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Meeting Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. OPEN FORUM
5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
6.A. Design Team Update: Student Services
6.B. Budget Update
6.C. Policy Development - First Reading 519 Interviews of Students by Outside Agencies, 708 Transportation of Non-Public Students, & 709 Student Transportation Safety
7. CONSENT AGENDA
7.A. Business
7.A.1) Payroll
7.A.2) Recap of Expenditures
7.A.3) Electronic Fund Transfers
7.A.4) Accounts Payable Disbursements
7.A.5) Investment Holdings
7.A.6) Donations
7.B. Personnel
8. ACTION AGENDA
8.A. Motion to Forgo the Reading of Individual Names of Probationary Non-Renewal Staff
8.B. Approval of 2022-23 Probationary Non-Renewal Staffing Resolution
8.C. Increase Micro-Purchasing Threshold Retroactively to July 1, 2022
8.D. Minnesota State High School League Resolution
9. COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSMITTALS
10. ADJOURNMENT
Agenda Item Details Reload Your Meeting
Meeting: May 23, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Business Meeting
Subject:
1. CALL TO ORDER
Subject:
2. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Description:
We are gathered on the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples. I ask you to join me in acknowledging the Dakota and Ojibwe community, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. St. Louis Park Public Schools also acknowledges that it was founded upon exclusions and erasures of many Indigenous Peoples, including those on whose land this school district is located. This acknowledgement demonstrates a commitment to dismantling the ongoing legacies of colonial power and the district’s desire to support the ongoing work of local Indigenous communities to thrive in our schools.
Subject:
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Presenter:
Anne Casey, Board Chair
Description:
It is recommended that the School Board approve the Agenda for May 23, 2023, as presented.

MOTION_____________  SECOND ___________  VOTE ____________
Subject:
4. OPEN FORUM
Description:
In the interest of open communications, the St. Louis Park School District wishes to provide an opportunity for the public to address the School Board .  If you wish to address the School Board, please complete the yellow sheet (name and topic) and present to the Board Chair.  Anyone indicating a desire to speak during Open Forum will be acknowledged by the Board chair and allotted three (3) minutes to present the topic.  During Open Forum, the Board and Administration will listen to comments,  Please be aware that disrespectful comments or comments of a personal nature directed at an individual either by name or inference, will not be allowed.  
Subject:
5. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
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6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Subject:
6.A. Design Team Update: Student Services
Presenter:
Patrick Duffy, Director of Teaching, Learning and Leadership & Student Services Design Team
Description:
Patrick Duffy, Director of Teaching, Learning and Leadership and the Student Services Design Team will provide an update on the Phase I work of the design team. 
Subject:
6.B. Budget Update
Presenter:
Patricia Magnuson, Director of Business Services
Description:
Patricia Magnuson, Director of Business Services, will provide a budget update. 
Subject:
6.C. Policy Development - First Reading 519 Interviews of Students by Outside Agencies, 708 Transportation of Non-Public Students, & 709 Student Transportation Safety
Presenter:
Sarah Davis, Board Director & Policy Committee Chair
Description:
The school board will review policies 519 Interviews of Students by Outside Agencies, 708 Transportation of Non-Public Students, and 709 Student Transportation Safety as a first reading.
Subject:
7. CONSENT AGENDA
Presenter:
Anne Casey, Board Chair
Description:
It is recommended that the School Board approve the Consent Agenda with the following Business and Personnel items for the May 23, 2023 School Board meeting, as presented. 

MOTION__________ SECOND__________ VOTE______
Subject:
7.A. Business
Subject:
7.A.1) Payroll
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7.A.2) Recap of Expenditures
Subject:
7.A.3) Electronic Fund Transfers
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7.A.4) Accounts Payable Disbursements
Subject:
7.A.5) Investment Holdings
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7.A.6) Donations
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7.B. Personnel
Subject:
8. ACTION AGENDA
Subject:
8.A. Motion to Forgo the Reading of Individual Names of Probationary Non-Renewal Staff
Presenter:
Anne Casey, Board Chair
Description:
It is recommended that the School Board forgo the reading of individual names of probationary non-renewal staff.

MOTION____________ SECOND___________ VOTE____________
Subject:
8.B. Approval of 2022-23 Probationary Non-Renewal Staffing Resolution
Presenter:
Anne Casey, Board Chair
Description:
It is recommended that the School Board approve the resolution relating to the 2022-23 non-renewal of the contracts of 8 probationary staff. Roll call vote required.

MOTION____________ SECOND___________ VOTE____________
Subject:
8.C. Increase Micro-Purchasing Threshold Retroactively to July 1, 2022
Presenter:
Patricia Magnuson, Director of Business Services
Description:
It is recommended that the School Board of St. Louis Park Public Schools approve an increase to the School District’s federal Micro-purchase threshold from $10,000 to $25,000 to be consistent with Minnesota Statute § 471.345, subdivision 5, as allowed by 2 CFR § 200.320(a)(1)(iv), for the acquisition of property or services under a Federal award.  This increase is retroactive to July 1, 2022.

MOTION____________ SECOND___________ VOTE____________
Subject:
8.D. Minnesota State High School League Resolution
Presenter:
Astein Osei, Superintendent
Description:
It is recommended that the School Board approve the Minnesota State High School League Resolution for membership 2023-2024, as presented.
Subject:
9. COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSMITTALS
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Description:

TIME _______________

MOTION_____________  SECOND_____________   VOTE_____________

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