001We'll call the meeting to order. Show that all board members are present. Uh first we need a motion to approve the agenda. >> Moved by Sixberry. >> Second by Brown. Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. Uh pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Do we have any open forms? Okay, we have no open forms. We're moving on to the consent agenda. Uh the previous minutes from the July 23rd regular board meeting, the July 23rd work session, claims in the accounts in the amount of 1,761,935.74, the credit card report, the personnel report, uh final reading and approval of the policies listed and approval
002of the one read policies. >> Motion to approve the consent. >> Motion made by Shabilian. Second by sixberry. Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. Uh on to donations. >> Donations. >> Okay. Motion made by Brown. Second by Shabilian. Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. Uh discuss commissioners review and comment. Uh yes, Madam Chair, members of the board, as attached to the agenda is the letter that was last 2025 from uh Commissioner Jet uh with a positive review of our review and comment. I know we did spend some time at the board table reviewing what we were submitting. This letter uh affirms and um uniquely worded because it's difficult. Tanya and I, we received this. It was the way it's worded is is unique, but it
003does say that it is a positive review. So we should be able to proceed as part of the statute as well. I'm just going to say um because we are supposed to offer anybody offer uh from the public an opportunity to speak. Um so I would offer that at this point and seeing that there is nobody uh that is here to speak about the review and comment we'll just have the notes kind of capture that. But really basically this is a procedural item. >> Okay. Um then we can move on to the next item. >> Yes. >> Okay. on to activities update. >> Yes. And we have uh activities director Mark Questley here to give some information about the activities department as well as following up later after this the activities and coaches invoice. So
004Mark, the floor is yours, sir. Good evening, Madam Chair, board members. Um, before you this evening is my update for the fall, and I am going to apologize up front. We have home events going on, so hopefully I won't be interrupted. I can remember last year giving my first fall report, and one of the event managers was outside waving at me, trying to get me to finish quickly. But um this is your update for fall. Um as of last spring, I do want to congratulate our uh athlete Gasman and Lure on we had four individual state champions last spring. Um Miss Gasman, I believe that was her fourth state championship in both uh wheelchair divisions for us and that's quite an accomplishment for her. And uh Jack Yeah, Jack did an awesome job for us
005as well. So, we're very proud of them. It's a great way to finish the spring of the year for Big Lake uh high school activities. Um some goals and department updates. Uh we are kicking off a collaboration with Premier Sports Psychology. I started meeting with Premier last spring. They're out of Edina and I was looking for a uh organization, a sports psychology department. Um I had a unique opportunity with the Mayo Clinic to have them at my fingertips in Rochester when I needed some help. But since coming here um I had to search and search and finally I found uh Premier Sports and started my conversations with them and then through um both the uh Spudfest and the high school league foundation I came up with some dollars for us to implement my coral walk
006run phase. And so we are starting with varsity football, girls swim and dive, girls soccer and volleyball um this fall and we had a coaches meeting. We invited them to the parent athlete coaches meeting as well and then uh they had a kickoff the first week of the season with those teams. Girls swim, we have a brand new set of co-head coaches. Girls soccer is in their second year with our head coach and uh volleyball went was going through some transitions last year and so they reached out to me and of course football also reached out as to how can we change our team culture, team chemistry, confidence and that mental resilience and readiness. We're finding out that our athletes think they're prepared for contest, but how do we get them to that next level
007of preparation? And uh our next follow-up meeting is here the first week of school with those teams and uh to take a deeper look at now that we're a couple of weeks into the season, what's going well, what's not going well for them. And so again, we're excited about this start and then the winter season, we're looking at a couple of more teams as well and then see how many dollars I have left to possibly help our spring sports budget process. Um, we're trying to be more and more transparent, not only just with the coaches with our process of what does activities fund and what does activities not fund and why do we need fundraising. We also created a Google sheet for our coaches uh so that they can share their fundraising revenue and their
008expenditures um real time with their um booster clubs so that they have that clear uh communication back and forth. And we're getting there with uh the coaches understanding how to manage that balance sheet and that type of thing. But uh we were inundated with questions over and over about what's our fundraising balance, what's our fundraising balance, and so now we're thinking that we're coming along with that piece. Systemic department. Um again, um an item that I noticed that we were not doing is the head coach was not in charge of the program 7 through 12. And we're really making that headway this year to make sure that the head coach knows what's going on at the seventh grade level, eighth grade level, ninth grade, and on up. And so, great conversations there. A little bit
009more ownership um that we're trying to have with those coaches and adviserss because that is their feeder program for them and I want them to be vested in that systemwide approach. And then of course, accurate data. and I'll show you some information. Again, you know, I'm a data person and trying to give you accurate information and there's a couple of slides that will show you that. Um, and then I think for right now we'll skip the two handbooks and let's slide down to the actual data. Um, last spring, uh, board member Nelson asked me how many students are on free and reduced lunch versus scholarships and I told him that I would have that information. So right now in the fall season, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders, those are the number of students
010that we have on payment plans so that they can get their fall participation fee paid for. And Emily just works with them for a monthly payment to get to that amount uh by the end of the season. And that's if they don't reach the threshold for free or reduced lunch pricing. And then the bottom half is those students that are on free or reduced lunch and qualify in that category. When they go to register, they just click a button and it automatically decreases their fee by 50%. Um, so there's no questions asked. I don't know who those students are in that case uh when they're registering, but it gives you a breakdown the number of fall students so far that took advantage of that. So hopefully that's good information for you guys. I'm getting a
011nod from board member Nelson. Uh anything else that you're looking on for on that by chance or No. >> No. I think this information is great. It's it's and I and I think it's important for us to be able to have that because as families are coming into our district and as our community is growing knowing that this information is out there, it might be the difference between a family saying, "Oh, we can't go to sports. We're embarrassed to ask for that help and there's a lot of other families that are okay for us to ask." >> Yeah. Yeah. And >> that's why it's >> Yeah. And our coaches and adviserss are also watching their rosters and making sure that if there are students missing, why are they missing? in our programming. Um I think
012as we talked last spring, the seventh and eighth grade numbers we really want to keep an eye on because we're at now $125 for them. Um and we're we're looking at possibly increasing that for next year and we'll talk about that in the spring as to whether we want to increase that or not uh to get more in alignment with schools of like size in the area. So okay, good. Spot on with that one. So uh I went back and collected participation fees based on our registration process that we currently have from 2018 2019 up until currently. And this is our fall participation. And of course, football and volleyball are just getting started next well football middle school started this week. Uh volleyball will be next uh Wednesday uh for us. So those numbers will
013fluctuate a little bit yet um with our participation numbers. So you can see historically we're right around 420 to 430. Uh over the last five six years in 2019 right before COVID we had a great number there of 522. Um but again those are our numbers. We're staying pretty steady. Not noticing a significant decline any place um with our numbers here so far um with that piece of it. So, um, and then some challenges before we go back to the actual items. Again, continuing to clear up some communication, uh, from myself and how I'm communicating with our coaches and adviserss and how they're communicating with me even though you have an open door policy. Uh, still many of the coaches are not in building and getting that access to be able to have conversations with
014me. I tell them they can call me at any time and any place. And um I do get calls at 10:30 at night, 11 o'clock at night to discuss a couple of issues or concerns, but I'd rather have those ahead of time and and be able to talk them down off the bridge, that type of thing. So, um, one of the things we're doing as far as communication in our department this fall is I'm trying to protect the professional boundaries between our coaches and advisors and our parents and our students as we're reading more and more, we're seeing that line becoming more and more blurred all the time. So, at the parent athlete coach meeting the other night and uh with our coaches and advisors, I've asked them not to text parents or parents to
015text them. Same with student athletes. I don't want coaches texting back and forth with student athletes. If a parent has a concern, I want them to email our um coaches or adviserss through the school district email. Legalitywise, we can access that. I'm not asking for personal phones to go back and help us trace or track something if something becomes inappropriate on any side of this fence on this one. Um, and it's it's been received very well. I will tell you that we've had a couple of coaches who have made mistakes and I've clearly said, "No, this is our process. You can blame me." But when you get a text from a student or a parent, go to your computer and respond and just say, "I received your text. Mr. Queasley has asked me to respond
016on school district email. Here's your response." And uh so far the coaches really have liked this because um we had a situation last week where 10:304 to 11 at night um there was a parent that was concerned about why their child didn't participate. That's not a question we need to answer at 10:30 at night. And uh when that when they have cell phones and and that type of quick communication, nothing good comes from it. I also express to the coaches that we need to make sure that if a student ends up in the emergency room or an ambulance is called or or something of a medical emergency, you bet. We're going to pick up the phone. We're going to make contact. We're going to follow up with those parents with a phone at that time
017and that's a great way to be in communication with them for the health and well-being of their child. The coaches are using uh a sports youu app or remind me app to that is a phone based but it sends it to the child or to the parent and you can stop that two-way communication. It can be one way disseminating information. So again, um really hoping that this one uh levels that out for our coaches and adviserss who feel like these are part-time jobs with full-time expectations and having a phone available instantaneously to bother them about non-emergency things I just don't feel is right. So any questions? [clears throat] >> I just want to say really quick Oh, I'm sorry, Ashley. Go for it. >> Um, so I had just done a pretty comprehensive training through
018Safe Sport and NFHHS um that was put out by Jim Lord here I think about a year ago. There seems to be a huge issue and I'm and I'm sure this is part of why you're seeing this where there's a breakdown in the barrier between students, coaches, and parents and guardians. And it's caused a lot of drama. It's caused a lot of issues. has caused a lot of miscommunications. So, seeing this type of a barrier and some of these types of policies put in place, well done. That I think is going to be really helpful for a lot of our activities in athletics. >> Yeah. And and the stress is there um both from the child, from the parent, and and from the coach. And I'm not trying to put the barrier up. I just
019think there's an appropriate time to cool down, calm down, and have those conversations versus that immediate response. And the one that I'll give you that happened last week, I read the text message that the coach sent back and yeah, it was 11:00 at night and I read it three times and I'm like, I don't even understand what you just responded to this parent. So when we jump back in and respond right away, it's not always slow down, relax. And I'm I'm guilty of it, too. You know, you >> Yeah, the emotion is tied to it. Thank you. That's a good way to put it. So, um, >> just ask, could you elaborate on the sports app? Like, is there messaging throughout that too, or is it just for practice times? is that >> it can
020be for practice times, bus times, reschedule of events, um a variety of things. Some of them you can even put a PDF file and attach it and send it. I know our swim team when they went with the sports U app, they put their handbook out there for the parents even before the season started so that the kids knew coming in what some of those expectations were. So, it's got a variety of tools with it and um there is there isn't one that's universally recommended. It's kind of like all these other different softwares out there, but um yeah. So, >> is that available to all of your um I mean, do they have to pay through the first two clubs to be a part of it or is that all that's >> it's just an
021app that there's no fee involved with it. So, >> I did a question. So if you if you eliminate two way through these apps >> whatever is on overnight or weekend how would a parent ever be able to reach out to aache or they're supposed to be that kind of thing. So, an example of the Sports U app. Right now, a parent or a student can send a message directly back to the coaches and they can see it. But I'm expressing to the coaches, don't respond back. Go to a computer and sit down and think about and type read it and type it out. Right. So, there is that two-way communication that can take place as well. >> Turn it off. >> No, no, no. Sorry. >> So, the coaches are allowed to respond in
022that app. Yeah. Yeah. You can respond individually or you can respond to a group or global. So there are different tiers. This is falling very closely in with the training that I had done recently which is coming out of an incident that happened down in Dallas, Texas earlier in the spring where communication can be had like what Mark had said with if there's an emergency like that you have the cell phone communication you have all your emergency contact information but this is to break apart and separate and allow the coaches to coach and the students to be athletes >> is where that's coming from. So, and I think this is a really good step for that. >> Thanks. I've been toying with this for quite a while. >> I can't imagine it's going to be
023that. >> And then also, we're trying to get our coaches not to friend kids on Instagram, social any of the social media stuff. What's happens in your life outside of school and education is for you and and you shouldn't have students that are friending you on those different accounts either. So, but um leadership style again, I'm trying to figure out a leadership style that works in this community and how I lead uh our student athletes and our coaches and adviserss versus previous people. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm just more of a different relationship type of a person. And um I I feel over time that I'm making headway with that with people within this community of what are our expectations globally within our department. Try to look at things at 50,000 ft, not
024just single focus, that type of thing. And then lastly, we're looking at some of the barriers that still exist. Um, as board member Nelson mentioned with free and reduced lunches andor, um, barriers, uh, trying to get coaches to take a look at those athletes or those students when they come into their activity. Are they missing shoes? Are they missing, um, not getting their clothes washed on a regular basis? Are they not getting meals? And those types of things, and how can we help those students feel even more a part of an inclusive environment as possible? So, So, any questions before I jump back to the handbooks? >> Can I go back to is it sports that when you're doing the free and reduced on you're saying that they're pushing a button and it's go and
025it's minusing down to 50%. >> Correct. >> Is that the standard for everything? because if you're free or you're reduced. >> Correct. It's just a 50% reduction and no matter what the activity is, it's a 50% reduction >> and that came from like the Mississippi, you know, I mean, >> um, that was just something we must have landed on here before I got here is that we would reduce the fee 50% if the student qualified. So, it's not necessarily a a toggle button that they push. It's just when they go to do their checkout, it automatically reduces their fee 50%. Whether they wanted it to or not, it did it or it does it for them. >> So So the program understands. >> Yep. Yep. >> I get that part, but I'm I'm a little
026concerned about what if they still can't afford the >> then they make contact with us. >> Okay. And they know that. I mean, >> Yep. It says right in our registration as a step-by-step process that Yeah. >> So could some of those 50% people also be on your payment plan? Not in those numbers. We have them separated out separately. So, yeah. >> So, but they could, you know, some of those students could also be on a payment plan. They're just not in that other group. >> Correct. >> It's, you know, it's how do they work past that, >> you know, feeling? >> Yeah. >> Being able to >> I think every district um I don't want to say struggles with this, but knows this barrier is real. Um because the free and reduced lunch names,
027numbers are private and they can't be shared with just anybody in the district. We have a special bridge in the software package that allows that to happen. And and many of the student registration software packages have that bridge so that we're not sharing confidential information about a student >> either statewide or nationwide. There's no particular Thank you. >> I found it interesting. Just last week I got a screenshot of Fidley Public Schools and they went free no participation fees this year as a way to try and increase their numbers. I because I know that that community has really been struggling. The superintendent's been really working hard. She was in Rochester with me when I was there and and um she really wants to see kids participate and they just were not getting. So, it'll be
028interesting to see how much progress they make for those. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> That helps. >> Mark, I just want to jump in really quick before I text you this question before and I were corresponding to I just want to remind people if you are listening that tickets for 62 and older it's free admission >> correct >> for events I think I just as kind of a nuts and bolts type thing just for our information >> I you're nuts >> you're [laughter] or so I just wanted to make sure because that was just a that was just a little piece of information I just >> we were having that conver and I and I checked with you and then you sent me that and and I just want >> every one of our
029tickets when people go in to purchase there's a yellow little yellow banner and it says 62 and over free admission. So, yeah. >> Okay. So, the student activities handbook is what we'll start with here. Um, and I went through and just highlighted and read some of the changes that I made. Of course, the middle school participation fee on page five um is going to be new and um we'll see where that one goes for us. We we raised it and um again, we'll see what we want to do the in years to come. Um, under page number seven, I added a statement about um how even as adults and the students, we need to be respectful of our game officials. They're doing the best they can and and to try and treat them appropriately as
030we go um with our contests and that type of thing. So, that's a small addendum. And then um under page eight, I I took some wordage um some verbiage on what I call dual rostering in this district. It's called multiport participation. And we had to question this fall um let's say a football coach wants a soccer player to come kick uh field goals on a soccer team. I I want to determine that there is a primary sport and a secondary sport. So the primary sport has first say on that student athlete for practice competition and then that keeps the coaches away from well it's he's mine on Friday nights. No, I got a soccer game. And so we take that away from them and it's already predetermined if we have a student that wants to
031do this and the parent and guardian also understands. And then also in this one, um, students participating at the varsity junior varsity B squad and nth grade level cannot participate on a non-school team during their high school season. That is critical this year that I continue to send that messaging that with the ninth grade participation now at the high school level that that is something that a student athlete cannot do. Um, and then page nine, um, a little clarification for our school administrators. If we are going to an away event and the students are being dismissed from school to go to that away event, if an athlete is suspended, ineligible, or the administrator says, "No, they got to stay in school, they're going to stay in school." I feel it's wrong that if a student
032is failing a class, last hour of the day, but yet they get up and are able to walk out the door. That's not the type of messaging we want to send with our um uh teachers. And so um that's added piece for that one. And the same um when we're talking from the year end carrying over. Now, if it's a spring sport athlete and they fail spring semester in the fall, they have one one game suspension. And that's a clarification. Um trimester 1 and trimester 2, it's a twoame suspension for the student if they uh are carrying on. Um and uh next part is we expect I think this aligns great I'm on page nine. This aligns great with the new um part of the state statute and making sure our kids are in class.
033This is their job and they are expected to be in class and on time for class every single period of the day. You can't show up for a football game 10 minutes late and walk into the huddle and say I'm here. You can't do that in the classroom either. So that that's one of the things that the ad the administration likes how we're trying to clean that up as well and again fostering the importance of students being in the classroom um with that one. >> Um question real quick about that part. How is that going to be tracked and enforced? So, we have daily t attendance sheets and um the at least in uh the high school um we're really trying to take a look at that daily attendance and and see where those students
034are and where they're not. Chances are the for our students involved in activities, it's probably going to be maybe five, six kids that are abusing it. And so, it' be real easy for us to have those conversations with those students. So, um I feel that that one, um where I come from, we're doing a lot better than my previous district when it comes to being late for class especially. So, >> non staff, like how do non-teers are they just? >> Yeah. Um we we will we're working on that daily attendance report for our um coaches and adviserss whether they're in the building or not in the building and if that means at the end of the day I have to take a screenshot and send it to them so they have it on excuse me
035cell phone we will do that. So um that piece we're we're looking at um very closely as well as to how we can communicate that out um and be consistent with it. The other thing when I read this wasn't clear to me only. Just want to make sure I'm understanding. >> Yeah. In fact, um, normally when a coach and what I've seen so far is when a student is going to be gone, the the coach or advisor sends it to me and if it's a funeral, doctor's appointment, dentist appointment, I'll say abs, absolutely, that's an approved absence. So, they are allowing me to make that decision on their daily attendance piece as well. Um and then uh the other one on page 11 on the bottom is the captain's practice or excuse me captainship. Um
036again we want our captains to be role models in the classroom, the hallways, practice game settings and in our community. Um we want them to be good citizens. So we're again continuing to foster that piece. Um we also have a travel release form on the next page that I uh put in place. It's a Google form. So, the parent with their phone or whatever, if they want to take their child home, they can go on to the Google form, submit it, and uh I can go in and approve them. And then I do that on a daily basis so that the coaches can look at it and say, "Yep, Mr. Queasley's approved that." So that you can travel to, from, or both as um with a parent. We just wanted to make that convenient because
037we didn't want pieces of paper being going back and forth between everybody and wasting paper and and those types of things. Um lettering. Uh a little bit of clarification. If an athlete has a chemical violation during the season, they're going to lose their athletic letter and they could end up losing their postseason awards because many of the coaches association awards and the conference awards say if there's a chemical violation during the season, that student's not eligible for those end of postseason. And so um as I have those students and going through that process of talking with them about their um bump in the road uh I will talk with them specifically about what awards that they are not going to be having the opportunity and again these are explained in the parent athlete coach meetings.
038So um team limitations um again our coaches are there to evaluate the social emotional physical and educational well-being of our students and the coaches will have the autonomy to move students from one level to the other during the regular season. And then when it comes to postseason, they will determine that postseason roster and or relay teams. um and they're going to do it with their best intention and uh use the data that they have if at all possible to make those decisions. So um again in the parent athlete coach meetings I talk about you might be varsity this week but guess what there's somebody on junior varsity that wants your spot and they're going to work hard and if they take your spot they've outworked you. They've outperformed you. It's not a personal situation where
039um we don't like you. It's just the attrition of what we're trying to do to try and create the best competitive balance that we can in our programming. And yes, that last sentence about coaches will determine postseason rosters and relays. I've lived it, breathed it, tried been sued over it, all those kinds of things. But it's one of those that we need to allow that to happen. So, um, moving up and down levels, again, uh, if we have a seventh or eighth grader that is going to be promoted, we're not going to just bring them to the ninth grade level. They must be at the B squad, JB, or varsity level. And this is a little clarity to this. Um, I don't want them to be brought up to set on the bench where the
040coach says, "Oh, they're going to be they'll they'll benefit from practice." No, we want we want them if they're going to move up, we want them as an impact player or a student athlete that's coming off the bench. And if they're not that high a level, let's leave them where they are socially, emotionally, physically, and let them have some success. So, um, and then some clarity. Uh, we've talked about the communication with parents. This next part is for students and parents with cell phones and use of cell phones. And um then event game management. I just want to clarify that we're trying to follow the high school league rule on page 16 where um students cannot go to and from events. If they leave an event, they're done under what the high school league expects
041us. And if an adult leaves the event, they have to purchase a ticket. So then it's standard from school district to school district with those ticketing expectations. And the league likes that because when we get to postseason, they don't have a different standard uh for ticketing than uh the regular season. So um and then crisis plans. We're trying to make sure our coaches know where all the AEDs are located and we have them in the practice facilities, game facilities with our athletic trainer. And then I My last part is overnight trips. We do not search equipment bags or travel bags as administrators or coaches or advisors. So, I usually send this out to the coach if we're going on an overnight trip that they're responsible for looking at their child's equipment bags and their travel
042bags to make sure there's nothing illegal in those. Um, and if there is a situation where it becomes aware of us or we see it, then we're going to end up having to deal with it and we will have to deal with it based on the laws within that city, laws within that community or laws within that state. So, that's something that's very important. In Wisconsin, if a student is caught with a chemical and they're brought, law enforcement's brought in, it's an automatic $1,500 fine and the student is in jail for the remainder of the season. And so, remainder of the season, remainder of the weekend or whatever it might be until parents get there. And and also I want to make sure parents when when this happens our coaches need to be responsible for
043the remaining 20 [clears throat] students and now mom and dad that your child is your responsibility. So if they're detained by law enforcement and they're in the chokei as I say then they're going to have to come to wherever as quickly as they can to deal with that situation. So, um, again, it's just clarity for our parents, uh, caregivers that we want to work with you, but we are bound by certain standards. So, any questions on this handbook here? >> With all this being implemented this year, have you gotten any push back from parents or anyone yet? >> This one, I started using this statement last year. Okay. um when we had a few overnight trips that it wasn't in the handbook yet and um not not one question about it. >> So that's awesome.
044>> I think coaches I mean on the set this has been done on set. I've seen it happen. >> Yeah. I'm just talking in general between communication and everything else that's been put out. that they're not. >> Well, and when a coach was calling me at what hour of the night or day it is, um, and if it's an illegal substance, I'll say, "Make your call to law enforcement. Call the We We have to do if law enforcement tells us just call the parent, have the parent come and we'll talk through it with them. That's their jurisdiction to make that decision, not us. But I do believe we really have to make sure that we follow the the state laws or the county enforcements of what is expected. So, >> good question though. >> I'm
045wondering if there um it could benefit from some clarification in the communication section since there is that app that is allowed to have communication player and student and you know >> you know if there's a for lack of better texting function within that app if there is also >> yep I can add that that um um >> email or application process in fact I technology to help me come up with what might be an appropriate sentence to add there but yeah okay >> I was going to bring up the under communication as well. Um, you have specifically texting and with cell phones for parents, guardians, students. Completely get that. Um, but I would recommend would you consider adding social media onto there as well. There's a lot of our coaches in our community came from
046our community. They may already have parents on social media and they you may have parents that look at that and go, "Well, I can't text them, but I'm going to shoot them a message on Facebook." and catching we don't want us to have our coaches caught off guard and and then a parent pushing the issue of well it only says text. >> Yeah, very good point. I can I can add that too. Um and the other question that I had was um have you considered at all the approach when you have parents that are also uh board members with booster clubs and things like that where there may be a lot more gray area and how they're communicating with the coaches just how to have that more effective communication so one conversation doesn't start about
047something with their booster club and a fundraiser and then it carries on to why why is Johnny not having more playing time on the basketball Um, so far from what I've seen from coaches is when they get an email about a booster club item, they they loop me in because sometimes it has to do with communication with me. So, I think they are really trying to set that parameter uh even with their booster clubs so that it it's email based versus um um a quick text. I I know I had coaches that are brand new this fall and I'd get a an epistle from them on text message and I'd like please send this to me in an email and they're like oh yeah yeah you know and then so so they would um because
048I think there's certain things that easier for me to respond via email than to try and send back in text. So, um, but I'll even do that with the coaches myself is say, "This needs to be followed up with an email to me rather than text me what what you're concerned about." So, >> Oh, those are awesome boundaries. >> Okay. All right. Coach Advisor Handbook. Um, there are some items in this one that I'll just say from the beginning that I know are under contract negotiations. So, I have them already in red, but I didn't want to necessarily take them out. So, but um again, um as we look at page three, it's the social media or the texting piece. And I'll make sure that the communication or the verbiage in this is the same
049as our our other handbook when we're talking about um texting back and forth. Um and then also I added wrestling kind of guy here. Bodily fluids. Um on page I think uh our coaches and advisors need to be wearing rubber gloves when they're dealing with bodily fluids. Um and we just never know what that student has for an issue, an ailment, that type of thing. And so, um, that this part was missing in our, uh, information and and I really want to make sure that the coaches and advisors slow down and and put on rubber gloves when they're they're working with those types of things. Um, >> are we provide like as a school district then, are we providing those to all the coaches? >> Yep. They're in their first aid kit already. Yep. That
050they carry with them. So, or on Matt's side, too. So, um related expenses, we're talking about reimbursement from the high school league. Uh the Minnesota when our kids go to a state tournament, the Minnesota State High School League does not repenish us dollar for dollar. It's quarters, nickels, and dimes on the dollar is what we get back from them when uh someone goes to a state tournament. So, I think that's important for our coaches to understand is is that, you know, if we have $60 meal a day for our coaches. We're not going to get $60 a day back from the high school league. And that's based on who is actually participating in those events. So, uh just some clarity working with the coaches on that as we qualify. Um state all state recognition again
051in the past when a team goes to a state tournament uh there sometimes is an awards banquet as part of that. Well, we're not reimbursed for that as our trip to a state tournament. So, that's an expenditure for us that we either absorb. And so, I want to make sure that our booster clubs or our fundraising, if we're going to do those things, how can we offset it with those kinds of dollars rather than it being um funded by the department? Um and then expenditures. We're trying to align this now of how we're reimbursing uh coaches and adviserss when they go to a state tournament or when they want to register for a coaches clinic. We set the registration at $150 and meals at $60 a day, which um basically you break that out and
052that's three meals at $20 and that's I I believe that's pretty appropriate for um what we're doing. And then that again that gives us a standard where we're at with those. And then currently this is one of the parts that a high school coach or an adviser can go to one day of the state tournament receive reimbursement for the tickets mileage and that's part of the negotiation process that that's been a past practice. I don't know if that'll stay or not. And then also um later on. So then I'm going to go down to um page number nine. This one, I know it's under review, but I'm going to just spend a moment of time talking about this one. I learned last year kind of the hard way. If you're an assistant coach in a
053sport, you only go to the next step in lane when you become a head coach. So, it might be an increase of like $300. Well, if I have seven years of experience as a coach in that sport, and if I get seven years of experience as a head coach, it might be $1,000 or $100 difference and there's a lot of difference between being an assistant coach and being a head coach. And so I've asked the union to take a deeper look at that. So in the discussions with this group um I don't know where they're going to land on this step and lane change for coaches and or advisors um and how they're being placed. Does that make sense or no? Okay. Um, and then same with different sports experience, um, with the coach or
054advisor. Um, I'm I'm not necessarily a proponent that says if you've been a club coach, you should get your same years of experience as a school coach because sometimes club coaches coach two days a week where our coaches are five or six days a week. So, I think there's a a significant difference there, too. So um but again I'll stay keep you a breast as to how that uh pans out with those discussions. And then other than that most of the rest of the items were just cleanups about um um end of season uh conversations with head coaches and assistant coaches. I really want the head coach to help me with where they're at with their assistant coaches at the end of the season. And um um now I'm on page 20. Uh at the
055end of the season, I'm finding also that our uh coaches feel like they have to have an elaborate banquet for their sport or activity. And they really don't. And um this talks about they may schedule a postseason gathering, but again the coach or advisor is responsible for just handing out the awards certificates and and the actual chenille. Um they don't have to go to a rental facility and have a sit down meal and those types of things. So um hopefully that will alleviate some of the pressures that booster clubs are trying to help fund that and they really don't quote necessarily have to. Um, and then my change is I took maybe 10, 15 pages out and I put them all in hyperlinks on page 23 there. So that if they need the fundraising form,
056if they need to become a member of the coaches association, how to purchase something are all hyperlinks now rather than forms that we need to update on a yearly basis. So any questions on this one? So all those suggestions, it won't be submitted to your coaches until we the negotiation. >> Correct. Anything on the steps, lanes, salaries, and reimbursement. I'm going to hold out keep that in red until our process is done in the negotiations. >> So will it be uploaded to the internet or whatever? in this current form or previous >> when do you think you're going to settle? [laughter] >> Okay. >> So, um um >> I just want to make sure there's clarity because I don't want it to become a situation where people feel like we've taken something away from them
057that they had already >> Well, currently from what I'm understanding is we're working without a contract. So those items that were previously there are not there. So right now if I needed to upload this, I can certainly strike through it, upload it, and then so people will know, our coaches and adviserss will know that language is um if they have a question. >> Personally, I >> I would feel more comfortable just listening and we added >> Okay, >> that's just one voice, but It really is. And I just don't want anything to be seen as >> previously decided. Yeah. >> You know, we've already decided that what, you know, why are you not going with that? So, I would >> Well, and again, thank you for your input on both of these documents here tonight.
058It's been very helpful. And, um, I think what I'll do is I'll take all that language, pull it out, and reload it without it in there so that I do have it available for our coaches and adviserss to be able to use for current information. All right. Awesome. Thank you again for your time. >> Thank you. >> Uh Angie, financial reports. >> Good evening, school board members. uh go on to the first slide. We'll talk about enrollment and uh I actually checked enrollment as of this morning or no I'm sorry this afternoon and that kindergarten 213 as of last week that is now 217 as of the end of the day today we had budgeted um 222 so we're almost there um overall I am um I'm a bit concerned about [snorts] our enrollment right
059now that we may be a little short at the start of the school year. However, that being said, we typically gain students as they work online throughout the year. So, I'm not too concerned yet, but just did want to share with the board, I guess, what I'm seeing right now. Um, that it is it is it's not as robust as it was last year this time. Let's put it that way. Um, but like I said, we usually gain kids in Big Lake online. So, I'll just report every month like I usually do. >> How far off are we? >> if I had to speculate right now, I'd say we're about 20 to 25 students short. Um, again, it's not it's not a large amount. Um, and like I said, we just we always gain >>
060and there's probably some people that haven't registered yet for this. >> Yeah, I I and it does happen. [laughter] Sometimes we get kids registering the first day of school. >> Do you have that number? >> Uh 222 >> is what we Yeah. What we had budget. Yeah. So we had 213 but again as of today as of the end I think I checked about 4:30 today it was at 217. So we're not too far off and we still we still might get >> still show up. >> Yeah. We still might get some that show up. Exactly. And I do want to just I I mean I've been signing enrollment forms pretty consistently here the past couple week this week for sure. So today I don't know what the status they might just be current. I
061don't really know all that it's actually a net gain or not but um I do know that those enrollment is a little bit soft right now. >> Yeah. and and and we're below like student counts of last year, but but we should because if you remember, I budgeted a decline because we had a large graduating grade 12 versus kindergarten. So, so it is expected that we below what we were last year just because of that large grade class. So, um, this is just a reminder of what the board approved, uh, back in, uh, June and no budget revisions at this time, and I probably won't be presenting any until probably November at the earliest, but nothing nothing is has been alarming me or anything like that so far. I mean, the biggest thing we're tracking
062right now is is the enrollment. Um, financial audit update. They were here in July for I think three two or three days and they did virtual and and on site. No issues with findings. They got a lot done. I felt like I was running around for two to three days, but um where we're at right now, we financial year end data from MD is slow this year. They they've had a couple retirements, so I feel like I'm in a holding pattern. I'm I'm just I did get one report here a couple days ago um on GenEd Aid. So, but it's just it's just a little bit slower this year. But we are still scheduled for our final fieldwork the week of September 29th and I typically have a good idea by the October board meeting
063of where our fund balances are going to end up. So, I'll update you at that time where we are looking. And the next item that is uh keeping me busy right now is uh we are we are starting the levy process 26. Uh, so I just completed a bunch of data submitted to MDE here this month. Again, slow and coming. The system opened up two weeks late, but we get it done. Uh, our first look at our levy for again pay 26. It' be revenue and 2627. Uh, we will get reports on September 8th. Um, I did send an email to finance committee members um that I'd like to have a meeting before the next board meeting because I usually do go over the levy with finance committee members. So, if you could take a
064look at your email and just get back to me, I'd appreciate it. And um yeah, so then the preliminary levy will we it will be approved at the September 24th regular school board meeting. And I just want to mention one more thing before I conclude with tonight's financial report. Um we had a retirement in our office on July 31st. She did not want to come to a board meeting and be recognized. Um, and she would not be happy with me if she knew I was doing [laughter] this. But I would like to formerly recognize Kathy Wells. Uh, she has been here, had been here many years. Uh, very, very dedicated employee. I just can't tell you enough how dedicated um, she was. She had a motto of that I always strive for excellence and she
065did do that and I just want to congratulate her and best wishes to her in her retirement and with that I'll entertain any questions. >> Thank you for that. >> Any questions for Angie? >> I will make a motion to approve the financial report. >> I'll second by Nelson. Any other discussion? All in favor? I oppose. Motion carries. Thank you, Angie. Uh, Big Lake Community Food Shelf agreement approval. >> Oh my goodness, Madam Chair, members of the board, I am really pleased and excited to have this before you today, I know working with Sandy as well as attorneys on both sides, uh, we've got it down to a point to where it's agreeable on both sides. I can assure you, I have spent time with our attorney reviewing this. Everything is in order. Uh, protects
066the district. uh also took very seriously the fact that this is a longterm agreement 15 years to be exact. Um but it is what is necessary for all sides to kind of be mutually moving forward in the partnership. I think it's a good a good agreement and um you know obviously I sent it out as soon as I had it yesterday. Um hopefully had a chance to review it. Otherwise, I at this time I would recommend approval of the agreement. And what will happen after this evening is uh I'll give Sandy the thumbs up and then she'll take it to her board. They'll do a special board meeting and we'll do an election based on whatever their approvals abide by. So um again, no indicators saying that they would not approve this, but um we're
067just the first body. So at this time I recommend approval of this agreement program. Okay. Motion made by Shabilian. >> I'll second. >> Second by Nelson. Any other questions? >> Yep. Yep. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I opposed. Motion carries. >> You're welcome. Uh, review employee handbook. >> Uh, yes, Madam Chair. I've got this one, too. Sue is actually here if you have specific questions, but essentially besides dates and names changes, there were only a few changes that were made this year. um largely as a result of the local 284 negotiating um uh including on like the employee obligations during emergencies adding a note that custodians can take personal or vacation on an e-learning closures that was negotiated and agreed upon as well as also ESST notice which was also part of that in
068the statute uh and change to acrruels for part-time and partial year employees and then we also added a workplace accident and injury reduction program known as aware spilled uh due to the change in Minnesota OSHA and uh added some also a section on reporting otherwise essentially it was the same same employee hand so it's reflective of that so I thank Sue for all the work on this obviously staying up to speed on legislative so again I believe this is just a review item so um uh procedural as always uh because it is a handbook um you know obviously there's situations When we arise, we obviously take take that into consideration. >> Any questions on the employee handbook? >> Okay, on to TJ. Approved management plan for water lead in water. >> Hope you're excited. [laughter]
069>> Hope you're excited. >> All right. So, what I have before you is just an updated lead and water management plan that I need approved. Um, we started working on this last year a little bit because the state MDH was making some changes. Kind of the biggest change from our previous lead in the lead in the water management plan is a reduction in the amount of allowable lead for a first initial draw sample. went from 20 parts per billion down to five, which is lower than what the city is regulated to discharge into the city supply. Little interesting, but we'll deal with it. Um, probably one of the biggest changes you'll see is in the restrooms. We've placed stickers that say non-pottable water. It's for two reasons. Number one, you shouldn't be drinking water from
070a public restroom handc. And it's [laughter] a hand it's a hand sink in a public restroom. And if we were to test that, those faucets are not built to the same quality as what you would use for regular drinking water. So if you want to have them exempt from testing, you have to label them as not designated for >> not supposed to drink out of the head. >> I've definitely seen >> or any other fixtures in the >> I had just asked him that because in my own classroom I have a sticker now by my >> Oh, in your classroom. >> In my classroom at my sink. So I went, "Oh, there must be something new in." So Tim said, >> "Do you have a drinking fountain?" No. >> Attached to your sink? >> Nope.
071>> No. >> So they're just trying to save some money because it is expensive. >> Yeah, it's they're on every single every single sink except through the water bottle fillers. It says that. So >> it's like $30 a fixture. And like at Independence, every single classroom >> and our building has one in every single classroom. At Liberty, there's some classrooms that have five or more. So, >> yeah, >> you have to do it every five years. So, we just need formal board approval. We've already started reacting to the state's changes. Um, so this is just kind of more of a formality. >> This doesn't include any data that you're act there's no action items taken in. This is just your plan. >> This is just the management plan. We've already been reacting to it. Um,
072and we also have lead and water testing results available online. our website. So, we do those every five years. Um, independence is due again. And we actually just did last summer, we did a bunch of follow-up testing because of the changes going back to any fixtures that passed before but would fail under the new and we corrected those and then retest, which a lot of them were actually ones that they were just slightly elevated, but they've got new fixtures as part of the renovation. So, they passed flying colors. Okay. Moved by Sixberry, second by Chibilian. Any other discussion? All in favor? Oh, resolution. Oh, roll call vote. Okay. Shabilian. >> I. >> Brown. >> Hi. >> Rezner. I >> Hancock. >> Hi. >> Nelson. >> I. >> Okay. The resolution passes. >> Thank you. >>
073Oh, that's okay. >> Sorry. >> Oh. Oh. Resolution for the next one. >> Yes. >> That's okay. [laughter] >> It's double A coverage. resolution. >> Yeah. I apologize. That was on me. >> That one's on me. People had to make sure you were awake. >> Well, we ready for the next one. >> There it is, [laughter] >> guys. We're ready for the next one. >> Good practice, Steve. [laughter] >> All right, Madam Chair. Yes, I have the next one. Last month, we had a resolution appointing basically seeking out and trying to find election judges and absentee ballot board members. Before you is a resolution actually identifying the names uh of the individuals that are listed there within it. Um and again just a reminder of our combined poll in place at Sarah on November 4th
074and names are listed there. Uh at this time I just recommend approval by resolution uh of these uh judges and absentee ballot board members. >> Moved by sixberry >> Second by Nelson. Any other questions? Okay. Roll call vote. Chavilian. >> I. >> Brown. >> Hi. >> Rezner. I. Sixth grade. >> Hi. >> Hancock. >> Hi. >> Nelson. >> I. >> Resolution passes. >> Good job, guys. [laughter] >> That was smooth. >> Because we had practice. >> We had practice. Yeah. See, >> uh on to set November 12th canvas to the November 4th special election. >> Uh yes, Madam Chair, members of the board. This is just because of the timing uh that we're required to wait until after the election, the November 12th um date. Uh typically um we would have had our work session
075already. Uh but because of the canvasing timeline, we're hoping that November 12th can be established as a uh canvas canvasing session and then follow it up with a work session. >> Does that work for people in November 12th? on my calendar. >> Okay. Right. >> Okay. >> And that is actually better. >> Okay. Um I will make a motion to set the November 12th canvas for the November 4th special election followed by the work session. Second by 6. Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. Thank you. Uh approve time change for September 24th board meeting. >> Yes, madam chair, members of the board. I mentioned this last month, I believe. Um we I am requesting that we shift the start time for next month's board meeting back a half hour because
076the city meeting times are the same as ours. that would allow me time to go there at six o'clock and I was assured to be there on the early so we could be back in time to start but it would 7 o'clock would be safer for us to have a start time. So I'm requesting that we formally um approve the start time for next month's board meeting start at 7 instead of >> so that we can attend the city council meeting at 6. I will make a motion to approve the time change for the September 24th meeting to 7 o'clock. >> second by Nelson. Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I opposed. Motion carries. >> Uh, school board committee representative updates. Finance, we haven't met. Uh, policy, we haven't met because there's a whole
077bunch of one reads that didn't mean anything. Um, buildings and grounds. >> No. Um, >> I think it's important to know that goes over. >> Yep. You want me to Let's do it during my report if that's okay. Okay. From the department. >> I don't think we should go away from it. >> It's on my list. Yep. >> It's on. Okay. Any other committees meetings? >> Oh, yeah. Communication. >> Yeah. And I will talk about the communications during my report a little bit. That's okay. >> Yep. >> so there I don't think there are any reports. It was a quiet month. >> Okay. Uh, superintendent report. >> Yes, madam chair, members of the board, I do a few items. First of all, I want to notify the board that our work sessions will now be
078held in this space, not the space next door because that's a classroom this year. So, we'll let people know that. Um, Kim will uh report uh will actually post accordingly. And then Minda has a couple things that she needs to visit with the board about from a department update. >> Yes. So, I just want to let you know we had 21 new teachers participate in our new teacher workshops last week and a nice balance across all of our buildings and different um still a little sped heavy but um a nice balance of teachers and very exciting. We did a new teacher orientation where we gave them a little bit more time and guidance and support rather than drowning them by fire hose with information and got really good feedback from that. Um we are in
079the middle of back to school workshops and so we've had a couple of wonderful days um and um have two more yet to go. So excited for this year. We are leaning into district efficacy that together we can all do better. And so um I told everybody we're going to do hashtag we did that. And so together we are really um exploring what we can all do when we all believe that we can all do better with the kids. um our annual PD plan, just so that you know, we're doing a blend of district and building with literacy, instructional practices, leaning heavily on curriculum, curriculum alignment, assessment, um and all the things that that brings that we've been purchasing new curriculum. We want to make sure that we're trained well and implementing well. And so,
080we're doing a lot of that. And then culture and wellness will also be blended in there. And then I just wanted to do a redact update because this is usually been my since we're on Redact 3.0 I know. Um, so we will continue with letters training for the second year for those K2 and K2 classroom teachers. K5 sped teachers will continue in the second year. All of our new teachers regardless are going to go through the one-year OLA and that's because we now have a better foundation of literacy in our district that that's a good platform for them to go into. Um, we're also adding CAPD read basics for TW uh 412 screener for characteristics of dyslexia. So, you'll hear more about that as the year goes on. And secondary literacy training is pushed to
081next year. So, ends my report. >> Thank you. >> And then we do another department update. I'm just going to have TJ maybe give a quick update on middle school and anything else that is important in his role. >> Is middle school. >> Okay. [laughter] So yeah, little update on middle school. We do have a network up and running. John and I uh worked on that last Thursday. >> Um so that is that is up and running. We've got temp wall in place. They've got to put a couple of horn strobes on the temp wall for the fire alarm. Um and then we should be good for occupancy for the rest of the building, not occupancy of the space, of course. They're working on a tent door for where the future additional fire exit will
082be placed on the outside of kind of a glass curtain wall because they had to add an exit door there as a temporary entrance. Right now it's just a matter of getting that. So um it's been a bumpy road filled with potholes. We're getting there. [laughter] >> We are getting there. And >> bustle up and and and hang on tight. >> And I just will say this too. I mean the John and TJ and all the other people involved, Mark Erns too as well, their leadership has been great. I've attending those meetings since early August. And I think uh um their expertise and we got to get this done. We got to get this done has been very helpful. So um even though there's a wall, uh it is um this week when I went
083to walk through it, you could kind of see like a taking shape. >> It actually It felt pretty good to see it taking shape. >> It is starting to look like something. So that's that's positive. But unfortunately, you know, it is going to be delayed for a few weeks here, but we're they're working hard and these two are staying on top. So >> were there. >> There was some special ed spaces that we wanted to remodel, but we're gonna have to wait till next year. in the new space. >> In the new space that'll get on the flooring. >> Yeah, but not anymore. Okay. I just was wondering if something was started. >> Yeah, >> I might be remembering something wrong. >> Yeah, because originally we had looked at redoing some flooring and adjusting some
084restrooms and kind of some walls in the special ed area. >> Um, however, with their progress by the time they started even >> before they even officially given us the number to add that to the contract. We could see the writing on the wall and I looked at I said >> n so that'll be a standalone project next year. >> Um you know that'll add a little bit of additional expense potentially but it might also save some money. or at least we may be able to get the scope a little bit fine and perform a few things that we wouldn't been able to do this summer next year's >> you know holding it up there's nothing wrong >> with uh what's that >> with what year well will replace I mean >> the special area
085needs case work it needs some some door stuff and whatnot just to make it easier for student management for the staff. >> But it's not it's basically something >> Yes. It would stay the way it has been operating for years. >> Yeah. we're just not going to be able to upgrade it like we mainly just kind of student behavioral issues where there's too many doors to a space where they have a lot of exits out so that they're not interrupting other >> are you expecting any noise or student experience because Well, we hope not. Um, we have informed them. Not that they always listen as as Tim has noticed. >> Um, that they're not to do any of the loud work during the school day. Temporary wall is sheetrock with a steel stud and also
086has insulation to help with noise. Um, but it's supposed to be all the quiet work. Anything that's dust intense or low, it's got to be after hours or we're not making it convenient for them because they haven't made it convenient for us. >> And the truth is is that they we've been adamant with that with that message. >> We started that message over a month ago. Hey, >> once you hit this time, these are going to be the implications. >> Exactly. >> And also like safety protocol, badges, everything far as workers go. We've got a game plan in place like I said, >> correct. It's in place. It's in place. We have to follow. >> I'll be I'll be moving my office over there next week. >> I have no doubt. >> It's pretty much
087been his office anyway. So, yeah. >> All right. Thanks, TJ. >> Just a couple of negotiations. Obviously, we're going to have a closed negotiation session for some negotiations process here. Um, but also the referendum update. We have been meeting with communications committee. We've got some good communications uh information campaign uh going out. Um, presentation today I gave to the teachers seemed to go well. It was it wasn't a give and take type presentation. So they basically had to listen to me. Um but I thought it went fine. Uh but it's the presentation a variation of the presentation that I gave to uh some associations prior to. So >> you to all staff then >> I gave it to all staff so they all have the same message as well as everybody received a do and
088don't you can and cannot do in terms of um uh giving information to our community and um Wonder the board should be against that as well. I will I will add that to my list so that the board is aware of the dos and don'ts when you're functioning. >> So they got a half a piece of paper and then >> told them to read it [laughter] >> basically. But you talk to them. >> I did talk to about the dos and don'ts. But uh generally speaking, uh the last and and committee chime in. Uh the last uh communications committee meeting we met, we had a great discussion around possible days and events that we should be present at, whether it be just as a table or a rep. Uh for example, tomorrow evening we have
089open houses. I'll be at Indie. Ashley will be at middle school. Amber will be at the high school. And we will be at tables handing out information and talking to people as they walk through. That's just an example of other events. We've got some coming up here. And on top of that, because of the early voting opportunities, we also talked about specific dates in which we should um extend those voting opportunities because it's going to be open during the workday, normal workday, but this is times beyond that, outside of the workday. Say for example, if there's a big event going on in the evening, we would stay open till say 7:15 or on Wednesdays. is pretty consistent through this window of time. Since Kim and I are already here on Wednesdays usually anyway for board
090meetings, we'll just keep it extended so that our community can um access it outside of the normal workday as well. >> So like a homecoming game. >> Correct. Yep. Exactly. That's another example as well. Um so and then I also had um Mark Priestley look through and if there were like some double headers whether it be volleyball and swimming were open late that night as well. Also, if there are people that want to vote, they can come and um vote during those evenings as well. So, I will say this, we may need some help with some coverage at some of these tables. I will go week by week instead of just giving you a huge list. I'll go week by week and talk about if we need coverage because I know that's I can only
091go out a couple weeks on my own personal schedule. >> Uh but I think uh just know >> we are doing everything we possibly can and being visible and getting that information out there. So, I appreciate the communications committee work and also Stephanie and her team done really a great job of getting things kind of pulled together and raining us in and doing that whole piece. Uh, but know that I will be communicating with you through my weekly. Uh, my general little signal is if it's in a different color, blue or red, it means you need to really pay attention to it or respond to me. That's my [clears throat] little signal to you as board members. You got that? >> Yeah. >> All right. Read that on that. [laughter] >> So, them all too.
092>> There you go. There you go. So, um yes. Um anything else from communications committee? Did I miss anything? >> Morgan's been working diligently and doing a great job. The flyers will be going out to all the members of the community. Um so, so everyone in the district has an opportunity to learn about through their mail. So then it's important just to put out there and that goes out next week. Is that correct? >> The postcards are next week. >> Postcards are >> Oh yes, that's next week. Yeah. >> Okay. >> So they'll have two opportunities. So even if they're not attending a school event um to learn about it, they'll have two opportunities. >> I think the mail So, um, yeah. So, I think it's been a good group. We're moving right along, progressing.
093Uh, I also have I went I attended the housing study action forum at the county today, but I think what I'm going to do is they're going to send us the notes and everything and I wrote down a couple bits of information that I thought was really interesting. The one I'll just tell you, they are anticipating in the next 5 years a 10% increase to our population >> within Sherin Sherman. So what that equates to and now granted you have other cities in theories but um I know uh they are anticipating some definite growth and housing needs. So what I will do is I will gather they're going to send us a summary of our discussions and whatnot and I will make sure I talk about that next month. I'll say I'll try to understand
094my writing. >> Because I I mean I wouldn't move out here if [laughter] you >> Oh, yeah. No, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know about the construction. >> It's because the school >> it is. [laughter] >> Yep. We make sure we capture that one. It's because of the school. [laughter] All right. Uh I'm going to keep us moving here from around the district. I just want to say thank you. This I stole this from my my welcome back speech today. Uh food service had a great breakfast this morning for all of our staff. Grounds and maintenance uh had a did a wonderful job of keeping things clean. Uh making sure we're all good to go. Floors are shiny. Everything looks great uh around the district. Really proud of the work that
095they've done. Also want to say thank you to the district office staff, building admin assistants, administrators, child care, tech team, PD teachers, community ed, uh because they all work throughout the summer and they are what kind of um kind of sees us through during that gap. So, I just want to say thank you to all those individuals. And I want to draw out some special attention here really quick to the tech team. I did this today during the teacher deal, but I also want to say this, and I'm gonna say it again, John, because it's true. When the internet goes down, we kind of go down. So, it's the truth. And they do an excellent job. They do an excellent job of keeping us uh up uh andworked and working and all the stuff that
096I don't understand. They just make it happen. [laughter] So, uh it's true. It's very true. So, thank you for that. Uh and I tell you what, I have a ton of dates. I don't know if you looked at my last update, but we've got a lot of September dates of action and things happening. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to send this out to you later this week. Uh, so that you all can kind of just compare that. So, but I think we talked about >> it would be a lot to read and and I don't know that it all pertains to all of you. So, I think we're good. That concludes my report unless of course there are questions. >> Any questions? >> Um, I'm going to announce our closed meeting
097for negotiations. board will have a closed meeting to as permitted by Minnesota statute section 13D.03 to discuss the big lake school labor negotiation strategies. I need a motion to enter a closed meeting following the adjournment of the regular >> Motion by Nelson, >> second by Brown. Uh any other discussion? All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. The closed meeting will commence in five minutes