001e e e okay it is 7:30 I think we can start the meeting and we'll start by uh saying the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you uh first item of the agenda the chair would entertain a motion for the approval of the agenda with suggested motions and resolutions do I have a motion so moved do I have a second second all those in favor of passing the motion signify by saying I I I'll oppos nay motion passes next up I believe we have the superintendent and staff reports thank you chair I am delighted to call up Dr Cochran and Mr inkle har and Miss verk
002did I hit everybody that's coming up Al Loa are you part of this too nope okay I'm excited to call them up to give us a really exciting update on the world of Fridley Middle School thanks for being here tonight well good evening I think I know many of you but I'm Amy Cochran principal at the middle school and along with me is Carrie verichek who's our MP coordinator and Matt Englehart who is our assistant principal and we are here just to share um just some really exciting things that we have been working on this year so Carrie's going to kick us off in um talk a little make sure I know how to use the clicker here maybe there we go um we're going to share three things and car's going to kick us
003off one we wanted to share we have been working really closely with the lenia group and we'd like to share some updates on the work that we've been doing with them um within our math department um we have a new summer program that we're really excited that we are kicking off and would love to share some updates around what our new summer programming is going to look like and then finally one of our goals this year was really working on community and parent involvement and just want to share kind of some of the things that we've done around um getting our community involved so car's going to start us off and share some of our work with lenia hi everyone um is it down oh up backwards there we go so fancy all right so
004um I'm just going to talk a little bit about linia group we have been working with um a woman her name is Sheila she's been coming in as our kind of as our consultant to work with us and specifically around our math department um right away when we started we kind of talked about these like Five Focus areas with the lenia group so um the focus is all around increase in student achievement and math um really creating access opportunity and belonging for all students um regardless of what level you're at where you're testing and whatnot what does that look like um thinking about what it looks like to increase student engagement in the classroom and through differentiated activities um really focusing on our beliefs having those like kind of really intentional discussions around what do
005we believe in our practices and at our core and how do we get there and then um to evaluate and reflect on our current systems and supports around math so in um in middle school we have our seventh and eighth grade is a block class so really taking a look at how do we utilize that time how is it structured um and then all the scaffolding throughout there all of our conversations with our math team can all be brought back to these five um focus areas so um right away we started with really making it personalized learning we T we are taking a look at student work we're analyzing the data that we're collecting and um really thinking about our like how to create that personalized instruction so that we can get students to grow
006and Achieve um go grow and Achieve with their math scores and really closing some gaps that we are seeing in our in some of our classes um we're really looking at our data and using our data to en form our practices right so um always coming back to what's the reason that we're making these instructional moves and um having those conversations with our teachers um and then again just focusing on that continuous Improvement so how are we continuing to get better and better every time again with a focus around the data and how we're using that to um to really make those judgment calls and at the end of the day around our educational it right so um thinking about how are we identifying and addressing the disparities and ensuring that all students can really
007reach the full potential um again all all our conversations are they revolve around these kind of these four focal points so when we think about then what does that look like for students um really creating that that that math understanding around like what is the meaning versus just give me giving me an answer so a lot of our conversations are about like you know show me the process show me your thinking how are you communicating in math and then we'll get to the answer because everyone thinks differently and really um honoring the multiple perspectives and the different ways that we think we can think around math um really giving the that intellectual preparation around the conceptualized thinking and the why behind why the math is working a certain way and then to continue to build
008Independence and so again like having those conversations from sixth to 7th to eth grade and to continue to push and and grow and build their independence and ultimately having just a love of math right we're here we're excited and we're continuing to learn and grow together um one of the examples that we have so um I just took a snapshot of our seventh grade math data and so when you're looking at this um essentially what we did was we took every every teacher took a look at um students in each of their classes who were testing at a kind of a partially meeting standard and we really looked at what is the data that we're collecting around those students and how do get them to grow to the next level right and continue to push
009them push them farther right um so if you look at if you look here we have for example at the top um the students who were in the spring of 2023 so from last year the breakdown of that where we had zero Zer exceeding 12 meat 16 partially meet and 26 does not meet so just looking across that top row those students shifted to now we have four of those students are now exceeding 14 of them are now meeting 22 of them are partially meeting and then we have less in the does not meet category right so really taking a look at what are um where are the students testing and Performing and how are we really focusing on this kind of core group and then and um building what we need to in our
010class so that they can we can see growth so um again just it's just like a mini snapshot of one of the examples that we have we did this with every every grade level each team so it's really really um great to have these conversations and to be really intentional about what data we're collecting and then how we're utilizing that to inform our practices all right so we have loved our work with lenia so much oops I'm going backwards I think that we are going to continue to work with them over the summer and kicking off a new um summer program that has two parts to it so um the morning portion of our day is called Summer rise and it again is utilizing curriculum directly from the lenia group um and it is a
011five-week program and really um the data that the lenia group has shown from all of the different schools Across the Nation that have used um a this very set curriculum with really solid professional learning as they've seen like triple digit gains in students in like those short five week so we are really really excited to offer this to our students this summer um the components in the morning are literacy and math and so really helping students kind of refall in love with those and I Carrie kind of mentioned one of the things we're doing with our math students right now is really kind of focusing on how do we have a love for math sometimes students get kind of close-minded and so really having them really understand math why do we do this what are
012we doing um so the summer program will really help us do that and then you can see some of the novels um that students will be reading so really of culturally relevant no novels really helping students again reading for meaning really understanding what they're doing so we're really excited about um our morning portion of our day so this is kind of what a student day would look like if they are joining us for the whole day the whole day is no cost to students um so they'll start off their day with breakfast they will get a block of the literacy in the morning um and then they will transition and have a block of math um shortly after that um and then if students choose to stay with us so that's going to be from
0138:00 to noon they'll get their math and literacy components if they choose to stay with us which most of our students are choosing to stay all day with us um our afternoon will consist of um enrichment where students will get to choose um one or two activities that they will participate in in the afternoon and we have between 11 and 15 offerings each day for students to choose from so we're really excited about this and it's everything from Pottery board games calligraphy art Club Culture Club Music Theater we're going to do a kind of kickoff to middle school for our incoming fifth graders we're going to do a kickoff to high school school for our incoming freshmen um because we will be serving students in um our Rising fifth graders so incoming fifth graders through
014incoming 9th graders um will be joining us for the summer program um and all of these things are things that we um will let students choose from um swimming lessons photography um soccer so lots of really cool things for students to be able to do in the afternoon so currently right now we had 25 students that are enrolled with us again majority of them only um a handful are coming for the after afterno only most students are opting to come for the full day so they'll get the math and literacy component in the morning um and then stay for that enrichment and um it's been really wonderful we've been partnering with Community Education on ensuring that we're really able to offer um a lot of different programmingsoftware the same days so they will connect virtually
015with those teachers and get really solid professional learning around what's happening in their classrooms um and again ensuring that they're delivering the curriculum at a really high level um so our program dates are June 24th to July 25th um teachers will spend the week before that in training with the lenia so that they're getting really solid professional learning around the curriculum really understanding what does it look like also our lenia consultants in both math and literacy are going to join us on the first week where they will come in and do model lessons for our teachers and then they will stay and observe our teachers and really give solid feedback around what does that um lesson look like within the classroom so our teachers are going to also walk away um also with their professional
016learning so it's kind of a win for students to be able to really grow in math and literacy and then for our teachers to receive really strong um learning as well all right hi everyone good evening um go wolves I like a shirt um so as Dr Cochran said one of our big goals this year and really um the last couple goals is community involvement um I think a lot of times that when we talk Community involvement we're kind of narrow-minded a little bit and we think students um parents and like family members um as many of you know at the middle school we like to think outside the box um and think kind of big picture of a lot of this stuff and so one of our focuses this year um was not only
017to continue with the community involvement with parents and families in our building but also to extend that Outreach to community like further out so local businesses um local activities and we really are trying to find a way to like bring the Greater Friendly Community outside of just you know the kids in our school and the parents in our school um and really have everyone be a part of what we do um and so we'll kind of just go through some fun pictures um wrong way first thing um our Middle School black party um this year was amazing uh we had huge turnout thankfully it wasn't 95 degrees again this year which made a huge difference um we invited Community from um local restaurants to Spring Brook Nature Center um we actually worked with the Santa
018Foundation um which is like a St Paul company or uh Foundation I should say um but they donated for the day that big giant inflatable soccer field which was a massive massive hit um we have community members and then obviously we have so many families that show up um our goal this year is to make it even bigger and better um our goal is to partner with fley high school have it at the exact same time on the same night um and really make it like a city-wide thing right so like block off the street and just have food trucks and make it really a fun event where we are welcoming our students um back to the building I'm bad at this clicker um the other thing that we are continuing to do um is
019bring families into our building for different events um these our pictures of families coming in um reading with their students in the media center um this is primarily with our fifth grade students um this was something that um wasn't technically our event event um this was put on um by the governor's office but one of the things that's been really amazing this year is we've had so much um at the middle school just like really great press we've had a lot of um really amazing things uh we were so happy to open our doors for this announcement um and to host the governor um and his staff members as well as um government staff from you know Across the Nation uh it was really really awesome to be able to invite them in have the
020the governor serve um food to our kids um our kids felt like celebrities that day which was really awesome um and just really fun to like I said open that up and bring them into our friendly Community uh polar plunge is always a big hit every single year um welcoming uh Special Olympics Minnesota had a ton of kids come out again um to this weather this year was um seasonably warm which was uh fantastic so it wasn't as painful to jump um but we had a ton of kids jump raised a ton of money for Special Olympics had a great pep Fest as well um African-American uh parent involvement day has been a big hit in our building um as you can see our lovely aota Sims is on the left hand side of that
021picture um is so great about helping organize this event um bring parents in to uh have a meal and just come be a part of what we do every single day the the Annual Spelling be um we Fridley High School shout out to Fridley High School um they open their doors to the regional spelling be this year um we were able to uh participate in that at the middle school as well um we had a couple kids who made it to the regional round which was super super awesome um this is something that we plan to just keep growing uh but the excitement this year from our kids um uh Mr Gilbert up there on the right hand side uh was very very excited to make it to the next round um shout out to
022our families as well and I that's something that's very very important to us at uh the Middle School um we have just the best families you all come out um many of you are um in pictures that have been taken over the years as well um our families are so great about supporting our teachers um often times donating meals on conference nights um and just I know how much our teachers appreciate that they Rave about all the food um especially the cow soy from one of our uh board members up here um big hit every single year uh but no they uh it it's such a cool thing for our parents um to come in and just support our teachers it feels uh there's so much love in the room um and we all know
023how much a home-cooked meal means to people um Bingo night was amazing uh first one at the middle school we didn't really know what to expect we know the elementary it's a massive event um I would be remiss to not mention that we were a little scared um of what exactly to expect that night especially 5 minutes before the event when we had like four families in the gym um but it was amazing it turned out that our gym filled up just out of the blue people just showed up and our community members um as you can see all the prizes up there uh we had so many donations from local businesses um local restaurants uh forgotten star is always so good to uh frle Public Schools um they donated a ton of stuff um
024our families went out and picked up a lot of this stuff which was amazing so it's like this multi-step process of we engage our families and then they even go out to the Greater Community and brought in all these donations we had donations from Pub 42 and all of these different things um and tons and tons of things for kids too and so um it was a really really awesome event we hope to just keep growing it um and fill our gym even more than it was this year uh and then Springbrook Foundation was incredible to us this year um I was able to go and present at a board meeting there um they were so gracious to match um what we were able to fundraise we all know that Spring Brook is a highlight
025for so many of our students um and our teachers we also know costs are very expensive and just for everything um we the Springbrook was our foundation was so generous I came in and we just talked about what it means to our kids um they knew how much that partnership meant to our school um and just how many generations of kids have come through there um it's been uh some a partnership that's lasted for a long time so we were able to raise half the amount of money for fundraising um through different things at fley middle school and then they actually matched that uh so we could send a lot of students there as well uh this was obviously um something that we were able to open our our doors for as well um again
026uh Sharon Wix was got a top teacher award from fox9 um just an awesome awesome event um she was uh very much taken off guard by this um and and was able to win this award we had uh for the first time I think um in ever maybe we took our entire school over to um the auditorium and we literally had to have teachers stand in the aisles because it was that packed and it was awesome our kids were great they cheered on Sharon um and it was just a really really fun event um I can play this it's like a minute long I don't maybe not I don't know if there's volume to this um guess not so um this was just uh kind of the day of um the event we surprised our
027staff and students they didn't know that we were there to present an award they thought we were kind of doing an MCA like excitement like motivation thing so they all showed up and they like what are we here for was reced Wick's dedication two specials students partipate students and staff Atley Middle School are celebrating Fox 9's newest top teacher Fridley Middle School's top teacher is Mrs Sharon [Applause] Wick well 700 students gathered to see our Hannah flood surprise Mrs Sharon Wick with a top teacher award along with the award Mrs Wix gets a pizza party for her students and $1,000 for her classroom Mrs wix has worked at Fridley middle school as a par professional for more than 20 years the parent who nominated her was recently impressed by Mrs Wick's dedication helping two of
028her special needs students participate in a school play I mean our day goes fast because it is a it's tough but it's fun although she is a par educator and works with um some of our students that they have special needs um she also makes a huge impact on our whole entire Community she's out in our hallways she's interacting with students um she's helping in our classrooms um and so she really makes a big impact on our entire our entire for the Middle School staff and Community Mrs Wick says she loves to see her students get opportunities to participate in all activities and extracurriculars and she says she hopes all par Educators feel valued for doing a challenging but very rewarding job um that event was so cool like I said we we took everyone
029kind of offguard teaching staff as well they were asking um myself and Dr Cochran a million questions about why we were going so um just overall we're so thankful for all of our amazing Partnerships um both with our families um who have students in our building but really also the greater Fridley Community one of the most beautiful things as we all know about our school district is we are small and that means that we have amazing relationships with um the families in our building but also the greater Fridley family um so thank you for that um I will pass it off all we have guys have any questions for us no no questions thanks for the presentation as a parent of a kid that's at the middle school you guys are doing a fantastic job
030so really appreciate you I was told also go wolves I have to sign up go wolves all right excellent work for the Middle School uh very much appreciate all of the data that you shared your work with levinia um and I'm really excited to see how we're doing with Samurai Dr Cochran told me last week I think she said we have 208 students registered and I was so excited about that so um thank you for your belief in the work next I would like to honor Dr Jason bod he is being a baseball dad tonight so um he wishes he could be here um tonight is his last board meeting he has headed up as assistant soup to Cambridge of Santi Dr bod before being in the director of teaching and learning role served as
031our principal at the FCC for Early Childhood Program and at the alc and just did amazing work there um the program was just getting started with the VPK and all of those pieces so he really Set uh Fridley up with a solid foundation there and in his director of teaching and learning role uh lots of work around the literacy components that we're seeing working on our IB uh he's really Spearhead Avid and I'm very proud of the work he's done with bringing our new database for auy so we wish him nothing but the best and I'm so proud of him as he enters into the assistant super roll and we are very excited to honor Mr Zari our AP uh at the high school he was recently named Minnesota Association of secondary principales henpen division
032assistant principal of the year so we are so proud of him for the work that he does and if you see Mr Zari in the Halls you know he has excellent relationship with with our students and our families and we're just very proud to have him recognized and to have him a part of Fridley all right I'm a little bit sad about this slide but it's bittersweet as you know this year we launched our uh I don't know if it's new but returning student school board members and we're so excited we have a junior and a senior and we unfortunately have to say goodbye tonight to Doo and D you have just brought such an energy and so much information and alongside Deca have brought that student voice that we've so much needed and wanted
033here in Fridley public schools and while I wish your time would have been the whole year the amount of energy that you brought to our board and to me personally has really been unmatched and I know that you will do so well at the University of Minnesota and um you just have such a bright future and you make us very proud so thank you so much for your [Applause] service all right next up we are going to talk about budget realignment school districts um across the State you have seen uh probably heard things like budget reductions Cuts realignments terms like that Fridley is also in a situation where we need to really look at uh working our way to being fiscally healthy so tonight what you'll hear is a presentation around fiscal Health but what
034you'll also see is really how are we taking uh some opportunities in our district and really working to ensure that we're prioritizing the student experience and teaching and learning so tonight you'll hear about the why behind this uh restructuring that you're going to see we'll talk about the five-year Financial forecast The Five-Year Financial forecast board is not new to you you'll also hear that later on in the evening when um Jason manenberg our CFO talks about referendum so you'll see this 5year forecast come in here and a couple other documents come in in this presentation as well as under a referendum serves different purposes but I just wanted to let you know that you'll see some duplication there we'll talk about that historic State funding that we uh received across the state of Minnesota last
035year how are we prioritizing our resources to our schools what does our central office reorganization look like and we'll touch a little bit in this presentation around round referendum and then Jason will talk a lot more about referendum the why our current reality like many districts in the state of Minnesota Fridley is seeing uh significant enrollment decreases in districts of our size the proportionality of decreases that we're seeing hits us a little bit differently than when you see bigger districts so as you can see here we've had that continu decline in enrollment at Fridley Public Schools birth rates are also down um within our district but there's also some other pieces here that I wanted to share with you the fiveyear forecast that you see is built on these numbers that Jason worked on with
036our uh financial adviser ERS and you'll see our trajectory here is showing us that continued decline this slide however is changeable for us this is something that we can do to really change the trajectory around what our enrollment looks like as we look at Fridley Public Schools um we do really well when it comes to open enrollment 1296 students choose us that do not live in our resident District I think that's a really big deal I think that's a really big deal I think that speaks very highly of the program that we offer to our um students and just as a reminder a lot of folks think it's Northwest Suburban districts that bring the largest open enrollment to us and it's actually Columbia Heights um so that's exciting to have that one of the areas
037where I think we have potential for enhancement is the students that don't choose us that live in our district so we have 1271 resident students that don't choose us 694 are at other districts with the exception of Spring Lake Park we actually gain more students from every other District than we send out so that's a good piece um and you'll see here right after that is charter school and then you'll see 150 for non-public and then uh 33 for homeschool and 20 for online I really think that we have great potential as we talk further in the presentation around a newly envisioned cabinet position and just how do we really work with our families of newborn babies in Fridley Public Schools so that they see all of the greatness that we have to offer one
038of the pieces to just to help because oftentimes when school districts think about how to get to a place of fysical Health we often think of budget cuts and we think of referendums really the biggest driver for Fridley is going to be our enrollment so each student roughly generates about $133,000 in Revenue so you'll see what these numbers as we capture more of our market share back into Fridley you'll see that we'll get fiscally healthier here again this slide will be duplicated tonight this is not a new slide for you as you look at this we're at $599 um for our Levy you can see we're significantly below State average and markedly Below Metro average so this is also an area um if the board so chooses to go to the uh voters for referendum
039this is an area that we can enhance our fiscal health I have to be honest with you when Jason msen Burger first said this information to me I uh I don't always wear my Expressions on my face and I think he knew exactly when he said this to me we have $2 million a year going to what I call should be in our buildings funds our long-term facilities maintenance $2 million was coming out of our learning bucket I find that unacceptable um this is an area also as Jason reviews question two of our referendum that we're proposing that the board will vote on on June uh 18th if we can get this $2 million out of the learning bucket that will significantly also improve our fiscal health and our fiscal Outlook the next slide is
040not new um to you as well this is with uh those enrollment numbers that you saw so again as we really work to have a concerted effort on our enrollment these will change um I will tell you and Jason will emphasize this as well regardless if question one and our question two passes we do not get that payable until 25 26 so just something to look at I think the board has made a commitment about prioritizing teaching and learning in our district prioritizing healthy uh wages and benefit packages and I think that that shows I think that really shows and we've really you've all shown your investment in our employees and I think again this picture we need to work on it and it can look different as we continue with the pieces that Jason's
041going to talk about and with our enrollment the next piece is again a duplicate slide here not new to you um this is also not unique to Fridley we continue to have the formula allowance just hasn't kept pace with um our inflation and so we'd be realizing an additional $4 million if it had this slide always gives me a stomach ache um we'll move on from that bad news slide um the next slide is we heard I was still in North Dakota at the time but I heard loud and proud so much about this historic funding that came in Minnesota in the last legislative session I'm not saying that's not true what I am saying and what you'll hear from many school districts is Along Came several other mandates that were piled on top of
042unfunded or underfunded mandates we don't disagree with safe and sick time we don't disagree with unemployment insurance for our hourly staff we think that's fantastic Paid Family Medical Leave Act I think we can all agree the read Act is several years overdue we don't agree disagree with any of this however bringing these forward ate up the additional historic funding that was received so that's something that if the board chooses to move forward with referendum we need need to really be really clear about what the historic funding brought and other districts have really done a nice job with that and I know uh when he was board chair chair uh Russ Meer did an OP talking about this as well so this is just a piece to be mindful of as we continue this reorganization also
043continues our commitment of prioritizing safe learning environments in our schools we have been committed to fully staffed yay I think there's a few districts that can say that Fridley can loudly say that um We are continuing with that I think we're at 29 International teachers or International staff and I think we're bringing how many more I'm hoping 15 to 20 yeah so we're really excited about that and that helps to have our buildings healthy it helps us with meeting the needs of students served on IEPs it helps us so that our teachers actually get planning and prep time it helps us so that our par Educators get their designated breaks that they're entitled to and as an employer they should be having um it really helps us another piece that we have is not unique
044to fredley um we are served by an intermediate 916 916 is doing the best they can they have our setting for program um and we are not able to get our students off the wait list and during the board tour I think you saw some of that where we are serving students a tiny number of students that's needs meet a setting for program we're serving them in our neighborhood schools and our students that need a setting four program need a setting 4 program so we're opening up a setting 4 program um and there's more information in the slides also we're adding special education behavior intervention teachers one per building the special education behavior intervention teachers will help us with that firstline Behavior Support also special education funding is really important here because we get reimbursement
045on this so it impacts our general fund differently than you would see if this was all General Ed funded special education coordinators as I talked about being fully staffed we are getting more and more International talent and new to the profession special Educators what our uh International Talent does really really well is they know how to relate with kids they know how to work with kids Etc what is harder is understanding us IEP process that's also the same for new to the profession domestic teachers so our special education coordinators will be really helping and supporting our talent our International talent and our domestics around that so that our International Talent which some already are can become independent in that IEP process so we're really excited about that and again same as I talked about with
046the behavior intervention teacher special education our coordinators are also eligible the district is for reimbursement um when I toured uh a year ago now our schools what immediately stood out to me is our principles particularly at the elementary 99% of the time they're working on reactive behavior and that's a reality and we really need them to be in the classrooms working side by sides side by side with our teachers we are bringing an assistant principle for each building which our principles are thrilled about and it just helps us as we continue to work to have these safe environments that are focused on learning along comes with this the need to be phisically healthy there's some significant terms that you'll hear me say such as position eliminated position eliminated while you will hear that numerous times
047tonight from me there's actually only three people that have already been notified who received layoff notices from our district there's no more layoff notices coming um those people have been noticed is this a very hard decision for our district 100% it is we also need to really work so that we can work on that pathway to fiscal Health what you'll see here under uh business and finance is our director of operations has been open uh since November that position is eliminated our controller Position will be eliminated within the area of HR our director of HR and assistant director positions have been vacant they will both be eliminated and a human resources generalist Position will be eliminated within the area of Transportation our coordinator position has been vacant since February of 2024 and then our assistant
048coordinator uh has put in her resignation congratulations to her she's going to an NOA hennipen so we're excited about um her being able to have that promotion and her last day with us will be June 6th we are not going to fill that position the communications area as you recall the director of communications position was eliminated in April of 2024 Matt Carlile one of our uh communication Specialists resigned in April we will not be filling that positions position but Mary Henry is here and she will continue with us um in her role within the area of buildings and grounds we've had a building coordinated position vacant since May of 2024 we are not going to be uh filling that position the alc FCC I talked about this a little bit it when I talked about
049our setting for our ALC is coming over into our high school for programmatic reasons as well as to give us the space for the setting four the principal of Alternative Learning services in prek who is Renee Van gorp who's here as an interim that position has been eliminated in our ALC teacher on special assignment position has been eliminated and that teacher has another position in the high school from that we do have Carrie verichek who is going to serve as our assistant principal of our FCC I'll talk about or of our ALC excuse me I'll talk about FCC in a moment our director of teaching and learning as I shared Dr bod is headed to Cambridge Asanti we are eliminating that position culture and climate we had uh we have a culture and climate coordinator
050position that position has been eliminated our FMS student achievement specialist has been vacant since November of 2023 that's also an Esser funded position we don't have ongoing funds for that that position has been eliminated we do have an FHS student achievement specialist that position was offered on a one-year contract and that position has been eliminated as well okay now we'll get to some excitement so you see some faces in our audience some are familiar to us and some are new so I want to share about our central office positions we're getting leaner but we do have some new additions which I'm so excited about alota Sims is going to be our Equity coordinator districtwide aloda do you mind standing up thank you aloda I'm going to read the BIOS here of our folks you don't
051have to stand during the bio but you can she's like how long am I supposed to stand Renda I am absolutely thrilled to announce the promotion of alota Sims to the district's equity and inclusion coordinator position Miss alota Sims has dedicated 12 years of her career in Fridley Public Schools she showcases a strong commitment to education and Community engagement her diverse roles within the district include serving as the Outreach liaison for four years where she actively connected with various stakeholders to Foster collaboration and support additionally she spent four years as a cultural liaison bridging gaps between different cultural groups and promoting diversity within the district Miss Sims further demonstrated her dedication to equity and inclusion by assuming the role of lead specialist in this area for two years in this capacity she spearheaded initiatives aimed
052at creating a more inclusive and Equitable environment within the district ensuring that all students and staff felt valued and respected throughout her career Miss Sims has proven herself to be highly motivated and passionate about her work consistently striving to make a positive impact on the educational experience of students in the broader Community her contributions have undoubtedly played a significant role in promoting diversity equity and inclusion within the Fridley School District Miss Sim's dedication to impact learning and school culture is very important in creating a supportive and inclusive environment where every student feels valued and motivated to learn congratulations aloda all right next I'm absolutely thrilled Liz was not able to be here tonight but I'm absolutely thrilled to share about our district AVID director Liz Jensen we are excited to share that Liz Jensen will
053be our new Avid District director Liz has been part of Fridley for the past 14 years as a teacher at Fridley High School in addition to teaching Avid language Lang andet and reading in her time at FPS she has also been the high school AVID coordinator for the past six years before working at Fridley she taught fifth grade and worked in adult basic ad she also serves as an IB Network educator and works with the IB equity and excellent initi Excellence initiatives to enhance ib's success in urban schools when she is not at school she's usually spending time in northern Minnesota camping hiking and swimming with her husband and two children congratulations to Liz Harold do you mind standing up next we are absolutely thrilled to introduce Harold Scott our senior officer of academics and
054Innovation and to Harold's left is his wife d so thank you for joining us it's with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Harold Scott as our new senior officer of academics and Innovation Harold brings a wealth of experience 24 years to the role with a proven track record of prioritizing Student Success and fostering a culture of innovation throughout his career Harold has consistently championed student centered learning environments across various roles at Cottage Grove Middle School in South Washington County Schools where he is currently serving as ible for the past six years Harold has spearheaded initiatives that resulted in the school becoming an avid National demonstration School in 2024 he is a strong advocate for equity and inclusion demonstratively increasing graduation rates for eel students by 20% within two years and diversifying participation in
055advanced courses his commitment extends Beyond academics as he played a key role and securing in school mental health support for students Harold's diverse experiences includes roles like PBIS coach District administrator and principal and special assignment in these positions he honed his expertise in Conflict Management El coordination and supporting the needs of the American Indian Community he also possesses in-depth knowledge of avid and talent development programs Harold holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and speech Communications from St Cloud State a master's in Ed from University of St Thomas and K12 principal lure from St Mary's with his dedic ation experience and qualification Harold Scott is poised to make a significant impact on Fridley Public Schools we are confident that Harold's leadership will be instrumental in advancing our academic excellence and fostering the spirit of innovation
056that empowers all students to thrive congratulations Harold next I'm going to ask relle to stand up if you don't mind relle Cox is our new senior officer of operations and system alignment congratulations to you relle I'm pleased to introduce relle Cox as senior officer of operations and system alignment relle has more than 33 years experience as an educator in the cities of St Louis and Minneapolis she started her career in the St Louis East St Louis area as a special education teacher specializing in inclusive practices and assistive technology relle joined Minneapolis public schools in 1997 as a teacher in special assignment in the early childhood special ed Department she has since served in several Le leadership positions including executive director of special education and Health Services and Associate superintendent she has also LED departments such
057as services for students receiving homeless highly mobile uh Services homebound services and Mental Health Services she has served on several boards including the Minnesota Association of school administrators Association of Metro metropolitan school districts generation next and Achieve Twin Cities getting tired by your bio in a good way Michelle also served as interim Superintendent at Minneapolis public schools and has done so since July 2022 she stepped into this leadership position shortly after playing a key role in settling a 14-day teacher strike which followed two years of unrest in Minneapolis after George Floyd's murder in the co pandemic she is honored to have served as a catalyst of healing for Minneapolis public schools and proud of the district's increase in graduation rates enrollment stabilization and ongoing learning loss recovery um Avana you I thought of you when
058I read this next line relle and her husband live on a horse farm north of the Cities uh they enjoy spending time with their two adult daughters their families and their beautiful new granddaughter relle is absolutely thrilled to be joining the Fridley Public School family go Tigers congratulations relle thank you I just have two more here Dr fearing do you mind standing up I'm honored to introduce Dr fearing director of early childhood and family community engagement it is with great pleasure that I announced Dr Amy feing as director of early childhood and family community ad with 24 years of experience in public education including 12 years in school and District leadership Amy is thrilled to bring her passion and expertise to frle Public Schools as a dedicated educator and parent of three children Amy understands
059the importance of quality education having served as a teacher principal and in various leadership roles including the executive director of teaching and learning and chief academic officer in Minneapolis public schools Amy is committed to ensuring every student receives an excellent education in her current role she oversees departments such as Early Childhood special education Community Education core academics and instruction K12 American Indian Ed office of black student achievement office of Latino achievement and multilingual that includes English Learners and dual language programs Amy is excited to work alongside Dr Lewis and the Fridley Community to advance our strategic mission and vision starting with our youngest Learners let's move forward together go Tigers congratulations Amy and last but certainly not least I'm going to make you stand and you can stay standing during your bio I'm so proud
060of Lori so Lori has had the title of you can sit if you want it's up to you director of administrative Services effective April 1 such a big congratulations to Lori on her promotion to director of administrative Services we're excited for continued leadership at fley Public Schools I think any of you that pursue our uh peruse our social media can see just how she is going above and beyond uh in Communications and so many other uh areas Lori is a familiar face within fredley Public Schools having served as a the executive assistant to the superintendent and School Board since May of 2015 her dedication extends Beyond her role as a proud parent of two frle tigers Ethan who will be graduating this year and he has a fabulous roommate that he will have at the
061U ofm along with the third roommate um and then he has Aiden or she has Aiden who will be class of 2025 um Lori and I are both going to miss the launch Bunch that comes down with Ethan and crew every day you can often find Lori cheering on her students at sporting events concerts and theater Productions Lor's connection within the districts runs deep known for her calm demeanor and ability to handle numerous projects with a smile she is a valued voice across Fridley public schools and she didn't know until I told her that she's known as the mom of the district so I think that's a fitting role in her new Ro Lori will continue her executive assistant role in oversee District Communications enrollment and Mars reporting she will also be a key member
062of the superintendent's cabinet so proud of you Lori and congratulations on your well deserved [Applause] promotion okay give me just a second so now uh there's just a few more pieces I wanted to share about our budget reductions um we are also uh really working ciso has helped come alongside us to identify significant expenditures and contracted services for facilities and grounds that we will be able to not be making as we move forward in another area that we will have cost savings as our ALC lease will move from the general fund um to uh special education reimbursable ciso as you know has been walking alongside us beginning really in October and so the work that ciso will do for us moving forward is to serve in our HR department as HR director and HR generalist
063tonight you have Jason msen bger here as our Chief Financial Officer and controller and other functions we are keeping payroll and accounts receivable inhouse those will still be um here Fridley Public Schools Employees supervised by Jason then our Transportation director and assistant Transportation director will be uh the responsibility of ciso and I have to say that ciso came in at a time where we had a lot of areas for enhancement and you've heard about that and I often forget that the folks that are contracted Services Under ciso are actually not friendly Public Schools Employees so I think that's a really good thing when I have to remind myself oh Jason's not on friendley public schools payrolls so that just talks about the power of the relationship that we've had with ciso these budget realignments uh
064total us a savings of approximately $800,000 I would be remiss if I said this was the only reason that we're doing it it's really about how do we prioritize teaching and learning and that support to schools again I won't dwell on this too much our key here is our enrollment and if we can all speak positively about the piece and Fridley Public Schools small class sizes are I I'll share personal local intermediate my two girls came home a few weeks ago and we're like we're going to go up for softball and I'm like I'm sure they're live streaming this right now so I'm going to be careful I'm like that is amazing and on the inside I was like you have never held a bat and this is the last thing I need in my
065life is to become a softball mother not that I dislike softball but we have enough going on however my girls have thrived on the team in a bigger School District this would not happen our finance or Fine Arts programming is off the charts these are pieces that I think we haven't gotten our stories out about I think there's a certain narrative that happens about frle public schools that just is not factual and when our employees truthfully talk about the positive of things in Fridley I think that impacts our families I think it impacts prospective families and this budget presentation is going out in a video message tonight to our staff and I do talk in there about I would love if you could join alongside of us and really work on helping us with our
066students let's really work from the moment our students are born in our district to ensure that they understand we value them and there are so many great things about Fridley Public Schools the piece here one more piece that's influencing that Jason's going to talk more in depth about is our referendum I have said and will continue to say a referend the referendum is a helper for us we as we look forward into our fiscal future that's a helper that's not our complete fix however um the school board is going to be entertaining a vote on June 18th whether or not we pursue that and there's more information here in the slide deck about our referendum as I said earlier this is going to go out in a video message to all staff after the consent
067agenda is actioned on by our board I know this was a much longer um superintendent update than I usually give I just want to also thank the board we've made some bll changes this year and I just want to thank you for your trust in the work that we're doing and I think you'll see with the talent that's in the room here um I think what I when I interviewed with you I said to you show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value and I think we're seeing that talent coming through so thanks for your belief in me I think that's all around our budget realignment or superintendent update correct okay chair I believe it's back to you for a referendum presentation sure just something no okay yeah so I think we'll
068hear about the referendum well good evening School Board uh Dr Lewis we're struggling with that's all right that's all right that's all on you now there was a lot of great information in that last presentation well we were here in front of you last month uh talking about referendum continuing the conversation and the same uh continues here this evening um part of this is to offer the board opportunity to ask questions um provide feedback have conversation but it's also um to get this out in front of the community um to let them uh voice their feedback as well as you uh consider making a decision here uh in June on a referendum all right purpose of tonight's presentation so we continue to understand the current fiscal real ities um Dr Lewis did a wonderful job
069already laying some of that ground workor I'll I'll do a little bit more of that um begin to organize our messaging um uh for sharing those financial and referendum related information to the community so if we do move forward what are those pieces that we need to bring forward that will um maybe catch their attention or or um help them uh be informed to make a make a decision on the referendum uh and the third one is really just to continue to share information to assist the board with its uh decision-making process um so why does the district need additional Revenue you heard already tonight declining enrollment um in the current year we're at about 2500 students down from uh almost 2700 last year and we continue to see that slide this is the driver
070of everything revenue and everything expense um and so um this is the key to uh a healthy and financially stable District um and so as we move forward I I agree with Dr Lewis um that as we continue to look at marketing continue to look at how do we drive enrollment how do we bring those resident students back uh to the district and retain the ones that we have um that's going to be key to our fiscal Health as we move forward why do we need additional Revenue um I think simply the cost of operating the district has increased we've seen that with inflation here in in recent years um and that goes to um the third bullet point of need to stay competitive with other districts on salaries and wages um I think that's
071really important that we have staff that are paid appropriately and well um and that want to be here as well right um and there's a cost to that um and that's okay um we can we can operate fiscally uh healthy in that way um and but we need to realign some other pieces student costs um also have increased uh so there's more support uh needed for students across the system which is uh has increased costs um Dr Lewis talked about unfunded federal and state mandates that that continue um and then funding from the state is not kept up with uh inflation and the pace of needs um and that's the next slide um continue to show that Gap um $4 million that's a massive number isn't it it does it does um and that's an
072annual number right $4 million every year that would come to Fridley if the state funding formula had kept paced with inflation um that's a very significant number for every school district here in Minnesota um for us it's it's 4 million a year so why do we need additional Revenue I think some of those are pretty clear right there's a gap between the funding that we receive from the state um and the cost of educating each student um to bridge that Gap school districts definitely rely on on local taxpayers um or those operating levies and referendums uh that require Schoolboard approval a new operating Levy would significantly impact our school Tools in a positive way and and would allow us to maintain stable funding and invest in our future it's only one component of this you've
073heard Dr Lewis talk about that um the referendum is not going to solve our financial challenges that we have it's going to help us get to a healthy position but that's just one of those levers we're going to have to pull in order to get there the recommendations we talked about last month um that we're bringing forward again is to go to the voters in November with two questions the first one being an operating Levy of $424 per pupil unit or per student um that would be an addition to the $599 we currently have in place um so we we would not revoke and replace the current Levy we would ask for an additional Levy um and that would be a 10-year Levy that would um start in place in November of 24 question two
074is a bond referendum for 30 million um that's purely dedicated towards facilities um and the improvements that are needed uh largely for deferred maintenance and we'll talk about that here in a bit question two is not dependent on question one passing is what we would recommend um because question two we know would help support general fund um and so we believe these should operate independently um some voters may say yep I agree with question two but I don't with question one and that's okay um that would still help uh the the fley school district so question one with the operating Levy referendum uh the levy again would generate $424 uh people unit or student um each year for 10 years it would generate about $1.1 million um it's purely tied to enrollment so as enrollment
075fluctuates it's multiplied by that $424 and that's that's how we generate the 1.1 million so if enrollment can increase as we see that number go up we'll be able to generate additional Revenue the revenue would not come until fiscal year 26 um as Dr Lewis mentioned so next year's budget is going to show a budget Gap we're going to spend down fund balance uh the budget realignment is certainly going to help with that um as we head into next year but this additional referendum Revenue would not come till the following year tax impact on this uh question one for $250,000 home it'd be about $130 a year or just under $1 a month the average home value in Fridley is about $314,000 um so that would translate to about $160 $3 a year or $135
076a month if the operating Levy is approved revenue from that Levy will help stabilize the district finances and reduce the projected budget Gap it would also reduce the amount of budget reductions over the next several years so again we know there's multiple levers we need to pull here um budget reductions or finding some additional efficiencies are certainly going to be part of that conversation um enrollment is part of that conversation referendum is part of the conversation um and we'll continue to look for ways um to close that Gap if the operating Levy uh would not be approved significant reductions would be needed for 2025 26 uh school year to help stabilize the finances um reductions in future years will also likely be needed um you saw the the the chart with all the numbers on
077it for for each fiscal year showing the declining fund balance um this isn't a one-year issue that we have it's going to continue Contin to to grow so we need to to work on solving over multiple years the district uh would likely need to consider scheduling another operating Levy election in November 25 if we move forward with one in 24 and it did not pass um again this Gap is going to continue so we need um we need Community Support in order to continue moving forward Bond referendum is is the second question I think this is really uh the ticket to some Financial stability for Fridley um the bond referendum would generate um about $30 million onetime money um because there are other District bond levies ending um an approval of the bond referendum would
078not increase taxes for residents and that's for residents of any property value um so this is a great value and great opportunity for the community to support the school district um without raising taxes um but it would have a significant benefit and impact uh not only on the facilities but the general fund as well we've got a number of things we would do in there we've kind of tried to bucket them into three categories the first one is Renovations and improvements at all district uh facilities um we've we need to replace broken Furniture um we need to establish some replacement cycles of of our furniture and Equipment even our Building Systems so that we don't end up in this position where they fail and we're scrambling trying to figure out how do we fix it
079how do we replace it and those things we need to create some sustainable plans um the the uh Renovations and improvements include some restroom updates including uh transitioning to some gender neutral restrooms uh for compliance and then also uh replacing some activity and athletic spaces we know we've got work to do at the stadium um with the the field and the track um along with some other things in that that area with concessions and potentially restrooms Press Box those areas um we also know we have some needs at the pool that we need to um have a a full pool renovation we do have continued deferred maintenance as every District does we own a significant amount of property in the community um that needs needs continued um investment in it um and so we'd be
080looking to replace windows that are past useful life and doors roofs walls things that that are just at end of life or past end of life that need replacement we'd be looking to improve those mechanical and structural systems again the things that are at end of life um and improving interior finishes we've got flooring from 1993 in many of our spaces and buildings um flooring should not carpet should not be that old and still be used you can't clean it very well you can't extract what's there um and um so there's just some things that need to be replaced and then safe and secure building Renovations um we'd like to continue to enhance our our vestibule entrances at all all facilities our door access controls around the buildings to make sure that they're secure um
081some additional security features at all district sites think of things like cameras and some of the proactive measures that we take uh from a security standpoint we don't like to talk in detail about security too much um as that's that's somewhat to to ensure the safety of the students and so we keep that internally um uh as as exactly what our Protocols are and then reconfigure um a number of our parking lots Middle School being one of them but also Stevenson would be one um to to really try and improve safety student safety in those areas we know there's some challenges um with just student safety and crossings and how the traffic uh Maneuvers through there so if the bond referendum is approved several facility Renovations and repairs will be completed uh the bond uh
082will help the district catch up on Renovations and repairs and then the amount of Revenue taken from the general fund to help cover facility Renovations and repairs would be reduced you heard do Dr Lewis say it's $2 million that we're currently spending I'm estimating a conservative million dollar that we could take out general fund I think we could do better than that um there there's um there's a plan of how do we make this sustainable over a long period of time right $2 million a year out of uh general fund is going to deplete that 30 million very quickly so we have to figure out how do we catch up on all of our deferred maintenance and then have the funds last um we're planning for 10 years so that we can get the facilities
083where they need to be and then continue our funding sources and budgets uh with a a sustainable plan for those 10 years if the bond referendum is not approved funds will not be available to address those facility Renovations and repairs it will likely be necessary to continue using general fund to help cover those facility Renovations um which means we won't be able to stabilize finances as quickly um and then the need for facility Renovations repairs certainly does not go away um they continue to take uh uh wear and tear and abuse um every day and so we'll likely need to consider um another Bond referendum if this one should not fail as we move forward into future years so next steps um we did go out with moris letherman and and conduct another survey uh
084with the community um that survey is completed and we're uh moris Leatherman is just working to put together all the data for that um we have not seen the results of the survey yet um that will be presented to the the school board on June 4th um we'll have Morris letherman at the workshop uh to present that on June 18th um using those survey results we would then start to craft our messaging um for the referendum so what what items do resonate with the community that we we surveyed those are the things we would lean into which ones did not resonate we'd probably let those Fall Away um we we would still probably utilize the funds um in order uh to achieve the things we need but it's about how do we talk about it
085um with our community and then June 18th the board will be asked to approve a resolution um scheduling the election uh for November um along with approving uh review and comment which would go to the Minnesota Department of Education for approval it's a required document that the state has um as you go out for referendums um Bond referendums and so um you'll have that document in front of you the board certainly has an option to say no I don't think the time is right um right now um and and have conversation there but we'll have all the documents ready and prepared for you should you uh say yes this is the right time we need to move forward with this um and that would be our recommendation so those are the next steps I'm happy
086to answer any questions this evening um and uh again you'll have more information at the next two board meetings coming any questions I do have question sir um I appreciate the longterm plan I really that is very important to us but um one question just to clarify our current Levy of 520 was it 525 $ 5.99 yeah 599 thank you um when what is the time frame on that like when does that one expire yeah that's a again that was a 10year referendum I'm going to look back at others here Matthew Hammer um Matt do you know off hand on that one um not I find we'll get back to you on that I can't remember exactly how many years we are partway into that um when we looked at it it did not make
087sense to revoke it we weren't within a couple of years of it expiring for example um and so we we felt it was best to go ahead and go for a second do SE two separate ones yeah that would still put us out a number years before we be back to the community with that 599 again excellent thank you so much I appreciate that yeah anybody else thanks Jason I always put things in really easy to understand perspective so thank you appreciate that y thank you thanks so now I think we're moving along to the business action items um we've all received the presentation from Ellers um specific to the awarding and sale of the general obligation facilities maintenance and tax abatement bonds series 2024a oh there we go sorry what were you doing waiting
088back there for again I'm working on this transitioning up the operating question yes so taxes payable 29 to answer that question you yeah so good evening members of the board Dr Lewis um we did take bids on the bonds that we talked about in April um and we ended up with good results we ended up with four biders this morning uh Northland Securities was the low bidder and they offered a 3.67% interest rate which is about three basis points lower or 03 % lower than what we were estimating in April so um good results um the the other three biders were stifle Hilltop Securities and bared was the high bidder so we ended up with um four n Nationwide underwriting firms interested with Northland being the low bder if you remember we we were uh
089issuing a portion of this as coming about 3 million is going to be using existing revenues to the district ctfm program that you receive on an ongoing basis and then the other two components the tax abatement portion and the um uh facilities maintenance portion that qualifies as category two for health and safety projects is uh going to be included in the district's Levy but there is going to be no tax increase uh above what or no tax increase above what we are assuming that people would see um going into the year um the district did uh receive so uh uh as part of the process did go through a rating process that you saw the rating report as part of of the report um the district was on a negative uh Outlook as part of
090their current rating um and the district did get um downgraded and the main driver of that was um reserves being lot much lower than um were at the A1 category so the district's now an A3 Moody's rated District um and that Outlook is stable as we move forward so Jason and Brenda were part of that call did outstanding job as part of the conversation but um it wasn't a surprise as uh we went through that process that the district did get a downgrade as part of that process and I can let Jason speak to that yeah I just want to make a couple of comments around that um you know we were downgraded two notches and and that's um that's not great um right we'd like to hold our bond rating or see increases um
091and we've gone down three notches now here in a couple of years um and that's really as as Matthew said that that that pressure on our fund balance we're seeing that continue decline um and the Outlook doesn't look good um and so as as a financial services company Moody looks at that and and sees some potential Financial challenges for us ahead and we are talking about that we realize that um and so I think there's um there's some certainly reality in that um we're in a difficult financial position we need to make some changes um and we need um we need to see a better Outlook next year we're projecting about $3.6 million of continued spend down of fund balance um the budget realignment process Dr Lewis laid out will help with that um and
092we'll incorporate that into the the adopted budget that we bring forward next month um and I'd like to say the the the work that Dr Lewis is doing around budget realignment um is is the exact right thing that needs to happen right now this is um work that is supported by ciso by me as your CFO um this is the right direction we are not going to dig ourselves out of this hole right away this is going to take some time and it's going to take a number of those levers this is a great first step um with the budget realignment um a community support of a referendum would help contined turnaround of our enrollment would help we'll continue to look at our budget and and work on things where we can find efficiencies find
093reductions that don't impact the classroom in significant ways um but we can still continue to be friendly strong as we move forward so thanks Jason um and I think big picture right um the numbers came in right where we were assuming in April um so I think that's really good news um we're very pleased with the results um and um would recommend that the board take action to accept the bid from Northland from this morning and I can answer any questions folks have no I think we're good thanks Matthew thank you okay so we have a resolution awarding the sale of General obligation facilities maintenance and tax abatement bonds Series 2024a in their original aggregate principal amount fixing their form and specifications directing their execution and delivery and providing for their payment the chair would
094entertain a motion to accept the resolution of awarding the sale of the general obligation facilities maintenance tax abatement bond series 2024a motion to accept motion by Anna do I have a second second second by Keeler this is a roll call vote uh all those or so roll call vote Miss Anna I Miss Jones I Mr car up is I Mr Keeler I miss Stark I miss Amed I miss U Mr bodway I motion passes next on the agenda we have a resol resolution accepting gifts whereas Schoolboard policy 706 establishes guidelines for the acceptance of gifts to the district and whereas Minnesota statute 5 46503 states of school board May accept a gift Grant or device of real or personal property only by the adoption of a resolution approved by 2third of its members therefore be
095it resolved that the School Board of frle Public Schools accepts with appreciation the following gifts received by the school district the following persons donated to Hayes Elementary uh in the amount of $200 and the person or company was States manufacturing again uh chair would entertain a motion to accept the gift so moved oh that's not on M we also have another do you want to do this one no okay we also have a gift the following persons donated to Stevenson Elementary um Sarah Jones Rebecca Peterson Kelly Vanderpool and mckana thank you 120 white shirts for the kindergarten tie-dye project the chair would entertain a motion to accept both of those extraordinarily generous gifts so moved a lot of work2 motion made by Keeler do I have a second second second by Stark this is also
096a roll call vote Miss Anna I Miss Jones hi Mr carip as I Mr Keeler hi uh Miss Stark hi Miss Amed I uh Mr bodway I motion passes okay next uh we have a motion for the removal of policy 795 specific to School attendance areas and optional student transfers chair would entertain a motion to remove policy 795 so so moved by uh motion made by Jones so I have a second second by Keeler all those in favor can signify by saying I I all those opposed motion passes next we have uh the chair would entertain a motion for the approval of projects with Apex specific to the pool at the Fridley Middle School hard services at surfaces at the Fridley High School HVAC system at the fley high school in FCC uh do I
097have a motion so moved motion by Anna do I have a second second by Jones all those in favor sign signify by saying I I all those opposed motion passes so this is the cool part uh the chair would entertain a motion um to designate Representatives Deca ahed and Ayana Shi to the new school member board chairs board for the school boards Representatives sorry it's right there school board student Representatives so do I have a motion you so moved motion by Jones do I have a second all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed of course that motion is going to pass and D thank you for your service like you've been uh an inspiration to us and your your input and words have been extremely valuable so and not that
098you'll need it but I'm pretty sure everyone on this board would gladly write you a letter of recommendation for anywhere you want to go thank you I I kind of doubt you'll need it but good luck anyways okay next up we have a see now you're making me nervous every time you go like this uh approval for the 2023 4 24 25 classroom assistant assistant program manager agreement do I have a motion motion made by Anna do I have a second second by Jones second by Jones all those in fig all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed signify by saying nay motion passes uh so we have the consent agenda the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda so Move Motion made by Keeler do I have
099a second second all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed motion passes so last up we we have some important dates on May 22nd at the Fridley High School at 7:30 a.m. we have the fley high school Signing Day on May 23rd at 5:15 here at the community center we have the alc graduation ceremony May 23rd at 700 p.m. we have the Fly High School uh choir Pops concert I'm assuming that's at the district Auditorium May 24th at Hayes Elementary we have World culture celebration at 2:15 uh n school on May 27th for the district holiday on May 30th at 7:00 at North or Auditorium we'll have the Fly High School Comm commencement uh graduation ceremony uh June 4th at 4:00 we will have the fley public schools work session here
100which is a different start time than earlier on that same day about 45 minutes later at the Fridley Little League fields we're going to have Educators appreciation day uh sponsored by fley uh Youth Baseball on June 5th we have a Preschool Celebration Day at the Fridley Community Center last day of school is June 6th June 7th there will be no school it'll be a planning and evaluation day and then on June 13th there is the Fridley 49ers Day Parade which is on a Thursday which will be in this neighborhood essentially encourage you to come out for that and then on June 18th we have a fley Public Schools board meeting here at the community center with the 5:30 work session 7:00 public forum and 7:30 business meeting the chair at this point would entertain a
101motion to adjourn board chair can you look back on your agenda for letter F did we letter F is the important dates okay the proposal um on M it says the special ed renovation proposal is that under the consent agenda did that get M under the consent agenda okay sorry my I also just got a message May 23rd 7:30 a.m. Middle School academic success presentation I should know that I forgot about that my kid's going to be there there you go and and playing in the Jazz Band I know can we strike that from the record I want tell him to late now Brenda's kids picked it up they're recording it they'll share it with them in school tomorrow zoom in so she's wondering why we can't zoom in on the board Mex okay she's
102let streaming I like it well good maybe now is a good time to ask her if she can babysit again for me soon text me okay are we all good okay so now at this point the chair would entertain a motion to a journ motion to Jour second all those in favor sign signify by saying I please all those opposed motion passes and we're joury at 8:58 thank you everybody go woles you