January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Organizational and Business Meeting with Public Hearing
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1. Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (5 minutes)
Dr. Greta Evans-Becker, Acting School Board Chair
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2. Call to Order (5 minutes)
Dr. Greta Evans-Becker, Acting School Board Chair |
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2.A. Roll Call
ReNae Bowman, Acting School Board Clerk |
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3. Approval of the Agenda (5 minutes)
Dr. Greta Evans-Becker, Acting School Board Chair |
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4. Ceremonial Oath of Office for Newly-Appointed School Board Director (5 minutes)
Dr. Greta Evans-Becker, Acting School Board Chair |
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5. Election of School Board Officers for 2026
Dr. Greta Evans-Becker, Acting School Board Chair |
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5.A. Elect School Board Chair (5 minutes)
Dr. Greta Evans-Becker, Acting School Board Chair
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5.B. Elect School Board Vice Chair (5 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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5.C. Elect School Board Clerk (5 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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5.D. Elect School Board Treasurer (5 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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6. Other Organizational Business
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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6.A. Action: Delegation of Deputy Treasurer (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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6.B. Action: Delegation of Assistant Clerk (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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6.C. Action: Yearly School Board Compensation (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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6.D. Action: Resolution Authorizing the use of Facsimile Signatures and Surety Bond (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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6.E. Action: Resolution Designating Brokers for Investment of District Funds for 2026 (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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6.F. Action: Resolution Designating Depositories for School District Funds for 2026 (2 minutes)
Kristen Hoheisel, Chief Financial Officer |
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6.G. Action: Resolution Authorizing Payment of Specific Statements in Advance for 2026 (2 minutes)
Kristen Hoheisel, Chief Financial Officer |
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6.H. Action: Appoint Legal Counsel for 2026 (2 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent
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6.I. Action: Appoint Financial Advisor (2 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent
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6.J. Action: Designation of Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) for the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) External User Access Recertification System for 2026 (2 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent |
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6.K. Action: Designation of Official Newspaper for 2026 (2 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent |
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6.L. Action: Designation of Official Television Producer for 2026 (2 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent |
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6.M. School Board Review of 209 Policy - Code of Ethics, and Statement of Compliance (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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6.N. Review of 210 Policy - Conflict of Interest School Board Members (2 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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7. Rdale Proud: FAIR School Pilgrim Lane - Arts Integration (15 minutes)
Jennifer Smith, Principal of FAIR School Pilgrim Lane (FAIR PL) Trudy Monette, Stages Theatre Company Student Speakers and Performers: August Collett, Trinity Glass, Ryhan Mayo, Matilda McKeown, Robby Moreimi, Madeline Nelson, Buchanan Nkosi, Izzy Ricci |
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8. Consent Agenda Items for Board Approval (5 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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Consent Agenda items are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member so requests, in which event the item will be removed as a Consent Agenda item and addressed. Consent Agenda items are as follows:
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8.A. Administrative
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8.A.1. Meeting Minutes
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8.B. Financial Reports
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8.B.1. Bi-Monthly Disbursement Report for January 6, 2026
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8.C. Personnel Reports
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8.C.1. Licensed Staff Personnel Report
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8.C.2. Non-Licensed Staff Personnel Report
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9. Unfinished Business
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9.A. Action: Property and Liability Insurance Broker (5 minutes)
Kristen Hoheisel, Chief Financial Officer |
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9.B. Continued Statutory Operating Debt (SOD) Planning/Site Consolidation (15 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent Dr. Bob McDowell, Assistant Superintendent Kristen Hoheisel, Chief Financial Officer |
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9.B.1. Action: Discontinuation of Middle School Magnet Programming at FAIR School Crystal and Repurpose it with Academic Programming
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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10. New Business
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10.A. Action: Proposed Change to 2025-26 School Board Meeting Calendar for addition of Special Study Session on January 12, 2026 (10 minutes)
Newly-Elected School Board Chair |
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10.B. Action: Resolution Accepting Donations (5 minutes)
Kristen Hoheisel, Chief Financial Officer |
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10.C. Action: Level III Grievances (10 minutes)
Amy O'Hern, Executive Director of Human Resources |
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11. Policy (None for this evening.)
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12. Administrative Reports (5 minutes)
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent
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13. Board Committee Reports and Board Reports
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14. Public Hearing
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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14.A. Necessity and Practicability Statement
Dr. Teri Staloch, Superintendent Dr. Bob McDowell, Assistant Superintendent |
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14.B. Public Testimony
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14.C. Board Deliberation
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14.D. Board Action by Resolution
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15. Adjourn the Meeting
Newly-Elected School Board Chair
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