June 22, 2020 at 6:30 PM - Regular

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

Student Members: Emily Haus, Shelby Gebault

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 June 8, 2020 board meetings are included in the exhibits.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

Description:  Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

Description:  As part of the Superintendent contract, the incentive pay is a one time per year payment. This payment is typically done after the evaluation process.
Recommendation: Approve the payment of the Superintendent Incentive Pay as per the contract.

Description:  The School District is a member in long standing with Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA),Resource Training and Solutions, Schools for Equity in Education(SEE), Central MN Educational Research and Development Council (cmERDC), and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL).  The invoice for renewal of each of the memberships has been received along with a description of services the district receives or in which the district engages.  The district should continue membership during the 2020-2021 school year.

Recommend approval of Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA), Resource Training and Solutions, Schools for Equity in Education (SEE), Central MN Educational Research and Development Council (cmERDC), and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) memberships for FY21.

Description:  Treasurer Humbert will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting. 
Recommendation: to approve the bill payment of $3,341,936.70 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer. 

Description:  Treasurer Humbert will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.
Recommendation: Approve the Treasurer's report as presented. 

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:  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:  Part of the election timelines has the district passing a resolution establishing the candidate filing dates based on the dates set by the MN Secretary of State.  The district is required to publish notice of the filing dates for two weeks with the last date possible being July 14, 2020.

Recommend approval of the resolution to establish candidate filing dates as presented.

Description:  The administrative team has been working on the language for the district goals for the 2020-2021 school year.
Recommendation: Approve the district goals for the 2020-2021 school year as presented. 

Description:  The School Board has completed the Superintendent evaluation and the Board Chair will shre the summative evaluation summary
Recommendation: Adopt the evaluation summary as presented.

Description:  The FY21 preliminary budget was presented at the June 8, 2020 board meeting. The budget is brought back for final approval at this meeting.  The budget must be approved before June 30, 2020.

Recommend approval of the FY21 budget as presented. 

Description:  Substitute rate comparisons with surrounding districts are presented along with recommend increases for the 2021 school year. 

Recommend approval of the FY21 substitute rates as presented. 

Description:  The presented lease is for the Apple MacBook Airs for staff and professional learning.  The MN K12 Apple purchases are off of the state NASPO contract, so the District is exempt from bid requirements regarding financing. 

Recommend approval of the lease with Apple for staff equipment and training. 

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

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