August 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM - School Board Regular Business Meeting
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1. Call to Order and Roll Call
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Additions to Agenda |
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4. Acceptance of Agenda
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5. Presentation: Building a Better Future - Elementary Magnet Schools
Speaker(s):
John Morstad, Executive Director of Finance and Operations
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6. Audience Opportunity to Address the School Board
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7. Superintendent's Report
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8. School Board Reports
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9. Consent Agenda
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9.A. Minutes of the regular meeting of July 14, 2026
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9.B. Minutes of the Proposed Tax Abatement Public Hearing of August 18, 2026
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9.C. Financial reports for the month of July 2026
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9.D. Payment of items for the month of July 2026
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9.E. Grants
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9.F. Extended Educational Trips
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9.G. Personnel
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9.H. Bid Award - Birch Grove Elementary
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9.I. Contract by and between Osseo Area Schools and Kelly Services, Inc. for substitute teacher staffing services
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9.J. Contract by and between Osseo Area Schools and Hillyard Floor Care Supply for replacement floor care equipment
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10. Action Items
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10.A. Approval Granting Abatement
Speaker(s):
John Morstad, Executive Director of Finance and Operations
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10.B. Resolution Relating to Proposed Property Tax Abatement for Parking Lot Improvement Projects; Granting the Abatement; and Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of General Obligation Tax Abatement Bonds
Speaker(s):
John Morstad, Executive Director of Finance and Operations and Shelby McQuay, Ehlers, Inc.
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10.C. Recommendation for Approval, Agreement on the Terms and Conditions of Employment between the Independent School District 279 School Board and Directors, July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027
Speaker(s):
Yvonne Shorts Lind, Executive Director of Human Resources
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10.D. Recommendation for Approval; Agreement on the Terms and Conditions of Employment between the Independent School District 279 School Board and Confidential Management Personnel, July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027
Speaker(s):
Yvonne Shorts Lind, Executive Director of Human Resources
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10.E. Gifts to the district totaling $58,277.50
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11. Informational Items
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11.A. First Reading of Policies
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.I. 100 Series: School Board
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.I.a. 101 Racial Equity in Educational Achievement – Policy and Procedure
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.I.b. 102 Equal Opportunity and Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment and Violence – Policy and Procedures A and B
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II. 500 Series: Students
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II.a. 503 Attendance and Absences – Policy and Procedure
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II.b. 510 School Activities – Policy and Procedure
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II.c. 511 Student Fundraising – Policy
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II.d. 542 Extended Educational Field Trips – Policy and Procedure
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II.e. 545 Student Fees – Policy and Procedure
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.II.f. 558 Enrollment Options Program – Policy and Procedure
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.III. 800 Series: Building and Sites
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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11.A.III.a. 807 Health & Safety: Procedure B Cardiac Emergency Response Plan (new)
Speaker(s):
Amy Moore, General Counsel
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12. Negotiation Strategies - Closed Session
Speaker(s):
Yvonne Shorts Lind, Executive Director of Human Resources; Marshall Thompson, Director of Labor Relations; John Morstad, Executive Director of Finance and Operations; Amy Moore, General Counsel
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13. Adjournment
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