Monday, February 26, 2024 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Hesse, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Humbert

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action.  Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.

4.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting January 22, 2024 and the Special Board Meeting February 20, 2024. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Thompson will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting. Recommendation is to approve the bill payment of $3,096,665.23 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Thompson will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.

4.D. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

4.D.1. District Education Facility Child Care Assistant Lexie Holum

4.D.2. ROCORI School District Technology Assistant - Michael Downes

4.D.3. ROCORI High School teacher Claire Madden will have a 1 term overload for Trimester 2,  January 29-March 8.  

4.D.4. District Education Facility Child Care Aide Pearl Merchant.  Starting March 18, 2024

4.D.5. District Education Facility Paraprofessional Kelly Lien

4.D.6. ROCORI High School teacher Claire Madden will have an overload for Trimester 3, March 13-May 30, 2024

4.D.7. ROCORI Secondary School Kristina Clem will have a .25 overload for online SPED for Trimester 3, March 13-May 30, 2024

4.D.8. ROCORI Secondary School Denise Fransen will be covering 2 classes per day for SPED January 16-March 8, 2024

4.D.9. ROCORI Secondary School Shannon Pooler will be covering 1 extra class each day for SPED for Trimester 2 January 16-March 8, 2024.

4.D.10. ROCORI Secondary School Kristina Clem will have a .25 overload for online SPED for Trimester 2 December 4-March 8, 2024.

4.E. RESIGNATION - RETIREMENTS
Recommend approval of the following resignations and/or retirements.

4.E.1. District Education Facility Childcare Aide Barbara Dalton.  Resignation effective February 12, 2024. 

4.E.2. ROCORI Secondary School Paraprofessional Mary Chappuis.  Resignation effective immediately. 

4.E.3. ROCORI Secondary School Art Teacher Anita Hendrickx.  Retiring at the end of the 23-24 School Year

4.E.4. ROCORI High School special education teacher James Hasselbrink.  Resignation effective January 23, 2024.

4.E.5. Cold Spring Elementary Paraprofessional Ashley Williams.  Resignation effective March 15, 2024

4.F. POLICIES
The following policy has been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a third and final reading. Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented.

4.F.1. Policy 903 Visitors to School District Buildings and Sites

4.F.2. Policy 907 Rewards

4.G. MEMBERSHIPS
Recommendation: Approve the membership dues for 2023

4.G.1. Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Dues 2024

4.H. REQUEST TO USE DISTRICT PROPERTY
A request to allow the Red River Run to use the parking lot between Cold Spring Elementary and ROCORI High School on July 27th from 7:00 am to 11:00 am.  
Recommendation: Approve the request as presented.

5. ACTION
Action items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues, the need to discuss or review the information prior to taking action, or the specific kind of action required for the item.

5.A. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check #113613 in the amount of $15.89.
Recommendation: Approve the Cold Spring Bakery Payment as presented.

5.B. 5TH GRADE FIELD TRIP
Brian Kothrade, from Cold Spring Elementary, is requesting a 5th grade overnight field trip to the Long Lake Conservation Center on May 17-18, 2024.  

5.C. RESOLUTION TO LIMIT THE ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT PUPILS 
The following resolution was board-approved on February 28, 2022 and was requested at that time to be brought to the school board on an annual basis.
Recommendation: Approve the resolution as presented.

5.D. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION
Be It Resolved, by the School Board of ISD 750, ROCORI, as follows, that the following donation be accepted with gratitude: Thank you to all the organizations and individuals for their donations. 
The school district appreciates your generosity and continued support. 
Recommend adoption of the resolution to accept the donation

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action.  This is also the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item is required.  Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific action.

6.A. BID RECAP AND RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SUMMER 2024 PHASE 1 HVAC IMPROVEMENTS 
Budget Recap from RA Morton including the total project, phase 1 bid, phase 2 budget, contingency and soft costs. 
 

6.B. POLICIES - 1ST READING
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a first reading and call for public comment.  No formal action is expected.

6.B.1. 509 Enrollment of Non-Resident Students

6.B.2. 911 Volunteer Policy
The information in this policy is included in the background check policy. 

6.B.3. 620 ROCORI Policy for Graduation
The policy committee recommends retiring this policy and adopting MSBA Policy 613 Graduation Requirements

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

7.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.

7.B. JOHN CLARK ELEMENTARY AND RICHMOND ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL MARY HOLMBERG WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE

7.C. SECONDARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ALC/ONLINE MATT ANDERSON WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE

7.D. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT JANUARY 2024
The business office provides an update of district expenditures and revenues through the Budget Comparison report. The report is intended to provide a financial picture of the district in a couple ways. One is to compare current year expenditures to the previous year. The second is to simply give a report on the current financial status. In addition to the report, special items of note are highlighted in the explanations offered. This report does not require formal action but is provided as an informational item.

7.E. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

8. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting.  As a general rule, items introduced in the opportunity for comments and requests do not receive action from the School Board, but are taken under advisement or consideration for future action.

9. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

10. ENTER CLOSED SESSION

11. RE-OPEN MEETING

12. ADJOURN