August 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description: 

• Negotiations Committee - The committee has met and is in full swing, with updates pending as discussions progress.

• Facilities Committee - Met to open lines of communication and streamline accountability measures.

• Pairing Committee - Discussed ways to enhance collaboration through great communication and more frequent meetings, with the goal of aligning handbooks. Examples include consistent enforcement of policies, alignment of eligibility procedures, and creation of a shared code of conduct for both districts.

• Policy Committee - Met this evening immediately preceding the board meeting; a summary will be provided at the next board meeting.

Special Note - Visitor Policy Update: Beginning Fall 2025, all visitors must check in at the main office and wear a visitor pass during school hours. All staff will wear visible ID badges daily. Goal: Strengthen safety while maintaining a welcoming, engaged school community.

Description:  Community Education Board Report 

Description:  Athletics & Activities Program Board Report 

Description:  Approve the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office Resource Officer Agreement for the 2025-2026 school year

Description:  Set October 22, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the location of the high school media center for the District's Federal Programs/Impact Aid Hearing Meeting for the 2025-2026 school year.

Description:  MOTION to approve the 2025-26 elementary and high school student handbooks as presented or modified at this meeting.  These handbooks become school district policy once the board approves them.

Description:  First reading of the 2025-26 Thunderbird Handbook 

Description:  Approve parking lot adjustment referenced in the superintendent's report.
 

Description:  MOTION to hire Kelsey Bingham as a High School English teacher for the 2025-2026 school year
MOTION to hire Danielle Uran as the Head Cook/Food Service Director for the 2025-2026 school year
MOTION to hire Emily Fox as ECSE (Early Childhood Special Education) paraprofessional for the 2025-2026 school year
MOTION to hire Robin Bendickson as a paraprofessional for the 2025-2026 school year.
MOTION to hire Courtney Stueness as a Communication Arts/Literature teacher for the 2025-26 school year with a Tier-1 license.
MOTION to hire Preston Halvorson as a SPED teacher for the 2025-26 school year, pending Tier II licensure.
MOTION to assign JH volleyball coaches as listed, including an increase of 1 JH coach per pairing committee recommendation (Aspen Thompson, Tiffany Hanson, Sydney Clark, Brynn McArthur)
MOTION to hire Crystal Blue as a Tier II Science teacher for the 2025-26 school year.

Description:  Approve a leave of absence for Courtney Stueness as a paraprofessional for the 2025-26 school year. Moving to hire her to teach Communication Arts/Literature with a Tier I license for the 2025-26 school year.