October 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - Linda Laurie

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. OPEN FORUM
Public Forum will be placed on the agenda for Regular Board meetings.  During this part of each Regular School Board meeting, up to ten minutes of time will be allowed for district constituents to address the School Board.  Each person or topic may have up to two minutes of time.  This is a time of "listening" by the School Board.

4. CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESSES

4.1. Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation to Val Kvale / Youth Apprenticeship Program - Johanna Thomas

4.2. High School Engineering Class Report - Casey McIntyre / Marsha Langseth

5. APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA - ACTION

6. CONSENT ITEMS - (Appendix) - Linda Laurie - ACTION
Only one motion is needed to approve all consent items.  Consent items are considered non-controversial and no questions or comments will be taken.  Any item that is requested to be removed from the consent agenda by a School Board member will be discussed and acted on for independent consideration immediately following approval of the consent agenda.

6.1. Appointments, Adjustments, Independent Contracts

6.2. Leaves of Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Terminations

6.3. Minutes of School Board Workshops, Meetings and Miscellaneous Committees

6.3.1. September 19, 2013 District Curriculum Committee Meeting

6.3.2. September 23, 2013 School Board Regular Meeting

6.4. Monthly Bills for Payment:

6.4.1. October 7, 2013 Payment Register $1,906,419.14

6.4.2. October 21 2013 Payment Register $756,903.85

6.5. Ice Arena Agreement with City of Albert Lea

6.6. Memorandum of Understanding with Albert Lea Education Association

6.7. Miscellaneous Donations

6.8. Annual Report on Curriculum, Instruction and Student Achievement (Appendix)

6.9. Donate 30 Northern Lights, 2003 textbooks to the Fairmont School District

7. REPORTS

7.1. Superintendent Report - Dr. Funk

7.2. Student School Board Member Report - Jacob Jensen / Sarah Savelkoul

7.3. School Board Member Reports - Board Members

8. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

8.1. MMR Test Update - Mary Williams

8.2. Data Discussion Regarding Recent High School Graduates - Jeff Halverson

9. SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS

10. EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS

10.1. Approval of Custodial Bargaining Unit Master Contract - Jim Quiram - ACTION

10.2. Approval of HVAC Bid Results for Southwest (Appendix) - Lori Volz - ACTION

10.3. Policies for Review - Dr. Funk

10.3.1. 414 Mandated Reporting of Child Neglect or Physical or Sexual Abuse (First Reading)

10.3.2. 522 - Student Sex Non-Discrimination

11. OTHER BUSINESS

12. CLOSED SESSION - M.S. § 13D.03 - Labor Negotiations - Linda Laurie - ACTION

13. ADJOURNMENT