001Call to order the regular meeting of independent school district 695 which is Minnesota for the last time. Lisa will do your call. Director here. Dr. R here. Director Sina Director here. Director Raha here. Chair Casey here. Thank you. Anybody wishing to address the the board? Now would be the time. I'm Britney Laren. I just this isn't something that's available at the moment, but it is being passed through legislation. Um, and I just wanted you guys to be aware of it. I know state funding is in question and everything right now, but it's an outdoor program that aims at inclusion of everybody being able to go to these outdoor programs and it's fourth through eight or fourth through senior year. Um, so and that that provides a whole grant for transportation for overnight stay at these
002outdoor camps. I know I'm just kind of rambling now, but all the information is right in there. Um, April, they did further pass this and by next year they're hoping to have enough money to get this ball rolling. So, I'm going to just keep an eye on it. And I would hope that maybe you guys might be interested in applying for this grant so that they we have better access and offer our kids this opportunity to be able to go out in nature and learn. And I think our closest one would is it Leech Lake on the back of the map that would be or Rockridge or not Rockidge? Wridge. Widge. Sorry. And and the transportation would be included. So it would be a full all around thing that that background. Are these just kind
003of like day trips? Um I think they would provide all different kinds of options. So yeah, I was so excited about it. I wanted you guys to see it just so I can mention it again when it comes through and is approved hopefully. That's great. Good opportunity. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Yeah. Uh, moving on. We have a guest tonight, Mr. Tyler White. Tyler is our new head boys basketball coach. Welcome. Tyler, do you want to come up and just introduce yourself? Give a little background. Introduce myself and give about myself. Um, so my name is at one time. You're joining us at 53 p.m. My name is Tyler Voit. I'm currently a teacher over at the Bridge to Independence program, part of the NLC in Virginia. Um, a little bit about
004my background. I'm from Mosin, Wisconsin. Um, playing basketball ever since I could remember. Played all the way through high school. I played two years collegiately at W Superior. Um, my career was cut short due to injuries at which point I started transitioning over to coaching. Uh, I spent two years coaching as a student assistant at W Stevens Point. Um, I then went on to help with various AA programs, high school programs. Um, I'm currently also involved with a program called Point College or PGC. Um they run camps around the country for youth ages fourth grade all the way to the pro level. Um really focusing on teaching the game, thinking the game, doing the classroom work, and thinking outside of just the athletic part of it. Um and really working on just becoming better people
005along with better athletes. Um and then my most recent coaching position was the year before I guess this year that's ending now. This past year, um, I was out as an assistant at the North Dakota State College of Science, their division one junior college, uh, where we made the national tournament and were able to upset in the first round as the lowest seat being making it, uh, around there. So, sweet. That's kind of my basketball background and good. Great. Any questions or anything? No, appreciate you coming in. Welcome. Nice to meet you. Absolutely. Nice to meet you. Thanks for the face to the name. Yeah, I do have a question for you. Do you plan on any early meetings with the team? Yeah, we're actually in the works with that right now. I believe I
006hope it's Thursday as we talk to to meet everybody um as far as players and everybody that's interested in that and start working on some summer stuff. I know I'll look into trying to reach out to parents and getting something set up with that as well to get everybody again to know me. Um you know, put a face to the name and everything with everything that's going on. um hopefully go from there then. Perfect. Okay. Exactly what I want to hear. Welcome. Thank you. Welcome to our program. Welcome to the school. Yeah. Thank you. And uh wish you the utmost success. As you all know, we have plenty of it. So, no pressure. Uh reports. Travis, do you want to quick I'm uh we're hosting playoffs for baseball right now. So, the team's the team's
007playing right now, but things are going well. So, I snuck out. Um I just wanted to touch base on my agenda item for you guys. Um the sidewalk sale that I want to do. And um basically, like it says in the memo, um it's really just cleaning the closet. Um we're we're transitioning to a new gym. Uh I don't want that space filled with clutter. Um, we don't need helmets from 10 10 or 12 years ago. We don't need baseballs from 20 years ago. We don't need jerseys from 50 years ago. Um, so I've asked the coaches if they would go through clean out what they don't need or what's not current and then um that is the stuff that I will that I will put out on the sidewalk sale along with some street
008clothing and extra stuff that I have. Um, but that's really the gist of it. So, um I was not aware originally that you had to declare that excess surplus equipment. So, my apologies for not coming to you before I um posted about it. But, well, I think the problem was the fact that you had said it was going right back to your athletic fund when it in fact it's all school. So, it was like where are the funds going? That's mine. And I my other question is when you're having this sidewalk sale, who's going to be in charge of the money? I'm real concerned about that. There's just going to be probably so much money, I mean, being transferred and I just want to make sure that we have some kind of dual control over
009that. I I think that's just important. Sure. So, my plan is me. Yeah. Um uh and but you're only one. But I'm one. Yeah. So, I can certainly have another advisor. I would definitely try to have another do that. Yep. I have no issue with that. Um, and then I I would just use the the current um starting starting pot that we use for for all of our sports. Yeah. So, it's consistent. It it matches up with what we have always used. Um, and then that gets sent over to Noah, unless you want me to do something different, but Oh, sounds good. I was excited to buy an old dust streak helmet. They're going to sell like hot old. Yeah. Although I have some wool. I have like some wool. Legit wool with chisum on
010it from back. I don't know. But so we'll see. Some of that stuff might might fly. My dad's from I don't know how I got it, but you know what? He died. It all ended up at my house. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know how we got it either. Any questions for Travis? Any other other questions for Travis? What's the sale again? I think I'm going to wait till August. Um that way kind of before school and you know that they can clean up. They should do it during Doc Graham days. Yeah. Well, as long at the parade as long as we can get in the facility. I don't know how long I don't know how long construction is going to be, but a little nostalgia. Yeah. Yeah. Right. True. Yeah. Well, it's exciting. And then
011next year when we transition to the new facility, um, you know, we'll we'll have like an alumni basketball because it'll be the last the last of the current gym before before we really move into the new gym. So, I've had I've had actually quite a few people say, "Oh, we should have an alumni basketball game." And, you know, you know, high school league has certain rules you have to follow with that stuff, but but yeah. So, anyway, great. Awesome. Thank you, Travis. Thanks, M. Item number five. Uh, can I entertain a motion to approve the agenda as is? I'll make the motion. Support. Motion by director Randa Solder, support by director Lappy. Any discussions hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item six, motion to approve the consent agenda.
012And these are the minutes of the May 12th, 2025 regular meeting. I'll make a motion. Motion by director, by director Rice. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor saying signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item seven, personnel. Item A, motion to accept the resignation request from Jennifer Zabatnik Martin as the speech advisor and senior class advisor effective May 30th, 2025. All motion motion by director Raha by director Ly any discussion do we have somebody in that position? Uh speaks for senior class advisors is it's called adviserss Mrs. is the other co-advisor. So, um she will just take it over fully unless she chooses not to. But I have a quick conversation with her. Speech will just open up for anybody to apply. Yeah. Like to thank uh Miss CM for
013her time and efforts that she put in to both positions. Any other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. opposed. Motion carries. Item B, motion to accept the resignation request from Lisa Albridge, district administrative assistant, effective June 4th, 2025. So motion by director LPY. Supported by director Rob Simon. Any discussion? Thank you, Lisa. Thank you, Lisa. We can do without you. Thank you very much. Wish you the best of luck. Yes. Any other discussion hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed? No. Motion carries. Item eight under business. Motion to approve the contract for leadership of community education between district 701 public schools and district 695 public schools effective August 21st, 2025 through June 30th, 2027. I'll make motion. Motion by director sign support by director
014Raha. Any discussion? Yeah, just Metro Creek Loose has done a good job with it and it's he really does does a nice job. There's no change in the contract. We just move forward as it's just basically keeping things as is. But yeah, it's gone really well with it. these good resources and and I might be mistaken but or forgetful but could we get a report from her every once in a while I probably could report on it too I am on that committee you know quarterly yeah but I could always write a little report from it yeah what's new and I just found out that he is a brother of one of our educators. So, I didn't even put two two together. Any other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I.
015Opposed. Motion carries. Item B, motion to adopt the 2025 2026 resolution for memberships of Minnesota State High School League as presented. Motion motion by director Randa Solder support by director. Roll call. Director Ronda Sold. Yes. Director Rice. Yes. Director Cardi Simon. Yes. Yes. Director. Yes. Dr. Raha. Yes. Yes. Pass this unanimously. Moving on. Item C. Motion approve the purchase from Office Store for education institution in the amount of 63,834 computers for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. Make a motion. Second. Motion by Donnie Simon, support by Greg Mafy. Any discussion? Yeah, just so you aware this will get paid over three years. Um are most of the I wouldn't say most of them. A lot of them are kind of at their end of life. Um take them off the charger. A lot of
016the teachers and myself, we have monitors, but if you take it off the charger, it's not lasting very long. Uh we should be able to get a little money back, maybe hopefully 25% of that back as we tra turn in our old ones, but there's no guarantee there either. So we'll get 15 $20,000 back. 20,000 if we're doing well. Maybe 15 might be more realistic, but it'll be about 22,000 21,000 a year looks like. Maybe it would help if we turned in ours. Oh, that's true. I kind of doubt it. You just never know. We could all turn ours in. I never got one. It has a tracker. It's in the house somewhere. Probably been dead for two years. Nice little bag. Mine is nice little bag. I use it once for a while, but
017usually it special. Well, we got to keep the bills down. So, you're not getting them out. No, we're good. Computer for everything and you can just go on one miss forget it. You know what I mean? I wouldn't even know how to use it because it's not the same computer I have any problem. Trying to help the girls with their stuff, you know. Go down and go up. Yeah. Any other discussion? hearing. None. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item D, the approval of the food service management contract with INAC from July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2026 as presented. Motion. All support. Motion by director Pry Simon. spoke by director. Any discussion? No changes. Uh they've been good. Solid. We do well in that too. Are they still
018going with the or for everybody? Yeah. Any other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Me adopting the fiscal year 2026 budget as presented. Yes. Thank you. So in your packet, page one is the summary of all the different funds and then went into a little bit more detail in funds 1, three, and five. Um those are our major operating funds. Just wanted to provide a little bit more information on those numbers, but we'll kind of just go through it line by line. Um starting with the fund one our general fund total revenues 3 10,368,000 compared to expenditures of 10,354 uh for a surplus of 14,000. There were some increases with our revenue this year uh mainly being with the general education formula increase in compensatory revenue.
019Uh there's an increase in our state special ed and included the projected funding from the MTSS grant, but also had in increases in expenses primarily related to uh wages and benefits. Fund two is our food service. Um IMAC has done a really good job of managing this fund for us. Uh and we've had a surplus I think the last couple of years in this. So the revenue was 450,000 expenditures 450,000 and included in those expenditures is 60,000 cushion built in for equipment to go into the new uh the new building fund three transportation uh total revenue 353,000 versus expendit expenses of 527,000. our revenue is pretty consistent with what it was last year. Um, and what expenses are included in the this fund would be primarily our our bus leases, uh, repairs, fuel, and then
020the staffing costs. Fund for community service. Um, so with Hibian's lead leadership and our staff, they've done a good job of managing this fund as well. uh total revenues of 243,000 versus expense of 246,000. So a deficit of 3,000 there. Um if you recall, we were in a deficit when our last audit came back in this fund, but we're able to cut that a little bit there. Uh mainly related to the school readiness and ECF. um but are expecting a little more revenue related to the pathway scholarships funding and the school readiness uh fee schedule to come up next year. Um fund five capital our revenue was is projected at 147,000 versus expense of 546,000 so a deficit of 399,000. Um, so this is page five of the attachments, but our operating capital revenue was
021reduced in FY26 mainly due to the 2024A bond that we approved in last September. Uh, so the intention with that is that that funding is instead goes to fund seven and to cover the debt payments for that. um with the thinking being that we'll be realizing cost savings once the two buildings are no longer operating. So for this year, we're not realizing the full effect of having those two buildings shut down, but we do have to make the payment on it. So we would have a reduction in expenses in FY27 realizing that. Uh fund six, that's our building construction fund. uh the estimated expenditures related to the construction project for next year 20 million. Um and then I just put in revenue at 20 million as well so it doesn't skew the numbers one way
022or another. Uh fund seven that's our debt service and the revenue that's allocated to make payments on that. I did on page five of the attachments just for your information put in what our differing payments are. Um fund nine is our scholarship fund. That's a balanced budget. 13,000 projected for revenue and expense for next year. Uh fund 11 is our student activity. Also a balanced budget. Um this is related to uh money in and out for our student activity accounts. And then fund 18 is also related to scholarships. And that's money in and out for these scholarships. Only difference from fund nine is that um the entity funding funding this has the the decision in how it gets spent versus fund nine. the district has that decision. Uh but they're basically the same thing. Fund
02345, the OPED irrevocable trust, uh total revenue 150,000. That's related to the interest earnings on the balance. And then expenditures of 292,000 is the insurance portion of the insurance premiums that we pay for our retirees. So the deficit there of 141,000 and then I just included the OPE debt service fund 47. This will no longer be an active fund for us as we paid off the that debt but this year. Okay. Used to pay retirey health insurance benefits. Correct. So are we going to be taking any more money out of that trust to cover? Yes. Yep. But we don't know how much that's going to be. But you got 291,000 here. So you got a pretty good educated guess. So we have to take money out of that fund so we make sure we cover
024that because that's what it's designed for. Any idea when that's going to happen? Well, so for this last year, I had just done it I think in February or March. Yeah. Okay. So, it probably be, you know, we'll reimburse it once we know what that final number was. Okay, if that makes sense. It makes sense. Thank you. Okay, Noah, uh, when did you say the bond revenues were when did they start? Um, so for the the 2024 A1. Yeah. Okay. So, it's 24 So I think our payment is in February, February of 26. So we have to make a payment on it next year, but not really realizing the cost savings. So So I'm going all the way back to fiscal year 23 and I see revenues of $400,000 versus this year and that's a
025$250,000 difference. Any thoughts on that? I know this before you. Yeah, I know there would have been a portion a smaller portion in 24 we got some funding from uh St. Louis County related to the CARES or COVID relief that ended up in this fund five and that's why it's a little bit higher in the year-to- date number of April as well here. But that was 750,000 total. It'll be split between those two years. Any other questions for Mr. Okay, sorry. So, the board as you can see at this time will have a significant deficit that will have to address through other resources for lack of a better term. Um, I'm sure Mr. Khazar is going to continue to massage the numbers. Um, with Mr. Morrison's help, it's not real pretty. Any other discussion? Did
026we have a motion for that? I think Yeah, second. Motion by director. I'll make a motion. Also by director Y. Any other discussion? Thanks. Thanks. Yeah. I I wish I would have gotten this a little sooner because I just got mine today. So I'm not pleased about that. Not to be a dead horse on the OPED, but it shows up as a debt as Bob indicated, but we do have money that you'll be able to pull from the only place that it can be used from to cover some of that or to cover it to cover what the payment is. Yeah. Okay. So that so that deficit is a little bit misle I mean not necessarily deficit because we do have the money of the trust. Yeah. that cuts that cuts that down, you know,
027more to like 300,000 versus a million. So, I just I mean I Bob brings it up every year and so I think I finally got it after I don't know year 12, but no, but I I you know, I do appreciate it. It does look it looks bad. It looks bad on but we do have the money that that was levied for for years and that's why we that's why we can pay that open. So correct and that's why we started using it. Yes. Because we had fully funded it and we have to use it for that's the only thing can be used for. So thank you Simone Zunich. She'll ever leave me in charge of No, you will get no penny candy. No, I will. No. If Jackie's in charge of the budget. Any
028other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item F, approve the fundraising request from Travis Vaky. And I'm just going to change the verbiage on this just a little bit to declare surface equipment and sell surplus equipment. We declare it as surplus and motion to sell it at the same time. So I'd like to entertain a motion for that. I'll make a motion with the adjustment. Motion by director support. Director Rice. Any other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. Item G. Approve the resolution to accept $8,000 in donations from the Owens Foundation. Motion by that. Yes. Is that right? I got that right. Okay. Um, this is uh resolution 25-05-27. Lisa, could you roll call, please? Director. Yes.
029Director. Yes. Director Sun. Yes. Dr. R. Yes. Dr. Rah. Yes. Yes. I'd just like to thank those members of the Owens Foundation. Um Jim Bart, Dr. Mike Heck, Chisum Guy, Jack Ryan, Skaya Chisum, Jamie Arwa, and Dr. Paul John. We still have a request in with them for additional funding. We'll probably be meeting with them in I think the next funding cycle is in June or July. So, we'll keep you informed on that. Uh item H is just a second reading of policy 533. As you can see there, Lisa was very good at putting what the changes were. uh looks more like anything substance. So moving on to item nine uh discussion board. Um I think it's we we made committees but we did not make committees for negotiations and we have yeah for two.
030So we we don't have to do it tonight. I've talked to both of the large groups just um and they are not wanting to negotiate tomorrow or anything. So, we got some time. Um so, we probably should have one for education Minnesota for our ask me group and then if the board wants to have one, we have a handful of employees maybe one board member with me maybe or two or we want to do it. be willing to sit on any and all that. I prefer not to be on the teachers just because my daughter is a teacher, but I would definitely I no problem with asking I'd be on I'd be happy to do that and at well I have done both so whatever and I've done well and asking too or not I've
031done asking them. Yeah. So youbody split up. I mean pretty much I was on the administration with you. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. There's administration to the principles. Okay. So you you've got a handful of names. Select. Yeah. Did you? Well, should we just forward and just let's just uh start with admin. Start with admin or admin. I thought you said admin. That's the teacher. Teachers. Okay. Teachers board chair. You sure? Okay. Oh, then we'll put Jackie up. I'm cool. Yeah, teachers. Can you do that? I'm related to that, but um like it is pretty difficult to find no conflicts to do. I mean, literally, it really is. I've just worked with him for so many years and it I'd rather not do it. How about ask me I can't I'll do admin or at will.
032Okay, we probably just need to I can help with adwell. Should we for admin and atwell? Should we just have the same group? Yeah, I can be part of that. They're real small. Yeah, they are usually I think they want two. Mark and Daniel for that. I have Cindy and Jackie for asking. Did we want a third or we want to go two is fine too. Two is fine. Okay. So, let me just be clear so we're reading this right. I can always email you back. So admin Mark Jackie Shelley ask me Cindy Jackie at admin administration. Okay. I just did it to myself and that will mark that. So okay perfect. if we could still send out an email and then yeah, you'll let us know times and dates that we're meeting with those
033and they I don't think yet asked or they have their but didn't set any dates yet. Correct. back. I'm thinking later in the summer. Late summer. Yes. Releasing me. So done completely. Well, yeah. And then for we want to pass this on to something. Yeah, we could. Yeah. Or or the principles or myself. I'll take a look at it. Okay. It doesn't sound like it's into effect yet, but it's something definitely would be great for this area. Yeah, I remember doing Wolf Bridge in college. It was part of our college class where we had to go there and just the learning experiences. We had some summer camps that one year. Um, where did we get that funding from? I don't think five, six years ago, but summer camps and it was most of it was
034really good and they did a bunch of different things in the summer. This is obviously looks like it's more during the school year, but um great experiences. So much of it. So I do want to bring up another subject. Um Vivian, we've met with Vivian. They're asking they have asked us to host both the boys and girls soccer programs. Um and host like little kids or no take on the program. Take on the program and we would be we're the host. It' be Chisum hitting not Chisum. And why is that? Are there more chis? No, I'm super confused. I talked about liberty. Oh yeah, I think we need to have a board discussion. I can tell you where I stand. Me and Daniel already had discussion. We're kind of opposite ends just to be perfectly
035honest and that's fine. Um but heavy has some cost that the city is charging them um for use of facilities and obviously they would probably like to reduce that cost because we know what they just went through. Um so that's that's it in a nutshell and we don't have a No. So that's where I wish Travis was here for that conversation. We don't but we're in the process. We have areas where they practice very open. I have several concerns I guess because in all actuality it's just not one team coming over. It's four at least four varsity junior varsity boys varsity junior varsity girls. We do not have the facilities to then plate varsity football, JV football, seventh and eighth grade football. I don't know how you would work it. Uh Mr. Vaky and I
036have talked a little bit of the possibility of renovation of the pergo field because that's not being used for anything at this point. Is that the one by the Lincoln or No, that's the by the baseball team. Oh, by the way, the stadium, but I think Well, seventh eighth grade junior high spring is fun. Spring this is fall soccer high school. There are some there are some issues on that. Obviously, we take it over. who were in charge of getting coaches, um getting referees, things of that nature. Um I I'll say it possibly new uniforms. And what are they are they like going to just say, "Well, oh wow, too bad we got we can't have it anymore." I No, they didn't say that at all. They were just No, that did not come up
037in the conversation. But these are things that are just running through my Yeah. No one said that. um they're trying to reduce their costs. Bottom line, bottom line. And anything that's not productive for them, you know, if they're not making money at it, they want they're going to want to get rid of it. That's my opinion, but or if it's costing money. Yeah. So, I had a conversation with Travis about it and asked how many kids are in the program and he said that between boys and girls, there's 80 kids in the program, seven are chisel. So when you do the math, I don't understand it. Me. Okay. I would love to see it be a Chisum sport and have the kids be proud to be Chisum. I also know that our summer program that
038we just took on for the youth through the city, there's 120 kids signed up. And when you look at how many kids actually do not play sports that did play soccer, I do think that it would be a growing program for us if we hosted it. We would have more than seven kids because not everybody plays football, volleyball, or swims. And it's only girls swimming in the fall. And you're saying like with a co-op with Hibbing where their kids could come play. Yes. But Travis also talked about having that conversation with him having to do a three-year transition where it's not fully ours right away to see how that works and and work it out that way too to see if it's going to work instead of just jumping in. Oh, that to me it
039sounds so typical of you. You take our 700 kids and add your 10 kids and you pay for it. Sorry, but that's how I feel. Don't we pay for our So that's not how collaborated sports work though. So No, it's not. But so here's the thing though. When you collaborate, and this is what I realized in one of their schoolboard meetings of there's a lot of people don't understand how this works. So when I sign my kids up to play soccer, I signed them up in Hibbing. Hibbing gets the money. Oh yes. Chism gets no money. And then of those seven kids that were signed up last year, then Hibing sends Chisum a bill for the busing and the coaching. And then Chisum, where did they get that money? Now it's going to flip-flop. Let's
040just say all 80 kids signed up because there is quite a few of I will tell you I can speak on behalf of the girls soccer team. I mean, a lot of those girls are coming back regardless of where they play because they love the game. I mean those are dieh hard. There's quite a few of those girls are die hard soccer players. But that's what you say. That's not what's going to come back. That's all I'm saying. I mean, we got to be careful with this move. This would be something that has How much is the overhead for us to get a soccer field together, get the coaches? I mean, you get the money, but is it good? Is it going to end up being Travis also said it's a conversation to have with
041the city? One thing too is you have to remember that we are redoing our football field in a year. So the well we haven't made a decision but conversations a year from this spring we would start on that and you can't use it that year at all even in the fall. So when they redo it according to football we got to find other coaches and other or I should say other schools that have done redone their fields and grass and they've just basically recrowned and started over. They don't use it that year. The couple that we've talked to that have done it so brand. So then that would be a whole year neither soccer or football would be football. We're already planning in the fall of 26 probably playing hopefully we can rent nearby fields
042play home games in another town that there's only like four home you know have like two home you know I'm glad Mr. Morrison brought this up. So, those are some of the things that we're thinking about and it's not necessarily negative. They're challenges. They're challenges. I thought that with the where this building is, we're going to have a big green space field or practice field and I thought somebody said soccer, but maybe not. We had hoped uh at one point we had talked about putting a football field right there and then it wouldn't fit. It doesn't quite fit. You can do a practice field and that is kind of one of the ideas. Um, so yeah, we can practice you have a team practice there at least one anyway. So changes to I I don't
043want to labor this too long. So it's something that this board got to think think about and generate some Yeah, because I wouldn't want to see the kids miss out either. I mean soccer is important to many people. I guess that's what has many kids. I think the biggest problem that soccer has around here is that they when they're young, they play in the spring and then it flops in the fall and so nobody follows. But here's the thing is it's never been advertised. Yeah. And that's where I will fight. I mean I have we have been part of the soccer program in town right from kindergarten or from first grade. We did not know that there was an option for our kids to play past sixth grade. It was a big secret it and
044nobody knew and until Travis became ad that's when it started advertising. At one point we had one chism girl playing soccer and it has grown to five and two boys. So because it's getting out there Travis gets it out there. He's advertising it. He's letting people know where before it was a big secret like you couldn't nobody knew what he did after sixth grade. We didn't know what to do after sixth grade. Oh yeah. Was it not a co? It's always been a coin, but it's never been advertised. It's never been out there. It's been some big secret for some reason instead of being when you get older. So, it's kind of off too because people might say you have, say, you have a girl that already is joining swimming or volleyball in fourth grade
045and doesn't realize that. Now, if she wants to play soccer, you know, you have to make a choice. Boys who are playing soccer then don't play baseball because by the time they realize they, oh, wait, that's not the right season. they haven't played baseball for years. So, it really it just the way that they do their spring stuff or their youth stuff is just a little bit backwards. You know what I mean? You shouldn't have it in two different seasons. It really messes up people following it through and then it hurts other sports when they get older because either they have to pick or choose soccer or volleyball or or baseball or soccer, you know, like what are you going to do? Swimming and swimming and soccer, football. Well, I can honestly tell you that
046one of the applicants that wants to be the head coach for girls uh she has come up to me multiple times um because she was made aware of this from the AD and so she came up because she knows my kids play and she said she is more than willing to push practices back so that there is a swimmer a girl swimmer that wants to do they could do bowls because our district allows you to be in two sports and some places don't and some places don't. So she said she's willing to work with the district everything if we were to cuz she said she wouldn't want to take away from our other staff either. Yeah. I just always thought that's one of the biggest challenges that that sport is because they started you start
047young kids and then when you get to a certain age number one they didn't know where to go or what to do and it was a completely different season spring and fall like just completely different. They're just weird. That's just my two cents on here. They set it up weird. That's like they're all good points. ACL side is the outside. So you want kids to have another Can we afford it? Yeah. But maybe the city maybe they'll come up with sports complex after all. Talking about it for years. So that was the question I have is okay you got all these kids from Hib from Chisum. They want us to take it and hire the coaches. What's he responsibility for the salaries of those coaches and for the transportation? What is when they have the
048majority of the kids in the program? I'm not against it. I just want to know where they where are they coming from? What are they looking at for this? Where's their savings? Yeah, that is true. Where's the savings? Well, they wouldn't have to pay the fee that they rent to the fields from the city. Our coaches cost a little bit less, a few thousand overall if you're talking. I don't pay petitions for a better deal. That's weird. [Music] Your solution for them is like and I were on the phone the other day and I literally charging so much money that they that we would actually rather like go somewhere else and it just seems so I just remember when they did the whole drama thing together and transportation you got to get them but this
049isn't a new collaboration. Oh no no it's not new. It's just where they would do everything. This is just a switch of who's the host, right? But like our seven kids have to come over there for practice and to get on the buses and stuff. They would have like what 70 that have to come this way, you know, parents again might be worth getting giving a few points right in front of us here. Yeah. Then we can ask more questions. Yeah. I mean, you want the kids to participate. That's not the issue here. It may be something to actually have know past travel like rough budget like roughly like what what would the act what would our our cost be for the school like that type of thing. The problem is is we also need
050to think something needs to happen sooner rather than later with this because the season starts in August and Travis also told me that if we become the host we have to sign up a month before the season starts with the Minnesota high school. So because you're switching it soccer ended in the fall last year if this was even in talks which I've heard throughout things over the years and that's another reason why I was pushing collaboration meetings and now I'm done doing that after their recent schoolboard meeting. I will not be pushing collaboration meetings. Um I think it's a good idea for us to have a collaboration committee when we collaborate but apparently not other people think that. So, but why did they not why did they not come to us in the fall giving
051us enough time to do just that? Come up with numbers, come up with things. Why wait and be like, "All right, Chisum, come on. Let's do this." That was my frustration is you've got one month and it's not even I'll be devil devil's advocate on that. I mean, they had a lot of issues they were dealing with over there and this may have fallen to the Right. Yeah. They're talking about positions, losing teachers. So, coming to us now, but again, um just to wrap this up, we all have questions it sounds like and and these are some things that um Mr. Morrison and Mr. Baky are going to have to get answers to. Mhm. Um I guess I'd also like to hear if we don't host what happens to that for those 80 kids because
052that's 80 kids. So if we don't take it on is going to cut it. I mean they're saying they're not but do we really want to take that away from a bunch of us worry about? Let's just figure out what's going on. We can't worry about those 80 kids right now. That's not our We're worried about the eight that maybe will lose soccer. We don't I I'm just sorry. I'm just not all that concerned about what that's Hibbing's deal. That really isn't ours. We have to decide if we are able to host the soccer program. That's what we have to decide. So, okay. Morrison, anything else? No. Well, I know they wanted an answer by early June because obviously we can't sit on this. So, I think my answer for this fall would probably be
053no. Um, but I mean, but I guess I don't think we have time to figure it out. We can't. It's hard to pull this thing together. It can't go like maybe some of the parents need to go to the city and say, "Can you give him a discount until then until they get things figured out?" I mean, but Yeah. Oh, well. Jack in Nashville or any other discussion bring up school just had their kickball tournament day today. Yeah. On the lighter side. Yeah, it was up at the the softball field which was kind of nice. H Thursday they have their or no baloria is baloria tomorrow. Are they having a baloria? Does anybody even know? Th Wednesday Wednesday graduation Friday night. Yep. Right. Staff's last day is Friday. They're done. Well, the teachers are done
054at noon. They have their big uh van plate. Oh yeah. End of summer. End of summer. Oh yeah. is invited to the barbecue. Oh, absolutely. We There's a barbecue. All staff are invited to the um garage. Bus garage. The bus garage. 11:30ish, I think it is. So, yeah. I think they're celebrating the retirees there, too. Oh, that's a little bit. They usually do. Yeah. because it just wasn't time to put together a party because they didn't know anybody was retiring until last week. Anything else? Motion to I will motion support Simon. All those in favor signify by saying I I motion carries. I need to help with this. Very old.