001We'll call the meeting to order. Stand for the pledge, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> [clears throat] >> Sorry, we were a tad bit late. You want to adopt the agenda and stuff first? Mhm. Yeah. You did You did roll call, right? No, we did not yet. Roll call. Chuck. Here. Connie. Here. Jeremiah. Here. Lisa. Here. Lori. Here. Linda. Here. Tom, are you over there? I am over here. Okay, you're all here. Okay. >> Are there any changes to the agenda? Under new business, resolution for the Minnesota State High School League membership for 2026-2027. Got that. And under the consent agenda to hire Jessica Roznowski special education teacher.
002Reason for that is we have accepted the resignation. >> [clears throat] >> Go back to the direction. Resignations, Barbara Pesta, paraprofessional, Paul Erman, secondary social studies teacher, Stacy Cavalero. Cavalero. Cavalero, thank you. Head start paraprofessional, Rob Cruz, high school volleyball coach and assistant track coach, Jessica Roznowski, kindergarten teacher. So, we're looking for a new kindergarten teacher in the spring. Yep. >> [clears throat] >> I need a motion to accept the agenda. I'll move to accept the agenda. I'll [snorts] second it. Lori, any discussion? Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Hearing motion upheld with the same side. Motion carries. Uh we want to do Consent agenda, we want to do the guests first. Um Oh, we want to do the guests cuz we already arranged that. All right. Hey, Ideal Energy, please.
003Solar grant. Hey, Richard. Please. >> [cough] >> All right. Good evening. Uh thanks again for having me tonight uh to present to you. And uh I got some good news here. First of all, uh you guys did get accepted uh you have funds reserved for uh moving forward with a full grant application. Um there is a clarification that we're working through. So, you have uh anywhere from $476,805 to $499,730 available for this project through the uh um Solar for Schools program via the Department of Commerce. And the difference there is they are um they have to work through uh whether the fencing's going to be included or not. Um >> [snorts and clears throat] >> excuse me, there's a technicality with the fencing that uh fencing does not qualify for part of the tax credit,
004and the tax credit is 30% of the uh the total uh cost of a system. And as a result, um a portion of that or 30% of the $32,000 worth of fencing um might not won't be covered, but uh we think that the the bigger portion of it will be covered because it's required according to the uh the city and the zoning statute. So, we have uh we're confident that that'll be the case, but what I did is I put together a little short uh presentation showing you the two different scenarios whether um the the fence is included in the grant monies or the fence is not included and you have to pay for the entire portion. Does that make sense? What is What is the total cost of the fencing? It's uh the front
005page of this, $32,750. Okay, that's good. And our our thoughts are because it's required by the city and the zoning code that it should be included as part of the grant money and I think in the end that that will be the case, but I wanted to provide both scenarios so that you guys understood you know, what what the deal is. So, I have a scenario A where the fence is covered and a scenario B where the fence is not covered. And [snorts] so, we'll we'll start with the scenario A where it is covered and I put together a 40-year cash flow showing you this. We have a year zero, so there's some money that you have to front. That's the new requirement of round nine of the Solar for Schools program where you have
006to pay a portion of the money up front well, at certain points during the construction. But, you get reimbursed 30 days later from the Department of Commerce as part of it. So, in this scenario, we're just assuming that you guys want to have that financed and you guys could do it with your your school cash flow if that works, too. And if that's the case, then I'll just take out the interest component in here. But, if not, I have interest in here and we would we would finance that for you until you got it back and then you just pay us. And it would come out of the the savings. So, with this first scenario, um you're in year one, you do that by a little like $8,000. So, it eat into some of the
007savings in that first year, but then you're uh you're getting nice savings through the the rest of the 39 years on this. Does that make sense? Is this per year or like a cumulative? This is a cumulative. Over that the 40 years. >> Yeah. So, we we construct the project we'd finance it for you under this scenario at a 7% interest rate and um uh you'd have a solar array that's operational and we'd operate and maintain that system for 5 years. Okay? And then uh we go on to the uh the the third page here which is the fence is not covered. I don't think this will be the option that happens, but just uh just to play, you know, worst-case scenario here, if that were the case, then you're going to have a negative
008uh cash flow in years 1 and 2, but then you're going to have positive cash flow um every year thereafter and uh we're talking about about uh 2.7 million or so of savings over the life of the system. And the last page here, um I kind of show you a side-by-side so what we're talking about. Um if the fence is included, then the uh grant monies that we'll get from uh the Department of Commerce are 499,730. If there's no fence, it'd be 476,000, [cough] a difference of 22,925. So, in the first scenario, if uh if that comes together, then you're out of pocket $9,825 because that's the portion not uh you don't get back from that 30% of the tax credit. Um in the second scenario, it's 32,750, but you can see that both uh
009there's a difference in the uh cumulative cash flow of about $56,000 if it's the second uh scenario being You also said if we used our cash flow, that's just about $15,000 that could be taken off of interest tax, right? Yeah, it actually is the if you go back to the first page, there's a $7,956 cost in that year zero plus what is it? $14,992. So, it's about $22,000 you wouldn't have to pay as part [clears throat] of that. And that's the route you could go. I can change this and email it back to you after I get back in the office tomorrow. And so, based on this, you guys have funds awaiting for you. We need to do a full grant application that also includes doing an interconnection application with Minnesota Power. And we work
010through the interconnection application and fully design the project and get a building permit ready for construction. And so, I'm up here tonight asking you to approve moving forward with full grant application and negotiating a purchase agreement to move forward on the project. And I'll come back with you on the next time. I think it's June 15th with the with all the details fully baked for final final approval. You would operate and maintain the system for 5 years. What is our cost after year five? That's There wouldn't be any cost, but if you wanted somebody to do it, if you wanted us to continue to do that, it's basically 10 $10 a watt is kind of the going rate for a operating and maintaining a commercial solar grid like that. So, it's it's about $3,500 per
011year. Per year, yes. And you're you're looking at a savings year one of what $32,000 $33,000. You mentioned earlier Minnesota Power on the stage one of our HVAC project, we were held to go for $11,700 in rebates. So, like, we have been working closely with Solar Power. Yeah, like, I don't know what the rebates were available, but I mean, the energy savings do you know that potentiality, too. >> [cough] >> They don't have any grants available for a project like this. Um Uh I just said rebates. Oh, rebates, yeah. They don't have rebates associated with this, either. No. All right. Thank you. Yeah. Help [clears throat] me get a grip on this. If why are we financing anything if we are getting a grant to pay for this entirely? Or are we not getting a
012grant to pay for this entirely? Yes, you are. You're going to get a grant that pays for the entire cost of the system. So, scenario >> Minus possibly the fence. I'm sorry? Minus possibly the fence. We don't know about the fence, but yeah. >> Yeah. Other than the fence, yeah. The way I think this will go is it's going to be scenario A, and uh you're going to have a shortfall of $9,825 because uh that 30% of the uh 32,750 um isn't given to you through the tax credit, and we're not able to make that portion up with the uh solar for for schools grant. That's part of this. I have a two-year tax credit, right? Cuz the tax credit first you have to spend that money, and then like he said he said 30
013or 60 days, you submit that to if it's tax credit, then you get that money back. Yeah, we we're assuming that it's going to take you 8 months to get the tax credit back, and we'll help you with uh the forms. We've done that with a lot of different districts and uh public entities. It just uh the IRS is slow slow on the draw. It could be a lot quicker than that, but uh we want to be conservative. And so, we're showing you that there's what uh $16,000 associated with carrying that money for 8 months to uh to get the direct pay tax credit. And uh this is the first round where they didn't allow They used to allow us to bill the customer and then you would submit an application for reimbursement, but now
014they're forcing all the districts to spend the money before we could bill them to get it reimbursed. So it just there's a little carry cost associated with that if you have to borrow the money. Where is the catch? I just I'm I'm I just don't believe in free money. I mean it's nothing has ever worked that way. Well, um >> [clears throat] >> this is the best round of the nine rounds that have happened since 2022 when the program was rolled out. And uh what they they thought originally was that the one big beautiful bill that was passed last July 4th they thought that the investment tax credit would not be available for schools. So they banked the rules of the program before the rules were finalized with the IRS. And as a result, they
015figured there wouldn't be a tax credit and that schools would have to come up with 30% of the project cost to do it and that's how it came together. So you're actually fortunate. All the other customers had at least a 30% shortfall for every project. All 91 projects that we've done in the first eight rounds had to come up with at least 30% of the cost to do a project. I've got one other question. What happens at the end of 40 years? Um well >> It's our solar yards then, right? Well, it's yours from day one. It starts in day one, but what about the uh What about the liability issues associated with the uh heavy heavy metal slough offs and what's all this business that the land that it sits on is it's almost
016it's after 40 years. Is that Is that a rumor or am I getting bad information or There's a lot of heavy metals involved, right? There's no hazardous materials in the the solar panels or racking or inverters. In fact, there's companies now that are out there that'll come and buy the panels even after 40 years for At the end of 40 years, some recycling or something can come and just take it off our hands Yeah, they'll recycle it for the rare earth metals. Yeah. And then you have racking that sits there and you probably want to get another panel that has a new life to it and hook it up again and keep saving money. That's the beauty of a ground mount versus a a roof >> [clears throat] >> mount system that you can keep
017the existing you know racking in place and just put new panels in there that'll give you you know new production. Nobody's had it really that long to to know the long-term repercussions of it, have they? If there are any. Not many. Yeah. Yeah. But there's no there's no hazardous waste material. No. In worst case, it's considered electronic waste, so it'd be 50 cents a pound to take the panels and bring them to a dump site. Yeah. But you're going to have somebody that'll buy them for the rare earth metals and recycle them. That's what's happening now. Go ahead. Um I was approached by a few community members that were totally against this project and something either April 1st, May 1st, something in the state of Minnesota where they said this was not They aren't as
018efficient as they had thought, so they were either halting some of the expansion of installing solar panels. So, what would you say to the public that says, "Don't do this project?" I I don't think they have the the data that that I have. I've been doing this sun I've been there since the start for 16 years and I know what are for operating and maintaining 397 solar arrays for public entities. 231 schools, cities and counties and we know what they produce. Um and we have real results that uh um you're going to do quite well on this project, in my opinion. In the summer when we don't when we're making more than we're using, do we bank that then somewhere and then can we like draw it out? You bank it and it sits on
019your bill as a credit. So, you're not selling it to the utility at a wholesale rate. >> then can we like cash out if we've got this, you know, big amount kind of thing? It'll sit on your your bill as >> sit there. You can't take it out or anything. No, you you wouldn't want to. Okay. So, you're getting the retail benefit of the energy that's created. Okay. Yeah. And the the five big five summer months are the ones that really produce energy and schools aren't, you know, chugging away as much. So, that's a good thing that the Minnesota power is that way. A lot of utilities are instantaneous. So, if you're not using it, it goes back [clears throat] to the utility and they give you a wholesale rate and they're making money off
020you. And not Minnesota power, they're pretty good. Pretty good with solar. Do we know what insurance cost would be for insuring this? >> [crying] >> It's It's not a large amount. I had talked to Matt Missel about it and small of to liability. And the fence helps uh And that's why you want the fence. Yeah, that's a big reason for the fence in addition to the zoning. >> [crying] >> But uh that reduces your liability associated with the system. Okay. So, what if we vote for you to proceed tonight, what's Is there any cost in this at this point to us? No, there is not until we are sure of the grant. Yeah. What he meant. Yeah, but I'd like to know if you guys want to move forward assuming we can get uh interconnection
021done and the full grant application approved with the um Solar for Schools program. I think it's a great program for you guys and it's basically paid for and it'll provide uh you know, several million dollars of savings over the life of the system and it just sits there once it's uh built and produces energy. We have this summer we're doing Little Falls uh with a a ground mount. We're doing Park Rapids and uh and Grand Rapids. Um 500 a year for the insurance. Okay. >> [crying] >> Yeah, and I think we have 600 in our in our cash flow here as an estimate for your insurance. So, we're trying to show you everything that you're going to incur during ownership. We've been doing this for 16 years and I I like to have the customers
022on every one that we over project what's going to You know, 2,400 is right there roof number. That's why you build the fence to keep the rate down. >> [crying] >> for insurance. Any more questions? I believe we need a motion. I would move to allow them to proceed. I'll second it. Um Lori. Any more discussion? Any further discussions? Any more discussions? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed same sign. I. I. I. We have to do a roll call vote. Chuck. I. Yes. No. I. No. Jeremiah. Yes. Lisa. No. Lori. Yes. Linda, yes. Tom. Yes. Motion carries 4 to 3. My vote is out of respect for the taxpayers that approached me and community members that approached me with this. So, I am just voicing their opinion. Okay. You can feel free to
023send whatever questions they are. I'm going to need the facts. Thanks for coming. >> Can I just ask one clarifying thing? Would you guys like it where you're just going to float the money and not be charged the interest at all? I would recommend that cuz we have the cash flow for it. Okay. You guys feel differently, but like we have the money and it's within your cycle. So, like I don't see a benefit to spending the 15,000 20,000 to finance if we have the capacity. Okay. Well, I'll update the these pages and get that over to you as first. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> Yeah. Thank you. Next on the list. Council Wrestle and Tanner. >> [snorts] [clears throat] >> I need you to do with this microphone? >> [laughter] >> Okay.
024All right, here we go. Good evening members of the board. So, Mr. Rasky and myself have been extremely dedicated staff members and multi-sport coaches at our time with the Long Prairie School District. During that time, we have consistently advocated for improvements to our weight room facility and despite those efforts, little progress was made. And rather than continuing waiting on limited or uncertain opportunities, we made the decision to take action upon ourselves and begin this project. So, as we explored ways to make it happen, we were intentional about avoiding traditional school fundraisers. Our students already participate in multiple fundraisers each year and we recognize the fatigue that that can create for both families and students. Instead of placing that burden on them, we chose to take full responsibility for reaching our goal, which was $20,000, which
025we would use to purchase a state-of-the-art squat squat rack system, new resistance bands, and new weightlifting safety belts. So, this past summer, we were able to independently raise $18,000. It's actually just north of $18,000 now to begin improving the weight room space. This was not a traditional fundraiser. There were no student sales, no organized campaigns, no administrative push. Instead, it was built entirely on personal effort. So, me and him going business to business representing our school, building relationships, and securing support through face-to-face conversation. We were able to raise that $18,000 amount. So, this investment directly impacts our students. Our weight room serves around 100 students daily through morning lifting, classes during the school day, and after school programs. It serves all students, not just athletes, and helps build lifelong fitness habits. While this project is
026centered on student safety and learning, an updated weight room also creates an opportunity to support staff wellness. Um, and when staff have access to a safe and functional space to stay active, it it contributes to improved energy, consistency, and overall effectiveness in their work, which ultimately benefits our students as well. Uh, we made it a top priority to recognize the generosity of our local business businesses that supported this project. Um, each donor was honored with an engraved plaque, uh, that's displaying their business name and the tier of their contribution. Um, these uh, plaques are prominently displayed outside the weight room, ensuring that students, staff, and visitors, uh, can see and appreciate the community support behind these improvements. Okay, with that said, uh, no district funding, uh, has been used to start this project, and there's
027currently no dedicated budget or funding stream, um, for the weight room. Uh, we've made progress, but we are not finished. Uh, to fully update the space, uh, with safe equipment, including a complete dumbbell set, improved machines, and a more functional layout, we still need approximately $30,000. Um, we've done everything we can on our own to get this project started, and to kind of highlight a need that has been, um, consistently overlooked. So, I mean, that's what we have. There's a lot of man hours and effort, and it was it was kind of fun going around, um, meeting all the community members and kind of building those relationships from the ground up, um, which was great for me and him. We're both young, and, uh, you know, just kind of building those relationships with everybody around
028town. So, you want to add anything, go ahead. Uh, nice getting to meet some of like the old people that have graduated from here that are owning businesses here now that when we talked about them and showed them pictures of the weight room, they'd talk about like, "Oh, yeah, I remember that machine. I remember that was in there when I was in school." And they've been out of school for 10, 15 years. So, it kind of goes back to the it's been a while since any updating has been done in there. Um, Um >> [snorts] >> again, we're still going to work at it. It's not done yet. And that's been one of our biggest goals is make it a place kids want to go. Make it a place people want to go. Community members
029want to see. Staff members want to use. Just with doing the new racks, the first day the new racks were in, I've seen more kids that have never seen that side of the school other than maybe going into the gym for fire drill and not changing, um come down and look at it. They were curious. But the numbers have reflected it. I've averaged 16 kids every morning. I shouldn't say every morning. The average is 16 kids from the school year. Which from my first 3 years, this is year four, I've averaged four. So, you're seeing quadruple the amount of kids in there, which is good. It makes me be more consistent, too. So, that's a good thing. Yeah, thank you for your time. Yep. >> [laughter] >> Gus, did we have a kid that maybe
030you wanted to talk now? Yeah. So, I have two additions to my report. Um so, I'm not sure if all of you are on social media, but my first big big one is this lovely lady, Kaylee. Um she, on behalf of Positive Athlete Organization, um this is like >> from their president. I am writing this letter of recommendation on behalf of the Winona High School student athletes we selected as a most positive athlete in the state of Minnesota, Kaylee Kieck. In this 2026 program year, we received over 16,000 nominations from across the country, and only 3% of the nominees we reviewed are recognized by Positive Athlete as an award recipient. Among many deserving candidates, Kaylee stood out for her outstanding character and commitment to excellence. Kaylee demonstrates the kind of dedication, talent, and reliability that
031make her an exceptional addition to any team or organization. Kaylee has been vetted but not only by Positive Athlete but by her school and the community organizations she has served to receive this honor. Kaylee is a team first individual who exemplifies integrity, humility, and leadership. She is a dependable leader who has experienced successes and challenges with maturity and resilience, always keeping her commitment to her school and the community at the forefront. Kaylee truly embodies the spirit of Positive Athlete and we are honored to have her represent our organization. Um Sunday, yester- yesterday, yeah, she got announced at the beginning of the Twins game and recognized FOR HER AWARD. >> [applause] >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAYLEE ON HER experience or anything like that? Did the Twins win? They did win, yep, five to
032four. >> [clears throat] [laughter] >> Way to go. Good job. Proud of you. CONGRATULATIONS. >> [applause] >> UM THE SECOND EXCITING THING is baseball at Eagan High School and we have still right for a three-peat conference championship. WOO! UM I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WAS ON THE EAGAN HIGH SCHOOL REPORT CUZ I WAS SO excited about those two things. Um any questions about my report? Daniel, did you send out the participation numbers? Today? >> I haven't. I can't hear you. >> fine. Um next month we'll kind of go over my budget ideas stuff with the participation numbers and that kind of items. Excellent. Sounds good. How's your bones getting better? My arm has taken, to be honest, a backseat with the last how the last two weeks have gone. Um just with how busy we
033are in the office. >> Okay. But it will start up again for Amy and I on Monday and I am still super excited about it cuz what do you think we'll be able to do right now? Anything else? Anything else [clears throat] for Gussie? Any impressions of what decisions we might have to consider with the athletic programs? Not like we have to make right now, but like kind of the data that we want to pay attention to. Um I would say participation numbers and staffing would be a big one. Um and then I truly think that just anytime we can combine like bussing will help tremendously. Um I did a breakdown last week, and just by I think it was Osakis, I think, for softball. >> Absolut- Absolut- Absolut- Um I think by 7th through
03412th softball taking one bus and a trailer, we saved 308 bucks. So, I think if we can if it lines up with other schools to do stuff like that when we're able to, I would like to do that. Um I know Upsala, Swanville, and Osakis are all kind of in that same boat, just team makeup-wise, especially for spring sports. Um and then Yeah, that's pretty much the big two. I would like to stay away from limiting varsity competitions, just because it affects their section rankings. So. Can I ask you something on that? Anything else? Sounds good. Thank you, dear. All right, then we back up a little bit. Uh consent agenda. I would need a motion to approve the consent agenda. So I'll second. Jeremiah seconds. And that's with all the additions, aren't they? That's
035with the additions, yeah. Any discussion? Any questions? Any other discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed? Motion carries. Okay. Financial report. Oh, no, no, I skipped. Never mind. Uh student reps tonight? >> [clears throat] >> Um for you guys that don't know, um I'm Caitlin Jones. I'm a senior. And I'm Katie King and I'm also a senior. And we're just here to [clears throat] talk a little bit about our senior picnic that's happening this Friday. Which is annual. We do it every year. Um we just wanted to talk a little about little bit about improving the food choices a little bit. >> [snorts] >> It's such a pleasure to gather here today for our senior picnic. What a wonderful way to celebrate our time together. And what could make this day even better?
036Enjoying a delicious lunch from Qdoba. Um Qdoba for me has always been amazing and the same as Chipotle, but Qdoba is I would say more local and has been in Alec. Um it's just way better than some other options or it is another option to the other options. And it's just fresh and delicious food like that you can do a burrito bowl or you can do a burrito and or chips, nachos, up to up to you. Lots of options for everyone. And we were thinking of way to make our senior year a little bit more memorable because we did not go on a senior trip this year because we were kind of short on time and we didn't get it lined up. So. And I am aware that our class of 2026 has fundraised quite
037a bit of money and for sure enough to cover the expenses for catering Qdoba. And we have already put together um, up so it wouldn't have to be, um, Any of the faculty? Yeah. Um, a parent will pick it up and deliver it to the school. Where do you have your picnic usually? At the school? Yes. Out in the grass. Just on the by the stem. Wow. >> [cough] >> Yeah. Any questions? Oh. Um, sorry. Very good. >> [laughter] >> We also put together a petition and we were informed that we could get over half of our grade, which sometimes the senioritis gets to get. So, I'm I'm proud that we got over half to sign it that would approve for the like it to be banned. >> [laughter] >> Now, how did you decide
038that, uh, Qdoba was superior to Chipotle? Um, there's some reasons. >> [laughter] >> I think it's better. And, um, you can do mini bowls or big bowls and from experience because every year we do a hockey Christmas party, we always cater Qdoba or my family has, but being a senior this year, I let somebody else take it on and they chose Chipotle. And it just it wasn't enough as Qdoba. Qdoba just was better. So, your funds pay for this, correct? Yeah. What are you looking for mostly? Just to approve it? Yeah. Yeah, basically. So, I don't think it should be a problem. I would make a motion to approve them. All right. Allow them to have the ability to get Chipotle FOR THEIR PICNIC. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> I THINK KATIE, QDOBA IS BETTER. And
039cheaper and cheaper. >> And cheaper. They they do have the better queso dip. I'll give QDOBA that. >> [laughter] >> Will Lisa second Yeah. I think he said QDOBA. You you can amend it to say uh QDOBA. Then I will second. >> [laughter] >> Any discussion? >> [clears throat] >> Any discussion? Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carried. Have fun open pray doesn't rain. >> Yes, I know it's supposed to rain. Thank you guys. Thank you. Thanks. Where are you going to get I come bearing very good news. Um this afternoon we got a uh We got to go back to the hospital for a while um this morning listening I was kind of part of this thing session and stuff came back and a busy day I was hustling around and
040it was my birthday yesterday and I didn't get my my license renewed. So I hustled up to the court house to do that on my lunch break. Came back and I had like 15 phone calls um people saying look at your email. Today we um this is what the email says. Congratulations. We have selected your application submission to response to the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant. Um and they have decided that they are going to give the grant back to OUR LIBRARY AGAIN. >> [applause] >> UM THAT'S ABOUT I WHAT IT WOULD AND WE DON'T KNOW what it means exactly financially but what was put in for the grant was $349,000 a year. Um I have a feeling it's going to be a little bit less than that because everything across
041the federal government has been cut by about 8 to 10%. Um but it's still when you figure that out, we're still looking at probably around 320 um thousand dollars a year for 6 years. So, you're looking at almost a two million dollar grant, so um this was a process that took forever. Uh obviously, we waited a whole year for this. And it was a there's a lot of people that are that were very relieved that this happened. I've talked to the afterschool staff that we had and all of them are ready to get rolling again. Uh there is a line in there cuz already people are asking me, "Well, can we start spending money?" >> [laughter] >> And that is not the case. We have to go through an audit um that just goes through
042our financials and everything and making sure that we were responsible with what we did last time. Um I don't I think it's going to be a it's I mean cuz we had great reviews when we when we were audited last time, so I don't think it's a problem. But if you look at the last line there, it says, "Do not incur any expenditures until the grant court contract is fully executed and any expenditure you might make um prior to that full execution of the contract will be your sole responsibility. So, we are not going to spend anything. Not even going to buy a pencil. Anyway, so um a long time coming. I know you guys have asked about this several times um and it's a big deal for our school. So, next year um we'll
043be able to offer all those programs back pretty much um the way they were before, so it'll be which is about over the course of the year, it's like 57 different things that we paid for. So, it's a pretty good deal, I mean, so big deal for our school. Yes. I I assume that uh the other schools that did not get it will apply for this one. Yeah, we don't know the exact number, but I know um it was around 70 50 to 70 schools that applied and 7 to 9 got it is what those schools are. Less than 10%. So good. Congratulations. >> good that we were on the right side of the thing out here. So any questions you have about that? Mhm. So anyway, we will we'll move forward with that. Um
044I will contact uh Amy Ronk in the morning and also talk to Deb Rose who's the financial person um which I know very well cuz dealt with her for a number of years um and we'll go through the the risk assessment and going through to get that hopefully all taken care of. Um I know that they'll want to come out to the They'll want to come out to the school and um probably meet and I will let you guys know if any of you are available to do that. That's one of the things they usually do is try to make a pretty big deal out of it. So um the last time we had uh a couple of people from the House of Representatives and a senator that came to the end of this. to
045get a feel for a rural school to get this. So there's only four rural schools that get it that I I had last time. Rest of them were all in the city. So um very pleased with that. Um any other questions that you have for me? Uh summer's rolling along. We have uh 100 almost 100 kids now for Little League. Uh we just closed We're closing soccer today and we had 137 sign up for that. So um our numbers are really really good. Um and we had um for the first time we were able to offer men's soccer. Um so Josiah's taking care of that and last night they had 37 people show up for a brand new program. So we're very proud of that also. So Great. Thank you. Congratulations again, Brandon. Thank you
046for [clears throat] your hard work. >> [laughter] >> Any questions for Mitchell? One quickie here. explain uh what's the E-rate projects? The three and four been approved. We um I've been working on upgrading the network. So, our internet which is at level one, we pretty much always get that. We get 80% discount on that. Um so, we will get our we get our internet service you know, in 20% of it. And then our wireless project has been approved, but our main infrastructure project has not been approved yet. It's still just sitting and nothing's been yes or no on it. So, it hasn't even been pushed through. So, once again, federal government waiting for them to look at it. It'll come. It'll come. But, I did order the access points cuz they said that shortages are
047looming. So, at least we'll get that done. Thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Anything else from budget? Anything on the lease tonight? You want us to do that? You want to do it now? No, no. Just question it. You want to talk about the lease that we're for the Chromebooks? It's on the agenda. Yeah. Yeah, I guess it's nice. Well, the lease you'll see later on the agenda. Just some background like we have gone an extra two years without renewing it, correct? Yes. And so, the lease here is to to be extended that Chromebooks and we're sticking to my classroom ones, right? Yes. So, that's a deduction. Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> But, of course, prices have went up tremendously since last time we purchased. So. It was about the same, but a little less.
048>> [laughter] >> What's more? Is everything you want? I don't Okay, so that's just that's for a couple minutes. We'll talk about it again. Uh, business manager. Anything for Sharon? >> [clears throat] >> That's my school. Help office. Anything for a nurse? I'm a staff. You're busy. I'm busy. Yeah, you saw that one chart on there that shows from 2019 to now. Yep. You're incredibly busy. Yeah. Happy late healthcare week, by the way. Oh, [snorts] thank you. I apologize for this sir, later, right? I'll be on. Okay. Yeah, it's already a Yeah. Later. Yep. All righty. Um, we're on principals. Anything for the principals? Busy time of year for them, too. Concert, concert, concert, concert, concert, graduations. Too. >> [clears throat] >> The senior walk through today, that went really well. Oh. The kids enjoyed
049it. Stopped at obviously your elementary and the And it's out there, too. So, it's good. Good. And the seniors walk with the kindergarteners. So, it's Check out Facebook. That's always fun. People like it. Yeah. And then our kindergarten teachers take pictures with their one person. And that's always a highlight, too. I took a picture of me. I know that they want to go to the concerts. Do we need to approve the list of candidates before they leave? Graduation? Or can we do that at the end? That's in the agenda. You know they're aware, I think. Otherwise, we can >> [laughter] >> Then I can break the news to whoever Talk to Linda government. I got broad shoulders. Thank Thank you very much. Go Go watch your singing. Anything from the board? Anybody want anything fun?
050Anything good? Well, that special special attraction was really well attended. Athletes ran hard and they did a good job sticking putting it all together. Anything else from the board? I did go into the the booster backs lunch the sports world dinner. Very very nice. Daniel and I went and it was just super nice. Congrat- congratulations to the winner back there. It's exciting to see that and they appreciate and we appreciate the thank you from an outside organization. It's really good. So Anything else? Mr. Superintendent, sir. Well, I have uh several reports to the board. So we'll send three to ask about anything specific. Um this is one of them. The the long-range tool I've worked on with Ellers and with Sherry using current financial information so they can base this on current um where you
051can see like what we're projecting with the revenue, the changes in revenue. And then the the revenue over expenses. And so, um we did get the compensatory run. It still says preliminary. It shows about a $600,000 cut. Even though that one number is red, we should be right about break even because we were taking the worst case scenario and we don't have all the information yet. On the legislative sessions and maybe there's some other places where we got maybe some better news. And so, using the revenue uh the projection models that were in the board packet where the student enrollment based on birth rates and various things like anticipating relatively stable. Obviously, the farther you get out, the more um guess that becomes because things constantly change. Are there any questions on all that data
052that was provided? It's interesting is all I got to say. But the enrollment stuff was pretty steady. So, if you look at it, our resident um population is growing. That's one of the reasons we're thinking that uh being able to offer more competitive options would have been the outcome. And hopefully we can recoup some uh what would have been the few bills that we would have had some students going elsewhere. But our overall population has stayed relatively steady. We did start off the year at the full that one up. Um higher than normal, but after January, we saw a bunch of moves to online programs. And it's not the one I'm looking for. That's your mark for the one. I think it's >> And so it was quite detailed enrollment. I have the summary at
053very end of what I thought trends. We have very stable overall like moderate growth which is good to see. This one's interesting cuz it shows you where we have movement. And so you can see that like we gain a few as we start in 8th and 9th grade and then like while this 11th 12th is probably that movement you see the ALC. A lot of students are still considered part of our district but then we're not the ones seeing the revenue there. And there's a lot of interesting data and this breaks it out in a lot of different ways. If you want me to stop at anything you just tell me. That was percent change as you can see most years it's been pretty stable. That 22-23 is largely like people coming back from COVID.
054Farther you get out obviously the bigger guess it is. I mean there's some interesting ones where they got increased increased open enrollment. So like definitely we're seeing increased open enrollment but like our numbers are stable because of that factor I said that we're still gaining students but we could potentially have larger growth. Do we know why so many of our kids are leaving the district and open enrolling somewhere else? There's a statewide trend a lot of our populations going to online programs and a lot of those ones that you see the reason you see a drop in the 11th-12th is a lot of people going to like ALC type alternative programs. Um perhaps they're in graduation trouble. And so, being competitive in the market that we have right now with the amount of options students
055are having, I think is something that could possibly address that. I mean, like the open enrollment ones, have do we ask our families that aren't in our district why they're not in our district? Yeah, the open enrollment does include the online. It is a type of open enrollment. What we get from our end of the world over there, um if you're 2 mi from Upsala, you're not going to drive 14 mi to And that makes sense, and I think Yep. all of them around it. I think this way, even if that were a lot as well. And as a parent, ease, you know, they're just But we don't reach out to families in the LMS. Not that I know of anymore. We had it going, and then We have. Yeah. Usually what you said, convenience,
056people moving, like I said, moving to ALC ALC type of online programs. We are surrounded by districts that have Swanville, Little Falls, Sauk Centre, Browerville. For a lot of families, there's a district closer to them. And that's been a consistent trend that you see in these reports of leavers. So, if you're asking for things that have changed, that would be my answer. Yeah. They're probably out there two years before transitioning out of our community. You know, they come in with open enrollment and gradually move again. Move again. So, No. We have a lot of about 25% of our student population comes in and out. And so, um that's part of the reason that like you can see a lot when you see the yellow reports [snorts] there's such large numbers because there's half population particular
057is there's a lot of coming in and out. And so, if you look at the number of two students we serve in a year, it's actually much higher because 25% of them are coming and going. What that tells us why you wanted to get that Thunder Academy going to to start combating some of that. Um, so those students who are leaving for ALC is will just transition to online schooling and continue to stay with us. Yeah, and we thought our online or our site visit with Cambridge I think was particularly enlightening as they were also a small district and they had an interesting model. Um, and when we visited with other leadership around the state of Minnesota, they've seen similar trends that we are. There's There's like more options which there is. And so, um,
058Fergus and Cambridge both offer their online programs. Fergus like long time ago, but for the same reasons they were Brad, is there anything from those conversations you think that that's this dialogue? Um, I think the biggest thing is is that when kids are desiring what what we heard from those from those two places that we talked to, that when I talked to the places that I called, um, that >> [cough] >> it is, um, it's kids are really comfortable with doing stuff online. Um, they want those options, um, and they they don't see they want flexible schedule is really what the kids Cuz we asked we asked the Cambridge people, why do your kids go online? Cuz they have an extra 200 and some kids that go online. Um, and that's what they said, it's
059flexibility and schedule and their ability to um kind of learn the way that they want to learn. And they have several kids that how they keep big attendance is that is how they do their homework and their attendance is fairly decent. You know, it's in the 60s and 70%. Um and how they do it is the kids the kids a lot of them are either getting jobs or they're attending a couple of schools to try to expedite how they're getting through some of the kids on So, they're wanting to graduate early and have options for that. Um and that's kind of the way it is. This is This is the same way it was if you look back if you look at um the trend that came through probably about 10 years ago was PSEO.
060A lot of kids went PSEO and went to different places to get those educated cuz they were if I was going to college and get their and get all their stuff paid for, same type of situation. I think I mean I don't I just think it's the options and flexibility. I don't know if I necessarily agree with the whole thing, but that's what they want. Any [snorts] other questions on the enrollment trends or budget information provided? I do have in my report I call a board man for those of you take the time and this time of year you have a lot of conversations about compensation and I've written about it before. I had a link at prior ones, but given the situation in the board book somebody's asking you about the reasonings behind like
061whatever settlements and stuff might have happened and that you varies from year to year and kind of answers you might need, you know. What are some of the responses? Do you have more questions? Well, then Is that Is that your verbage or is that coming from MSBA or I do my homework, so it's, you know, a little of this, a little of that. But it's MSBA language, some of my own research, and yeah. Thanks. Professional advice. Mark. On to the next. We have some business about principal search. You want to share what we're doing? >> [cough] >> So, [clears throat] um I have enlisted the help um the Big River Group to vet the candidates. We have things out on Indeed, um EdPost. We adjusted the timelines some. And so, right now we have a
062search committee selected and he's reaching out to members. This might be my own. Yeah. I have a little bit. But he's reaching out to members of the committee and he's doing pre- like a preliminary interview, like verbal one, with people who have expressed interest in the search. >> [clears throat] >> I just got a lot of written document. And how many do we have? Go ahead. How many applicants do we have as of today? We have eight completed. Might be nine completed and 15 applications. Like started. So, like eight of those being done. And we have some more show up on these, so we're developing a good applicant pool, which is good to see. This is the applicant pool. We're probably going to shoot for like June 10th for interviews as as less conflict with
063the conflict with June weather. But, as you can see here, like he'll reach out and then our closing date for the interviews is still that 20th 26th. 24th. And then we begin reviewing them on the 29th. Quick review. We begin reviewing the 26th through the 29th. >> [snorts] >> And then we'll do email interview of those finalists and then final rounds and give or take there will be one or two depending on the uh how much of a choice it is. So, he's going to narrow it down and then you guys the hiring committee will see who they've narrowed it down to. Okay. What criteria is he going through or uh to decide and um who will pass to you guys? >> [snorts] >> Okay. >> You know, this is probably a lot of So,
064we look at what we're looking for what we're looking for. And what I did to make that is when we were doing surveys with our staff about what they were wanting in leadership. Um First, we updated uh job description. >> [cough and clears throat] >> I went through that and um several people that work closely with the principal we updated job description. We cross-referenced the data we got from some of the surveys from our staff this spring about what we're looking in for leadership. And so, we got uh There's a big desire for an instructional leader who is visible in the classrooms. Someone who's teaching deeply and can use student data to drive decisions, can lead systems discipline interventions, progress to graduation lead people, develop and evaluate staff effectively >> [snorts] >> clear expectations and
065follow through, building trust and consistency leading with relationships, strengthening connections maintain district relational foundation, ensure families feel informed and supported and leading with integrity. So, that's like his preliminary ones And we haven't done the final questions yet. You said it's somewhat based on who you narrow the candidate pool to >> [laughter] >> and so, how you uh further narrow from there. Right. So, did you like cuz I'm I'm trying to gauge how you would put a lot of that into questions to figure out um to kind of narrow down the candidate pool to see who you're going to get that's most qualified or what we're looking for. Um I I know and I know it's up there, but it's like specifically like how do you how do you gauge that? Just a a resume is
066Oh, it's not based on the resume. Um what he does is he takes a look at the applications and he calls them. He asks them like a couple of questions from each of these categories. >> Okay. But obviously they look at the resume and there's a set of questions within resume application itself, too. Are we giving special consideration to internal applicants? Everybody is on equal ground. I mean I like that, but I also don't like that because part of it was we wanted to grow our own, too. Um you know, if we have people that are here in town that are qualified for for it and meet the criteria, I think that should move them along within the process as well. I I know I know it gets hard because we have to you know,
067there's certain laws and regs that we have to follow with all that, but um it's just keeping people local is important too, though. >> [snorts] >> There are two sides to that coin, always. It And there is. Yeah, and I acknowledge that. It's It's an imperfect situation. Um but you know, if we have people And I'm not saying that like just because they're here that they should just get the job, but I do think it warrants a closer look. I think they're going through most of that. Um the application Have you ever seen one of our applications for work there? There's some pretty good questions in there that if a person honestly answers, you get a lot. You can sense a lot of what Okay, I get it. I I started the application. One of
068the questions is, what are the characteristics of a good administrator? How do you see yourself in that continuum? What role does using student data to guide decisions and improve outcomes? Um describe your use of data to identify problems and implement a system of improvement. Um we choose this relationship-centered district where being visible and connected to the staff, students, and community matters. Describe how you build relationships in the community, school, and community. What does that look like in your daily and weekly practice? Um how do you ensure you know what is happening in classrooms and how do you use that knowledge to support and improve teaching and learning? OB G serves a diverse student population, including multilingual learners and students with a wide range of needs. How do you ensure that all students, especially those with
069additional needs, are supported and successful within the general ed setting? Um what about the district's direction connects with your leadership style and how would you contribute to that moving forward? And so that's on the application and then he would ask follow-up questions and like a bully or mean Okay. So I like answering that question. Right. I mean granted, I've never hired for a principal like that, but to hire my own staff, so I'm familiar with the hiring process and I get it. Um it's just you know, we have our we have that committee grow our own and if we're not going to be looking at our own candidates, what's the point of the committee having? I didn't say we weren't looking at them. No, no, no, no, I know, I know, I know, I know.
070I just I want them to have serious consideration. Cuz I could like listen to your questions there, I was just thinking like, okay, I can rattle this off and make it sound good. That's why you want the vetting service. Oh, do I know or should I know who's on the interview hiring committee right now? So far I got accept people that have accepted it. Tammy Lasky, Audrey Moore, I'm doing this off the top of my head. Jonathan Young, Josiah Tonger. Does somebody in the board want to be on that or can they be on that or be de facto uh person? I'm not advocating for the job, but I'm just tossing that out there. Not that we have to be or need to be or I know the final say. You have the final say.
071So I mean the intention is to bring a recommendation to you. Yeah. And that was what was recommended for the process to me. So I mean obviously keep you informed of where the candidates are and when we get down to the final list, then obviously those names will be released. Do you have you had Do you expect uh a few more as the deadline approaches? Has there been inquiries that that you think they will or will get their application in? Dianne? Yeah. A couple bigger pool than we I mean we have a fine pool, I think. Yeah. Well, this is kind of like this coming Sunday is sort of like is the cutoff point and uh when we first open it there's a round of people that are kind of already searching through the online
072app. Um then I think we'll get another uh batch cuz obviously there's those people that have already done the applications that could finish it. There are lot of that have called myself or other people they know in the district that I'm aware of to ask questions. I think 12 applicants. I mean not not applicants is a pretty good pool. And if you have if you have 15 app or 15 applications started then What are we looking at for the start date for the program? July 1st. So that's our goal. Is the contract approved or what you're talking about? July 1st, July. I feel like that's a pretty good committee there, too. And they're well rounded walks of life, I think. The intent was to have a little bit of here, a little bit of there.
073Priority for people that would work directly with >> [clears throat] >> Any more talk about principal search? Then we can move on to the next of the online school. Let's give you this and that, too. Right now I don't have too many updates. We approved a higher Charlotte Rowe will be joining us. I have to do a little more research on how we set up relationships and things. I think I'll save recommendations for flexibility and adjusting for June meeting cuz we'll be putting out there that, you know, we're watching the um online school. If we have a few good registrations, our first need will probably actually be like clerical staff to help with putting in and keeping track of attendance. We learned in our site visits that monitoring attendance and bringing people on and off
074is a pretty big part of online adventure so that the teachers can focus on the teaching part of it. Um I get So, how are you going going to gauge the the success of the online program? Are we looking um attendance-wise and or the number of students that we have within the first year? Um cuz I assume this isn't just going to be like we're trying it one year and oh, we only had four people participate. We're done with it cuz it's going to take multiple years to build on that. Yeah, though I think I think we should see like like I'm anticipating knock on wood to have enough of the first year to justify like staffing for it. I think in that first year we're mainly focusing on keeping students enrolled, um making sure
075we have solid attendance practices, getting students graduated. Um we still will have benchmarking and things so like I mean we still want people doing academically well and graduating. Right. Um and I suppose uh retention of our keeping and attracting students being a pretty major part but also we want the program to like helping kids get graduated and servicing your parents' needs. I suppose at some point we would do probably a survey once we get the ground get it off the ground of like you know how engaged our families are in the process cuz that was something they brought on our site visit. We want a program that's engaging with the families >> [cough and laughter] >> that's flexible to meet the needs and is still providing an avenue for success. Okay. Okay. So, we'll come
076back to the center. Yep. All right. Um in the solar grant we did talk We took care of that. So, in this rental Mr. Grant, are you going to help us with that one? Good question. So, I included the The biggest thing is what we did is we collected from 90 schools. I don't know if I can explain it that well. We did that. We tried to do this because we got to see what they were doing. facilities that are like us. We are fortunate to have some pretty nice facilities. Um there's not a lot of break out rooms or the parents boards that have a natural field or even track. So, um we felt it was really important to go and find places that had that. Um Kelsey and I went down this pretty
077extensively. Um I put it up there on the MCE website for the TA. Um you can get that website and I got responses from from all the places that are exactly like But the bigger schools that we took off because we felt they didn't really fit us. Um and then what we tried to do is um look at what they were doing. Look at what they were doing. And then the second piece of that was updating our our policies. Um what I did on that is uh several conversations with places that have had policy updates um and then looked at the new legalities. And that's why we gave it a really long There's a lot of stuff out there that we have to protect ourselves from. Um you hear horror stories Um anywhere from people
078just up and leaving um and refusing to pick up anything or people that uh rented out a school's space and tried to bring alcohol. Um all those things are out there. So, I talked to the people that, you know, had issues with those and what needs to be in the policy. And that's what came out of that long policy that you have. Um all this stuff in it. And then the The thing I wanted to make sure that we did is that we look at insurance Um and there is several things that we need to do to have our our school district protected in case something happens while someone is renting out the facility. So that's why you see those insurance things. We also need to talk I talked to the athletic meeting board and
079there are places if people can't get those can't don't don't know where to buy them. I'll be there some resources insurance places that would offer those services and it's relatively inexpensive. So we are we what we did is we kind of went with what schools around us are are offering and these are like I said they're really suggestions if you have something out there that jumps out the page and says you know I don't just don't feel this is right. The biggest thing is we try we're trying to talk to our our facilities people and talk to them. The biggest expense that we are incurring is your your custodian. If you hire a custodian to come back on a Saturday or a Sunday obviously as a contract you need to be able to have time
080to work triple or double time and in some cases even triple or two two times plus overtime. So you get really really high. So one of the things that I have we talked about with our people is saying try to do this when we have people in the building to try to to try to cut those costs down. Questions you have? It all still looks pretty reasonable. Yeah. We definitely are not we did not go on the upper end. We were on the lower end. And then with the ability to help out our obviously our non-profit people anybody with non-profit of course we give them first preference free. Anybody that's hooked to our school through from some sort of organization or serves our kids, we'll definitely receive a break. So, as long as you're not
081trying to, you know, make money off the kids and stuff like that. So, that's kind of how we structure things. It's a long process and we try to do a really thorough job of doing it. That's why we have kind of taken our time with it. So, yeah. >> [clears throat] >> It looks good. Hate to have to do it, but We have and the reason that this has become kind of a deal we If you guys remember back to COVID, what happened is after COVID we had some extra money and Mr. Reagan decided that it would be best, you know, to just to try to get people in the building and doing things. So, we kind of erased a lot of those fee things and we've been doing that. We've been giving a lot,
082but it's costing us a lot of money. It really is. Um So, in order to try to recoup some of that and I'm sorry to say that it's in the It's in the tens of thousands of dollars. I will guarantee you that. So, Does this matter what day like on a weekend, Saturday, Sundays? Cuz >> Um yes, it absolutely does. Saturday's definitely better. We have a flex schedule now with our custodians if you guys don't know that. Um James >> [clears throat] >> um works on Saturdays. He does not work Mondays. And that was his choice, uh which has really helped out. So, what happens he comes in and he's flexible enough with he comes talks talks to me every uh weekend we try to plan a week ahead of time. We look at the
083schedule and he says, "Okay, I will I'm willing to come in." I'll say, "Okay, we have this going on. It starts at this time and it stops at this time." And a lot of times more than not he'll say, "Well, I'll just adjust my hours. I'll go from 8:00 until 2:00 so I can cover so that they don't have to pay." So, he's really, really good. He's fantastic. I mean so easy to work with and he just does a fantastic job. So, that has helped a lot. Sundays are difficult because nobody wants to work on Sunday and when that happens we're paying a lot more for custodial because a lot of these what you have to understand is a lot of these you one person can't do it. I mean, if you have the lunch
084if you have the entire building at the high school film and you've got you've got two gymnasiums a commons area, possibly locker rooms possibly some sort of concession stand I mean, it takes hours to clean that up after after a tournament and those when you pay someone double those dollars really add up quickly. So. And we also added a thing in which we thought was very added I mean, very um good for our school was that if if there's no spectators, we charge less. That was something a lot of schools have and they said because you don't have the you just don't have the expenses. Because if there's no spectators, you really don't need to have you know, it's very minimally. You might have a janitor in there for a half hour, 45 minutes to
085clean up. It's no big deal. But, once you get spectators and the food and all the stuff that goes with it, it's it makes a difference. And do they sign a contract then with all this? Yeah, so what will happen is what will happen is we've had them sign contracts with with the stuff. We rent out stuff. What will happen is it'll be like for reoccurring people it'll just be one yearly contract and then they'll get a they'll get a fee with it. Um for people that are in and out like for instance like every year Frau Lu, as soon as she's done with uh she's done with the the the particular craft fair. Sorry, thank you, Lisa. Um she right away she calls me in December and says, "Hey, we want to do this
086and then can I get a contract? Because she wants to have her expenses laid out. Um and she wants to know exactly what's going to cost her so that she can adjust her booth fees, um you know, all this stuff. So, those people are very easy to deal with. The ones that are kind of outliers are the new people coming in. Um I've talked about this before. We have a guy who's coming in to wants to rent on our turf um for some things. So, then we're a little bit more picky and do a lot more vetting with stuff and make sure that all the eyes are dotted and all the tees are crossed so that everything is in place so we don't have any concurrent expenses that we don't know about. So, we want
087to make sure that everything's in place. So, that's kind of where it goes. And then they receive a contract and they sign it and then before we will sign off, they have to have the proof of insurance and all those things. Who handles [clears throat] all who's going to handle all the scheduling? I [snorts] do. Okay. And we And there's a if you look in the priority list, Yeah. priority list, obviously school stuff is first in the meeting. And high school We have to do some pretty long-term scheduling to avoid conflicts, right? Right. So, what we do is and we tell guys right away, "Hey, I'll give you this the school has this facility, but if our high school needs to have it, you have to understand that you're going to be bumped." And that's
088why we put that in in the writing, which we've never had before. That way it gives us the right to say, you know, even if it's even if it's a practice, it's as important. We may, you know, you might get bumped. If there's a three days of rain and somebody rents out the baseball field, I'm sorry, if we have to make it up on the baseball game we're going to have to them. We're not going to let [clears throat] Alexander come over and use the baseball field. This This is all Sounds like a lot of work, Brad. Yeah. Thank you. Let you like to make a motion to accept this? I would like to move to approve this. I'll second that. That's a motion and a second on the floor. Any questions? Any more discussion?
089Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thanks again, Brad. Thank you. Brad, Kelsey, and Daniel Daniel, any the committee that did that, cuz that's I know that's a lot of work. Uh new business, the donations. A shorter list this time. Uh we thank them all very seriously. Thank you very much for our donors. It's keeps us going. Peace United Church gave $50 to post prom. Bare Interior Woods gave two $50 gift cards for post prom. Our >> [clears throat] >> Cindy Johnson gave $100 for post prom. CenterCare gave $400 for the elementary color run. Advantage One Insurance gave $50 for the color run. Felling Trailers gave $1,424.42 to FFA. The Lions Club of Long Prairie gave $1,000 for the elementary playground equipment. >> [clears throat] >> Daybreak Foods
090gave $500 for the elementary color run. Lions Club of Long Prairie gave $1,000 for the elementary color run. Long Prairie Dairy Queen LLC gave $500 for the Anthony Nick Scholarship. American Legion Post 12 gave $500 for the color run. Thank you again. I will need a motion to accept those. >> that motion. Chuck. I'll second it. Tom. Any discussion? Greatly thank you again. All those in favor say I. All right. Opposed same sign. Motion carries. Now all miss nurse, again we get to talk to you. Yay! Yeah. So I I kind of lucked out. So I kind of lucked out because resource training and solutions um for all of their schools they actually um took the the state the plan the example plan and they made a cardiac emergency response plan for all of their
091schools. So what I had to do with it then was fill in the blanks because obviously there's there's parts and pieces of it that need to be specific for our school. So a lot of um the first portions of it um this is all made by them. Um he called I don't remember his name but he called me in like March and I was like he's like, "Do you mind?" I'm like, "No." This is amazing. Absolutely, I don't mind. So I talked to a few other school nurses and they are using uh the same guidelines. So uh basically if you look at like appendix A um I listed all of the team members from each of the buildings uh because each building has different team. Um some of us are on dual because we go
092to both buildings. So obviously myself and Heather um are on both teams because you never know who's going to be there um on whatever day. And then specifically for us I I we've had a red team for a very long time um and which I found uh attending some of these meetings um is not the case for a lot of schools so we were kind of ahead of ourselves there um and all of our um team members have a job. So when we call red team everybody knows what they need to go get and then go to the location. So um you know everybody has a responsibility and that way we have everything there. Um so those are the first two and then we had to um have our maps. Um so we have the
093maps of both the secondary building and the elementary. Now, I will have to add a couple maps when we do get them because we are going to put um units out at the stadium and I the other one out at the baseball field that's further out from the the high school building cuz you're supposed to get to an AED in 3 minutes time. So, um those are the the two that we don't, you know, once we order them, they'll be put in for next year and then I'll just have to add to this, you know, with those maps and I think we talked to you and you don't have those maps quite yet, anyway. >> Not for the not in the outliers, but we can get them. Yeah. So, and we have to get the
094other one updated with we used to have the AED across from the district office, but kindergarteners [clears throat] bumped their heads on the on the corners of the bins or whatever, so we moved them down and actually it's I think it's more appropriate. It's right across from the gym. Yeah, that's a perfect place. Which is right kitty-corner. Yeah. They don't have to go up steps, it's right by the gym, that's where you're probably going to need it. So. Absolutely. So, um so that one map has to be updated and then our our other ones. And then we are for appendix C, I just explained that we are contracted with um Lifeline. So, they, you know, if we need pads, they they have all of that in their data system. They automatically send them to us.
095I go in, obviously put them in, and then um myself, Heather, um Sherry's our backup. Um we have to go check the units every month, make sure that they're in working order, and then report back to Lifeline if they're not, and then they are on it right away. So, I just explained that on the maintenance checklist, that's kind of our maintenance is is through them. Um so, our log is digital with Lifeline instead of this one, but they did um include one for Project Adam that we can use. And then the cert training and certification log, that is all of our employees that are trained, certified in CPR and AED use. That's just a link to a Google Doc because that's where I keep that information. So it's just easily able to be clicked on.
096And then on appendix E, the annual drill logs, that is we'll have like the one for Project Adam that I use. But this document that is attached here, you can click on and it explains how our red team is called, who's on it, their jobs, all of that's kind of listed again. And I've always had that document. And when you commit to being on the team, it's a 2-year commitment because certification is 2 years. So everybody can click on those and they're viewable to kind of see that. And then Project Adam has this drill checklist. And at my meeting on Thursday, they presented this to you. So this will be a really good guide. We did do a couple um a drill in each building last month. And so this would have been nice had
097I known about it at that time to to use it. But we did do our own kind of drill and then a post-drill review, that is what they call it afterwards. So it just kind of lays out everything. Any questions about the cert plan? There is a a section, I think it says at the bottom of where our AEDs I can't remember which section it is. It Oh, where our response team is? All of our coaches are going to be trained, actually all of our staff is just going to be trained on hands-on CPR at during workshop week that Thursday. And since I went to this train the trainer, if we hire new employees, we will, you know, train them as they come in um of thing. and so I know we also have on
098that the grants is that we can order we're going to order some more and Kelsey already does have travel AEDs. So if we have them they'll go with I think we covered it for everybody but obviously there's a it just says you know coaches and activity sponsors are advised to consider the nearest medical facility while attending events and activities away from school grounds. Kind of just an overview and I think resource training and solution to that is you know kind of the cover to cover our butts. So to speak. So Any other questions or How much time do you think you've invested in this? Enough. Enough. I could have had more had Resource Training Solutions not helped so that was really nice that they that they thought of us and they did that for the
099schools that they work with and so It's a really good project. You're hoping you're not to use it but it's excellent. Yeah we needed they asked us if we've ever had life saving events and my first like I think my second year here the milk man is went down so we we have had one. Way in the beginning of my career here so Yeah that was >> We've had a couple before us too. >> So we had well who was it at the high school auditorium? At Park View. Okay. Mr. Gray yeah Judge Gray. Okay. That must have been before my time. I don't And yeah it happens. And we at this at this meeting on Thursday it was all walks of life like I was paired up with a superintendent from Hennessey. And she's
100like what do you do? And I was like oh I'm a school nurse and she's like oh I was like what do you do? She's like I'm a superintendent. She so she was a fish out of water and and I was she's like do you know I was like yeah I teach CPR so she was kind of it was kind of cute. She was like oh I get paired with somebody that knows what they're doing. I Yeah I think we just need approval right? I take it we need a motion to approve this one. >> to approve it. Lauren, thank everybody who was on the committee for all their hard work. I'll make a second. Mr. Sherry Kelsey and of course Melissa who helped me with the planning end. I'll second that. Any questions or
101discussion? Any more questions or discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very much for all the hard work. And hopefully Tanya, hopefully you never need to use it. Thank you. Individual I M O U's. Which ends up being the FFA advisor. Just new year, I think it's important to have this stuff in writing. That way if we ever disagree on what it is that they're being paid to do that we have that document. I would move to approve that. I'll second that. All of them? Or just number six? >> and then that being that one. Okay. I'll bring up more next month. Okay. Any questions or discussion on that? Questions or discussion? Any more questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Motion carries.
102And then number four is the project momentum and the special ed workload. So for like the past month I've met with the union every Thursday morning. And the biggest project was the special education workload which is two parts. Earlier you approved the policy 427. And it is state in some Minnesota state rule that we have a workload policy. We did have a policy but we had no corresponding like what happens if overload. And so, we developed a formula and we tried to gauge it off what current staff who have gotten overloads got. Um so, that was the one that took the most work and it'll and that was a lot of meetings. And then, project momentum is related to uh getting that ESL um four slots with that. Not sure if you call it grant,
103per se. It's like a grant. But, um so, when we did the readapt, it was structured similarly after readapt. So, like the long-range goal is to get teachers in each like grade level subject area ESL license because then, what we can do is service those students inside the classroom. We don't need to do pull-out, which in the long run will reduce the number of staff [snorts] we need for pull-out because we have less those. And then, also a better instruction inside the classroom for all students. So, project momentum it does two things. One is teachers completing it get credit on our salary scale. And that would be specific to us. Obviously, they could try to negotiate somewhere um but they're not college credits. So, they're they're like our elevate PD where if you're with us,
104you get a credit towards lane change, which is 10 cuz that's the same as And then, if you aren't eligible for a lane change anymore, then there is a cash stipend for the year after completing the program. So, I don't know if you want to individually consider them or if you vote at once. It's up to you. Feel free to ask some questions. I would make a motion just to approve them both. Motion by Tom. Second it by Lori. Any discussion? Any more discussion? Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed same sign. The motion is carried for that one. Uh the superintendent evaluation is there. You have that in front of you. This is the summary. Um We got Oh. I think it says on here. I know. I was just to
105keep it confidential. Is it okay, Mr. Athletics, if we have this in open session? Yes. Okay-dokey. Um Thank you, everybody, for doing it. We had 60-some people that responded. It was very good. This score at the end was a 2.9 out of 4. If you want to see the actual surveys evaluations, they will copies will be in the district office for you to look at. But, of course, there's data privacy involved there, so I couldn't put them in. So. I believe this goes in Daniel's file. I believe we need a motion to accept the eval. Linda, I'm going to ask one question. Were any of them censored? >> [clears throat] >> What do you mean by censored? When you accepted, when they were submitted, was anything censored by anybody? I'm asking you that, cuz I
106don't I don't know what you mean by censored. Censored, changed. Read and changed. So, I'm asking you. I'm just I'm asking the question to be sure. >> Why would you even ask that? I'm a little more honest than that. Everybody is. You're just asking. No, nothing was changed. Motion. I move to accept it. Time. I'll second it. Lori. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Motion carried. Okay, look at the Chromebook release. Any questions we have, Marshall right here, he can fill us in, I believe. It's pretty self-explanatory, I think. This is very similar to what we've done in the past years. Right. No. Only if it's much cheaper than that. No, it's not. >> [laughter] >> I don't think so. You were telling me the price could go up
107if I don't get it approved by tomorrow. I'm sending it in tonight. Uh-oh. Yep. I forgot to mention that's why it's on the agenda. Yep. It's pretty important. It's one of those lock it in before it sells first type thing. Not sure if it's a tariff, but If you can do it up I'd appreciate it. It doesn't affect our inventory, right? What's everybody stopping doing production of like RAM and stuff like that to Yeah, switch to chips. Yeah, but it's made everything very expensive. I mean 5 years ago when we did these Chromebooks, they were 200 or 175 to 200, and now they're 403. So. Yep. Okay, you need to take that times the number. How many? How many of those? And also there's 30 of them in there for our online school as well.
108So that Yeah, it's and they're they're bigger machines. Cuz they won't be They're not touch. No, they won't be touch. They're they're like the They're bigger than the ones the board has. Boards are like student ones. So they're going to be running cuz they're going to be on all day. So that's why we want to make sure we have a better machine for them. Here comes the motion. >> [clears throat] >> I make that motion to approve it. Who is for the lease? But I'm just The lease. The agreement. We lease agreement. That's what I made a motion to. Oh, oh, I made the motion. Tony made the motion to accept the lease. I'll second. Jeremiah. Any more discussion or questions? Yes, I have a question. We don't call it a lease, right? It's a
109lease to own. It's just a loan. This is they call it a lease. This is a loan. So, yep. One more time, any more discussion or questions? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very much. The list of candidates for graduation, do we have that? I never received one. I got to approve the list. I don't have No, we can't approve it if we don't have it. All the kids have to stay in school for that. That's right. That's right. That's right. How will Mr. Brew get out of the pool? He didn't make [laughter] it. But that's the the same list that we we last night. I would imagine that that we already looked at and we circled to give to that to the kids. Can we hunt?
110Um, let me look at last month's record. He handed us two lists last We didn't see it. We didn't And we gave it back to him. We didn't see it last week. We I was here last week. You were We all signed up who we wanted to who we wanted to give to. So, that's I assume I assume that was the one that was That's why I circled that I wanted to talk in. That was the I didn't know. I didn't know. Get it to the graduation. Where do you have to go tonight? Olivia. Ooh. Back home. Right. Well, we meet at the Are you going to place in 7:00, 6:30? Okay. I think not. We're just supposed to do all that stuff. Tiny, we'll be missing you. We'll be missing you. Yeah. Only five
111of us. My nephew's graduating at the same time. I will move to approve the list. I'll move to approve the list. I'll second it. Lori. Any discussion while he's still finding? I'm pretty sure it's Lori that we That's what we saw. I'll make it sure it gets resent. I I don't have it. I would like to congratulate all of them, all of the kids [snorts] for their hard work, dedication to their studies, and what they've done as athletes and the whole nine yards for them. Congratulations to them. Any [clears throat] more discussion or questions? Any more discussion questions? Any more discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Motion uh opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thank you very much. We got through a lot of stuff. We have to do Minnesota State High School League.
112>> Oh, yeah. It's not on. Got you. I have a addition. Thank you. High School League membership, I need a motion for that. I'll make the motion. Connie, did you say it first? Connie did. I also connect. Thank you. We are joining the High School League. It's an every year thing. We have to be official. Any discussion? Any more discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed, same sign. Motion carried. Now, Meeting adjourned. Thank you very