July 18, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Habben, Hesse, Hentges, Schurman, and Wesenberg. 

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
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.

4.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board meeting held on June 20, 2022.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Hentges will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting.
Recommendation is to approve the bill payment of $2,289,278.85 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Hentges will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.

4.D. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

4.D.1. ROCORI Secondary-Middle School Counselor moving to High School Counselor: Marsha Gilbertson 

4.D.2. District Education Facility-Childcare Aide: Karina Koeniguer
                                         Childcare Aide: Aubree Edwards
                                         Childcare Aide: Jordyn Illies

4.D.3. ROCORI Middle School-Middle School Counselor: Kendra Schlangen

4.D.4. ROCORI Activities Department-Girls Hockey Head Coach: Andrew Marod

4.D.5. Food Service Department-Cold Spring Elementary-6-hour Cooks Helper: Kim Schindler

4.D.6. Food Service Department-Cold Spring Elementary-5.5 hour Cooks Helper: Mary Moraczewski

4.D.7. Food Service Department-District Education Facility-5 hour Head Cook: Jessica Guggenberger

4.D.8. Food Service Department-Richmond Elementary-Cook's Helper: Emily Richardson

4.D.9. ROCORI Activities Department-Activities Administrative Assistant: Lori Mandelko

4.D.10. District Education Facility-ECSE teacher: Mitch Beaudry

4.D.11. District Education Facility-ECSE teacher: Amber Mayers

4.D.12. ROCORI Middle School-Science teacher: Erica Westphal

4.E. RETIREMENTS-RESIGNATIONS
Recommend approval of the following resignations and/or retirements.

4.E.1. Resignation-ROCORI Secondary-Special Education teacher: Brent Benson

4.F. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a third and final reading.
Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented

4.F.1. 9-1: Behavior at Activities

4.F.2. 9-2: Search of Student Lockers

4.F.3. 9-3: Open Enrollment Policy

4.F.4. 9-15: Protection and Privacy of Student Records

4.G. INDUCTION YEAR 1,2,3 LEAD TEACHER DESCRIPTIONS
The elimination of one of the Academic Coach positions has created Annual Stipend positions for the following positions. The job descriptions are attached.
Recommendation: Approve the job descriptions as presented

4.G.1. Induction Year 1 Lead Teacher

4.G.2. Induction Year 2 Lead Teacher

4.G.3. Induction Year 3 Lead Teacher

4.H. STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT-AMENDMENT 
Recommendation: Approve the amendment as agreed upon.

4.I. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
The Board Negotiators have met and negotiated with the following employee unit for the 2022-2023 school year:
ROCORI Confidential Administrators Association
Recommendation: Approval of agreement as written.

4.J. LUNCH PRICES
Director of Food Services Barker shared her proposal for an increase in meal prices for the 2022-2023  school year.
Recommendation:  Approve the increase in lunch prices for the 2022-2023 school year as proposed.

4.K. CHANGE IN POSITION: FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT-COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY
A proposal has been submitted to change a 6-hour cook position to a 6-hour cook's helper position.
Recommendation: Approve the position as presented

5. ACTION  ITEMS
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.

5.A. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check #2081 in the amount of $116.98.
Recommendation: Approve the Cold Spring Bakery Payment as presented.

5.B. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a general election has been called and will be held in conjunction with the state general election in and for Independent School District No. 750 (ROCORI School District), State of Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2022, for the purpose of electing three (3) school board members for four (4) year terms. 
The ballot shall provide as follows:  GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2022

5.C. LONG TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PLAN
The District is required to submit the 10 year Long Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) Plan to the Minnesota Department of Education each July.  Attached are the updated revenue and expenditure projections plan for LTFM. 
Recommendation:  Approve the LTFM 10 year revenue and expenditure projections. 

5.D. STUDENT HANDBOOK 2022-2023
The following attachment is for review for the ROCORI K-12 handbook.
Recommendation: Approve the handbook as presented.

5.E. ST BONIFACE REQUEST-Two requests
A request for the use of school grounds for the St. Boniface Parish Festival to be held on Saturday August 20, and Sunday August 21, 2022 has been received.   
An additional request has been made for the use of the MS/HS parking lot for staging for the parade on Sunday, August 21st, 2022 from 8am-12pm.
Recommend formal approval of the request.

5.F. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
St Boniface Elementary Schools/St Peter Paul School and ROCORI Middle School
Recommend: Approval of the agreement as presented

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
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.

6.A. DISCUSSION OF COMMISSIONER'S REVIEW AND COMMENT ON PROPOSED BUILDING BONDS
Review and Comment Statement Based on the department’s analysis of the school district’s required documentation and other pertinent information from sources of the Minnesota Department of Education, the Commissioner of Education provides a positive review and comment

6.B. COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM HANDBOOK
The Director of Community Education is expected to present any changes being made to the Community Education Program handbooks for the 2022-2023 school year. This is the first reading and will come back to the August 8th meeting for approval.

6.C. COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES
These are the facility rental fees.  All fees are the same as last year with the exception of the Wrestling fees.  While wrestling rooms have more liabilities because of the mats (and the cost to repair/replace, in addition to the maintenance costs), the different in price between a court and the wrestling room was much greater in ROCORI than other districts.  Lowering the price bring us more in line.

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

7.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Interim Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.

7.A.1. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT JUNE 2022
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.

7.B. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

8. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
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.

9. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

10. ADJOURN