April 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Independent School District 507 Regular School Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. ROLL CALL
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3. VISITOR COMMENTS
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The school board meeting is a meeting in the public, not a public meeting. Nicollet School Board Policy provides that persons who wish to have a subject discussed at a public school board meeting are encouraged to notify the superintendent’s office in advance of the school board meeting. The school board chair will recognize one speaker at a time and will rule out of order other speakers who are not recognized, violations of data privacy, or inappropriate comments.
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4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5. REPORTS AND PRESENTATION
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5.a. Superintendent's Report
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Legislative update.
The calendar committee continues to work toward completing the 2023-24 and 2024-25 calendars. Their next meeting is April 19. The calendars will be submitted to the school board on May 10.
Scot, Mike (facilities committee) and I are meeting and discuss reconfiguring some instructional space to better serve students. The vo ag food science and school readiness programs currently share the classroom designed for home ec room in the high school.
Roofs for the 1986 building were replaced in 2014, 2015, and 2017. The roofs for the 2006 additions are original. It is important to preserve the remaining life expectancy of our roofs and plan for replacements. Accordingly, a roof survey will be conducted this summer by Inspec. The expense of $6,400 is included with the FY 24 LTFM budget.
Lesueur Henderson notified MVED (Minnesota Valley Education District) that they would withdraw effective June 30, 2023. The remaining members are Cleveland, LCWM, Maple River, St. Clair, St. Peter, and Nicollet. MVED provides special education services and resources to the students of member districts.
The 2023-24 budget proposed by MVED to the superintendents’ advisory council in February would increase costs to Nicollet by $78,000 or 35% (MVED total budget increase 14%). The MVED budget was subsequently revised and currently reflects a cost increase to Nicollet of $40,000 or 18% (MVED total budget increase 11%). The services provided to Nicollet will be the same as last year. I informed the MVED director and the superintendents that these budget scenarios are unacceptable to Nicollet. The MVED director and business manager will meet with each of the member superintendents in the weeks ahead to discuss budget solutions. The budget will be submitted to the MVED board for consideration after it is approved by the superintendents’ advisory council. Ashley Black represents Nicollet on the MVED board. |
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5.b. Principal's Report
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5.c. Student Representative's Report
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5.d. Board Committees' Reports
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6. CONSENT AGENDA
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.a. Approval of Minutes
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6.b. Approval of Bills in the amount of $353,986.63
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6.c. Approval of Personnel Items
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6.d. Accept Donations
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MS 123B.02, Subd. 6 permits the school board to accept donations or gifts for the benefit of the district. The Superintendent recommends approving the donations received.
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7. CHOOSE TO BE NICE PLATFORM
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This agenda item was requested by Nick Thom.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8. GENERAL FUND INFORMATION
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The following information describes the general fund budgets. The amounts shown are initial budgets and will be refined in the weeks ahead. Drafts of the general fund budgets are attached. The completed revised FY 23 and preliminary FY 24 budgets will be presented next month.Enrollment decreased by 14 students from FY 22 to FY 23 and decreased by another 14 students from FY 23 to FY 24.
 The FY 23 unassigned fund balance is expected to decrease from $492,117 to $407,623. This reduces the unassigned general fund balance by $85,000.
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9. ADMINISTRATIVE CONFIGURATION
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The school board reviewed administrative configurations at the December meeting. The analysis completed by the superintendent is attached. Alternative administrative configurations can be considered now that most of the FY 24 general fund data is known. The superintendent recommends no change, continuing to utilize the current administrative configuration.
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10. ADJOURNMENT
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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