May 6, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Early Childhood, Camp Opportunity, Facilities, presented by Michelle Peacock, Sue Hiltner

Description:  1. Meet and Confer is scheduled for May 15
2. Policy Committee Meeting for May has been cancelled
3. August 15 Board Training will take place at Resource Training and Solutions other planned participating boards are Benton Stearns Education District, Sauk Rapids-Rice, Bigl Lake, Resource Training and Solutions, Albany, Monticello, and Braham.
4. Graduation will take place at 7:00 pm on May 31. Please plan to be there by 6:30 pm.
5. The end of the legislative session is May 20. While there is not expected to be as many changes as last year, there will still be a number of changes coming out of this session.
6.  Staff Appreciation activities will be taking place this week, May 6-10.  Included is a pizza lunch for each day of the week per building sponsored by the Cabinet.  PTSA is doing an appreciation of trail mix on Monday, May 6.  
7. Summer construction work is being finalized and planned. We will have a considerable work taking place at the Intermediate and then the roofing of a few different buildings.

Description:  I recommend approving the personnel items as presented.

Description:  Policy 706 Acceptance of Gifts and MN Statute 123B.02, Subd. 6 permits the school board to accept donations or gifts under the terms of the policy.  MN Statute 465.03 states "Any city, county, school district or town may accept a grant or devise of real or personal property...Every such acceptance shall be by resolution of the governing body adopted by a two thirds majority of its members, expressing such terms in full. I recommend accepting the gifts as described in the enclosure.  Thank you to those who have donated to our schools and students. 

Description:  We will be ending the school year for elementary students in the Primary and Intermediate School on June 3. 
Science of Reading training, will include June 4 and 5.
June 4 and 5 will only be adjusted as non-school days for elementary for the 23-24.

Description: 

These updates quote directly from new Minnesota laws and other legal sources or are clerical updates that do not affect the substance of a policy. As such, a school board could choose to adopt updates in a single meeting pursuant to MSBA Model Policy 208.

Therefore, the Policy Committee recommends a review only of the following policies (our current and MSBA's latest redline versions attached).

Description:  The Policy Committee recommends a second reading on Policy 526 Hazing (find our policy, as well as MSBA's last revision attached)

Description:  The 2023-24 General Fund Budget, approved last year, projected a $3,154,219 ending unreserved fund balance.  The revised budget has a $3,577,399 ending unreserved fund balance which is 9.76% of expenditures at June 30, 2024.  This is a difference of $423,180. Director of Finance, Kevin Januszewski and I recommend approving the revised 2023-24 budget.

Description:  Kevin Januszewski and I recommend approving the enclosed Preliminary 2024-25 General Fund, Food Service, Community Education, Building Construction and Debt Service Fund Budgets.

A. The budget includes a 2% projected increase in general education aid.  The budget has a projected unreserved fund balance of $3,040,097 which results in the unreserved fund balance of 7.92% of expenditures at June 30, 2025.

B.  The budget also includes a decrease of unreserved fund balance in 2024-25 which is a planned decrease to the increase that occurs in 2023-24.