Monday, February 3, 2025 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Kollar, Vettleson

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 16, 2024, the Organizational Meeting January 6, 2025 and the work session January 13, 2025. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Vettleson 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 $____________ subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Vettleson 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 Middle School Paraprofessional - Lucia Mercado

4.D.2. District Education Facility Kid Care Site Lead - Amy Krohn

4.D.3. Cold Spring Elementary Spartan Spot childcare aide - Aidan Boeckmann

4.D.4. Cold Spring Elementary Spartan Spot Childcare Aide - Carlos Ferra Gutierrez

4.D.5. ROCORI Secondary School dishwasher - Reese Callais

4.D.6. ROCORI Secondary School Head Custodian - Thomas Poganski

4.D.7. ROCORI ALC Teacher, Mark Krueger, will have an additional .2 overload for Term 3. 

4.D.8. Spartan Online Teacher, Shelby Teal, will have an additional .2 overload for the second trimester. 

4.D.9. Cold Spring Elementary Spartan Spot Childcare Assistant - Jayden Garcia

4.D.10. ROCORI High School Paraprofessional - Adelina Ubaldo

4.D.11. ROCORI Secondary School Part-time cleaner - Melissa Villagomez Nava

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

4.E.1. Cold Spring Elementary special education teacher Colin Spooner.  Resignation effective the last contractual day of the 24-25 school year. 

4.F. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST

4.F.1. Cold Spring Elementary 4th grade teacher Korissa Koenig is requesting leave from April 11-May 23rd, with an expected return date of May 27, 2025.

4.F.2. ROCORI Secondary School Paraprofessional, Julie Froehle, is requesting leave from January 13, 2025 - May 29, 2025. 

4.G. PAY EQUITY REPORT
Recommendation: Approve the Pay Equity Report 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. 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 for 2025.

5.B. MEMBERSHIP
The annual membership dues invoice for the Cold Spring Chamber of 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 Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce for 2025
 

5.C. BID RESULTS FOR THE 2025 BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIRS AT THE ROCORI SECONDARY BUILDING
Recommendation to award the base bid to Palmer West Construction.

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. STRATEGIC PLAN
The school board will decide on a vendor for the upcoming Strategic Plan.  Recommendation to approve one vendor to move forward with the Strategic Plan. 

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. 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.A.1. Policy 706 Acceptance of Gifts

6.A.2. Policy 103 Complaints - Students, Employees, Parents, and Other Persons

6.A.3. Policy 714 Operating Fund Balance Policy

6.A.4. Policy 510 School Activities
Policy 510 is recommended to include policies 734, 735, and 736 to make one policy.  Once new policy 510 is approved, policies 734, 735, and 736 (all ROCORI policies) will be retired.  

6.A.5. Policy 629 Review of Curriculum Content and Individiual Student Alternative Instruction

6.A.6. Policy 628 Technology Committee
The policy committee is recommending this policy is retired. 

6.B. PARAPROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION WEEK 2025
Governor Walz declared January 20-26, 2025 as Paraprofessional Recognition Week in Minnesota.  We acknowledge and thank the paraprofessionals of ROCORI Schools for the work they do. 
 

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 1, 2025

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT DECEMBER 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