September 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
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2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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3. ROLL CALL and ESTABLISH a QUORUM
Description:
A full Roll Call will need to be taken as we have a remote board director.
Melanie Donley, Josef Garcia, Jared Griffin, Steena Johnson, Rhiannon Paulson, Lance Swanson, Aimee Tagtmeier, Colin Williams, We have established a quorum. Rhiannon Paulson will be attending the meeting remotely: 14125 Louisiana Ave S Savage, MN 55378 |
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4. ADDITIONAL ITEMS
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5. PUBLIC COMMENT
If you have an item for the Regular Board of Education public comment period, please email Board of Education Chair Jared Griffin (jaredgriffin@crosslakekids.org) with your name and topic on the Friday before the Board Meeting. You may appear in person before the Board or virtually via the Google Meet. JUST a reminder, public comments will only take place during this agenda item. No public comments or chat comments will be accepted following this agenda item. |
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6. AGENDA
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6.A. CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed below are considered to be routine by the Crosslake Community Schools Board of Education and will be acted upon by one motion; however, any Board Director may request that items on the Consent Agenda be removed from it for independent consideration. Any items so identified will be moved to the Action Item portion of the Agenda. |
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6.A.1. Board of Education Minutes - August 24, 2026
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6.A.2. Special Meeting Superintendent Evaluation Minutes - August 19, 2026
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6.A.3. Finance Meeting Minutes - Septmeber 23, 2026
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6.A.4. Personnel Matters
New Hires: Name: Emma Moser Position: In Person Special Education Paraprofessional FTE: 35 hrs/wk Salary/Wage: $22.50/hour Start Date: 8/24/26 Name: Nora Poster Position: Online Learning Coach FTE: 0.3 Salary/Wage: $10,912.46/year Start Date: 10/5/26 Name: Lillian Reed Position: Kids Care Teacher FTE: 12.5 hrs/wk Salary/Wage: $20.60/hour Start Date: 9/8/26 Name: Matthew Fabian Position: In Person Substitute Teacher FTE: as needed Salary/Wage: $150/day Start Date: TBD Departing Staff: Name: Jennifer Johnson Position: In-Person Special Education Teacher Last Day: 8/31/26 Name: Cole Oslin Position: Online Social Studies Teacher Last Day: Did not start |
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6.A.5. Food Service Reports
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6.A.6. Gifts and Donations
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Lakeshore Construction - Sandbox sand
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6.B. ACADEMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, and PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATES
Presenter:
Jenna Leadbetter
Description:
Dr. Jenna Leadbetter will present the annual renewal.
(note: Osprey Wilds' monthly Board of Education rotation of Exhibit S schedule is included each month for reference purposes only)
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6.C. ACTION ITEMS
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6.C.1. Approve Policies
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425 Staff Development and Mentoring 521 Student Disability Nondiscrimination 613 Graduation Requirements 624 Online Instruction 722 Public Data Requests
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6.C.2. Review and Approve August Financial Information
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6.C.3. Benefit Innovations will be presenting on 2027 benefit premium rates.
Presenter:
Deb Holthaus
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6.C.4. Emergency Succession Plan and Delegation of Authority
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6.C.5. FY26 Transfers: Food Service ($15,202.06) and Community Ed ($77,833.92)
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Per Adam (9/17) - will need to increase the transfer by $1,357 for Fund 02 and $2,652 for Fund
04 (taking into account beginning cash balances) Committee confirms these amounts and recommends for BOE review. |
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6.C.6. CD Renewals:
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6.C.7. Cardiac Emergency Response Plan
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Adopted as an addendum to Policy 806 Crisis Manual
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6.C.8. 2026-2027 In-Person calendar revision
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Revised the In-Person Calendar to reflect that November 30 and February 12 are No School days, not PD days.
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6.D. INFORMATION /DISCUSSION ITEMS
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6.D.1. District Personnel
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Job Description - .4 FTE Technology Coordinator (note: Board of Education approved Hiring Procedure is included each month for reference purposes)
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6.D.2. Policy Review - First review these are new policies
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208.5 Policy and Procedure Drafting and Format Standard
210.1 Conflict of Interest 302 School Leader Qualifications 302.5 School Leader Evaluation 706 Contributions, Fundraising, and Acceptance of Gifts 721 Procurement (also list the 9/16/24 Procurement Policy to be retired when 721 is adopted)
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6.D.3. Osprey Wilds Annual Required Meetings:
Description:
Dr. Leadbetter attended the 9/15/2026 meeting which covered compliance, technical assistance, and oversight for the 26-27 school year. It was a strong session and the slide deck is attached.
At least one board member is needed at the future 10/13, 11/17, and 1/19 meetings. The next meeting is Tuesday, October 13, 9:30-10:30 AM
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6.D.4. Board Ad Hoc Safety and Security Committee - Update
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6.D.5. Professional Development - Board of Education Trainings
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6.D.6. Board Retreat
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Set a date for the board retreat
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6.D.7. Strategic Planning Matters
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6.D.8. Bylaws
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Amendment to section subd. 3 (e), it should read subs. 3(e) and (f).
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6.E. REPORTS
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(note: board appointed committees schedule is included for reference purposes only) |
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6.E.1. CCS Superintendent Report
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6.E.2. CCS Principal's Report
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6.E.3. Finance Committee
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6.E.4. Academic Performance/Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness
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6.E.5. EE In-Person Committee
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6.E.6. EE Online Committee
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6.E.7. Superintendent Evaluations
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7. AUTHORIZER UPDATE
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8. OCTOBER MEETING PREPARATION
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8.A. Suggestion for Discussion Topics for Next Meeting
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9. BOARD MEETING EVALUATION
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10. ADJOURN the REGULAR BOARD of EDUCATION MEETING
Description:
Schedule of upcoming Board of Education Meetings for 2026-2027:
October 26, 2026 November 23, 2026 December 14, 2026 January 25, 2027 February 22, 2027 March 15, 2027 (change because Spring Break March 22-29) April 26, 2027 May 24, 2027 June 28, 2027 |