001Okay, we can get started. This meeting of the Hopkins School Board is called to order at 7.03 p.m. I'm Chair Jen Bouchard. I'd like to welcome all of our community members who are joining us via the YouTube live stream and, of course, all of our Hopkins community members who are here in the room with us this evening, including my board colleagues. Our first agenda item is open agenda, and with our current meeting format, we have two options for community members to give public comment. You can either call in and leave a voicemail with your comment that will be played during the public comment time, or you can attend in person to give your comment in person. We received no voicemails this evening, and we do have one community member here in person to give public
002comment, so I'd like to welcome Ellie Kretz to the table. yes welcome all right thank you chair bouchard uh i came for mostly one reason but i'm going to have a second reason because you know why when you go in public these days you got to you know multiply the effect of uh what you do but mostly what i came is to think i wanted to on behalf of you know parents and certainly my family think over it's been 443 days since governor wald said hey we're going to close schools and see what happens so i want to thank the teachers the principals, the nurses, the paras, the sanitation staff, the meal delivery folks, and any support staff and anybody else that I've missed. You know, it's been a very challenging year and it's been
003executed very well. My daughter is a... kindergarten we chose to do distance learning that was executed certainly as well as I think it could have been I know it some fan for some families it was easier but it was certainly appreciate all the efforts on the school on the school's behalf And then I want to thank all of you. I mean, none of you signed up probably thinking, oh, this will be fun to do in a global pandemic. And I think we sometimes forget to thank you all. You know, I always tell elected officials, nobody's getting rich doing this. So certainly really, really appreciate all of your efforts to kind of and to stay focused right on what you've been able to accomplish on equity, both gender equity, racial equity is really remarkable. remarkable frankly
004um and then to thank dr mary pierre reid and your staff hopefully i hope you can take this message back to your team um i have been we moved here four years ago for xinxing and i've just been frankly blown away by what what the district has been able to do just even in my first nine months of watching it so thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all that you guys have done like I said I know it has not been easy I know many of you have kids that you're trying to balance all this plus your own kids so appreciate that and then so that's all I have on that but then the second one which is just to say i hope you know you continue continue to make you have
005made great decisions throughout this pandemic nothing perfect but you know we're all trying to get through as best as we can and so you know my hope would be that the school uh schools would maintain the masks certainly at the at the k-6 elementary level um i know we had a survey yesterday or i filled out today I clicked in person because I assume that will be the case for especially the kids that haven't even had an option to be vaccinated that we would maintain that so but again mostly I'm here to say thank you so thank you very much thank you for joining us thank you next I'd like to pass the mic to my board colleague director Peterson who has some words of thanks and appreciation Thank you, Chair Bouchard. All systems go.
006Okay. So just wanted to take a little bit of time to recognize our student board reps from this year. We had nine of them, and I think that the fact that we never really got to see any of their faces except Elliott. Made it challenging for sure. For the seniors, we had Elliott Berman, Lyndon Iacondi, and Raines Lucas. For juniors this year, we had Imani Karimangi, Parker Chalikowski, and Angel Riley. And then for our sophomore reps, we had Isabella McCoy, Kimora Searles, and Aiden Law. So despite this being a year unlike any for all of us, I think that we really have to recognize that the scholars have had their worlds wrought more than any of us and have definitely performed under pressure. I think this is even more true for our 2020-2021 school board
007reps. They competed against two dozen of their peers to serve for us all on a fully revamped board program. They interviewed beautifully, showed up reliably, and provided us with an honest glimpse into their lives at Hopkins High School. For that, we appreciate and thank each and every one of you. As our senior board reps, it's with a bit of trepidation that I say goodbye to you. You've done so much for us and we truly appreciate you. Reigns Lucas, from the moment he interviewed with us, I felt he would be a strong addition to our senior team. He juggled being a captain of the soccer team, distance learning, and being a senior beautifully. Our updates from Reigns were always optimistic and delivered with a smile. And while we didn't have the opportunity to experience Reigns' love
008of having tough conversations and helping his peers see all sides of every situation, we know that he will head off into his future well-equipped to handle whatever's thrown at him. Linda Nyakunde, well, in the past 10 months you've served amazingly. It was truly in the last few weeks that I was really able to experience the sheer awesomeness that is Linda. She's unflappable. She stays cool in all situations and presents herself in everything she believes in with an eloquence that I envy. From her work on the Girls United Board to advocacy in the high school at various levels, I know we will continue to see amazing things from you in the future. Elliott Berman, thank you. You're the heart and the soul of this program over the past year, and I appreciate your leadership so much.
009I'm going to miss seeing your face, especially in person, during these meetings. You've tackled everything we've thrown at you, and I know that you will continue to do the same as you move on to your next adventure in life. Don't lose your passion for doing things the right way and making sure everyone's voices are heard. The world needs you, Elliott Berman. So thank you, each and every one of you, especially to our seniors as we send you off. Thank you, Director Peterson. And with that, we'll transition smoothly into our student board representatives' reports. And I'll turn it over to our student board representative cohort coordinator, Elliot Berman, for one last time. And I will start by passing it off to the superstar that is Linda Nyakundu. Thank you. Thank you so much, Dr. Peterson. That
010was so sweet. Well, I don't have that much of a final update as far as seniors go. We're all super excited and nervous, and it's a bittersweet moment, but graduation will be wonderful, and I think... our school has done such a good job of trying to make it such a seamless send-off and also prom that evening should be great. I've gotten a little bit of a taste of how much work has been put into it so I'm excited to see how it um comes together but other than that i just want to say thank you to everyone here for providing me this opportunity it's been wonderful i've learned so much about not only the school board but just our district in general and i would not have asked for any other experience thank you all
011you've been great and i'll see you soon Thank you so much for your service, Linda. And if we wanted to find you next year, where might we find you? Yes, I will be attending the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, so I'm not going too far. So feel free to reach out if you ever need me. I'll be here in two seconds. That is wonderful to know. Thank you so much. And we wish you all the best and we'll probably be in touch. Any board member questions or comments for Linda? All right, Elliot, I'll turn it back to you. And I'll turn it over to Raines Lucas. Thanks, Elliot. I know Elliot has a special treat planned for us, so me and Linda are going to get ours out of the way first. But I'm not
012going to mirror Linda too much. For seniors, it's been kind of an easy past couple weeks. After all of our final tests, it's been nice to finally relax. It feels like we haven't done that in ages. And I just today dropped off all my materials and got my cap and gown, and that was quite sentimental. and it was nice to chat with some folks in the office and they're working their tail off because there are so many seniors in line and they're working from like 10 to 5 today to to get everybody's stuff checked in to get rid of their cap and gown and their tickets so um it was sentimental for me to say goodbye to my chromebook i won't miss it too much but it was a big send off got all my
013textbooks returned and I'm really excited for graduation and I'm super glad that we've been working with Principal Ballard and her colleagues and I'm super glad we get to pull that off and I think it'll be a beautiful way to cap out our senior year. And then I would, of course, love to thank the school board. It's been really fun. I never expected this for myself. And once Elliot reached out to me with this opportunity, it quickly grew a lot of interest for me. And it's been awesome to work with such a... welcoming group of people and such an intelligent group of people that really know what they're doing and have so much influence on Hopkins schools. So it's really inspiring to work with you guys. And I'm excited to get into more administrative things at
014UW-Madison because this has been a really fun experience for me. So if anybody has any questions for me, shoot them out. But it's just been really fun. So thank you guys so much. Thank you so much for your leadership, Brains. Any questions or comments for Reince? Okay, Elliot, back to you. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. I am going to have something a little bit lengthier, so a pre-apology for my last report. On June 2nd, 2020, I came to the board in a different light. I was shaken by the trauma our community was enduring from both grasping our new reality of the pandemic life and the murder of George Floyd. At that meeting and partially mentioned in our workshop today, Superintendent Dr. Mary Peary-Reed made a commitment to continue our journey to dismantle systemic racism within our
015system, to eradicate racial predictability from our achievement results, to affirm and validate all of our students, and to educate all of our students with culturally relevant, meaningful, and rigorous content. Thank you, Vice Chair Andreessen, for writing that down at the time. I appreciate it. Along with that commitment, the board unanimously passed the resolution to address systemic racism here in Hopkins. Now as I sit here, just a day short of a year after that meeting, I look back in awe of all that we as a community have done. New and excited leaders have filled many important positions and roles in our schools, and staff have really stepped up to meet the needs of our community and our students. My journey in Hopkins Public Schools began in seventh grade. After leaving a small private school in St.
016Louis Park with a class of 40-ish people, I entered North Junior High excited to expand my friend group, but at the same time shy of interacting with all these new people. It was admittedly a bit overwhelming for me. At the time, I had not envisioned or even thought of ending my time at Hopkins sharing this table and virtual space with you all. Junior High is also the time my life with student activism started, albeit due to my sister pulling me into campaigning for congressional campaigns. And a quick thank you to Ms. Matts and Mr. Ilton, my advisors in student council in ninth grade. I entered high school my sophomore year knowing I wanted to run for student council, following in the steps of both my sisters, Josie and Mia. Student council is where I formally
017met my student board representative predecessor and someone who I continue to look up to to this day, Joe Ramlett. As president of Earth Club, Joe got me to attend my first city council meeting in Minnetonka, which kind of kick-started my involvement in local government. After joining a city council campaign and taking a seat by three votes in November of 2019, I realized where and how change happens. A little angered by the lack of inaction and positive impact from our student council, I went to Joe to seek another opportunity for change in Hopkins. Out of pure luck, I asked at the time when Joe and Chair Bouchard were looking to expand the student school board representative program. I was welcomed with open arms and joined Alia Brown as a junior representative. Since that time, the work
018has not stopped. From joining Treasurer Adams and now Commissioner Latondras at CFAC meetings to going to the St. Paul Capitol with Katherine Callahan and the LAC on behalf of AMSD to testify. Lots of acronyms when joining here. Thank you all for the continued opportunities to make a difference here in this community. Now I leave Hopkins in somewhat the same way as I came in seventh grade, somewhat overwhelmed by interacting with large groups of people. Thank you all for giving me the space and listening to what I have to say and contribute during this time here. To current students and future students of Hopkins schools, first off, happy pride. And secondly, please get involved. Reach out. You can make a difference. It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world, but you
019are not free to desist from it. Join a club, make a change, whether it be big or small. It contributes to a brighter future for us all. I am proud to have been a product of Hopkins Schools and am beyond optimistic by the way this community is heading towards 2031. I leave this space as a self-proclaimed ranking member, being that I've been here a meeting or two longer than the 2020 inductees. So thank you. Thank you all. Love you for a long time, Hopkins. Signing out, Elliot Furman. Elliot Hopkins has forever been changed thanks to your leadership and your vision, certainly when it came to revamping the student board rep program. And we promise to do you proud and to continue to grow that work in your absence. But if we did want to seek
020guidance from you, where might we find you next year? I will be joining Linda at the University of Minnesota. So no matter how much you guys want to get rid of me, I'm going to be around. Even if you don't want to get rid of me, I'm going to be around. So I'll be here. And Elliot, will you be 21 for the 2022 school board elections? Not yet. Not quite yet. Dang it. Okay. Can we amend those rules here? Is that a state thing? It's a state thing. Thank you so much to our fabulous student board reps. It's just really special to be in community with you three this evening. And we're so grateful for your service over this past year. And then the many other ways that you've served our Hopkins schools community over
021the years. So with that, I'll turn it over to Dr. Mary Perry-Reed for our superintendent's report. Thank you so much, Chair Bouchard, and I would love to echo that thanks and gratitude. It's been wonderful to hang out with Raines and Linda and Elliot and the other student board members during our meetings and to just hear their insights and observations to help us form fuller understandings of our students' lived experience. So congratulations to all of you on your... college acceptances and we are definitely definitely going to miss you and i am going to share my slide share my screen okay can you see that okay yes we can okay wonderful well on this tuesday following memorial day weekend with the weather so shiny and beautiful i want to acknowledge to all of our board members, our
022community members, our amazing staff, just how much challenge we've had this year and how many firsts we've experienced during this unique school year. We've had our first worldwide pandemic, at least in our lifetime. We've had our first time pivoting multiple times from one learning model to the next, sometimes within a single school day. First time launching a new learning management system we call LMS. At the same time, the pandemic crashed so that we could leverage one thing in order to combat the other. First time implementing a non-negotiable dress code. And while we're all tired of wearing masks on a daily basis, we are, of course, thankful for the role that they played in mitigating the spread of COVID. And so we all know that this year is like no other and it is truly with
023deep gratitude and respect that I thank each and every Hopkins teacher, just like Ellie mentioned at the board table earlier, each and every teacher, each and every educator, principal, paraprofessional, custodian, food service. staff member, secretary clerks. There are so many people in our system, our nurses, goodness, so many people in our system who showed up each and every day to work. to serve our students and to serve our families and to help colleagues make it through this tough year. So thank you to every single Hopkins employee for working together to make sure the Hopkins ship made it across the sea this year. In appreciation for our staff, We are popping into all of our schools and satellite programs today, tomorrow, and on Friday. We just wanted to take time to personally acknowledge each and every
024staff member. And so our school board members, you have in front of you the thank you card that our communications and marketing team put together. to commemorate this school year and to thank our staff. And we are calling it a pop-in because we're also giving little goodie bags of popcorn to our staff. And so it's been a treat just to see our staff members' faces. And we thought of maybe... having a party at a park but you know our staff have worked so hard um you know a couple of folks had the idea of let's have us go to our staff members so they don't have to leave their spaces so it's been really nice to see our staff members faces today and we look forward two visits tomorrow as well. We visited six schools
025today. We'll visit another five tomorrow and then to the district office on Friday. And so I am on behalf of our school board and school district. Thank you to each staff member in Hopkins. Our school board also hosted a car parade for the first time ever for our long-serving Hopkins retirees who showed up with lots of glitz and glam in their freshly washed cars last Monday. The Lean Mean Performance Machine turned the car parade into a true celebration and then later that evening our retirees were able to watch the virtual retirement celebration on the YouTube channel. Thanks also again to our communications and marketing team for coordinating all of the logistics for our retirement celebrations. Our 43 retirees include 21 teachers, a nutrition services employee, nine clerks or admin assistants, a custodian, a principal, a
026director. as well as five coordinators or TOSAs, Teachers on Special Assignment of various programs and services, including our copy center that is located at Hopkins High School. So congratulations to all of our retirees and thank you to each and every Hopkins champion. And again, just another thank you to our student board reps. We've, you know, spent a few minutes recognizing our board reps and, you know, just on behalf of also the district. It's really nice to have the student perspective at the board table. And we're so impressed with the way that you're able to show up in the midst of all of these adults. And we know you're teenagers, you're... high school scholars you have really really busy lives outside of school and for you to come to evening board meetings and just be so
027present and so astute with your observations has been really helpful to to my own learning and to the board experience so thank you and finally in addition to looking forward to summer This time of year is very special because of all of our graduations. So we have a lot of young people who are turning an important chapter in their lives, including 530 Hopkins High School scholars, a handful of graduates from Transition Plus, which is our 18 to 21-year-old program that we share with St. Louis Park and Minnetonka. and then we have also some amazing graduates from our adult options and ged program that are graduating and the some of the details are on this slide for you we know that commencement ceremonies are a big deal for our graduates and for their families so we
028appreciate the many hours of coordinating and logistics planning that our administrators and other folks put into organizing these events and we look forward to celebrating with you. You'll see board members at all of these events. And then as this is the last official board meeting for the 2021 school year, I just want to thank our illustrious school board for their devotion to Hopkins. I want to send a warm send off to our Hopkins staff who are finishing their school year assignments. May you relax, recharge, and reclaim your centeredness and perhaps your sanity. And for our staff who do have summer assignments, please make sure you take time. to do the same to recharge before your summer assignment begins you all made the impossible possible during this unique school year and on behalf of the board
029and the district i thank you and that's it for my report and i'll take questions if you have them thank you dr mary prurie reed any questions or comments from my board colleagues excellent with that i'll look for a motion to approve the agenda So moved. I have a motion. Is there a second? Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda. Any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Excellent. From memory. Sorry. So it would be Director Adams. Aye. Director Ahmed. Director Andreessen. Aye. Director Kahn. Aye. Director Kuhl. Aye. Director Peterson? Aye. And Chair Bouchard? Aye. Thank you, Clerk Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. Next, I would look for a motion to approve the consent calendar. So moved. I have a motion. Is there a second? I will second.
030I will second. But I'd just like to recognize that on the consent agenda are some recognition of gifts that people have given to the district. And I want to express my thanks and convey our appreciation for those. Thank you. I have a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar. Any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Director Adams? Aye. Director Ahmed? Director Andreessen? Aye. Director Kahn? Aye. Director Kuhl? Aye. Director Peterson? Aye. And Chair Bouchard? Aye. Thank you, Clerk Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. Next, we'll move to our Treasurer's Report with Treasurer Adams. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Our expenses for May included $95,000 for the Harley Hopkins kitchen remodel, $12,300 for actuarial valuations. I'm assuming that's for our other post-employment benefits that we've been funding, and we
031keep an eye on how well the actuaries approve of those or recommendations that they make. We've had a number of lunch refunds, and this is because I'm sure a number of people paid for lunches before we went into the COVID free lunch program. And consequently, we had some balances outstanding, and those have been going back to parents and staff members who had prepaid for lunch. There were $305,740.33 for MTI for regular and special ed transportation for the month of April. And $3,655 to Soliant Health for our backlog of mental health evaluations. And I'm sure that has to do with our COVID fallout among our students. So with that, I move that we approve total disbursements in the amount of $2,753,610.96 for the period May 11, 2021 through May 24, 2021. Thank you, Treasurer Adams. I
032have a motion. Is there a second? Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the Treasurer's report. Any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Director Adams, that wasn't as funny as usual. Sorry. There weren't many goofy expenditures. He's tired. He's tired. Take a pleasure or break. I vote aye. Okay. We have one aye. Director Andreessen? Aye. Director Kahn? Aye. Director Kuhl? Aye. Director Peterson? Aye. And Chair Bouchard? Aye. Thank you, Clerk Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. Next, we'll move into new business, and our first agenda item is acceptance of the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget, and I'll turn it over to Dr. Mary Perry-Reed. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. So I'd like to welcome to the board table our Director of Business Services, Tarrir Chapinduka, to provide a
033summary of the 2021-22 budget for board approval. This is the culmination of a very lengthy and involved budgeting process that has included building a revenue-based budgeting infrastructure complete with predictable staffing models for our schools. as well as a digital platform so that budget managers can closely interact with and manage their budgets. So there's been a lot of work involved in this process. I appreciate Director Chapenduka's leadership and the work of his team, the work of our cabinet leaders and school leaders who all played a role in bringing this budget to you, board members. So at this time, Director Chapenduka, would you like to present? Sure, thank you Dr. Miripirid. Good evening, Chair Bouchard. Good evening, respected board members, staff in the community at large. At this point in time, I'll go ahead and present my
034screen. I'll try to be as quick as possible. This is basically a wrap-up of what we've been discussing just as alluded to Dr. Miripirid's message. Two weeks ago we did adopt the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget, but my presentation will also include other budgets within our various proprietary and other funds. So with that, just give me a second there, and please let me know when you see my screen, because I won't be able to see you. We can see it now. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Okay, so what I'll probably start with is our all fund revenue and expenditure summary. I know I did present at our meeting two weeks ago on the general fund. So our general fund budget will be sitting at $106,274,096. which accounts for 73% of our total overall budget for the
035district. Our food services will be sitting at $3,845,283, which accounts for 3% of our overall budget. Community education. will be sitting at $7,972,162, which accounts for 5% of our overall budget. Debt services will be sitting at $17,795,401, which accounts for 12% of our overall budget. And capital and construction projects will be sitting at $9,738,853, which accounts for 7% of our overall budget, which brings our overall budget to $145,625,795 for fiscal year 2021-2022. As you may all know, this has been a very tough and challenging year from a budgeting perspective because we are still getting numbers from the state. So these numbers will probably change as we go into the year and I'll be bringing some more information to the board. One considering some of the ASA and GEER funds, also considering some of the proposals
036we play with additional increases in inflationary dollars. So what we are presenting to the board here is what we have at this point in time. One in and wanting to keep with state guidelines and state guidelines on board approval of the budget. But some of these numbers eventually will change as we get more information from the state or as we get more allocations from the federal government. So I'll go ahead and kind of dive into our general fund. Since it's the largest percent of our budget, 73% of that. Again, as we've discussed in the past with how we generate our revenue as a district. putting into consideration enrollment being at the center of how our projections are calculated and how the state calculates the revenue coming into the district. What we've seen is that there's
037been a slight decrease in our enrollment in the last five years, which amounts to about 2% or about 138 students on our average daily membership. And we are anticipating that this trend will continue for the near future. We are continuing to market and accept open enrollment students to mitigate some of these natural declines. And as you can see from that bar graph that our enrollment has kind of been fluctuating. You know, at one point in time it was going up and then, you know, with the pandemic it started going down, which does have an impact on our overall revenue. Again, considering some of the work which has been put in building the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget. This is a totally different outlook at our budget and how we've started shifting resources to be controlled and
038managed within our buildings instead of everything managed at the central office. So some of the components of this we have changed includes predictable staffing model. We've also budgeted our dollars at a flat rate considering that uh we have been putting enough information or concrete information from uh from the state on uh what our inflation allowances will look like as well as some of the allocations have not been solidified by by the state on what we'll be getting as part of our uh asa and ear funds We also factored in the 3% cost of living adjustment in this mix, as well as an additional 2% for fringe benefits as we built our budget. We also built categorical and discretionary funds which are flowing into the buildings to complement the base allocations as depicted by predictable staffing.
039And those dollars have been used by building leaders to aids into adding additional FTEs or additional resources is a complement to the predictable staffing model, which is funded out of the non-discretionary funds. Some of the funds which have been directly channeled into buildings include compensatory dollars, achievement and integration, as well as title dollars. And these dollars are actually going into buildings based on those buildings generating those dollars. We also built allocations from an operating standpoint for instructional material and supplies. uh and all those components are now controlled at the building level uh we also factored into our assumption some of the asa dollars as we got away from the state about those allocations so some of the dollars have been factored into into our allocations again like i said we'll be coming back to the
040board with more information as we get more allocations from the state and the federal government So our FY21-22 general fund budget is structurally balanced, meaning that our projected general fund revenue of $106,274,096 is matching our general fund projected expenditures of $106,274,096. leaving no surplus or deficit at play. And again, like I mentioned, this budget also factors in the stimulus resources, which are one-time funds, which we have factored in to actually close some of the gaps we've seen within our revenue and expenditure allocations. So when we look at our revenue, I did a breakdown of the different sources of our revenue into the district. So about 13% of our revenue, which is about $13.8 million, come out of the operating referendum, which was voted by district taxpayers, the last vote being in 2017. 5.4 million, which
041represent about 5%, comes from location equit, which is actually a board certified. 11.9 or 11 percent of our budget is our capital project slavery which is restricted to aid and help the district in capital projects which are related to our technological needs as well as other infrastructure from a technological perspective. 1.3 or about 1% of our total revenue is integration aid. As part of the state's work on integration, we receive those categorical dollars. $3.6 million or 3.5 to 4% is compensatory aid, which is actually driven by application for benefits, which is the free and reduced lunches. 394,000 is about 0.4% is English learners revenue we receive from the state and we do spend more than what we receive so we do cross subsidize our English learners programs through our other general fund revenues. Special education,
042about $9.6 million, which represents about 9%. Again, special education is also cross-subsidized, about 40% from general funds. So the 9.6 is the revenue, but our actual total expenditures run around $16 million. 4.4 million dollars or 4.2 percent represent our federal grants which include our title one title two as well as some of the uh as and gear funds we've factored into our budget about 0.4 percent or 381 000 represent our extended time which is part of the state's programs on you know trying to prop up some of our programs beyond our our regular education time and uh 55.1052 of the remaining funds are non-categorical so those are the funds which are coming for general education aid to help and prop up our categorical dollars and we can use those funds for any other activities and
043those funds are mostly used for most of our salaries and benefits which actually accounts for the total budget of $106,274,096. On the expenditure side, our salaries and wages account for about 60%, which is about $64.2 million. Our benefits account for 21%, which is $21.8 million. So if you add those two, about 80% to 82% of our expenditures are salaries and benefits. 8.5 million, 8% account for our purchase services which include contracted services, any other purchases we do for the district which are outside of our supplies. 2% or 1.7 million dollars account for supplies which are some of the instructional material and all the supplies in our buildings as well as our departments. 0.5% is other expenses, $132,000, other miscellaneous expenses. $5.7 million, about 5% is transportation, since we take transportation in a different fund which
044crosswalks into our general fund. And 4% is our capital expenditures, which accounts for about $3.9 million. to bring our total expenditures for fiscal year 2022 to $106,274,096. So that's the general breakdown of our different components between our revenue and expenditures. As I explained in my previous presentation, Out of this total $106 million, $274,096, 62%, which is $66 million, is going directly into the buildings. It's part of our predictable staffing, as well as any other discretionary dollars which have been allocated into our buildings. 6% or $6.5 million is actually saving departments and some of these departments include business services, include our human resources, include our governance and management, include the portion of our special services, centralized allocations, include our innovation and design and planning central office operations. 32%, which is about $33.6 million, covers our district-wide
045allocations. And our district-wide allocations include our transportation, our operation and maintenance, which funds our custodians in our buildings, as well as the maintenance work in our buildings. It also accounts for our... other post-employment benefits, mandates we have to, the district is obligated to pay. It also accounts for workers' compensation. It also accounts for components of unemployment insurance. Most of those dollars are actually supporting all the work which is being done in our buildings, although centrally controlled. So in a nutshell, about 94% of our total allocations are actually supporting programs and services in our buildings. The next allocation is for school nutrition, which is a proprietary fund. So for school nutrition, we are projecting our general fund revenue to be $3.8 million, and our projected general fund expenditure to be a little over that, $3.896, leaving
046us with a deficit of about $51,644,000. 644 dollars i'm sorry and we do have enough and healthy funds within our school nutrition fund balance to be able to absorb that 51 644 dollars our community services we are projecting our community service fund revenue to be uh seven million nine hundred and seventy two thousand dollars one hundred and sixty two And our projected community service fund expenditures to be $7,604,573, which leaves us with a surplus of about $367,000. Again, we are being conservative on this. We'll come back again and relocate the numbers and make a necessary adjustment and bring that back to the board later on into the year. With that, that's what I have for the budget presentation. I'll take any questions. Looking forward to the board approving this budget. Thank you to everyone who
047participated in this and the community, our staff. my colleagues, cabinet, our business office, our human resources. Basically, this was collective work which was done superbly. Very tough work. We worked with our principals, worked with building leaders to make this happen. And we also introduced our new platform, MyBudgetFile, which will aid and help building leaders as they manage their resources. and we'll be coming back to update the board on some of the challenges or some of the accomplishments we'll see as we proceed through the year. Thank you. Thank you very much. This is a large percentage of that collective work has been done by you. And so we'd like to recognize your contributions to this process. And, you know, obviously we've had many, many hours of conversation about the budget at the board table. um but
048that you know only represents a fraction of the work that has been done behind the scenes not just this year but over the past two years and that this process is really essential in order to set our district up for success in the long term and just want to take a moment to recognize what an incredibly heavy lift this was and that we could not have done any of it without your leadership. You just brought such a new perspective to the board and to the district. And, you know, I've explained this to community members when talking about you. And so I think I should say it to your face too, Tariro, that. The way that you explain the budgeting process and the decisions that we're making, you do it like an educator. And so you're
049bringing all of us along on this journey, and you're always so receptive to our questions, to our feedback, you know, both when board members come to you individually with questions outside of meetings and then certainly during the meeting format. And so just a lot of appreciation, not only for the work you've done, but the way in which. in which you've done the work no big surprises here for me this evening very similar to to what we approved preliminarily so i don't have any questions or comments but i would turn it beyond what i just said but i would turn it over to my board colleagues if you do yes director adam i'd like to thank our citizens finance who kicked off this whole process no pay and i'd like to include in it and i'd
050like to include in that elliot berman who got up at an ungodly hour of 7 30 to attend their meetings so kudos to him as well thank you director adams any other comments or questions from my board colleagues okay with that i would look for a motion that the board adopt the fiscal year 2021 2022 budget so moved i have a motion is there a second Second. I have a motion and a second to adopt the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget. Any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Thank you. Director Adams? Aye. Director Andreessen? Aye. Director Kahn? Aye. Director Kuhl? Aye. Director Peterson aye and Chair Bouchard aye thank you Clerk Peterson we have six ayes zero nays motion carries next we'll move on to the Lindbergh Center name change and I'll turn it over to Dr.
051Mary Perry-Reed thank you very much Chair Bouchard um so for framing at our May 18 board meeting representatives from the community education department including alex fisher and dray jefferson and also some representatives from the city of minnetonka and our community provided an information report to the board titled lindbergh name change update this report summarized the work of a large group of individuals from hopkins and minnetonka who have been researching the current state of lindbergh center's official name as well as how that name is being experienced by our local community members. The recommendation coming from that group is for the Hopkins School Board to authorize the launch of an official name change committee, which if approved, we would do in partnership with the City of Minnetonka. And so to share more context with you, I invite
052Director of Community Education, Alex Fisher, to the board table to provide some additional context. context. Thank you, Dr. Mary Perry. So last week, Dre Jefferson presented to you information about the committee that was assembled to look at renaming the Lindbergh Center. And that information was compiled in conjunction with our city partners from Minnetonka. Today the board will vote on whether or not to proceed with a name change. And if it is passed, then a committee would be assembled to research different name options for a name change. So with that, I didn't prepare much more, but Chair Bouchard or Dr. Mary-Pierre Reid, if there's more that you'd like me to talk about, I'd be happy to answer questions. Thank you, Director Fischer and Mr. Jefferson, both for the presentation you gave during the workshop two weeks
053ago and for being with us this evening. I just wanted to bring forward a couple elements that I assured people in our community that I would bring forward in terms of how we're moving forward with the process. And so the first piece of... of feedback would be that there's the opportunity for robust community input on the new name since this would constitute significant investment, certainly financially, but then also in terms of energy and psychologically, and in terms of the culture that we're trying to build here in Hopkins schools and throughout our entire community. And so there are community members who are desiring the opportunity to give input. and then i've been in touch with my elected colleagues in the city of minnetonka and they of course you know desire that the city has the city
054of minnetonka has official representation on that task force because it's a jointly operated facility with the city of minnetonka and i assured them that that would be the case and then i know that we had city of hopkins representation on the exploratory task force um or exploratory committee and um wondering if we could also have um city of hopkins representation on on the naming task force i think it could help um kind of expand the scope who were able to reach for for input as well so just wanted to bring forward those pieces of feedback from our community who who have been following this process up to this point And I'd welcome any thoughts or questions from my board colleagues. It's been an interesting process following this. And it's given me an opportunity to reconnect
055with some of our civic leaders and our school leaders from that era where the name was assigned to Lindbergh. And I spoke last week with David Childs, who used to be the city manager. for the city of Minnetonka at the time that the name was changed or assigned to the arena. And it's pretty clear not a whole lot of thought was given to this. It was kind of a dartboard technique that was used to select the name. So I don't think anyone's going to be offended by the change, depending on what it goes to. And I think it's well overdue. And I've heard from some of my Jewish colleagues in the community that they're really looking forward to a renaming. So I look forward to proceeding with this whole process. Thank you, Director Adams. Any
056other board member comments or questions on this topic? Chair Bouchard. Yes, Director Kuhl. Thank you. So two weeks ago when we talked about this conversation the first time, I had talked about kind of the personal experience that I have had and my family has had. being members of a Doth congregation that's directly across the street. It's very interesting this weekend I had an opportunity to speak to a group of individuals that are fellow members at a Doth and it was very interesting to get their perspective. having been in the community even before ADOTH had moved locations to where it is presently located across the street. And I completely agree with Director Adams that this community... feels that it is about time that this is addressed. I think one of the very, very clear and straight
057responses was, well, it's about time. that we are heard because we have been mentioning this and screaming it to ourselves for over 10 years. And so again, I feel that it is important to understand that it is not just the Jewish community that I've heard from. I've heard from a lot of people in other... religions that are not Christianity, that they have felt kind of the same way, that it is good to address this type of situation, that the precedent is set, that this is not the cancel culture. This is fixing something that probably should have never happened. Thank you, Director Kuhl. And, you know, to your point, I've been having conversations as well with community members over the past year specifically on this issue, on the Lindbergh name. It's so obvious that the name
058Lindbergh and the man himself, his associations with white supremacy and Nazism have really caused psychological harm. to many people in our community. You know, certainly our Jewish community members, BIPOC community members, disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ plus community members. And I'd like to offer an apology. I'd like to apologize for this harm. And I'm so hopeful that this collaborative renaming process ahead of us can be just one step toward repairing it. And, you know, I think this is really what it means to live up to our Vision 2031 values. And I'm just so grateful for everyone who has been a part of this process of truth-telling, of acknowledgement of the harm. and of action to ensure that every space throughout our district, you know, and really throughout our community reflects our commitment to vigilant equity and authentic
059inclusion. And I'm looking forward to these next steps. So any further comments or questions from board members at this time? The recommendation is a long one because the person who wrote it wanted to make sure that all the policy details were in there. So I apologize. It's totally my fault. This is a long-winded recommendation. Okay. So the recommendation is that the Board directs the administration to convene a committee for the purpose of recommending a new name for the building currently known as the Lindbergh Center. Further, the board delegate this committee with the responsibility of determining the process for soliciting and evaluating names pursuant to providing a recommendation to the superintendent for consideration so i would look for a motion to this effect so moved i have a motion to accept the recommendation that i just
060stated is there a second second i have a motion in a second any further discussion Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Director Adams. Aye. Director Andreessen. Aye. Director Kahn. Aye. Director Kuhl. Aye. Director Peterson. Aye. And Chair Bouchard. Aye. Thank you, Director Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. Next, we'll move into our board goal attainment. During our workshop, we had a robust discussion on our board goals. And for community members who are watching this evening, you can find those board goals in our workshop packet. And you can follow along. And our workshop discussion, of course, will be up on the YouTube channel if you'd like to watch the whole thing. I will give a summary here. for you this evening. You know, our board goals are one of the many ways that our community
061can check in to make sure we're doing the work that we're supposed to be doing, the work that reflects our community's priorities on this school board. And we establish these goals in the fall and work on them throughout the school year. And our goals are aligned with leadership competencies that our leaders throughout the district use to create their own goals. So we're able to align in that way. And then also we coordinate with our superintendent to make sure that as a system, we're all working toward the same things and in the same direction. Of course, our goals at the board level really encompass what's in our purview as a school board. And so for this summary, I'll just read what the goal. is and then highlight some of the things that the board has done
062to accomplish this goal within the last year. So the first goal falls under the category of learning innovation and equity leadership. And it is understand the implementation and evolution of the distance and hybrid learning models used during COVID-19 and how they align with Vision 2031. So we have had numerous updates at this board table during our workshops and meetings regarding the learning models, the technology used to achieve them, certainly during COVID. And recently, this spring, we've heard from our leaders at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels regarding their plans for learning innovations moving into the next year. We've also heard from our student board representatives, members of our student equity and inclusion advisory. about their experiences with the learning models to really be able to understand, to center our students, our scholars' voices
063and really understand how they've been experiencing them throughout the year. And then we've been so grateful to collaborate with our community education department and our engagement liaisons to be able to participate in engagement sessions with groups of parents and caregivers. And sometimes we had scholars join us in those engagement sessions as well throughout the year. Moving into goal two, which falls under the category of operational leadership, sustain bold investments in Vision 2031 while restructuring the budget to more accurately reflect projected revenues and expenses in the context of COVID-19. And you just witnessed some of that work happening at the table this evening, really the culmination of it as we approve our final budget. But our budgeting process officially started back in January when we accepted our CFAC, Citizens Financial Advisory Committee, recommendations. And between January
064and June, at nearly every workshop and meeting, we have heard recommendations from staff and received updates on the budgeting process. So many hours spent discussing the budget at this table. In terms of communicating the budgeting process with our community, we have a financial health page on the district website that contains information about not only this year's budgeting process but also our 2020 budgeting process to give you more robust context regarding the decisions that we were making this year because they were informed in part by the decisions that we made last year. We've also sent out updates and invitations to engage via the emails that come from principals every week to their school communities. There have been updates and invitations to engage in the printed update. Of course, we've discussed the budget at length during our
065board meetings and workshops. Director Adams has written some great letters to the editor for the Sun-Sailor to help inform an even wider swath of our community. And then within our Legislative Action Coalition, a lot of conversations about budgeting and then also calls to action. And, you know, what's really great about those calls to action is they can also inform or they can also serve to educate our community and inform our community about the really specific budgeting challenges that we and most districts across the state experienced this year. As a board, we hosted four budget-related community engagement sessions. questions that came up during those sessions that we didn't have time to answer, then were kept in a Q&A sheet, and our cabinet provided responses to all of the questions that had been submitted. We also engaged
066with community members via email, phone calls, individual conversations, heard from community members during open comment, and we were able to have conversations, you know, via multiple channels throughout the budgeting process. Goal three is operational leadership, design and implement an adaptive plan for public board meetings and workshops as we continue to move through COVID-19. And I got my workout trying to fulfill this goal as board chair, and I'd like to thank MSBA, the... Minnesota School Boards Association for their excellent guidance throughout this year as we moved in and out of different public health circumstances related to COVID-19 and really understanding our legal obligations and then safety considerations in terms of our meetings. We also updated our district website this year. So marketing and communications did a really, and technology department did a really wonderful job updating
067our district website. Our school board page also received an update, of course, and is now available in multiple languages. And we hope that you find the information to be easier to locate, more accessible. But we have identified that there's still work we need to do around that. And we will be kind of rolling that work over into our goals for next year. Goal four is operational equity and innovation leadership and its reform and create policies that will inform equitable, inclusive and innovative practices throughout the district. So I've said this many times at this table, and I'm not going to stop saying it, that our policy and monitoring committee has just done incredible work this year, really looking at a variety of policies in a very holistic way, and then also engaging with our community around
068those policies. So some examples include our gender inclusion policy. Work that happened in in myriad spaces throughout the district and then it was also complemented by a public engagement session continued work on our Discipline policy our student conduct policy to make it more restorative in nature and more complementary with the practices Many of the practices that are already being used in our district work on our student handbook policy a revised equal educational opportunity policy, and then also some really substantial work on our racial equity policy. I mentioned earlier that we have this equity and inclusion student advisory that's comprised of any student who's interested in being a part of it in junior high through high school. And this group came before the board in April and gave us a set of their recommendations that were
069incredibly helpful. And many of these recommendations aligned with policy work that is already in process. And there were other recommendations that we can really use to shape some of our board goals and policy work looking forward, looking to the future. So very grateful for the work that that group did and the recommendations they brought before us. Finally, goal five aligns with learning, equity, and innovation leadership, and it's to engage in professional development to understand and implement next practices in public education. Board members engaged in professional development in a variety of ways using a variety of resources, including resources from Minnesota School Boards Association, Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the National School Boards Association. We used a book as a reference by Doctors Diem and Walton entitled Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy. We had board members
070who both attended and presented at the Student-Centered Learning for Equity Conference recently. During our workshop, Steve Adams was listed as an incredible resource, and so I'm going to call out our longest-serving school board member, Steve Adams, and thank him for continuing to be an excellent resource for us. And then... one of our school board members director khan participates in the minnesota school board members of color group that is also a resource sharing organization full of incredible leaders i think that's it i will invite my board colleagues to help me out if i forgot anything substantial you did an excellent job chair bouchard I thought you were going to add something. I like muted and everything. I was like, what did I forget? Thank you. I appreciate the support. And then I've told this to a
071few community members recently, but, you know, we really take the input that you give us and then use that to inform our board goal conversation. So our board goal conversation for the upcoming school year will take place in August. So there's still time, you know, to let us know, what you're thinking or if you feel we didn't quite meet the mark on some of these goals for this year we can absolutely carry some of that work and those ideas forward so thank you for the opportunity to to give you an update on our goal attainment and we can move to our next agenda item which is staffing resolutions and i'll turn it over to dr mary perry reed thank you very much chair bouchard So through the budgeting process, which directly informs our staffing process,
072there is always a chance that there may be probationary as well as tenured staff who may experience job reduction as a result of program or budget reductions or decisions. And as this year's budgeting and staffing process come to a close, we are actually pleased that we've been able to mitigate widespread staff reduction and layoffs. However, we regret that we do have a staffing resolution in front of you board members that impacts a small number of our staff. And this is due to program planning and redesign that leaders are engaging in during this time. With our leaders and educators collaborating together, this list of individuals has actually been reduced from its original form. However, at this time, we are asking the board to adopt this staffing resolution. So to provide additional information about this resolution, I
073invite Dr. Lightfoot to share. uh any context that i have left out thank you dr lightfoot thank you dr mary pre-read i'm just making sure mike's good all right um as far as the staffing resolution is concerned this is the last has been mentioned of our staffing resolutions um just an heartfelt expression of gratitude for the years of service that these individuals have provided We are the better for their service and these are the difficult decisions that are in front of our educational decision makers and we recognize and regret that these actions are necessary to make sure that our programs are aligned with the fiscal resources that we have available to serve our community and our scholars. As part of this process, what this will do is this will take action and place these individuals
074on an unrequested leave of absence as these are continuing contract individuals. What this will do within our contract is allow for the next five years for human resources to monitor any changes in staffing and staffing needs and as such, should there be openings or available opportunities for these staff members, we will process in accordance with the contract and then bring back individuals on our staffing need basis to make sure that we are there again aligned with fiscal resources as well as services needed. So with that, this is in front of the board this evening for final consideration and if there are any additional questions, I'll do my best to see what information we can provide or gather for the board as would be helpful. Thank you, Assistant Superintendent Lightfoot. Any questions or comments from board
075members? Chair Burchard? Yes, Director Kulik. I'm just wondering if you can confirm for us, Dr. Lightfoot, if the total number of terminations has changed, and if so, by how many people versus the last time that we voted on this resolution? Sure. Just to clarify, these are not terminations. These are placements on unrequested leave of absence. So I just want to make sure we draw that distinction. From the specific origination, I don't have that number memorized, but what we did look toward were any additional positions that we could use additional resources toward, specifically within the Title I conversations that were occurring within buildings on their Title I plans. There were at least three individuals that were brought back. I believe after our work last Friday, there are four now. And then there was an additional K-12
076individual because of some personnel changes within our system that we were also able to remove off of the list. Thank you very much. Any further board member comments or questions? Chair Bouchard? Vice Chair Anderson. Thank you. I just first want to say that this is the hardest part of serving on the school board and it's difficult to know what questions to ask, but I am wondering if you could, when I look at this list I see Title I instructors as the people who are there. Can you give any information about why that specific staff is the only ones listed? Yeah, I'll do my best to speak to it. I think much of those Decisions have been made internally regarding the available resources and the programmatic decisions done at the elementary building levels. So what's happening
077right now is that the elementary teams have been meeting and looking at the program redesign specifically related to Title I. So that within its own funding source is the reason that you see the Title I specific program named. As many of these dollars are being looked at in some... additional ways that have been determined by the local site committees, which do consist of the principal, educators, and parent and scholar input, as is required by the title experience. Some of those processes are still ongoing, and those additional considerations will also be taken into account if there is any recall that would occur as well. Thank you. I think that helps a lot put some context around why we're seeing just one staffing division. Thank you. Any additional board member comments or questions? With that, I would
078look for a motion that the school board adopt this resolution regarding the placement on unrequested leaves of absence of certain continuing contracts effective with the end of the 2020-2021 school year. So moved. I have a motion and a second. Second. I have a motion and a second to adopt the resolution. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Director Adams? Aye. Director Andreessen? Aye. Director Kahn? Aye. Director Poole? Aye. Director Peterson? Aye. And Chair Bouchard? Aye. Thank you, Clerk Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. Next, we'll move to our resolution calling for an executive session. And excuse me, I just need to pull up the updated board packet here. So we will enter into executive session right after this meeting ends for an update on labor negotiations related
079to the Hopkins Education Association contract and as well as the year-end review for the superintendent. And so I would look for a motion that the board approve the following resolution. It is hereby resolved that the School Board of Independent School District 270, Hopkins, Minnesota, meet in executive session to conduct strategy for labor negotiations related to HEA. contract for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years and the superintendent's year-end review for the 2020-2021 school year that the meeting be held in hybrid format and commence immediately following the adjournment of this regular meeting. Further, that it be noted that all board members, superintendent, and clerk were duly notified of intention to call this executive session. So I would look for a resolution to that effect. I still move. I have a motion. Is there a second? Second. I
080have a motion and a second to approve the resolution. Any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Director Adams? Aye. Director Andreessen? Aye. Director Kahn? Aye. Director Kuhl? Aye. Director Peterson? Aye. And Chair Bouchard? Thank you, Clerk Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. Next, we'll move to our board member reports. I'll go. Thank you. Got a rather short one this time. Last week, I attended the final regular season softball game for the Hopkins girls softball in which they defeated YZ 10-0. And I'm glad to report that in the playoffs tonight, they beat Armstrong 12-4. So it's on to state. a number of you here at the table. I attended the retiree recognition on May 24th. And of course LAC meets every Friday, 21st and 28th. A cone of silence has
081descended over the state legislature. So we don't know what is going on in these reconciliation committee meetings that they're having. It's rather frustrating. We've tried to get some information from committee members as to what's going on in terms of negotiations. But they're very tight-lipped and refusing to speak to outsiders. So we have no idea what's going on and what the final outcome for education funding in Minnesota will be this year. But as soon as we hear, we will let you all know. That's my report. Thank you, Director Adams. Other board member reports? I have a quick one too. Great. Thank you, Director Kahn. I attended the retirement parade, which was awesome. And I think they had a great send-off. And I also attended the kindergarten roundup at Gatewood. And I was so excited to see
082that cars were literally overflowing that parking lot. There was a... sand pit where the kids were digging up treasures. There was tours through the forest, the extensive gardens. There was a whole welcoming committee. It was great. And they also ran out of maps for, you know, I don't know if it was a scavenger hunt, but it was just a guide through Gatewood. And they ran out of it. So that's really good. There must have been over 100. So that was exciting and that was my report. Thank you, Director Kahn. Chair Bouchard. Thank you. I just wanted to give a quick update. We had a meeting with the District 287 board and we will be meeting over the summer as a board to make decisions about the search for a new superintendent there. And they are
083also having their graduation ceremonies all next week. So I hope to be able to attend a few of those to see our students who attend 287 schools graduate. And I also was honored to be a part of the Student-Centered Learning for Equity Conference and student board reps, Elliot and Linda, joined me and Director Peterson on presenting there, which I thought went... really, really well. It was exciting. We had lots of good questions. The conference had some really great youth voice centered around how we can innovate moving forward through disruption. And the final closing session was really fantastic in that they had a range of students there answering questions and we got to hear their feedback and I just wanted to share some of the what the students shared with all of you. They said that
084one of the things that would be important going forward to have in schools is to learn about Lakota heritage or it will die. They want learning to be more hands-on and connecting learning to nature and the real world. To make more connections with teachers and to build relationships. To be safe and play with your friends and do good work. They want to learn new stuff, do wider topics and things that can help us in the real world and to learn stories about things that have actually happened. More field trips, more teachers of color, specifically indigenous teachers, because often students do not feel a connection with teachers who do not look like them and it's hard to learn from them. mix it up, get more demonstrations, more hands-on projects and stories, and more teachers in the
085classroom so that they can help individually, one-on-one with students. So that's my report. Thank you. Yes. I have a question for Director Andreescu. These students that you're referring to, were those Hopkins students or? students from other schools as well? They were students from across the state. They were part of the closing session and they were ranged in age from I think first grade all the way up to a senior in high school. Wow. All right. Thank you. Other board member reports? I have one and there's a visual so just bear with me here. No, that's not what I wanted to do. The Great Gatsby's are back, everybody. So I'd like to offer congratulations. to Maren Peer, Gina Sorensen, Talia Siegel, and Lucian Peer. Their parents and caregivers have generously allowed me to show these photos
086and update you on their LEGO League accomplishments. So of course, this year they had the added challenge of having to work entirely remotely to design, program, and run their robot. research and develop their innovation project and go through all of those judging panels and robot challenge rounds virtually. So after working for many months in this way, the team competed at the regional first LEGO League tournament in February and won first place for their innovation project. And then this allowed them to advance and compete at the first LEGO League state tournament where they received the following honors. Second place core values award, top five innovation project. and one of only three teams to advance as they were nominated to submit their innovation project for an international global innovation award. While the team did not win the
087global innovation award, their innovation project, which was to increase activity levels among senior citizens, caught the attention of AARP's innovation lab, and they reached out to meet remotely with the team. and had really, really great things to say about their work, that it was very applicable to this real-world context. So we are so excited that these Hopkins students once again continued their tradition of excellence as part of this robotics and innovation genre that is LEGO League, and we congratulate you great Gatsby's on another wonderful and certainly unique season. So with that, I would look for a motion to adjourn. So moved. I have a motion. Is there a second? Second. I have a motion and a second to adjourn. Any discussion? Seeing none, Clerk Peterson. Thank you, Chair Bouchard. Director Adams? Aye. Director Andreessen? Aye.
088Director Kahn? Aye. Director Kuhl? Aye. Director Peterson, aye, and Chair Bouchard. Aye. Thank you, Clerk Peterson. We have six ayes, zero nays. Motion carries. This meeting of the Hopkins School Board is adjourned at 8.40 p.m. Thank you so much.