March 16, 2015 at 6:00 PM - REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

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_____ Brandon Andersen
_____ Kim Bolz-Andolshek
_____ Mike Erholtz
_____ Curt Johnson
_____ Derrek Johnson
_____ Susan Mathison-Young
_____ Valarie Wallin
_____ Chris Lindholm 

Description:           •    District Spelling Bee Winner - Connor Olson
         •    District Spelling Bee Runner-up - Nick Klatt
         •    NJPA Students of Excellence - Christian Burnett-Petschl & Simone Gorton
         •    NJPA Teacher of Excellence - Mike Sommerness

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Moved by ___________________, seconded by___________________ to approve the agenda as presented / amended.  Motion carried / failed by a ____________ vote.

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Description:  (Although board action is required, all items listed are considered to be routine and will be acted on by one motion, with no separate discussion.  In the event a board member wishes to discuss an item, that item will be moved for separate consideration.)

Description:       -- February 9, 2015 - Regular Meeting
     -- February 16, 2015 - Negotiations Team
     -- March 2, 2015 - Work Session

Description:       -- Accounts Paid in the amount of $367,029.24
     -- Construction Bond Disbursements in the amount of $6,994.00

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Moved by ___________________, seconded by ___________________  to approve consent agenda items, as presented.  Motion carried / failed by a ____________ vote.

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Director __________________ introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: 

     RESOLUTION ASKING OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT
     FORMULA FUNDING GROWTH FOR THE SCHOOLS AND
     THE STUDENTS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA

WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Minnesota Legislature, under the Minnesota Constitution (Article XIII, Section 1), to “secure a thorough and efficient system of public schools throughout the state;” and, 

WHEREAS, approximately 80 percent of the funding for public school district budgets is determined by the state legislature; and, 



WHEREAS, Minnesota public schools have endured some very challenging funding years in recent years with a total of three percent per-pupil formula funding growth total over five years between 2009 and 2013; and, 

WHEREAS, in recent years the rate of inflation has far outpaced the rate of Minnesota school formula funding with the equivalent of $6,512 in today’s dollars being spent per-pupil on education in 2003 while only $5,831 is being spent per-pupil on education this year, in 2015; and, 

WHEREAS, schools in rural areas experienced significant declining enrollment during this same time period with their budgets retreating even further due to the loss of students; and, 

WHEREAS, schools have high personnel costs with 80 percent of their annual budgets spent on the people the schools employ; and, 

WHEREAS, with this higher personnel costs, the National Average Wage Index more accurately reflects the rising costs associated with public education than the rate of inflation as indicated by the National Consumer Price Index; and, 

WHEREAS, the National Average Wage Index has risen annually one full percentage point higher on average than the rate of inflation over the last twenty years; and, 

WHEREAS, the state budget is now in its best condition in many years to more fully fund a thorough and efficient system of public schools throughout the state. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Independent School District Number 186, State of Minnesota, as follows: 

The School Board of ISD #186 – Pequot Lakes Schools asks our State Legislators to support our request for five percent growth in the per-pupil funding formula for each of the next two years, Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2017.
 

The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Director _________________.

After due consideration by the Board, the Chair put the question upon the adoption of the

resolution and the roll being called, the following named members of the Board voted in

favor thereof: ______________________________________________________________ 

and the following voted against the same: _______________________________________.

whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.

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Moved by ___________________, seconded by ___________________  to adjourn.  Motion carried / failed by a ____________ vote.  The meeting was adjourned at __________ p.m.