Meeting Agenda
I. Call to Order
II. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Mission Moment
V. Public Forum
VI. Item(s): For Discussion - No Action Required by the Board
VI.A. Board Forum
VI.A.1. School Board Committee Meeting Reports
VI.A.2. School Board Work Session Report
VI.B. Administrative Report
VII. Consent Agenda:  Board Action Requested
VII.A. Minutes from July 9, 2025 and August 11, 2025
VII.B. Disbursement Report
VII.C. Personnel Report
VII.D. Title Plan
VIII. Item(s):  Board Action Requested
VIII.A. Policy Revisions (Second Reading)
VIII.B. Extended Trip Request to Ecuador (High Quality Teaching and Learning)
VIII.C. Extended Trip Request to the National FFA Convention (High Quality Teaching and Learning)
VIII.D. Truth in Taxation Hearing Date (High Quality Teaching & Learning)
VIII.E. Rose Street Center
VIII.F. Resolution Appointing Election Judges and Absentee Ballot Board Members
VIII.G. Adult Meal Prices
VIII.H. Gifts to the District
IX. Closed Session: Labor Negotiations Strategy (Minn. Stat. 13D.03)
X. Open Session
XI. Adjournment          
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Owatonna Public Schools
Meeting: August 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting
Subject:
I. Call to Order
Description:
__ Ron Kubicek   __ Timothy Jensen  __ Andrea Van Gelder
__ Elizabeth Hedlund   __ Jolayne Mohs  __ Mark Sebring
__ Lori Weisenburger      
__ Superintendent Champa   __ Student Representative Ayoub Farah
  __ Student Representative Lowell Schultz
Subject:
II. Pledge of Allegiance
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III. Approval of Agenda
Subject:
IV. Mission Moment
Description:
Inspiring Excellence. Every Learner, Every Day.
Subject:
V. Public Forum
Subject:
VI. Item(s): For Discussion - No Action Required by the Board
Subject:
VI.A. Board Forum
Subject:
VI.A.1. School Board Committee Meeting Reports
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VI.A.2. School Board Work Session Report
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VI.B. Administrative Report
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VII. Consent Agenda:  Board Action Requested
Description:
If desired, items may be removed from the consent agenda by request by an individual school board member for independent consideration.  A request is timely if made prior to the vote on the consent agenda.  The request does not require a second or a vote by the school board.  An item removed from the consent agenda will then be discussed and acted on separately immediately following the consideration of the consent agenda.

Roll call vote is required as the consent agenda contains the personnel report.
Subject:
VII.A. Minutes from July 9, 2025 and August 11, 2025
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VII.B. Disbursement Report
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VII.C. Personnel Report
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VII.D. Title Plan
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VIII. Item(s):  Board Action Requested
Subject:
VIII.A. Policy Revisions (Second Reading)
Description:
The attached policies were reviewed by the policy committee and are being presented for a second reading and consideration for approval.  They were first presented at the July 9 meeting. Also attached is the policy revisions summary.

Note: In August, the policy committee reviewed policies with legislative changes. Those policies were added to the list for consideration of approval. When a policy is modified with minor changes that do not affect the substance of the policy or because of a legal change over which the board has no control, the modified policy may be approved at one meeting.

Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
 
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Subject:
VIII.B. Extended Trip Request to Ecuador (High Quality Teaching and Learning)
Description:
Attached is an extended trip request from Nikki Snyder Roberts for a trip to Ecuador (Charting the Galapagos). 
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VIII.C. Extended Trip Request to the National FFA Convention (High Quality Teaching and Learning)
Description:
Attached is an extended trip request for Owatonna FFA to attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana in October.
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Subject:
VIII.D. Truth in Taxation Hearing Date (High Quality Teaching & Learning)
Description:

Minnesota Statutes 275.065, subdivision 3, requires school districts to discuss their final tax levy and budget at a regularly scheduled School Board meeting and allow the public to speak. The meeting must take place at 6 p.m. or later and the district may adopt the final levy at the same meeting. The administration recommends the board hold its truth-in-taxation hearing and take action on the payable 2026 property tax levy at the December 8, 2025 regular board meeting.
Subject:
VIII.E. Rose Street Center
Description:
At the July 9 school board meeting, Sean Williams, Owatonna Area Business Development Center, and Lisa Cochran, Owatonna MainStreet, presented a plan for the Rose Street Center. 
 
Subject:
VIII.F. Resolution Appointing Election Judges and Absentee Ballot Board Members
Description:
Attached is the Resolution Relating to Appointing Election Judges and Absentee Ballot Board Members for the November 4, 2025 School District Special Election. 
 
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Subject:
VIII.G. Adult Meal Prices
Description:
Nutrition Services recommend the following price adjustments for the 25-26 school year:
     Adult Breakfast $2.50  (an increase of $0.10 from 24-25)
     Adult Lunch      $5.25  (an increase of $0.25 from 24-25)
Subject:
VIII.H. Gifts to the District
Description:

Policy 706 establishes guidelines for the acceptance of gifts to the District.  As specified by Minnesota Statute 465.03, the School Board may accept a gift, grant, or property only by the adoption of a resolution approved by two-thirds of its members. Any gifts accepted of more than nominal value (more than $5), shall become property of the District (Policy 421).

The gifts are listed on the attached resolution.
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IX. Closed Session: Labor Negotiations Strategy (Minn. Stat. 13D.03)
Subject:
X. Open Session
Subject:
XI. Adjournment          

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