April 27, 2026 5:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Vettleson, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Kollar, Bohnsack

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action.  Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.

4.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting on April 13, 2026. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meeting.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Thompson will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting. Recommendation is to approve the bill payment of $3,418,663.28 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Thompson will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.

4.D. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

4.D.1. John Clark Elementary School cook's helper, Gayle Sauer, is reducing her hours from 25 hours per week to 15-20 hours per week.  

4.D.2. Cold Spring Elementary cook's helper, Stacy McCann, will be adding 30 minutes per day to her schedule. This will change her total hours from 30 hours per week to 32.5.

4.D.3. Cold Spring Elementary 3rd grade classroom teacher for the 26-27 school year - Mia Fiedler

4.D.4. ROCORI Middle School sixth grade teacher for the 26-27 school year - Rachael Mackowick

4.D.5. ROCORI Middle School math teacher for the 26-27 school year — Megan Gavin. 

4.D.6. ROCORI High School science teacher for the 26-27 school year - Calem Cochran

4.D.7. ROCORI High School Head Football Coach for the 26-27 school year — Alex Larson

4.D.8. Cold Spring Elementary special education paraprofessional for the 26-27 school year - Peggy Loso

4.E. RESIGNATIONS AND/OR TERMINATIONS
Recommend approval of the following resignations and/or terminations.

4.E.1. Cold Spring Elementary special education paraprofessional, Kim Hulsebus, will be resigning effective May 28, 2026.

4.E.2. Cold Spring Elementary special education teacher, Rachel Konz, will be resigning effective at the end of the 25-26 school year. 

4.E.3. ROCORI Secondary school custodian Madison Linder.  Termination effective April 15, 2026.

4.F. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST

4.F.1. ROCORI Secondary school para, Nikki Vogel, is requesting leave from April 7, 2026 through the end of the 25-26 school year. 

5. ACTION
Action items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues, the need to discuss or review the information prior to taking action, or the specific kind of action required for the item.

5.A. FY25-26 REVISED BUDGET
CESO has prepared the 2025-2026 revised budget.  Recommendation to approve the revised budget as presented. 

5.B. FUND BALANCE TRANSFER
Requesting to transfer funds from the committed separation account in the amount of $208,857 to the unassigned general fund.  Recommendation to approve the fund balance transfer as presented. 

5.C. ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES
ROCORI has used Nova Care for the past 11 seasons for athletic training services.  Recommendation to approve the contract with them for the next 3 years. 

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action.  This is also the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item is required.  Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific action.

6.A. POLICIES 
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a second reading.  No formal action is expected.

6.A.1. Policy 415 — Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults
Last updated 8/15/2022.  No MSBA changes since. 

6.A.2. Policy 502- Search of Student's Lockers, Desks, Personal Possessions, and Students person. 
Last updated 8/6/2022.  NO MSBA changes since.

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

7.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT MARCH 2026
The business office provides an update of district expenditures and revenues through the Budget Comparison report. The report is intended to provide a financial picture of the district in a couple ways. One is to compare current year expenditures to the previous year. The second is to simply give a report on the current financial status. In addition to the report, special items of note are highlighted in the explanations offered. This report does not require formal action but is provided as an informational item.

7.C. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

8. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting.  As a general rule, items introduced in the opportunity for comments and requests do not receive action from the School Board, but are taken under advisement or consideration for future action.

9. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

10. ADJOURN