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March 16, 2021 School Board Minutes
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| School Board Meeting Minutes March 16, 2021 The Board of Education of Independent School District #238 met on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm in the Media Center. Members present in person: Wilder, Livingood, Adkins, Miller, Weidemann, Tollefsrud, Marquardt, Superintendent Kuphal, and Student Representative Colton Heintz-Kuderer Also present in person: Principal Michelle Weidemann, District Secretary Lisa Halverson, Rich Wicks, Sam Farnen, Time Mengis, Lauren Wyffels, Jordyn Newgard Others present via visible-audible technology: Pam Rasmussen The meeting was called to order by Chair Adkins at 6:01 pm. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Agenda Changes/Additions: Motion by Marquardt, second by Livingood and carried unanimously, to approve the revised agenda. Motion was passed 7-0. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Miller, second by Wilder and carried unanimously, to approve the February 17, 2021 minutes. Motion was passed 7-0. Consent Agenda: Motion by Miller, second by Livingood and carried unanimously, to approve the consent agenda. Motion was passed 7-0. . Student Representative Report: Senior trip to D.C. has been cancelled and rescheduled to Florida - still working on details. Boys basketball playoffs start tonight, girls playoffs start Thursday. Good luck to both teams. Spring sports start at the end of the month. A drive-through turkey dinner is scheduled for March 28th. PreK-12 Principal Report: Sr. High Knowledge Bowl will be going to state in Rochester April 9th. Good luck to the boys and girls basketball teams at tournament play. Winter awards will be held March 30th similar to how we did Scholar Club awards day. Parent-Teacher conferences were held earlier this month with the option to meet in-person or virtual. Overall, had a good turnout. MCA’s are schedule April 12th-May 13th Discussion was held on whether graduation should be added to the exclusion list under chemical violations in the handbook. The board agreed to allow graduation this year, if we should happen to be faced with this situation. This will be addressed again at a later date. Graduation and Softball Playoffs Round 3 are both scheduled for June 4th. Further discussion to follow if necessary. Superintendent: Gary addressed the June 4th potential schedule conflict with graduation and softball playoffs. In his experience, games do not get moved. Schools are to make a decision on whether they reschedule graduation or not. Gary will have Lonnie look into this and report back. Enrollment is unbelievably steady. Other schools have suffered hard hits due to the pandemic. In previous years, Golf and Track athletes have been responsible for their transportation to practices, but could share a bus to attend meets. This year, athletes are not allowed to share a bus due to the pandemic. Gary will contact either Bernard Bus Company to arrange transportation to meets, or make our own arrangements. This will be paid for with CARES funding. Athletes will still be responsible for their transportation to practices. Enrollment: Enrollment was reviewed. Items for Action and/or Discussion: Sr. Class request for days off: Jordyn Newgard and Lauren Wyffels presented on behalf of the 2021 senior class, requesting May 27th-June 2nd off to prepare for graduation. This request is two days more than what has been allowed in the past due to missing out on special reward days, the class trip being cut down by two days, and sports seasons being pushed back all being results of COVID. Motion by Adkins, second by Tollefsrud to allow seniors to take off the last week of school, but not the extra two days. Roll call vote was taken. Adkins, Marquardt, Miller, Tollefsrud, and Wilder voted in favor of the motion. Livingood and Weidemann voted against. Motion was passed 5-2. “Once Upon a Town - Mabel, MN 1879-2019”: Tim Mengis attended the board meeting in Dode Stoskopf’s absence and donated 12 books to the school library. Five books were donated by Phil Richert, three donated by Dode Stoskopf, and four donated by Cheryl Housker. A second printing of the book is in process and books will go on sale again at the Mabel Community Center March 28th 10:00am-2:00pm and March 29th 4:00-6:00pm. Tim expressed his appreciation to the School Board for all they do. 2020-21 Memorandum of Understanding: Motion by Weidemann, second by Widler and carried unanimously, to approve the MOU for the year and the dollar amount for the first semester. The MOU is to provide additional compensation to teachers for teaching both synchronously and asynchronously. Motion was passed 7-0. Learning Model Update: Back to in-person full time. Students and staff seem to be happy to be back. Referendum Project Update: Will finalize science area plans this Friday after meeting with science teachers one last time. Picked bleacher color - very close to school color blue. Door in NE corner of gym will be changed to single door to gain more bleacher space. There will be two walk-ways on each set of bleachers. Discussion was held on style of bleachers - Gary will look into the cost of flat seating bleachers. Working on final decision of gym floor - center circle will be the new cougar model. Will be getting new stage curtains, lighting, and sound system. Windows are currently scheduled to be replaced this Summer, but may move to next Summer when the new HVAC system is installed. Will be requesting quotes for playground equipment. Still looking for companies to bid on concrete steps at North entrance. Virtual and onsite prebids will be held the first week of April. Future Meeting and Calendar Updates: April 20, 2021; School Board Meeting, 6:00pm May 18, 2021; School Board Meeting, 6:00pm June 15, 2021; School Board Meeting, 6:00pm July 20, 2021; School Board Meeting, 6:00pm August 17, 2021; School Board Meeting, 6:00pm Adjournment: Motion by Wilder, second by Marquardt and carried unanimously to adjourn at 7:20 pm. Motion was passed 7-0. Jason Marquardt, Clerk___________________________________ |
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