November 20, 2023 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Hesse, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Humbert

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 and the School Board Work Session held on October 23, 2023. The minutes from the Special Board Meeting held on October 26, 2023. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Nierenhausen 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 $3,225,920.23 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Nierenhausen 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. District Education Facility Childcare Coordinator - Erin Botten

4.D.2. ROCORI Secondary School paraprofessional Noah Hoffman

4.D.3. ROCORI Director of Community Education - Brandii Thomas

4.E. TERMINATION
Recommend approval of the following termination. 

4.E.1. ROCORI Public Schools Custodian Rebecca Mrosla - Termination effective November 30, 2023.

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

4.F.1. Policy 421 Gifts to Employees and School Board Members

5. ACTION
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. SUBSTITUTE RATES FOR 2023-2024
The following rates have been established from the Negotiations Committee.  Substitute pay $170 per day, ROCORI Retiree pay $180 per day. Recommendation: Approve the new sub rates effective immediately. 

5.B. MOU TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.750 AND EDUCATION MINNESOTA-ROCORI REGARDING E-LEARNING.
Recommendation to approve the MOU 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. PARAPROFESSIONAL GRIEVANCE
Riecher Denmark will be presenting a grievance to the board on behalf of the paraprofessionals. 

6.B. POLICIES - 1ST READING
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a first reading and call for public comment.  No formal action is expected.

6.B.1. Policy 202 School Board Officers - It is the recommendation of the policy committee to review this policy with updated changes.  Once adopted, Policy 223 will be retired. 

6.B.2. Policy 729 Community Education Refund Policy - It is the recommendation of the policy committee to leave this policy as is. 

6.B.3. Policy 810 LONG TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PLAN - It is the recommendation of the policy committee to leave this policy as is. 

6.B.4. Policy 811 Swimming Pool Use - It is the recommendation of the policy committee to leave this policy as is. 

6.C. POLICIES - 2ND READING
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee.  They are being presented for a second reading and call for public comment.  No formal action is expected.

6.C.1. Policy 221 Official School Board Spokesperson

6.C.2. Policy 222 Acceptance of Gifts and Naming of School Properties

6.C.3. Policy 434 Employment of Staff Policy

6.C.4. Policy 534 School Meals Policy

6.D. POLICY 522 TITLE IX SEX NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY, GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND PROCESS
Some verbiage in the policy was questioned by a parent.  The policy committee discussed in their monthly meeting and the School Board will discuss the outcome. 

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.A.1. Enrollment Update as of November 1, 2023

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT OCTOBER 2023
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.C. 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