001All right. You ready? All right. We'll start with the pledge. >> Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Uh we have uh director Hackinet Andre Trout Offstead from Voyer home is absent for now. She'll be showing up uh a little bit late. Um so I have two comments to start out the board meeting. So uh last time we closed and had uh um discussion of private educational data. So in that meeting was superintendent Leard uh Zack Cronin who's our uh attorney executive assistant Mandy Sadlo and then uh all board members uh were present for that and that's what we did in accordance with 13.052A3 52A3. Uh we discussed some private
002educational data um at that meeting. And then the second thing, so I'm going to read through a couple of these. Um but we had $22,000 worth of donations this month. So um a lot from the initiative foundation and then again the Royaltton American Legion, Royalton Firemen, um and the Royaltton Lions Club. So, uh, thank you again to all of those organizations that, uh, keep showing up and supporting our students. So, that's that's huge. Uh, with that, uh, does somebody want to approve the agenda? >> Director Troy, thank you. >> I'll second. >> All right. Director Andrews, thank you. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Oppos. All right. Motion carries. Uh, let's go to appreciation. >> Chair House, members of board, Superintendent Lard, Kaitlin Arsen, and MPG's director. Um, I have three athletes
003I'd like to recognize today um for their um successful spring season. The first is Max Verneran. Um he is a state participant. He ended up finishing 12th um in triple jump and 18th in long jump and then improving on his initial seed distance um for each of those events at the state meet this last this past weekend. Congratulations, MAX. Um I also like to recognize Lydia Cork who's not here. Um she qualified for the 100 meter dash. um she ended up finishing 11th, so just missing making it into the finals and giving all state honors. Um and then I also recognized Zach Shout. Um he was the 2026 CMC boys golf player of the year, which was his second time getting it. So, um he is unfortunately not able to be here as well. So,
004those are people don't recognize. >> All right. Well, let's get a picture with Max then. Yeah. >> All right. and no citizens for input here. All right. Uh, and we'll work into the superintendent report. >> Yeah. Uh, just some legislative recap. Um, some of this you've heard already, but kind of give you a little synopsis of what happened. Uh, the Blue Ribbon Commission, there's one for special education that's set out there. It establishes a committee that's looking to transform essentially cut $250 million out of special education. and they were trying to get that done, they didn't, but they are looking to get it established for next year. Um, and that would if they can't find the reduction, it would impact every district in Minnesota. AI, we have it on the agenda tonight, but we're going
005to have a policy planning meeting next week to initiate some discussion on where we go with that districtwide. um compensatory funding. I mentioned it last time and we ended up with a little bit brought back, but it's still a reduction of $80,000 to our district. Um statewide health insurance. So, that didn't go through, but they're still strongly looking at that. Every district is required in July and then following every July uh submitting a survey of every employee in our district um that takes any sort of insurance whatsoever and um very detailed survey and providing that information. It's going to be statewide. their district does it and then uh they just want to I think just get a feel for what is actually out there and what maybe the impact might be for them for the
006state. Um but it is very strongly being looked at doing something um all the way down to employees that have 14 hours a week would qualify for full health insurance. Yeah. um >> at what was cost? >> Well, 85% would be covered for a single coverage um and uh 95% for a or backwards 95 for family, 85 for single and it's split by the districts and state. So, I briefly mentioned it one time, but it becomes a negotiation issue of course and every district is different on what we offer and how much we offer. Uh last year we had some cyber security grants that or some technology grant that you did last year. They're also offering those again this year up to $10,000. Um it's also required every district to have an anonymous threat reporting
007system. There's a state one or we can develop our own and we have to get that developed by next year. There are grants up to $10,000 one time to help support that effort. Um, summer uh unemployment funding is still out there for this year. It I don't I foresee it probably not getting as much next year. Um, a big thing uh that they're talking about is a permanent school. There is this permanent school trust fund out there. Um, every district gets about 2 and a half% that comes from the uh, taken and uh, mining. And so they're looking at a November vote which wouldn't impact taxes. It would come from the fund trust fund and it would increase to 4 and a.5%. Which would be for our district about 28 $29,000 to the to the
008better if it passes. It's a statewide vote. Um, let's see. Yeah, that's the end of my deal, I guess. Any other things out there for me? Coch home, members of the board, superintendent, my name is Bridget Rmary, and I'm going to walk through April financials. The ADM report I received last week had us um close to I think 897. So getting a lot closer to our revised budget and I do think there's still some reconciliation happening with year end. Um but this it's updated since this report. Um so with this report 83% of the year is complete. So I bring that up just to compare when you're on the statement of revenue and expenses. If anything's over 83% just something to look at or if it's way under just to um try to if you
009have questions about it that would be a place to look um if to come up with questions I guess. Um let's see. Not much else on here that's it's kind of usual stuff that I go through. So I did the food service. We can talk about that when we get down there. But um essentially we did get April and May. So the full school year. ultimately about 80,000 each month that came in in revenues for that fund. So should be pretty close to what we budgeted for revenues in that fund. And then our audit with Marks is scheduled for September 8th through the 10th. I'm not sure if we knew that last month when I was here. So um just FYI on that. Um this is just the dashboard that we're used to seeing with
010some historical data and then you kind of keep up with how we see ADM trending compared to budget. the balance sheet. So, you're seeing your cash um there and then liabilities. Again, we acrew for those summer payrolls with the teachers. And so, those will all they get paid out um July and August, but we do book those at the end of June. And so, um those will get all reconciled and paid out. And hop to the next page. So, this is all funds, revenues, and expenses. So you can see revenues are at about 80% there. Um and part of that is just a delay in the quite a bit of property tax revenue came in in May. So that's a leg there of timing. Um when I and I'm comparing that to the 83%. So
011we're just that's where that 80 to 83% difference is. And then expenses are pretty much right on with budget at 83.5% all across the board. Down to the next page. So this is showing your general fund revenues and you can see um where we're getting majority of everything is of course flowing and then we have that hold back amount that we estimate about 10% that we get primarily in the fall and then federal revenues. So you can see that the federal spend is at 0.1% and that all happens through mstate. So we get that at year end. So that's why that's so low. And then your local revenue is looking really good. So you can see we're actually above budget and quite a few things, athletics, scholarships, um the donations, which sounds like it's going
012to be even higher. So that's great. So local revenues are at about 91%. Expenses. So you can see at the top the biggest picture or the biggest pieces here are the salaries and benefits and then um those summer payrolls that we talked about um potentially some savings in contracted services and non-instructional supplies depending on how the you know May because this is so we're looking at April as a reminder. So depending on how May and June shake out and then other things are fully spent. Um so overall you scroll down just a little bit. um we're at 82% compared to budget bottom line. So pretty in line with that 83%. So and then our summary there of your general fund revenues and expenses for budget and then food service. So like I mentioned the revenues
013are always a delay and now we actually just I know what the rest of the year came in at. So it was about an extra 164,000 in revenue there and then we'll get the commodities with year end pieces coming through. So that should look good. Fund four. So again, revenues are looking really good there. Um just above and then expenses are just a little bit below. And again, some of that can come in in June, but that fund um I would expect potentially to have that a little bit more savings than we budgeted. So that's good. And then that's just the latest March report that I had received, but like I had mentioned. Um Oh, did you? >> No, that's the still the one that was from before, not from last week. So it ticked
014up to about 8.97 primarily the ECSE was a little bit higher. So yeah questions on financials for April. >> All right. Thanks Bridget. Principal's report. Members of the board, superintendent Joel Swenson, high school principal. Uh just two things. Uh we started this week, we started our high school summer school credit recovery. Um we had about 20 students involved with that that are involved this summer. They're here for 11 days, 8 to noon. Um, and then they can work through the credit recovery for the rest of the summer. They need to be done before the school year starts. Um, and they do that through our Apex uh, online learning. Um, the past two summers we've recovered somewhere between 18 and 25 credits during summer school. Uh those are credits that if they're not earned here, they
015are typically going out the door to earn them somewhere else during the school year, which then causes our ADM number to to go down. So, um the summer school, the high school summer school is a very good thing. Um and uh the kids show up and they uh get to work. They take a break about 10:00, have a snack, and uh but they're we're we have a math teacher that comes in. Uh Mr. Shainrock comes in and helps students that need the math support. Then Mr. Shaw is the credit recovery uh credit recovery director for the summer. So, uh, that will go until June 18th and then, uh, that will be it for the summer and then those students can continue to work on the classes that they started in summer school can work on
016them throughout the rest of the summer. Uh, and then the last thing would just be to thank board members and superintendent Leard for joining us for graduation last week. Um, I told Tony Newman 56 minutes when we walked in and it was 56 minutes when we walked out. Um I got lucky. Um no, it was a good ceremony, beautiful weather. Uh it sounds like they had a good time at Grad Bash. Um and so we uh wish farewell to the class of 2026 and uh get ready for next year. So thank you for being there. Uh >> question, have you guys picked the new student school board? folks that are going to come here in September. We have not I don't know that we'll have them for September because there is a bit of a
017process of democracy that happens in September but um where they'll make decisions on student council members and then they and I signed a lot of affidavit for um if you want in the old days what we would do in a class meeting is okay we need two student council reps and I know David doesn't want to be on it and so I'm his buddy and I'm going to nominate David and then he says accepts it and then never shows up for meetings and now they have an affidavit they have to have um like eight teachers sign off on it myself the guidance counselor they go around and get these signatures to run for student council and then they turn that in. So there is an active process of getting yourself involved almost like filing as
018a candidate um and then they uh will vote in the fall. So I signed a bunch of them. So we had a bunch of kids that were really interested in becoming a part of student council and they were very active this year. And I don't know if you had a chance to see there's been some pictures of the like the student memorial and things outside on the north side. That is those kids rock that and um excited to see it. And so I am the I'm excited to see the group of kids that I signed affidavit for who comes out of that and becomes board reps. And I think we'll have another good group. >> Have a question. Um, so we're doing credit recovery when we start them off on this. There any thought of
019there should be a day or two later in the summer where we can I mean if they're this within a couple inches of of getting done, we could help them out or >> we have talked about that and we talked about it this spring. Um, if we could find a way to do that in the future, I would like to have at least two days of a um where they come in in August, right around the 18th or 19th of August, right right before we do the teacher inservice where we could come in and close those things out. The other thing we talk about is that >> it could be really apparent that whether they're within a day or two of doing it or not. Right. I mean, >> right. >> But they got stuck
020right at the end and just start finishing. >> Yeah. We also talked about unfortunately with AI today that some of the online stuff is susceptible to the use of AI. You can have one computer here be asking and have your credit recovery class up and go to AI and ask the question that it's asking you and get the answer and put it into the system. So, we're talking about doing some sort of final or some sort of final verification sometime in August and that was part of that conversation about that. Um but you know kids like you know 16 year olds especially they actually study and they learn it they kind of think it's cheating too because like I remembered that you know really all I had to do is learn this and then I
021could take the test you know sometimes it's just a communication thing for the test for new students too. So >> yeah, when I say final, I'm not even talking necessarily, >> but you might you might find out more that way than than the interface with the computer. >> Absolutely. Yeah. >> Yep. That's my only question. All right. Cheers home and hoped members of the board soon. Tony Newman, elementary principal. Just a couple things just like uh Swenson, we had a wonderful end of the school year. A lot of smiling faces, some tears as they didn't want the school year to end. Um but it's good to hit the reset button here over the summer. Um I tell you what, we got some tremendous students and staff and families supporting our kids. Uh put that in
022my end of the year message home. Um, you know, it truly takes a a mountain of people, a village to raise and educate a kid and and, uh, we're doing that and, um, it's it's really fun. So, uh, some of the things that we don't aren't able to do without some help and some of the the donations that we've gotten help support that. you know, Pete Teal um donated the funds to have bouncy houses for the kindergarteners, the fifth graders to come over and bounce. Yes, it was hot. It was real hot, but uh the kids had fun and it's something that um that they will remember. I had I had a student that was supposed to leave early and they were going to miss their bouncy house time and they were upset and so
023a call was made and the parent delayed pickup time so that they could do well with their classmates. It's important. Um and so so thank you to them for being able to provide that. Um we uh we were able to bring in a science museum to do a water exhibit for kindergarteners through fifth graders. Um, all of that was funded through a donation grant um through um the Royalty Education Foundation. We were able to get 46 over $4,600 in books through the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange uh grant. So, we're able to get new books and recycle out the well-loved ones that are falling apart and um restock our shelves and and all of that is are are great things. We're we got the Rift Grant again, the matching grant. Um, we chip in 4,000, they
024chip in 4,000 and and kids get to take home free books next year. Um, um, so very appreciative of of the support that we get to to make sure that we give the best possible experience to our kids. So, it was a it was a great school year. It was a fast school year. Um, and we look ahead to next year. So, any questions? Um, do we need to recognize PTO at a board meeting? >> They paid for them. >> Well, they paid all occasion rental. >> Yep. >> We were just the agreement holder for >> No, I'm just saying like the PTO though. >> Oh, we can't, you know, for all their donations and field day and >> you know, all that stuff. We haven't done that in a few years. So, yes, that
025might be worth doing. >> Any other questions for Tony? I have a question but I feel dumb because I can't remember the right name for it but so the training that we did over the last two years >> letters there we go stuck that's all done now we are 100% done with phase one which is all of our K through five teachers are building sub or Spanish teacher um all of them hit the 80% marker they are fully done with letters uh we had nobody below that 80% marker which you would have to remedial learning for them. That is completely done. Um celebration for that. That took a significant amount of time which then we could kind of refocus that energy into a different style of PLC's for next year back to where they they
026should be. >> Absolutely. >> Um we are rolling into phase two between um Joel and Keland and our four English departments. they are engaging in strive which is geared towards secondary um and and helping them gain the skills to become uh proficient leaders. So we're are at the elementary ended phase two is kicking in and that'll that's just a one-year program uh throughout next year um facilitating that learning. So >> I don't think that the public knows what a big undertaking that was for those teachers to get through all that in such a short time. So Boston and everything else. So I'm glad it's over. >> They are too. You know, >> I'm sure they are. >> They are. >> But it g it gave them further skills. >> Yeah. >> Then when you walk
027in the classroom, they're doing those things, right? And that's the that was the reasoning for doing it in the first place. and that it's they're doing it. You know, I was I was at baseball last weekend and um my son is sitting with another boy and they're talking about the magic e, the silent e at the end of a word which changes the vowel sound. They're talking about it is going to be just finished kindergarten, right? So, those are the skills that they're learning. They're retaining that information. They're applying that learning um which make them better readers. So >> I think I think the thing that we really need to watch is that if we speak with a common language in that learning thing from all the way through instead of every grade to get
028a new vernacular for the things how much remedial learning they won't have to be here. >> That's the hope. >> Yeah. Yep. For sure. >> Cool. All right. Okay. uh chair home in Hoffstead, members of the board, superintendent park, Kayen Arnzen, activities director. Um so spring season finished off well. Um we had a little bit of a cold start um to the beginning, but definitely towards the end got warm. Um we had our two uh state participants with our track athletes. Um and everything finished up well. I do want to thank Joel Stson for being my little puppet while I was on at home with my newborn. Um, making sure things ran smoothly, especially when I when I expected. Um, I will do my fundraiser report that was supposed to be done um in May,
029but it's a little bit behind. Um, so we had four of them that submitted um and I can actually give another one just because I know it was done. Um, so FFA, they did their fruit sales that start at the end of October, go through November. Um, that just adds to their yearly activities to do different contests, different things. They, um, approximately about $8,000. Um, boys basketball, they do a community basketball tournament. Um, so the missions and concessions and stuff like that, um, go to their program so they can get more equipment or, you know, shooting warm-up shirts, um, different things. Um, bring in a clinician. They've made about $5,000. Student council, they sold hot chocolate during lunches. Um, they had survivor week shirts um, and concessions. Um, that was about $2,000. 20 $2,15 that
030they raised. Um baseball and softball, they put on a junior high tournament which was that first weekend in May. Um both will make about 750 in entries from the teams that come and then they also sold concessions. So that adds a little bit to it. Um so those been the fundraisers that we had from end of December to Mayish. Um, any questions for me as far as activities? >> Thank you. Uh, community in Jennifer. >> Yes. Good evening, boarders home in Hopstead, superintendent, members of the board. Um, we had um also a wonderful preschool graduation like the principles uh mentioned about their ceremonies. Our preschool graduation was attended by approximately 250 um parents, family members, and audience members. Um and so we were really um just very grateful to the family level of family engagement
031we had um and our teachers and our staff and our pair professionals that made that so successful and celebrated our students. Um currently looking ahead to next school year. Um I have one more update uh for next school year's preschool registration numbers. Um those are at 65 currently. Um enrolled in the Little Royals preschool program. Um and then we continue to take registrations of course um through the next milestone deadline is September 4th. Um they continue to come in through fall. We have several pending. Um and then um certainly take our special education students throughout the entire school year. Um with the numbers that we're seeing and the ages that we're seeing um we're going to be adding an additional section of um Monday through Wednesday for our fouryear-olds. Three three day preschool day for
032the four year olds. Um, originally we thought that we were um going to only need one section of the two-day preschool for three year olds, but we're actually now back to needing two sections of two-day preschool for three year olds. Um, and so we're excited about the numbers that we're seeing um and uh just appreciate all of the staff's work um to um start to assign them to classrooms. um for fall ECF that's already open for registration. We're holding the Monday, Tuesday um and in PM sessions adding a new um circle of security parenting class in fall. This summer, actually, we added several new ECF classes um called uh ECF in the community where we have um community partners that have um started a class at their location such as the library um or Royal
033Lens um and then we'll have another session in the early childhood center as well um for a drop in and play just to start to get new families engaged in the programming. Those are free classes. We consider them a sampler class so that they can try the program for free. But it's really been exciting to see the community partnerships that we're forming um with that summer series um because we hadn't had summer ACF previously. Um so that just started um and then looking to re-evaluate or a new proposal in the future for um ECF coordinator specialist position. um in in a future school year 2027 28 or 2829. Um and then looking ahead to um family outreach that we're working on. Um we have several early childhood screening dates that are coming up. Um looking
034ahead to our big truck night of August 17th. um that is a great way to reach out to um existing and new families to attend um welcome them to the program. Um and then we are forming an early childhood education advisory council this fall. Our community education advisory council meets um on June 15th for the last time for this school year. And that's certainly open to anyone in the public to attend. Um but our last community ed advisory council meets on on Monday um in the early childhood center from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Um and then just continuing to grow our partnerships um with the county um arrows um certainly midstate for our ECSE services as as we grow our early childhood programming. All right. Any questions for Jennifer? >> All right. Thank you. >>
035Thank you so much. >> Uh, next we have the consent agenda. So, uh, board's consenting to approve items listed, uh, below. So, we're looking at approval of regular board meeting minutes, uh, the claims, accounts, and financials, and the approval of personnel changes for this consent agenda. Is there anything anybody would like to pull? Does somebody want to move the consent agenda? >> So, move. >> Director Hack, thank you. >> Second, >> director. Thank you. Any discussion? >> I have a question. >> Yep. on um the personnel changes. The tech integrated position I believe was created with Mark. >> Are we going to remove that position or we going to that? >> We're we're going to come up with something, but it's going to have to be merged with some other things probably. But we're we'll
036be talking about discussing what to do with it. >> Sure. That's it. That's my question. >> Okay. Any other discussion? >> All right. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Abstain. Motion carries. Uh, next is uh Minnesota State High School League resolution for membership. >> So, this is just a yearly thing. um being part of the state high school league is a optional thing for schools. So this is just our agreement with the state high school league um and saying that we're going to be a part of it. >> What are our options if we decided not to be a part of it with all the neighborhood schools or >> uh probably not because we would be viewed as a nonstate high school league. would be pretty
037tricky to get games and stuff like that. We wouldn't be able to do any state tournaments or anything. >> It's like a shotgun wedding. >> I mean there there are very few schools in the state that don't participate and a lot of those are kind of more of the programs or developing programs like Shadock of St. Harries is one that is not considered. They're not part of the state high school league, but they're high school. >> All right. Somebody want to move the Minnesota State High School League approval of that resolution for membership. >> Resolution. So, I'll move it. >> Yep. So, it's a resolution, but it's not a resolution. >> Okay. All right. That makes sense. >> It did. Well, I looked at it earlier and I was like, it says resolution. It's read
038through and I'm like, but it's not a resolution, but we're resolving to do this. So, like, yep, we're good. So, >> I'll just move it. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> I'll second it. >> Director Boyd. Thank you. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. All right. Motion carries. Uh, next is approval of cardiac emergency response plan. >> So, there's a plan in your packet um was led by Nikki Lamemer and several other people, but she kind of spearheaded the the planning of it and putting together the required plan that we have to have in place by July 1, every district. So, we're ready to go. And when when is the training? I saw most of those were a lot of them were August 26 >> for that. >> As
039far as I know, she's putting things together in August. >> She's okay. That's what I thought. >> All right. Does somebody want to move the cardiac emergency response plan? >> Motion. Director >> home. Second. Director Trout. Uh, any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. So, next is approval of the resolutions establishing dates for filing affidavit of candidacy. Uh, does anybody want to introduce this? I think this one I need to read probably. I think that you can wave the reading. >> Okay. Does somebody want to move this and wave the reading? >> I'll move it. Wave the reading. >> Approved. All right. Um so this resolution basically says that uh between July 14th and July 28th is uh when candidate candidates can file um here and that
040uh um the school will be open to to do that except for Fridays and then they'll be open till 5:00 on the very last day uh to do that. And the clerk is approving that this notice that's written on the bottom half there is what's going to go out uh go out to everybody there. Um and that's really it. Uh does somebody want to second the motion? >> All second. >> Director Andrews. All right. Can you call the role? >> Director Tro. >> Director H. I. >> Director Andrews I. Director Boyce. Hi. Director Holmes. >> Hi. >> Director Hson. >> Hi. All right. And nobody voted against. So, we have the resolution declared and passed and adopted. Um, so signature afterwards, one amendment. All right. Uh, donations by resolution. We talked about this a little
041bit at the beginning. Does somebody want to move this uh resolution and wave three? >> I will. Director Andrews. All right. Uh, the following resolution. Uh, so like I said, it was $22,316.35 plus the four American flags that uh came from the Legion for us. Uh, does somebody want to second that motion? >> Director Trout. Thank you. And then uh, can you call the role again? >> Director Trout. >> Director Hackin. I director Andrew. Hi. Director Boy. Hi. >> Director. Hi. >> Director. >> Hi. >> All right. Nobody voted against and nobody abstains. So the resolution is duly adopted with more signatures at the end and thank you to all those groups again. Um and then policy. So we have the responsible use of AI uh like the superintendent part said um that they're still
042working on separating and figuring out what uh what we really want to do with that. So, um, upcoming meeting schedule, we have policy on the 24th, >> I believe. >> Um, we're not having policy. >> Not in June. >> Okay. >> No, we're going to have finance, though. >> Okay. >> On the 24th. >> Okay. >> Just want to make sure because I think it's on my calendar. So, It is no longer on my calendar. That's approve. All right. That's super easy. Okay. Um, anything else before we uh adjourn this one? >> Good. Good. >> Good. >> All right. Uh, I'll take a motion to adjourn at 6:40 p.m. >> Director Boyce. Thank you. >> Second, >> director Hacket. Thank you. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. Motion carries.