Monday, September 23, 2024 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Hesse, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson

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 held on September 9, 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 to approve the bill payment of $3,184,691.17, 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. ROCORI Secondary School Special Education Paraprofessional - Olivia Spychala

4.D.2. Cold Spring Elementary Custodian - Kristina Adams

4.D.3. District Education Facility Childcare Site Lead - Amber Polzin

4.D.4. ROCORI Secondary School Cook - Madison Linder

4.D.5. ROCORI Secondary School Cook, Sue Schmitz, will be taking a position as a 6 hour cook at Cold Spring Elementary. 

4.D.6. ROCORI Secondary School Cook, Lisa Hilsgen, will be taking a position as a 6 hour cook at Cold Spring Elementary. 

4.D.7. John Clark Elementary School Intervention Long Term Sub - Sarah Rabideau

4.D.8. John Clark Elementary School 4th grade long term sub teacher - Kari Dombrovski

4.E. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST

4.E.1. ROCORI Secondary School Media Center Paraprofessional, Jana Court, is requesting leave from August 26, 2024 through September 27, 2024 with an approximate return date of September 30, 2024.

4.E.2. Cold Spring Elementary Teacher, Summer Munstenteiger, is requesting leave from approximately November 26 through February 13.

4.E.3. Cold Spring Elementary paraprofessional, Samantha Uderman, is requesting FMLA from September 13 to October 7, 2024.

4.E.4. Richmond Elementary Paraprofessional, Ashley Lindeman, is requesting leave from approximately December 16th to March 11th. 

4.F. RETIRED-REHIRED CONTRACTS
The following contract is being presented for a retire-rehire teacher for the 2024-2025 school year.
Recommendation: Approve the contract as presented.

4.F.1. ROCORI Secondary School FACS Teacher - Julie Mundahl.  Teaching assignment from September 9 through November 26, 2024.

4.G. LANE CHANGES
The Master Agreement with our teaching staff allows our teachers to request a lane change in September, December and March of each school year. A report of the requested lane changes is included in your documents for approval. Once approved, the change becomes part of their pay the following month.
Recommendation: Approve the lane changes 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. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO THE COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery check #115194 in the amount of $33.98.  Recommendation to approve the payment to Cold Spring Bakery as presented. 

5.B. FFA NATIONAL CONVENTION
Tamara Berger is requesting out of state travel for the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN October 21-26, 2024. Grade ranges 9-12.  Recommendation to approve the trip as presented. 

5.C. STEARNS COUNTY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN RESOLUTION
This plan was approved by FEMA in March of 2023 and the goals and projects for the ROCORI jurisdiction are attached.  In order to be eligible for grant funding to work on any of the projects, the resolution must be adopted.  Recommendation to adopt the resolution as presented. 

5.D. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EDUCATION MINNESOTA ROCORI AND ISD 750 REGARDING THIRD PARTY OR PUBLIC ENTITY OUTSOURCING. 
The period of the MOU is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.  Recommendation to approve the MOU as presented. 

5.E. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EDUCATION MINNESOTA ROCORI AND ISD 750 REGARDING EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS AND 403B.
The period for the MOU is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.  Recommendation to approve the MOU as presented. 

5.F. APPROVE PRELIMINARY LEVY
The levy implementation process is conducted in two stages--initial certification and final certifications of the tax assessments applied within the School District. In order to prepare and finalize the levy authorization, initial action is required in September to set the expected tax levy within the district.
Recommendation: Approve the initial maximum levy authority, with final amounts to be approved in December.

5.G. 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

6. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

6.B. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UPDATE
The Director of Teaching and Learning, Amy Notch, will give an update on student achievement. 

6.C. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT AUGUST 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.

6.D. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

7. 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.

8. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

9. ADJOURN