March 24, 2025 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Kollar, Vettleson

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 March 10, 2025. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Vettleson 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 $3,195,796.87 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Vettleson 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. Cold Spring Elementary 4th Grade Long Term Sub - Halle Strunk

4.D.2. District Education Facility Childcare Assistant - Alexa Lopez

4.D.3. District Education Facility and Cold Spring Elementary Childcare Assistant - Neely Iten

4.D.4. Cold Spring Elementary Childcare Assistant - Jodi Guggenberger

4.D.5. District Education Facility Childcare Assistant - Yamilet Andrade

4.D.6. Cold Spring Elementary Childcare Assistant - Nevaeh Theis

4.D.7. ROCORI Secondary School custodian - Judas Huffman

4.E. RESIGNATION/RETIREMENT
Recommend approval of the following resignation and/or retirements.

4.E.1. ROCORI High School Teacher, Dave Hinkemeyer, will be retiring at the end of the 24-25 school year.  Retirement effective June 1, 2025. 

4.E.2. ROCORI High School Teacher Kyle Mackedanz.  Resignation is effective at the end of the 24-25 school year. 

4.E.3. Cold Spring Elementary Paraprofessional - Emily DeMorett.  Resignation effective Friday, March 28.

4.E.4. District Education Facility Cleaner - Cole Albers.  Resignation effective April 4, 2025.

4.E.5. ROCORI Middle School EL Teacher - Joan Stanly.  Resignation is effective at the end of the 24-25 school year. 

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 220 Student Representation on School Board

4.G. LANE CHANGES
The Master Agreement with our teaching staff allows our teachers to request a lane change in September, December and March of each school year. A report of the requested lane changes is included in your documents for approval. Once approved, the change becomes part of their pay the following month.
Recommendation: Approve the lane changes as presented. 

5. PRESENTATION

5.A. ACTIVITIES UPDATE
Director of Activities, Mitch Dorr, will give a ROCORI activities update. 

6. 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.

6.A. NON-RENEWAL RESOLUTION
The resolution included is for the non-renewal of Tier 1 teachers at the end of the 2024-2025 school year.
Recommend adoption of the resolution to terminate by non-renewal of these contracts.

7. CLOSED SESSION 
(Motion and vote to enter, no action taken)
*Pursuant to M.S.122A.40 the school board will close the meeting to discuss the non-renewal of a teacher's contract during the probationary period.  At its next open meeting, the school board shall summarize its conclusions regarding the discussion.

8. RE-OPEN MEETING
A motion is needed to re-open the meeting.

9. BOARD ACTION ON TOPIC DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION

9.A. NON-RENEWAL RESOLUTION
The resolution included is for the non-renewal of Probationary teachers at the end of the 2024-2025 school year.
Recommend adoption of the resolution to terminate by non-renewal of these contracts.

10. 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.

10.A. CALENDAR 2025-2026
The calendar for the 2025-2026 school year has been reviewed by the calendar committee. It is being presented for discussion.  No formal action is expected. 

11. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

11.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT FEBRUARY 2025
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.

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

12. 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.

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

14. ADJOURN