001Um, it is so call meeting to order. All members are present with the exception of Cheryl and Cruz. Um, I know Cheryl or excuse me, Gerald's coming later, so we'll go right into communication items. All right. Um, well, I will start by inviting our elementary principal up to hear what's happening. Um, I'm actually going to run over and flip on Can you just flip on that yellow the white light switch for me, please? Um, it's been a little bit since we've heard from our our building administrators because July we only have the one meeting and so uh let's hear what's happening at the elementary. Yes. Uh good evening. Just want to provide some summer highlights. Um our building has been busy um filled with students and various activities uh throughout. We've hosted uh numerous community
002education classes, uh vacation bible school, our pause program, I'm sure Chris will talk about. We also hosted our extended school year um summer school to students as well as other activities. So, we've been busy. Um with that, our food service has also been very busy uh serving over 3,500 breakfast and I can't read that far. uh 5,900 lunches during the months of June, July, and August. So, they are wrapping up this week um in preparation uh for kitchen cleaning and services next week. So, they've done a very nice job uh serving um our students and community members as they come in over the summer. I just want to say thank you for all of their efforts. also this summer um finishing up um hiring and welcoming our new staff uh which is our new staff
003orientation is August 21st so that's coming up looking forward to welcoming our newest bulldog members to our team um technology department want to just say thank you to Leah and Kayla for their summer work preparing uh for students to return and staff to return as well and certainly recognizing custodial staff, um Barry, Sandy, and Mary and Ken making sure that our um building and grounds are ready for everybody to return. And while they were there over the summer, um so they've done a nice job getting our space ready. Also this summer, um Amy Span and I attended a training called Managing to Lead. Um that was a training for principles and office staff focusing on strategies for effective organization and collaboration really streamlining um the work that her and I do together uh to build
004efficiency and to be more effective um along that teamwork line. So that was a great training. We both walked away with um new strategies and ideas to refine some of our current strategies. So, that was great. Also, this summer, um, Mr. Rasmmanson and I worked on the student handbook, just doing some updates, um, that you'll hear about after a bit. Looking forward to the school year, I've included a link to our supply list for families, as well as information for our welcome back meet and greet, which you can see the dates and times there. Um, that link went out to families to sign up for the meet and greet conference. that is 15 minutes allocated for their child to come in and meet the teacher and see their learning space for the year. Um we've
005had great attendance in the past and I anticipate um that again. We're looking forward to that. On current enrollment, Amy has been busy in the office um accepting new enrollments um trickling in and so you can kind of see tenative numbers right now for K5, but um more being added. I feel like each day she's sending an an update to me with with an email. Um wanted to share out my goals. Um and I did take some time to refine my purpose statement. Um we as an administrative team last year did some work around our purpose statement and and what is our why for the work that we do. Um, so my refined purpose statement is to live with authenticity and optimism. Serving and empowering others to create a positive impact. Um, my anchor, authenticity
006and optimism stayed there as well as serving and empowering others. Um, so just worked on refining the wording there. But that's really my purpose in serving as elementary principal. I also wanted to provide goals for the school year. Uh, similar to last year, working on our ELA curriculum and standard alignment and also with MDE um approving the new 2022 Minnesota math standards. So, making sure that um with staff that we're taking the time to learn what those shifts are and changes to the math standards that are are coming out. Um in addition, social emotional behavioral continuing with our PBIS and character strong making sure that um we're really providing tools and skill sets for the whole child um even outside of the academic realm. Looking at school of excellence goals, um we are still waiting
007to hear back from um MESPA to see where we're at with that. I anticipate the end of the month or September we should hear back. Um but regardless, we will move forward with our goals. Um the information that we derived from that process. And so you can see the kind of the top four. Um making sure that every student has a strong adult connection, expanding family voice and engagement, expanding consistent and clear communication to our school community, and then to build learner ownership through goal setting. Those were our four big takeaways in that process. And so we have an action plan that will help us get to that point and achieve those goals. And then lastly, continuing with connections and culture, um building those positive and effective relationships um students, staff, and the community. And
008then the images at the very bottom just for families um to take a peek at. And that middle one is for transportation needs. making sure that families are reaching out uh to the bus company to get that set up if needed. So, questions, comments as we gear up for welcome back. >> Yes, your lunch numbers. Um how does that compare to like last year? Is that is it consistent? Is it growing or is it >> It's funny because I when Lori came and gave me those numbers, we both asked the same thing. Oh, I wonder where we were last year. And I meant to go back to uh the board report this time last year and I completely forgot to do that. So, I do have that same question. >> Okay. Yeah, it'll be interesting.
009>> Unfortunately, I can't speak to it because I didn't go back. >> All right. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Um we'll invite up uh Mr. Rasmusen. Jesse, come on up and let's hear what's happening at the secondary. >> All right. Good evening everybody. Uh we have had a great summer. It's been a busy summer for us as well. As Cassie alluded to, it'd be hardressed to find a a day where the building's empty and there's nothing going on. And uh so it's been a really busy fun summer. Uh in the office, we've been doing a lot of planning and pray uh preparing and kind of dreaming about all the things that we can do. And so we are excited and and ready to start the school year and and get things in motion. So,
010um, just a a fun energy to this time of the year as we prepare to get everything going. Um, I want to I want to make sure I extend my gratitude to Ken, Brad, Dave, Sandy, and Stephen uh for all of their hard work this summer. Uh, it is no small task to get all of these all of the rooms pulled out, everything s um finished down and then rewaxed. Uh, the building looks great and we are so excited to fill these rooms with students again. and um show off our beautiful spaces. We do have uh Cassie mentioned too that we have our new staff orientation on August 21st. Uh we've brought on some new Bulldog team members that I'm excited to welcome into the fold and get them ready to go uh for the
011next school year during that new staff orientation. And then some staffing updates. We're currently hiring two positions. We're still looking for a vocal music teaching position and a few food service position, but I'm excited to say we have interviews scheduled for both of those positions uh this week. So, progress is um getting some traction on those ones. So, uh some updates to the 2526 school year. Uh we are gearing up for the start of the school year with our secondary open house on Wednesday, August 27th, uh from 5 to 7. I just want to encourage families to attend. It's a great time to walk around uh to get to go to your class, go to the classes, see the schedule, see the building, see all the cool spaces we have, visit the innovation center, uh
012walk down to the pack if you haven't been down there. You know, just really really get to see the cool things that we have to offer here at Payesville. I did want to take a minute to update you on the schedule. So, last year we kind of embarked on this journey. We had had a rolled in motion this five period day and we moved away from having English and math to half a year but having it every other day all year and so I just wanted to update you and let you know that that's going to be continuing this year. We felt like we had good momentum with that schedule and we just want to continue with that momentum and build on on the great things that we're already doing. Um we started again last
013year we began lead time where we started doing interventions for sixth through eighth graders and so we are going to continuing with the lead time program this year and and our hope is we're going to expand it now again to 9th grade. So we're going to continue building on the program that we have and building that and and and bring more people into the intervention uh space. So um just really really cool things that we have going on. Uh, as Cassie alluded to, she had some goals for the the school year, and I wanted to I wanted to share with you my goals here. Um, so the my first goal is to kind of expand the lead time and intervention programming. We talked a lot a lot last year about expanding interventions to math. And
014so, we've done some things to build math in. We built some time into the schedule for our math teachers to have intervention time. And so, we really wanted to um support math students as well as reading students. So both of those core areas to kind of build up on that. Um our goal is 70% of students to meet or exceed their growth targets by the spring benchmark. So um it's our goal for this year for lead time. And so uh it's a I think it's a very achievable goal for us and I'm excited to see us work towards it. Last year we also started Character Strong andCL over here. We've been doing another program and we just started Character Strong and and some of the curriculum we didn't bring on until a little ways into
015the year. So my second goal is around character strong and curriculum. I just want to make sure that that's fully implemented and running and that we are doing that with fidelity um and consistent weekly lessons. I'm excited to really build on character strong stuff. And then um we also we also like Cassie last year we brought on a new sixth through 8th grade ELA curriculum this year. And so my third goal is around that to effectively implement the new sixth through eighth grade language arts curriculum uh in all of our middle school ELA classes. and this will be our first year that we're implementing that. I'm excited to see us build on that. So, >> any questions or >> I I don't have a question, but I do have a comment for Cassie and Jesse.
016I thank you so much for sharing your goals. Uh, and it I it means a lot as far as looking at your leadership skills and stuff to number one share them to the school board. So, we have something that's benchmarking that we're looking at where you're at, but more importantly also to the public to to those uh those folks out there because I know you've already shared those uh with with Janelle uh as far as being being the leader and and how you do that type of stuff, but that is just really awesome that uh that you're able to uh as far as your leadership able to uh let the public know this is where we plan on going so they can look at where their their child is, where their students are at, and
017are you through them meeting your goals? Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Jesse. >> All right. So, let's hear what's been happening in our activities department. >> Here we go. First practice has started up today for uh 7th through 12th grade cross country. That was up this morning on the track. 9th through 12th grade volleyball and then nth grade football. And then uh junior high volleyball, junior high football will start on the first day of school September 2nd. So it's exciting to see all those kids walking through the halls today and I was in my office and I could hear the volleyball players down in the gym cheering and chanting away and clapping and all that stuff. So a lot of energy. Uh Chris Wolf, Tim Patrick and Nicole Humber all back as our
018head coaches for cross country football and our volleyball programs. Uh volleyball already has a scrimmage schedule later this week that we're going to be hosting. They'll be down in the pack and in the high school gym. So, great to have I think we have six teams total participating from like 9 until 1 o'clock. So, that's awesome that we're using all of our spaces. Um, homecoming, we're getting that kind of in the works here pretty soon with homecoming week, but it's like eight days. So, it's uh September 15th through September 23rd. And the reason that it went an extra couple days is because our cross country meet is right after that Thursday, Friday volleyball football homecoming date on the schedule. So, we figured we better uh include those uh cross country runners and highlight our program
019there in our our home meet that we have on September 23rd. So, can we can include all three of our varsity sports for the fall. Uh we had an activities meeting last night in the auditorium at 7 o'clock for all of our sports and activities for 7th to 12th grade students and families. So it's great to see a lot of people in the building getting their forms and fees taken care of right away. And then just want to conclude by thanking all those people that came. We had a speaker last night, Paul Merrick. He is going to be our new sideline trainer during football games. He's also helping us out with trying to find additional coverage for other events throughout the school year and he'll be working together with Will Bernie who was helping us
020last year and uh those guys are dedicating their time and giving uh donating to us and we really appreciate them meeting there and giving us coverage and Paul talked last night about the importance of diagnosing injuries and um treating those injuries so the athlete is safe. we can get on the proper road to recovery as soon as possible and hopefully back on the field and back on the court. So, yeah, they'll be with us throughout the year and then we have some other people trying to help us out finding coverage as well. So, any questions? >> All right, thanks so much. Appreciate the update. >> Um, let's find out what's happening in community ed. So, Chris, come on up. give us the ed update. [Applause] All right. Well, we've had a busy summer. Uh the
021weather hasn't been always so uh kind to our programs. We had a lot of outdoor activities that had to get rescheduled, cancelled, moved. they played makeup games and had two or three maybe four games in a row. So, it was it was uh challenging in that aspect with uh with the weather and with having multiple teams and multiple leagues to try to you know get that taken care of. But we pulled we we made it through. Um I in wreck we wreck and enrichment over the summer we had offered 35 classes. 29 of them went um and for our fiscal year we offered 172 different classes and activities with 161 classes um money. So we had 2100 just over 2100 participants. Um I didn't put the other the other status that was 1,000 just a
022little over 1,000 were um repeats. So there was quite a few people that just you know individual as well. >> Um, pause program. Oh, we have such a good staff. We have they're offering theme debased activities. They're trying to keep kids busy and active and um uh safe and and so, you know, we've just had a good good summer. We a little challenging to be outside. It's either too wet, too smoky, or too hot. So, we are we are trying our best to be outside. But, but we did have bring in some events. We had the wildlife safari, the raptor center, the big fun shows tomorrow. I don't I think it's a magician. So, I'm not sure exactly what that's going to be. And and then we had one um off-site field trip where we
023went to the Dorothy Olsson Aquatic Center. We also partnered with the library. So, that one picture in the corner is a little maker space activity. They brought a group two artists in and they just brought all kinds of recyclable material. Those kids were making all kinds of interesting sculptures with uh you know like things we throw away. So, who knew that that was you know now I'm that's all the supplies I'm gonna have for Paws. It's just garbage. No, just kidding. They enjoyed that. It was super fun. Um another thing we did this summer, we had our playground build. Um it was truly a community event. I I I have been in community at a long time and this was uh probably one of my top top community projects that that I've done and or
024that we've done isn't but just been a part of. There was there were volunteers and people in this room. There were volunteers uh volunteers and workers from the school district. Ken and his crew and Janellen was there and we had, you know, we had a couple board members there. Um businesses, they showed up. Um the community foundation sent a bunch of people. Dustin and his crew from the recovery center. We could not have finished without them because that was we we we started the project on the 23rd and the weather called for torrential rain on Wednesday and so we just worked really hard and built got everything in in the two days. Ken got somebody with cement to come in so we could get that in before it rained. And so it was it was
025a you know, a great undertaking. There's more to be done and, you know, if the weather cooperates, we can try to get it to be finished, but we're the goal is to be finished, you know, when school starts. That is the hope that it will have the flooring in and the curb and the fence piece in. So, um, so that is our hope, but that's just a couple pictures. I It was just I couldn't believe we got it done in the two days, honestly. the guy that they the guy in the yellow in that second picture was the um person sent from uh flagship and he was just like, "Wow, you guys got that done in two days." I mean, just so it was a it was a good a good undertaking. >> So, the
026flooring isn't in yet. >> No, not yet. >> We have got the curbing put in and we had to do some drainage work. Yeah. Yeah. Um then the rural child care initiative program and Janelle just talked about that a little bit uh prior to a meeting, but we're um this is a group of people in the community that were talking about child care, you know, the the struggles and the lack of it and and maybe um hoping that we could maybe come up with some solutions and some ideas. So, uh, two events will be happening. There'll be the, uh, childcare, um, provider appreciation event. That's on the 22nd. Believe that is at the, um, at the brewery. >> Coronus Brewery. >> Corona. Yep. Coronas Brewery. Um, and then the town hall meeting. town hall meetings
027open for anyone that wants to be involved and um just talk about uh solutions and plans and and uh so that's going to be held on November 3rd at Konos Hills Retreat Center. So one of the things we're asking people uh employers, parents, community members is we actually have a child care survey and that's the QR code that's right there. um people can take that survey and that the data from the survey will be the conversations that will lead the conversations on November 3rd. So um if people have questions, send them our you know our direction. Um we we really need to hear from people in the community uh regarding this topic. So >> So does that go out in in the press and on Facebook then where they can get >> So it'll be
028going out in the press. Um it'll also um >> went in my catalog. >> It's gone in the catalog. It'll I'm going to send it directly to via the school district to the parents. >> Um but >> the survey closes October 31st. >> So some of that was we didn't want it to get lost in the summer busyness. So we're hoping to get that out um within the next few weeks while it's kind of fresh in the mind of back to school and >> we can get that out. Yeah, I put up a display in the pack that people, you know, as as the pack gets busier, it's just something to look at. It has, you know, a lot of that information that we just talked about, but just we um we're we're um also
029trying to put promote it at the concerts. So, and Gerald and I have been in the back and handed out some of our little business cards and things for people. So, um, we're starting and like like Janelle said, it's the 31st is a good ways away. We want people to really, you know, want to focus on that as it gets closer. So, one other piece to add is that um this there is a survey that's also going to our um employers in town to understand what their experiences around child care as well. And so, that's just something um that's because it's it's twofold. it's a family's experience and it's a business experience. So that information is going out and then uh so that might be the other survey that people see. >> Um the pack
030and fitness center we we've just had a ver you know it's summer it's been it was busy there were classes and camps and and and because the weather has been crazy we've had a lot of pickle ballers that are are still coming. So, so it was a we didn't really have downtime in the pack like we kind of normally do in the summer. A little bit lately like afternoon is it's kind of a you know nobody sounds so sure if you need quiet time come to the pack in the afternoon. That's a good. So, um and then we're moving to an update our software or our membership software so it allows for our members to manage their accounts online. Um, I'm pretty sure there'll be an online feature to buy a membership. Um, so those
031are some things we're um going to be trying to implement here in the next couple months. Well, now now to fall. The catalog came out at the be just just right at the end of July, beginning of August. So, we are getting registrations in all our classes like we normally would. So, that's that's been nice. our preschool, we have two sections of three year olds, which is full, and three sections of four-year-olds, which still has some room in it. So, we're I'm hoping that there might be a few parents out there looking for some preschool opportunities for their kids. Um, we uh we sent a link for our parents to participate in the um online portal that we have for campus. I think Leah will talk about that in more detail, but our preschool families
032got to kind of go through that process. We had a few bumps and, you know, little things we had to fix, but I I think I haven't really heard a whole lot. I think overall it was a a good process. So, I we will more to come on that, but that allows parents to not get, you know, inundated with paperwork. They could just go in and fill out their family accounts and get that set up. We have early childhood family edit, two classes. Uh hopefully they'll pick up on the registrations. We are offering it multi-age for zero to two and then a preschool prep for two and three year olds. Pause. We have just over 75 students um registered. There's a few on the wait list. I'm working on some staffing, but once I can
033get that, then we can clear the weight list. Um usually we do. It just makes parents panic a little. So um this year we're participating in the meet and greets. So we are not having child care during September 2nd which is new. We typically had child care but then parents would come in and want to ask a ton of questions of the staff members and they were busy working with kids. So we felt like that um this would be a good opportunity for our staff to be involved in the meet and greets and and um answer parents questions and So, so that's new this year. So, our first day of service is September 3rd. Um, and then finally, just to something that in the horizon, we have the homecoming tailgate party and uh so I'm
034coordinating that and last year admin staff, we we did all the cooking and serving and then along with uh some helpers from the American Legion. So, Queso American Legion is sponsoring and partnering with us again. So, um, we are getting ready to plan and get that event ready to go. >> I'm sure there's more, but I just can't think of it. >> So, that's a lot. Let's go. >> Yeah. Any questions? >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh, buildings and grounds. Ken, let's hear what's going on in the uh, world of buildings and grounds. >> Oh, good evening. First of all, big shout out to them folks that came out and helped clean up all the trees and the mess. Oh my gosh, we get a lot of work done in a short period
035of time. That was awesome. So, huge shout out. So, playground over there. Uh I was told late last week that the fence is going to shift this week or we should have it this week. So, then we can keep moving forward with that whole project. We're kind of waiting on that. Um so, I'm hoping that happens. Uh, I've been working on that science room. It's been abaded. Um, waiting for a couple quotes for cabinets. Doors should be coming here shortly to get that installed. Moving right along slowly, surely. So, looks weird with nothing in it. I do have that cement work in there to do. We're going to polish it. We did where the door was going to go. had the staff go in and just do that area and it looks really nice, I
036think. So, and I did have a tour this summer of a different school that has 100% concrete that's polished and they are absolutely adamant that that's the best way they best maintenance and just easy. So, uh the more we can do with that, the happier I'll be. So, um, been working on the stadium. We've had them leaks. That's been a kind of a thorn. I've got a lot of that, uh, flashing up, about half done already. So, in my spare time, I go out and got Brad out there helping a little bit and we keep putting up some flashing, keep the water out, try to get that all fixed. Found a big leak down by the auditorium. I've got a fan in the back room. Um, so I'm going to have to have some patches
037put on up there that's on that 2001 roof. So, um, I actually contacted roof one. I thought they did such a nice job and he says, "Yep, send somebody out and patch it up." So, um, got the parking lot lights figured out. It did take them twice to come out. It was a programming issue. They think it was from maybe a power outage from the lightning strikes or something. She had to go back. He downloaded the whole system, took it back to the their texts and kind of crazy, but I don't see them on. And it actually ended up being just uh somehow it linked up to one of the motion lights sensors inside the building. So that's why they would come on at roofing times as soon as somebody walking down. So a little
038just dumb stuff like that. Fun little technology. So, um, and then yeah, I'm still struggling with lawnmowers. I do have another one down again, the grasshopper. Just keeping that on your guys' radar. They've been down. I've been having one of them was just an oil line. Just took a little bit to get the oil line back in because the way it's mounted and stuff, they went forever. They want a lot of money to do the work. So, I just take it on myself and get her done. So, >> it's been so dry. I didn't think you guys It's unreal how many hours we put on the motors. It's crazy. >> So, I got to give a shout out to them, too. >> Had to throw that in there. >> Oh my god. >> Agreed. >>
039Them guys are doing awesome. And if you look, it's always trimmed. It's always done. >> They have done a nice job. >> So, so that's uh all I've got. Any questions? Kim, do you uh you said that there's some cement work and there's a fence. Is that something that's contract? Do you guys need any? >> I'm gonna do it myself. Yeah, I can. I'm gonna call that uh Dustin. >> Dustin, I'm gonna call him um for sure to help. >> When it comes, I'll I can send you a text. I guess >> I know Gerald had talked to me already said he'd come and help. Yeah, we're going to form that up. Push post and form it up. drill another hole for that water problem that we have and uh get some rock over there
040and so on. So >> I had to give you that lawn more and get dig. >> Oh yeah. >> All right. >> Thank you Ken. >> All right. and then we'll invite Leah Mus up to kind of give a a update on what's been happening with technology. Thank you. So, the technology department has had a really productive and forward moving summer. For the first time, we successfully kept all the student Chromebooks in house over the summer. So, this allowed us more efficient maintenance in preparation for the fall deployment. Um this has helped streamline the repairs, reduce hopefully reduce our turnaround time and better support the student students and staff for upcoming school year. Um we've also purchased a more rugged version of our Chromebooks this year in hopes that we have less screen repairs. That's
041our biggest most common repair. So any any luck that works this year. Um the incoming sixth and ninth graders are those that get the new devices this year. So they'll be our testers on that. Um, our plan is to redistribute the Chromebooks during the secondary open house as Liz mentioned. Um, we're really pleased to or I'm really pleased to welcome a new team member to the technology department. Caleb Freeler started at the beginning of July and he's already um strengthened our ability to respond to daily tech needs as well as long-term projects across the district. So, it's been great to have him. Um, additionally, we've been implementing the new online registration platform, which Chris referred to. Uh, the preschool was our soft opening for enrollments. Um, the online registration, it's a process for families to
042it's designed to improve our data accuracy um, and to simplify the registration process for families and reduce the workload on office staff during the busy back to school season. Uh we we did the soft soft pull with the preschool and hoping hoping very soon to open it up for for all students. Uh current parents will be able to access online registration through their parent portal and new families will be able to access through a link on our district website. And that's the highlights of our summer. Um we're looking forward to another great school year. So, I just want to add one thing in regards to the online registration. The number of hours and the troubleshooting and the problem solving that Leah and um Miranda and Cassandra have done is just um there it has just
043been a lot. And um I'm excited to uh have updated information that's consistent, accurate, and parents are going to be able to have uh they'll be able to do an annual update so it is smoother for our our current families. Um but the amount of back and forth was just a lot. So, uh thank you to Leah and her team because it was that was a heavy lift. Thank you. Okay, any other questions for technology? Thank you. >> All right. All right. So, as you could see, lots of uh lots of development over the course of the summer, which has been great. So, um thank you for all those updates. >> So, we will move on to handbook presentations. Okay. >> Uh so, I don't know if Mr. Rasmmanson and Mrs. Bakerson did paper rock
044scissors, but uh whoever is going to come on up and update the district handbook. Um did you want me to open the handbook or the overview? >> Um maybe just the overview. >> I got it. >> You're gonna get both of us again. >> No, we we paper rocked with both. >> I like it. >> There you go. So, as you probably remember or or recall, we went through a fairly major rewrite to our handbook last year where previous years we had both an elementary and a secondary handbook. And last last summer, we set apart the task of combining them and creating a district handbook. So, what you're going to see this year is is considerably less updates, uh more so um just some updating of language and things like that and and stuff. and
045and Cass will start by walking through some of our our changes, but that's the reason why you're not seeing a whole lot of updates is because of the major revision last year. >> So, we just made some formatting corrections. Uh things that stood out to us this time around as we were fine to combing it. Uh so, you'll see some of those. Um certainly updating personnel and contact information. Um newest board members have been added in there. Um that's updated. Um we have a lot of active links throughout the handbook. So Jesse checked all of those and made sure those went to the right spot. Um and then looking at um we had an MTSS section and so we added the personal learning plans in there. Uh so that was an addition just kind of
046spelling out what those are and when families can expect to receive those. Uh some other changes uh we looked at some language around early graduation and just clarified some of our procedure around uh students who decide to graduate early. Um, we added some language into our dress code language that kind of talks about some uh administrative and teacher discretion along with the the dress code. Um, some field trips. We also added some statements about um some participation and how students may not be able to participate or participate in field trips. And then finally, we noticed that um we wanted to make sure that what was in the handbook was um consistent with what we are current practices in our emergency binder. And so we updated some of the safety procedures in there to uh closely
047align with our emergency binder. >> Any questions for either Mr. Rasmusen or Mrs. Akerson or the guarding handbook. >> Thank you all combined to get >> something. >> All right. Thank you. Uh activities Mr. Hendrickson, this is going to be a big one. >> It's pretty quiet on that front. Uh I just went through and updated those links much like uh our principles were just saying. I went through on the bottom we have all of our coaches where we have all of our coaches and advisors and things like that for some positions that we have open and some of the head coaches that we've hired and assistants and things like that. Uh so I didn't make any major revisions or anything. just kind of updated everything with what we currently have. So, >> any questions
048regarding activities? >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. Um, pause and preschool. We'll do those kind of back to back. So, you can let me know which one you >> put up first. >> I'll pull pause first because that's the one that was first in line. Perfect. Actually, there's not a whole lot of changes like like my um colleagues just updated uh information uh especially around with the addition of early release to to just you know let parents know what happens on an early release uh whether that is weather or a planned early release. Um so there's not a lot of changes in the pause book. >> Okay. I guess I was going to ask you before your pause um you had 108 registered last summer. How does that compare to like
049last year, the year before? >> About about the same. Yep. Yep. They're they're run about the same. And we >> Yeah, it's it's >> you know by maybe a few Yeah. Yeah. It's not a significant growth or or loss. >> Uh this is our preschool uh and bathroom. I put them together because uh it wraparound care is we call it little pause but it is a preschool programming so it helps families have a full day event and I really focused more on the 2-hour late starts two-hour release um and and uh we just had to clarify some busing so um to make it consistent so that we're able to make sure that you know kids are have a routine and our staff have the routine down so we are know where kids are. So, so
050it was just more of kind of cleaning up and clarifying what um uh about busing. >> So, um so I know that uh um the uh the preschool one just came in. If there are any questions that come up between now and the end of the month, just let me know. Um but there were the really the revisions were surrounding um the transportation and so we just wanted to confirm with our bus company that we were all on the same page. So all right um oh my gosh and then it comes to me for the employee handbook um the employee handbook too um has you know like the the sub the personnel updates and board members. Um, let me share that. Um, and then, uh, really the what you're going to notice for two key
051areas. Um, they they're just highlighted with new. I guess I I did clean up the, uh, the table of contents a little bit because they it was a little bit messy. Um, and I put the right leave of absence pieces in there. So, um, when you come down to the Minnesota paid family medical leave, um, that is really acknowledging the fact that as of January 2026, that leave takes effect. Um, there are many details yet to be, uh, confirmed and worked out. So, really, it's just linking. Um the biggest probably most helpful resource in this handbook is going to be the link to DED's website to keep track of all of um the latest information surrounding the Minnesota Pay leave program. Um and then similarly um just linked in the earn safe and sick time
052information um that we've specifically kind of received um over the course of the last year. So we have our employee notice in there. Um, again, you're going to see uh where to find the most updated information, which is also um a hyperlink to the URG safe and sick times. Um, again, trying to really use make sure that this handbook is a resource um just like the others talked about um having as many things hyperl to direct sources as possible. So, those are two of the biggest uh updates throughout uh throughout the handbook. Um, other than that, again, it's uh this is in draft form, so if there's anything that comes up between now and the end of August, please let me know. Um, but calendars been updated, staff personnel have been updated, and those two
053new sections were added. Any questions on that? Okay, we'll move on to the administrative retreat. Okay. So, last year um at this meeting I talked a little bit about uh what our administrative team had done and Cassie referenced it a little bit where we did a lot of work with Cindra Campoff's um beyond grit. So this year uh we are working through um the working genius. And so if anyone is familiar with uh Patrick Lencion um and I'm sorry if somebody is Italian and I butchered that, but I just I owned it until all of a sudden I was halfway through and thought that's probably not right, but that's what we do. That's right. >> Um so here's really the what the the gist of this is. Let me get down to the second page
054and then I'm going to share it. Um because what what this book is all about is really about maximizing our efficiency as a team and playing off of one another's strengths. Um so in essence all of us um we operate with two primary kind of um geniuses and and things that are our our go-to um capabilities that we just thrive in. And then we have two that if we had to live in them all the time, we'd probably be pretty inefficient. We'd probably uh not be very happy to be around because they're stressful. We don't feel like we're in our best effort. And uh and as you can see through this little diagram, the power of a team is how you all work together and how your cogs keep moving in a positive direction. So
055you'll see that we have wonder, in invention, discernment, galvanizing, enablement, and tenacity. And so if you kind of wonder, well, what are those things? On the second the bottom half of this, it kind of gives a little um a little short summary of what each one is. So as a as a for instance, the genius of wonder is the natural gift of pondering the possibility of great potential and opportunity in a given situation. People with with this genius are constantly curious and on the lookout for what could be improved. Does anybody have any idea what one of my letters is? I'm a W. Okay, that's one of my areas. Um so what we're going to be doing this week is uh working with a facilitator who has done extensive work surrounding maximizing team efficiency and
056how we can build upon one another's strengths to really complete the projects that need to be uh taken care of throughout the district. So, I'm excited for the opportunity and uh throughout the course of the year, we'll continue our work on these skills and these um these geniuses and I have a hunch I'll probably bring them back to the board at various points throughout. Um but it's it's it's going to be fun to see how we all come together as a team. So, that's what's happening on the 13th of August. Okay, any questions? Uh not a question, just a comment on it. You know, I think that's a fantastic uh tool to use and start building relationship with especially the new team members that are coming on the new staff, but also taking a look
057at the old staff and then see how those strengths, weaknesses uh play to uh just greater enhance how that learning experiences with uh the students that come through uh here and and and where they end up at sometime. Um, I know when we go to the school board uh uh conference in January that there are school boards that do talk about having a school board um retreat and maybe that's something that uh we can talk about as far as our school board >> finding out where our strengths and we are how we uh can work together to more dynamic board. >> But I'm just throwing that out there. Yeah, I do think it's fun to know um what what a person's strengths are and how they're naturally drawn to look at a problem or problem
058solve and especially you know when you talk about um things that can be really complex like budgets and you know some of the things that um somebody might be what their strength might be about um uh inventing you you know, like figuring like let's let's create figure out all these things. But somebody else might be like, well, but this could be a possibility. And um and you've got a galvanizing person who's like, okay, let's just get it done. Let's just go. Let's just make it happen. And and it could be really frustrating for somebody who's saying, "Let's go. Let's get it happen." And then you got somebody over here wondering, you know, saying, "Well, but we could do it this way, or we could do it this way." And so I I agree. I think
059there's a lot of value in that. Um, I'd certainly be willing to entertain that if there's a if there's a desire at the board level. So, >> yeah, >> interest. >> I Yeah, I think >> from a few of us that get to talk about that, >> right? >> Okay. Um, moving on to recognition days for area school. So you will see this updated uh from uh last year was the first year that we really kind of pulled together just um formalized recognition days to make sure that uh we don't miss people but yet also um just trying to be cognizant that um as a for instance you there's a a food service worker day and then there's the the um national foods week. So there's multiple ways that you can um uh celebrate and
060recognize the individuals throughout the district. And so this is just a kind of a formalized list. The one component that I will call out that may or may not um we don't have the formal week of pair professional week um because that generally comes out pretty um it's fairly late and kind of last minute. But please know that we will we intend to recognize pair professional week when that is uh formally proclaimed for any questions on that hearing. None request for information at round table. No, I'd just like to say as a board member, uh, you know, going into my third year, uh, working with, uh, the staff here, things I've been involved in, you know, just slowly kind of gaining traction. I know one of the things that they talk about, uh, you know,
061the first two years, you're kind of in that wonderment, just really trying to get your feet wet. Uh I definitely experienced that. But working uh with uh uh members here as far as staff members, Janelle, working with board members on on uh certain things, you know, outside of of board stuff. Uh definitely working with uh uh Chris over at uh the uh at the pack. Uh different projects through PACF, through the Legion, working with Rick and uh and his team uh with Legion baseball. this is just one wonderful group of people to be associated with and uh the um I I just I hope that there's there's you know students out there and I hope that there's parents out there to understand that this school really means a lot to this community and every member
062whether it be an administrative person whether it be a teacher uh you know some type of staff member or or even those guys like Kenny and and his crew which I really enjoy working with them also. They really put their heart into what they do. So, I just want to just a shout out from uh the organizations that I'm involved in. Thank you for this school and thank you for the community and definitely Janelle, thank you for the staff here as well. >> A shout out to you, Gerald. I You're involved in a lot of things. My head too. It is nice to have a a supportive community and to feel to, you know, I think I think the it was when Gerald asked about uh the cleanup and Ken was really overwhelmed and there
063was just a lot and and it was really nice to know that our community comes to the school and they they they bring not only not only financially do they support our school district, but they support our school district in multiple ways and so we are grateful for our community. >> That's a great way. It feels good when we go through hard times. No doubt about it. >> All right, we are returning. >> All right. Think yours.