001Call the meeting to order. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Can I get a approval of the agenda or if there's any questions on the agenda? >> So moved. Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose the same sign. Motion passes. >> Four public forum. [Music] >> Please >> presentation. >> Six. consent agenda. >> Uh you notice on the personnel report, it looks like I forgot to change the rationale. Maybe uh maybe number one shouldn't be on there. Maybe on from last month one and two for 256 contract three and four assignments. So one I think I forgot
002to scratch that off from last month maybe. So it should be two, three, four, and five to coordinate with one, two, three, and four. Got it. Okay. >> I know. Well, I was like remember that being a new >> I just noticed that now I put it on the big screen. So [Music] retired >> and there was turned in submitted just added. >> Okay. Like Yeah. At the end of yesterday's Yeah. Get a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> So move second. >> Have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Post same sign. >> Motion passes. Number eight. No seven. Sorry. 7.1 Review of Budget year to date. >> Budget year to date we're at 99%. Last year we were at 98. This will be the
003last one you see for fiscal year 25. Then next month you'll have the first one for fiscal year 26. >> 7.2 approved treasures report for July 31st, 2025. >> Okay. Current cash balance is 8.6 million. There we go. >> I move we approve the treasures report for July 31st, 2025. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. 7.3 approve 2023A bonds treasury report for July 31st 2025. Okay. The cash balance in the in the bond account that we're using to replace the rest is $1,179,54 questions. I have a question. Should that be should that be gone here shortly for the first part for the first series of payments? >> Yeah, I think we'll have a little bit
004left. I will I've got a binder in my office to look at, but I don't have >> Yeah, because we'll have >> And then what is the use by date? >> The use used by date is it's just a ways out. It's the way it was on the issue yet. Okay. >> But the use up date for this will then be next year because then we'll kick in phase three for the >> LTFM. Okay. >> B. All right. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I >> I same sign. Motion passes. 7.4 approve of new bills. >> Jackie's busy. >> Probably the most on that list. >> This is Carol. Rudy's busy. >> Oh, any questions?
005>> The only thing that I had is like what what was what is Piper Stone Interiors done? >> Carpet. >> Oh, this. Okay. door and room in a couple small office spaces. >> Okay. I mean, I figured it was justif, but I was just curious as to where it was >> that they were working. Okay. That was really my only question. I didn't just wanted to know where it was and that I wasn't questioning the bill. >> That's part of our LTFM with some carb. >> Got it. Perfect. >> Anybody else have any questions? >> No. >> Can I get a motion to approve the regular bills? >> Some move. Sorry. >> Second. Have >> a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion passes. Approve high school
006activity bills. >> Were there any questions? [Music] >> Can I get a motion to approve? >> Some second. Have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppos same sign. >> Motion passes. Eight 8.1 board reports and updates. >> Last week Tammy and I sat in with excuse me, what's her name from the portrait of Laura? Laura with Laura and discussed we went through some of the portrait of the graduate that the teacher the teacher group went through and just some of the ideas and we got some did some really good ideas did some brainstorming on different ways to get it out so that people know about it parents community etc. And then I think that's about >> Did it come out on the app today? Did
007I see that come through on my phone? Okay. Yeah. Good. >> Good. We started >> we were just talking about making it really visual. >> We started to explore the moon idea. I think that was great. And then um also Rick has done a proof and sent it to me on the inclusion in the program. I think one of you two had suggested that in the activities program. So >> yeah, >> Katie, it was all Katie. Katie had >> I was doing good that day. I was motivated and she was my birthday. too. >> The negotiations committee's met with the teacher group twice. >> Okay. >> And that's going very well. >> Okay. >> Um not I mean I would say like language changes and stuff a lot less a lot less than the last
008time. Um >> and that's U3, right? >> I wasn't there last but I mean but it's you just wanted to >> Yeah. But it's make sure there >> Yeah. It's been going extremely well. So I would say we're >> good progress. Yeah. >> Yeah. Great progress. >> We had delayed our next meeting a little bit because of >> till the middle of next month just with school starting and >> schedules with with school starting are pretty busy. >> Yeah. >> So we pushed it back a little bit but I think we're sitting in a great spot. >> Um >> I amend anything on that. We do need to set a policy meeting though for maybe 10 to 12. So is anything I'm not sure I don't remember who's on it honestly. >> I'm on it.
009>> Um the meeting's on the 22nd. I'll leave a little time to work on them, but like I heard you say you're leaving on vacation. um like >> make him zoom call in >> number 11. Is that available? >> Yeah, that work for me. >> Yeah. Okay. I'm down and I'll check with the >> Our next negotiation meeting is on the 17th, >> right? >> Does that work in your I guess I didn't check. >> Yeah, I think it does. >> Okay. >> For time. >> Okay. Um, >> just to sleep. Okay, Clint, you know what? >> 5:36. >> Earlier is better for me. >> Hey, that's great for you, too. So, >> 5:30 now. >> 5:30. Like, I'm pretty sure I'm in a lab the next day. So, >> Brad, what do you do?
010Teach your negotiations. What time? >> Um, I think 6:00 again. >> 67. >> Yeah. I never thought about that. I'm just like with it being a Thursday, I I can mute along, but I'm just saying Deafne. >> I mean, not that you can't meet without her, but right here. >> Oh, is that one correct? >> All the calendar actually the calendar is very updated this year. >> The most I've ever seen. >> Are there cross country in Warthingington, tennis in Redwood, and seventh and eighth grade volleyball at Oh, fourth grade. She'll be He's a nice wife. >> Oh, she's bewatch. >> Oh, yeah. We're good. Oh, very good. >> Look at that. Way to pick the good date. >> No, I was very impressed with the calendar has a lot of information on it this
011year that was correct cuz I checked football and volleyball and they were all correct, which is very not normal >> on the printed calendar >> and things will change because yeah, that's just what happens. But that's good. >> We'll give a shout out to Deb. >> Good job. >> It was very She worked very hard. >> It's much It's usually >> a lot of hours. Lot of hours. >> No, that's not >> And stuff spread all over. >> Can you give Shout out to Rick, too, cuz he had to have him write for me to get >> Yeah, that's true. >> Team effort, >> team work. >> Anything else from report? Okay. Number nine, administrator's report 9.1, superintendent board report. >> All right. Um, so there is a breakdown. Uh, we because we did have
012a meeting about the buses, too. Um Oh, yeah. And and so there was that other meeting too. >> That's right. where we had u a couple of reps that had been it was kind of an ad hop type thing where a couple of the reps that were part of the negotiations of the bus contract met as well as Daphne as the representative for activities with Rick and we reviewed motor coach information and that's all attached to the um board report that I have. So if you haven't had a chance to review it, please do. We can visit more. Um, but it just gives a a cost breakdown of motor coach and motor coach utilization. Um, kind of the parameters that are in place. I think it helped to clarify some things. Um, certainly we're going
013to continue to monitor that use and ensure that it's being used as it has been intended for use. So, um, again, you see that there for you. You see our August enrollment report attached as well. And then there's a board bites that's part of this report. Um that's just information from Taher. Taher will be incorporating those every month. In this one, you'll notice there's reference to the chef coming. They're trying to do a little bit more with the chef. Also, the new uh salad bar is in and so we're super excited about that. Kim has shared that that's going to include the opportunity to add more protein items, which I know we've talked about at this table as well to make certain we're giving our kids as many opportunities for protein choices as possible because
014the serving sizes are pretty limited by the F by the USDA and what qualifies as a meal. Um, so that'll give some again options and choices for our kids. Um, portrait graduates already been mentioned. We'll take some action on that a little bit later. the phase one of the roof project. As you may have noted, um materials have been cleared out. So, the um the material that was here from the insulation that was being installed has been cleared, the dumpsters, all those things. You may have noticed on the sidewalks or excuse me, not the sidewalks, the uh the parking lot, we have that those cracks sealed. And what we'll start doing is looking to a chip seal solution then in in subsequent years just to maintain the integrity and the lifespan of that parking lot.
015I know that they can last a really long time if they're maintained well. So um we're trying to do our best there. We already mentioned teacher negotiations and I like like was already shared I believe that's going very well. good conversation and um our process just so if any board members wondering, we sit in the room, we put the master agreement up on the board and we kind of go through it from top to bottom and just ask are there issues with any particular section of language and um we work together to word smith it. We then separate take our take our discussion um back with us and process it and then we'll come back to the next session and pick up right where we left off. So it's it's a very dynamic process, great
016conversation and again opportunities to look at challenges that may exist in the language or the master agreement and to solve those working together. That's been a great process. So, um, the other thing that I wanted to share is just if you haven't done so, uh, you see a custodian or building's grounds person outside too, give them a shout out because they have done a tremendous job getting this building ready. Um, some even remember a couple years ago where we actually had to bring in tech to help get the school year ready and and that has not been a concern at all. So, uh, again, Len and his crew have done an outstanding job. And Cody outside, I know that they have grown a lot this year because terrain and and the the field looks amazing.
017Our grounds look amazing. So, again, if you see those people, give them a big shout out cuz it is a lot of work and they've done a nice job. Number of activities. This has already been noted in the calendar. And then the last thing that I wanted to bring up, you'll see these uh colorful green boxes over here. That's the AIM award that we're implementing this year. Um, and it's an opportunity for staff recognition. So, parents can nominate, board members can nominate staff members, staff members can nominate staff members, uh, students can, whoever. Um, and it's the idea that we want to recognize staff who are going above and beyond, doing outstanding work, contributing to the community, contributing to the district. Um, and then the idea is that the principles will have an opportunity to
018recognize those staff members that are nominated at their meeting and ultimately we'd like to bring one forward to every schoolboard meeting and have an opportunity for the board to recognize our staff members as well. We don't do enough of that in my opinion and every opportunity we can use to recognize our staff for their contributions is time well spent. So, um, aim award achieving impact and and momentum is what that stands for. So, uh, again, just something we're really excited about and look forward to implementing as we go forward and and, uh, taking that to to a whole new level of staff recognition. So, >> where are the boxes going to be then? >> The three boxes. So, one box will be in the elementary office, one box in the middle school, high school office,
019and then one box in the district office. Oh, >> okay. >> And they have little slots on the side where the cards will be located, and it lays out what the word is about. And just a real quick couple of check boxes, a little narrative. Somebody can just write um so and so did this for me and it made a difference. Drop it in and away we go. >> I think that'll be good. >> Mhm. >> So like let's just say there's 25 people in a box. Are you recognizing every 25 of those or I mean that they were nominated? Yeah. Okay. Okay. I just wasn't sure if like of those 25 randomly just >> no it would take a point to nominate rec recognize all those because again if it's worthy of putting taking
020the time out and and recognize them it's worthy of recognition at the staff meetings. >> Okay, perfect. >> It might be a good thing to put on Facebook like on some of our posts like that too. >> It's a good idea >> especially if parents can nominate you know just so that people know >> that they can nominate. Yeah. I um from from Clint's report, I want to give a shout out to Rick and how prepared he was for that meeting on the motor coach because the information he brought to the meeting with what we're charged, what we're what what the groups pay, what the difference is, you know, all the trips listed out throughout the year per per sport or activity. Um it it really gave me a lot of clarity of what true
021cost of the district. >> Sure. Sure. >> And without that, you know, it's just >> what is it? >> Yeah. You don't know. >> But yeah, he had it all laid out and detailed. It was it was prepared. >> Okay. >> Moving on. 9.2 principles report. [Music] All right. I do want to make mention of um Dr. Willard's um involvement with the Minnesota State Fair and going to attend to support all of our FFA and our A students last weekend. Um I see Miss Rash is here and we will be attending um the Minnesota State Fair this coming weekend. I'm very excited about it um since I've never actually been through a state fair of any kind at all. And um so I have a map. I have a map and everything that I'm ready
022to go watch. I think your niece is in privacy >> with the sheep. Very excited about that to um support support our students. Um Dr. Miller, you mentioned some things about enrollment. Just today we had actually eight new enrollies in the middle of high school just today. And so I anticipate that I would anticipate that to go up just a little bit in the next week or so. Usually people do tend to wait until that last moment. Um the first thing I want to talk about is our new school links portal. So um I mentioned this to um Tammy and to Katie last week when we met with um the portrait of a graduate um representative Mora and Dr. Willard. Um, one of the things that we almost feel is missing or it's not quite
023seamless enough is this whole concept of how can we keep everything that our students need as far as career planning goes, scholarships, grades, um, college visits, um, recommendation letters, alumni relations, all of those things really should be kept in one portal. Right now, we use several and it's hard to manage. Um, and right now our our high school counselor is emailing emails students um, anytime there's a scholarship. And so sometimes things sort of get lost because we've got this portal for ECT and we have this one for our state testing data. And so we are going to try this new portal and it is called school links. I did a whole lot of research on it um with the counseling team last spring and um participated in quite a few Zooms and some training and
024so I've outline excuse me outlined a few things. Um we start at the middle school level. So in grade six students are beginning to take surveys and really go down the path of what am I interested in? And so how does that fit into what we're trying to do here in Pipstone with Portrait of a Graduate? Let's say after about the second or third year, we find out that um an eighth grader or a freshman or the majority of them have absolutely no interest in let's say this topic or this class that happens to be an elective. Well, why would we keep that? Why would we not try to come up with something that the students actually want to take and are interested in that might actually change their trajectory for when they graduate from
025high school? So, that's kind of the underlying goal. Um we are just getting started with it. We have our final training in September. and everything will basically be housed in one area. It's like it's like having a a separate computer for, you know, work, a separate one for Facebook, a separate one for personal email. It's literally all at one time and and having a separate one for, you know, your Amazon account. It's all at one time. And the really cool thing about this particular platform, this portal, is that parents are able to get a username and password and to see exactly what their child is doing, what they have done, what they've applied to, what types of scholarships they're eligible for. And so I think it's going to bridge that gap um that I think
026we might feel right now just in the general public school sector that there's a little bit of a disconnect between what's happening at home and what's happening at school. So this is one more way for us to communicate that out. I have high hopes about this program and I can give you more information if you're interested. I could have gone on and on about this. So um senior privileges. So I've got my um we're just really excited to be starting out the year here at the high school and middle school in Pipstone. We've got senior privileges. In the past, before I became the principal, it was typically a second semester sort of privilege that began after that. Now, I don't necessarily agree with that. I like to start it right away, the second or the
027third week of school, so that every single student has that ability before they're, you know, they have maybe poor grades below below a C or before they start coming to school late. Let's give them all the opportunity to feel what it is like to have senior privilege privileges to be able to leave lunch or to leave during a PSO and have a little bit more of an adult um status. Um last year we did that and I found that the majority of the students actually were able to keep their senior privileges because they did not want to lose them because they knew what it felt like. So, with that, um, parents of seniors will be receiving a just your typical, um, parent permission slip where I outline if your child has a PSO, they may
028leave during that time and you're okay with that and your child may leave during lunch, that's during this time. Are you okay with that? um it they may lose them um for for things like tardies and maybe being um deficient in their greeting, but um for the most part it's been it's been really great and students love love leaving for lunch. Even if it's just for a peanut butter sandwich at home, for some reason it's better than just staying in the building. I'm not sure. Okay, we do have some new um staff that I'd like to highlight. Um we've got Maggie Wish who u Miss Rush has been working with very closely. Thank you so much for doing that. um she's a new graduate and she's going to be uh great for our program. We
029also have two teachers that we have hired from the Philippines. Um and while I I wish they were here already, we were kind of running into some logistical issues with the US embassy and also the um Department of Education in the Philippines. So, we are having some delays there unfortunately. um in order to sort of mitigate that. Uh and it's not perfect, but Kristen Brockwork has agreed to do a long-term subbing for the eighth grade math position. And um Clinda Loving, who's getting her degree in special ed, has agreed to do the long-term sub for the sped teaching position that would replace Britney Wel that resigned last year. So, I'm working on that. Um, right now we're just working through some of that paperwork, um, which can be just a little bit frustrating, but I
030hope to have more information and some good news for you at the next board meeting. I have attached a letter from why Rob, Mrs. Styles, was a part of that Zoom interview, and we were all really impressed with her. She's incredible. She's got a master's degree. She's going to be the math teacher. She feels horrible that she's not going to be here in time, but this is um, one of the letters that she's um, asked us to hand out to her students. Um to piggyback a little bit on what Dr. Willlet mentioned about the new salad bar, they also are planning on um adding up um adding some different soup options for for the fall. So we would have obviously the salad bar, we'd have our main meal, and then we'd have a soup option
031with a side of bread for that colder temperature where soup just feels like the right thing to do. We do have some upcoming professional development. We've got three different artificial intelligence um seminars coming in. It's one of those areas that we just really need to get on on top of ahead of I don't know that we can ever get ahead of AI, but how can we leverage it to our best potential? How can we help our students leverage it and how can we leverage it in the classroom as teachers? So, there's a gentleman, his name is William Grubby um and he has done um work with Sou Falls School District among others. He comes highly recommended and we've got that coming up in October is our first one. I think that's all I have unless
032there are questions at all for me. [Music] >> Any questions for Sonia? Um, one thing one thing with the teachers from the Philippines and I was at MREA when I sat in on a on a session about there's like three districts in the state they're doing more than that >> but at the time I mean two different districts were were be speaking but one thing and all of them all of them really love the teachers they get from that but the cool thing that I don't know if they shared on in the deal but they shared with us is part of part of Their need is they have to do like a show and tell with the kids about the Philippines. >> So they have to share their culture. >> It's part of the um
033of the part of the program, which I thought was pretty cool. >> That is to share that. >> Yeah, I love that. I hope I hope I can get to meet them right away and we can get planning on that. That'd be great. Thank you. >> How long has their visa been for? >> Three. three to five years. I think this the intent is they will be here 3 to five. Yeah. >> They have already befriended themselves once we um offered positions to both of these um young women. Um I shared the emails out and I said, "Okay, you guys get to know each other, talk amongst yourselves, please start collaborating and they decided right away that they wanted to live together in an apartment or a rental home in Pipstone here." So, we're helping
034them look for that at the moment. >> Cool. Any questions? >> All right. Uh, first one, the portrait of a graduate. So, our leadership team at the elementary as well as the middle and high school got together this past week um and are working on portrait of graduate. There is nine team members at the elementary across the grade levels, specials, service teams, and they're very excited about the work. Um, I have one that's going to be going on maternity leave, and she wants to be here to do that work when she's on maternity leave. So, this is just important work for our kids and for the future of Pipstone and I'm really excited about it as well as my team. They've all are excited about what is to come. Um, back to school family connection
035conferences. This is one of my favorite times when families get to come in and have that one-on-one individual attention with the classroom teacher. And I think building that relationship, that homeschool connection from day one is so essential. And so just welcoming families into the building and having them meet and greet all of the teachers. They'll get a time to be able to go to the specialists classrooms, our titles, ML, and just meet everybody across the building and just check out the campus, which is awesome. Um books. So we got a new literacy curriculum. Lisa will be talking about that. So the old curriculum we have journeys and it's sitting out in front of the elementary main office area. So, kids get to take books home, which is awesome. There's so much out there. I encourage
036you to take a peek. And we've got big bags that kids can just pile books in there and take it home. Um, the playground got a little update. So, one of them is the flag pole. I'm super excited about that. I'm going to be partnering with the Legion and Brad and stuff and do some things with that. But, we have a new flag pole out on the on the on the playground. I encourage you to go out there and check that out. We're going to do a little bit of stuff with the fifth grade as well as we're going to have a moment where the entire student body is going to go out and we're going to say the pledge together. Uh this year there's a communication board out there. I know that it was
037approved to go on the out on the playground. So that's out there for our students. Um great thing for our non-verbal students to be able to communicate with staff as well as their friends. A new sped classroom. So we went from three spad teachers to four sped teachers and we just needed another space. So in the library where there was kind of a classroom area attached to that was like a conference area and that conference room was never really used and part of the library kind of the walkway area wasn't really used. So we've kind of reconfigured some stuff. We built a little bit of a wall. So after this if you want to check it out I encourage you to. Um, so now we have a space for our other teacher and it's a
038big giant space um for our students and for our teacher which is really exciting. Um, on the playground we have a volleyball net that's going up. So check that out when you check out the flag. And then last but not least, all of my new staff at the elementary. They are very excited and ready to jump in. So we are fully staffed at the elementary which is so exciting. And then this is enrollment as of when I wrote the board report last week. So it probably just changed just a tiny bit, but that's what we're looking at for the elementary questions. >> Any questions for Jen? I I am glad that the elementary teachers are excited about that portrait of the graduate because we talked about how important it is to start that at a
039very young level, you know, like if it just keeps building then it'll be really cool that get them started young. >> All right. 9.3 curriculum teaching and learning board report. Um this summer on August 13th, we had our Keys PARA conference which is a required conference for all of the PAR professionals um in the state of Minnesota. They have to um complete six hours of training prior to the school year starting. So they have a keynote speaker and they get to choose the breakout sessions that they wish to attend. And that was um in uh Warthingington this year. And then we also had CPI refresher training. And CPI is a crisis prevention institute, which is a non-violent crisis prevention and intervention training. Um so they can they learn skills to recognize, prevent, respond to students
040that um might have some um behavioral concerns. And then as Jennifer said, we got our new reading curriculum, which is benchmark advance. Last week on Thursday, we had two representatives from their company uh meet with all of the teachers that will be utilizing it and gained a lot of great information on the curriculum, the um online platform, and how to use the resources. And then we'll have a second training in January where they will come back and our teachers actually get to decide um if they want to just take a deeper dive, if they have questions that they need answered, if they just want a review of all of the things because it's um a lot of information that they got in a very short amount of time. Uh started back to school inservice today.
041Uh the elementary staff had zero abuse training and then this afternoon the entire staff had mandated reporter training. So um everyone is trained what to do if students um report something that may have happened to them. They know what steps to take, who to reach out to, what forms to fill out um and all of those things. Then on Wednesday of this week, we have the Kowanas lunchon for the new teachers. And so they when they go, they get paired with a Kowanas member who does a little interview with them. And then the Kowanas member introduces them to um the rest of the the members that are there. And then finally, we have a new um database system which I know that Sonia talked about um one for the counselors, but this database is called
042Educ Climber and it replaces Viewpoint which we had previously, but Viewpoint um is no longer. Educ bought them over or bought them out. Um so everything from synergy MCA tests, MWA tests, dibbles, all the um behavior things that teachers or administration puts in into Synergy um IEP information all gets loaded into this one database. So, if a teacher is wondering, ooh, how how has Susie been doing in the last 3 years, you can type in her name and you have all of the data um from the last at least three years. And so that will help, you know, with monitoring student progress, with maybe some interventions, identify at risk students. Um, it just is a huge database and we still are working on loading all of the information in and as soon as it is
043ready, we will have trainings um for all of our staff to be able to utilize that platform. So, I am very excited about that. So, it's all all the information in one place. That's all I have. Any questions for Lisa? Thanks. [Music] Number 10, unfinished business. 10.1 approved 2025 2026 middle school high school handbook. This >> is the second reading, right? >> Yep. >> Yeah. Yep. >> That's what I say. >> Yep. Just need to take action. Any questions or get a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Same sign. Motion passes. 10.2 approve second reading of policies 414 and 524. We did um update 524 with Tyler's suggestion last when we pulled it from any discussion
044questions [Music] may not like >> what it was before. What was in it was >> No, no, no. I I'm just like on the 414 just the file name. >> 414. What does it say? >> Well, it's just not something's not spelled right. >> Oh, yeah. >> Link at the top there. Yeah. >> Which one? >> You look at how it's linked at the top. Not >> It's probably not even on the link. Sorry. >> If you go to the board, it's >> I didn't even look to see my glasses. >> That's correct. Everything. Yeah, that's good. >> I feel like maybe I noticed that last month and I didn't >> say anything. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Again, it's not >> again. See, no, not a big deal. And I think last last month I
045did realize that it wasn't >> Yes. >> on the policy and correct. So anyway, >> I don't know. >> Don't worry about it. Okay. Motion to approve. So move. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Same sign. Motion passes. 11.1 National FFA Convention overnight trip. Welcome. >> Thank you. I feel like I've presented to you guys quite a bit in the future, which has been pretty good. >> Feels like you were just here. >> I know, right? Uh so we have a team competing at National Fay Convention for our meat evaluation team. So they do everything about uh like the muscles in the meat, which one's the best, why is it the best? They learn about the processing. and they get
046a tour of some insides of the meat processing plant which usually they don't open to the public. So it's really kind of cool to see that processing side of livestock production going from the live animal to the actual product they were able to consume at the end. Uh so students have learned a lot about meat evaluation in the last two years that they have been competing in this team. So we have three seniors and one junior that qualified uh to attend the national fair convention in Indianapolis. Uh they get to leave on about Tuesday, October 28th and then they come back on November 1st. facility over Halloween. Uh they will be in Indianapolis is where the convention is held and then their actual contest is at Purdue. So they get to utilize their pretty much
047brand new meat lab and processing facility that they have there as part of their contest. So it's pretty it's pretty neat experience for the kids to be able to have. And then we would request uh that our transportation of the team in the school suburban and my substitute teacher would be covered. Everything else is covered by our chapter. Uh the pipstone egg chamber committee utilizes the funds from the purville ribbon auction at the county fair for national buffet convention trips and national for trips. So we will be utilizing some of their donation and then the Minnesota livestock breeders association always contributes x amount of dollars to the first and second place team from the state convention to go on to these national trips. So some of those will come in after the trip in April
048of next year whenever they kind of float through. will be coming through the school board for approval on those donations as well. Everything else will be covered by FFA. Uh so that would be Maggie's and my request for our national FFA trip. >> Is Maggie Bowen attending as well? >> No, Maggie would not be attending. It'd be just me and potentially our coach Philberg. He's checking his schedule if he's able to attend. >> Are there any questions? >> I think I think this is amazing. >> It is awesome. um you know graduating a long time from Pipstone. I think Pipstone set it sent a team in this probably more times than they than not. >> Yeah. >> Over the last like 30 years. It's it's incredible. >> All behind Bill. >> Yeah. All behind. >>
049Wow. >> Yeah. Yeah. And from what I understand, there's like six younger kids that are trying to get on the next meets team. So they have a little competition themselves just to try to get on. >> There's only it's only four. So only four. No substitutes. And that's what it is. >> Yeah. I think this is my third re-evaluation team in my five years of teaching. It's all pretty impressive. >> No, for sure. >> Lots of hours put in behind the team, too. >> Phil makes sure they practice before they attend. That That is very true. >> Any other questions I can answer for you, N? >> No. I I would say we can I entertain a motion to approve. >> I move we approve the $1,800 donate or from the district cost for the
050substitute teacher and the transportation of the students and teachers. >> Second. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Same sign. Motion passes. >> Good luck. >> Thank you. [Music] >> Thanks, Natalie. >> 11.2 resolution accepting donations. Should have this open. We have two. um one from Glenn Beaver for $300. It's a donation to baseball in memory of Gary. And then a $4,000 donation from the egg committee for FFA National Convention. I'd like to thank uh both of these groups for these donations. It's pretty impressive. >> Can I get a motion to accept these two donations? >> So moved. >> Second. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Same sign. Motion passes. 11.3 surplus rock from
051roof project. We have some rock if you haven't noticed. Um and uh just doing some rougher measurements. You see the inclusion in the packet. Um the pile equates to uh about 27 cubic feet of of the rock. Um I think you meant cubic yard actually not cubic feet. But what we are all ultimately looking at is declaring this pile as surplus. We've had some inquiries already from folks within the community or right next to the pile itself. And this would allow us to proceed with with dispersing of the rock. We're also looking at other projects around the school that might need rock, but that can be secondary because we'll take off just as much again next year. Um, and the idea is that once we declare this surplus, we envision that we'd sell it at
052at $5 a yard. So very affordable. >> So they they're not throwing rock back on top. >> No, it's an adhered roof system. Now the ballasted wasn't adhered. So you have put the rock on to keep it from flopping in the wind where this is adhered to the insulation. So the new insulation is screwed on top of the existing roofing system and then the new roof is adhered to that. >> Okay. If you wanted to take a peek at what it looks like um after we're done this evening, you just walk up the steps and look out the window and you'll see right over top of where it's adhered. It's a a great sunbathing spot cuz it is the bright white. So just in case you're looking down the road, >> I guess I think
053as a district we should use as much as we can ourselves before we open it up too. >> And that's what we would intend to do that we would get around the buildings. Um, well, >> it's our rock, so let's use as much as we can before we sell it. >> I guess the other question I had is why did we pile it on the lawn >> closest proximity, >> but if we piled it on the the asphalt, we wouldn't erect the lawn. Now, we're going to have to fix all that lawn. >> That was pretty weeny before, so I'm not I wasn't too worried about it. And we didn't know how quickly it'd be gone. So, we didn't want to impact traffic flow or buses or parking. And so, we figured just put it
054there. And when we when we were making that determination, um, yeah, that was kind of a beat up patch of lawn already. So, we didn't feel too bad about that. And like I said, close proximity for them to get it off the roof. >> We'll have as much again next year. >> Well, I guess if Yeah. Are you going to fix that spot or you going to just put it there again next year? probably put it there again next year and then >> then you can get two years. You say so you're not keep wrecking lawns >> cuz when they go to scoop it again up you're going to wreck the lawn >> even make a motion that we designate this surplus >> second motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying
055I >> I same sign. Motion passes. >> Tyler, did you second that? >> He did. >> Thank you. >> 11.4 Approve transportation contract with Southwest Minnesota Christian for 2025 2026. >> This is the same every year, same amount every year. >> Same amount, same thing. I just asked them to fill in a few holes, the route numbers, and the buses. Any questions or comments? Can I get a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. 11.5 approval of portrait of a graduate. >> Well, every time I look at this, I'm going to think of the song Chariots of Fire because how I introduce this to staff today. Um, I actually use that
056as the background music going through each of the items. Uh I would just like to reiterate a huge thank you to our teachers, our students, our staff members, um community members that were part of community meetings, community members and business leaders that answered surveys, board members that answered surveys and participated in a variety of events. There's been multiple versions of this that have been uh created ahead of this and ultimately came through that teacher group that was mentioned earlier. And the idea is that we simplify it down to five key attributes that we've identified through all those focus groups and surveys and community meetings. Those five attributes are uh defining our graduates as collaborators, communicators, community contributors, strategic thinkers, and performance-minded individuals. Um and then ultimately through again the reiterations of this putting it in
057studentfriendly language. So, for example, the collaborator stating, "We do our best, stay positive, and cheer on our group." Or the strategic thinker, "We consider diverse perspectives, welcome feedback, and make informed decisions." Um, as I shared with the with the group of staff members this morning in the back to school address, this can impact everything that we do in in our system. And the example that I gave was even some of the fundraising that our students do. Um, and I'll just share the example, and I'm guessing many of you probably received the same thing, a text message asking for for fundraising for a different activity or whatever the case might be. That really doesn't align with what we learned in a portrait of a graduate because it doesn't teach kids to be good communicators. It doesn't
058teach them to be community contributors where if they have to go and solicit directly to a person, you have to communicate. you have to make that uncomfortable, cross the threshold, stick out a hand and say, "Hi, I'm and we're raising money for uh would you be willing to help us out?" Because and and so using that simple example today with with staff, I think it resonated. Another thing that we talked about is we introduced the community contributor park for example was um doing like in the fall and in the spring a couple of what we call would call arow days of service where we would have our students go out into the community and help whether it's raking leaves or cleaning up some ditches or just anything that that shows the value of comm community
059service and community contributions. Um, I think about that in the context that I shared with Kuanas that they're an organization that does so much for our school, but they have a a very small group of people that participate in Kuanas. And if we don't find ways to fill those gaps that are left by current community leaders, um, those civic organizations are going to cease to exist. So again, just some simple examples and the fact that we arrived at this through extensive input of the community, the staff, board members, a whole host of individuals, and I would say most importantly the students in their focus groups last spring. Uh I'm really excited about what this means for our community and for our district going forward and how it can help transform some of the things that
060we're doing in our teaching and learning practices. So, um, be happy to answer any specific questions others may have and I know the other three administrators were very instrumental in being part of those discussions as well with their team members. So, um, this this is a big deal for our district. This is a big deal. It's not going to be just words on the wall. It's going to be the way we do business. And as you're contemplating thinking about it, the next iteration that comes from this or the next uh phase of this process then would be to update our strategic plan and how we utilize our strategic plan to implement our portrait of graduate for our students going forward. That it's not just some arbitrary numbers and metrics that we're we're putting on on
061the board. It it really is very intentional aligned so we know what we're working on achieving and then the strategic plan will help us define on how we're going to achieve that >> comments questions discussion I thought this looked good just because it's there you can read it quickly it's very you know easy to read and I do like that it's friendly for student I mean it's not these long drawn out words and all these things that everybody's like, "Oh, you know what that means?" >> You know, I really trying to say. I think it's good that it's very to the point. One thing I failed to mention and that I would like to, you'll notice that it's actually a two-page document. The second half is all in in Spanish. And we did have one
062of our community uh input sessions around this. Um I give a tremendous amount of credit to Junior who was there. There were a couple of individuals from the Hispanic and Latino community uh through the entire conversation. Junior was translating the entire thing and my ears were getting fatigued because you listen and you try to and so I I applaud them and their input was tremendously helpful as well because it really again ensured that we were taking a broad perspective on everybody that we serve in our community and and I thought it was really a valuable contribution that Junior and those two parents made as well. So, um I didn't want to miss that opportunity because you do see that we have written in Spanish as well. And will we approve the portrait of a graduate
063as the documents are on the board book? I guess >> second. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppos being signed. Motion passes. >> 12 journ. I guess I got one thing before you journ. Clint, I'd like to thank you for attending the Minnesota State Fair. Uh it's greatly appreciated. The kids really appreciate that when you come by walking and just visit with a lot of them and and have that conversation. That's great. to to see a superintendent there to help partake in them activities. >> It doesn't go unnoticed by the parents either. I mean, they appreciate that. I >> appreciate that. And it's always fun to see those kids. I was a ranger for many years myself and and um I was thinking about
064that this morning as a matter of fact, just we're all in the youth development business and how we how we can think of our portion of graduate. We can continue to work together around youth development. our our community does so much and we can do so much more for our kids in that space. So, no, thank you. I appreciate that. >> Get a motion to adjourn. Second. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I same sign. Motion passes. You're journed.