001But I'm not chairing this routing program. >> We're never we're never going to get Paul Bloom from Fox here like this. All right. Good. All right. >> I pledge algiance 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. Will the record reflect for roll call that all members are present. Um for board chair comments I have two tonight. Uh first one is uh we ended with a closed session last time. Um so 13D.05 for superintendent evaluation with myself director Holm Boyd Trout and Andrews. Uh then superintendent superintendent Leard and executive assistant Savo were there and we basically set the goals for 26 and 27 um with superintendent. Uh second big thing is uh
002another big donation month of $11,000. So thank you to those. Most of that's going to the student award. So you guys did an awesome job with that. I can't wait to hear more about it. Um and that's all I have. So with that, uh, is there anything anybody would like to add or change of the agenda? >> All right. Somebody want to move the approval of the agenda? >> Second. >> True. Thank you. Hacket. Thank you. Uh, any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. All right. significant thing here tonight is the uh appreciation, recognition and presentation, chairs, office at home, members of the board, superintendent part, Joel Swenson, high school principal, assistant principal and activities director for the next couple weeks. So I am doing all of
003these recognitions tonight. Um and uh there's some exciting things uh to recognize our students for. The first one I'd like to present. Now the other part is that you look at the weather and we have I think almost every single team except baseball going today. Um so we do not have these students here. They're tracking, golfing, softballing. Um, but I have the the students of the uh month for uh the spring. Uh, these students uh voted on by staff, nominated and voted upon by staff. And so the last three students of the month are Chaz Pacik, Madison Albreight, and Reagan Elliot. So congratulations to these three. Uh in April we had um the Sourcewell student character banquet. These are students that are nominated by uh staff um for um different maybe not the kid who
004has their name in the paper every week or is the captain of the team um but someone who displays leadership displays um qualities that we would be looking for in our students and and would celebrate in our students. Um and so the two students of Sourceville character, they went to a banquet at um uh what's the place called? Um the the new shops, the new railroad shops up in Brainer, the depot. The depot. There you go. I don't know what the name of it is, but really cool if you have not been there. Um, and the students of Sourcewell, uh, students that were recognized at that banquet in April are Bren Guts and Cody Beiac. Um, we had for the first time in a number of years, uh, we reentered the region 5A visual art
005competition. Uh the visual art competition was held at uh New London Spicer High School uh in the past month. In the old days, and I mean old days, in early 2010s, late 2008, n in between there and 2015 when we entered the art show, um we were dominant in the art show. our art students. We had 13 categories in the region 5A committee and we would come out and win nine of those categories. Um eight eight nine 10 categories every year. Um this is the first time that Miss Torson led this uh led her art department through the region 5A contest and we had a number of students that received superior ratings at the contest. almost like music. They judge based on criteria in the in the categories for art and and judge your artwork.
006So, I'd like to recognize these students. Um, Benjamin Nes received a superior rating in the category of painting. Alexa Whmer received a superior rating in the category of painting. Jaden Ashenbrer received a rating of superior in the category of digital art. Bailey Bruno received a superior rating in the category of ceramics. Oliver Mensel received a superior rating in the category of craft and sculpture. and Sabrina Keith received a superior rating in the category of craft and sculpture. So, congratulations to all of these kids. It is quite an undertaking to get them comfortable enough to put their uh artwork on display and have it judged and being judged by other artists and by other adults. Um, they took the plunge and really did a super job with it. I know Miss Torson was nervous about putting
007uh just getting involved not knowing what it was and uh was pleasantly excited about the success of our own students when it comes to art. We have talented artists in the school um whether it's in music or visual arts. Um it's exciting to see those students have a chance to to put their work on the line and be recognized for it. the other group that I have that I want to recognize tonight and I'm actually going to put them on the spot and have them come up because see the activities director wasn't supposed to be gone until next week and so my briefing on this has been I know that you're here. Um but we had a a middle school robotics team that competed at the world's competition in Texas uh earlier this year. It
008was St. Louis this year. >> Oh, St. Louis. >> Yeah. >> Um they they competed in Missouri then halfway to Texas. >> Um it was Texas the time before. Correct. All right. >> Um but they did a great job. And I'm going to have Blake Rory, Rose Rant, and Charlie Barthell come up and just explain for a give us a little one minute synopsis of the of the competition and what you did there. And come on, Charlie. your interview. >> If you can go to worlds, you can talk to the school board about how you did it. Tell us a little bit about your robotics competition, what happened in >> Well, it all started with design process. Being there was a big challenge going to state. Um, working through all the problems we had, troubleshooting,
009and then once we got there, we were just having fun. There was the best of the best teams around the world. Um, we placed 30th in our division out of 80 out of the seven divisions. and we were in the hardest division and it was just really fun. We were making a lot of new friends and it was just a lot of fun going in there. >> Can you explain what the competition is? What are you designing your robot to do? >> So essentially we're designing it to put plastic balls into like a tube per se and you're with an alliance. So, it's a 2v2 and you're trying to be in control of all the blast tubes with your color of balls and >> and so you design your robot for the whole year specifically
010for these challenges. >> Yes. >> And how how many hours do you think that you put into design and build and training the robot >> for a month or total? thousand plus >> thousand plus hours building, practicing, fixing, programming the robot. >> Yeah. >> What other countries and other places of the world did you run into students from? >> Um Asia, like pretty much all Asia, a lot of Europe countries just um yeah, a lot most of the continents were there. There was lots of like Thailand, all those places, China. um teams there from a lot of different places. There was 70 some different countries there. So >> Charlie, what was your favorite part about it? >> Probably the competition itself. Um last year we went three and seven and we made a big improvement
011this year and went five and five. Rose, what was your favorite part? >> My favorite part this whole year was probably the opportunity to work on an engineer. That basically documents everything we did throughout the year, every change we made, every program we did. >> Awesome. And what was your season record? >> 606. >> How was your state record? >> 551. >> Yeah, they did fantastic actually took state champ. So, >> so incredibly exciting that these are our students right here in the 56373 that are doing this. And uh on behalf of the robotics team, I'd like to thank the board for their support. Um you guys didn't even blink an eye when it came to allowing these kids to go down there and show what they had. Um, and the results speak for themselves
012and it's just a really cool something that started from a whisper of robotics. Here we have kids competing worldwide with kids from different places all over the world. So, um, congratulations to you guys and to the entire robotics team for an excellent excellent showing at the world's competition. that for you. We'll get your pictures here in a second. And then Tony, I don't know if you want to do our Sure. >> Uh, Wednesday night, we attended the Sourcewell uh educators of excellence banquet um up at the depot in Brainer. And uh we recognized two teachers of excellence and two pillars of excellence in our school district for the year. And uh it was a really nice banquet. Good good meal, good time, very welldeserving people uh receiving these awards. uh at the high school the
013the 2026 Sourcewell teacher of excellence award went to Jeannie Avi and the 2026 Sourcewell pillar of excellence that is a non-eing support staff member in the district went to Don Towell from the high school and from the elementary school um our teacher of excellence is second grade teacher Kathy Breny and our pillar of excellence um is Joe Wiser That's right. >> Very well deserved. >> Yep. really cool. >> Thank you. Yes, they will do they'll do they'll do a robotics picture for sure. You guys can get >> All right. One, two, three. >> Thanks, guys. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. All right. Um, recognition of citizens and there aren't any here. So, we'll go to the student school board. >> All right. So, last week we had teacher appreciation week. So, we just did some fun things
014over the week to help show how much we appreciate them. We had dress up days. We got them in a gift every day. And then we also just had some fun little soda things with them that we post on social media. So you guys can check that out. And then next week on Wednesday the 20th, we're hosting our fifth grade activity night, which is basically to welcome in the upcoming sixth graders so they can kind of get a layout of the idea of the school because we have tours and we make it fun. We have like scavenger hunts for them. We play dodgeball with them. we make it like a very fun thing so they can get excited about coming here instead of just being all nervous and then we also open them up to
015any questions or anything like that that they have too. And then on the 22nd so that Friday we have mindfulness day. So throughout the week we have dress up days. Um and the whole point of mindfulness day is May is mental health awareness month. So uh Friday is just our day to really celebrate that. Um, so basically it's just a time for I don't know promote mental well-being. We have outdoor activities that we do and then we do a lot of arts and crafts stuff. Um, and then so the student memorial then we have concrete being poured on Friday. So things are moving with that. And once that is done, we have to wait about a week for it to set and then we can start doing the bench, the mulch, all of that stuff.
016So hopefully it goes pretty quick here because um school's wrapping up, but uh we did get a couple more donations for that. So we will be able to purchase two more tables to really make it a nice outdoor learning space for people. So >> awesome. Any questions for these guys? >> I think I missed some details. So where is this memorial going to go? >> It's also the lines over there. So, I don't know if you see it when you drive by, but they have all of the um grass store ones. >> Sure. So, >> awesome. >> Good to work. >> All right. Uh superintendent report. >> Okay. Uh fairly short one. Um legislature news. They have a week left. So, about this time next week, we'll know for sure what our faith is, I
017guess. Um things don't look too promising. Um things kind of got uh stuck in bills in the House and the Senate, so things aren't really moving forward too much. I know compensatory for sure um will be about 85,000 to the negative that we'll lose. Um it it is possible, very slim chance that we might get a little bit of that back, but not not confident. Um, so I'll I'll put some info out there next week once I hear for sure what's going on. Um, couple other things that I've just made some observations uh of some student activities the last few weeks that are not on this list that we have tonight. Um, last week FFA had a um uh some stations for the elementary kids to come watch and and participate in. and I thought
018they had some great leadership skills and the elementary kids had a great time over there watching and observing and participating in those stations. Um went to the machine shop class and I there was I don't remember 10 to 10 to 15 different individuals in there working on projects all their own end of the year projects and a lot of trailers being made. Um but visited with probably half of them and and just good conversations with them. uh great projects that they're doing. Um and then I was invited to go uh watch the girls golf team. Was it two weeks ago maybe? Just just was was impressed with the boys that they had. And I'm not a golfer, so maybe that impacts my perspective, but they they did a great job. Just over Little Falls. Um
019and then just uh we won't have a board meeting until after graduation. Just want to say congratulations to our seniors for a job well done and um proud of them and on behalf of all of us and best wishes to them. >> All right, any questions for Wayne? All right, business reports at home, members of the board, superintendent, my name is Bridgeti. We are going to look at the March financial report. Um, I know it's almost in the middle of May. So, I'll kind of talk about a few things that aren't in here that I did observe for April. Um, so ADM, so just as a reminder, the revised budget has it at the 904. The last report I did get has 885, but there's no ECSE students and so PSO is still getting adjusted.
020So, um, the hope is it will still end close to that 904 once those are all updated closer to year end. That revised budget that was approved has the deficit of all funds at 143,000. The general fund is pretty close to break even though. So that deficit is among the uh fund two, fund four and the debt service fund. Um at the end of March, we were 75% of the way through the fiscal year and revenues and expenses were pretty close to that 75%. Um we did get a little bit more from MDE related to prior year during April. So that um state receivable has gone down a little bit. They do have till June 30th to true that up or down. And food service. So I'm just jumping down to the bottom. Um we
021this is showing because food service is about a month behind. We received 85,000 in April and then another about 82,000 in May related to April. So things look very on track with that food service budget. So that's great. We'll hop down to this is just kind of the graphical format of the numbers that we will go through on the financials. So you can go down to the balance sheet. Um so you can see the cash balance there. That's basically what was in the bank at the end of March. And then the big thing under the liabilities. I just want to keep pointing out that that salaries and benefit summer payroll payable which is what we pay the teachers over the summer. So those are payrolls in July and August. they are going to be fiscal
022year 26 expenses and so we just want to approve for that because it goes out of your bank in July and August but it is an expense for this fiscal year don't want a large expense that'll hit you know at the very end before it uh you can hop down to the next page so this is all funds revenue and expenses and so you can see the original budget on the left column which was approved last spring the revised budget that was approved last month And then our year-to- date activity as a comparison. So you can see there that revenues are at about 72% and then expenses are at about 76%. And a large piece of that is the debt service that was paid in January. Our general fund revenue. So you're going to see
023the top portion there which is what we get. We get two payments from MDE each month the 15th and the 30th. And that is approximately 90 overall we should be getting about 90% during the school year of what MDE owes us. And then they always hold back about 10%. And so you can see that we have an estimated hold back line there. Um just so we can keep that in line with make sure that things still are at 75% which is what we are through the fiscally in at the end of March we're 75% of the way through the year. So just to compare that and your federal revenues. So, um, a few grants here. So, the title we can get reimbursed as we spend that. The fed spend is through mid-state and so there's
024going to be a delay there in that, um, reimbursement. And then the Perkins and there was a little bit of a prior year adjustment with Perkins. We got some revenue this year, um, that was related to last year. And then your local revenues are actually trending a little bit higher than that revised budget. Specifically, you can see they're the really the bottom three. So, your athletic is a little bit um almost at 100% which is great. That might pop over what we budgeted and then similar scholarship and student activity revenues are a little bit higher too. So, that's at about 86 I think is what that was 86% and we're 75% of the way through the year. So, that's great. General fund expenses. So, you can see postage just is a little bit high there
025but a small amount. It just is over 100%. um the I mentioned before that the library so some of those expenses will be caught up in April and in May that we um that's why that's low it will get spent the pupil transportation vehicle so that is fully spent and that is done for the year everything else here looks pretty in line you can see that those expenses are for general fun at 73% so that overall when I look at those line by line I feel pretty good about that um doesn't mean that you know something might not pop up later but as we get closer to the end of the year spending should kind of curtail. So oh this is general fund revenues and expenses kind of the summary. So you can see that
026the budget there is that pretty much that break even. So and then our food service. So this is the one I had mentioned that this is a delay. So, we're actually missing when I just looked before the meeting, our basically the March and April um reimbursements. And so, revenues will always look low during the school year just because of that delay from when we submit the clicks and then your expenses a little bit late of delayed too just with um as of course the food, you know, is purchased and um the bills come a little bit later. So this one will never really be online with that 75% for instance in March fund. So this one revenues are right on track. Expenses are trending a little bit lower. So hopefully there will be a little
027savings but I know that some of this is summer you know June expenses as well with the summer programming. Um so that's it was this one we did budget a little bit of a larger deficit. So, um hopefully that expenses are coming in a little bit lower than budget if you leave and then your debt service which is essentially um your those debt payments that were done in um January. So that's pretty much spent. So then this is the last March report that we have. So we'll have an updated report for the finance meeting in a couple weeks. Other questions on March All right. Any questions for All right. Principal report. >> All right. I have a quick laundry list of things here. Uh Joel Swenson, high school principal. Um senior class. We're getting down
028there. Uh it's really starting to pick up with the end of the year stuff. We have the senior class trip coming up this weekend um to Craig. They leave Sunday, come back Monday, hoping that we have decent weather. Um last year's last trip weather was a lot like it was this weekend around here. Kind of cool and windy. And I'm hoping I don't know they they actually went wakeboarding and did things in the lake last year, but I heard like the lake water was like not over 50 degrees yet. So that might be a far cry to get on a wake board, but there'll always be someone. Um, so we have that this weekend. Um, our awards ceremonies are coming up. They start next week with our middle school on next Thursday and then our
029senior high the following week. Uh tomorrow we have our senior portfolio presentations tomorrow and Wednesday. Uh this is the first year that seniors were required to complete the senior portfolio. The goal of that in the future is that that is a naturally occurring thing that they don't really spend active time like homework on that it actually creates itself um through their classes and through their experiences as they go throughout high school. But we'll have a little 10-minute meeting with each senior that goes through tomorrow in three different groups and talk about their plans for after high school and and uh and go through some of the experiences and uh things that they did in schools uh to prepare themselves for postsecary. Um final choir concert is on Wednesday. Um I I had on here student
030memorial if you have not checked it. It's happening fast. And I will tell you something about um the group of people that are working on the student memorial. Um they're working with contractors and working with the concrete and the planning and the ordering and um you just hear them talk about it. they they know everything that there is to know about what the project that they're working on, which lends itself to the success of this. This is something that I I really applaud this student council for. This is a project, one of those that could get lost in the details in terms of organizing all this stuff. They are right on top of this. I mean, they have a deadline. They're going to meet the deadline. They're constantly uh working, planning, changing as things come
031up and they've just done a tremendously good job. I'm really looking forward to uh seeing that space once it's completed. And so I'd like to thank our student council and um for their leadership with that. And then on Monday, we have fifth grade orientation. Our fifth graders will come over in the morning and spend some time switching classrooms and going to lunch and going back to class and getting a feel for what the rhythm of a middle school day as opposed to what the rhythm of a middle school day is opposed to what it's like being in fifth grade because there there is a big difference. And uh so we have that plan. It works out great. Our seniors are gone on the class trip. Our eighth graders are gone to the Minnesota Zoo for
032their field trip. So, we have the space available uh to bring the sixth graders in and give them a chance to navigate the building as premillers uh for a few hours on Monday. So, um that is all I had for my report. if you have any questions >> or comment. I'm very thankful that in this school that we have the leadership of those kids, but I'm also thankful that we have an administration that listens to them because that's not in every building. So, at the end of the day, they need to be heard and it that that happens here. I appreciate that. So, In fact, I have a few building products that I'd like to put them on these. He'll do it better than I do it. So, >> thank you. >> All right. All
033right. Uh Tony, principal. Um I just got again a laundry list of things here as we wrap up the the school year. MCA testing is complete. Um we're working through our fast testing as well. That'll wrap up here in the next week or two. Um we did have egg day uh last week kindergarteners in the morning and then fourth and fifth grade came over in the afternoon. It's a it's a it's a hit with all the kids and even the adults. Um our our high school kids are well versed in what they're doing and what they're showing. Um they're proud of it. Um and that that excitement kind of lends into um to our kids going up there too that won't necessarily see uh farm animals or tools or kind of some of these things
034that that our kids are doing right here in this school. So um thank you to them. Arbor Day happened um couple uh couple Fridays ago. The Lions Club came in and uh taught our fifth graders about trees and how to plant them and they planted a tree. Uh but then our kindergarters did that here last week. they came up to the shop and they learned about Arbor Day and trees and they got to take them home and plant it and so thank you to those high schoolers as well. Um upcoming things here um yes we have transition day here on Monday did two days uh one day is sufficient to to kind of get them into the swimming things. They'll come over and they'll do a tour and they'll do some learning and then there's
035a switching of classes and they'll eat lunch and then they'll be able to experience post lunch and what that feels like and looks like and come back and do some learning and then head back over uh to the elementary school in the afternoon. So, um that that'll be a pretty big day. We're doing other transitional things with them. The locks are there. We're going to release some um elementary control and leading them down to lunch. They can do it in the mornings. uh let's see if they can do it down to lunch um without a teacher or an adult leaving them as as they do in this building. So allowing a little more freedom, a little more maturity um here at the end of fifth grade school year. So um those things will be happening
036here as well. Uh we are in the midst of field trip season. We've got different groups going um a lot of different places and we're actually bringing in uh the science museum um on Friday the 22nd and they're going to teach our kids K through five about the water cycle. So, they've got a different presentation. They have an older group and a younger group and we're going to get kids in and um they're gonna they're going to learn about the water science museum. So, um that's coming up. Uh at the end of the month, uh that last week is um is go week. We've got kindergarten transition crossing over graduation on the Thursday the 28th at 9:00 a.m. And then on Friday morning, we have our last bell ringing for fifth graders as they transition
037over to this building. Um, and then we've got PTO's leading field day once again and we've got field day events and then bounce houses and it's it's a fun-filled day. So chaotic but it's funfilled. So um it's coming quick. Any questions? That was okay. Thank you. Y All right. Uh next is a consent agenda. So uh the board's consensing to approve items listed bill as presented at one time. Uh any director can pull an item off the consent agenda for further discussion. So we have approval of regular board meeting minutes claims accounts and financials uh personnel changes archery uh for 6 through 12 uh technology assistant contract transportation director contract non-union memorandum of understanding for the 12-month um and then the finance specialist contract the community education director contract and the city of Royalton and
038the Royalton school district SRO contract. Is there anything anybody would like to pull? Would somebody like to move the consent agenda? >> Director Home. Thank you. >> I'll second. >> Director Andrews. Thank you. Any discussion? I'm super excited about the archery. Been trying to do that for a few years here and that's good. Uh, all right. All in favor say I. I opposed. I will abstain. All right. Number 10. Uh looking at activity price increase discussion. Uh so this kind of started I don't know maybe a so uh the discussion about activity fees. Um, I was attending with Caitlyn a meeting and uh we're looking through all the different fees and at each district and we are we haven't had an increase since 2016 and not that that's bad but and none of this is
039bad but we are at the bottom currently right now significantly. Um, the good thing about it is it's a great benefit for our kids and our families, but I think just a a bit of an increase is a good thing. Um, it's still pretty low with the recommended increases in there. I so I know five six years ago we decided we were going to let the seniors in for free and I really wonder so we don't charge for baseball we don't charge for softball we charge for football volleyball and basketball why why do we pick certain sports just because It's gatable and I really wonder if the revenue that's made is enough to take the tickets. And you know, I know in a football game when the weather's nice, but in a football game when
040it's snowing and it's cold, I really don't know how how much revenue there is. >> And actually, the total increase I think was it about 8,000? >> Yeah. So when I based on what we're proposing, it should increase revenues by about 8,000. Caitlyn had very detailed and again she was supposed to be >> I mean part of the discussion with us was the three of us anyway was I mean given the recommendation right now we also think that we might be coming back in a couple years again or at least we're looking at it next year or the year after. Um, but part of that was do we just make a more significant increase now or wait for a year or two? >> Overall, your general fund athletic and activities loses about $350,000 a year.
041So that's what you know the state funding is you know taking over covering. So, and again, 8100 isn't a huge dent, but it's something. And if we can continue to try to chip away at getting a little bit more in line. Well, yeah. I I understand it. I just sometimes I feel like more we tax the people that have kids in this school, the more we tax them. I just, you know, as a middle-aged guy, kids ain't paying the tax and my parents ain't paying the tax and my parents and all the older people own all the land in this area and let's tax them some more. I just I don't know. I just it leaves an icky taste in my mouth. And I know, you know, for me, season pass, you know, if you
042know you're going to come a lot, buy a season pass that costs nothing then. I mean, what do you got to cop three, four times to see the pass pays for itself? But I don't know. I don't like hindering the idea of and and the other thing that's, you know, I've been to a lot of basketball games. If people want to pay, they pay. And if they don't want to pay, they don't pay. They walk right in. I mean, I I know people that do it all the time. I watch them, you know, they just walk in. So, you know, I don't know. So, if you're if you're honest and you're you're just going to pay more, this is weird to me. This is weird. So, that's my only thought that is I don't know.
043So, looking at the comparisons, it shows a family pass, but we don't have a family pass. We thought about offering that. I don't know it would make sense. And we see other schools that have it. We just do individual adult pass and school passes. Maybe we're fine without it, but the family passing is kind of nice, especially for me because I have seven kids. But, you know, >> it's an idea. >> But it's people like you want in the district club, too, right? >> Yeah. Right. >> You know, I mean, it just if you're going to run it like a business, you got to run like a business, right? >> I just see how they offer it. We figure out a kind of happy medium. It's not something we want to do, but to piggy
044off piggy back off around you a little bit. I do I feel like you have parents who are already paying the fee to be in the sport and you're paying to get into the sport. And nine times out of ten, if you're a district family, you're paying taxes towards the district. >> Then you're bringing lunches to the kids. >> Yeah. I mean, I I get it. I get a reasoning behind it, but it is. I have I have a husband who thinks about it every time. Um, not that we go much now with our kids out, but it's something to think about with >> Do you ever not go because of it? >> No. >> Okay. I mean, that that's what I don't want to get to is that, you know, somebody doesn't come to
045something because of it. >> I don't think that's going to ever complain and do it. >> Yeah. It's >> I don't I mean, I get I get the gist of it, you know, the reasoning behind it. I just there is times where it's like is it fair, you know, when you're putting that on the district families, but someone's got to also pay for it. So, >> but you're also getting it from the non-district families that come. So, >> correct. >> You know, but that that is part of the thing too, right? Is like when we go somewhere else, we're paying the $78, not the $6 when we're there. and they're they're bringing in that profit and we they come to our place and they're not not saying that it needs to be profit or everything.
046When I was looking through this um did I read correctly that this will also include going to an online card pay. >> I think that's offered now, right? >> Just getting into it at the conference. >> Yeah. That's >> still going to take cash. >> Yeah. >> Some districts are if it's Well, it's card only and if it's by cash, they're charging a $10 fee >> For cash $10 ticket rather than a $7 ticket. >> The schools that I really see people walk in ones that are cash only. I mean, the old people just like, "Well, I'm going in. You're going to have to call somebody. I mean, I'm going in. What are you going to do?" you know. Um, >> so what is the bulk of the money going to be used for with
047this increase? What is that $8,000 going to go for? >> It just is going to offset athletics. So like if you look at on those financials like I had athletic revenues broken out under local revenues and I think it was like budgeted 130,000 approximately and then your athletic expenses was like 400,000 approximately expenses. So it's just going to help offset what already your general fund really what the state is giving you instead of putting that towards the classroom. that's being used towards athletics. >> Will the change in the activity fees prohibit any kids from being able to do these activities? That's the one I'm more worried about than I am the getting in. So, for the fees for the kids, that's going up 15 bucks for each kid to do an activity. Do you think
048that'll have any effect on kids being able to do the athletics? Then the family rate also went up another 100 bucks I saw for for a whole >> from 300 to 400. >> I mean that's a big investment for a family to make and they get a lot of sports don't get me wrong. I just want to make sure we're not going to take kids out of activities which to me builds a lot of character teams lots of key things come out of these activities. I was going to say I think there's always a way for them to be able to >> We should never >> Our goal is to never have a student not be able to participate based on financial go youth wrestling tournament charge us $20 to get in or more. I
049mean it's all happening happening unfortunately so I don't think you'll get too much push back. those that aren't paying are going to continue to not pay. >> I don't Yeah, I I honestly don't think you're going to lose anybody. I mean, yeah, it wouldn't deter me from going. I just >> It's just another increase. >> Another increase going up all the time. Just >> and the ticket price isn't a big deal. A bucket ticket, I don't think that's a big deal. I think what John was kind of alluding to that the price of the actually entering the activity isn't going to hinder anybody and I don't think it will like you said if somebody needs help with it they're obviously play >> and we're still doing a senior >> do other districts charge seniors >>
050some do some I didn't see I mean I don't Yeah, just when we bend the force to do it's extracurricular, right? You're not forcing people to do it. So they get the choice if they want to come or not. Well, I I really like from what Bridget said, you know, that's what I kind of wanted to get to was it's sports money going back to sports stuff, which lets the money that's supposed to go into the school stay in the school rather than going towards that the student athletics. >> All right. Does somebody want to make a motion on the activity pricing please? >> I'll make a motion. >> Director. Thank you. >> I'll second. >> Boy, thank you. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppos. >> I abstain. >>
051All right. Motion carries. Uh proposed budget approval for FY7. >> Yes. So, we looked at the fiscal year 27 budget last month and then we did go back and review quite a few things. So, I'm going to highlight I'm going to just talk through um basically the full budget one more time and highlight any changes. So, the big piece of course ADM this did not change from what we showed last month in fiscal year 27. So essentially um 901 students with that adjusted expected PSO decrease of 11. So we expect about 912 kids in the district but 11 will be PSO. So we don't get the funding of course for those hours that they're not here. So then that's where we come up with the 901. Um the next two pages are kind of just
052general fund. That's how you get to the revenue. But the big piece is that the state gave school districts a 2.69% increase in the GEMED formula for fiscal year 27. Um they give a minimum of two, maximum of three based on inflation and their calculation shows that that would be 2.69%. So um that is what we've budgeted in here for gened revenue. Overall general fund revenues increased 160,000. So a couple big pieces. ADSIS revenue. So ADSIs is a new program in the district this year. You have expenses this year, but you don't see the revenue until next year. And it's 55% of the expenses are reimbursed the year after. So we are seeing that revenue from the expenses in fiscal year 27. And then overall just stated revenue with the increase of the 2.69% 69%
053and then a little bit more E rate um because the network switches are even though those expenses we get reimbured for Eate on those. So that's kind of where you're seeing the increase in general fund revenues. So then if we hop down good here um the general fund expenses so big pieces your salary and benefits did increase 276,000 and when I say increase I'm comparing it to your revised budget for this year. So, $276,000 increase in salary and benefits. Biggest. I mean, that's just based on your settled contracts. Right now, at this point, we have almost all contracts settled. There's a few individual ones we're still waiting on, but um we had those budgeted um at, you know, we assume um a little bit of an increase, but those just a couple that we don't
054have done. overall any other line items that you know don't have big that not big um individual things in them I gave a 2% increase a couple things I want to point out contracted services so that is decreasing about 75,000 two pieces um big pieces for that less PSO costs because it's going into a you can speak to this Joel it's a different formula or you're using a different >> using a different PSO provider at half the cost. >> Yes. Okay. So, we've decreased those expenses, what we believe to be the decrease there or the savings. And then we are eliminating the midstate telecommunication access services. And this is about $20,000 a year. So, we took that out. Property and liability insurance. We don't have the official quote, but he told me to expect a
05510% increase. So, I did budget for that. Pupil transportation we took away buying a new bus for next year. So we did talk to Joe about that. Um and so that'll get delayed a year. So that's savings of about 140,000 yearoveryear. Our tech equipment line decreasing about 20,000. So a couple things here. That line in general includes um new Chromebooks for fifth and ninth grade. Ben Qboard. So, five of those for the gened and then um those network switches that we talked about. So, we took away about 29,000 of kindergarten iPad purchases. So, there's some savings there. And then overall your state special ed and access increasing that about 76,000 which is majority of that salary and benefit um contract increases. So overall your general fund expenses compared to prior year revises which is current
056year revises is about $159,000 increase. Bottom line projected general fund revenues less expenses pretty much break even 100 minus $139 is what it's showing right now. So um we did get that much closer to break even fund balance percentage of that 21%. Other questions on general fund at all before I move on to the other funds? No. Okay. So, the next one, these didn't have a huge changes. We really focused on the general fund and these kind of are kind of what they are fund two. It's the food. So, um you get reimbursed of course. Um if the kids take the meal, you get reimbured for it. Um if you order it and they don't take it, you don't get reimbursed. So, um, overall we're expecting a small deficit in that fund about 16,000. Again,
057this one does have a fund balance of we're expecting about $157,000. And just as a note, you guys are close to this, but MDE um, if your fund balance gets large in fund two to the point where it's six months of expenditures, they do start to require you to spend it down. you are not close to that. But I just do want to note that they kind of keep an eye on that. They don't want the fund balance to get too high in fund two because it is very specific um to food service expenses. Fund four. So this did get um adjusted a little bit from when you saw the last month. So we're budgeting a slight deficit here about 17,000. Overall revenue is going up. So there is a plan for some increase in
058tuition um with different programs and then also just I think um Jennifer's plan is to watch the programs that are offered and so if it's not a whole class maybe it's not offered you know make sure it's economical for the district and then expenses there's a little bit of cut in the salaries and benefits and then we did um similar to the gened benq board so there are five that are for the preschool classrooms as well so that's included in supplies. So, um that's the increase there compared to this year and then your fund seven which is your debt service. So, this is pretty um set, you know, so you're going to get what you're going to get and then the principal and interest payments that are being paid out. So, overall we're budgeting all
059funds a deficit of 43,000 fund balance percentage of 22%. Um, like I said, every fund that is running a deficit does have a very specific fund balance for that fund. Um, and general fund is pretty close to breaking questions. Right. So, do you want to move the FY27 proposed budget to approve? I'll move it. >> Thank you. I'll second Dr. >> Tro. Thank you. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Opposed. Motion carried. Approval of the Idaho resolution. This one I have. This is one way that there's a few things to sign in there afterwards. That's for sure. Um, all right. Does somebody want to uh >> Can I move it and wait for the reading? >> We would all love that. Thank you so much. >> All right, Director Hackett. Uh so this
060is the identity and access management board resolution. Uh it says the superintendent will act as the uh identified official with authority for education identity and access management is what that is. >> Somebody want to second director. Thank you. All right. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I >> opposed. >> All right, >> it's a resolution. >> Oh, it's a resolution. Sorry, John. >> Hi, Director Andrews. Hi, >> Director Boy. Hi, >> Director. Hi, Director. >> Hi. >> Thank you, Andy. >> All right. All right. Sign that with all the rest of them. Uh, next is the mid-state agreement approval. So, um, we tked Lisa to redo the agreement and starting about two and a half years ago, uh, with Midstate and, uh, the superintendents have, uh, have helped. They have little touch points here
061and there about once a quarter. Uh, and then this year it's been like once a month since it started. So, um, this is really cool. So, this is the third agreement that we we have with them. Uh it changes the way that we're built to be how we're actually doing it right now and it's actually working. Um it codifies exactly what the superintendents uh can do with LISA, what the board should be doing and who gets to approve what. Uh so basically the school districts have the money. Um so they can tell Lisa like, "Hey, we we can't do that or this extra person or things like that." So, um, so the and the superintendents have done a really great job going back and forth, uh, with that. Uh, this also takes us out of
062the technology realm. So, we asked for that, uh, two years ago. So, it takes basically a year and a half to get out of it. Uh, for the old agreement, it was you had to do it by January and then you had until not the next January, but the end of the next school year, and that's when you're out. So, um, so David brought that up and found that almost three years ago and we're off as of the end of this fiscal year. So, anything else to add? No, I just I think it's uh you know I came in in the middle of all this, but it's what I found is it's the communication's in a good place. I think between Lisa, the superintendent and Lisa and the board members and between the all three
063of us, I think it's in a good place. I if there was going to be another school district joining decide that >> so uh what we did this year they they wanted to join until they didn't >> um so uh is little falls used to be part of it and then uh they left uh there's still a lot of hurt feelings about that evidently um but no so what we did was after all the member schools had access and had all of their people enrolled um and figured out what we needed and all that stuff. Uh what we had left for space for the teachers that we had is what we offered uh with a price. So they aren't a member district so they only get it for the same thing. It's maybe it cost
064$20,000 for the student rather than $12,000 um because they're they're coming in extra. So that's taking some of the burden off of it, but using the same resources that we have for personnel, but not making us go beyond that basically is where we're sitting now until they they uh come back with something else, but they haven't in about a year now. So >> Sure. >> All right. Uh does somebody want to move the mid-stage agreement? I'll move it. >> Director Home. Thank you. >> Second. Are is there any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. Approval of donations by resolution. Would somebody like to move the resolution accepting donations and wait the reading? >> Director Trout. Thank you. All right. So on here we have uh Metronic, a donation
065of $5,000 towards the band program. Royalton Fireman's Gambling Fund, $3,000 to the student memorial. Bolis first response, $1,500 to the student memorial. And Bolas fireman's relief, $1,500 to the student memorial. Um, does somebody want to second? >> I'll second that. >> Boy, thank you. All right, John. Call the role. >> Director Trout. >> Hi. >> Director Hag. Hi. >> Director Andrews. Hi. Director Boy. Hi. >> Director Holm. >> Hi. >> Director. >> Hi. >> And policy reading. So, we are uh still in the middle of responsible use of artificial intelligence. They're doing a whole lot the administrative team is doing a whole lot of work on that. and trying to figure out what are we doing now and how do we want to do it in the future. Um they gave us a model policy
066and uh like I said last time we're separating it. So there's a staff function and there's a student function um in there that says how this stuff is supposed to be used. So um yeah that one uh our next meeting is in July I believe June June 24th um as it says in the upcoming meeting schedules. Are you good that date? You done? >> I got a little quick. Sorry. >> I'm in the right one for >> Yes. >> Okay. Um and then June 8th for the regular board meeting and then everybody knows uh May 29th for graduation. Randy, you need to be here at 4:30. I was here earlier than I last. >> You were star. >> You absolutely. >> I got a gold star. >> All right. Um, anything else before we go
067to the next thing? Andy, >> we're good. Good. >> We're good. >> Good. >> Okay. All right. Uh, so the next item on the agenda is a close session for discussion of private educational data. The board will be reviewing and discussing private educational data regarding a district student. The open meeting law Minnesota statute section 13D.05 subvision 283 states that any portion of a meeting must be closed for educational data are discussed according to pursuant to the lawed by entertain a motion. This meeting will be closed for the purpose of discussing private educational data. So move I'll second it. >> Thank you boy. Thank you. Um to close the open meeting at 7:02 p.m. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. Carries. All right. So we will come back and we'll I'm