001You're never home anyway. >> Thank you, sir. >> Shall we get going? >> All right. Can I get a call to order at 6 p.m. on the nose? >> Nick, can I get a roll call, please? >> Sure. Ben >> here. >> Connie here. >> Myself, Karen >> here, >> and Sarah is absent. Mr. Collins, are you there? >> Yes, I am. >> Perfect. >> Miss Holland >> here. >> And Mr. Gel >> here. >> Perfect. >> Visitors introduce themselves. >> Chloe. >> Oh, student. [Music] Thank you guys. >> All right. Can I have a motion for the approval of the agenda? >> So move. >> Motion by Connie. Do I have a second? >> Second by Karen. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor. Miss
002Hall, can you please read the positive recognition? >> Yes, we have quite a bit of positive recognition tonight. Um starting off with the Cyclone Spotlight on Character. Um this is something a little bit different that we're doing in the elementary. Um, we had been doing the monthly Cyclone ticket drawings that were just random draws um for the Cyclone Spotlight on Character. These students have been nominated by staff um for specific reasons. And so this month's honores are um Lindseay Ragnar, Briggs Roseberry, Miley Yoko, Nora SC, Chance Mccon, Lucy Gerardi. I said that right. I said that wrong. Lucy Gar, sorry Lucy. Um, Olivia Andreoff, Avery Zelmer, Arya Yinst, Jack Rner, Basil Andre, Landon, Harper Gilman, Mave Mccon, Everly Corrian, uh, Courtney Panteria, Grayson Peterson, Liam Westfall, Riley Cedarin, Sheldon Art, and Oliver Brekie. Um, the
003purple Cheerios team took first place in their first elementary knowledge bowl meet of the season. Uh, congratulations to Charles Wixs, Eli, Chale Holtz, Tobias Wakefield, Barrett Mirique, and Jaden Quac. St. Clair also had two teams with fifth place finishes at the elementary knowledge bowl meet. White clouds are Max Stover, Charlie Top, George Deppute, Finley Quast, Owen Isabbrand, and Jasper Phantom. And the green grass team was made up of Liam Qu, Mattie Hassi, Maya Coleman, Danny Shendel, Reese Ritter, Leah Martin, and Brimley Bakan. Uh, congratulations to Payton Blunt, who has broken the school record on the most kills in one night. Also on October 8th, Payton was KUIC's prep athlete of the week. Thank you to the student council and their adviserss Carrie Altimari and Ashley Miller for a successful homecoming week. And thank you to
004Nicole Ruand, Jason Anderson, James Stenzel, Ethan Burn, Cody Weiderhoff, Jackson Phillips, Austin Ward, Ryder Masten, Braden Oaks, and Laura Benning for planting trees on campus. Awesome. So, what gets the cyclone spotlight for character honories? What's the >> um It's the kids that have gone above and beyond. So, it's those kids that have um you know worked really hard to to overcome obstacles to do well academically. It's those students who are just supporting their classmates with kindness and encouragement. Um just those kinds of things that we we see from day to day. That's awesome. >> Nice. >> All right, with that, we'll move down to donations. So, Athletic Backers provided $25,495.77 for baseball softball concess concessions and storage building. JP fitness training sessions, concession stand equipment, state wrestling shirts, senior awards, state track and field shirts.
005Eagle Lake Fire Department, $1,000 for percussion instruction. St. American Legion, $750 to the speech team. Katie Van Erdwick trombone worth $200 and Martha Witty four library books at $30. Thank you for all of those donations. With no unfinished business, we'll move into new business. Have a motion to consider the consent agenda as provided in the documentation. >> So move. >> Motion by car. Do we have a second? >> Second by Mick. All in favor say I. >> All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor? Next we have the resignation of Kevin Cumberland. Uh Kevin has decided to take a different job opportunity and has thus resigned from the district. Any discussion on this hearing? None. I'll have a entertain a motion to accept the resignation of Kevin Cumberland. >> So motion by Mick. Do a second.
006>> I'll second it. >> Second by Connie. All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor. Uh next you'll have the appointments including your supporting documentation are the resumes of Richard for custodian, Sander for pair professional, and Thomas as a replacement teacher for Kevin Cumberland. Uh recommending those three applicants for their stated positions. Any discussion on this? Hearing none. Do have a motion to approve the appointments of Richard, Sandra, and Thomas. So >> motion by Connie. Do we have a second? >> Second by Karen. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor. >> Next we have a resolution requesting grant funds from the MSHSL form A. This is a yearly deal. Do I have a member that wants to >> I will introduce
007>> application. >> Do I have a member to second? >> Second. Mr. Roll call. >> Yes, we do. Roll call vote, please. >> Yes. >> Myself. Yes. Ben. >> Yes. >> And >> yes. All in favor? Motion carries. >> And I think we should give a nice thank you to Brad because he puts together a really nice presentation. >> It is really good. It's definitely something. >> Yep. >> Uh, next we have the same thing. Resolution. Resolution requesting grant funds for MSHSL form B. Let's introduce this resolution. >> I'll do introduced. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Mick. Can I get a roll call vote? Karen? >> Yes. >> Myself? Yes. >> Ben? >> Yes. >> And Connie? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. All in favor. >> All right. Next, we have the
008community education annual report. Supporting documentations. The community education report that will be submitted to MDE. Do you have any discussion on this? Hearing none. Do I have a motion to approve the St. Clare community education annual report? >> I'll make that I'll make that motion. >> All right. >> Thanks, Con. Second. >> Second by Karen. All in favor say I. >> I. All oppose. Motion carries. All in favor? Next we have the assurance of compliance report for fo 2526 which is included in the board packet. Uh do I have any discussion on this? Otherwise >> can go ahead >> Mr. Collins explain what this is. >> Yeah, that would be great. Tim, did you hear that? >> Yeah, it's it's basically just um me and us saying that we as a school board have tried
009to meet all the compliance reports as requested from the Minnesota Department of Education. >> Oh, okay. pretty standard. >> It was hard. It was hard to read, but I agree. >> I will make the motion then to approve the assurance of compliance report for FY26 is presented. >> Thank you, Connie. A second by Mick. All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor? >> So, next we have a resolution to establish a uniform signature block. So, I guess I want to take a second just thank the administration for taking on this board directive initiative. something the board wanted to do just to as you know standardize and make things just more standard more professional I guess throughout to ensure that we were complying with all the laws etc that are
010out there with it. So thank you guys for generating policy and getting that implemented for the board. Uh with that do I have a member that wants to introduce the resolution? I'll introduce the resolution. Nick has introduced the resolution. Do I have a second? >> Second. Second by Karen. >> Roll call vote, please. >> Karen, >> yes. >> Myself, yes. Ben, >> yes. >> And Connie, >> yes. >> All right. Based on that vote, the resolution was declaratively passed and adopted. Next, I will turn it over to M. Mel to talk about the world's best workforce. >> All right. So, world's be best workforce is um one of the things that we need to submit to MDE and it has a lot to do with our strategic planning. There's six goal areas that were required
011by MBE to plan around uh being ready for kindergarten, reading well by third grade, college and career readiness, high school graduation, um closing the MCA achievement gap, and um having positive response rates for from our graduating seniors um in regards to being prepared for life. In addition to the six required goals um as part of the St. Clair district strategic plan. We have also added um a section for core processes of teaching and instruction with uh K12 teachers maintaining up-to-date curriculum maps and also with student engagement in which um we're encouraging our 9 through 12 grade students to participate in two or more activities. And this is something that we have to report to you once a year and make sure that the community is aware of as well. So um our first goal, goal
012one is kindergarten readiness and we are measuring that um based on the percentage of known three-year-olds within the districts that are being screened as a three-year-old and then referred for appropriate services. Um this year we were at 35%. Um precoid we were up close to 50 or yeah close to 50% of the year-olds. Um, I think one of the things that we struggle with on this one is there is a misconception that early childhood screening is a metriculation exam for kindergarten and it's not. It's um you don't have to pass it with a certain grade in order to get into kindergarten. Um it's not like the ACTs. Um it's simply taking a look at where your child is compared to other kids that age and are they benchmarks. And so I think on um to
013improve that, we're just really going to try to push that information out to our families of three-year-olds and hit them harder, whether it's through the mail, email, you know, just kind of blast them with um with accurate information on why we want to get them young. Um because the earlier we can intervene, the more likely that they won't need interventions once they get to the K12 part of school. If if a family intends to open enroll into the district, >> do they come here for early childhood screen or do they do they have to go to their home district? >> They don't. For for early childhood screening, we really encourage everybody to go to their home district because if we find that there's some sort of a developmental delay that we want to look into
014more closely, >> the home district is the has to do that special education screening with them. >> Gotcha. >> And so if they're the ones that that did the original um screening, you can just push that that process through so much faster because they're not bouncing information back and forth between districts. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So, if a um like say a child is behind in some local area, do you when you're sending these emails and things, do you give them information where like how to improve in whatever area that might be? >> Yes. >> Ideas to help them? >> Yeah. Christina Sheml runs our screening and so every family that goes through screening leaves with information, just general information on like how do you develop vocabulary and language? How do you get those
015pre-ereading skills um social skills um just basic information, you know, some years on just how do you set a good bedtime because three-year-olds should be going to bed before 10 o'clock. You know, those sorts of things. Um but then if there's an a specific area of need that's identified, then um she does have information that she can forward to those families that are very specific. Um you know, whether that be speech or cognitive. >> So, goal two is also an elementary goal. Um we are working toward a goal of having 70% of all of our third graders either meeting or exceeding expectations on the MCAs. Um we were up at 78 9% in 2019 and then we took a dip after COVID, but we're coming back up. And so, um, this past spring we had
01664.3% of our third graders meeting or exceeding the standards on MCAS. >> How does that go as far as testing with kids? Is it an accurate representation or is that I know like we've had the issues in the high school which I think very well addressed right >> the big thing at the elementary level is stamina >> sure >> um because to get through even just one section of the test sometimes takes you know 30 to 45 minutes and an 8-year-old brain is not designed to stay focused on something that is not preferred task for that long. >> Um my 50 year old brain is not as focused for that long and something I don't prefer. >> Um so that that's where we we run into I think there are some kids where you look
017at their scores and think >> I I think that's lower than what they could have done but >> but yeah we kind of work out the brain because it takes a long time to take a test >> because I just I look at the the trend here. Looks like 2019 was an anomaly and we just came back to >> Vegas slime. >> Yeah. >> I mean, is that >> I think the co thing is what set everybody back? >> I think CO definitely set up before this looked really up or was it pretty flattened before? >> It was heading up. You know, the teachers do a lot of changes, you know, to to try to make sure that we are sufficiently teaching all of the standards to mastery and um There's a lot of progress
018monitoring that goes on, you know, kindergarten through third grade leading up to that very first MCU test that they take, trying to pinpoint where they're struggling and filling gaps that have developed. So, it's a big task for for the brains, but they the teachers do a great job of of organizing the testing and we we pump them up and I probably shouldn't say it, but I always tell them if you can just beat Cleveland. >> So, [Music] >> okay, goal goal three has to do with uh career in college ready by graduation. Uh currently we have a career component in every grade beginning in ninth grade. Um, and then they use a programming called the MCIS, which allows you to take a career inventory, very similar if you're familiar with like ASVAB for the military
019piece. Um, which is another exam that we do give in that piece. Um, this is also something that Wendy Wellman and our new counselor, uh, Joe Staer have kind of taken, uh, and are all running with it. Um, we're actually looking at expanding what we do in 11th grade um, by moving the finance, personal finance piece that the state has said has to be taught by certain people. We already do consumer math, so it'll be consumer math and finance in 10th grade. Junior year then will be just about careers in that section to really hone in on it. But then also an area that will impact this dramatically is our new school counselor, Joe Staer, has taken the idea of building grad plans for every student and is off and running with it. So we're
020kind of backward planning right now with seniors when we do graduation credit checks, but then building backwards so that when a student enters ninth grade, they already kind of have a path that they're looking at that we can then for registration basically put them in three paths. one being four-year collegebound, two being community college or certificate like program, and then the other path being career bound and that they're going that way and trying to engage our classes around that. Um, and again, it's going to more than accomplish the goal of having career in college ready by graduation, but when we look at a future question on whether or not they're prepared to be successful post high school to be able to more clearly answer that question. Goal four um has to do with our graduation
021rate and I want to draw attention to uh the the data. I can't speak to uh 2024, but I can give you an update on 2025. Um we will be close, but two students did make it. They both had turned 18. Um I want to point out that both students transferred into St. Clair already behind on graduation credits and as a result of seeing the finish line moved on them of not making it, they chose to not continue to attend. Um it's also important to note that unless they go unenroll somewhere else until they're enrolled there and are staying there, there's a day count involved. Um they still count towards our graduation rate even if they go to Mano for example, but they don't stay there. It comes back to St. Clair. So, >> so
022what was the rate in 24? Do you know? >> I don't know exactly. Um, I can tell you in 2025 that class that was two that started the year as seniors but then dropped out throughout the year. But again, they had both transferred in during high school and they were already behind at the time of transfer. >> Yeah, good question. >> Uh, goal five is again looking third grade MCA scores. And this time we're comparing the scores of students who fall under that lower socio socioeconomic status. Uh these are the students that would have received free or reduced lunch before lunches were free. Um and then students who don't fall into that category. And so um let's see right now I think your graph is actually backwards. um students who of the students who do
023not fall into the lower socioeconomic category, 66.1% of those students um met proficiency and 57.1 of the lower socioeconomic students met that. Um, one thing I do want to note there is because of our size, um, that lower rate really fluctuates greatly because some years like this year I think there were only 10 students who met that. So each student that doesn't pass is worth 10%. you know, so when you're looking at percentages, just to be aware that because we have a very small sample set, um those are numbers that you're going to see jump. Some years we have so few kids that fall into that s into that set that MDE doesn't even recognize them and won't even um won't even give data on those kids because there's not a big enough size. So
024that's something we continue to work on with our kids. Um, goal six has to do with uh assessing whether or not seniors at the time of graduation feel prepared for life after high school. Um, last year the survey was given to all 55 seniors. 38 out of 55 responded to the survey, but of those 38, 97.4% said yes. Um, I agree or strongly agree that I feel prepared. Uh, again, this is one of those ones that you'd love to see that 100%, but we're close. I can take the next one, I guess. Uh, core processes of teaching and instruction. This is looking at those up-to-date curriculum maps. And um we give teachers two years when there's a new curriculum or they there's a brand new class that's been brought into the like the high school
025course catalog. Um teachers have two years to complete that map because you kind of have to teach it before you can map it out for someone else. And so those maps are not complete but um any curriculum that we've had in place for a while is. So that puts us at right around the English percent of those. >> And just to to add to that one, um one of the main purposes why that is so critically important is when a teacher leaves um in the middle of the year and you have to hire someone that they're not shooting in the hip and punting the whole time, they have what the standards are that have been identified that need to be taught within that course. Here's the assessments that are assessing each one of those standards
026and they have something to go by. The other reason it's critically important, and I continue to push for it, is in an age where everybody's hungry to come after everybody about everything, what you teach then can be defensible because you have a standard that's attached to the lesson, that's attached to an assessment, so you actually know and can find out what the students know. Um, all too often without curriculum, without a plan that matches standards, shooting from the hip is what ends up getting people in trouble. Also, it's not rigorous either gradually. >> Is it is it audited by YouTube? Are these course maps audited by YouTube? >> That's part of their checkout. They have to turn it in so that we can see they're complete and up to date. >> Correct. And the first
027step is it's a peerreview process amongst their department. And >> at any given year, somebody else could be teaching that course. So then you have that process of it's a common shared folder. And that is something that now we have kind of a repository um within just our Google Drive even that I have access to as well as the rest of the department so that if someone would leave, we don't have to try to recover everything and their documents. It's already there. >> So in Mr. Cumler's case, >> Yep. >> the new individual should be able to just step in. >> Correct. >> Move forward with >> Yep. >> currently. and that that individual Thomas Chalupnik I I will will give more of an update I'll just do it now um student taught with Mr.
028Cumberland last year also um filled in for a little bit of a void for Mr. Cumberland when he was out last year so he's taught these courses um he's familiar with them should be able to take off and run as well as he's going to get the opportunity this week to work with Mr. come roll in a little bit. >> Okay. >> To jump in so that we can try to make this as seamless as we can for the students without a huge drop off. >> So, he's already on ground. >> He will be here Wednesday. Y >> um one of the other things to make note of and we're at the board meeting so I can say it anyway is that um Mr. Carmelan will be capping off the quarter for those grades before
029he leaves. So that way it's fair to Mr. Mr. Jalopnik to not have to come in for a week and then if a student has a grade they're not happy with, he's going, >> "Yeah, I can't tell you." Um, and that's just another thing in fairness. Um, I will say Mr. Cumberland has been very cooperative in this process, which makes that easier and know Thomas. So, it should be, like I said, as seamless as we can have it. But in the same breath, anytime a teacher comes in, the year's already started. There's hiccups that happen. And I just ask for patience from the students and parents and that we're doing the best we can. Perfect. >> So going back to that, are we driving, you know, we've talked a lot about trying to drive standards
030throughout um as part of that goal, are we driving these are standardized across departments, standardized across correct expectations? Correct. >> Correct. And and it's something that's a continuing discussion because one of the things that I always say um makes high school teachers unique is they have to choose a passion area and that is their passion, their driving force. So they have parts of that that they're really really passionate about. For example, if you look around the room, Mr. Willer really loves World War II. He's passionate about it. But that can't be the only thing that US studies is about. It has to be grounded in what the state says are the standards that have to be taught. That way they're prepared for that next sequential step in that scope and sequence to be successful. Also,
031in this situation, hopefully they're well-rounded citizens by the time they leave here and are voting and taxpaying members of society. Um, on the next one year, as we look at on behalf of Brad, I'll talk with students in grades 9 through 12 participating in two or more school sponsored activities, it is a lofty goal to get to 80%. Um, we look at specialization is alive as much as it ever has where kids focus in on one area and one area only. Um, I will say here at St. Clair, I'm always impressed with the number of students that participate in those category 2 activities like the play, uh, band and choir. Um, and we continue to encourage kids to be three sport athletes and do other things, but that involves a lot of collaboration amongst adviserss
032because if Mike's got students that are in the play, but they're also volleyball players, they have to coordinate schedules and they do, but that's a moving thing too that yeartoyear changes as coaches sometimes change. That kind of hurts participation sometimes. But I think our students participate in many activities and they're very wellrounded >> and that kind of caps off the world's best workforce information. >> Thank you very much. We appreciate all the insight. probably more long-winded than Tim would have been, but that's my hope and we appreciate it. >> We like the knowledge. Thank you. >> I app I appreciate that you and Naen gave the bones to it. >> Appreciate Was that you appreciate you didn't have to do it or that you appreciate that they did? >> You left out the mean part.
033>> All right. So, with that, uh, do I have anyone that wants to make a motion to approve the submission of the world's best workforce report as presented? I would like to make that motion. Thanks. Good job you guys. Thank you. >> Connie has made a motion. Karen has seconded. All in favor say I. >> I. I. All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor. Next we have a school board vacancy appointment to uh deal with. So do I have any nominations for the school board? You know I will say that you know we interviewed three individuals for the school board. Uh all three were highly qualified and showed great promise and we look forward to them continuing to to be engaged all of them in the school in the district. Uh obviously had to choose
034one. So uh I guess with that we'll see if there are any nominations to make that choice. I'll nominate Doug Westfall. I have a nomination for Doug Westfall. Do I have any other nominations? Hearing none. The board has decided to appoint Doug Westfall to fill the vacant position on the school board effective immediately and to serve until the next general school board election in accordance with the Minnesota state statute to approve Doug Doug Westfall to fill the vacant position on the school board. Or sorry, do I have a motion to approve Doug Westfall? >> I'll make that motion. >> Connie has made a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second by Karen. All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed. Motion carries. All in favor? >> Thank you. Welcome. >> And thanks to
035the other two applicants. It was a tough choice. So, >> all right. Uh moving on to item number 14, the school board member to serve on the MVED board. Uh with uh one of our school board members vacating who was in that seat, our district needs to appoint a representative for the Minnesota Valley Education District board. Uh do I have a motion to appoint Karen, who I think is our designated person. I'll make a motion. >> Nick has made a motion. Do I have a second? >> I'll second it. Thank you, Karen. >> Sure. >> I have a second. Motion by Nick, a second by Karen. All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed? Motion carries. All in favor. Next, we have the first reading of policy 903, visitors of the school district buildings
036and sites. It's just an annual review with no significant changes. Uh, following that, I will turn it over to Miss Holland for the elementary preschool. >> All right. Um, the spotlight on character recognition was already touched upon during positive recognition. Um, going back to that early childhood screening, we did do our first screening of the year on October 10th. Uh, we screened 13 children that day. And I just want to give a huge thank you to Christina Shaml and the entire preschool staff for organizing that and making that happen because um, It's It's a big day and they have to be on the whole time and we appreciate the work that they do. Um the final thing I have is just a letters update. So we are on year two of our letters training for
037our licensed staff. Um we're changing things up just a little bit from last year. Last year's content was all on word recognition and phonics and pulling words off of the page and a lot of the research in that area has changed since most of us went to college and took all of our pedigogy classes. And so, um, the content was very, very heavy. And so, we took eight different face-to-face sessions to get through that content to make sure it was solid because this was an area that we really needed to take action in our classrooms and make sure that we were all being very consistent and that we were following the research. Um, this we're getting more into the comprehension piece of it and it's still important but it hasn't changed as much. So, a
038lot of it is very good reminders and you know there's definitely new things that we're picking up. Um just I was just walking by Martha Woody's room today and watching her address some vocabulary things and thinking, "Yep, we talked about that on Friday when we had our face to face." And so, um, all of these sessions have been very beneficial, but we're only going to do four sessions this year. So, that way we don't have to mess with snow days and trying to eek out time during two-hour releases and and cram through this information. We'll be able to just plan it for those four sessions and know that that's how much time we have. >> Um, >> so there will be a lot more individuality aspect of the training of the instead of face to
039face this year. Um, no, it'll be the same. It's just so there's there's four units each that we do each year. And last year each there's um there's online components that we have to do and there's reading out of a textbook and then there's face toface time for each unit. and the face-toface time we split into two separate sessions >> last year because we really needed to process it together and to practice some of the teaching strategies and things like that. >> Um whereas this year um it's a little bit more familiar so we feel like we can push through it a little bit faster and maybe not need as much of the processing time. Um and and that'll be nice for families too because it'll make the snow days less confusing and and all
040of that. So um the other thing that is a little bit different this year is our par profofessional professionals also now are mandated to be trained. Um, and so the elementary paras were also trained on Friday, which is part of the reason there was a little snafu with child care because we didn't have those paras to provide the child care. Um, but they have two full days of training. So yesterday, or not yesterday, last Wednesday, they crammed through everything that we did in year one. and then in January they're going to cram through everything that the teachers are doing in year two. Um, but the general feedback was that they really appreciated it because they see the teachers doing these different lessons and things and they hear them explaining things in a certain way in
041the classroom and they said now I understand why they're doing it this way because it looks weird sometimes but now I get why they're doing it. And so um we got really good feedback from that training. So, they will be trained and then we'll and then um since Christy will be finished training the teachers this year, then she's going to be able to focus on getting the high school pairs trained. >> Are are the are the pairs is it the same course as the teachers or is they a cra more of a crash course? >> It's it's more of a crash course. Yeah, it's it's designed to be, you know, they're getting the the big overview where the teachers >> So, they'll just give a basic foundation. Yes. >> Okay. Got >> I would like
042to say yes, thank you very much. for taking that on. I've heard she's done just a phenomenal job with that. Thanks to all the staff for continuing to deal with this. And I guess lastly, thanks to all the parents that we've had to add for this state mandated training. So, >> yeah, >> with that, we'll move on to Mr. >> Yeah. Uh, so I I spoke a little bit about Thomas Jalopnik coming on and hiring, so I'll briefly skip past that part. um our career and technical education program approval through the Minnesota Department of Ed. So um every five years we have to submit um an application that outlines our courses, standards taught, course syllabi um as well as the teachers um in the areas of our agriculture, industrial tech, health science, education academy and
043IT, computer science. Um and as part of this we receive funding back then through the Carl Perkins funds and other funding sources um that offset costs um and it can only be used in those areas. So currently our computer science education academy and health science are through that highstep program that our high school students do where they're at South Central or they're in Wasika. Um but then also through Mackenzie Ru's classes as well as some of uh Russ Tolo's classes we get additional funding as well. So one of the areas that we just recently um got the funding for was within our industrial tech area within for Russella. Um that program was approved. Uh last year it was not approved. We had work to be done in it. We were able to get that approved.
044So if you look at what does that all mean for us? Um, going back, I had Kelly help me pull the data. Um, in the 2122 school year, that was about $28,000. Uh, 2223, it dipped a little bit to just shy of 22,000. 2324, it shot up to just shy of 40,000. Um, and our expected this year would be about 50,000. So, all that is based on the number of pupils that are actually enrolled in the courses. It's not simply offering the course. you have to have students that follow through with it. Um, this is an area that I believe will continue to grow. Um, and I'd like to see it grow as not every student chooses a four-year, even a two-year, and a lot of them just need to be skilled in the trades.
045So, one of the areas of a course that we're looking at offering next year to go along with industrial arts 9 would be an intro to trades course. Um, also, Mr. Toqua is working on getting certified to teach a course in aviation with the ultimate goal of the it's being able to be certified as drone pilots um >> in the end. So I mean this is an area that kids have expressed interest in with the aviation thing. And then the other thing by offering that course here on campus is there are additional grant funds that are available to get the kids to Mano to the airport to do simulators and things like that. Um again just trying to be creative to keep students engaged and also appeal to a group of students that sometimes there
046aren't always course offerings for. Um, we're also looking at ride along with the farmer day with Mc Rasperson as board member. Um, just kidding. But we could work on that. Maybe that's part of career seminar for the seniors is ride alongs with mas. >> Yeah, I >> I think that's great. I mean, I I would have thought that was kind of a a fluff class the aviation before, but I see it more and more every day in industry, right? I mean it's pretty much every manufacturing center out there now has at least somebody that's ser >> well and right now it's uh so cost prohibitive for so many students because those flight hours and so much of it is just getting the initial course hours done where if we can knock out a big component
047of the seated section they can focus on flight hours if that's what they want. Um then the other uh big item that goes along with that just is the tiein with staff and that's why it's important that we have licensed staff in those areas and that we continue to invest in offering those courses. Any questions on that? >> So the funding is utilizing for utilized for um materials >> goes towards materials. It offsets costs of salary and benefits for those staff members that are in that area. Um >> but yeah, it's an area that can continue to grow. Um, the other interesting thing is the state of Minnesota because of the lure process for finding licensed teachers is getting more and more creative and what you're allowed to do by bringing people in from private
048industry like Duke to come and be an instructor and even working towards lure through that um because they realize that a lot of people don't go to school for those particular things. They had to go into the field as a trade themselves and now coming back to teach students. >> Um it makes for some really colorful conversations in the classroom as well as instruction >> application. Yes. >> Sounds like subbing whenever rue or torqual. >> You heard it. >> Diesel mechanic and hydraulics. >> Get any younger. >> That's true. Um other item left uh um is the Minnesota Honor Society induction is planned for November 3rd at 6 PM. Um those final applications were being screened today and we we look forward to a good group of students. Um a lot of applications this year
049which was really nice to see. >> Um and then again the MHS looks at their leadership um their overall service to community and then their academic piece. So otherwise, again, thank you on those that planted trees. Um, I had that on my list, but that got stolen from me at the beginning. Um, but again, something new and unique for the kids to take part in. >> Awesome. >> Where did the trees get planted? >> Um, alongside where am I at? Just outside the building here um in the grassy area that hopefully the leaves won't blow into the school. Um but also that the tree won't grow into the side of the school year. >> Yes. Yep. Science over that area. Yep. >> Thanks. >> Awesome. >> Thanks for that. >> Uh no super no formal
050superintendent report. U with that we'll move on to board reports. Karen. >> Yep. I did make the city council this this month. Yes, I did. I put it on my calendar to go there. Um the uh they had an update on the uh all the construction projects and the uh shallow street the underground utility utilities on shallow was pretty much done and they'll be winding some upgrade soon and probably just have some gravel stuff for some of the stuff they won't pave this year because they won't have time to set up. Um and I'm not sure if there's anything else on that but if you don't live in town it probably doesn't matter. Um the council has a vacancy uh llump had passed away and so they are kind of doing the same process that
051we did. They'll uh look for letters of intent and then they'll do interviews and uh go ahead and find somebody that's interested and appoint them after they do the interviews. Um they're still talking about the paid family medical leave. uh they had to table it because they're that's such a ugly issue as we know from here too as to what you have to provide and what it's going to cost. So they're still working on finding that out. They had a $1,000 donation to the fire department and uh they are getting a fleet card for the city employees so that like the fire trucks when they come in uh to fuel up they can go up and that car will be on files. Otherwise they had to kind of pay for it and they get reimbured.
052So, that was one of their their new moves. And other than that, um they're looking at renewing the liquor license and they've got over they've got like 40 accounts that are overdue on their utilities. So, people don't decide to pay their bill. Then what happens if they don't pay it? It gets tacked on their taxes at the end of the year. So, they pay it with their taxes, which raises the the cost up quite a bit. But, uh they deal with that, I guess, every year. And that was about it. >> So they had nothing 124 calls fire department had. So on the street going down to the post office, the goal is to get that one layer tower and get the gutter in. Well, they're supposed to have done my first November. So I
053don't know what's going to happen yet. the address. >> So, and then well, they were scheduled to work last Saturday. They didn't work, >> you know, and stuff like that. So, what's shallow is like county was saying that will not get paid for curb this year, but the contractor has made an agreement that they will tell me like do stuff like that because they're going to have a hump from the street to get up into the people's yard. You know what I mean? snow. It's going to go >> right. >> Yeah. >> Sounds like a mess. >> Yeah. >> Sounds like a mess. >> It's going to be a mess. >> Yeah. Well, >> yeah. >> I can guarantee it's a mess. >> You live it. You're living it, right? >> So, hopefully they get
054introduction. We'll see what happens. That's all we can do. You better start pouring. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. All right, with that we'll move to open forum. Any questions? >> Ladies have questions. >> I guess >> no question. >> I thought I thought to get credited. >> Every point counts. >> You got to have a question about something. We went over a whole bunch. We had 20 items on that. I won't put that. I'm sorry. >> Oh, wow. >> Can be about anything. >> All right. Final call for open forum. Extra credit points. Okay. >> Okay. >> Moving on. Do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> So move. >> K. Made a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second by Mick. All in favor say I. >> I. >>
055All opposed.