February 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  call the meeting to order

Description:  Board members can amend the presented agenda by adding, removing or adjusting items to suit the needs of a particular meeting.

Description:  a)    Approval of Minutes
        January 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
b)    Payment of Invoices
c)     Correspondence
d)    Approve Field Trip(s)
e)     Human Resources Items:
            1. Retirement
                 a). Jodi Curson
            2. Lane Change
                  a).
            3. Resignations
                 a). Sue Forster 
            4. Non-Renewal
                 a).    
            5. New Hires
                 a). Maximillian Arganbright (Lunchroom Supervisor)
            6. Leave of Absence
f)    Extra Curricular Assignments
g)   Volunteer Coaches:
               
 

Description:  Board approves donations received:
 

1/27/25	Central Booster Club	Volleyball Equipment	$2,000.00
1/27/2025	Central Booster Club	Hall of Fame Wall	$3,400.00
1/29/25	Central Booster Club	3 Teacher Classroom Grants	$750.00

Description:  During the Public Forum any person may address the School Board on a topic of interest or concern. Listed below are the procedures.
1. Public Forum will follow the Procedural Items on the agenda.
2. Public Forum will be open up to 30 minutes (3 minutes per speaker, 10 minutes per topic, and no more than 3 speakers per topic as a general rule). Comments should be brief, and repetition of public comments already expressed at the same meeting should be avoided.
3. Those wishing to address the Board should fill out the Public Forum Speaker Card and submit the card to the School Board clerk or other district official at the meeting
4. Questions may be asked on any topic, including those on the agenda.
5. School District policy and data privacy laws preclude the Board from publicly discussing personnel matters or data, including information, which, if discussed in a public meeting could violate law or policy. Under School Board Policy 206, complaints or concerns regarding individual school district employees should be presented in writing to school administration and signed by the person submitting the complaint or concern.
6. An attempt will be made to answer questions addressed to the Board. In those cases where an answer is not provided, a phone call from an appropriate school district official will be made as a follow-up.
7. A handout on the purpose of School Board meetings and the meeting process is available at each School Board meeting.
8. Citizens may be asked to address the school board on a particular subject during the discussion of that item.
9. The School Board chairperson will attempt to reasonably honor requests to speak, but shall also exercise discretion with regard to time constraints and therefore may limit the number of requests to speak accordingly. 
 

Description:  Bills Introductions of Interest
Note: This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list but instead a list of bills aligned with the legislative platform, other bills that are likely to be heard, or that you might hear about locally.
 
HF31, Adjusting school compensatory revenue calculations, modifying site-based spending rules, establishing a task force, updating Read Act training requirements, funding teacher training, and increasing summer term unemployment aid.
HF51,  Authorizing roof projects as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program; appropriating money.
HF52, Increasing funding for pupil transportation; appropriating money.
HF53, Amending the transportation sparsity revenue.
HF56, Creating a safe schools aid; repealing student support personnel aid; appropriating money.
HF57,  Increasing special education cross-subsidy aid.
HF61, Modifying requirements for students with mental illness; requiring mental health instruction; providing for youth sports program training on mental illness and suicide prevention; reinstating restrictive procedures work group.
HF409,  Increasing local optional revenue; increasing the aid amount; appropriating money.
HF515, Increasing the general education basic formula allowance by an additional three percent per year.
HF518,  Repealing the American Indian mascot prohibition.
HF519, Amending exemption requirements for American Indian mascots.
HF535, Broadening the natural disaster debt service equalization aid program to assist school districts with a high percentage of property excluded from the tax rolls.
HF630, Extending the short-call substitute teacher pilot program.
HF744, Modifying professional development requirements for Read Act implementation.
HF745, Calculating a school's compensatory revenue eligibility using both direct certification and the application of education benefits; modifying the percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions; establishing a Compensatory Revenue Task Force.
SF1197: Establishing school district seasonal tax base replacement aid.
SF1198: Authorizing roof projects as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program.
SF1254: Increasing school district local optional revenue; indexing the local optional revenue program to the formula allowance.
SF1275: Linking extended time revenue to increases in the general education basic formula allowance.
SF1318: Modifying the allowed uses of long-term facilities maintenance revenue to include school safety facility enhancements.
SF1336: Allowing a school year to start before Labor Day for two school years.
SF1404: Modifying American Indian mascot exemption requirements; establishing a process for schools to apply for mascot replacement assistance.Bills Introductions of Interest
Note: This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list but instead a list of bills aligned with the legislative platform, other bills that are likely to be heard, or that you might hear about locally.
 
HF31, Adjusting school compensatory revenue calculations, modifying site-based spending rules, establishing a task force, updating Read Act training requirements, funding teacher training, and increasing summer term unemployment aid.
HF51,  Authorizing roof projects as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program; appropriating money.
HF52, Increasing funding for pupil transportation; appropriating money.
HF53, Amending the transportation sparsity revenue.
HF56, Creating a safe schools aid; repealing student support personnel aid; appropriating money.
HF57,  Increasing special education cross-subsidy aid.
HF61, Modifying requirements for students with mental illness; requiring mental health instruction; providing for youth sports program training on mental illness and suicide prevention; reinstating restrictive procedures work group.
HF409,  Increasing local optional revenue; increasing the aid amount; appropriating money.
HF515, Increasing the general education basic formula allowance by an additional three percent per year.
HF518,  Repealing the American Indian mascot prohibition.
HF519, Amending exemption requirements for American Indian mascots.
HF535, Broadening the natural disaster debt service equalization aid program to assist school districts with a high percentage of property excluded from the tax rolls.
HF630, Extending the short-call substitute teacher pilot program.
HF744, Modifying professional development requirements for Read Act implementation.
HF745, Calculating a school's compensatory revenue eligibility using both direct certification and the application of education benefits; modifying the percent of compensatory revenue spent at each site under certain conditions; establishing a Compensatory Revenue Task Force.
SF1197: Establishing school district seasonal tax base replacement aid.
SF1198: Authorizing roof projects as part of the long-term facilities maintenance program.
SF1254: Increasing school district local optional revenue; indexing the local optional revenue program to the formula allowance.
SF1275: Linking extended time revenue to increases in the general education basic formula allowance.
SF1318: Modifying the allowed uses of long-term facilities maintenance revenue to include school safety facility enhancements.
SF1336: Allowing a school year to start before Labor Day for two school years.
SF1404: Modifying American Indian mascot exemption requirements; establishing a process for schools to apply for mascot replacement assistance.

Description:  Minnesota State High School League
Representative: Krueger; Alt: Erickson
Community Education Board
Representatives: Kelly, Kroells
Southwest Metro Educational Coop
Representative: Perlbachs Alt: Kroells
Community Development/County & City Liaison
Representative: Eischens; Alt: Erickson
Finance Committee
Representative:  Perlbachs: Alt: Eischens
Policy Committee:
Representatives: Erickson, Kelly, Kroells
                                             ___________________________________
Negotiation Committees:
MN School Employees Association:
Representatives: Erickson, Eischens
Teachers Association:
Representatives: Krueger, Kelly, Perlbachs
Superintendent:
Representatives: Erickson, Kroells, Eischens
Principals/Administration:
Representatives Erickson, Eischens
Non-Union Support Staff, Technology Director, Community Ed. Director:
Representatives Kelly, Kroells, Krueger
 

Description:  Each year the MN School Board Association's Legal Team keeps school districts informed what required, legal, and recommended polices a district should adopt.  The school board has a policy committee which looks at and makes recommendations to the board on what changes to adopt.  Typically, policies are heard in a "first reading" which is notice that the policies are being reviewed, and then a "second reading" is completed the following meeting to adopt the new language.  Policies that are not brought back for a second reading are either not adopted or reverted back to the original language at last adoption.  This is governance work by the board.

Description:  Superintendent Schochenmaier is going to brief the board on how weather-related decisions are made.

Description:  The board will discuss the merits of each candidate from the board interviews earlier in the evening.  One candidate will be selected.

Description:  Superintendent Schochenmaier will brief the board on a revisions to the FY25 budget.