September 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

I. Roll Call

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Consider Approval of Board Agenda

III.1. September 23, 2024 School Board Agenda

IV. Consider Approval of School Board Minutes

IV.1. September 9, 2024 School Board Meeting Minutes

V. Open Forum and Reception of Delegations, Petitions, and Communications

V.1. Building and Department Reports

VI. Claims, Hand Checks, Wires

VI.1. Claims, September 18, 2024

VI.2. Hand Checks, September 12, 2024

VI.3. Wire Transfers, September 3, 2024

VI.4. Wire Transfers, September 6, 2024 (#1)

VI.5. Wire Transfers, September 6, 2024 (#2)

VI.6. Wire Transfers, September 16, 2024

VII. Consent Items

VII.1. Terminations

VII.1.a. 6.5 hrs./day Paraprofessional at Cloquet High School (Rachel Golden)

VII.2. Resignation Letters

VII.2.a. Restorative Practice Coordinator (Lindsey Markwardt)

VII.2.b. 6.5 hrs./day AIE Academic Tutor at Cloquet High School (Rosalee Dahl)

VII.2.c. Music Consultant with School Readiness Program (Carla Goldschmidt)

VII.2.d. 3 hrs/day Food Service Worker at Washington (Donna O'Connell)

VII.3. Recommendations for Employment

VII.3.a. 0.5 FTE ECSE Teacher through Churchill Elementary School (Diane Gustafson) pending appropriate licensure

VII.3.b. 7.5 hrs./day AIE Academic Tutor at Cloquet High School (Tracy Ganter)

VII.3.c. 6.75 hrs./day Long Term Substitute School Nurse at Cloquet Middle School (Wendy Newcomb)

VII.3.d. 6.5 hrs./day Paraprofessional at Washington Elementary (Rachel Kittel)

VII.3.e. Youth Volleyball Coach through Community Ed (Tara Romsaas)

VII.3.f. Youth Volleyball Coach through Community Ed (Megan Gerlovich)

VII.3.g. Wrap Around Care Assistant with Early Childhood (Yolanda Acosta-Trotterchaude)

VII.4. Extra Service Contracts

VII.4.a. Extra School Musical Helpers

VII.4.b. Middle School Volleyball Helper (Nicole Vegar)

VII.5. Permission to Post

VII.5.a. 1.0 FTE Restorative Practices Coordinator at Cloquet High and Middle Schools

VII.5.b. 6.5 hrs./day ASD Special Education Paraprofessional at Cloquet High School

VII.5.c. 3 hrs/day Food Service Worker at Washington

VII.5.d. AIE Afterschool Makoons Club Staff

VII.6. Grant Applications/Grant Awards/Donations

VII.6.a. Cloquet Educational Foundation October Grant Requests

VIII. School Board Committee Report

VIII.1. Student Enrollment Report as of September 18, 2024

IX. Agenda Addendums

X. New Business

X.1. Consider Approving the 2024-2025 Coach's Handbook

X.2. Consider Approving the 2024 Proposed School Levy for Taxes Payable in 2025 and Setting the Truth and Taxation Hearing Date of December 9, 2024

X.3. Consider Approving the Central Office's Request to Process Accounts Payable Checks Weekly

X.4. Consider the Approval of a Grant from the Minneapolis Foundation For Indigenous Fiction and Non-Fiction Titles for the High School Library

XI. Superintendent's Report

XI.1. School Board Appreciation and Thank You to School Board Member Ken Scarbrough

XI.2. Sarah Ellena, District Nurse, was selected as Minnesota's 2024 School Nurse of the Year!  Congratulations Sarah!

XI.3. 2024 MN Sustaining Exemplar Schools Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) For Washington Elementary

XI.4. Coach's Handbook

XI.5. Filling the NLA & NLSEC Board Member Open Position

XI.6. Infinite Campus Food Service

XI.7. Elementary Grade Level Reconfiguration Study

XII. For Your Information

XII.1. 2024 Homecoming Court
Boys (left to right): Gage Allen, Blair Chartier, Dane Mason, Hudson Snesrud, Jack Battaglia, Benjamin Saletel, Kaleb Yrjanson, Hunter Eugenis, Max Sundquist, Quinten Larsen
Girls (left to right): Makena Smith, Morgan Olesiak, Addison Sandman, Erin Keating, Clare French, Tenley Kiminski, Lilyana Rosen, Aspen Winbigler, Kaia Boyd, Ellise Boyd
 

XII.2. Internal Transfer of Stronger Connections Grant and ADSIS Grant Staff (J. Ojanen/D. Jago)

XIII. Upcoming Meetings/Events

XIII.1. Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - Equity Committee Meeting - 4 p.m. - Washington Elem.

XIII.2. Monday, September 30, 2024 - Curriculum Committee Meeting - 4 p.m. - Boardroom

XIII.3. Monday, September 30, 2024 - District Technology Committee Meeting - 4 p.m. - CMS Conference Rm B

XIII.4. Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - DAC Meeting - 4 p.m. - Boardroom

XIII.5. Monday, October 14, 2024 - Regular School Board Meeting
5:30 p.m. Working Session
6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

XIII.6. Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - Community Ed Advisory Meeting - 5:30 p.m. - Comm. Ed. Conf. Room

XIV. Adjournment