May 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

Discussion:  Board Chair Stenson will attend the May 13, 2024, Board of Education meeting remotely from Lake Geneva, WI.

Discussion: 
Heidi Huseby, MTSS Coordinator, beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
Katelyn Siebert, MHS/MMS Vocal Teacher, beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
Debbie Christians, Special Education Teacher at the high school for the rest of the 2023-24 school year.
Chase Schmidt, Custodian, MHS
Marie Nelson, Child Care Aide, Hawks Nest
 

Discussion: 
Tim Lindemann, resigned as Custodian at MHS
Carol Hayunga, resigned as Laundry Aide
Randina Grant, resigned as Special Education Assistant, at Sanford
Judy Olson, resigning as Elementary Assistant at the end of the 23-24 school year
Amber Benkowski, resigned as Sped Para at the High School, effective immediately.

Discussion: 
Lidia Anariba, reassigned from Middle School to Ramsey, SPED Para.
Rachel Weiss, was reassigned from Literacy Teacher at Sanford to 2nd Grade Teacher beginning with the 2024-25 school year.

Discussion: 
Indyana Downey, Special Ed Paraprofessional, Middle School

Discussion:  CCM Health donated $200 towards the MMS Musical.
The Montevideo American Legion donated $500 towards Community Education Summer Rec T-shirts.

Discussion:  Adam Spray will provide an overview of the FY25 fund (1) budget.

Discussion:  As discussed at the past two school board meetings, it is recommended to move forward with tax abatement projects in the district that will result in the construction of and improvement to current parking lots within the district. Part of this process is to hold a public hearing.  Therefore, this resolution calls for that public hearing to take place on June 24th at 6:00pm. 

This action is recommended by Superintendent McKittrick.

Discussion:  Recent legislative changes provided School Boards with options regarding the counting of write-in ballots.  Write in ballots are important and part of the free election process.  The State however has acknowledged the time it takes in elections to hand count, tally, and report all write in votes.  With this in mind Districts have been given two options:  
1. enact the requirement in which a write-in candidate must file a written request with the Chief Election Official no later than the seventh day before any school district election in order to have their individual write-in votes recorded 
or
2. enact a process in which write-in candidates will only be individually recorded if the total number of write-in votes for an office is equal to or greater than the fewest number of non-write-in votes for a ballot candidate for that office. 

Option #2 is being recommended by the Superintendent.

Discussion:  Due to a 36% insurance renewal notification in April, our district moved quickly to a request for bids for additional options.  We were happy that we received five bids in total, one being the Coop renewal.  We received bids from BCBS, Health Partners, PEIP, and United HealthCare.  The four new bids were all lower than our renewal rate with BCBS providing the lowest at 4.1%.  BCBS also provided a year 2 cap of 15%.  
After completing a full side by side and meeting with the district insurance committee, it is being recommended that the board approve the BCBS bid for FY25 and FY26.  

Adam Spray will be on hand to answer any questions on this process.