July 15, 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 June 24, 2024.   Recommend approval of the minutes from the meeting.

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 $2,507,415.38 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 Evening Cleaner - Cole Albers

4.D.2. District Education Facility and Cold Spring Elementary Childcare Assistant - Jahaira Huichapa

4.D.3. Cold Spring Elementary Childcare Assistant - Grace Elias

4.D.4. ROCORI High School Paraprofessional - Sherri Enz

4.D.5. ROCORI High School Paraprofessional - David Nienaber

4.D.6. ROCORI High School Paraprofessional - Nicole Vogel

4.D.7. District Education Facility Childcare Assistant - Ava Stalboerger

4.D.8. ROCORI Secondary Building Evening Custodian - Colby Homer

4.D.9. Cold Spring Elementary Childcare Assistant - Jack Evens

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

4.E.1. ROCORI Secondary paraprofessional and Spartan Spot summer care worker - Diana DeMarino.  Resignation effective July 11, 2024. 

4.E.2. ROCORI Childcare worker - Susan Lietzau.  Resignation effective June 28, 2024. 

4.E.3. ROCORI Secondary School Paraprofessional - Noah Hoffman.  Resignation effective August 23, 2024.

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. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a general election has been called and will be held in conjunction with the state general election in and for Independent School District No. 750 (ROCORI School District), State of Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 5th day of November, 2024, for the purpose of electing three (3) school board members for four (4) year terms. 
The ballot shall provide as follows:  GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 2024

5.B. LONG TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PLAN
The District is required to submit the 10 year Long Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) Plan to the Minnesota Department of Education each July.  Attached are the updated revenue and expenditure projections plan for LTFM. 
Recommendation:  Approve the LTFM 10 year revenue and expenditure projections. 

5.C. ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE CONTRACT
The Board negotiators have met and negotiated with the Administrators Association Group.  Recommendation to approve the agreements as presented for 2023-2025. 

5.D. RESOURCE TRAINING AND SOLUTIONS MEMBERSHIP
The school district has a full membership with Resource Training and Solutions.  The invoice for membership has been received, and it is recommended that we continue this membership for the 2024-2025 School Year. 

5.E. SCHOOLS ADVOCATING FOR FAIR FUNDING MEMBERSHIP DUES
The school district is a member in long standing with SAFF, Schools advocating for fair funding, (formerly known as SEE).  The membership dues are up for renewal and are being recommended for approval for the 2024-2025 School Year. 

5.F. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ROCORI SENIOR CENTER AND ROCORI AREA SCHOOLS REGARDING FACILITY RENTAL AT THE DISTRICT EDUCATION FACILITY. 
The MOU regarding facility rental will be in place until June 30, 2026 and will be reviewed annually.  Recommendation to approve the MOU as presented. 

5.G. CORRECTED CLASSIFIED CONTRACT
Typographical error in the June 10th contract that was board approved.  Correction has been made and is attached.  Recommendation:  Approve Classified Contract as presented for 2023-2025.

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. SCHOOL TRIP TO COSTA RICA RECAP
Brian Herrig will present a recap on the student trip to Costa Rica. 

6.B. ROCORI ACTIVITIES HANDBOOK
The 2024-2025 Activities handbook is being presented for first reading.  It will be brought back to the August meeting for approval. No formal action is expected. 

6.C. ROCORI K-12 STUDENT HANDBOOK
The 2024-2025 K-12 Student Handbook is being presented for first reading.  It will be brought back to the August meeting for approval. No formal action is expected. 

6.D. EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
The 2024-2025 Employee handbook is being presented for first reading.  It will be brought back to the August meeting for approval. No formal action is expected. 

6.E. ROCORI COMMUNITY EDUCATION HANDBOOK 
The 2024-2025 Community Education Handbooks are being presented for first reading.  They will be brought back in August for approval.  No formal action is expected. 

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT JUNE 2024
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