In this communications update, Liz Anderson will update the School Board on the continuing efforts in building strong foundations of communications in every department, team, classroom, building, home and community space in ISD282.  Reports by leaders during School Board meetings are informational with no action required by the Board. 

In this facilities report, Dr Urdahl will update the School Board on the district's long term facilities maintenance plan (LTFM); the results of the most recent radon testing, a new grant to off-set the cost to create gender-affirming bathrooms; and the Safe Routes Grant awarded to the district for new bike racks. This update provides information to the board to help determine the following board actions: future approval of LTFM budget, grant approval by board for both the bike rack and bathrooms.  Reports by leaders during School Board meetings are informational with no immediate action required by the Board. 

Standard 5 for School Board Leadership is Advocacy and Communication.  The school board advances its vision at the local, regional, state, and national levels; engages and builds relationships with both public and private stakeholders and advocates on local, state and national levels.  The Legislative Liaison, Director Oksnevad, will provide an update to the board regarding the advocacy of the SANB Legislative Platform issues. 

Each school board meeting, the superintendent will take time to reflect on the school district’s achievements, events and stories of students and staff. The idea of these notes is to keep the board both informed and inspired of all the amazing work our school community has done over the past two weeks.

The Health Insurance Transparency Act (HITA) requires school districts to seek bids from health insurance providers every two years.  This sealed bid process encourages health insurance providers to make competitive rates based on actual usage. The sealed bids are then opened for review by the district.  The bids are analyzed by the district's third party vendor, Gallagher, and then presented for review with a representative from each bargaining group in the district. At the April 16 work session, the data was reviewed, and the recommendation was made to move forward with Health Partners for medical and dental insurance.  The Hartford will provide Life and Long Term Disability coverage.  

The recommendation is to move forward with the contracts, as presented.  

The recently ratified contract from ISD 282 Teachers is presented for your approval and vote. For the past four months, we have engaged in a collaborative negotiations process with union leaders. This contract includes a number of contract language updates, four MOA (memorandum of understanding) and meaningful salary and benefit provisions that illustrate the high value our district places on our teaching staff. We look forward to working to implement the contract as soon as possible so we can redouble our collaboration in order to further provide effective instruction to our learners while fostering a culture of belonging and dignity. The administration is recommending moving forward with the contract as presented.   

The recommendation is to approve the ratified 2023-2025 SAVEA Master Teacher Contract, as presented. 

The 2023-24 adopted budget was based on information collected during the middle of last year.  The proposed budget revision is updated with enrollment on October 1 of the current year, staffing allocations and other updated estimates.  In addition, the beginning fund balances are also updated to reflect the audited 2022-23 ending fund balance.

The recommendation is to approve the revised 2023-2024 budget, as presented. 
 

This is the second discussion by the school board regarding the potential renewal of the 2014, 10 year, operating levy. The board will discuss next steps as outlined in the memo provided.