Monday, January 22, 2024 6:30 pm - Regular Board 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 December 11, 2023, the work session January 8, 2024 and the Organizational Meeting January 8, 2024. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Thompson 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 $6,243,632.65 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Thompson 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 Assistant-Taylor Dockendorf

4.D.2. Cold Spring Elementary Special Education Paraprofessional Jodi Guggenberger

4.D.3. District Education Facility Childcare Aide Quinn Hodgins

4.D.4. District Education Facility Childcare Aide Barbara Dalton

4.D.5. District Education Facility Childcare Assistant Rylee Wills

4.E. RESIGNATION
Recommend approval of the following resignation.

4.E.1. ROCORI Secondary School custodian Clay Hellickson.  Last day of work will be January 19, 2024.

4.F. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST

4.F.1. Secondary School teacher Grace Scegura is requesting medical leave from April 26th, 2024 through May 31st, 2024. 

4.F.2. Secondary School Teacher Haley Garberg is requesting leave from approximately  May 8th through the end of the school year. 

4.F.3. Cold Spring Elementary Paraprofessional Coralie Hoff is requesting FMLA leave from February 20th to April 1st, with an expected return date of April 2nd. 

4.F.4. Secondary School Teacher Tamara Berger is requesting leave from approximately May 28, 2024 until the end of the year.  She is requesting 12 weeks of leave. 

4.G. POLICIES
The following policy has been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a third and final reading. Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented.

4.G.1. Policy 202 School Board Officers.  Once adopted, Policy 223 will be retired. 

4.G.2. Policy 729 Community Education Refund Policy 

4.G.3. Policy 810 Long Term Facilities Maintenance Plan 

4.G.4. Policy 434 Employment of Staff 

4.G.5. Policy 811 Swimming Pool Use

4.H. MEMBERSHIP
The annual membership dues invoice for the Richmond Civic and Commerce has been received. The School District has been a member of the organization for many years and continued membership is recommended.
Recommendation: Approve the membership dues for the Richmond Civic and Commerce.

4.I. COLD SPRING STREET MACHINES USE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY
The Cold Spring Street Machines, the local car club, has requested the use of school property at the DEF on the north and south side for their car show scheduled for Saturday, July 27, 2024.
Recommendation: Approve the request for the use of school district property on July 27, 2024.

4.J. ROCORI COMMUNITY EDUCATION HOURLY RATES JANUARY 1, 2024
Hourly rates for Aquatics and Childcare Aides were adjusted to reflect the state minimum wage change. 
Recommendation:  Approve the community education hourly rates as presented.

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. NYC SCHOOL TRIP
Derek Sauer will be presenting information and requesting a student trip to New York City.  Dates of trip: June 2025

5.B. 5TH GRADE FIELD TRIP
Brian Kothrade, from Cold Spring Elementary, is requesting a 5th grade overnight field trip to the Long Lake Conservation Center on May 17-18, 2024.  

5.C. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EDUCATION MINNESOTA ROCORI AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 750 REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL MENTORS FOR TIER 1, TIER 2, AND OF OUT FIELD PERMISSION TEACHERS.
This has been reviewed by the Negotiations Committee.
Recommendation: Approve the MOU as presented. 

5.D. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION
Be It Resolved, by the School Board of ISD 750, ROCORI, as follows, that the following donation be accepted with gratitude: Thank you to all the organizations and individuals for their donations. 
The school district appreciates your generosity and continued support. 
Recommend adoption of the resolution to accept the donation

5.E. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check #2325 in the amount of $666.77 and Check #113307 in the amount of $167.83.
Recommendation: Approve the Cold Spring Bakery Payment 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 RECOGNITION WEEK 21-27, 2024
Governor Walz declared January 21-27, 2024 as Paraprofessional Recognition Week in Minnesota.  We acknowledge and thank the paraprofessionals of ROCORI Schools for the work they do. 
 

6.B. ROCORI ROBOTICS PROGRAM PRESENTATION
Jay Femrite will give a presentation on the ROCORI Robotics Program. 

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 903 Visitors to School District Buildings and Sites

6.C.2. Policy 907 Rewards

6.D. TEACHER GRIEVANCE
EDUCATION MINNESOTA ROCORI will be presenting a grievance to the board on behalf of the teachers. 

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 January 3, 2024

7.A.2. Superintendent Goals for 2024-2025

7.B. HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL EMILY PETERSON WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE
 

7.C. FACILITIES DIRECTOR BRENT NEISINGER WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE

7.D. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT DECEMBER 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.E. 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