July 14, 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 June 23, 2025. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meeting.

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 $2,898,460.57 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. District Education Facility custodian - Lee Maile

4.D.2. Richmond Elementary-Special Education Paraprofessional: Beth Linn

4.E. RETIRED-REHIRED CONTRACTS
The following contract is being presented for a retire-rehire teacher for the 2025-2026 school year.
Recommendation: Approve the contract as presented.

4.E.1. ROCORI Secondary School Math Teacher FTE 1.0- Paul DeMorett

4.E.2. ROCORI Spartan Online English teacher FTE 0.5- Pam Teal 

4.F. MILK BIDS
The district has asked for and received bids for supplying the milk for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years.  
Recommendation: Accept the bid from Prairie Farms Escalation.

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. NON-RENEWAL RESOLUTION
The resolution included is for the non-renewal of probationary paraprofessionals for the 2025-2026 school year. Recommend adoption of the resolution to terminate by non-renewal of these contracts.

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. 

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. ROCORI K-12 STUDENT HANDBOOK
The 2025-2026 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.B. ROCORI ACTIVITIES HANDBOOK
The 2025-2026 Activities handbook is being presented for first reading.  It will be brought back to the August meeting 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 2025
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. JUNE 2025 BOARD BUDGET REPORT
The following board budget report has been provided by CESO.

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

7.D.1. Paraprofessional Negotiations Update

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