September 22, 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 and the work session on September 8, 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. Richmond Elementary Head Cook - Shelley McDonald

4.D.2. Cold Spring Elementary Cook's Helper - Stacy McCann

4.D.3. ROCORI Middle School Social Studies Teacher - Joshua Ferguson

4.E. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST

4.E.1. ROCORI Secondary school music teacher, Kim Morford, is requesting medical leave from September 15, 2025 through October 10, 2025.

4.E.2. ROCORI Middle School math teacher, Payton Mayers, is requesting leave from May 5, 2026 through May 29, 2026.

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

4.F.1. ROCORI School District liaison — Jamal Elmi.  Resignation effective December 1, 2025. 

4.F.2. ROCORI Secondary School paraprofessional — Julie Sabo.  Resignation effective November 21, 2025. 

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. 

4.H. FACILITIES AND GROUNDS EQUIPMENT AND REDUCTION REQUEST
Director of Facilities and Grounds, Brent Neisinger, has deemed the following steam equipment obsolete due to no longer being needed and would like to sell it via public auction. Recommendation: Approve the designation of obsolete equipment.

5. PRESENTATION 

5.A. Director of Teaching and Learning, Amy Notch, will be presenting information on the My Saebrs assessment program.

6. 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.

6.A. 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.

6.B. INSURANCE RENEWAL
Many of the District's insurance policies are set for renewal on October 1st.  The District has received quotes on the property, liability, and worker's compensation insurance.  Information about the quote is included.  Recommendation to approve the insurance policy. 

6.C. 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

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT AUGUST 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. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

7.C.1. NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE 
The negotiations committee will provide an update on teacher and/or paraprofessional negotiations. 

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