001Yep. We are live. >> Okay. >> That's why I was the same. And I thought it was like [clears throat] the same. Yeah. That's the same reason. and it's embarrassing. It's terrible. So for you is >> Liam is we'll discuss his dad want to go. I wanted to go but I enjoy [laughter] it. >> [clears throat] >> So that's our plan right now. Yeah. >> Okay. It's 7 o'clock and I'll call this board meeting to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> 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 justice for all. Miss Cook, will you please take role? >> Everybody is present with Mr. Welz joining us remotely. [clears throat] >> Okay. Thank you.
002Is there any new business? Hearing none, I would seek a motion for approval of the agenda. >> Second. >> I got a motion by Mr. Lowman and a second by Mr. Gist. And just for reference, we're going to go a roll call vote and I for yes, nay for no. Miss Cook, >> hi. >> Mr. Gist. >> Hi, >> Miss Kefir. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lman. >> Hi, >> Mr. Ravenhorse. >> Hi, >> Mr. Welch. >> Hi. >> And I for myself. Motion carries 70. Next item on the agenda is item five, consent agenda items A through E. Is there any item any board member would like removed and discussed separately? Okay. Hearing none, I would seek a motion. >> Could I have a clarification? >> Oh, yes. Yes. About the first page and a
003half of the claims and accounts showed that there was no amounts for the checks that were issued. Um, those were I'm going to have Mr. Shorter explain it. >> So, those are all voids. Basically, they don't have a check number tied to them. So if we run something and I don't know exactly what the reasoning was as to what happened, but in a lot of those cases um if a check or something it gets jammed in the printer or something, we got to start the whole check run over. That's usually what'll happen in those cases. So that whole batch gets avoided out and then redone again going forward. So most of those things when I was looking at them and pulling a couple of those, they're down farther as far as that vendor and being
004run again within within [laughter] that batch. So that's usually what is the reasoning for that. >> Good to know. I wasn't sure. So um thank you for the clarification. >> Are there any other questions or discussion? >> Okay. Hearing none. I would seek a motion. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Mr. G and a second by Miss Kefir. And we'll go. Miss Cook. Hi. Mr. Gist. Hi. Miss Kefir. Hi. Mr. Lman. Hi. >> Mr. Ravenhor. Hi. >> Mr. Welch. I >> and I for myself. Motion carries 70. [clears throat] Next item on the agenda is item six to consider and adopt the resolution of accepting donations. I would like to point out a couple of the donations that were pretty substantial. Uh IBM almost $10,000 for our high school science program. And then
005we had an anonymous donor or $12,500 for preschool tuition scholarships, which was [clears throat] amazing. And that enables several children to attend our preschool that wouldn't have the financial means to do so. So very appreciative for all the donations, but the preschool is making a huge impact on families. That is very generous. Thank you to everyone who has donated. Um, I would seek a motion to accept. [clears throat] >> So moved. >> Second. I have a motion by Mr. Ravenhorse and a second by Miss Kefir. >> Miss Cook. >> Hi. >> Mr. Gist. >> Hi. >> Miss Kefir. >> Hi. >> Mr. Lman. >> Hi. >> Mr. Ravenhorst. >> Hi. >> Mr. Welch. >> Hi. >> And I for myself. Resolution passes seven zero nay and zero absent. [clears throat] Next item on the agenda
006is to consider and approve Heath Bachan's extended stay trip for the wrestling team to travel to Grand Forks, North Dakota, December 12th and 13th. And I believe that this is an annual trip. So, are there any questions? Okay. Hearing none, I would seek a motion. >> Second. I have a motion by Mr. Gist and a second by Miss Keeper. Miss Cook. >> Hi, >> Mr. Gist. >> Hi, >> Miss Kefir. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lowman. >> Hi, >> Mr. Ravenhor. >> Hi, >> Mr. Welch. >> Hi. >> I for myself. Motion carries 70. >> Next item on the agenda would be item eight, the student council update. And we have Savannah and Landon here tonight. Come on up. Please tell me when you want your >> Good evening. My name is Landon Haye. With me
007I have Savannah Woodbeck and unfortunately Lexi Buntrock cannot be with us tonight. Tonight we are here to present an update of the student council and what we have done and plan to do in the upcoming weeks. Please advance. On our agenda, we will discuss our recap of homecoming, the SED conference we both attended, our costume drawing, fundraisers, and other upcoming events. [snorts] So, our first event tonight is a recap of our homecoming week. Uh, homecoming officially kicked off with our coordination. Our 2025 homecoming court included the following students. For the boys, it was Cole Croft, Zeke Spencer, Malik A, Vince Wellik with Ly Nelson being crowned the king and Boston Johnson named the prince. For the girls, it was JC Wrath, Lexi Bountrock, Morgan Shield, and Sydney Clark with Abby Link crowned as queen and
008Beth Baldes named Princess. Throughout the week, student council members uh supported several activities. On Tuesday and Thursday, members handed out snacks at the girls tennis and boys soccer home games. On Wednesday, we hosted Potterpuff and He-Man volleyball. uh both of which had amazing attendances. Uh student council members were there as well passing out snacks and waters. On Friday, our pepfest parade and football game, uh all events had a great turnout and the homecoming court was recognized during the halftime of the football game. And we wrapped up the week with our homecoming dance on Saturday night. And we would like to extend a huge thank you to Mr. Dan Simmons for his DJ services, Med City Moments for the photo booth, and Adamson's Golf Club for hosting the dance, which over 330 students attended and enjoyed
009pizza, photos, and made lots of memories. Please advance. Next, we would like to share our experience at the SED conference. Please advance. Six of our student council members participated in the conference, joining representatives from 13 other schools across southeastern Minnesota. The day focused on strengthening leadership skills, sharing ideas and learning from other councils. While we were there, we brainstormed activities for homecoming and discussed ideas for future schoolwide events. Since returning, we've already begun applying many of the strategies and insights we gained, helping us improve our planning and expand the activities at the high school. In October, we saw many students bring their fun costumes to school. We celebrated Halloween with costume drawing. Students who wore their costume to school on Halloween had the opportunity to take a picture and submit it to our student council
010Instagram page or an email to Miss Molly. By doing so, they would they were entered into a drawing for a Halloween themed prize basket. We drew three students and one staff member to win. And it was so exciting to see everyone's participation. Please ad next. In response to one of the largest government shutdowns, we recognized that many families were in need of support and we were grateful for the opportunity to do our part in helping uh the community. Please advance. >> On Friday, November 7th, a handful of us participated in food distributions. 11 volunteers from the Steuartville community assisted and several student council members helped both at the school and at the Gage Empowerment Center in Rochester. This experience allowed us to build stronger connection to the community while supporting families in need. We also
011want to extend thank you to Channel One for helping provide support to those in our community. Please advance. Additionally, while NHS focused on food and toilet donations, the student council raised monetary donations for the women infants and children program. >> On Friday, November 14th and Friday, November 21st, we had popcorn Fridays with all profits going to the women's infants and children's program. Over the weekend, Mr. David Searing, the director of the school play, was kind enough to help us with our fundraiser and ask honorary donations at the night of the living dead performance. Today, students had the opportunity to donate $10 to surprise their friend during class. Um, they can choose a song from a pre-approved list and a few members of the band uh perform that selected song in class. We ensured that no
012assessments [clears throat] were scheduled during these surprise performances and it was so fun to see everyone's reactions and smiles. Finally, tonight we are hosting a movie night in the path in the at the high school which is open to all middle and high school students as well as their families. Two movies were shown. Uh Zootopia was shown at 3:30 p.m. and Home Alone is currently uh being shown which started at 6 p.m. Attendees were asked for a suggested $5 donation with all con uh contributions yelling to support the WHIP program. The next time we attend the schoolboard meeting, we will provide a finalized number on what we were able to donate to the WH program. Please advance. And finally, we will discuss our upcoming events. Please advance. >> Our upcoming event at the high school
013is turkey bingo, which we will will be held tomorrow. At the start of each hour, we will call five numbers, giving students the chance to win a prize. The first staff member to win will also receive a pie as their prize. Additionally, we will be at the Good Tidings for Tigers toy drive on December 2nd, helping out at a letter to Santa and holiday coloring station. Please advance. Thank you so much for your time here tonight and we look forward to meeting with you again. Questions? I think it's awesome to see your guys' community involvement. I think that's really cool. >> Good [clears throat] job. >> Yeah. Going past just the school and the kids reaching out to the community. That's really impressive. >> I'm sure a lot of work. [snorts] >> I heard you
014were there with helping load the cars for >> I was. >> Landon was one of the only males that was volunteering, so he did a lot of heavy lifting. >> Yeah. for the next two days after that. >> He worked very hard. [laughter] >> Well, it was much appreciated. >> Thank you for coming. >> Thank you. >> And you don't have to stay if you don't want to. You can go or you can stay for the rest of the meeting. >> Thank you. Next item on the agenda is state recognition with Mr. Kurt Hughes. >> Good evening. Good evening everybody. Um I would like to start off first and thank the student council for what everything that they did this fall. Um a lot of those activities [clears throat] they did the homecoming stuff affected
015our student body, our athletics, our activities and stuff. So thank you to everything that they did. Um this fall we had a outstanding um fall sports season. We have four of our competitive sports out of the seven that we have that repres were represented at the state tournament. So, I'd like to take each one of those and recognize uh each sport accordingly and some of the students that have joined us here tonight. So, we'll start first with girls tennis. Come on up, Olivia. So, uh the state tournament was held at the Lifetime in Bloomington on October 21st and 24th. Olivia Regal, come on up. [laughter] Olivia Regal played um uh competed in the tournament as an individual and uh her draw was fairly tough. She um played the number one seed in the tournament who
016eventually won the state championship um in the first round. Um and then she played another opponent from Southwest Christian in the consolation round. despite the losses, we're extremely proud of how her and how she or proud of her and how she represented our uh not only our school but our community in the term. So Olivia, congratulations [applause] because they always ask questions. >> Ask you questions. >> Does anyone have any questions for Olivia? I mean, I don't have any questions, but I was there. I watched and I will say that yes, she played the best player in the whole place for her class. And her score did not reflect that at all. She hung in there with that person. And it was I was proud that she was there. I was proud as a historical
017person that could hang with an opponent like that because that girl was she was incredible. I mean, she was really good, but you hung in there and you fought real hard and like I said, the score didn't reflect how how you played. What grade are you in? Been playing tennis. >> I started when I was four. >> Four. >> Congratulations. What grade are you in? >> Oh, you can go back next year. [laughter] >> Goals. [clears throat] >> What was your favorite part of the experience? [laughter] >> That's always everyone's favorite part. Great. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you for your hard work. >> Congratulations. [laughter] >> Next, we'll do boys soccer. [clears throat] >> You can line up right in front of the screen. >> All right, there you go. >> So, the boys soccer
018team this year had a historic season. Um they uh not only uh qualified for the state tournament uh which was held in three different venues, Farm Bington High School, US Bank Stadium, and West St. Paul Regional Athletic Center. This is the first time that we've ever uh qualified for the state tournament in boys soccer. Um they entered the tournament with a 19-0 record uh and were awarded the number two seed in the tournament. In the quarterfinals, they defeated Mollins Park Academy 2 to1. Uh that was in double overtime. They went on to US Bank the following week and lost to a tough uh St. Cloud Cathedral one to zero. And in the third place game, they ended up tying Southwest Christian one to one. Um and the state tournament rules exist that if you tie
019in the third place game, they wore both teams with third place. Um so they ended up leaving being coming back home with third place trophy. I'd like to congratulate the the entire team, Coach Queasley, on a great season. Um, and um, you know, it's uh, a couple of the other honors that were throughout the season. Not only did they win the conference championship for the first time ever, um, the they had some all state selections. Cole Crop was first team all state. Cody Clark in the middle here was um, and Matthew Waters were a second team all state. Cole Crop was a top five finalist for Mr. Minnesota Soccer. Um, Cody Clark and Brester were named to the All State uh to the state all tournament team. Uh, coach Queasley himself was named the section
020one coach of the year and assistant coach Dave Beagle was named the section one assistant coach of the year. And um, so I'd like to congratulate those individual awards as well uh, as as the wonderful teams award. Congratulations. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] WOW. COACH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU. Any comments? >> Um, just how proud I am of this team. We just had our banquet last night. Um, I had a lot to say to these guys last night about u what the season and we have 13 seniors that were on the varsity squad this year that will be leaving us and um most of them have been part of this program since I started as the head coach. Um, and just an impressive group that uh created a new standard for start soccer that I'm
021really excited to see where it goes from here, but proud of what they've already done. >> Matthew, start with you. >> My thoughts on the season. Um, I think it was always like a goal to be where we got, but never like the expectation or like what we knew was going to happen. So, it was great to be there. Um, I [clears throat] think especially our quarterfinal match kind of spoke to our ability just to work as a team. We've kind of grown up together, so we have that advantage, but we were had a deficit in the first 20 minutes. Uh, equalized in the second half and then that double overtime uh score. So, that was just that was a crazy game. I think probably the best game I've been a part of. Um, and
022then being at the bank was an experience in and of itself. uh the atmosphere just walking out on the field. Um and even at the end of the game just kind of taking it one last time. It was definitely dull losing like but I don't think anyone really like was super upset about it. Um we played hard and we were just really glad to be there. But we also I just want to say our coaching staff really was an essential part of our success. I don't think you'll find anyone more dedicated than coach Queasley. Um truly I mean he's got the technical he's always posting something. He knows more stats than anyone. It's kind of crazy. And then just his coaching abilities is really crazy. So um kudos to our coaching staff. >> Uh I
023couldn't be more like beyond grateful for all that we've done this season. Again like Matthew said we had high expectations but I don't think anyone had the expectation of going 20 and0 on their uh game winning streak going up to the state tournament. It was always one of our dreams, kind of a big idea since like middle school or something like that. So, it was really impressive to see what we could do with that and how we could work together. We've seen a lot of either upsets this year between other teams or a lot of things that causes them to fail or been just like not as much teamwork or kind of getting down on each other. We saw that in the big Lord's game. kind of had kind of being really down on each
024other and we kind of knew in that moment in our section finals like we were going to win this game because of how great our teamwork was, how well we could be constructive with what we had and how well we could put that all together and finally pull through. So yeah, I couldn't be more beyond grateful and blessed. I really wanted a good senior year and I really got way more than I could ever ask for. [laughter] So >> Okay. >> Well, as a sophomore in this group of seniors, I just wanted to help my team. especially with this being the last season and I have two more ahead of me. I just really wanted to help these boys win something. >> Great. >> Evan, uh, we learned last night was chosen by his peers
025as captain going into next season. >> Oh, good for you. >> That's great. Well, congratulations to all of you. Thank you for representing Steuart. >> Any questions from the board? >> All right. You guys were awesome for watching season. >> Yeah, it was really fun. >> I think you're a second half team a lot of times. You guys just blow it up in the second half. I think you do it in overtime and third you would had it. >> I think that's part of like when we're talking about like constructiveness like a lot of teams when you get down or like don't have a great showing in the first half. It's sometimes hard to outperform in the second. But I think that kind of a lot of times like we really pulled through in that
026second half just cuz we yeah we're just like a constructive team and that kind of makes all the difference. We always like we came into the state tournament with the ex like the expectation that all of these teams are good. There's talent everywhere. Um but the ability to work as a team is kind of something I think that was pretty unique to our team. >> I agree. I think your your record is beyond impressive, but the way you guys work together as a team, as somebody who went to almost every single game was even more impressive. The way that you lift each other up and you don't get down on each other and everything, it was really fun to watch. So, >> yeah, I didn't catch a lot of your regular season games. maybe the
027last couple, but I w I went to all your postseason games and you're spot on with your section final that that you guys like pressure does not crack you guys. It never did. I didn't see I didn't see it once, but I saw it with your opponent on that section final and I think that translated through the whole postseason and that is coaching. Mhm. >> I mean, it's really a lot because, >> you know, only the coach can bring these guys together like that. And then you guys have to follow it. So, you guys, I mean, it it was a lot of fun and I, like I said, I still don't know how the game is played, but I really don't. I've been trying to figure it out, but I had a hell of a
028lot of fun watching you guys play. And yeah, like I just I'd never seen a team hustle as much like in any sport really, like you guys. So, it was a lot of fun. Thank you. >> You can elect to stay or if you'd like to leave, that's fine, too. [clears throat] >> Not that there's a need for a coat in here, but [laughter] >> you could stay for the the last state group, though. >> Yeah. >> Well, that second final that uh Mr. Ravenhorse referred to was rainy, windy, and very cold. So the first the first goal scored by Steuartville kind of sunk the entire boards team and then they were fighting on trying to keep warm and everything else and you know kudos to those guys for not giving up and letting them
029get back in the game because um it was nasty. >> Yeah, it was awful. >> It was awful. I I mean I have no idea how you guys did it, but man, it was it was fun to watch, but it was hard to sit there. How how am I gonna say that right? How am I going to put it politely? It was it was tough. cross country rolling coming up. Right. So, our our boys cross country team had a great season this year. Uh girls did, too. Um but we had a state representative um at the less bolstered golf course at the U of M campus on November 1, Bowling Shots as a sophomore. Um ended up finishing 42nd place out of 160 runners with a time of 16 minutes 27.9 seconds. I know going
030into the state tournament Nolan was in that seated in that 60 is somewhere range. So he out did his actual uh seed going in um for a 42nd place and talking with coach Mat prior to that I said what so what's the goal? What are you looking at? He's like we hope we get into the 40s. Spot on. So um this is Nolan's third trip to the state tournament. It's being a sophomore. He has a great future ahead of him and we're looking forward to watching that. Congratulations, [applause] >> coach. Any comments? >> No, I'm really proud of him and everything like that. He's shown a lot of growth these last few years. Really led the boys team, not only on the course, but kind of just in the team mentality as well, bringing everyone
031together. Um, he is a great leader um, not only for the boys, but also for the girls, too. Having someone to chase and bring up everyone along with them. Cross country is a unique sport because we are very much so a collective team but also very individualized efforts as well. So, everyone contributes to the team in their own way. Um, whether you're the last person on varsity or the first. Um, Nolan sets a great example to kind of bring everyone to that standard. >> Great. Nolan, what was your favorite part of the experience? >> Um, stay was probably going to the mall team afterwards. M >> great. >> Congratulations. Thank you for representing Steuartville. >> Thank you. >> Did you feel more comfortable third trip to state? [laughter] >> I wasn't sick this time either.
032Last two I was sick. >> A lot better. >> You're all good. Y >> very impressive. >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> Thank you. >> And finally, we're going to recognize vol. Come on up, coach and ladies. So, the state volleyball tournament was held at the Graham Casino Arena, formerly the XL Center, on November 5 through 8. Um, the team entered the tournament uh 26 and four. Um, and were awarded the number three seat coming out of section 13A. Um, they defeated Mameidi 3 to one in the quarterfinals. Um and eventually and in the semi-finals lost to Banil St. Margaret's three to zero. Um and in the third place game they defeated Cre Durham Hall 3 to2 earning a third place trophy. Uh the couple award individual pieces that were handed out. Uh [snorts] coach
033Sammy Peterson was awarded the section one AAA coach of the year. Assistant Coach Becca Becca Stang was awarded the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association um outstanding assistant coach award. Uh Matilda Dubbie, who couldn't be with us tonight, earned the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association All State, as well as the Strip, which is the Star Tribune um varsity's top 25 volleyball player. and Matilda Dubbie and Dream Peterson were named to the uh all the the state all tournament team for their efforts. >> Coach Danny Peterson's second trip in two years to the state tournament being our as a second year head coach. So congratulations to you and the team on such a wonderful tournament. >> That's great. [applause] >> Okay, coach, you're first. Um, I think I think all I have to really say is just how how
034good of a team we had. Um, not just volleyball players, but like [clears throat] as girls. Um, from one to 19, everyone that made up our team uh made it fun and made it special. And we're not going to state if everyone doesn't buy into what we're trying to do. whether or not they are getting these all state awards or people that are having fun doing bench celebrations and doing push-ups and whatnot during the games or keeping stats. So, um I think that's probably like probably the best group of or team that I've ever had and so hopefully we can have more of those teams going into the future. But just a really fun group of kids. >> Great. introduce yourself and tell us what you got from the experience. >> Um, I'm Olivia and
035overall I'm just super grateful for the experience and to be a part of something like that and it's just fun all around and I love the team just because everyone's great to be around. Um, I'm Claire and I this is my second time going to state and it's just like a fun experience because not everyone gets to like experience that and like Sammy said our like our team was just like super awesome. Like you could tell that everyone played a role in a specific way. So everyone had like their certain position and then they played it well. So um I'm Sammy. It's my second year with the team also and it was such a great way to like end my senior year. like we got as many games as possible. So, I feel like we
036went out really well. Um, and we were all super close, even outside of volleyball. >> So, I think that just makes everything so much better. >> Great. Congratulations. Thank you for representing Steuart. Any questions from the board? >> I just say as a spectator too, >> same as the boys, just like the girls, you know, you get behind not getting down on each other. And I feel like the [snorts] girls that were on the bench did such a good job of like hyping everybody up that it was very fun to watch. >> Great job. >> Yes. >> Great job. >> I think that's it. >> Okay. >> Till winter's done. >> Way to represent. >> Thank you very much for everyone. >> And that goes people. Thank you. >> Thank you for coming. All of
037you athletes and coaches, if you have a great night, [clears throat] >> thanks everybody. >> Thank you. >> [applause] >> Sorry. >> Next item on the agenda would be item 10, AM1 high student achievement, the principal and director updates which were attached. >> I was just going to comment that um if anybody is thinking that we're not providing opportunities for kids, just take a look at the director and principal updates. Phenomenal things going on in our buildings. And I want to acknowledge the hard work that our staff are investing for our students to have these experiences and then also thank the students for investing their time into the experiences as well. It's just it's really really rewarding to see the work being done and the success that we're having. >> Thank you. Um, if anyone
038has any questions, please reach out to the appropriate principal or director. Um, we don't have anything under AIM2, a safe, welcoming, engaging learning environment. So, we'll go to 12, Aim 3, effective and efficient operations. And we'll have the review of the draft for the audit. And Andrew is here from Smith and Schaefer to present that to us. and Dan's here if we have any questions. After the review, we'll consider and adopt. >> All right. Uh, thanks for having me tonight. I'm Andy Smith Schaffer and we are contracted perform the audit for Steuartville School District for the year ended June 30th, 2025. Um, tonight we walk through this uh uh PowerPoint. Uh, financial statements still are in draft form. All the numbers that we talked about tonight will be final. Um we're just finishing up a
039couple of the final things on the financial statement, the management discussion and analysis and all that. Um but the numbers that we look at tonight will be the final numbers that are in the audit. Um so if there's any questions about those, we can jump into the financial statement draft and look for those. Uh we did sit down with some members of management last uh week and went over the financial statement in more line by line detail said uh you get kind of the highlights of the meeting uh tonight. So our audit opinion will be a clean unmodified opinion which mean everything is fairly stated in accordance with GAP. It is the highest level assurance you can receive on a financial statement. Our audit opinion provides reasonable not absolute assurance and the financials are free
040from material in the statement as we do not look at every single transaction that created throughout the year. We take a risk based approach and make selections based off those perceived risk. Uh with that said anything that we selected for uh testing did have adequate supporting documentation uh with it. So your accounting records throughout the year will be sustainable. Also, as part of our audit, we have to provide a letter on Minnesota legal compliance. There's very various different statutes and tests that the schools have to comply with uh that are set by the state. We did not have any compliance exceptions noted in our testing. U there's also an internal control letter which is required by Minnesota state statute. Since you are considered a yellowbook audit, we did note any findings in your internal control.
041uh the single audit. Um since you expended more than 750,000 of federal awards, there's a separate audit that we need to do on those federal awards. Um making sure that there's various compliance finding also associated with those tests. Uh we did not note any uh compliance findings in those tests. Uh student activities uh we had no findings related to any of your student activities. So they followed all their requirements. And then our audit committee uh letter uh just states state that there is some use investments such as depreciation uh special education is not finalized until January or February the following year but we looked at your estimates for those amounts and we found them reasonable and agreed with those as well. And then there was one new accounting standard that we had to adopt this
042year 101 related to crude compensation absences. Um it is only on the districtwide level so it doesn't impact any of the numbers that you guys look at monthly but it will be in the whole audit report. All right with that said uh next we look at your average daily membership. Uh so 1,985 down about 28 from the prior year. Um so we did see a little bit of that trend the last two years is some of the declining enrollment over the seven year presented there down about 120 students over that. Next, we jump into your revenues across those different funds there. Uh there's four different areas that we break your revenues down into. The first grouping there with property taxes, total property taxes, just right around $5 million, up about 115,000 from the prior year.
043Uh your state aids is the largest funding source for the school, up about 243,000 from the prior year. uh as the increase there, even though there was a little decrease in your enrollment, the actual formula adjustment uh did bring in about 50,000 more in general education aid, uh 131,000 in special education and more about and about 65,000 more in your debt service aid credit related to that. The third grouping there is your federal aid. So you see kind of the pyramid or triangle there as we are kind of in the middle of those COVID era fundings where you got a lot more funding. Um since that time we're kind of back down to where we were uh precoid. Um so down about 940,000 with the federal food or supply chain for the food service fund
044went away and then some of the esra funding was also went away in 2025 as those funds had been spent in prior years. And the final group in there is your other revenue which is kind of the catchall uh bucket down about 170,000 as we had some larger uh playground grant donations in the prior year and some rate. Uh we saw a little bit higher MA in the current year medical assistance in the current year. So total revenues 32,526,000 down about 750,000 again that's all related to in the federal. On the next slide there, we look at a different way of how the school is funded uh with pie charts with the 2025 numbers on the right. On the left is the 2024 numbers. Uh so 74% of this uh funding comes in through the
045state up about 2% from the prior year. Property tax is about the same but about 15% and then the decrease in the federal fees as we saw those funds go away. Next we look at your property tax levy history on the next slide. So the second one on the right is the one that funded the 25 school year that we audit audited. Uh the one on the far right is the one that is funding your current school year. So the blue on the bottom is going to be your general revenue aid that comes into the general fund. The orange in the middle is the community service and then the debt service and the green up above. So we can see the levy was up as our revenues were up mostly in that general uh general
046blue category at the bottom. that gets this into the expenditures across all the funds excluding any building construction and uh boundary fundings in prior years. Uh so total expenditures for the year 32,442,000 down about 650,000 from the prior year. So revenues were down about 750, expenditures were down about 650. Um so pretty consistent year-to-year operation overall wise. When we look across the different categories there you can see the largest expenditure goes into the regular instruction that was down about 690,000 in the current year. Uh most of that was related to some salaries and benefits being down. Uh the other categories were pretty consistent going across small increases in some of the categories. We saw a little higher in special education right in the middle uh with some salaries and contracted services. Uh people support includes
047the food service. So we saw a little decrease there and then sites and buildings the last two years the second on the right have been up a little bit uh with roof roof replacement and then the track in the current year overall expenditures down which is good to see as you guys are continuing to uh be conscious of your budget general fund activities uh revenues in the blue expenditures in the gold or orangeest color actually the orange is going to be the transfers next to the gold color and then the change in fund balance on the far right in the gray. So total revenues down about 550,000 in the general fund. All that is pretty much related to the esters being down those eser funds of 740,000 went away offset by some increase in special
048education and general education revenue expenditures down 257,000 mostly of that is categories. Um, so the gray on the far right there was a small decrease in your uh use of some of your fund balance of about 370,000 as we use some of the reserves which on the next slide we'll look at. Um, so the salmon color the first grouping there is going to be your uh unassigned fund balance. So we actually had an increase in your unassigned fund balance up about 9,000 from the prior year. Um so uh even though the operations uh did have a total use of your fund balance, you were able to increase your unassigned fund balance. Most of that is just due to you had some restricted expenditures that we brought down um [clears throat] some of your restricted fund
049balances. Um so that's at about 10.4% of your current year expenditures up from 9.6 in the prior year. So you were able to increase your reserves on hand at year end. Uh the second group is the assigned fund balance in the darker blue of a,858,000. I'll look at in a couple slides to show where that's broke out. And then your non restrict your restricted fund balance and non-spendable in the blue on the right at 2,165,000 which on the next slide breaks down where those funds are held. Uh the largest portion of those restricted funds are held in the third or fourth group in there. your operating capital at just under 800,000 for future needs. Um, we use some of the LTFM down about 700,000 in LT LTFM, but still have about 105,000 set aside. Uh,
050medical assistance, the MA is restricted about 274,000. [cough] And then basic skills at 362,000. On the far right, there's some new restricted aids that we got in from the state. The read act, we had a little bit of funds left at year end. The next slide shows where your general assigned fund balances are. So the curriculum, we use a little bit of the assigned curriculum there, but a,54,000 set aside for future curriculum. Uh your OPED contribution, uh you're paying that back to 120,000 per year. So there's 240,000 left on that. So in two years, that will be fully repaid back to the OPED fund. And then your levy shortfall sitting at about 400,000 and about 60,000 for acred compensated absences. That brings us to the food service fund on slide 12. Uh so the revenues
051were down. Uh we saw a little bit decrease in your ADMs being down. Uh the supply chain uh was also down was about 55,000 that came in through the federal government and some bus sales of all cart services. Expenditures are also down related to that about 235,000 as the fee for service is down about 185,000 and 55,000 for the supply chain. So overall good operating year for the food service was they added $140,000 to their fund balance which on the next slide shows their total fund balance sitting just over a million dollars in the food service community service fund on slide 14. Uh revenues in the blue again, expenditures in the gold color. Um so total revenues were pretty consistent, down slightly, about 19,000. There's a little less revenue in the tiger time. Expenditures were
052down 156,000 on some salaries and some contracted services. Uh so they did have positive operating year about 231,000 in the community service fund. So they do have uh positive operations the last two years 104,000 in 2024 and 231,000. Uh so that fund was done good the last couple years as we saw those decrease that related to some of those uh co requirements and getting back on track. So I think those funds have turned around. So the community service fund balance the the regular community service and the blue is sitting about 29,000. Uh the yellow is made up of three different accounts. It's your ECFE of about 162,000, your community ed of 86,000, and [clears throat] your school readiness at a deficit of about 40,000. All of those individual balances did increase from the prior year
053with the largest change in your community education was at a deficit about 89,000 and added 175,000 in the year with a positive 86,000. So that uh program has really uh changed the last two years. So, >> I know. [laughter] >> Yeah, >> it was down for a while. It's very nice to see that positive. >> Took us a long time to catch up. >> Yeah, >> we probably got out of that hole for a while. >> Yeah, but I think that the parameters are in place now where >> it shouldn't go backwards. >> Um, the debt service loan activity, there's about 587,000 set [clears throat] aside for future uh debt service payments that should cover principle and interest. for those payments when there when you due. Um, and then your postemployment uh benefit, the internal
054service fund assets sitting at 986,000 uh pretty consistent the last four years just under that million dollars sitting in that fund. The total actuary determined liability is at about 2.9 million. Again, uh you guys are proactive in uh setting to set funds aside for those future obligations. So you are the head of most districts even though it looks like you're behind. You guys actually have funds set aside for that activity. These next slides then take your total uh expenditures and divide it by the amount of students your ADM. So uh these different categories are going to take your total expenditures for the district and school administration and support service and divided by that 1,985 ADM to get per ADM cost. Uh the second one from the right, I apologize, I should have made those colors
055a little bit more diff uh different. Uh but that is going to be with districts with ADMs of a thousand to one to 2,000 students. And then the state average in the far right. Uh just so comparison again, those are the 2024 numbers as the 25 numbers have not been out, but just let you compare a little bit where you're at. Um so about uh $1,400 per ADM spent on district and school administration and support services. uh pretty much right at the state average a little bit higher than districts that are similar size but within $80 $90 per adm. So I think you're right in the ballpark there especially when you're considering the 24 comparison you're right at districts of similar size regular instruction on the next slide spend about uh 58 uh 62 per
056ADM um down a little bit as we saw some decreases in our total expenditures across there uh a little bit less than districts of similar size in the state average but with expenditures being down about 650,000 uh the Mount Padium also dropped related to that. Uh people support services, so transportation, counselors and health services uh spend about $1,400 per ADM uh right in between districts of the similar size and the state average. And then the last one or one of the last ones is the total general fund expenditures on slide 21. Uh so the general fund you spend about $13,650 per ADM. um pretty consistent year-over-year with that ADM drop. You're also able to drop some of your expenditures to keep pretty much spending the same amount per ADM as you were in prior years,
057a little less than districts of similar size and the state average. Food service uh spends about $600 per ADM. We did see a little bit of drop as there was some improvements done in the prior years uh trying to use some of that fund balance and some of those supply chain funds going away a little bit less than the districts of similar size and the state average. And then your community ed on slide 23 spend about $75 per ADM u pretty much right at districts of the similar size and then the state average a little bit less. Uh just a brief summary there. The district's going to receive an unmodified audit opinion. The general fund expenditure exceeded revenues by in other financial resources by about 370,000 in the current year. The food service fund revenues
058exceeded it by about revenues exceeded expenditures by 140,000. They have a very healthy fund balance at about a million dollar set aside for improvements. Uh the community service fund revenues exceeded expenditure by 231,000 [snorts] as we mentioned turning that uh program around. So they are sitting on a healthy fund balance now with that 239,000 and then the whole pep internal service fund has about just under a million dollars in assets available for future obligation of just under 3 million. A lot of numbers I went through pretty quickly there. Any questions or comments any clarifications? >> Andrew I was just going to clarify. So our fund balance is at 10.4. Thank you. >> That's good news for us. Last year >> we were at 9.6. >> So um that's through the work of the board to
059ensure that we're being fiscally responsible. So want to acknowledge the board for their hard work in making sure that we are on the right track. Um, the other thing I really think has to be mentioned is that I want to acknowledge and recognize Dan and the business office team for their hard work and their efforts and their dedication to our school district. Um, without his attention to detail and his deep knowledge of school finance and making sure that he's taking care of Steuartville like it's the only district he works in is so much appreciated and we are better for it. And so I just um without Dan, I don't know that we'd be where we are. So thank you very much, Dan. >> Thanks, Dan. >> Yes. Ditto. >> Does anyone have any questions? >>
060Yeah, I just acknowledge your Belinda and Dan's volunteer work and the administrative team on finding those areas where we could cut money and the least amount of impact people and um students. Um I know it's hard. Those are hard decisions. we make the approvals, but you guys do the the footwork. So, just want to appreciate seeing our panels get closer to than to than what we thought they were going to and and better than what we expected. So, >> I also want to just speak briefly to internal controls. Um, internal controls are the procedures and the practices that we have in place to ensure that we are compliant with statute and auditing practices. And so, um, thank you to Dan for always making sure that internal controls are being followed, alerting me and or the
061administrators of, um, when things are not being done as they are supposed to be done so that we can do corrective action right away instead of waiting for the audit to show up and then have those corrective actions be part of our audit report. uh when we have a clean unmodified position or audit like we have here with no findings in any areas, it just helps our rating. It's like a an excellent credit report that you get personally and you understand what that does. Your insurance rates are lower, your bond rating is better. Um when you go out for loans, uh for building, your insurance rates will be better. So, it's all in all part of a big huge puzzle in making sure that we're fiscally responsible, but it's that day-to-day stuff that we have
062to make sure we're attentive to to get there. So, thank you Dan and the team for making sure that we are in compliance with all of those requirements. I I I just want to recognize something that I've thought about is that with and this is in reference to Belinda. Um like yeah, we've made the approvals or whatever to make all these adjustments to make sure that our budget was was tight, but in her last year, she could elect to like not deal with it or or you know what I mean, and not deal with the fallback that it requires. and then we would have to do the the work later. But no, in her last year, she's doing this and I can I mean that just proves that she really does committed to this district,
063right? I mean cuz you I mean what do we know, right? You could have told us, hey, we're okay. >> I mean you could have right, you know, for the most part and then not dealt with it and then just, you know, retired. >> But you didn't and we I appreciate it. We appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> All right. Any questions for Andrew and in his presentation? >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you for your time, Andrew. [snorts] >> So, since we reviewed the draft, the next item would be to consider and adopt the final audit results that were found. So, I would uh seek a motion. >> So, second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Gist and a second by Mr. Lman. Miss Cook. >> Hi, >> Mr. Gist. >> Hi, >>
064Miss Kefir. I >> Mr. Lowman. >> Hi, >> Mr. Ravenhorse. >> Hi, >> Mr. Welch. >> I >> and I for myself. Motion carries 70. >> Thank you again, Dan. And next, we'll move to the first reading of the proposed 2627 school calendar, which was sent out to all of you and posted. I didn't receive any emails. Did anyone receive anything? Okay. So, we'll go through this and then um it'll be posted and then we'll seek approval at the December meeting. So, we did have a committee. There was representation from [clears throat] each building along with some members of the administrative team that worked on this. We met twice and we were able to come to consensus on the calendar that you see before you. There were compromises made all the way through and so
065this just reflects what those compromises were. Um on the first page you just saw the parameters of what the calendar would need to include. We had the monthly counts of the teacher contract days and the student contact days. We have 185 teacher days and 171 student contact days. [clears throat] This coming year of 2026 227 will be the last year in which we need those four days for the readact. After 2627, the calendar for 2728, we should be going back to 175 student days, unless there's something else that comes down from the legislature that we need to provide training for teachers in some area. Um, I can walk through this or you can ask questions and [snorts] maybe that might be the most pertinent way instead of looking at every single thing. Um, did you
066have questions on the month of August? If you don't, I'll just keep paging through. Any questions in September? >> Nope. I just saw I mean I know it had been discussed that we're starting before Labor Day >> obviously because it's late in September. So it makes sense. >> It's uh it's allowed this year >> for two years >> for the legislature allowed us. I mean it's kind of like yes thank you but okay [laughter] >> because it's not like we haven't started on the first before. >> Yeah. So um it doesn't gain us >> No. The perception for some people in the committee was we were gaining a week. >> A week >> but we started this year on September 2nd and we're starting next year on September 1st and so we gained a day.
067>> Right. >> So there's not a lot of >> it's just a hell of a lot better than starting on eth, right? So that's all that's what we are getting. I mean, you're getting virtually a week, but you're not getting a week compared to this year or the last year. So, >> correct. >> Um, any questions on October? You'll note that we did move the day from um the teacher PD day from the 14th to the 19th. Um, the weeks in which you have kids come in and then the very next day they're leaving creates chaos, right? So, having a day three days instead of two is much more >> tried to avoid a two-day school week, >> right? Yeah. Uh November there is a two-day week, but um that day before Thanksgiving is really
068valued. >> I'll keep going. You stop me if you have questions. Um in December um it was consensus that we don't be in session on the 23rd. >> Um and then coming back, they really like the idea of coming back on the 4th for a PD day and then just getting kids in school for four days that week. um they're coming off of a schedule in which they can go to the fridge whenever they want. They're sleeping in, staying up late. So, this will be a way to ease back into being in school. February, we have a PD day, but we also felt that um the winter is long and so giving teachers the 12th off and then PD day on the 15th gives them a day in which they get some respit. Um spring
069break is just around the Easter. So, uh, go no school in the 25th, the end of the quarter. Good Friday and Easter Monday are the only days that would work within the calendar and get us out of school when they had a focus on getting off. April and similar to February, we have a PDA in the 19th, but we also want to give teachers a break and staff on the 16th. May is straight through Memorial Day, of course. And then June students are in session the 1st and the 2nd. There's no school on the 3rd, but we are looking to have an inservice day. The um notes in italicized um font are options for that day. We'll be transitioning. Skyward is going away and so we have an RFP out for a new student information
070system. full implementation would be the fall of 27. And so there will be quite a bit of a transition with a new information system for teachers to use um and administrators and administrative assistance. So uh implementation of that. We also have our standardsbased grading that will be rolling out in the fall of 27 and then elementary math as a new curriculum. So there's quite a bit of topics that we would be able to use or um explore that day. And then uh the last day of the of the work or the contract would be the fourth staff recognition and staff checkout. Graduation is on the 6th at 2 o'clock. So um this will be shared uh with staff uh tomorrow after you've had a chance to look at it and then we will bring it
071back on the 8th for your final consideration and adoption. >> Thank you. Thank you Ryan for being on the committee. >> Yes. I was going to ask if Mr. Raven Morris wanted to contribute anything [clears throat] to >> um just a couple things. So when you saw that there was this break that's in February and then there's a spring break that's a little shorter. The trade-off is you can make a longer spring break or you can and but the consensus around the table was and I will and I'll speak to the to the process a little bit when I'm done with this because I think it's important. The consensus around the table was that the people that go on spring break trips that they're going to go regardless if there's like a big section of
072school time off or not. And having it having two different breaks provides more opportunities for people to because sometimes people take trips in February too because it's cheaper. And so the and it breaks up the winter because it does get to be long. So that was the choice of, you know, the people working that are working in our buildings that they would rather do that. And I personally, you know, I'm probably the one lone guy that doesn't work in the building. And as a parent, I just I didn't see it was that big a deal, you know, to not have like that full week of of spring break. And uh you saw that there was like those Wednesdays before Christmas and Thanksgiving. There is this wish to always have be out of school before the
0731st of June. Like that's like a big thing that people want. It's just not possible if you have days like that. So like if those days are really important, they're in the calendar. So it's turned out that I've been on this calendar committee quite a few like probably made my third time I think. And every time it's it's a rush to try to get it out before the 1 of June and then it you come to realize it's just not possible if you want to have those days kind of speckled throughout the year. So it's either you grind it out and have like hardly any days and you get out before the first or you give yourself some breaks here and there. So that's kind of the thought behind all that. Now what I was
074going to say about the process is I think we're all aware of the process but I'm speaking out loud here for anybody else that wants to hear. It's I think it's it's it's a process that can't really be improved upon much to take this calendar because you get a couple people from each working group from each building. So they're all bringing their own perspectives and then you get you know like a schoolboard member or two to be a part of it and then so it's a collaborative effort. Everybody's bought into it. So then when if there's problems with the calendar it's like well it wasn't just three people or it wasn't just one person it was everybody. So, I think as far as like the staff and the community, there really isn't a whole lot
075of dust up because everybody has worked together towards it. And the reason why I wanted to kind of explain it is that it is her last year. Again, I'm bringing it up and this process I feel like has to continue. Like, so us as a board, whoever the new superintendent is, I think we really need to stick with it. And I mean, even if he or she or whoever sits in that seat wants something different, I think this is this is important. I don't think it's uh like I said again I don't think it's one that can be improved upon. >> So >> we could talk about that at the committee that this is a very unique process. >> Yes. >> Um in many many districts it's the superintendent and administrative teams >> that would
076make the calendar bring into the board and then distribute it to the staff. So um if there is value to this process then I I suggested >> that Mr. Ravenhorst and the board and administrative reps and um teacher reps or staff reps make sure that it is something that's on the radar. It doesn't fall on the radar and then all of a sudden you see a calendar in November and you don't know how it got there. So, >> thank you. >> For the final um vote, can we get something that's displayed like that? >> Yes, we're working on the pretty copy right now. Yeah. >> Okay. >> And then that would be published the day after. So on December 9th, it'll look just like that one, published on the website and then shared with uh
077all families via Skyward. >> And if history repeats itself, usually there isn't much or any modifications unless we get like an abundance of contact. But >> unless unless there's something that we really didn't see, that typically doesn't happen. Are the baseball and softball teams traveling? >> They may. >> The golf team might too. Like >> I just didn't know. Okay. >> Oh, it was the band one that they decided to withdraw. I'm sorry. >> Well, they changed. >> That was one that was changed. Okay. I I shouldn't have said no. It was the ban that I was thinking that I read about altered it. >> Okay. Um are there any other questions on the proposed calendar? Okay. Um hearing none, we'll just move on to item 13, which would be the superintendent update with Miss
078Sulers. So um did provide a enrollment update. Uh we are at 1942, which is up from last month. So that is good news. I do want to spend some time talking about paid family medical leave. It does begin on January 1st. This program is administered by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, which is called Minnesota DED. It is a wage replacement and job protection during major life events. It'll be a partial wage replacement based on the state average weekly wage, which they're calling SAWW. It'll be similar to unemployment. So, you're not going to get your full wages if you take this leave. If you earn less than 50% of the state average weekly wage, you'll get 90% of your wages. If you earn between 50 and 100% of that state average, you'll get
07966% of your wages paid to you under this program. If you earn more than 100% of the state average weekly wage, you'll get 55% of your wages paid to you. So, um, earners that earn less are going to get a higher percentage of their wages versus earners who earn more, they're going to get a lower percent of their wages. The maximum benefit that you can get this coming calendar year is going to be $1,423. That's the most any one person would get per week. You can take a maximum of 20 weeks of leave, which can be used continuously or intermittently. The medical leave is up to 12 weeks for a serious me health condition and family leave is up to 12 weeks for bonding, caregiving, safety, and military related leave, but it's not going to
080be 24 weeks if you take both. It's a total of 20 weeks as a maximum. This is funded through employer and employee payroll taxes. So, this will come out of everybody's paycheck starting in January. and the district will also pay the state or the um for half of those wages uh the tax. So right now it's about 044% of your wages that would be paid in taxes and the district will pay44%. We have to notify all of our employees by December 1st of the program and then by January 1st we will have an HR web page that will have the handbook, the notice to the employer that they have to submit when they want to take this leave and then the application for benefits. We are not participating in the state program. We are going
081with a private insurer. Um, we had concerns that the state program is not going to be able to handle the workload and they won't have the bandwidth to deal with this. And so we went with a private private insurer who will charge the same amount as the state. They cannot charge more. But we'll get attention to Steuart Bill specifically when we have a staff member who wants to apply for this leave and they'll work with us to make sure that our needs are met as a district and the staff members needs are met as an individual. Um we were just concerned that the state was going to struggle with handling all of the requests that are going to come their way. And so we are with a private vendor to manage this which is we
082had to apply to the state to get our vendor approved and we were successful. So we are going to make sure we follow the statute and we will do everything that's required. However, we're going to be working with a private vendor instead of the state as an option. Um, I just wanted to bring forward our substitute costs and our trends. We are expecting to see an increase in absences as a result of the paid family medical leave. Um, and you can see what our costs have been since 2021 2022. We have two ways that we provide substitutes in our district. One is through teachers on call, which is both teachers and paras. And then we also have internal subs, which is when a teacher will cover for another teacher during their prep period or we
083split classrooms. So at Bonner, if we have a first grade teacher absent and we can't find a sub, we'll take those first graders and split them amongst the other classrooms. So in 2122, we spent just over $313,000 on subs. All the way to last year 2425, we spent over $450,000 on substitutes. And so it is an immense cost for the district. When people are absent, we can't just absorb the kids. Somebody has to be teaching the children. And so those replacement costs to have those people in those positions is expensive. And so as people continue to increase the amount of leave that they take, we're not only going to have the employee employer tax that we're paying for this program, which is we're estimating about $90,000 a year with no state aid. This is an
084unfunded mandate. We also have $450,000 in substitute costs just last year. So just bringing that to your attention as a potential concern that might exist with employees taking leave. Any questions? If I remember correctly, I think employers can choose if they let them like top it off. So like they only So have has that decision been made? >> Okay. >> I know that gets really messy and really hard to figure out, but Okay. And on top of that with the paid family medical leave, um that's in addition to sick time, right? >> PTO, >> and that's what some employers can will allow you to top off like if you have sick time, you can take whatever, you know, because you're only getting paid so much on, >> but that gets really messy. >> But you
085have to use if you're doing that, you have to use your time. Sure. Too. So it's not like But yes, this is in addition to all that. >> Is this in addition to short-term disability? >> Yeah, it would be >> and stay sick. >> Oh my. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll just >> So for short term though, it they kind you don't necessarily get balls. >> Yeah. >> You might get some money from this and some money from short term. You don't >> but there is there is the potential for people to do something different. I will also mention that um teachers are eligible for um paid family medical leave in the summer. They're paid on a 12-month basis, but they can also earn paid family medical leave during the summer if they make an
086application and they'll get that pay as well. >> Okay, we we should just move on. Yeah. >> All right. Um I also wanted to talk about the um amount of work and time that our staff have put into supporting families in need. And I want to commend our social school social workers and our counseling staff and our students for their leadership that they've shown in this. So we've had the backpack food program for years. This is year round. It is still run by our school social workers and um they do an amazing job in making sure that families are given um resources for what they need. We had an event this year that was new was called jeans for teens. Um school social workers were collecting gently used and brand new pairs of jeans and
087we are providing them to our middle school and high school students u from they started September 19th and they're doing this throughout the school year. We had free dental care from Northwest Dental Group on September 19th for all children. We had hall Halloween costume sharing by our social workers on October 10th. So families that were digging out their costumes from last year, they figured out their kids couldn't fit into them, but they were still gently used or brand new um donated them and kids who didn't have costumes had an opportunity to wear a costume. >> Haircuts for Kids was set up and facilitated by our school social workers. Mandy Johnson and Bobby Zinci were the um hair stylists. They were at Bonner and Bear Cave on October 27th and a bunch of kids got brand
088new haircuts. We had Halloween costume donations post Halloween this time through the social workers throughout the month of November and we'll just store those for next year for kiddos that don't have access to those next year. The SnapGap food distribution was facilit by Mstead County Channel One, the high school student council and student our staff on November 7th for uh community residents. Over a thousand meals were distributed. It was amazing. Uh we started at 1:00, we were done at 5. Um it was incredible to have that happen in our community. I'm on the public health advisory board and they originally did not have a site for Steuartville, but we had several families eligible in Steuartville and I thought that having them drive to Rochester to a site, especially when resources are tight, didn't seem appropriate
089and so they were willing to hold a site here as long as we could have someplace to do it and we didn't have school. So, it worked out great. >> It was fabulous. as they pulled into the parking lot at the high school did not have to get out of their cars. We gave them a box full of dry goods, a box full of refrigerated goods, and a box full of frozen goods. So, phenomenal. And I want to thank the volunteers that worked so hard that day. It was a lot of box lifting. And poor Landon got to work out. We've had fall into giving through uh Steuartville food area food insecurity, the social workers high school student council and the national honor society at the high school. Over 4,000 items were donated and so
090each of the schools are having a celebration um recognizing the efforts of our students for that popcorn Fridays for WIC. Um as the uh college high school student council mentioned, they'll give us a total for what they have donated or raised for WIC. Uh we had the night of the living dead. We have the Thanksgiving food baskets that was on November 22nd. That was our social workers, counselors, administrators. And thank you, thank you to Zion Lutheran Church. Uh movie night Monday was tonight. Surprise songs was in school today. And then we had the glad tidings for tigers. Our social workers tiger charge and sons and chamber of commerce are all coming together to stuff the bus on December 2nd from 3 to 6 at the bus garage. and that will then benefit our community members
091directly through holiday gift giving. So just so many great things happening in our school district and I want to acknowledge the board and setting the tone and the culture and the climate for taking care of others in our schools. um many many of the children that are going to benefit from these programs attend our schools and we have the our own students supporting their college or their peers through these efforts and it's just it's very very heartwarming >> which which building had the most food donated you know >> oh that I don't know >> I just know that each building had competitions amongst their students >> [clears throat] >> um in Bonner they had the uh admin team and counselors and social workers wear costumes. Mr. I think Mr. Menoy was a chicken for a
092day which the kids loved. And I believe tomorrow they're doing silly string um at Bonner and topping this Sunday. Mr. Johnson I think is going to get topped with ice cream, chocolate, cherries, and whipped cream. >> And so yes, everybody's excited. >> And that's all I had for my report. >> Thank you. Any other questions? >> Okay, next item on the agenda is board committee updates. Um, have has facilities met? >> Facilities has not met, but I will mention that ISG will be here with cross Anderson on the 8th to give their assessment report primarily focused on this building. Uh, meeting and confer that was the calendar committee. Yep. negotiations. We are still in process with the teachers and policy. >> There wasn't anything. >> Uh have any school board [clears throat] members done a
093visit? >> No, >> I have. >> Was Stephanie? Go ahead. I I came here to this building. Um I was in the three and four year old classroom and the four and five. Um it went really well. We did stations and got to sit on the floor. And um I will mention, man, I heard a couple comments about, you know, we make the best of things here and that just hurts my heart. I don't know. It's >> I don't know. >> The environment is challenging. >> Yeah. Yeah. But the staff here is great. Um but I can tell you like one room I was in, it said 75 on the wall and the next I went across to the other classroom and it was like 69. >> It's crazy. It's just >> It's wild how
094wild how one room right next to the other can be just wildly different. >> Yeah. [snorts] >> That's my feedback. >> Sure. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I went to the same building. Belinda, could you pull up the community ed Facebook page for me? >> Oh, I don't know. >> Well, well, I mean, you don't have to have an account for it. If you just go on facebook.com and search Sturville community, there's some pictures on there that I won't maybe you guys have already seen them because you're [clears throat] Facebook friends with me, but or but I had a lot I had a probably the best time I had on a school visit. Um, so I started with uh gosh, I don't even know what the age group was. It was a It was in
095Sarah's class. I don't So I started there and uh stations, circle time, I read books. Oh, there you are with your guitar. >> Oh, there. >> Yeah. So, I got lucky. >> the day that I decided to visit was a day that that class had gotten an award or had they had done something to get some special deal. So, Nisha asked me to >> they filled up their sticker charts. >> Okay. They filled up their sticker chart. There you go. Nisha asked me when she she goes, "Bring your guitar." And I'm like, "Okay." And I did. And we played songs for these kids. Oh, fun. >> That was That was a >> very fun. >> That was my probably my favorite school visit I've done [laughter] so far. >> Has anybody else? >> No. That's
096Yeah, that was the first one. >> School visits. Okay. All right. Well, I look forward to hearing about some next month. But I mean I was speaking about myself but so yes they the the it is extremely challenging and it's watching them work is a shell game. It is pushing things to here that has no room for them to be here and then they get ousted from there and it's all day long. It's just like a a revolving door of spaces and I don't know how they do it and it somehow works but yeah it's challenging to say the least watching it is but you know they do it and they seem to be have a smile on their face while they're doing it. So yeah they do a great job here. >> Thank you.
097Thank you Stephanie. Um, okay. So, we'll hear more about some next month. Um, and then the next item on the agenda is adjournment. So, I would uh seek a motion. >> So, moved. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Ravenhorse and a second by Mr. G. And Miss Cook. >> I. >> Mr. G. >> I. >> Miss Kefir. >> Hi. >> Mr. Lman. >> Hi. >> Mr. Ravenhorse. >> Hi. >> Mr. Welch. >> Hi. I for myself meeting meeting is adjourned at 8:19 p.m. Thank you everyone.