August 25, 2025 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Kollar, Vettleson

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 August 11, 2025. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meeting.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Vettleson 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 $4,563,481.08 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Vettleson 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 School evening custodian - Madison Linder

4.D.2. Cold Spring Elementary Phy-Ed Teacher - Samantha Oveson

4.D.3. ROCORI Secondary School food service cook - Amanda Stommes

4.D.4. Cold Spring Elementary special education paraprofessional - Amy Soine. 

4.E. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST

4.E.1. ROCORI Middle School social studies teacher, Alex Naujokas, is requesting leave from August 25 through September 17.  

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

4.F.1. Cold Spring Elementary paraprofessional - Krista Swenson.  Resignation effective August 14, 2025.

4.F.2. ROCORI Secondary Science Teacher - Pete Spengler.  Retirement effective October 10, 2025.

5. PRESENTATION 

5.A. ROCORI ACTION PACKS
Carolyn Stang with the ROCORI Action Packs will be sharing information about the food program.  

5.B. Q COMP SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION
The PLAT committee will present information on Q-Comp programming.

6. 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.

6.A. ROCORI EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
The 2025-2026 Employee Handbook is being presented for the second and final reading. Recommendation to approve the employee handbook as presented. 

6.B. ROCORI COMMUNITY EDUCATION HANDBOOK 
The 2025-2026 Community Education Handbook is being presented for the second and final reading. Recommendation to approve the handbook as presented. 

6.C. ROCORI KID CARE HANDBOOK 
The 2025-2026 Kid Care Handbook is being presented for the second and final reading. Recommendation to approve the handbook as presented. 

6.D. ROCORI SPARTAN SPOT HANDBOOK 
The 2025-2026 Spartan Spot Handbook is being presented for the second and final reading. Recommendation to approve the handbook as presented. 

6.E. ROCORI PRESCHOOL HANDBOOK 
The 2025-2026 Preschool Handbook is being presented for the second and final reading. Recommendation to approve the handbook as presented. 

6.F. WASHINGTON D.C SCHOOL TRIP 2026
Derek Sauer and Levi Peterson will be presenting information and requesting an 8th grade student trip to Washington D.C. Dates of trip: October 14-17 2026

6.G. NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL TRIP 2027
Derek Sauer and Levi Peterson will be presenting information and requesting a field trip for 10th-12th graders to New York City. Dates of trip: June 9-12, 2027

6.H. AUGUST 11TH CLOSED SESSION SUMMARY AND SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT
The School Board evaluated the performance of Superintendent Enerson during a closed session on August 11th.  A summary of the evaluation will be given.  The contract for Superintendent Enerson from July 1, 2026-June 30, 2029 will be discussed.  Recommendation from the negotiations committee to approve the superintendent contract as presented. 

6.I. SUBSTITUTE RATES FOR 2025-2026
The following rates have been established from the Negotiations Committee.  Substitute pay $180 per day, ROCORI Retiree pay $190 per day. Recommendation: Approve the new sub rates effective immediately. 

6.J. PLAN FOR E-LEARNING AND VIRTUAL SCHOOL DAYS
Recommendation to approve the plan for E-learning and virtual school days as presented. 
 

6.K. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTATING BETWEEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.750 AND EDUCATION MINNESOTA-ROCORI REGARDING E-LEARNING DAYS
Recommendation to approve the MOU as presented. 

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT JULY 2025
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.

7.C.1. NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE 
The negotiations committee will provide an update on teacher and/or paraprofessional negotiations. 

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