ter. Okay, I think I did that wrong. This is so weird that it's like a I mean it transferred a lot over and thank goodness like Google say this no idea what it is you planning on buying getting new phones. So
003do I. And we got new phones because we got new boys because they're living in the house. Yeah. I keep trying to not You're going to go meet with your friend who has call me after. I didn't want to, but it really seemed like the most Yes. Yeah. And so they got out, got me, but then set them up and they put the wrong numbers on the wrong and the guys was trying. Everyone was so helpful but it took a lot of so and we told the boys like you have to come with understand this is a and they did thought it was great they played on all the tablet that wasn't the lesson they were supposed to get they have to pay $2 a month Of course, that's nice. They do. They cash their
004own checks when they get No, I think they baseball. I think both of them baseball, Eric and Kelly. I think it's high school playoffs and Sophia's got a game at 5:30 weekend this round. [Applause] Hope we'll make it. So, it's 50:03. I'm going to call the regular school board monthly meeting for May 27th to order. At this time, I ask you all to please rise for the pledge of 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. Sorry from allergies. Um, at this time I'm looking for a motion to approve the agenda. I'll move. I'll second it. We have a motion by Paulie, seconded by Katie. All those in favor? I opposed. Special appearances, student
005achievements. Ryan Caren, me and myself because baseball's going on, tracks going on. Half of them are seniors and gone out of the building. So I will not combat for our winter sports and you come up here Ryan. I surely thank you. Appreciate it and the public can see you. They can hear me online. Um so here I have the winter sports all conference and what has been concluded for the spring all conference. Um for wrestling this year we had six people receive all conference. Colton Wilt Trout was an honorable mention at 106. Joe Deck was honorable mention at 144. Blake No was honorable mention at 175. Brooklyn and Jack was honorable mention at 132. Melanie Smith was honorable mention at 165. And Izzy Smith or excuse me, Izzy Savage was conference champion at 235. She
006also qualified for state. That's for girls basketball. Emma Peterson was first team all conference and player of the year. She was all state honorable mention. Jusgo was second team all conference and Hannah Wrightman was honorable mention. For our boys basketball team, Ganon Reynolds received a second team all conference. Um for hockey, we do not we are not in a hockey conference. So there are no honorable there are no allconerence awards hockey so far. for spring sports. Track um all conference was last week. Uh second place all conference was Olivia Shler in 100 hurdles and Paul Wrightman in the 300 hurdles. And the 4x2 relay was honorable mention that was Olivia Shler, Eevee Lightner, Lucy Peterson and Annabelle Benson. They are currently running at the WIA regionals in Webster right now. softball. We had one player
007received honorable mention. That was Taylor Winberg. And the softball allconerence meeting is tomorrow or excuse me, the baseball allconerence meeting is tomorrow night. Wow, that's awesome. So, yeah, most of those are either seniors and are long gone or currently playing sports because our baseball, it's not regionals. It's last regular season. Regionals start on Thursday in Gotcha. Thanks. Well, even though they aren't here. Yeah. Awesome. Thank you, Ryan. All right, moving on to accepting donations. Moms for kids or more for kids, sorry. That's okay. Um, did you want to speak on this one, Becky, or can I just go ahead and read it? Uh they donated over 100 new books valued at $2,327 to the Siren School Library using funds from the February Scholastic Bookf Fair. Um and I would love to make the motion to
008approve this donation. I'll second it. We have a motion by myself, seconded by Katie. All those in favor? I I opposed. And just uh to make everyone aware, they are going to have uh free summer fun activities. Um so keep a lookout for those. They're being sponsored by nonprofits, area businesses, and organizations. So thanks again. more for kids. Always always appreciated. That is fantastic. Thank you. And moving on, uh oh uh just in this vein, we did receive a card recently from Earth Energy thanking the school district for uh choosing them for their service. So, thank you. Yeah. I'm sorry, who was that? Earth Energy. Um, comments from the public. Do we have any comments this evening? Okay, moving on. Uh, treasures report. You have anything to say on this, Laura? um spending quite as
009far as the dashboard. I actually thought about that this weekend. So now I got to So um what are we currently short-term borrowing? Um I want to say it's around 9th of April. Can you speak of it's She said 900 near the end of April. Thousand I'm assuming. Yeah. Okay. And uh when are we looking at our next potential uh payment coming in? Do you know? We should get an aid payment mid June. It's like 17. Okay. And then I do have a meeting with Marquez this week to start going through. Okay, good. The sooner we can get on top of the budget, I think the better off we're going to be. I think everyone can agree with that. So, looking for a motion to approve the treasures report. I'll make a motion to approve
010the treasures report. Second. A motion by Jamie, seconded by Paulie. All those in favor? I. Moving on. Uh, president's report correspondence. Um, all I have to say is graduation was awesome. Uh, really proud of all those kids. Um, always a great event. And just a reminder, we also have the alternative graduation tomorrow night. Um, and it's good to see uh students making their way however they need to um in those diplomas. So, report superintendent. Um this is the latest um communicate I got from the school administrators alliance and uh one of the talking points that um I don't know if we had talked about this before if you heard this they were looking at uh you know increasing special education categorical aid to 60% reimbursement rate. Um but now there's talk of going to high
011cost special education aid versus that which would be lesser to districts. So that's still the main talking point. They're trying to restructure that going back to rather than funding the entire special education at 60%, they want to go to special high cost aid. That's still discussion point, but it looks to me like it seems like it's a way to give districts less in that area. So, um, you know, this wasn't sign uh significant publication, so I don't know exactly what's happening right now, but as I continue to get these, I'll share them. So, not necessarily news we want to hear, but also not a finalized decision. Anyways, there's so much going on in the capital like this was a new that was not talked about before the high cost, but now that's piece piece of
012the puzzle. I mean, the one upside of the article is mentioning the 4.3 Yeah. uh surplus budget, which would be great if they could direct some of that uh towards the schools, but how Yeah, I guess we'll have to wait and see. All right, reports from the principles. Mrs. Herman, um I just wanted to give a bunch of shoutouts. Um Beth Peterson and Bren Anderson for the absolutely wonderful spring concert last week. Um I think the incorporation of all the instruments was so fun and the kids were smiling the whole time and really just seemed to be having a great time with it. So a huge kudos to them. Um Becky Wickland and Daniel Foremanac uh were reading specialists and interventionists for navigating and leading the elementary through act 20. um they have done a
013ton of work. They've created parent um communications. They've worked with me on policies. Um it's not an easy task, especially when the state is switching gears continuously on us. So, um they've done a phenomenal job working through all those pieces and working our staff through it. And then just all staff for a fantastic year and all the hard work educating students while building solid relationships with students and families. Um we have a tremendous staff and it shows in everything that they do. So very proud of everything in everyone that's here. Thank you Mrs. Moving on, Miss Campbell. So, we are wrapping up the end of the year. Middle high school um middle schoolers have plans to go to the park. You can have a movie in the afternoon for kind of a fun day on
014the last day. Um and then high school is trying something new this year. So, we will run a skinny schedule through lunch. So they will go to each of their classes um for a shorter period of time and then we will have like a little mini field day for the last um couple of hours outside on the field um with some games and um we're trying to put together some tournament style bags, boards, things like that. Um just something fun for them to look forward to for the last day. Um we did have a wonderful graduation and we are ecstatic that we have reached 100% graduate uh graduation rate this year. Um so all of our kids made it either regular or alternative diplomas. Um and that ceremony is tomorrow night 6:00 to 7:00 in
015the auditorium. Um last year uh Tom and Jamie you guys were on stage with us uh handing out to film us for that as well. So, I'm not sure if that's something you guys are interested in doing again or if someone else is interested in joining us on stage for that. Oh, what? Sorry, what time is it again? It's from It starts at six. Okay. Um, I would love to do it. I don't know if I can do it. Is there anyone that wants to do it other than myself? Yes, I can try. I just don't know. And Terra and John there. So yeah, if you can't make it I'll I'll try I'll try to if we I'll message you tomorrow. Let me just double check some stuff. Good. Or if Paul if you you
016know is it tomorrow night? Yeah, I'm doing the retirement party tomorrow. So I'm I'm say no. Okay. I can check. Okay. I will plan to be there just in case um otherwise I'll message and let people know. I had a quick question just made me think of something when you were talking about setting up the funding. Do we have student council? Do we have grade student council? Okay. There was something else with that. It's probably for another discussion but okay. I didn't know if like they help organize some of this stuff. They do some things but not this. Okay. Or class pres and then is that separate class presidents and stuff? Yeah, that's for the two separate things. Yeah. Right. I just one of those two I felt like I'd asked one of the kids
017at some point and they're like we don't have that but I don't remember which kid and if it was even one of mine. So it was just I know student council last year was um last year we did. We did not have Okay. So maybe that's Yeah. Okay. We did not have So maybe that was And again, I don't know if it was the Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Sorry. Anything else, Jamie? I want to recognize the um staff and students involved with the Memorial Day program yesterday. It was excellent. It always is. Um Christa did a great job um mcing or whatever narrating the program. John did a great job with the speech and um the students who did their speeches were amazing. Fanning fire were great and it's always a really good event here.
018So thank you all. Thank you Paulie. uh special education director. Yeah, I don't have a lot. It's been kind of busy spring. Um we've had a whole bunch of new evaluations. Um we have paperwork for seven that we are finishing up right now. Um trying to get stuff done before the end of the year. Um I have graduation paperwork we're working on for four students that graduated or will graduate. um and trying to figure out who's going where as far as our case loads for next year. You can see I provided with you provided you with the numbers right now um at each of the islands um as well as our speech students. Um subject to change because we do still have another few referrals that we're finishing up. So kind of a ballpark figure.
019I'll have more solid numbers in June. When you list the specialed kids that are when you list speech separate from the other kids, are they included in because it was like 26 and then 17. Are they included in the 26? The related services are students receiving those services that are have qualified under different. So the total is still the 26 26 plus 17. I just wanted that clarified for people that might not know that. Well, and speech isn't just elementary. So speech is 17 total throughout all of our schools. So you'd have to take the 70ome, right? Services for they have something else too, right? They may have a different disability and speeches down speech as are your projected numbers up or down and by how much? Um, I think by the time all we're
020all said and done, I think our numbers are on the increase, but I will have more solid numbers for you in June once we get our referrals and stuff finalized and I've heard some rumblings about people that have are moving out of the district. So, I should have in June, but it does look like numbers will be up. Okay. Then we where we started then are 504 included in those numbers or not? 504s are not included in this number. That is not a special education. I understand that. Where how many 504 kids do we have? We have we have 19 as of right now. Some there's probably one or two more that we'll have by the end of before school starts. So we're right in that range right around 20. And hopefully we'll have some
021ideas in regards to our staffing situation. Um because if our numbers are up, I would hope our want for at least want for staff to be increasing to make up for those numbers as well because feels like we get stretched pretty thin around here. Anything else? That's all I've got. All right. Indian education report. So, as Jamie said, 100% graduation. Um, I was trying to remember, we've had quite a year few years of um 100%, but I don't have that right off the top of my head. Um since at the committee meeting we were talking about percentages. I did a bunch of percentaging. So um we had 10 kids with um regular diploma. So that was 35% of the graduating class. And then um we have one student getting the ADP diploma tomorrow. So that
022would be 25% of them. So we're right within you know our thresholds. Um tribal graduation banquet. We had 49 students there from or students recognized from 22 different high schools. I thought that was pretty pretty cool. Um and Siren was 22% of all of those high school graduates. So I we were there to represent. We're the biggest um biggest group that goes. Um and then we had um in addition to that they are recognizing college graduates as well. So, there was 35 students from 11 different colleges and universities. And I love it that our high school graduates get to see that, get to see their community members um from all over the world. It was it was really cool to see. Um and then I know last meeting there was questions about summer programming. So,
023I am not in charge of summer programming. I passed that off to the tribal education department and they're doing the YES program um summer canoe adventures trails youth and family camp and contact Laura or Janine at the tribal education building for that. That's all I got. Um just out of curiosity, do you know of the 35 uh university graduates or college graduates, how many of them attended Siren, if any? That's a great question and I could probably tell you tomorrow because I have the um the flyer on my desk because that'd be a great number to have as well. Really cool to know. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Okay. Anything else for Terra? So, yeah, let's get those summer programs posted and talked about because Yeah. moving on. the approval of the minutes. So, first I'm
024looking for a motion to approve the minutes of the buildings, grounds, and transportation committee meeting minutes of 410 2025. I'll make that motion. I'll second it. Motion by Katie, seconded by Jamie. All those in favor? I abstension. Okay. One abstaining. Any opposed? Uh looking for approval of the minutes regarding budget finance and personnel committee 414 2025. I'll make a motion, but I have a comment or two. Okay. Looking for a second. I'll second it. Got a motion by Jamie, seconded by Paulie. What's the discussion? Um I was just reading it over it and there was a couple things that I thought were supposed to be brought back this month that I don't recall being brought back. One was um the snack account um talked about the lunch account on letter D establishment. Um and then
025like just talking about the fruit. I don't know. just may bring it back to May budget meeting Laura activity account. She'll have to do some research and maybe I don't know did you bring did we bring it back or maybe just June just to make sure we're following through with you know I if you don't have it now or just so I would set up a code for that. Okay. So, is this like something where again like the lunch the new lunch one we're looking at pay like like a fun like not even just what am I trying to say donation money that's going into okay and then I was just wondering if we had a followup to the youth sports coordinator again that was a comment that said we'd talk about it and we
026I haven't heard anything um I did do some additional research including writing up a job description for this um different tasks that they could fulfill. Um the programming that Q uses in some cases the Q coordinator is full-time because they are the youth sports and summer school coordinator. Now our Q coordinator is not interested in doing that. Um but we had talked about we had thrown some numbers around that might be the right amount to compensate this person. And my thought was if Q is between us and Webster, maybe Webster would be interested in also putting in a dollar amount and possibly the person could coordinate for both schools for the youth stuff. I reached out to their school board representative on Q. I'm that representative here and I never received a message back unfortunately
027and I couldn't go to the Q meeting where the question would be posed to the rest of that board group. Um, but Becky had said it would be no problem to handle registrations through the website and she would be able to like put that information in, but she doesn't want to be the person that's like, I've got to find the coaches and schedule the schedules and the practices and take parent calls and that type of thing. Becky's our cute coordinator. She is the person that's hired to do that through that fund 80. Um, and the other other thing she wanted to make sure was how we would handle the person getting in and out of the school cuz right now she has to be here for any Q class that doesn't have an approved person.
028So that was a question that she brought up. So right now I feel like it's kind of dead in the water until I can get back like get someone from Webster to talk to me about what they potentially think about it. Yeah, I don't think since they have the issue, I don't see them wanting to combine, but I mean, you don't know until you talk to them. Doesn't Webster have somebody that does it? Well, they have their booster club and stuff, so they maybe have better Webster did. I don't remember them being in the email. Luck and Frederick both did. I know for sure. Those two I reached out to and worked with them in terms of how they compensate through fundating. We We certainly could do it. Yes. It's just finding someone. I don't
029even think is Dylan the one that presented because I don't think he's not doing it. No, but that's where I thought if we could get two schools involved and we could get more money for that person. I I don't person has to work with two schools. Well, they have to work with two schools, but we already play against each other for some stuff. So, I mean, in all co-ops and other sports. Um, so I was like, well, maybe that wouldn't be too much of an extra load. I mean, you're dealing with the same schools of mixing the people up to schedule the game. So, I don't know. So, it's it's out there. I have the positioning here of of what it would include. So, there'd be a job description starting point when and if we
030potentially get to that. Okay. Is this something we Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I was going to say, are we going to maybe just bring it to the ne like committee the whole next month? They're going to kind of try to get more information and then Well, we can like I said, I haven't heard back from Webster School Board at all. Yeah. Yeah. Let's uh bring Grantsburg reach out to them too, but it's just we don't share Q with them. So, it's it's the funding that would be the easiest way payrollwise. It would just be under that. Makes sense. Yeah. Let's make sure for the being of the whole coming up that we put the athletic co or the youth activities coordinator and the uh snack donation budget on there to talk about for the agenda,
031please. Yeah, we had the youth stuff on the radar. It's just we hadn't turned back. So, we and we had the money. We're planning We're planning we could actually do it. We just Okay. Yeah. I missed that budget, right? And I I still have to get to the Q group to see if they would because they would be the the the pro right we talked about who would be the supervisor of the person and it wouldn't be anyone here because it's not a school piece. It's the community police. So the the Q board would be that person's supervisor. So I've got to get the Q board to agree that we would use their funding to do this position as well. That they're okay with that. And like I said, other school districts utilize that person's
032position to do the same thing. So it's not out of the realm of normalness for them. Thank you, Katie. I Yep, that was it. Okay, so we've got a motion by Jamie, seconded by Paulie to approve the budget, finance, and personal committee miniing minutes for 4:14 2025. All those in favor? I I'm abstaining again just because I wasn't at those meetings in April. Should you second it though? Yeah, that's fine. I just am not one abstension. Any nays? Okay. Next. Looking for approval of the policy planning and curriculum committee meeting minutes of 416205. I'll make a motion to approve those minutes. also have a comment. You have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Okay. Comments. I just I didn't hear if when um so on and after the hiring protocol I had requested
033or asked about adding the the sports um onto the weekend and in this it states that Lisa was going to update us. Lisa said she did. I don't recall when she did at the regular meeting. So I just wanted all the board members to know that. um we can without adding more cost. So what is it Lisa? Maybe you can explain this better. Um that our we can application allows for us to post coaching positions on we can along with our um other postings our pair professionals and our teaching postings. So I just want to make sure all the board members were aware of that. All right. Any other comments? I my question is do you think that would increase applicants? I would hope so. I don't know. Like for teaching positions if they knew
034there were coaching opportunities as well or I mean sometimes they put that they put under the coaching along with the coaching that we have that opening but we can just advertise it in itself as a coach. I mean I would hope I just feel like since we already have that account available like let's utilize it. I feel like the more we can get it out there especially if it's not adding to our costs why not? I don't know. I think it was just a different category. Yeah, that's what they were that's what was going to be looked into. So, yeah, I'm just glad that we got answered. I'm glad it's not costing us anymore to be able to do that. So, I think it's a good idea. Okay. Any other discussion? All right. I have
035a motion by Jamie, seconded by Corey to approve the policy planning and curriculum committee meeting minutes for 416 2022. All those in favor? I opposed abstaining. Y one abstaining. That'll be the last one. All right. Um the next one is the regular school board meeting minutes of 428. Make a motion to approve the regular school board meet meeting minutes from April 28th. I also have a comment. Anyone want to second it? I'll second it. Okay. I also have a comment on this as well for a point of clarification. That's maybe we maybe have the same one. Um, can I go? Go ahead. Um, when we did the nominations for president, I believe because we had two, it was actually a vote that Laura read off to have Tom because we voted twice for two different
036things and I believe one was for Corey and Jesse the second one was between Tom and Katie for president and that doesn't state that in our notes or reading or meeting minutes and then um I would like a point of clarification done to that meeting as far as a vote between Corey and Jesse. And I would like uh the board members who uh voted in that to basically say who they voted for as a point of clarification for the public record. But we don't have all the board here tonight. Um, so I'd like to ask if it's possible that we could even do this. We Yeah, that was something I had brought up that I don't think that was supposed to be a a ballot vote. It should have been a voice or show of
037hands. Well, the thing is it went with our current policy at the time. So that's why technically it was okay, but at the same time we should clarify it about. So state law actually. So I would like to clarify it if possible, but I don't know if we have the two people that voted for Jesse here tonight or not because that would make it easy to figure out. the other. Well, we can just do what we have here and then Yeah, we should know, right? You would think we're missing two members, but So, I voted for Corey. Okay. I voted for Jesse. I think it was Was it Katie? Yep. I voted for Corey. And I voted for Corey. So, Kelly and Eric were split. Yes. Holly and Tom and Jamie all voted for Cy.
038Correct. Sorry, it went a little too fast for me to get down. I need it repeated. I'm sorry. So, Paulie, Jamie, and myself voted for Corey. Perfect. Katie voted for Jesse. And unfortunately, we don't know which. We still need to know. Yeah, we still need to find out. Yes. Okay. Thank you. So, that being said, there's no other comment. I I have Hi, I just want a clarification when we get to the do we approve closed session minutes in closed session meetings or do we approve them as a part of this because when we came back into open session which we really technically didn't but um we approved the retirement the resignation those things but there's no mention under that of the fifth grade position that action was taken on. So my understanding is anytime
039there's a motion made, seconded, and voted on, that is action, right? We we typically do um have close session minutes that we record and I I mean I approve them separately after the meeting and then typically because they're separate. So I don't know if we normally bring the clo do we normally bring the close back to the So the close session everything that was on that agenda with one exception on the 28th is there is listed but the one which was the fifth grade teaching position is it just disappeared. It's not there. Did we take action? We did and the action was not to but because we took action because it's on the minutes from that close session meeting that typically we go out in public and take action on what's been discussed and closed
040unless right and that's what we did if there's if there's names and things associated but often when there's not a name or anything associated with it there wasn't a name and therefore there was a motion made by Katie seconded by Corey and passed 5 to two, but that isn't reflected in these minutes. If you want me to pause, I can go bring them up and but I'm assuming that it it was a motion that stayed enclosed. So, do you want me to go look or just get back to you? I have the minutes right here if you want to see. I have the close session minutes, the ones from board docs. Yes, I do. Okay. Yeah. Do you want to see those? No, I just didn't know if you needed me to go. No, I
041did because it kind of disappeared and there was quite a lengthy discussion on it. So, discussion come up. No, no, but the vote would we took action because there was a lot of discussion. I must have been told to leave it in closed or I would have brought it to open. So, mean we want to make a correction to put it in open. Yes, we do. I mean I legally there was a motion second and vote so I believe it needs to be and no names were attached to it. I guess that would have been the issue and I don't remember we were discussing any names on that or not. We were not. I lean on you guys to tell me you you'll say this is we'll do this in open or we'll do this
042in closed. So that's where what I do. Okay. And I there nobody said anything either way. And that was my very first meeting so I didn't know but I did thoroughly review our minutes and was like wait a minute I know that there was a vote on this. So and that was the fifth grade teaching session. Can you guys add that? What would you like added to the Yeah. In in the other minutes, it states, "Motion made by Katie Twell, seconded by Tory Bower to approve only one fifth grade teacher for the 2025 26 school year as numbers are very low and pass 5 to two." I'll just pull that where you pulled it from. I'll add it to the regular minutes. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. Have clarification why things like that are even enclosed.
043Why would that be closed? There isn't names attached. It is not like a contract situation. Correct. Publicwise that that's been a huge issue. All right. So, I I will say that I've brought up that very concern last week at our committee of the whole meeting that I felt like too many things were going in close session that shouldn't and I think that damages our community's perception related to transparency. And that was why I brought that up and I still believe that when there isn't a name and it's not disciplinary in nature that we should be doing those things in open session. Okay. So, as it stands now, uh, we have a motion that's seconded on at this time. I'd like to make the amendments of the following. That first, as we'll go in chronological order
044through the minutes, um, that it be cited who voted for who in regards to Jesse and Corey within the minutes. Um, in fact, if we have to find out from Kelly and Eric to correct it, uh, then we would do so. uh also that it be amended that the uh vote for president was done uh by ballot as Jamie said and then that the vote regarding the fifth grade dropping down to one teacher for next year become part of the open minutes and not just the closed Post minutes. Do I have a second for this amendment? Second. Got a motion or motion by myself, seconded by Corey. All those in favor of the amendment say I. I. I. Opposed. The motion going forth to the regular board approval of the regular school board meeting minutes
045with the aforementioned amendment. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Any abstensions? Okay. Special board meeting minutes for 5525. Looking for a motion to approve these. I will make a motion, but I also have an item on that that was noted. I'll second it. We have a motion by Paulie, seconded by Jamie. What would you like to discuss, Paulie? Um, the discussion of the budget and staff salary wage schedule. Um again, there was a motion made by Corey, seconded by myself to not put forth a pay in um freeze for the 2526 school year that passed on a 51 and was not included. Again, there were no names attached and I feel that that should have been an open session um issue. Um So it was not pertaining to any individual in that case.
046There wasn't actually a change in anything though. Seller schedule didn't change. So there was nothing that was modified from that. Uh our recommendation was put forth that was a motion was made seconded and voted on. Yeah. And we can put it certainly open but there was no change in the salary schedule. I don't know if that was No. Umud. Yes. Judging by the stipulations for a close session, uh, yes, I would agree we can move that into open as well. So, we have uh any other discussion in regards to this? I just want to make a comment and I know these are fine and I'm not I'm just a little bit concerned when we're an open meeting right now and we're busting out stuff that we talked about and closed. Like I'm not disagreeing with
047what you're bringing up. It just makes me a little bit uncomfortable like what if we start bringing up stuff that shouldn't be brought up in an open meeting if it there there are specific reasons for close session that I would not have brought it up if it fell under those categories. I mean I I I just get a little bit nervous here bring regoing stuff that we discussed and because I mean it's hard sometimes you got to sit and be like when did we discuss that? Was that in open? Was that in closed? What can I share? And it shouldn't be that hard if we keep focused on the reason that we're in close session. Then it makes it a whole lot easier to remember well where it was. There's a difference between the discussion
048and the action. Mhm. So if that had been a disc, we're just talking about the action, right? So it we're talking about the action, right? Yes. So uh and are we just too broadly considering employment promotion compensation of any public employee? I mean it are we just being too broad in when we're talking about these things? Yes. Okay. So um So they would be to keep So I'm looking for an amendment to or a motion to amend the minutes to reflect the vote uh taken in close to be brought into open. I'll make that motion. Looking for a second. Second. We've got a motion by Corey, seconded by Paulie to move the vote regarding the pay salary schedule into open from closed. All those in favor? I I opposed. And now we have a motion
049from Paulie, seconded by Jamie with the aforementioned amendment of the approval of the special board meeting minutes for 2025. All those in favor say I I opposed abstaining. Motion carries. All right. on to new business playground equipment. So I I got back I got the information that I hope that you had requested. I don't know that's all I could get in terms of what should happen you know and also in relation to our policy. So do you see this as a waiver? I mean if you guys want to make a decision on how you want to handle this in terms of I know you see Gransburg went and auctioned theirs. Um, but it once again then our liability carrier said we could use a waiver. I think they recommended that the contractor maybe take take
050the equipment out. Yes, that's what I was thinking. And I haven't got I haven't heard back from Chase to find out any more details from him. He is out of the office right now, but I think we have options. So you we just have to decide what we want to do. And I don't have the answer if the contractor could take it out for us or is thinking they get any financial impact of scrapping it. So I don't have the answers to that. But however, anyone else would like to move forward. May I make a comment just regarding the dragon out there? Um, Moms for Kids was the one that donated that several years ago. Well, long three years ago, 20 some years ago. Um anyway, and I did comment during one of the playground
051committee meetings that if that were to be removed, we would like that for us to donate it somewhere else. Yeah. And that was the one piece of equipment that we talked about them removing and reputing in. Okay. I just wanted to make sure that it was on record that if you don't just melt it into bits or what, Becky? What if when it gets teared out, it gets damaged? Unfortunately. Huh? What if it gets damaged when it gets taken out? because we don't know how down how far like I think that honestly I'm pretty sure like Don and the construction or the the people put it in so it can't be in that good. No sorry that's on the record but it wasn't professionally put in by a playground people. Okay. Okay. Just want to
052throw that out there because we're not sure. Like that's where our concern Katie's brought up. You're like, we don't know how stuff's going to come out, you know, and obviously I would love to see it reused, but you know, don't want to tell someone, oh, we have the swing set for you and then it comes out when it's in 18 pieces. Well, and I don't think you would put anything up for bid or auction or anything until you see what it how it comes out. Yeah. So, we just have to decide if we want to try to make things available and is there a preference that our contractor tries to remove them or we allow people in to try to remove them. I think like we discussed this the way to do it would be
053having the contractor do it. Okay. Just Yeah. I feel like it's a liability nightmare if we have 50 people flocking to try and take a swing down. Mhm. And it's probably more likely somebody would get hurt in that scenario if they once it's out if it's not damaged. Okay. And then how do we want to handle who the process of who gets what? Do we want to go on a state surplus? Do we want to handle it internally? I don't think anything's at that $5,000 mark out there. Uh, you know, per our policy. Everything's going to be under that. So, good deal. How how do you guys want to handle that portion of it? When we rewrote policy at the sheriff's office, it was mandated that everything went on surplus. So then it was fair
054and even like Paulie brought up if we're not picking and choosing even if it goes for a dollar, it's on the surplus and is bid that way. It's cleaner. I don't I don't care either way. So I just I I feel like it's it's the public will view that a lot better than just I think it's fair. Yeah, it is fair. Okay. So we won't know what equipment we have available then until after it gets taken out and how are we going to determine what is usable and what is not? Who is going to be the deciding factor on that? Like don't we have a we have an equipment guy that worked with us right going to be providing the new equipment? Like do they have they're like Berky their the company? Yeah. I'm just
055wondering if somebody can assess like that. Well, I'm wondering if it's kind of like remember the CISA guy, he came out and he's like I don't want to see your equipment because we can certify it by any means. So, so but who's going to determine if a swing is bent too far to put it on public auction or would somebody be happy to get it and try to shake it back up? You never know. I I just don't know. Am I going to be responsible for this or is someone you're not going to fix it? Not not the fixing part, but the determining part. I I think you leave it to the discretion of the contractor removing it, right? I mean, they're going to know if they smash the Well, it's just a gen He's
056not a playground contractor. He is a general contractor, but I think he can determine if he smashed the crap out of a swing versus if he pulled it out. You know what I mean? Yes. But I also see all the stuff that people try to sell and people want to buy and and whatnot. So, I think have it as a disclaimer as is. We for sure will and we'll for sure have liability on it. I just, you know, if there's 10 pieces of equipment out there and I go out there and go, well, I wouldn't use any of this. Is that what I mean, am I the one that's going to go out and look at it and then decide or is they take a crap pile of pictures. So, like, yeah, I would just
057if it's not mangled to pieces, put it on there. And if someone buys it for a dollar, congrats. They can make scrap money off of it. Right. Exactly. And it might be irrelevant because the person who bid on this might say, "I'm taking that with. It was part of the bid." Right. Okay. I'm just concerned with the timeline and like making sure the stuff gets picked up and then if it doesn't get picked up, I think we have plenty of room. I mean, well, then close. We can get it. I can't Yeah. I can't imagine that our contractor wouldn't be like, I'll use my heavy equipment. I'll just put it on the other side of the fence and then the area is all clean. Not only the other side of the fence and once the
058auction is closed, they have it. There's usually time frame set on it. So, right. I know. Goes back to you guys and everything. Yeah. I just worry it's going to be an extra cost. I Chase is back in the office tomorrow. So, there will be hopefully more answers, but that at least gives us some direction that we want to put it on the state auction site. Yeah, sure. We want the contractor to be the one to remove it. And can you maybe ask Chase too if something doesn't get removed? If there's if they kind of have some backup, be able to get rid of it or if that's going to be fully on us. I think it's all part of the con right now. He's expecting to trash everything disposable. Yeah. And to clarify, we're
059not asking him to like make sure he doesn't damage any. Right. It was the only one was the dragon that we spoke about getting outly. Okay. So, do we want a motion on this now or do we need one? Yeah. I I will make a motion that we utilize the state auction site to dispose of our playground equipment after the contractor removes it. And yeah, that's the motion. I second it. I I would put a friendly amenment to it providing it's not already part of the contract. Sure. meaning the it's not figured in with the cost of them scrapping it. So, right. Okay. All right. We have a motion uh by Katie, seconded by Corey. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion passes. Policy 342.6 Six, Native American policies and procedures. This terra same as
060last time. Nothing's changed. Um, it's just the formatting is different. Um, I think Laura said she submitted them into the system today. And this is as a clarification some a requirement. Yeah. Um, so in order to claim impact aid, we have to if we claim tribal land, we have to have Native American policies or procedures and procedures or we have to get a waiver from the tribe. I'm not necessarily comfortable asking the tribe for a waiver just because I feel like it's good to have that written down how we're going to communicate and the fact that tribal council changes so often that um that I don't I just don't think that would work very well. Um I do feel like um uh the whole impact aid program is maybe under a little bit more scrutiny.
061Um they've flagged us on a couple things that have been the same. Like one of them has been the same for the last 14 years and they're like I don't like that this time. So I think they're just trying to make us jump through a couple extra hoops. I will make a motion to accept the new policy for 43.4. I'll second it. No, it was 44. I'm sorry. 42 points. I read the next one down. I'm sorry. 342 point. Second. All right. We have a motion by Katie, seconded by Paulie. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion passes. Moving on. Policy 443.4 student alcohol and other drug abuse. Also, same as we talked about some changes with the handbook language, but changing. Sorry. So same as the committee meeting changes just um
062in regards to the student handbook with a addition of I think it was nicotine but that will be June that'll be next. Okay, it's on this one. But this is in the hopes of uh being more conducive to what other districts have done in regards to uh alcohol and other drug abuse such as THC, THC derivatives, nicotine and tobacco and other illegal drugs. and we'll have better outlines of the steps that are going to be taken within the student handbooks as for first offenses, second offenses, etc., etc. I'll make a motion to approve the changes in policy 443.4 on student alcohol and other drug abuse. I'll second that. Have a motion by Paulie, seconded by Katie. Any other discussion? All those in favor? I I opposed. Motion passes. Policy 185 standing committee of the school
063board. Uh being as we are switching to the committee of the whole we uh remove are looking to remove or not yeah strike out some of the language that refers to the specific committees and just replace those committee of the whole at this time. I'll make a motion to accept the language changes in C 185. We'll second it. Motion by Katie. seconded by Corey. Anyone? For the purpose of discussion, I would just add that we could please change that. Who? I don't know who's in charge of the website. Um, if we could just take those committees off, change it to committee of the whole. They already are. Oh, they weren't when I looked at it today. I must have got it after. But thank you. All right. So, with that, all those in favor? I
064post All right, motion passes. Student accident insurance renewal 2025 to 2026. This is the student insurance company purchase every year. It covers the athletics or anything. There's no changes. Correct. Um the price has gone down to 4,500 due to the open due to enrollment numbers. Okay, that's a good thing. The enrollment enrollment for the money part of it. The first thing that we found I'll make a motion to approve the renewal of the student accident insurance for 2526. Wait, which one? Katie Jamie. Any discussion? All right, we got a motion by Katie, seconded by Jamie to accept the student accidental insurance renewal for 2025 2026. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed? Motion passes. uh resolution authorizing officials to secure financing for the bond referendum. Okay. So, the last meeting I discussed that Shell
065Lake um we got a commitment letter from Shell Lake at 4.7% over 20-year amateurization with a 5-year balloon. Okay. Um and after that meeting, I just wanted to confirm with Shell Lake, we are approved for that loan, so we could have made the decision tonight on that. Um, but I didn't I don't have anything back from Bremer as yet. So, what I was wondering if you guys had given me the option to look at us and Bremer and I did get rates on them. So, I have a 47 from Shell Lake. The last rate that I got from Bremer without turning anything in 85. So, they have it with their underwriters. Right now, we just haven't heard back. So, I was just wondering and I did work this with Baird at Bear to make sure
066it was a good option. She said it was a good option. I'd like to do the same thing with Bremer once we receive that information. Hopefully by the end of the week. I guess my question to you is if it doesn't come by the end of the week, you know, I'm asking for authority to approve one of these like you did with US Bank and Bremer um with input from Baird by the end of the week. If if I get information from Bremer, I'd make a motion to give Kevin the authority to make a choice between Bremer and Shell Lake Bank. Um, anything else that needs to be No, I just I just we need to make the decision and because when when can we have the money? Uh, 10 days. And so what I've
067done now is for Shell Lake since I know we're approved. Yeah. Um, I did submit our policies which he required and I did submit the officer's names for signatures. So you'll be probably required some of you or all of you will be required to sign on closing. And then the other thing is for Homeland Security, they uh they need Laura and my personal information like address and things like that just so that we're not trying to Is there a down payment required for the boilers? Are they require asking for that to get started with they did tell them to go ahead and start ordering? Okay. So, all right. So, they're still all good and happy. got it did get pushed back a little bit but and she did talk to him after after Dan came
068in. Okay, I'll second Paul's and yeah, I mean I'd hate to lose I mean I don't know that sh's going anywhere but a good option. I mean it's you know I wanted you to reach out to the local banks. You reached out but we can't give them a month to get back to us either the financials and stuff. So we're just I mean if they don't get back to you by yeah Friday just go ahead. I mean I think that's fine. I can't speak for all of us, but I think we're Can you repeat the the um your 4.7 blah blah blah? Yeah, it was a it's a 4.7 uh interest rate. Yep. Um, it's a 20-year amateurization with a 5year bon and no fee no prepaid penalty and no fees to get the prepaid
069um we can prepay and we we can refinance at five with the market rate or we can shop shop it. Um, we can also reduce the interest rate within the fiveyear period if it goes down. I think that's like a $250 or $500 fee minimum fee. and and there's no administrative fee. It was $22,000 for I think the yellow one. So, we'll get to use the entire own as opposed to that. Mhm. All right. So, we've got a motion by Paulie, seconded by Jamie to allow Kevin authorization to secure financing for the referendum pending hearing back from Bremer or by the end of the week, whichever comes first. to just add in conjunction with consultation from Bayard. I just want you in conjunction with the board on that. I want y uh all those in
070favor. I I um I'm sorry. Point order. I do believe you since it's a resolution it needs to be a roll call vote. Resolution. I mean we can take a roll call for county in the village. It's always roll call for any resolution. Okay. I don't know if they apply for the same for schools, but if you guys are comfortable for the roll call, I mean, all right, so we can do a roll call. It's fine. Um, since uh Eric isn't here, I'll just do it. Paulie, yes. Katie, yes. Jamie, yes. Corey, yes. Tom, yes. All right. wait room summer 2025. So, the only update I would have to this I don't know if you wrote you write that on there. Um, uh, we were talking about um, you know, doing it during summer school
071because I think that had been done in past like in the mornings. Yeah. Um, I think mine when I mentioned it to him, I asked him if he had any feedback and he said they could do in the evening at 5:30, 7:30 that and that was more utilized last year than the morning. See, I think so. Yep. I don't remember exactly. Is this also giving I mean, I know this is kind of two separate things, but since we're here and summer vacations coming, is this also going to be allowing our coaches and open gym time as well? I mean, I mean, when they when they pick I just don't I know there was like a bounce around of potentially not allowing coaches in, but I would decision you need to direct, right? Right. And that's
072I don't know if we can should do it now or if this is that that's a separate I mean can you wait? Is there any need? I I guess I would like to wait to get the date. I was just focusing on the roof boilers. Yeah. Okay. I just don't want to I mean personally I don't want to close up our gyms for the kids this summer. I'd like to see if we're having the weight room open. But again, we can discuss it. I'd like to get just get more information about the dates that we're having construction before we decide on if we're closing it during daytime times. I agree. Yeah, but I think the wait room is it's already better to do it in the evenings anyway. So I think open gyms were usually
073in the evening, but yeah, next month we'll discuss that. And we got to get so clear. What's that? We need to bring something back. Let's bring uh gym usage back to the committee of the whole for sure uh for clarification this summer. What about in between? Because they're going to be doing summer leanes basketball and volleyball and they need to practice. I don't know the exact dates off the top of my head, but I feel like I think that's before the next committee meeting. Yeah, I think one of the coaches I thought they said they're planning to have like open gym Wednesday nights. Another coach I think has said open gyms Thursday nights. I think if it's nights it's not as much of an issue. Um, we don't anticipate the construction workers here at night.
074She say we don't anticipate the construction workers here at night. Thank you. I guess we don't know the answer, right? We I we're going to need Dan to give a report at the next meeting to say, did you want Carson there too? when the Yeah. If he knows all the people that will have that want to have gym usage during the summer, whether it's Karsten or who's our facilities person now that it's not Brenn Don. Don if she knows who's trying to be in the building. Um and then Dan with what he knows of construction starting points. We're going to have to mesh those schedules. Do they need our permission? I mean, we haven't we don't usually give them permission during the school. No, but if we shut the school down and just say nobody's
075coming in during these time periods, right? But we haven't done that. No. That's why I think we need to know who all wants use to the gym and kind of when to see if it if it's all happening at the same time that the construction's happening, then we really need to be more careful. If it's not, we need to leave it. Well, one of the reasons we weren't doing summer school that was pulled in public sessions board was that it wasn't necessarily safe, right? And that's my concern is now is it safe? Right. I guess the other comment with that as well, just since we're talking about it, I do want to highlight that for now throughout June and beginning of July, when the middle school girls, I don't know what the baseball does, but
076when the middle school girls softball has away games, they're directed to be picked up during the day, what time, whatever time depending on where they're going. So, let's just say 300 p.m. on game days that are away from the locker room. So that potentially should be something that needs to be directed elsewhere. Yeah. If they could I mean if we they can pick up out in the parking lot. They're going to be away from the doors and the construction. I mean the other thing is too maybe the girls need to know too. I don't know if they have access to the locker room. I know my daughter's been leaving her stuff in the locker room. With school still going on. More likely they won't be. They'll be bringing it when they get dropped off. But
077if we don't want kids in the locker room, we may need to be putting that out as well. just for June, get all the usage for the summer and a contractor schedule and see what changes we need to make. But I'll make a motion that we go ahead and utilize the wait room, get someone hired for the June and July evening periods. Looks like 5:30 to 7:30 is what Kirsten has picked for a time. I'm assuming he has certain dates. Is that Monday through Friday? Are we doing certain date or Monday through Thursday? Probably not Fridays. I'm not sure what his dates were. Tuesday through Thursday, but he's got a Okay, I'll second what Katie. Yeah, a hiring or having the wait room open 5:30 to 7:30 for the summer. We have a motion by
078Katie, seconded by Jamie to have the wait room open 5:30 to 7:30 at night on days yet to be determined of the week. Any further discussion? All those in favor I I opposed I. One opposed. Four I. Four in favor. All right. Meeting calendars. Committee of the whole. Could Could we do it the week of the 16th or is that does that work for everyone? Possibly. No. Not. Well, it would be the 16th, but we have our other meeting the 16th. We're training on Monday. Bruce is coming the 16th, is he not? Mhm. The week of the 16th. He's saying the week of like Yeah. I don't want to do it to Yeah. No. Thursday. I'm out. Yeah. I would love to see this just become a regular scheduled like and maybe not yet. I
079get that there's definitely some trying to fit it in right now, but if we did the second Monday of the month and then the fourth Monday of the month, does that become just a more routine regular piece of will you guys have enough time and have our information that we need by the second by the 9th because that was the only other day cuz you can't do Wednesdays and Tuesdays and Thursdays aren't good for me. The whole handbook has one week. Go. Let's go. Come on. What do you got to do? You busy. And I get maybe maybe this isn't the appropriate time for it because obviously we're making changes. So if we need to plan it out a different day right now, but looking forward, is it does it feel regular? No, we don't.
080That's too late. What about the week before? So, the week of the 16th, if we didn't do Monday, we can't do Well, I can only do Thursday that week. The regular meeting 23rd. You guys have to weigh in on the handbooks where you kind of think you I mean, I think the 16th would be ideal. How long is the training? We have a 2hour training. 16th Otherwise, yeah, I would go with the committee the whole 16th, too. But we've already already scheduled that 18th. Yeah. I cannot do the 18th. So, you can only do Tuesday. You cannot do Tuesday. Not good. You cannot do Tuesday. Not that week. Anytime. I could do the 9th, but I don't think you guys want to do the 9th. So, and you can't do any Wednesdays. I would. And
081we can't always all be if you have a quorum, we have a quorum. So, we want to move the regular meeting to the 30th at all. I wouldn't be able to attend the 30th. The 30th. I don't know. Yeah. I mean, if you guys want to schedule the 17th, I don't know for sure. What time did we start the committee the whole at 4? We did. So, potentially, depending on I don't have my game schedules. I could possibly be here an hour, hour and a half. Yeah. On the Tuesday the 17th. Cory, Tom, what do you guys got? It's hard to say. What? Well, Eric's going to probably be out on Tuesdays because of baseball. Kelly will maybe be able to make that on Tuesday. Oh. Oh, well, Juniper does. He's at Junifer game probably
082today. So, how many can make it on Tuesday the 17th? I could. Oh, yeah. May I don't know. Possibly. So, we'd have we would have a quorum minimum, but we don't need a quorum for that meeting. It's up to you. I mean, no. Yeah, I'm I'm fine with you guys scheduling it. And if it doesn't work for me, I mean, I just feel like right now, the way we're looking at it, we're not finding a date that works for all of us sitting right here now. So, if I can make it, I can make it for you guys. Yeah, it's better than I'd like it on the second. Yeah. I don't think that's okay. We'll go with 17th then. Otherwise, I had every Monday for the committee of the whole at 4:00 at 4 on
083the 17th. Friday. Yes. 13th. Um would anyone be opposed looking forward though if we scheduled it the second Monday and we just did five just like the board meeting? Right. It's just a matter of for them to have this like I mean where would the budget be? That's my only concern is will the stuff be they only have two weeks after the regular which I would like that. I mean I would like or is is a week enough for us if we did it the third and the fourth week. Is that enough time for us to get information and do our research on things and whatnot before we come back for voting? I kind of like that. The third and the fourth. Yeah. Yeah. I don't have an issue with that. I like it better
084than the second. Yeah. I do too. But anyways, so monthly board meeting 23rd going to that am I going to that for next month for July? Yeah. I mean we could wait what do you do you want to for July? I'm just trying to get it in my head as to what I'm putting on the agenda. So, um it's hard to say with two people gone. Yeah. Okay. I mean, we could propose it. You can and we can discuss it next month or at the committee. Yeah. Why don't we we can put it on the next um committee of a whole agenda for June to schedule for July discuss appointing a specific day of the month. So in the meantime, the monthly board meeting 23rd of June at 5:00. Yep. Any issue? Not that I
085have right now, but Okay. All right. So the next regular school board meeting will be at the on the 23rd at 5 o'clock. Committee of the hall was the 17th at 4. Correct. Thank you. All right. Moving on. Approve the bills for the cycle. Good. Yep. I'll make a motion to approve the bill this billing cycle. I'll second that motion by Katie, seconded by Jamie. Any discussion? All those in favor? I post. All right. Answer board signature. That's Eric. Okay. At this time, I'm looking for a motion to convene in the close session under Wisconsin state statutes 19.851 851 CEFG to consider employment promotion compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the government body has jurisdiction or exercise responsibility considerations of financial, medical, social, personal information and to confer with legal
086counsel who is writing oral or written advice. Do I have a motion? I'll make that motion. I'll second that. We have a motion by Katie, seconded by Jamie. The topics for close session will include resignation of concessions, resignation of middle school baseball assistant coach, hiring concessions for 2025 2026 school year, all which fall under 19.851C. Um and then the fifth grade teacher discussion which falls under uh 19.85 C and F. There's no other discussion. Take the role. Yes. Holly, yes. Katie, yes. Jamie, yes. Corey, yes. Tom. Yes, we are now in close once we're secure. Hang on. Just one second, please.