March 26, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Regular

Description:  Demuth, Habben, Hesse, Humbert, Schurman, and Wesenberg. 

Student Members:  Emily Haus, Grace Sauer, Alexa Hennen, and AnnaMaria Tomovic.

Description:  The School Board Chair will lead the board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Description:  Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

Description:  The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting.  As a general rule, items introduced in the opportunity for comments and requests do not receive action from the School Board, but are taken under advisement or consideration for future action.

Description:  Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action.  Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.

Description:  The minutes from the Regular and Work Session meetings of March 12, 2018 are included in the exhibits.

Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

Description:  Board Treasurer Jason Wesenberg will have reviewed financial information for the board.  This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.  

Approval of Treasurer’s Report is recommended.

Description:  Treasurer Wesenberg will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting. 

Recommendation is to approve bill payment subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

Description:  Joel Baumgarten is recommending Diana DeMarino  as the Long Term Paraprofessional Substitute for Kailyn Diaz.  The vacancy occurred with the leave of absence granted for Kailyn Diaz.

Eric Skanson is recommending Joy Palmquist as the Long Term Teacher Substitute for Leah Blonigen.  The vacancy occurred with the leave of absence granted for Leah Blonigen.

Mark Jenson is recommending Regina Magedanz as a Special Education Teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.  Ms. Magedanz would fill the vacancy created with the resignation of Eric Peckskamp.

Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

Description:  Cherie Eickhoff, Special Education Teacher at Cold Spring Elementary, has submitted a letter of resignation for retirement purposes effective at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.

Recommend acceptance of the retirement letter from Cherie Eickhoff with thanks for 25 years of service.

Description:  The State Fire Marshal has ordered that the stage curtains in the auditorium need to be replaced in order to meet the inherently flame resistant guidelines.  The district received quotes from Gopher Stage Lighting and Norcostco to replace the curtains.  The curtains will be replaced in July of 2018.

Recommendation to accept the low quote in the amount of $24,135.65 from Gopher Stage Lighting.

Description:  The district has received two quotes to repair/replace the concrete flooring at Cold Spring Elementary in accordance with our Long Term Facility Maintenance plan. 

Recommendation to accept the low quote in the amount of $22,550 from Polished Concrete Plus.

Description:  The district has received two quotes to install concrete flooring at John Clark Elementary in Rockville in accordance with the Long Term Facilities Maintenance plan.

Recommendation to accept the low quote in the amount of $11,500 from Polished Concrete Plus.

Description:  The certified teachers are allowed to request lane changes three times per year per Master Agreement.  The requests are accepted in September, December, and March of each school year.

Recommendation to approve the March lane change requests as presented.

Description:  Pam Teal, Language Arts Teacher at the Secondary Schools, has requested a leave of absence for the 2nd trimester of the 2018-2019 school year.  Mr. Jenson had asked to hold action until the registration for the 2018-2019 school year.  Mr Jenson is now ready for action to grant the leave of absence.

Description:  Action items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues, the need to discuss or review the information prior to taking action, or the specific kind of action required for the item.

Description:  Approve check #97976 in the amount of $794.52.

Description:  The district has received a donation from Talon Innovations Corp for elementary robotics.

Recommendation to approve the resolution accepting the donation from Talon Innovations Corp.

Description:  The City of Cold Spring and Assumption Nursing Home, Inc have brought a proposal to vacate a portion of First Street North in Cold Spring.  The portion to be considered is the portion of First Street N running east of 8th Avenue North and west of the previously vacated portion of First Street N.  The Facilities and Grounds Committee have had discussion on this proposal and are in support of the request. At the February 12, 2018 School Board Work Session meeting, this proposal was discussed.

Recommendation is to approve the vacation of a portion of First Street N in Cold Spring as outlined.

Description:  Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action.  This is also the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item is required.  Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific action.

Description:  Director of Business Services Beth Bertram will present information on our 2018-2019 budgeted enrollment projections for grades 6-12 in comparison to our registrations for next year. We will review the updated 2018-2019 budget projections.

Desired outcome: Direction for the next step in the budget process.

Description:  Administrative reports are requested of each administrator for update purposes. For the second meeting, the reports are offered by the Business Cabinet members.  The Business Cabinet includes the Director of Business Services, Buildings and Grounds Director, Technology Director, Community Education Director, Food Service Director, and Activities Director.

Description:  The business office provides an update of district expenditures and revenues through the Budget Comparison Report.The report is intended to provide a financial picture of the district in a couple ways.One is to compare current year expenditures to the previous year.The second is to simply give a report on the current financial status.In addition to the report, special items of note are highlighted in the explanations offered. This report does not require formal action but is provided as an informational item.

Description:  Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

Description:  The meeting may be closed for preliminary consideration of allegations or charges against an individual subject to the School Board’s authority pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13D.05, subdivision 2(b).  All or a portion of this meeting also may be closed based upon the attorney-client privilege pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13D.05, subdivision 3(b).  The specific subjects to be discussed are the allegations against the individual and the litigation action(s) that could be taken by the School District, including the School District’s legal positions, claims, defenses, and strategies with respect to the potential litigation action.

Description:  A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.