001Thanks, Jackie. Call this meeting to order, please. start off our winter and spring. Welcome everyone. Thanks for coming this evening and it's nice to see a big crowd and doesn't look like we have many of our students coming here for commendations but I'm hopeful that we have some this evening. We understand there was quite a few conflicts uh this evening. So uh this is a timehonored tradition here in Princeton. The board started this many years ago. I don't know if you can recall how many years ago, you know, long as you can remember. But I think the idea was to just acknowledge the great strong work of our student body and especially when uh our students compete at the highest level on the biggest stages in our state and in our country. And we have
002a long-standing tradition of excellence in Tiger Pride that we our students have went out and displayed the Princeton way and made us so proud in so many different ways. And every few months we do bring in students that have competed at the state or the national level and we honor them. And uh this evening uh we are going to honor some of our wrestlers. Just out of curiosity, do we have any of our any wrestlers in the room? We don't. Okay. Uh just just to acknowledge those folks, we did have um well, let's see. We had El Helena Johnson in girls wrestling uh competed the state level. We had Laura Cole up in the girls. And I think it's important to note that girls wrestling is uh one of the newest sports in the state
003of Minnesota and probably the the uh I guess growing the fastest. And uh we've had already in in two years of existence, we sent uh students to the state tournament and we've had place winners already. So we're really proud of them. We had some of our boys uh compete at the state level as well. Levi Thompson, Kevin Boi, and I doesn't appear that they're here either. So, we'll make sure that we get their certificates. Uh and as it relates to VEX Robotics, do we have any robotics competitors in the room? All right. um probably well I will uh normally when we have coach we'll have coaches come they'll share the certificates but I'll do my best to share out their name just to acknowledge the students won Bishman in VEX Robotics Max Hemish Grant Olimp
004Carter Basler Balzer, Sophia Wickward, Rachel Brock House, Peter Berdo, Oliver Robor, Roberto, TJ Bridgen, Mick Dudek, Payton Anderson. Congratulations. We don't have any students here. We have time. You want to give a speech? What did you compete at? Tell us. Um, I compete at the state level for the state and the national invitational level for DEX Robotics. It's a program at Princeton High School where we construct and engineer competitive robots to kind of play a game with other teams. We do it on a team of our own and we make sure to not only hold ourselves to engineering standards, but we practice building essential soft skills like critical thinking, communication, and overall competing in a sort of communal environment and just between the enjoyment of building the robot and getting out and seeing other teams
005have amazing ideas of their own. It's really a valuable experience. test for me. I was the programmer on the team. So I sat at the computer all day and enjoyed myself. Uh Bo Jeffers, Bella Whitmer. Um okay, that is robotics. All right. How about speech? Speech. Okay. Kelly Guber, Payeyton Anderson. No wonder he gave such a different stay up here. And when and then uh Emma Emma, you opportunity to give a speech. What was your speech about? My speech was great speeches which is basically I took someone else's speech and as well as analyze it myself and I check. All right. Um I think because you are only two speech people, let's go ahead and let's bring the the board. Do we have more speech? Okay. Um and then we'll get actually let me quick
006run through the FFAs and then we'll have you come up here and we'll take a picture with you and the board. Okay. So I'm sorry I'm making you stand up here uncomfortably. Okay. But uh but the the FFA actually has their um their banquet their big banquet tonight. That's why none of them and and coincidentally I think quite a few of them were robotics uh folks too. So none of them were able to come. Uh so but we do want to just recognize them. Um, Peter Berdau, Spven Storebachan, Brian Heft, Kymer, Michelle Reynolds, Nick Hemsh, Bella Witworth, Riley Taylor, Kila Pollson, Morgan Mororrow, Lily Gibbs, Elsa Storebachan, Eva Wit, Chloe May Kila Absel and Cameron Pillipill. So let's give it up for the FFA. At the national level as well. Okay. So thank you speech
007folks. Let's get you up here and let's take a picture. There's some going into October. Okay, cool. All right. We'll have the board members get behind you and you can kind of stand in front of us. Perfect. Are we doing that? Thank you. All right. I'm good. I see it. So we will move on to uh board member committee reports and [Music] um we had just before this and I attended the eighth grade portion of the middle school band concert last week. Um, and it was I think a a sad night for Mr. as we said goodbye and the concert. Um I had agenda planning policy this meeting um we had the school board scholars banquet [Music] scholar banquet and also at the banquet for scholars and we also did and I was at dollars
008for scholars which is our um awards for like scholarships for life community and we gave out it was a very long ceremony gave out quite a few scholarships so that was really it's really nice to see the community come together for that I highly recommend it if you don't mind sitting um I also was at the primary lunch was that since last one where we did staff lunching and then um I just wanted to talk for a second about the so in regards to the playground we've been doing a lot of different fundraising and also deals that's kind of where had fallen in there too. But we did a garage sale. So all the kids brought toys to the school and for like a week and then they all got to purchase toys on this
009last Friday I think it was and so there was a table like a quarter table and a 50 cent 75 and a dollar and they could each get three things and we kept running out of stuff because the kids were so excited. So like teachers were bringing down their prize. They like it was so fun and a lot of the kids came down and asked their teachers if they could come just donate the rest of their money to the playground because they just want to help the other kids and it's like I don't know it's incredibly sweet. So anyway, I just wanted to share that and I don't know how much that was a couple hundred bucks. So wonderful. Oh, I'm sure they love me but we were getting down like so. I attended schoolboard
010scholar banquet also and um had a tiger care meeting um agenda planning and then yesterday I did attend the end of the year lunch here for us. Um, so this is my last name and now's first. So I'd like to introduce you to her. She is confin. [Laughter] Yes, I she was lovely to be around and she and I'm excited to be training and our how we do things past but and seniors last week. Yay. Thank you. Um the class for um everyone else is next Friday. Can you see how you're paying attention after um but we have spring this Friday at the high school. Um spring sports are wrapping up and then robotics I think you mentioned a few times here but obviously they did really well. We had a few teams in the
011world. Um I know the The intermediate defects IQ that competed against over 400 teams at Walls and team chocolate finished 56th in engineering and the Meabots finished 66 in art. Um I'm not sure about the middle school and high school quite yet, but I know as well. It's really cool to see kids do that on a long level. That's amazing. And it's cool that salt was able to do that. Prom also just happened not just that's crazy. Um but prom was fun. Uh dollars for scholars again thinking to anyone who donated or supported. Um I know all of us seniors appreciate donation college or traver that might be. Um varsity showcase is next Tuesday 7:30 at the pack. So concert flying is one of the last kind of concert show off this year and then
012also went to schoolboard scholars and the high school English is English the coin challenge at the high school music playground. So we had milk jugs in every classroom and we had kids trying to get together coins. Um I think was about $4,000 less primary. Um the thought was there but not just saying the kids are you know what at the end of the day after all that before you kind of yourself and next year and I'm excited to help the school grow Do you have any hobbies and things that you love to do? Um, so I moved two years ago. So kind of learn my options. Um, but I like um I would say I like drawing. I [Music] like and Thank you. Well, we have we have one more certificate to give out. Yes,
013we do. Stole it from Ben. [Laughter] You have two there, right? I do have two. Yes. So, we would like we have a certificate of appreciation for Ellie and all of her hard work on the school board. So, and then you also received a certificate from the Minnesota School Board Association for your work. And um these are just some treats to kick off college because of trusting your life. Oh, yeah. I think that's a great idea. Sorry, board. Got to get up again. Tell me right thanks Kelly you're going on to where can you tell the group? So, I'm going to the U of M Twin Cities, Minnesota, and I'm going to major in anthropology, which is like study of humans, broadly speaking. Um, I'm a nerd, so if you want to ask more about
014it, I would love to tell you all. Um, and then I'm going to minor in political science and Spanish. So, hopefully doing something in the museum field, maybe at the capital, who knows? We'll see see where it takes me. So, thank you for your attention. Uh, next on the agenda, we have superintendent report. All right, lots going on. Big agenda tonight. Uh, I was going to say anything about the legislation, but it seems that she said the capital. Um, I I think that you're you're aware just by watching the news that there's more work to be done. Um, my assumption is that the governor will uh really require groups to come together, put the package into a a nice little bowl that everybody has already agreed to before he'll call a special session, call that
015session, and then it'll know things will be in law. Um, typically next week and the following week, we'll have several meetings that will come out that will kind of share all the nuances uh related to the different uh budget and policy decisions that make the ominous bill. And uh we'll keep you informed on what that would be. We just had a policy meeting tonight and of course we know that when there's changes in law that does change uh some of our policies, okay? So, we'll just have to stay on top of that. The one piece that it does look like will be a small uh help to our district budget, and when I mean small, really small, but we did have to budget for the expenses of unemployment insurance for 9-month employee hourly employees. um
016that was state mandate and uh I do believe they set aside some dollars that uh will cover that for districts and uh you know I don't know what that will end up being a little bit of money uh 60,000 100,000 something like that but of course anything helps um we had a big meeting today for one of our big rocks multi-ter systems of support uh we've gone through a full audit uh to analyze our strengths and weaknesses and hopefully take information from that to improve our action plans for uh following years and we have some ideas that will follow up on that. Uh there was a reference to tiger care. We did have a meeting on that. Uh we have determined that uh it's been a very successful program. We want to continue it. Uh
017however we are going to explore other options for a provider um that will be the the doctors providing that uh service uh as in partnership with us and there so we'll keep you posted on that. There's lots of work and we need to do some legal onou to get all that ironed out. Uh we had our big ch uh in addition to all the things that you all referenced. I don't think anyone referenced the chamber of commerce state of the district that we had the pleasure and honor to uh present to all chamber of commerce members uh in partnership with the city every year. That's an annual thing that the school district does the state of the district and the city does the state of the city. And uh we uh and that was a
018really successful piece and made a lot of positive feedback and we always try anytime we bring people into our schools. We always try and showcase our students uh just like we did with our legislative uh breakfast uh for the chamber event. We did have some of our middle school uh ensembles come in and do some singing for us and that was nice. Um, I know that you're we're all uh anxiously awaiting the recommendation from the community task force that's worked the last year. We're excited to to hear what they say. And uh the board is aware that we did set a special meeting uh to uh further discuss those recommendations that will be on June 3. And uh I would ask that board members as you're hearing these recommendations tonight that you have you're writing
019down questions and things that you would like to see and get those to me ASAP so that I can pass those along to our ARC architects and engineers and financial advisors uh to uh help so they'll have that information so that they can prepare to answer those questions on that June 3 meeting. Um, in addition to all of that, I just because there if hypothetically the board does uh decide to vote to put the referendum question or questions on the ballot, there will be a quick turnaround as November would come quick. And we have been meeting uh with some of our communications partners to develop uh communication strategy on how to best get all of the information out to the community, which includes things, you know, things like building out websites, uh building out our
020brand associated with that, slogan, taglines, just just getting the information kind of ready to go. But um we just don't have time to not have that stuff prepared. And again, this is all uh I guess in the hypothetical case that the board does make make any kind of a decision to move forward with that. Um I do have graduation tickets for board members. Uh if any of you need more, it's all a mute point if graduation is outside. I think that's an exciting thing for us especially uh for uh you know folks that have been wanting to have that happen for many years. Uh this is all based upon the weather and the the principle has indicated and made it crystal clear that if there is any chance of rain at all um you know
021basically we're going to we're going to keep it inside. But if it looks like it's not we're going to try and do it outside and give it a go. Um, you know, so that's uh we'll see, but we'll just keep you posted whether you're going to be going inside or outside. And uh many of you were here back in the day when we did do it outside. So keep just right over that just next week, right? Yeah. We Yeah. And uh I know it is always kind of anxious for the families that want six tickets. We have to do tickets because that's all we can fit in our gymnasium. Uh but if it is outside, people can bring as many people as they want. So that's a bonus. That's all I got unless you have
022questions for me. Thank you. Any questions? All right, move on to item seven, approving the agenda. Somebody like to make a motion to approve the agenda. Motion to make Is there a second? Second. Second by Scott. Any comments or questions on hearing? None. All in favor say I. [Music] I approved. Um item eight discuss. Is there a motion by Don? Is there a second? Second question. Uh any comments or questions? None. All in favor say I. Consent agenda. Is there a motion to make the consent agenda? Any comments or questions? You want to just I'm ready for Well, I would say that you can have one person maybe here uh working the PowerPoint slide and then but then we can have chair. You can sit, you can stand. Um let's do this. And seeing as
023no one's sitting over here this more chairs. Um, okay. So, first we're just going to introduce ourselves and then we'll get into it. So, I am Amy Anderson. Um, I was the first one here to chair the task force. Um, it's been fun. It's been interesting. Um so yeah reserve and I joined Amy to share his words as well but really had really good involvement from the people that are sitting here as well. So just I'm sad I am just a community member. I do not have kids in the school, but I wanted to see what the high school looked like. And so I think was the November meeting, everyone's like, "Hey, come and see the high school." So I was like, "Okay." And it was this whole thing. And I did not know what
024I was getting into, but I found myself roped in and it's been really fun. I'm Jack Edmonds. I'm lifelong resident of Princeton, a 1968 grad. Uh I've been involved in the community for elected appointed positions for about the last 20 years involved and informed I serve over the years and this one has been except I'm a science teacher at the high school and I just wanted to help make the high school a better place. So, we just want to Thank the school board for involving the community in this very important task. Um the response of the community has shown our pride and commitment in seeking to bring Princeton public schools into a 21st century learning environment that educates every learner, preparing our students for life in school. We believe that the proposal we are presenting
025is factual and relevant based on the survey results, participants discussions um and the many hours of insight that we've had over 100 community members contribute to this project. It has been a pleasure and an honor to take this task on. We performed our role with understanding and vision in order to achieve the best recommendation to the is the referendum needed? Yes. There we go. Yes, a referendum is needed this November. Um, and it must address facilities needs um and include the reduction of the projected deficit in the operational funds. Um, what are the guard rails for the tax impact to the community? Um, the task force decided that the maximum tax impact for the owner of a median value home in the district should be around $17 a month. Um this was discussed um in
026two different ways but is basically saying the same thing. Um so the first way we discussed it was an actual dollar amount. So we're looking at 11 to 12 dollars allocated for facilities needs. Um and that leaves about5 to$6 to address the projected operations deficit. Um the board can also look at this as a 2/3 one third ask number. Uh a capital projects levy is preferable to an operating levy as the distribution is spread across all taxable properties. Um and for example a $6 a month um capital projects levy taxable impact raises $ 160,000 more dollars per year than an operating levy. Um, this also allows for the money currently being used in the general fund for technology to be freed up for other uses. So, it's a way to move some money around. Um,
027now we understand that this proposed ask does not fix all availability issues nor the budget deficit. Um, but our request is outlined. Uh, critical needs which must be included would be all of the scope one projects. Um we have the papers out the whole sheet that information. So like when I say one we don't have that. Okay. So the all of the scope one projects um what was needed or highly hoped for would be all of the scope two projects including um of our classroom right sizing stair connections in the center core. Um scope three items would be the locker room expansion and this is favor favorable when it's discussed as a safety issue versus a sports add-on. Um and then the scope for items that were requested would be a middle school group um
028of the boiler replacement at the high school and a special ed seat at the intermediate school. Um in terms of ballot questions, the community task force felt that it was more up to the board to make this final decision. Um although we do have ideas about it. Um we have no firm stance on the number of questions presented. Um so there is an advantage though to offering one question as a matter of simplicity um including both the bond and the um CPL proposal. There was also a discussion about having a two question referenda on the ballot um particularly in the rural area. This would allow for at least one of the questions to ask. So there's just a little bit of thought there behind could something maybe pass. Okay. And then we had one final
029idea at the end of our last meeting. Um to add one final question to the ballot that makes a significant operating levy request. Um one that in combination with a capital projects levy could raise up to one and a half million per year for the district's operating fund. So the reason behind this, it would give voters the option to vote no on something um which maybe help us get the other question passed and it would also demonstrate to the voters um and residents the size and the financial challenge that the streets face and if it would pass that would be pretty awesome too. So it's kind of a you know one of those nothing to lose. No, but that last option would be outside of the $17. That would that would be an extra. Yeah.
030Can you go back to the I don't know. Does somebody have that digitally that you could that up or Um, it's all on the website. Are you interested in discussing that or if you want to look at that yourselves beyond I thought you would have those in front of you. Um I would be interested in hearing um maybe like the what separated those from what separated the like what was the overall idea that separated the must be included and the highly hope for like how did that line get drawn? The must be included is basically the section. I believe it's all of that like it's the science room, cafe, shops, um updating the shops. It's all of that CTE section that people really feel as an addition to the community that that could bring kids
031in, plus it's giving kids great opportunities um for leaving high school. So I think that was the idea behind that was that that was the most important thing that we put our money into. when we looked at the priorities that were listed from years past that CT part that surfaced over and over again. And so um would it be divided divided into this number? So it would be everything. Yeah. So everything from that first scope one, that big open section. Yeah. And then from scope two, it was just uh upper classroom right sizing. So increasing the classroom size upstairs. Um and then the stair connections in the center court. And that really came from a student survey that we did when we involved the high school students that um moving through the school was one
032of their bigger issues. So that's kind of that circulation of the building, not like your circulation, the right people circulation, but trying to improve that um funeral, right? Um and then only from scope three would be the locker room. And then that was that's favorable, but it's a safety issue when you talk about getting kids up and out of the basement and safe area monitored. Um that was that was a good idea. Um and then scope four would be the middle school roof and we had talked about um finding a more cost effect cost effective option. Um I think this was the option that is listed on there. The price on there is one of the higherend ones. Um so there's a possibility to lower that cost as well as that. boiler. The boiler is
033also on there before because there was talk about using deferred maintenance to cover that [Music] in probably deferred maint. So, and then the special. So out of that scope one that was approximately 32 million that was kind of like the priority the first year priority out of that that 2/3 piece with twothirds of it being from bond what is the total dollar amount I think what we found was that if we're aiming for that like 11 to 12 dollars we found that we could almost all of this right there is a slide that has like right it should be there somewhere right there yeah I think if we were able to reduce the roof cost um or at one of those projects from that scope to come out of the deferred maintenance then all of
034these things were able to be covered in that 11 to 12 right there it shows 1250 a month is 50 million the whole works was like 46. We did everything I think and that was not even counting to be able to have more cost effective option on the group. So once we learn about that it was like oh well let's just do it. Um it makes a lot more sense. So does anyone else talk their head like what that gives the school board like or the CCL I think it's the next Oh, yeah. You get a lot more bang for your buck with the capital projects levy because it's taxing every type of property, not just feels to me it feels fair. Everyone benefits from the school system and the school district. And I didn't
035think it was fair that people could go buying up vacation property and then just know they have the property but they're not responsible for any of the upkeep of the community. So to me made sense and you get a lot more that way there any concern at all that like that amount doesn't put on like I'm just wonder more building might not have enough money to so there isn't a right for us to just address the operational it's too expensive for the community that we went out for. It's too much for the take care of it. So we know that anything that we're proposing at this point is just kind of a quick fix. It's going to get you to another point, but it's not going to fix it. Nothing is gonna fix it. Um
036I there was discussion that tacking that new section of the building on or whatever we end up doing that that could into the district which brings more money in. Um the adding the cafe on the end. There's different ways um to use that new building to generate revenue school as well. Um, so again, not something that's gonna fix that whole deficit problem, but there are some things in there that will also important to remember that those CTE areas, I mean, even if you look at our scenar areas that need to be just based on all of these development fields um and the core of the push um and helping kids go in that direction and coming out with some training. And so I think even though it isn't the operating deficit, it is a big
037part of making headway in that way. Yes. Yeah. As as a reference, you know, none of their plans they're going to present is going to solve any any problem. It's going to mitigate it. It's going to make it it's going to make it better than this kind of a situation. Um, on the operating side of things, um, you all hear me. I'm like a broken record, right? We're one of the lowest funded school districts in the state of Minnesota. We've received $3,000 less per unit than the average in the state. Every single year I've been here, seven years now, with the exception of the years during the pandemic when we did get a a push in of some federal dollars, federal stimulus dollars, but every other year, which is five of those seven years, we've
038had a structural deficit of $3 million a year, meaning when we come when we start working on our budget, we project revenue and we then we project our expenditures, we are $3 million in the red. So, every year we've had to try and how do you bridge the gap of that $3 million every year? And every year you've done a magnificent job of being able to um make some necessary reductions. So, we've cut between $750,000 to a million dollars each of those years, right? Which basically means we cut a lot of our support systems. we've cut and now we're to a point where there's no more support systems to cut and we're, you know, we're looking at raising class size, right? And that's what you've had the rest of and then the rest of the
039the gap you try and um utilize your fund balance which you've maintained. Um it's it's incredible that you've been able to maintain a 10% fund balance given the fact that we are so lowly funded. Um, but we've been able to utilize that. So, we dip in the savings every year. And then we've done some really smart things each year to try that that have been innovative that have brought new students into the district that have kind of offset some of those costs. And we have a strong tradition of underspending our budget, which that helps too. But it's getting way tougher to underspend budgets than it ever used to be because it just gets tighter in our budget. Now, when you look at um one of those slides up there, there's there's two options to get
040operating funds. Um one one of the the ways that you can get most of your operating funds is through an operating referendum, right? But that funding mechanism um taxes our constituents probably at the highest level is how the taxes are spread out. And this is where I think we need to honor and respect the work of the group. They were trying to balance all these needs we had but trying to respect the tax sensitivity of our community that they know that the community we we live in, right? And they they didn't want to ask for something that just couldn't be supported, right? And every community is different, right? And there was a certain threshold based upon lots of research and surveys that they did that they felt like there's a certain amount that we can
041ask for in terms of a monthly tax increase. And we knew that I mean really the this if we got to we talking the $17 a month that $17 a month if you look at an operating referendum might get us about 1.5 to 1.75 million per year which would which would be great but that still isn't going to solve the problem. And even if you if you decrease that structural deficit that does not mean that we're adding things back. That just means that we're not having to cut as much. Okay. And that's something that people need to wrestle with too on this. So I mean trying to we understand that we have needs in both areas. We have facil dire facility needs especially when we're trying to be innovative and prepare our students for a
042world outside of the walls of our schools into the 21st century right aligned with our tiger careermies where then the authentic real life hands-on experiences um and we hear from our community that we want uh that our community values the trades right values career technical education and when you take a look at our facilities at the high school. Probably our worst facilities at the high school are the are the facilities that reflect the trades and career technical areas. Our facilities are the opposite of what our community values and that has been a real barrier for us to you know move the Tiger Career Academyy's work forward. Um because our teachers saying we want to do this cool innovative stuff but we can't because our buildings were built in 1960 1964 and the education model was
043different back then. Students sat in desks and rows and the teachers talked at them. Well that's not effective. That's not what our our students want. That's not what our teachers want. And that's by golly that's not what our community wants. Our community wants hands-on real life education. And we can't give it to them with the facilities that we have. So, I mean, that's where it's like they tried to put the package together that was going to improve facilities, improve the budget somewhat, but you're not going to solve any of the issues. You know, you're not going to solve the problems complete. You're going to make things better. I did like that you included the slide in here on adding an operating in terms of that. it's gonna start a conversation. Um, and I think that
044this question might help reasonably set the expectations, but what happens if the other are we going to suddenly, you know, get everything back that we had before? No. You know, it's small amount. But I think starting the conversation with this question might be a good step. The question that I would have is what happens if people say okay yes on the operating level the money has no strings attached is is not committed whereas question [Music] one building projects and the capital project you have to put the money towards so I would say um you get something, you're going to get something. And I think at this point getting anything is a win. So, is it worth kind of debating that? Yes and no. I mean, I think you're right. It's a great conversation starter. I
045think it's a point a great way for people to um realize that, hey, this is just the start. like this is going to get us some things. This is gonna get us everything. And by the way, we still need to do these other things. Like you need to keep this momentum going, I think, instead of getting a new building or whatever it is that happens and then the momentum kind of dies and now, you know, then we got to start all over again getting people excited to keep going. Um, but I think the position that we're in now, you you take what you got. Well, here's one suggestion that was made. Um, that you can this is you guys's decision because you can make question two contingent on question one. So like we can have
046the the big enchilada that we want and make question two like hey if you're feeling especially generous you can also pass this but you can't pass this unless you pass this. So that was something that I was like that is an excellent idea. Um the danger is if someone wants to vote no then they're just going to vote no. But we were told that there's people that are going to vote no matter what. There's like 30% of people and those are the people that are going to show up because they're just crotchy vote no types and they will be there to vote. And so our job is to appeal to the yes voters and try to convince them because we're not going to convince the no voters. They're just they're just going to vote no.
047So having that second question as well, if you want to vote no for something, here you go, vote no for this piece. But if you make it so that they can't only vote for the little one, they have to vote for the big one and then they can say no to the little one. Yeah, the operating level. It's on that. Yeah, I don't remember off the top of my head what it was. I think look at it like maybe you know the first question an additional Yeah. Right. The first question is basically putting a package together that we think solves a lot of the the needs but was something we think that the community can tolerate tax wax. Yeah. And then the second question is actually asking for operational wise like what we actually need.
048Yeah, it's on and that's a way to that's a that could be a potential way to do it. But yes, I would you know we that would be that's the discussion that the board's going to have to wrestle with at next special board meeting on all of those nuances and specifics that you that you were thinking about. And those are the kinds of questions that we want you to send me so that we can share um with our experts so that they can bring forward because as I think as you mentioned like you that that capital levy Yeah. and the building bond you you will have even a choice there. You can package that together just as one question and and and then and you just have it written there that that if you vote
049yes on this, it's going to it and it's going to help with your building bond for this project and then it's going to assist with technology needs for that building. Right? That can that can be one question or two questions. And then then they're talking about a separate question that would be the operating referendum one that would bring in additional operating dollars. So it could probably an addition an addition we the 1250 I think is another yeah because the discussion was to make it Yeah, that's true. So then they will hopefully jump in. But you could just do the building as the first question and then the C the um tech levy as a second question. We we and and when you look at in the in the capital levy project which is the tech
050levy, we think that we that would bring in about $750,000 that we can utilize for operations. And the and the way that would happen is we would you we can utilize those tech levy dollars to pay for our technology in the district, right? That would free up our general fund dollars to use for classroom teachers and some of those things. So that would be approximately 750,000. And then if you had a second question on there, it was like 1.5 million, then that would bring in another 1.5. So then you'd be up to what, like 2.25. that, you know, that's that's starting to crack a dent in that $3 million structural deficit that we got. [Music] Anybody has questions? I think because after this I have one more I think that their elephant in the room
051is that people a tough time and I just want to address that because there's no good time. There's no good time. So, it just means good education. Um maybe parent conferences are in the shops in the fall. So, every some of those kinds of didn't do the last time that maybe would make a difference this time in getting people to understand how much this is um both operate this building. So, I I probably have to keep the message. We have to keep sending the message that someone must You're right though. It's all in the way to sell it. It's all in the way. Have to justify once you go down to those shops. There's a lot of safety issues because once you go down into the storage room got those welders got 15 kids and
052right now this tribe we got the electrical kids going that storage room that's where their electrical booths are in that little area got over 40 plus kids and they got cars in there or if it's in first tribe where they're putting up those shacks you don't have way to get those kids out because they got paths. So there's a lot of safety that can on this as well and that was when we did our priorities safety is something gets behind. So when you think about that message going out the reality is not no one in this room made the rules, right? We just have to live by the rules. Some some time in history, they made the decision that school districts are the only one thing that has to go out and ask the voters
053for a referendum to approve any kind of funding updates for buildings and for operating referendums, right? We're the only entity that has to do that, right? And we understand like as you said, nobody likes to raise their taxes, right? And there's high tax sensitivity and this is the only one time that anybody gets to go vote no on their taxes being raised. You know, if they're disenfranchised or disgrunt disgruntled on anything related to taxes, by God, they're going to come say we know that. Okay. Um but I mean that's I think that's just part of it. We did we didn't make the rules but we have to this is the world that we live in and this is why we have to go out and we have to sell it to really talk about what
054do schools mean to our community and do school strong schools mean strong communities? I believe they do. I'm sure you all believe they do too. But do does everyone? And and us being strong will make everybody strong. And when we go out and we talk to some of the economists and the the people that that uh do study labor because there's huge labor shortages in in our area. Um the number one thing that resonated with me is they said that all of your workers and all of your manufacturers in in your area are the kids right in that high school, right? And we need to prepare them to live in that world, to thrive, to keep our community strong and hopefully, you know, have them want to stay here and raise their family in our
055community. I definitely think like what Sue said, getting people in the building cuz I went for the tour and I was like, "This is some janky school right here." I could not believe what the teachers are making do with. I my the tour I went on was the old core and I was like this is like a prison. I mean it's crazy. And then the fax room like how they're doing what they do in this room with this low ceiling and like oh my gosh it's horrible. And then they were talking about how exciting there's all these new programs that that fax teachers can do. So, like I guess Elk River has a big fancy tech high school and they were like, "Oh, they have this cafeteria where the students make the food and cater
056and you can rent it out for like weddings and stuff." And like I'm thinking, "This is how we sell it. We tell people we can make money off the school, you know, like uh people from other communities that would come in, they would they would pay to rent out the facilities and you know, so I think a we get people in there and show them as a dungeon and b we point out like all the ways that we could actually use the facilities to bring in I mean it's not probably gonna it might just balance out the expenses but at least it's something you know it sounds positive like you're using it to make money as well as giving students experience, but like they could we could have like kids doing how many times on
057the Princeton bulletin board are people complaining about mechanics and how expensive and what if the kids could like have a mechanic shop where they're like fixing cars for low cost stuff like that. I don't know. Sounds like very nice. [Laughter] So just so just for this group don't clutter it up too much based on mechanical age stuff You know, I think that has to be a big part of the discussion in the public even some of the dayers might say yes if they know the building's going to fall down on that basic point. I think maybe it's changing because it isn't the rural farm community it used to be, but it's still a way to go. Friends are tough to pass. It's going to be a challenge. I'll do everything I can. They're a committee
058member, right? Okay. Um, the task force is is hopeful that the school board will make a swift decision regarding the proposed recommendation. The evident enthusiasm of the community throughout the first phase of this process is ready to spill over into the next. We are excited for the district to take the steps to move Princeton into the future. Please let us know how we can help you to reach a consensus to move forward with the November referendum and go our stripes. Go Tigers. So the task force knows the board and next I alluded to this uh in two Tuesdays June 3rd we will convene with one board agenda item. It's a work session only to address this topic. The board has been instructed to kind of send their questions, concerns, thoughts, anything on their mind to
059me so then I can get it the elders and role then ICS and any other players involved to help prepare answers to all of their questions. And it hypothetically speaking, if the board uh had a really productive next meeting and was prepared to pass a motion to submit a review and comment to the Minnesota Department of Ed, uh they could do that at this very next meeting that would allow our architects and engineers to assist us in writing and preparing something to submit to MD. um if uh the board felt like they needed more time and we still have time to pass a resolution to submit a review and comment at that next June meeting. So we'll have we'll be optimistic we'll have something prepared for a motion for the board at the next June
0603rd if you're ready. If you're not then you would have to go to that following meeting. I would advise the board that if we want to get anything on a ballot for next November, which is kind of in the timeline we've been discussing around in the task force, that we would be have to be prepared to submit a review and comment by the June 17th meeting. If for some reason uh you chose not to uh then you know that's at the board's discretion on how you'd want to move forward. You just won't be able to do anything for the November uh election season. Okay. Um, so that's kind of the the timing that we are looking at. I one last thing, we have um Brian and Robert in the back and Todd and they have
061been so helpful to the task force and I want to thank them as well and it's kind of now our turn to turn them over to you guys. Now you're about comments, questions, gonna prove the point as you know categories are out by assigned [Music] restrict start technology and activity account realize that those are for the Chromebook kind of insurance that we collect money parents who choose to opt into the program and then the Are we having as it is a like a little blip skyward. So if there's a way like we have the blip in Skyward but also I I for it and I still miss it. So if that's something second thing that could go out and like be a red track or something like hey if you missed it here's your chance.
062Well, I think word when we do our forms every year at least it's filled into that mandatory forms before that click there if you want it or not and then go to rep check before you get your teachers assignments. I think it's part of that at the high school. There's a spot where it's somewhere agree to the technology. See, but I don't know that it really encourages you to do like I think it might be just a good reminder to have our tech. Yeah. September. We don't really fall. Yeah, we don't really tell it to replace my son's problem if he drops in the bathtub. I just sent that email to Emily. She's the one that creates and assisted in that enrollment process every year and qualified time to do work. you have to click
063that you're going to do it in the home page. Yeah. So if there's like even just like a reminder link or something that could be sent like hey if you clicked I mean it could be a reminder either way like if you didn't click it you still have time. So I don't know. Yeah we just could it's not going to get us a whole lot of money but I mean Yeah. Yep. Um the program initi Then here [Music] are some [Music] pilots down there. Six math adoption. That's for this year just questions. Sunset. expenses. Turns out step up. [Music] Um there are grounds summer that action We're actually on a safety and security added this topic. last year to this plan and um we actually have two buildings [Music] now. Um this will continue that
064uh buildings and grounds. They are closer to stern of years old. At first, we had a $60,000 line item here. I believe that um not sure about that, but that's where we're going to start. We're not immediate. Um this bedroom remodel Thank you. Yes. services products. Yeah. staff devices and infrastructure. Uh usually we have more emphasis on students but we have the ability for a year to put a little more business center in structure. So um we just told the whole summary sheet separate that shows things broken out that um of course the soccer as one of our to the unassigned as you can that tax staffing. Um, one of our budget staff question for tech staffing. Is that something that say we pass a CPL or something eventually? Could that be the sophomore would
065be able to structure all of that fun and then teaching for a while if I have a pot another pot of money just kind of keep moving things. Yep. Uh and then uh under other of course is furniture fixtures and I spread out 95,000 negative balance. first. So I'm actually unless you really want to I'm not cover a lot of this because your projects um six projects are over on the side going to talk about one health safety based on our 10ear plan update. Um and then we always have about 100 200,000 projects um planned out through various various um Hback hardware. What I also have on here is parking lot. So the parking lot did last me. So, middle school prep is going to be a little bit more expensive. So um we and
066when I say number interest is not in this bond that um so interests. Um, building fund budget is the Next is a fun one but I wanted to film. So we have just millions and [Music] estimating funds that we have and then I did investment two on the projects that we have for our expense. It's not a onetoone relationship to the actual project between years. And of course, we never know exactly how fast Our revenue actually fell over 300,000 years. So our revenue and our current Um there is some summer school money reserve for that summer basically two years of fun if we do not have you know if our economic disadvantage doesn't go up um our funding will go it was trending You got to remember that. But what ended up happening with this
067on that. Um what we have on this list here currently is for this year we will not have to reanalyze where all of our staff lands these positions here. Yes, that's what we're going to start with. But I would [Music] expect that then we got to find out where they went. Got lots of bubbies. All right. Staff development is very balance here,000. This plan is um pretty much like district staff develop plan for our staff. Um, last year we had as much charge back. I would suspect in much heavier. Uh, two [Music] weeks restricted, which used to be an assignment, but this year goes into restricted. It's our plan and that is by the teachers and usriven by that plan. They are aware of it. the line that has 70,000 says classes. Um number of
068classes that class may have this year I won't know that but that is one year one item [Music] that I don't The other salary. Follow That's why [Music] We'll just skip to that line. Our estimated expense is Thank you. Let's [Music] say level five sets. And then of course um we also list all fun balances in total. Oh yeah. Okay. here. So expenses up. I I think should just be% that 5.1 million science is going to be pretty and I can really then depend on how much we we want to we how much we want to dip into the dollars to offset and points down. Those are the things you're going to have to discuss. And just so you're not [Music] dire, but [Music] And then our graders [Music] are got to grow our programs.
069Um I did list uh I have attached the um changes that we made reductions adds here. We have staff coming back to this point about and estimated expenditures. This does not She just know. So but otherwise excited [Music] Next one. Thank God this Sure. Um the only area that is right up there is child. That's Very small. We received it on that. And we also just received seats for this year. So that's orange. And then of course the last one that's our building and we have money% for that [Music] year. And what we're required So that is our um Sorry, Michelle. [Music] primary. I want to put this on the board as something to consider. As you know, schools analyze that and it just seemed like there's two obstacles uh due to two reasons. One
070was driver shortage. literally feel like drivers and that plus the increase in expenditures given our financial position and feel like that would be prudent of us to do. But upon further analysis, we did find that we could add five more minutes to the day instead of 15 at no cost. Okay. And I guess the way I think is why not if we can get five more minutes, let's take five more minutes. But I did not want to make that decision in isolation. I wanted to run it by you. Basically, it would keep the state the same. Uh start times uh start times and end times would be the same at the middle school and high school. No change there. The start time at the primary and intermediate would be the same. The only thing that
071would be different would be the end time at the primary and intermediate would change from 1:45 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. That's my recommendation that we do that. I entertain any questions from you or push back on reasons why we wouldn't do that. I get it's only five more minutes, but five more minutes some five more minutes is like lunch lineup time. That's a whole walk in from one room to the next. It's five people like five minutes. So, I mean that's uh you know I don't even know that why needed to vote. If you want to vote on it next meeting, you certainly can. That's kind of an operational kind of but I certainly wouldn't want to do that without advice and get in your advisor for an extra like I did I did tell
072our principles to move forward with that planning unless I told them differently after I [Music] spoke as that because that's one of I think it is important for us to acknowledge and realize that the the the length of time that teachers have worked and their contracted hours have never changed. However, when we went to um tiered busing, they had less time with students. Their day was the same. So bas basically they had less time with students. Therefore, may they have more time where there's variety of need and things that they do, but it's not going to impact. We're going to move forward. The extra five minutes just come like change in the bus. I think it's just logistics. I think it's just like I think as they've done it, they Well, we can we can
073probably get five. It's just more after correct. Where's the positive? went out and drove all the roads and then came back and said how long they should take. I can tell that you have a different bus driver about how fast they make the loop through the neighbor. It's amazing. Jason broke one day was like 20 minutes early. Both bikes missed. They're really early. You need a ride and roll. Get out. Tuck and roll next. I think everybody we have one action item tonight. comments. There may be a video that they'll send me that they'll ask me to pass on. Uh, it's a resolution. So, let's vote by call. We'll start with Yes. Yes. All right. Uh motion passes and we need a motion to go into our close meeting to discuss. Motion's been made by
074Eric MS. Is there a second? Second by Eric Stber. Any comments or questions? All in favor say I. All right. A couple weeks. That is correct. Jump on this. My man There's I wasn't sure. You know what I think?