March 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM - March 10, 2025 Regular Board Meeting

Description:  The Commissioner of Education gave a positive response to the Review and Comment for the Arts and Athletics Project. This agenda item serves as the requirement to publicly discuss the response. 
 

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• Minutes from February 10 and February 24, 2025

• Bills and Wires Transfers

• Treasurer Report

• Approve resignation from Paraprofessional Rosa Melgoza effective Friday, February 28, 2025.

• Approve resignation from Tylor Kruse as Junior High Softball Coach effective February 26, 2025.

• Approve resignation from Eric Hanson as 7th/8th Grade Football Coach at the end of the 2024-2025 sports season.

• Approve verbal resignation from Rachael Caspers as 10 Month Secretary effective February 24, 2025.

• Approve resignation from Holly Anderson as Human Resources and Financial Assistant effective March 14, 2025.

• Approve retirement of Marlene Johnson, Elementary Special Education Teacher, effective the end of the 2024-2025 school year.

• Approve retirement of Paraprofessional Julie Diemer on September 30, 2025.

• Approve hiring Tiffany Strom as 7.25 Paraprofessional effective March 10, 2025.

• Approve hiring Gina Freiwald as ECFE Parent Educator (Spring Session-9 weeks, 1 night per week) effective March 3, 2025.

• Approve hiring Jessica Matt as ECFE Parent Educator (Spring Session-9 weeks, 1 night per week) effective March 6, 2025.

• Approve hiring Kaila Domeier as 6.2 Paraprofessional effective March 3, 2025.

• Approve hiring Erin Sebring as 6.5 Behavior Intervention Paraprofessional effective March 3, 2025.

• Approve hiring Rachel Minion as Early Childhood Special Education Teacher effective the 2025-2026 school year.

• Approve FMLA #25-22 beginning on approximately May 12, 2025 and continuing through approximately May 30, 2025 for a total of approximately 3 weeks.

• Approve Medical Leave of Absence #25-23 beginning on February 24, 2025 through possibly the end of school year.

Description:  Windom FFA Teacher, Nichole Hass would like to have 2 fundraisers approved: 

1. Simply Sweet Cheesecakes, March 5th- 21st, 2025.  Members will be selling Simply Sweet Cheesecakes to the local community as a fundraiser towards the Windom FFA chapter. Students will begin selling the beginning of March and will end by the middle of March. Delivery will be the week before Easter in April.

2. Bake Sale, March 8th, 2025 at the Farm and Home Show. Our members will be selling baked goods to the community to raise funds for our chapter. The funds will help pay for registration fees towards FFA State Convention, along with costs towards attending State Convention for members who need a financial sponsor.

Description:  A Public Hearing Date has been set for March 24, 2025, at 6:30pm during the School Board Meeting at the City Hall Council Chambers. 

Description:  The Windom Chamber of Commerce has asked if the school board would approve moving the fireworks back to school property for Riverfest on June 14, 2025 as had been previously done. Once approved, WAS will be listed as an additional insured on the J&M Displays Insurance Certificate.

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An educational foundation would allow givers to donate tax-free toward enhancements to the educational experience at WAS.  

Our next steps are to file for an EIN number, Articles of Incorporation, and 501(c)(3).  There will be small filing costs for this, so I will need the board’s blessing tonight to begin the process of establishing an Educational Foundation to enhance the future of Windom Area Schools.