001game and start with the pledge. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. And roll call with the chair. I'd like that all members are present. And uh board chair comments, I have uh three quick ones tonight. So we have uh finished our close session uh last meeting uh for negotiation strategies. So we had Mr. Lamb, Miss Sadwell, Dr. Lamp Herman, all the directors and Miss Hagen was online and we uh we talked about uh how we're going to go after uh negotiations here. Uh second is there's lots of recognitions which we all just got done hurting our hand signing for which is awesome. So I really look forward to seeing
002those presentations. Um the last thing is it's almost the end of the year. So just want to say thank you to the team for all you do for our students. Um because this is the last one we'll have before graduation and before school's out for the year. So thank you for that. Uh and with that I will take a mo entertain a motion to approve the agenda. I'll make the motion. Director home. I'll second it. Director Hackett. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. All right. Motion carries. Uh, appreciation, recognition, and presentations. Uh, PT board, why don't you come on up? Chair Hopstead, members of the board, superintendent Dr. W Campman, Tony Newman, elementary principal. We are going to start chat. Um we're starting out tonight with the Royaltton PTO uh board
003um and members for what they've done in coordinating the u fundraising and um upgrading of a piece of playground equipment at the elementary school. The piece of playground uh equipment that is out there um is kind of the last of its kind. Uh the wooden structure that's out there uh just is is becoming obsolete. uh the the slide that was there uh was was broken. It needed to be removed. So, uh Tony Duval and crew put up a gate to to stop from that that hole from being there. So, it's it's function has decreased over time. Uh there's wasps in there, there's slivers, all sorts of things. And when I came in uh at the beginning of last year, one of the first things was what do you need? What what do you see your
004needs are? Uh we're here to to help support. And the thing that we landed on together was replacing that piece of equipment with something a little more functional, something a little more um um this century. So, um what they did is they coordinated a a ton of effort into not only the annual field day that they do, uh but expanding that into um using meat raffles to uh the clothing drive, which has been a huge undertaking to not only get donations, but set up at various times throughout the year. They still have a ton left in storage. Um but they've sold a lot as well. Um, and you know, you go up to that that booth that they had at Plat River Day. Well, how much how much for this? How much for this? What
005whatever you think, right? And and um it's in good condition and and um people very generous. Um so in in a very very short amount of time, they have met their goal um and they continue to serve uh serve our elementary students. So congratulations to them. Good. pictures. Yes. Um, teach of excellence is next and with Jennifer Bean and you please come on home. This past Wednesday, May 7th, uh we brought teachers and you'll see you'll hear pillars of excellence come up as well and recognizing uh teachers and what what they've done for for our kids in our school. And this year, Jennifer Beaman was a recipient of our um teacher of excellence award for the elementary school. Jennifer is a third grade teacher um and and she does everything imaginable to help make sure
006that not only um she keeps her people in the no, but she's advocating for students. Um she's a self-starter. She takes on more um than you would think that a teacher should take on. She's active in leadership uh and she's exemplifies um what it means to be a Royal Elementary teacher. So congratulations to her. Chair Hoffstead, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Wampam Ferman Joel Swinson, high school principal. Um, I have two of the same awards on my I I did not have good luck with getting people here tonight. I have people ditch cleaning, softballing. Um, the other one was another community service type of oh, farming, farming, uh, planting corn. Um, so but I want to recognize these people uh, regardless. our teacher of excellence and pillar of excellence for 2025, Heidi Norenberg, uh,
007science teacher at Royalton High School, and Shauna Puhala, who works in the kitchen, uh, up here at the middle school high school. Heidi uh teaches in our science department. Uh a number of years ago, as we were facing retirements and facing people moving on um within the positions, I approached Heidi about her interest in potentially getting some of the lensures that would be required for uh to teach chem and teach some of the upper level sciences. And to my relief, she agreed that she would do that. Um and so for the last number of years she has been taking classes, taking state tests, the MTLE test is a Minnesota teacher lensure exam test that teachers have to take and uh really gone through a lot of a lot of uh time and energy on her
008part to to finish off that uh program and to be able to teach those high level science classes for us. So she teaches physics, chem, um a lot of the high level senior high science classes and she has done an excellent excellent job with that. She's also a tremendous problem solver. Um whenever we are master scheduling in the winter, we always have Heidi at the table. She is really good at seeing the little nooks and crannies of the schedule uh that might go unnoticed by other people. And so I'd like to uh congratulate Heidi Noringberg as the teacher of excellence. Uh Shauna works in the kitchen. Um, you might have seen some posts on the school's social media pages this year with uh at Christmas time, the kids having a candy cane and every kid
009had their name written on it. Um, and in recognition of that, I had a time at the one day during the year where they made cupcakes for every student in the building. um and uh had them all decorated for the kids. And uh Shauna was a leader of that and has really taken our kitchen crew and been a part a leader in that kitchen crew of developing some really strong relationships with with our students. Um I really enjoy going in there and seeing uh how they have built those connections and and work with the kids. and uh um she she has definitely been a huge part of that. So, I'd like to congratulate those two. I would like to recognize the two students of character scholarship winners. Uh we had a banquet for them. It's
010banquet season. So, with the first banquet was April 23rd. It was the students of character banquet um at Madden's Resort. And we had two students, one male, one female, who are recognized as students of character, uh for leadership, um service to the school, um attitude, you name it. Um they have uh really done a nice job, um over the years, uh of being of being leaders and of being role models. Uh the 2025 students of character were Damian Bishop and Sasha Duval. And then the last three students of the month um voted on by teacher, nominated and voted upon by teachers um for any number of positive traits of a student, high academic achievement, uh leadership, involvement in school activities, uh mentorship of younger students. Uh and so these students uh were recognized. Uh the
011April student of the month, actually it's due the March student of the month is Marissa Soland. The April student of the month is Sasha Duville. And the 2025 May student of the month is Nolan Garretts. Congratulations. I didn't want order. So, I'm going to do my pillar of excellence now. Jun Bersinka is the the pillar of excellence that was nominated by me. Uh June is a bus driver for us. And if you know anything about June, she's willing to do whatever is necessary. She's jumped in as transportation director. She drive wanted back to drive bus and then she went back to being a part-time transportation director, Cole, and then back to driving more bus. Uh the theory is she's going to retire, but we may not let that happen for her. So uh but June
012Bzanka has been a wonderful asset to our transportation department and public schools. So June pass that one, but Uh, Chair Hoff, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Rare Camp. I'm Kathy Torson. I'm the high school art teacher. And, um, tonight I have four of my senior artists of the 18 that I have had the chance to work with, most of them since they were in second grade, so like 10 years. Um, and we had a showcase this last weekend. Some of our work is still up in the display case in the comments, and I really recommend you get a chance to peek at it. I snagged a few from there to bring tonight. I was curious on which ones would attend. And so, I was kind of hoping the kids could um show their art
013as well. So, if you guys want to find the piece that I brought of yours and maybe you can hold it up. Um, like I said, I had 18 of them that showcased some art um in various levels. Some had, for example, Grace Balling who was able to be here. Um, she made just an insane amount of deer works of art and she has dozens of these deer, walleye, small mouth, um, all different types of deer that I wouldn't be able to name. She is just obsessed with creating. She doesn't stop. Um, and the same can be said for all of these artists. They've just been doing doing art either on their free time or um with me throughout the years and I'm just super proud. So Caleb is a ceramic artist and hey brings
014one of your pieces. Caleb, I'm so sorry. I did mention to break one of his on the night of the show, but I think that I've heard that's good luck. Caleb is a ceramic artist and also if you were to submit any of his drawing, you'd be amazed too. He's been drawing for a long time. Very talented. Natasha came to our school when she was in fifth grade. And at the art show, she actually showcased some of her art from way back then next to her current art. Um, she is doing voluntary digital art with me. She doesn't even take it as an actual class. She just comes in for fun. So, she has a digital collage there and then she does just an amount of photography on her free time. Lily, I had the
015opportunity to work with the past couple of years. I didn't have you as an elementary student, but you and I have got to do some really cool stuff together in art, whether it was with my student teacher or her on her own this year. And in between the chaos of all your classes and all the hard work, Lily has found a zone where she just really likes to express her color and herself through her work. And then Aurora I've had the wonderful chance of working with for a long time, too. whether it's been in helping me with the yearbook. Um, basically I think since you were in elementary school, I don't know if you remember that, but work back then too. Um, and she has helped me every step of the way. And as you
016can see, she's a phenomenal photographer as well. So, I'm super proud of these kiddos. And like I said, I have a bunch more. Um, yeah. Thank you. I wanted to show them off. questions over there. Yeah. [Music] Yeah. Oh, sure. Maybe. I don't know if they actually want to hold your Yeah, it' be great. Oh, yeah. Am I in the way? Would you rather show our artwork? Got it. Can you get us all in? I don't know. Fine. You got to find a window and I can see the camera. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Jennifer. Absolutely. Vote. fun fact. Yeah. Great. Uh, next is recognition of citizens for in sheets. All right. Uh, next we'll go to board committee reports. Uh so we'll start with uh finance. Finance. Yeah. Per my notes, we met on
017April 23rd. Um we we reviewed the preliminary budget for FY26 which we'll go through tonight and um we're holding strong at 925 students enrolled for March. That's awesome. Thank you. Uh policy I can talk. Um, so we have just a couple that are going for uh approval tonight. Uh, the uniform grant guidance policy. Uh, we are keeping it second reading so Heidi can look at it. Um, and then the student medication and, uh, the forms that go with that. Uh, we're going to wait until, uh, the nurses have another chance to look at it and then, uh, then we'll take those, make sure that that's what we do and what we need to do. So, um that's about it for policy. Uh for midstate, uh we're still uh we have Todd Travis Todd Travis, I
018always get that name wrong. Um so, he's coming in to talk to us about uh and give a presentation this next meeting, which is Wednesday this week, on what it would mean for districts to bring Little Falls in um or not, and what that would mean for that. So, that's that's really the big thing going on there. Otherwise, they're doing the same things that we are with getting our budget ready and trying to do stuff like that. So, um the other thing that we're working on also is doing uh um maybe setting a work session. Um Representative Kresha had asked about talked about coming to board meetings. So, uh if we do that, we'll invite all the um co-op schools in and do that same thing. So, that's about it for Midstate. Any questions for
019finance policy or midstate? All right. Uh, superintendent report. Yes. So, I just got an email today that we have been approved for the absis funding for the first time we've applied. So, very excited. However, we don't know how much we will get. That's coming at a later time. Um, they had a record number of applicants this year. So, I we don't know how much we will get. We did ask for $163,000. This would offset some current uh district staffing. However, you'd get about 65% of your ask. So, that'd be about $106,000. I don't know if they'll fund it all because of the number of applicants that they have, but we were successful. So, that's wonderful. That'll be the first time we'd receive those funds. We would actually expense the money in FY26 and you would
020receive an FY27 to offset that expense. It's a year late. um legislatively. Yes. How many times have I applied for that? This first time. For the first time. Yeah. Yeah. So, um most districts I've worked with all the districts I've worked at have applied all the time. So, I'm not sure why we have it here, but um legislatively, just a quick update, it's very very likely there'll be a special session and they will not complete their work on May 19th. Um it is very unclear as to what will happen. We do know we'll get the 2.7% of the formula. because that is a known. Everything else is still unknown. I earlier in the session, I was more confident about unemployment and compensatory funding being at the held harmless or covering the unemployment. I'm not sure
021anymore if that's going to go. The three branches are really far from each other. So, we just don't know where that will end. But, um, we're still obligated to pass a budget in June. So if they go into a government shutdown, usually we're the ones that are considered a mustave and so they'll keep our funding going, but it very unknown. So we'll see how that goes. Um strategic planning, the committee met and we have recommendations for taking some of the action steps off and adding others and so I will be bringing that forward at the June meeting for all of you to approve. And then also we have through that work with the committee come up with a data dashboard and Caitlyn was um so good at putting that together. So it's going to look
022at what activities we offer, how many students enroll in those participate in those activities and it's going to be a two-part based on feedback from the committee. One will sit on the home of the athletic page and the other will sit on our front page. And so we're kind of working through that. So that came out of that work. So that will be showcasing in at the June week and the Elizabeth M. Sprinkle donation as you know we received a large sum of money over $100,000 and that committee has met and a couple of times and we got it flushed out for the time being. So $52,500 will be given to as scholarships. So there will be a $1,000 annual band scholarship and a $1,000 annual choir scholarship. So that those funds will get used
023each year offering out that scholarship. Those funds will sit in a finance account where we'll earn interest. So hopefully we'll have a little bit longer time than we have funds available for the scholarship. And then so far what the team committee agreed to was to buy a grand piano for the choir room. So that was 14,000. We're buying chairs for the band and that's um about 17,000 with shipping a little over that. Stands for the band as well at 2,800. Microphone system for the choir room and instruments bell sets for the elementary and then a portable sound system and Bluetooth microphones for the elementary. So that um left that other 52,500 set aside for those purchases leaves us with $12,428. So that'll sit in the account and the committee can come back together next year
024or down the road to determine what else we might want to use those remaining funds for. We didn't we're not required to spend it all immediately and this is kind of where the the committee landed at this point. So that's very exciting and that's all I have any questions. All right. Uh business manager report Good evening, Chair Hoffstead, members of the board, superintendent Dr. Warham Herman, Heidi Hagen, business manager. I am reporting on month end go month end apart with enrollment. Originally, we adopted the budget at 910 students. The board approved the revised budget 918 students. As uh board member Trout had mentioned, we are at around 925 students. Go to the next slide. Uh this is a graph that we have in the presentation every month. It just shows the 10-year historical enrollment. And
025this is a look at the general fund revenues month end March of 2025. uh revenue specifically. Uh left to right are um prior year's final numbers. The board approved adopted budget in green. Uh the board approved revised budget in yellow. And later this evening we'll talk about um next year's budget projections. Uh overall based on the revised budget for general fund revenue, we are slightly ahead of the percentage uh at 66.6% 6% and that equates to local revenue exceeding the current budget due to an increase in donations. Uh general fund expenditures month end March of 2025. Uh again left to right u final year numbers adopted revised and next year's projections and then the the different object series categories uh top to bottom. Overall, we're on track as a percentage of the of the board
026approved revised budget at 65.4%. And some of the further details of the general fund expense, salaries, wage and wages are just slightly under budget. Continue to track and monitor that. Benefits are also under budget. Uh similarly um a direct correlation between taxes TRA PRA under the uh benefits purchase services are on track. I listed there some of the larger expenditure items that are accounted for under purchase services. Supplies are also on track with the budget as is capital. All of our capital expenditures, large ticket equipment purchases, technology and curriculum have all been purchased for the year. And then the other category is a category where at the end of the fiscal year we reclassify um food service chargebacks um into the general fund. Any questions? All right. Thanks. Thank you. uh princad, members of the
027board, superintendent Dr. W Camp Herman, uh Joel Swenson, High School Middle School principal. Three very quick things. Um board members should have received their grad email last week. Everyone everyone get it? Okay. Um, if you have any questions between now and Friday the 30th, please, uh, please let me know. Uh, we have our 2025 spring Pops Choir concert this Wednesday night, uh, 6:00 p. p.m. in the cafeterium. Um, I would say this one is different than any of the other concerts during the year. I think so like I didn't really know what Rick rolled meant but I think we are there is a Rick rolling that's going to happen on Wednesday night which is a Rick Ashley song and I guess it's a meme on the internet or something and uh that they they sing
028pop stuff. They sing popular music. They have some small ensembles and and um they're not singing choir concert choir type of music. They're singing kind of more popular stuff almost almost like kind of like a glee club type of concert. Um it was really fun. There a lot of kids that I cannot believe they're up there singing and uh so they did just really have done a really nice job with it. Um really good concert fun. Uh one of my favorite events of the year. And then Sunday we have our senior class trip. Um the weekend before 94 and sunny forecast for Sunday 53 and a wind from the north at 10 miles an hour. So that's a cool time and a fun time to be on the lake. Um but I have we have
029been there when it's rained. We've been there when it's been cold and windy and the kids have had a great time. no matter what, they have great indoor facilities and plenty of opportunities to uh to be together and and enjoy that uh going into their last final weeks of high school. So, we will have the senior class trip leaves 8:00 Sunday morning and they'll be back before the end of the school day on Monday. So, any questions? So, if you want to get Rick roll check. Thanks, Joe. Chair officer, members of the board, superintendent, do Dr. Work Cam Herman. Um, just a couple notes here for me. With the end of the school year rapidly approaching, there's a ton of energy in the building uh oozing out from all all anything you got. Uh, it's
030it's fun though, you know. It it truly is. Um, this is the time of the year where we're working on transitions. Kindergarten was over in the um in the elementary today. They did two 20-minute tours in um first grade classrooms, played in the playground a little bit. Um did that. Fifth grade's in their transition. We've done one transition learning day over here. Had lunch. Did some learning in the morning. They'll do the same thing on the 19th. Um over here they've had their tours. They're getting familiar with the building. Uh student council hosted an activity night uh last Wednesday. So, high school students and fifth grade um students, some high school teachers uh came and met them, played games, went to games, hosted Q&As's. Uh parents didn't have to come, some did. Um but that
031that's again doing stuff to to make that transition easier. We've already done locks with them. A lot of them are on the lockers. Um we've made some changes at lunches for them. Things have been successful. So, it's a it's a it's a great time. Um, coming up here, uh, end of this week, we have Rift Day for the entire preK5 area. Uh, we're getting two books to take home, so it'll be a program for them. Egg Day is also on Friday. We've got our all of our prek classrooms, kindergarten classrooms, fourth and fifth grade are coming. Fourth, fourth and fifth grade are coming in the afternoon. Um, and those high schools are leading through egg day. Um, so that's on Friday. And second grade's got a field trip. So, uh, it's Friday is going to
032be jam-packed with stuff. Um and that and that's great. Uh coming up here, um the last week of school, Thursday, May 29th at 9:00 a.m. in the South Gym is a kindergarten um celebration where they get to cross over the bridge and come over to the elementary school. Uh and then the fifth grade program for their celebration from coming crossing the bridge again, coming back to the middle school. That will be on Friday the 30th at 8 8:30 in the elementary school gym. All fifth graders get to go up and ring that bell. Uh it's a it's a fun field day. Not only that, but we got our PTO helping out with field day. They've uh they've helped with inflatables. Um they've got some some water stations and and temporary tattoos. Um so they're it's
033great help for them helping out with us as well. So we're busy questions. Thanks. here. Huffstead, members of the board, superintendent Dr. Berman, Kaylin Arnen, activities director. Um, spring sports are coming to the close to the end. Um, next week we start playoffs for softball and track and the following week will be baseball and golf is the week after that. So, we are definitely getting down to the end of it. Um, I do like to report on some fundraising that has happened from December of 2024 to April of this year. Um, softball um, put on a junior high softball tournament and ran concessions. Um, they got roughly $6882 between the um, concessions and the entry fees for the tournament. Um, baseball also did a similar one with for junior high baseball. They raised $1,230 which
034will actually help get money to cover buy new home plate for the JB field um home plate tarp. Sorry. Girls basketball has had two um fundraisers since December. They did a shootathon um where they raise money based on how many free throws and stuff that they can get. Um that was $1,351.50. Um and then they also sold conference champion shirts. Um, and that brought in n $3,39343. Sorry. Um, uh, the National Honor Society puts on a blood drive. Um, so they did one in October and again in March. Um, they don't necessarily get money, but I know the Red Cross then I think provides a scholarship with them with how they with doing that. Um, the Spanish trips sold water softener, salt, um, and coffee. um though and that's to offset the participation costs for
035those going to the Spain trip. Um so they made roughly $1,120 from the soft water salt. Um and then $98 from the coffee. And then lastly, we have boy b boys basketball. They did a discount card. Um they raised $4,100 and then they also put on a youth basketball tournament in January which raised about $5,753.90 between gate admissions entry fees and running conditions. Any questions on fundraisers or sports or activities? Thank you. All right. Next is uh consent agenda approval. So the board is consenting to approve the items listed below as presented at one time. At any point a director can pull an item off the consent agenda for further discussion. So we have uh approval of the regular board meeting minutes, our claims accounts and financials, the approval of resination and terminations and the
036approval of new hires. Anybody want to pull anything off? All right. Somebody like to move the consent agenda. I'll make a motion. Director, thank you. I'll second it. Director Boy. Thank you. Any discussion? We just have a couple questions. Yep. Ryan, um on page five, the banners 2285. Is that the signs we put out along the road for the graduates? Who's the vendor? Oh. I thought those were paid for by those. Thanks for those or what's the code number? Not I disrupted each other. If it's the banners, it might be the banners for that sell. So people purchase the advertisements, maybe get revenue from them, but then if they're new people updated, they buy a new banner. So like in the off setting, but that's our Okay. And after Heidi stuff, I just have one
037other question. H5. Yeah. Everything signs. Is that the one? Yeah. $2,285. Yes. That's for the RBI club. Okay. All right. And then um page nine the account and payroll support like the quarterly. What is nine and quarter four 25 accounting and payroll support that's our region one um vendor support for our smart finance and payroll software. Okay. All right. That's all I have. Okay. Anybody else? All right. I have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. All in favor say I. I. I. Oppos. Motion carries. All right. So, on to vote for uh board co-chairs. So, um, just like we did before, we'll do nominations. So, I'll nominate uh Ellie and myself for that. Does anybody want to nominate any other pair? Any other nomination? I'm just saying that's all right. Any
038other nominations? All right, then. That is approved by acclamation. So, next is our uh resolution for board co-chairs. All right. Uh, does somebody want to introduce this at 6:37 p.m.? I'll introduce it. All right. Director Tro. All right. So, introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption. So on January 13th, school board convened a meeting and attempted to select board officers as required by Minnesota statutes 123b.14 subdivision 1 and the school board attempted two separate votes for the position of chair with all efforts resulting in a 3-3 deadlock. At subsequent school board meetings, several members of the school board recognized likelihood of a 3-3 deadlock on the selection of a chair and expressed an interest in having two members share the position as co-chairs. Minnesota statute neither expressly allows nor prohibits the selection of co-chairs
039to serve as officers on a school board. Minnesota statutes on stat statutory construction specifically provide that in construing state statutes the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular um and 645.08 number two and despite an impass on the selection of a chair the school board has expressed commitment to working in a collaborative manner where the will of the majority on matters before it are acted upon and the voices of the major minority are heard. Therefore, be it resolved that the school board of independent school district 485 of Royal Penn uh state of Minnesota hereby agrees and states the following uh director home and Hoffstead serve as co-chairs until January 5th, 2026 until the board has an intervening election for the offices of chair and vice chair of the board. The office of vice
040chair will remain vacant while the office of chair is held by co-chairs. Director's home and Hopstead will develop the statutory and policy related duties of the chair jointly and severally the director being authorized to act in the capacity of the chair subject to the majority of the school board. Upon approval of an agreement, contract or other document by a majority of the school board a duly called meeting. Either director may execute set agreement contract or other document on behalf of the district. and directors home and Hoffstead will exercise best efforts to coordinate, communicate, and act as a unified chair on all matters of business concerning the school board. This includes agreeing upon a schedule identifying which co-chair will lead each regular business meeting, special meeting, and work session of the school board. To the extent
041that a district policy or custom anticipates or requires the election of one chair and one vice chair, such policy will be suspended until January 5th, 2026 or until the school board has an intervening election for the offices of chair and vice chair of the school board. This motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by board member. I'll second it. Go ahead. I'll second. Director Andrews. All right. And then upon a roll call vote. Director Trout. Hi. Director Hackett. Hi. Director Holm. Hi. Director Boyd. Hi. Director Host. I. Director Andre I. All right. And none voted against. Uh so the resolution is declared and adopted. All right. Uh Iowa resolution. We're doing this in Minnesota though. That's both of these, right? Both of these that same one. Yeah. No, just the one. Just
042the this one. Yeah. Okay. All right. Do I agree? You know, you can just say that I'm the one that the uh education identity and access management board resolution uh for Royalton Public Schools uh 0485-01. Uh we'll have Dr. Christine Waramp Herman act as the Iowa. Um somebody want to make that motion? I move it. Director Hacket. Thank you. I can second that. Any discussion? I have a question on that. Just in general, um for all the documents that we have dictated the superintendent's name on it, if we were to be um in a situation where we don't have someone in that role, what would that what would those documents defer to? Yeah. So right now on this one, I'll just explain what this is because this is kind of word. This allows me to
043give different staff people rights to get information to and from NBE. Heidi is listed as the proxy Iowa. So some I got a car accident was incapacitated, she could actually give out those accesses and give that information to be that proxy for that. Sure. Okay. Any other discussion? All right, I have a motion and a second. Uh, all in favor say I. I opposed. Abstain. Motion carries. Uh, FY26 budget presentation. Good evening, Chair Hstead, members of the board. Dr. Christine Rakam Herman, Heidi Hagen, business manager. up here to present the preliminary budget update for next fiscal year which begin July 1st of 2025. Um the first important concept of setting a a budget is to determine what enrollment will be for next school year. Um, we look at historical trends, we look at current trends,
044we have conversations with our leadership teams as to what they're seeing um, and hearing within the the community in the district. Um, so for next year, we are looking at an enrollment projection of pre kindergarten, which is our early childhood special education students through 12th grade of 916 students. We're projecting kindergarten enrollment to be around 65 students and then all other grades would roll forward. So first kindergarten this year would become first grade. Next year first grade become second grade. Um April of of this uh year uh we have current enrollment this is kindergarten through 12th grade of 925 students. Uh we have a 10-year average of 923 students. Uh we adopted the budget for this year at 910, revised it at 918. Um and we ended the year the 2324 school year at 97.
045So based on that information in conjunction with uh other conversations and discussions we feel that 916 students is a reasonable and conservative approach. This is the graph that shows us our our 10-year historical enrollment kindergarten through 12th grade. And as I had mentioned um it is about a 923 student average. Uh the anomaly for the district here is that every given year there was fluctuations up or down that um is traditionally unique for for Royaltton. Uh we find that it could potentially be um our location and the proximity to other districts within you know a short distance uh south or north. So that's just the historical trend data. So after we um come up with an enrollment projection, which the majority of our general fund budgeted revenue comes from the state based on our student
046enrollment count, we can determine what that revenue looks like. Um given that we're in legislative session, as Dr. Christine War camp had mentioned uh the goal is to be finished by May 19th which uh it would appear based on where they're at presently that they will not reach that goal and we'll have to go into a special session which leaves us with many unknowns. So I'm provided here some of the information that we're using to uh project our revenue. So what we do know is uh the legislator legislative session did set the 2.74% increase to the per pupil formula and for our district uh based on our enrollment projection of 916 students is just about 113,000 um in addition to the 14 million that we received. Um so a small amount of increase uh there
047on the general fund formula. Uh compensatory hold harmless. So this is revenue that we receive based on our free and reduced student percentages. If they were to pass a hold harmless, we would project that income to be about 362,000. Uh if that doesn't pass, that would be about $130,000 less. Uh, in addition, unemployment is a large expense for our district for non-licensed staff that are eligible over the summer months. That's about $141,500. If for whatever reason legislation does not pass the reimbursement that we have received over the last two years, uh we would be out and and they don't change the eligibility requirements for unemployment. we would uh see a reduction in revenue of that same amount 141,500. And then again to remain conservative given the nuances of the legislation right now, uh the amount
048of unknowns, we've kept every other category flat. meaning special education. Um all of our local uh revenue that we would receive for students participating and paying participation for activity and um athletics fees for income that we generate from hosting events and um selling tickets to those events. interest income that we receive on our investments. All holding uh flat in addition to our title uh funding, which is federal funding. Again, unsure of where that's headed at this time as well. So, that's revenue and how we project our revenue. Expenses uh have some unknowns with expenses. the most um the majority of of our general fund expense is in salaries and wages and benefits and we have contracts that are due as of June 30th and so we are assuming a 3% increase in all categories. So
049salaries, wages, benefits, purchase services, supplies, some capital, um all based on that assumption that uh based on our revenue projections, based on working to balance the budget, uh we feel that 3% assumption meets uh those goals. Um, in addition, we know that next school year is a curriculum gap year, meaning we don't have um I guess a large uh plan of expense for uh the different um groups of of curriculum. So, we're not purchasing any large ELA or English language arts. We're not purchasing science or math. So the curriculum expenditures for next year will be less uh minimal capital and long-term facilities maintenance projects. So we did have a carpeting project this year and a stadium lights project all covered under long-term facilities maintenance. We will not have those similar projects next year. in addition
050to um expense for equipment type purchases, furniture, fixtures, buildings and grounds equipment, reducing the expense there as well. And we continue to update our staffing based on uh what we know at this time. Current uh retirements, uh resignations, uh staff that are being hired to either um fill or replace those positions or leaving those positions vacant depending on uh needs. And so that is also included in our expense projections. And overall based on that information, we're projecting that revenue will exceed expense by about $100,000, which uh results in an unassigned fund balance of about 16.5% or just over $2 million, which is an increase uh from this year's budget of 15.8% or $1.9 million. And we um have a board policy range of 14 to 20% with the goal of increasing that unassigned fund balance
051every year. Can I this also has $100,000 set aside in LTFM. Remember we talked about that roof 10 years from now. So we would end up with 200,000 sitting there. Plus remember there's assigned fund balance for the roof for 100,000 sitting there. So getting us closer to that goal. Uh this is a look at the numbers uh based on um the projections I just shared. So general fund revenue is looking to be about um 12,349,000. Again, that's based on a 916 student enrollment count uh and the known of what the legisl legislature has passed so far. And then expenditures on the general fund side 12,249,000 which taking that less our revenue projected is just over $100,000 of revenue exceeding expense. And then we have other funds um that are also required to um have a
052budget set by the end of June. That's food service, community education, and debt service. So looking here at the revenue side of food service, community education and debt service um projecting conservative across all funds. So food service we're projecting just under 816,000 in revenue which does include uh free meals uh one breakfast and one lunch uh for all students. Uh that's a reimbursement both from the federal and then the state supplementing that. We have not heard of any changes of the state's supplementing of that at this time. Um it's based on historical trends and current trends in the food service program year to date and that results in just under 18 816,000 in revenue. Community education we're projecting revenue of about 516,000. Uh this comes with some changes based on funding availability uh and uh
053the change of taking the early childhood family education program back under our district's budget specifically um moving that from Midstate to Royaltton. Uh we're receiving less Pathway one funding uh in community education which is about $30,000 less. and uh we're um seeing a decrease in our paid preschool tuition of about $30,000 um based on students being served and the need to support our earliest learners with uh special education services. So again, a conservative approach to ensuring that we overp projecting our community education revenue knowing that it is predominantly a fee for service-based program. And then our debt service is based on uh the levy and the board um setting that levy in December of every year and also uh statute driven based on our our current bonding uh debt and that's about $21 million in
054revenue to support our current debt. On the flip side, both uh food or all funds for food service, community ed and debt service expense. Um all of the expenses for food service and community ed are based on year-to- date trends and updates as we know uh today. And then debt service is based on bonded debt payments as scheduled which 800 just over 802,000 in expense for food service about $493,000 in community education and then um just under $2 million in debt service payments. Then the results of all of that um you can go to the next page. food service would um end uh would have a projection of about a 31% fund balance or 253,000. That is up slightly from this year's projections. Community education would see an increase in their fund balance of just
055under 410,000, an increase from this year's projection as well. and debt service would see an increase in its fund balance of about 638,000. Uh an increase from this year as well based on our bond refundings and decreasing the cost of our bonded debt. Any questions? So, we continue to um monitor the legislation sessions. Um at this point there, I think for this district, our biggest unknowns and potential impacts would be compensatory. If if for whatever reason they don't hold harmless that amount, we would see a decrease in our funding there, which would certainly impact the overall general fund budget as would uh reimbursement for unemployment. Um at this point, as Dr. Waramp Herman had mentioned, Governor, House, and Senate are not close in any of the education uh components of of this session. And so
056we wait and see. I do have one question that I thought of. So on the compensatory um with the free and reduced is that only direct certification now or is that direct certification and that's what we're trying to get changed because currently it would be only directs and not include the paper form and that's what we're saying you can't do that. You got to have both. Hold this harm or otherwise what really we're advocating out here in just hold harmless for a year. Put a task force together and find out if there's a better way to do this because to find out, you know, how to spend those dollars. So you don't have to require families fill out anything. You don't have to require maybe like all students are the same. Piece. But could we
057try that? Maybe all of them are the same. You're from Minneapolis, USA. We try that. So that's kind of where it's at. Yeah. But correct the where it stands now only directs are being counted for in the funding. Whereas if they held us harmless, that would include both paper applications and those directly certified through other state programs. All right. Exciting. Uh, summer school. Just a really quick update. So, um, just we talked about this back in March. I want to kind of give you an update where we're at so far. So, um, this is just repeat data, middle school from prior years, um, the costs, etc. Keep going. Yeah, is that one back? Okay, go back. Next slide. So, currently we did get 20 students enrolled at the elementary school. We invited 55. We only
058received 20. Um there we're anticipating 35 students at the middle school, 35 at the high school. So, we're going to be able to offer summer school um at all three levels. um we were nervous that we weren't going to get enough in elementary because you have to have a 1 to11 ratio or they won't allow us to have have it um because of how the funding works. So we're okay for now but these are these numbers are ever decreasing each year at the elementary so I don't know about how next year will look. So just a heads up where we're at which will still be good for the year. All right. Any questions on summer school? All right. Next is theou uh All right. So, adding our ECF teachers to uh Right. So, they contract.
059Yeah. They will be coming um as part of our staff now versus Midstate staff operating this. And so this is what all of our districts are doing in our midstate member districts that haven't been signed um until we get the negotiations done where that language will get put in contract that includes teachers and the teachers union is signed up. Right. Does anybody want to move that? I can director. Thank you. Second director Andrews. Any other discussion? Has the union leadership this? Yep. They more formality than just making sure. Yeah. All right. Uh I have a motion in a second. All in favor say I. I. Opposed? Stain. Motion carries. Uh next is uh revisiting the SRO discussion. So do we want to schedule work session to look at this? Thank you. We do. When do
060we want to do that? First week in June. I am the second to the public. Okay. And I won't them through the 22nd. The what? To the 22nd. You say you're the 6th. 6. So the 23rd. Yep. Uh what about Wednesday the 25th? What about the last week of May after Memorial Day? I'll make it work. Whatever they said anything like Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday? Like Wednesday or Thursday? Tuesday. I have a meeting. Oh, just stay awake. Got something going on that day. Yeah, the 29th is that 6 p.m. works for me. 6 p.m. hopeful. We'll schedule that for now. 6 p.m. Yep. Um, so what do we want to uh is there anybody we want to invite? um or is there are there topics that we want to discuss and find somebody to discuss
061those? Like last time I did reach out to St. Cloud. Um I can reach out to them again the SRO program and have them come in kind of give the same presentation they gave last time bring in their new members. Um I think they have a wealth of knowledge of St. cloud cuz they've used it a long time. They know the benefits of it. Um pretty confident that he'll come out again. I can reach out to him and talk to him. Um but I think he's passionate about it and he believes that it helps out, you know, any school district of any size. So I think he would come out and talk again. Um other board members were here. I don't know what you thought about him, but um he's good. He talks a lot,
062so it's going to be a late night, but he answers every question very, you know, he's got a lot of lot to say about it. Um, we could bring in SRO's from other areas. Um, I think Jason McDonald would be really good to have speed because he's put together an SRO program before being he's the police chief in Royaltton. He would obviously be working hand inand with the school district. Um, I don't know if anybody else has any ideas. Um, is there anybody in a school that's more like ours than St. Cloud that's more metrobased? It's like smaller. Yeah. Just something that that's more equal than you know. So, I think that's where Jason could speak to fully. Do you have a few minutes, Chase, where you come up and talk about what you kind
063of put together over there right now or? Yeah, right now. Yeah. Right. I'm willing to come up and um discuss it and what he told a small school how it would benefit. Yeah. Um so I worked closely with Foley. and put the program together, but I um worked over there. I would make the same suggestion of bringing try to find some smaller school SRO's to come in. St. Cloud does a fantastic job, but you're comparing the the concept is the same, but are you're looking at two different sizes, right? You're looking at a huge metro area versus two smaller school buildings. Um, so I would make the recommendation that uh I can reach out to a couple SRO's. Um, Sterns County does most of the SRO work in uh Sterns County for the schools. I
064know they're in Melrose. They're in Holding Forward. Um, I know all the SRO's down at like Cold Spring and stuff. So, that might be more of a comparison as to um the same size. Um, I can certainly reach out and have the chief of Foley come over uh and explain kind of how their program is going too. So, I guess I need to know what exactly are you guys looking for? Are you looking for a presentation or you just want people here that you can ask questions to that can explain kind of the the role of the SRO in a in a smaller school? I guess what I'd like to see if you said Sterns County does a lot of it in smaller schools, maybe presentation and then obviously questions after that. Okay. So they
065can show what they do maybe in smaller schools. Yeah. And then obviously questions after. Yeah. Um yeah, I think that would that would be about I have put together a little bit of a presentation already. Alia sent that over to you as well. Um just as to what I envision it, kind of looking at what some of the pros and cons are. And we've discussed this a couple of times already. So, I'm glad we're still discussing it because I'm very supportive of it. It's something I I I really want to see the school go towards. I mean, you look at our numbers, 925. I mean, you have a small city within the city here that I think investment in our kids' future by having good role models, um, safety, security, and some education on anti-drug,
066anti-bullying, the stuff I'm getting calls from parents on, um, would be beneficial for the school district. Um, if you're looking for uh solid numbers as well, um, I can put together a little bit more uh, solid number um, as far as like wages and stuff like that for you guys, too. So, that'd be wonderful. Okay. And what day was that you're looking on doing this? That might be the only problem if if it's in a couple of weeks here. May 29th at 6 PM. Okay. Um, so I can I can make some calls. My I don't know if I'll get a supervisor from Sterns, but I know I can get a couple of their officers probably. Oh, yeah. To come up. We're thinking end of June otherwise. Like if we reach out to some of
067these people and like that's obviously a holiday week and it's coming up pretty quick. Can we move it? I think we could maybe the end of I would, you know, and we can get started if Yeah. You know, in May. I mean, this isn't a an easy thing to just say, "Hey, we're going to go ahead and do it." So, there's going to be just some discussion, you know, from everyone as to how you how you envision it, cuz it's it's really it's going to be my department and you guys working together to come to something that uh meets your your needs and vision and and what I know we can offer you as law enforcement in that capacity. So, but I can certainly do my best to get at least a couple of guys
068here. And um yeah, Kleinfelter does a fantastic presentation, but it it is St. Cloud-based. That's his experience. That's, you know, where he his whole law enforcement career has been. Um so maybe getting some other outside perspective and whatnot or just have some other resources ask, hey, what's it look like with holding for it? um Melro, you know, those school sizes that are more in line with kind of our school size. So, yeah, nothing else. I think on the 29th, we can have your presentation for sure. And then if there is anything from anybody else, um any read aheads I think would be great. Yeah. Look at like what their policy is or what their contract looks like. You know, that those are the kind of things that we talked through last time that were, you
069know, the contract's this thick, so it takes a couple days to get Yeah. Yeah. Some contracts I've seen are literally one page where, you know, we're going to supply you a law enforcement officer and you're directly responsible for them and we're responsible for kids up to multi-page contracts when you start getting into some of the bigger school districts. And it all depends on what you as a school board want to see in that contract because some schools just give us an officer, you know, and you're in charge of them, what not where others want that very specific this is what you're going to do in this situation. what you're going to do in that situation. And I'd like to see it smaller than larger because it makes it easier for me on a management and
070than worrying about every small little detail in there. So, um I've got Little Falls and Piers, which right now I've changed because uh Little Falls is no longer actually dedicated to a building. they just have an officer that's dedicated to take all calls and provide education and stuff at school. And Piers um has kind of fought back and forth between him being in we pulled all the SRO's as you're aware last year when the uh state law on use of force changed. Um so their contract has changed a little bit too. Whereas at in Foley um we changed the contract there to the officer is not uh agent of the school was the agent of the the off or um agent of the PD and was there in a different capacity. So again just changed
071the language a little bit to get by that use of force thing. Um so now that the state has come back on that uh it's much easier to proceed forward again with a school resource officer without that that worry on my part of the use of force because that became my responsibility then so um but yes whatever and uh I think mostly have my telephone number uh my email reach out to me if there's something specific you want me to bring to you as far as information let me know and I'll get that information to you and I will try to find some contracts uh like what Sterns County is using for some of those schools uh just so you have some examples of kind of what they're what they're doing but it's kind of
072unique whereas like Melrose has a police department but they have Sterns County is providing their their school resource and that usually comes down to the staffing issues and stuff budget issues but when you do find that out can you make sure the admin team knows so they can we can pull like student numbers and different things like that for those for those same schools. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of that I I probably can get a lot of that information too, but information I I'll share it with you so you guys can get apple to apple kind of comparisons. So, all right. Anything else? All right. Well, thank you and I look forward to continuing this and I'll get you as much information as I can. All right. Thank you. Great. Did you want to
073say something? Yes. Take you back off that thing. Yep. Yeah. Are you okay with that? Carrie has something to say. Thank you. Chair Hoffstead, members of the board, superintendent Dr. Wear Camp Perman. Um, my name is Carrie Meek and I am the health and faded teacher here at the high school middle school. Um, and I am also on the meet and confer uh committee that has met a few times and the last time we talked a little bit about discipline. Um, and so I just have a a few things that I want to talk about. Over the last few years, staff have increasingly become more burnt out, like long before Easter break, myself included, we all have agreed that the big cword that we don't want to say, has been to blame for an increase
074of disrespectful behavior from students. And this is across schools, all areas, the nation, not just us. I'm sure you've seen the increase in the teacher Tik Toks portraying the various behaviors of kids nowadays. Although these are meant to be funny and bring light to the situation we all face, there is still no doubt that being in education today is very trying, stressful, overwhelming, and sometimes angering. I have asked myself the very question that others ask me on a regular basis. How can you be a teacher today? How can you do it? Some days I don't know that answer, but usually the answer comes in the next day, the next week. I teach to make a difference in the lives of my students and to provide a safe place for all of my students. Being a
075teacher is one of one of the most rewarding jobs out there. And I'm blessed to have been in this position for 20 years. But I can tell you there are days that I question if it's all worth it. The positive days seem to be outweighed by the negative behaviors of students and lack of consequences they face when be behaving negatively. We are told that it's just a bad class or you will get through it. It's just like it's another day. But it's not anymore. Some days I just focus on the fact that the end of the day is near and hope to get through without losing my patience or crying. We need to change something. So after bringing our concerns from the middle school high school to a meet and confer meeting, it was brought
076up to find out exactly what teachers are feeling about behaviors and discipline in our schools. The members of the team each express their concerns from each building. Board members present were very supportive of a change after an hour of conversation. I created a Google form asking these such questions to make sure that we were not the only ones feeling this way. So, I have um the results of I have like six copies if we want to pass them around. Um of the the questions that I asked um and so the first questions that I asked like which building are you located and so you'll see that on the on the chart. How would you rate the overall behavior of the students at the school? Um, and I put excellent, good, fair, and poor. Just seeing
077how everybody because maybe it is just me or maybe it is just a few of us. Um, and overall behavior is fair. 10 years ago, I would have never said that. I would have said the overall behavior is good. Um, do you feel that student behavior has been improving, worsening, or staying the same? And we have a 60% that say it's worsening. Um, and then there's a a question about the different behaviors that people see in their buildings um, based on how problematic they are. Might be hard to read. I'm sorry about that. If you need more details, I can give it to you. Um, consistency of the rules being enforced schoolwide. 46.4% say sometimes consistent. And I feel that that should be a little bit higher than that. Um, do you think procedures consequences
078are applied the same for student behaviors regardless of who the student is? And we have a 60.7% that say no. Some students are not getting the same consequences. So there's something lacking. Um, does discipline and student behavior impact your classroom management? I know for me 100% yes it does. Um 57% of the teachers say that it makes my classroom management more difficult and it seems I spend more time on negative student behavior. That's the way it's been um for the last couple years. It's like we I know we're not supposed to and we have great kids, but those negative behaviors are really making a difference in the classroom and causing, you know, the other kids not to be able to learn. Um, does negative student behavior impact your morale? 69.2 said yes. Uh, do you
079feel supported by the admin when you address student behavior issues in your classroom? 75% said sometimes. And then the last one was, you know, asking the teachers for what do you think we could do to make this better? Because I'm looking for answers on or solutions on how we can make this better. How can we, you know, figure out something alto together that's going to work and and maybe boost up our morale and make this the behaviors, you know, maybe like they were 10, 15 years ago. Um, and you'll see on your sheet that you can't really read it. So, the full sentences are there, um, of what I asked and and the percentages of what the teachers thought. And then also, there's other responses that teachers said. Um, I don't know if you want
080me to read all those. You want me to reveal them? You guys can probably read them. um just talking about, you know, what they want to see and the consistency in um and how we can help. So that was a little bit about that questionnaire and then you know we talked about the school resource officer. I also did a questionnaire on that as well. Um, and the question was not do you want a resource officer? It was would you be in favor of looking into having a resource officer after learning about everything that a resource officer does? Um, we had some views that teachers thought that it was just like a cop in the building and they will deal with, you know, all of the crime stuff and it's definitely not that way. Um, so
081like I said, in order to try to help alleviate some of these issues, um, of worsening behaviors, inconsistent enforcement, feelings of lacking administration support, we need to revise our discipline. I think that's the first thing that needs to be done. Um, is trying to revise our discipline procedures to maybe not make it so broad and and and a little bit more specific. Um, and so I actually contacted Sartell or not Sartell, uh, Sock Rapids to see what they do. And looking at something a little bit more concrete, I think will also help our discipline. This is the sock rapids uh procedures that they have all of the different offenses listed with um uh first offense, second offense. The first one is restorative first offense, second offense, and third offense. And then what that entails and
082it is for every single possible discipline that you could have. Um, I can pass these around too if you want to take a look at them. I just, you know, it would be great to have a school resource officer obviously because again, they don't just worry about the crime stuff. It is collaboration with the teachers. They can come in and and give presentations. Um, I know Officer McDonald was up here the other day and going into our our lunch, our open gym after lunch. Um, if you ask any student, they love it, but there's usually bullying within the first minute of being in there. There are a lot of kids in there, and there's not enough staff to see all that. We just can't see it all. Um, I wouldn't want to be in there
083either, but a school resource officer can be in there and help out. And um I know as a health teacher I can definitely I I have actually Officer McDonald in my classroom quite a bit speaking and I think a a school resource officer could could collaborate with me um and teach, you know, go to the younger grades and and help teach whatever. It could be health, it could be nutrition, it could be behaviors, it could be character. Um so it's not just you know the the crime part of it. Um um right now for our discipline at the high school middle school we have this flowchart and it's very very broad and I I know I am willing to help revise anything um because like right now we have major and minor offenses and like
084seven of them are in both a major and a minor. So like disrespect, disruption is a minor and then it shows you first offense, second offense, third offense. So similar to this um but it's very vague and so it's it's hard as a teacher to know what you're supposed to assign for the consequence. This doesn't really help me at all. Um, it also shows that on the minor offenses, the second time that something happens is a contact home with an email. But on a major offense, it's not until the third time, unless I'm reading this wrong, that they email home. You know, I I I just think we need we need something to change. We really do. I we are burnt out. I know there are some teachers here. You can see something needs to
085change. Um I do not want to be in the position of an administrator. That's why I'm a teacher. I know there's behind the scenes things that happen that we don't know about. Um but being in a classroom is it's trying. Um the disrespect is is astronomical and unbelievable. And I think we're just at a point where we're surviving. Um we've got a tough class coming up. Fifth grade has a a reputation, but I'm trying to ignore that because we've had tough classes and we've made it through. Um, but I I think we just need to be prepared and um having a more consistent discipline policy and something more concrete I think would help us all. Um, and and a school resource officer can help with that as well, I think. Any questions for me? I
086did email the board saying clouds standards of student behavior as well. Um it's real similar to Sock Rapids. Again, I know we're comparing to a larger school, but I think when you look at discipline kids, I get it. We have less kids that are acting that way. They still act the same, but I think the discipline is similar, right? I mean, if you get a DUI in Royaltton, the same as if you get a DUI in St. Cloud. But I think discipline you can really compare in my opinion. Um, and just to move towards something like that that makes it easier for the teachers, easier for the kids, and easier for the parents as well because the parents know exactly what's going to happen. The students know what's going to happen. And in my opinion,
087it makes it easier on the principles. Yes. Assistant principles, whatever to go, this is where we're at. It's out there. It's on our website. You can follow it. And if your child, you know, it is what it is. It's fair. It's consistent. And it help it would help the teachers in my opinion. I think it would help everyone. I mean, the students know what's expected. Oh, I did this. This is the third time cuz we can all go back in Skyward and look at their disciplines. Um, you know, and I just happened to look and I have an eighth grade student that has seven physical altercations. Um, and that's that's a lot. and we can take a look at that and uh you know just make it easier easier for us to hey yep this
088is where we're at it's the third time this is what it's going to be parents know admin knows teachers know and it's not a question because right now it's a question that teachers ask themselves like what am I supposed to do well I don't know I mean what what do you think is the appropriate consequence for that. Okay. We got to somehow take out maybe what do you think and just say here it is. Yep. So last meeting we did uh ask Joel to do some PD on that and do some looking to refine that. Yep. Um for this next school year. So perfect. And I'm willing to help can we add that like to look at that discipline procedure to the work session? Uh we're talking about the SRO. Do we want to do
089it that early or do we want to have them give some time to gonna be at the work session? Yeah. Change done by then. Well, not a change, but I mean discussion on it like ideas or I think we talk about I don't think we need to have like a something new or different, right? But just a discussion for sure. Okay. Any board members? Yep. Thank you. What what would it look like for teacher participation collectively or just being part of a work session or was that the meet and confer and that just then we just glean the information from there or I don't know what the most streamline streamlined way of hearing all voices essentially that's what I'm interested in. Yeah. The other thing we could do is invite them to talk to be
090part of the meeting and to talk as well like as an agenda item. I appreciate the work you did. Thank you. It's very helpful. Thank you. Okay. Um, we'll move on to the uh donation resolution here. Uh, so ready to come up there. Uh, does somebody want to introduce the donations? I will. Great. Director Trout. All right. So, uh, and Director Trout is introducing the following resolution and move it adoption. So, cyber grants on behalf of Charities Aid Foundation of America generously donated $100 to the Royaltton School District to be used towards unspecified district needs. Pine Country Bank has generously donated $250 to be used towards the robotics team. And the Royalton Lions Club has generously donated $1,000 to be used towards the robotics team. uh and be a resolved for the RO school. Briefly
091accept these gifts. Uh does somebody want to second that? We'll second it. All right. Director. Thank you. Uh then with the roll call vote. Director Trout. Hi. Director Hackett. Hi. Director Holm. Hi. Director Boyd. Hi. Director Het. Hi. Director Andrews. I All right. Uh so motion carried. Resolution pass. uh 60 and uh next is policy. Uh so we talked about uh about those a little bit. Uh so 506 um and then 516 the 516.5 uh we talked about some of those. Uh they were references to the other medication one that we're waiting on the nurse to look at. So she's going to look at all those um together. They will look at them all together. And then the uh the other two we're waiting on uh some feedback from uh Heidi and then the other
092team. Uh so uh second and final policy reading is for uh just for 704. So development maintenance of inventory. So the accounting system changed the limit from $5,000 to $10,000 that we don't need stuff for or need the approval for. So does anybody want to move that? I will. Director Trout. Thank you. I'll second. Second. Director Andre. Any discussion. All in favor say I. I. I. Opposed. All right. Motion carries. And then third policy reading of 522. So the title 9 sex non-discrimination policy agreements and process. Um that's the only one for third policy reading. Somebody want to move that? Actually I can move that. was seconded. Director Hacket. Any discussion on that one? All in favor say I. I postame. All right. Motion carries. All right. Upcoming meeting schedule. So this is inaccurate on
093your sheets. Yes. I like to August. Oh, I like that. I'll stick with that. I would recommend strongly not to do that. Um, however, there is on the calendar policy and finance for June 25th at the regular times. I believe it's newer than two. So, everybody's still good at those dates. The ones we do take off for policy though generally are we did last year was July. So, that's a possibility. July. We have finance in May though too, right? Yes. Yes, you're right. What made is that? We switched them. It's the third and the fourth. So next it's um it's the 28th of May. Finance committee is May 28th and then policy is May 21st. So I apologize both all of these should have been on here. So policy is May 21st normal time 2
094o'clock and May 28th finance at noon. Is everybody still good with those? Okay. We want to do agenda setting on 21st then at three. Um I have a district leadership team meeting then. Did we do it at one report policy or that 21st? I'm gone that week. Sorry. But that week that's okay. That doesn't work. Unless you want to email me, I'll find you. I think maybe could we do the week of the 26? That gives us two weeks before sometime that time. Well, we can figure that out. We'll figure we'll email. And then May 29th. Yeah. May 29th work session. All right. Um, anything else? All right. Um, so, uh, can I get a motion, uh, to close the open meeting at, uh, 7:36 p.m. Um, all in favor say I. I opposed. All
095right. Motion carries.