United States of America to the stands nation for all. All right, welcome. So, I do know of one change to our agenda uh for this evening. We're adding an action item. Uh, can I get a motion to approve the agenda with that change? >> So moved by Schmidt. >> Second by Scully to approve the agenda with the additional action item. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. Uh, moving to uh, some future events. Please check the district calendar and resource guide or the district website for a complete list of monthly events. Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026, school board work session at 5:00 pm. Moving on to consent agenda. Can I get a motion? >> So moved by Hennon, >> second by Vala to approve the following items of the consent agenda. Minutes of the May 19 school board regular meeting and May 26 work session. bills paid for April 2026 in the following amounts of 5,210,825 and personnel items. All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. Moving on to presentations, special guests and recognitions. Panther Foundation presentation of donation. Uh Nyall Zickman, Panther Foundation chairperson. Rachel Fulen, Panther Foundation chair, vice chair and 2025 Panthers for purpose party chair and Colleen Peterson, executive director of community education and outreach. >> Good evening board. Um, it's my pleasure. I'm I'm going to speak very little tonight because I have two esteemed board members with me tonight from the Panther Foundation. Uh, Nyall Zickman, come on up. And Rachel Fulen. Nile is our outgoing chairperson. He has served six years. And Rachel is actually our incoming chairperson. So, I'm pleased to have both of them here tonight. Oh, we That technically hasn't been voted on yet, but that's what we're expecting. >> It does. So, I'll let them share the good news. Come on up. >> Okay. So, you can't see it yet, but this is a big check that represents the totality of grants and initiatives the Panther Foundation awarded this year. Tonight's check represents uh 23 different projects totaling $133,71 and we have one final board meeting next week which we'll probably add to that. Notably this year we raised 47,45 for this year's funded dream at the Panthers for a party um Panthers for a purpose party to help support the Pathways program um the C career and college pathways. We contributed $25,000 towards the replacement of a grand piano for the fine arts center. I think that's the biggest grant that I've been a part of approving. So that was exciting and that is in collaboration with the Spring Lake Park Lions Club. We're very proud to support the purchase and distribution of Milestone Moments um t-shirts to all the kids entering kindergarten, fifth, and nth grade this year to welcome them to their new schools and um help them boost their Panther pride. It was an honor to fund the fan bus for state championships for football and um the girls hockey program. So that was an exciting thing that we got to vote for. Um we're pleased to have funded the seven our seventh year of senior signs this year, a proud community awareness project. And while the grant was funded last year, we welcomed home two new Parker the Panther mascot costumes. A genuinely welcome project by those who get to wear them this year. I got to wear the old one a few times for North Point and I'm sure this one smells much better. The community board is thrilled to support and panther with Spring Lake Park schools. This partnership is made possible through a gener gener a generosity of our community through participation participation of the Panther Foundation activities, financial contributions and the gift of time shared by very many um volunteers dedicated volunteers. So, >> are we holding this? Are you taking a picture? >> Well, do you have comments first? >> I do have comments. >> Why don't you start with the comments and then we'll have >> It's always a pleasure to get an open mic. [laughter] So, as I contemplated what to say tonight, I I wanted to make sure I embarrassed at least one person. So, I'm going to do that. I'm going to compliment a number of person and just give you a little history lesson. uh lived in the community for 68 years. For 38, we've had a relationship with Spring Lake Park Schools. Our son went through the system and five exchange students went through that system and we just visited one of them in Japan and last year we visited one in Norwegian and those have been priceless memories. I want to embarrass Colleen as I was recruited by Colleen pretty hard. I think you for five years I finally said yes. One of the most rewarding and best decisions I ever made. You've got something magical going on here. I've been in the nonprofit world my entire life either working directly or through scouts through church through the fire department which is nonprofit rotary you name it. what you've created here by allowing the staff support of this Panther Foundation, we've accelerated. I'm going to some degree embarrass Rachel is the president. I was the treasurer before that. We had a goal to get to half million dollars for endowment. We blew past by it in the second year she was the Panther Foundation chair. She set the model of lowering the cost and increasing the revenue. Government should live by that, right? And so we're in places we've never been before, right? 133, that's what we used to raise. We're giving that away. But I I sit and think about how these things work. Why does it work here? It works because you have a school board that understands partnerships and collaborations that you allow the staff to do things that other nonprofits, the people in nonprofit have to do. All you do all of that mundane work, if you will, and that attracts people like me and Rachel are willing to more time and ali right and those gaylas I had to get a mage many times because I call it a gayla it's a party right and so I think you uh you'd be wise to continue this model of supporting that from the board and the staff it attracts people that are willing to give and that's a giving event I just did our Rotary event and we raised 26,000 right year over a half million in endowment. It's in good hands. I'm glad it's going to she's going to succeed me depending on the vote, but I'm pretty sure that's already been rigged. So, uh yes, and I I'll cherish my time, but uh happy to hand it off. So, thanks everyone involved. This this was rewarding the stuff we did. >> Yes. Now, That was >> Check yours. Okay. >> Hey, Nile, I want to tell you what I tell every fabulous person that leaves the Panther Foundation. Just take one year off and come right back. >> Thanks for everything you do. And Nile, if you don't think too hard about it because we we know how to get you to join back, Colleen. [laughter] Awesome. Any other comments on the Panther Foundation? I mean, it's it's amazing what what they do and how they support the district. It's I mean, the things that we don't think about and sometimes we take for granted, they've always stepped up, come they've come to rescue us in in many, many ways. but uh just how they support the kiddos and the teachers, the staff. Um just very appreciative and how even the community rallies around that. So >> all that's true, but go to the party because it's a lot of fun. >> Yes, it is. Yes. >> I do want to say that there's number of people in the Panther Foundation that one of the things I really appreciate they do is they raise a lot of money. I don't know why he's doing that, but they raised a ton of money for the district. But more than that, they have the community events that allow people to just be part of the community. And I think that's a huge part of who the Panther Foundation is. I think it's a huge part of why we had the level of support we did on our levy on our bond years ago and things like that because they're just a network into the community into and they try to reach every part of the community and that's uh that's that Yep. And that's something that not every school district has. So, I think it's the the money that they raise and that they donate is unbelievable compared to other districts. But beyond that, it's the things like that doesn't bring in as much money, but gives a lot of people an opportunity. Things like the event in the fall and it's the the truck start your engines event and things like that that they do throughout the the year. So, thank you very much for all that you do. >> Moving on to discussion reports and information items. >> [clears throat] >> Engaged, enthusiastic learners. Align work of adults to continuously improve personalized instruction and responsiveness to meet our students unique and varied needs. Athletics and activity update winter spring 2025 2026. Mr. Will Wackman, Spring Lake Park High School activities and athletic director. And I'll start with she we got to put a plug in for the golf tournament couple Mondays from now, June 29th. Go to the website, sign up. Sponsors, we'll take them all. No, Colleen does a great job. They're a partner with us obviously and and like Nile said, you know, you guys in my job, our district's different because we find a way to do things. I tell you that all the time. You know, if it's good for kids, we find a way. And he just said that, too. You know, and why for the priceless memories? That's why we do it. So, and man, we had a lot of priceless memories this year. Holy cow, I'm just It's been a day for me going to two state tournaments, but I've just been thinking about this whole year, and you go, "Wow." I've been here for 27 years or even more than that with with coaching. When I started coaching, I just don't remember a year like this. I just don't. So, uh what a what a great thing. It's just been awesome. Panthers everywhere. That's what uh the year of the Panther. I think we started that this year, didn't we? So, uh and uh what a great thing. So, I just super excited um with that. And I've probably got a lot. So, hold on. you know, it might be a little bit just this tonight because we got a lot of cool things. But, um, I'm running on fumes today because I was at golf and then at at volleyball and what just awesome to watch those things, you know, kids work really hard and actually get to that point. We have a lot of kids that don't get to that that that awesome event. But, uh, it's fun to see our kids just do great great things. Um, I was thinking about, you've seen this before. I I put that picture in there. If you look at that picture of the pole vault, every time I watch Sawyer Cleawer Clees do that, I'm amazed because I would never do that because you got to stretch yourself to do that. Um, and you just watch these kids, they're running with a pole, they stick it in the ground and they go and you go, "How did you even start doing that?" You know, so we have some really good pall coaches, but you got to have courage to do that. And that's one of the life lessons that we take away from that. You got to have courage to try those things and it's just a was a great picture. I uh I think he actually missed on that one, but he actually was all state. So, he did make that make that height later on. So, uh and then you see Ka there. She's our all she's our all state goalie. And I still question why people do that. They sit in a net and a puck flies at them at 60 miles an hour and but there's more courage for you. So, um, we offer 15 boys and girls sports. Um, probably soon to be another one. Flag football is coming down the road. Uh, I'll talk about that in a little bit. Um, girls wrestler. We actually had our first girl girls wrestler this year and that's moving down. Teams are getting bigger. So, they're starting to talk about adding girls wrestling. So, if we need to do that, I'm sure I'll be coming to you guys and saying or come to Amy and say we got to do it because it's the right thing for kids. Um, we have 49 clubs that goes ranges. We range from 58 to 40, but we're right in there. It's just awesome. Um, because we find adults that are willing to to sit around with kids and do cool things after school on their own time without getting paid. Most of our adviserss don't get paid. They do it. They do it because they like being around the kids and and they know that's that spark that brought them to school that day. Um, Megan, like Matthew did, had people stand up at the graduation, which I love. We're trying to get to 100%. Still not there. That's our goal. Um, but what was cool, she kind of said, "Stand up if you play for a state championship." And it's like, "Wow." And we had we have multiple teams that we have a team and we have one tomorrow that are playing for a state championship in every season this year. So, that was kind of cool to see that. Um, so what a great year. And and just highlighting some of our clubs, our 49 clubs. I wanted to talk about student council because they kind of drive our school uh uh school spirit. They put in all these they put in all these hours before school to get these things done so that they don't see and then everybody sees their public display, but they put so much time in after. And Amy Brockman and Jamie Romero is doing a great job and and our kids are awesome with that. Um model UN we had we need, you know, we talked a lot about democracy this year and we got we have a club that that deals with that. So, um, Jackie Oliver's taken that on. It's just awesome for kids to to to talk about those things. Flag football, um, it's blown up. We had 24 girls last year. We have over 60 this year. So, we need to buy more uniforms. That's what we figured out. So, but it was just amazing. And, and Coach Olinger, some schools cut girls. Actually, they cut girls. And then Coach Olinger said, "We're not going to do that." you know, we we'll talk about that later, but we just want girls to try it and like it and we're actually pretty darn good and it's the real deal. Um, I went a couple Sundays ago, I went to Anoka High School and it was on their football field, get the lights on, concessions going. I I walk out there, there's referees that actually do our Friday night football in the fall. You're like, "Wow, this is the real deal." And uh, you know, it was it was really fun to watch. And I I was surprised to the way they throw the ball, catch the ball, it's It's Greta's pretty physical out there. I'll talk about Gret in a bit. But she got a few roughing penalties, which I didn't know there was that until I saw her. So, it was great. But, I mean, those are the things that, you know, we didn't even anticipate that we'd triple our numbers and something. So, we got to figure out a way to how do we keep spurring that and that's awesome that we did it. So, credit to those coaches that do it. I talked about uh that girl the girls wrestling in there, but there's our sports for you on there. Our boys volleyball has just been a just a a gem for our school district, right? It's captured all these kids that didn't play athletics before and that's a really cool thing. So, um I know how important athletics were for me and activities that changed my life. So, that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to change lives a little bit. Um and I think we do that. Um our purpose I I bring I leave this slide up every time for you is we want to create a positive experience for kids. Um we want to connect them with a caring adult. We want to teach life lessons. That's our goal. All right. We're trying to Our product is good people. You know, if we win championships, that's great. But, uh, our product is good people. Uh, I just saw I was walk I was at the high school before I came here and and came Shelley Degan off the bus from state uh, volleyball and they're, you know, but nobody se Shelley Degan does yearbook and gets 700 yearbooks out last week and then she's coaching a a state entrant volleyball team. So, it's just like those are the type of people that are around our kids, you know, and she loves those boys. She really loves those boys. So, it's just awesome to have her. She's built this program and her her goal is to keep sustaining this. So, um she might need some money from the Panther Foundation to keep that up, but she's gonna and I'm sure she'll ask too. So, but we want to support her in that because it's such a great it's been such a great thing for our school. Um and that uh I think you know, what we do aligns with with our vision as a school district. Um, we want a personalized experience. I I I was going to have Greta Soom here. I've mentioned her a couple times. I was going to have Greta Soom come today and just tell her about her experience. Unfortunately, like her mom could she's getting cut her wisdom teeth out this morning. Her mom's like, "It's the only time." And I'm like, "Yeah, I know why." Because Greta plays football. She plays basketball. She's a track. She just set her district discus record which was like over 43 years old. She just broke that the other day. She plays on her flag football team. She's in National Honor Society. She's a Panther mentor for multiple years. And she's starting to dabble in water polo um in that club. And you're like this unbelievable, you know, and oh, she was on their allconerence music festival. She's, you know, our AAA winner. You're like, whoa. You know, and she was a she was I want to come. And I'm like, you know, your mom needs you to just get this taken care of because you're going off to college. But that's the kind of, you know, people ask me why you do my job. That's why right there. Cuz that kid is I don't know how she does her homework and but she's a great student and all that and and that's that's the experience we're giving those kids and that's what we want. That's what you guys want and that's uh just awesome. So, um, there's our there's our flag football girls, too. So, uh, math team, Sam was here. Sam left. He became our state champion. So, there he is. We were 11th. It was awesome to I actually went to that to the final contest and he he got one wrong and he was really upset, but Mike said, I think he's got enough points to be the the state champion. So, I don't know if I said this like a a good career was like a 100 points and Sam had like 399. >> So, that's like a great career is 100 and they they said that at the event you're like, "Wow." So, uh Sam's just going to go he's just going to do great things. So, DECA 42 students qualified for the state uh competition. We had gold certification. You can see those names there. One of them has a familiar last name, I think. And uh so it's just you know Ingred Hannah Sophia that's just awesome that they want to go do that. That's on their own time too. That's what's a they choose to do this. So what a cool thing. Our robotics team, shout out to them. They were at the Rotary Club showing off. It was awesome. They show off to the Rotary Club. Colleen gets in there and and but I didn't know they became this year they became an alliance captain and that's like a huge deal because you become a top team and you you then form part of their competition is you you join with other teams. Well, they've never been the captain and they actually chose them to be a captain to lead a group of other schools. So, they were really excited about that. Credit to them uh for doing that. So, that was awesome. um OEC and I told Bill I said I'm not talking about you this year Bill it's just the list you know it's unbelievable what Bill does and you know he he'll probably be here in [laughter] August with some world champion and no but he just does great he just does great work and things like that and that's real world stuff you know you walk out of our high school I walk out they got the jaws of life going I mean how cool a day is that you know there's Wickland banging nail guns You know, you walk down the hall and the pathways. It's un, you know, it's what a cool day. You know, you you're in the sun, go, "Well, this is a good day. This is a fun day at school." Yeah. They're all excited. Let's wreck cars today. So, Spring Lake Schools, we wreck cars and build houses at the same time. So, um, what a great what a great thing though. That doesn't happen though. You I mean you guys I my colleagues, they they find ways to say no. We don't. So, you that that's credit to you guys. Um, so I just love working here. So speech first place in the Cambridge I we sent fishermen to Oklahoma. I mean we're we're not just in the state of Minnesota. So you're the Panther outside. Our choir went to Chicago. I mean we're all over the place. So uh curling teams were up in Baiji. Our Parker helping hands. This is just they just go do cool things like paint the Able Park signs. What a cool thing. So that was one of our groups that went and did that led by Whitney Booth. They go play, they went and played big bass at Woodrest. They chocked Woodrest and Park Terrace. So they're out in the community doing so. It's not just winning championships. It's like really cool stuff that that benefits our community, right? And Spring Lake Park, uh, city of Spring Lake Park, they're a great partner for softball fields with us. So the least we can do is find a way to help them. So, with that, and I already talked about flag football, our theaters, uh, program is just awesome. Um, there's a little shops. I mean, just look at the costumeuming for that. It's unbelievable that somebody does that. Um, our all state music, we have multiple people that get all state music. That's not normal, you know, and one or one, maybe two is good for a school. We routinely have three or four kids every year. So, credit to our music uh department for putting in all the hard work with that. Um, Maria Art with our our MSHSL fine arts things. I mean, those are that's student that spotlight on arts is as high as you can get in and uh so Anna would pedigree conjoin pallets in nature at digital photography. So, they kind of pick what they want to do and then they go and they put in a contest and and we do pretty darn good. So, you can see what and Riley did with that. So that's that's our, you know, but that's somebody, you know, they find their spark, right? Whether that's on a football field or on a sheet of ice, that's in a classroom, and they they do their thing there. So they find what they love to do and that's just awesome. Um, not my idea. Um, but I never say no. So we had a music commitment day. We have 20 kids that have committed to do to do music. So, it was like a signing day for music. Was not my idea at all. Um, it was Megan's idea and she said she just kind of threw it at me and so we figured it out. So, we did it. We thought it was appropriate to do it in the fine arts center. We used music stands because that's kind of what they do and it was a really cool day. So, we're going to continue doing that. So, >> so honoring kids that want to keep doing music as we go. And I haven't even got to sports yet. So, I mean, what a pretty cool year, right? We haven't even got to the to to highlight. So, that was just a cool idea that, you know, wow, you know, you're going to do something, take something from a love that you got from school and you're going to take that into your life. And I heard I mean some of them are majoring in you know they're going to be want to be doctors and and I mean it was like wow okay so you're going to keep doing that on top of a totally different major in college. So you know they want to be in the choir at their at their school. So just a credit to our our music staff again. Um there's our winter team highlights and [clears throat] we just we're give a lot we do good. Our hockey team is is really, really, really good. Our alpine ski team is awesome. Um, our NORC ski is awesome. Mike Miller, he's uh he retired this year, 30, 36 years or something as our Nordic CE coach. So, that was pretty cool. He's been retired for like six years. And I'm like, why do you like keep coming back? And he I was only going to do it one more year. And he said, I can't. I I just love being around the kids. So there's a guy that was gonna I'm going to give you two more years. And he ended up giving us like six more years after retirement. So finally he said, "I have to retire." I said, "Mike, you got to do it at some point. We get it." So he said, "I'll still be around. He's still going to help." So he said he'll volunteer. So I I got a feeling he'll be around more than he says he will. So when I go to a Nordic event, I'm sure I'll see Mike there. But um we did a great job. We sent three G uh three athletes up to uh to Boic and competed and uh Ma was all state there and so we had a couple more that were they're all coming back. Those three on the top are all coming back. So our Nordic should be great. Ka is a two-time uh all state goalie for us. So UC Dance is they produce all state girls every year. Um 22 all allconerence kids. So, we have some really, really, really, really good student athletes and it's fun to watch them. So, we had some of the people in the audience here watching them today. So, boys golf, uh, they're playing today. They're playing for a state championship that we have a really, really good boys golf program. Our girls golf is trending in the right direction because they were third uh, in the section. So, they're moving up as well. Um, it's fun to watch these kids. Um, it was awesome today. They wore pink. They're wearing a school color tomorrow. I said, "We're going to win a trophy. We need to be in a school color, Erica, for branding purpose." But they did pay. What was kind of cool was you could see all of our fans today. That was really just the support that they had. So that was it was bigger than anybody else was there. So it was really fun to just kind of look down a fairway. Oh, there's our guys right there. So it was awesome. And they played really really well. So, um, track and field, our boys, our boys were section five champions or five triple second, uh, excuse me, second in section and then second in the conference, which our conference meet is actually harder than our section meet because our our conference is pretty elite in track and field. So, to get second, our boys was just a great job. That means you're good at a lot of things, you know, so you have good throwers and you have, you know, pole bolters and jumpers and things like that. So it it's really cool to see us. They weren't they were about middle of the pack and they the last couple years gone to the top. So that's awesome to see the improvement of it. It's a lot of hard work for that. Uh we have some really good spring athletes. There's Payton right there. I tell you the the adapted bowling state tournament is one of the best events I go to every year because it's just a happy place, right? That's awesome. And Payton, literally, we didn't think she was going to get all the name. Payton flag. I mean, literally the whole [clears throat] place had to move to get her up to to get her medal. It was just awesome to see. What a cool thing um for her and her family. Our golfers are really, really good. We got two that are all state. Isaiah right there. You can see Isaiah. Isaiah is pretty special. He finished second, third, and fourth in the three jumps. high jump, triple jump, and long jump this last weekend. So he, you know, he just, you watch him jump and you go, "Wow, he might have been born to jump because he's really, really good." And he's coming back. And so second, third, and fourth, I mean, who knows? Multi- state champion there. We had 11 track and field athletes up there and then 34 allconerence kids. So we nailed it in the spring with that signing day. Seven in the winter, 21 in the spring, plus you know, five in the fall. So we're over 30 kids that are going to go to college and represent us because that's who we are. They're that's our product. So it's really cool whether it's football at Bethl or you know basketball state. It's pretty cool to see that. You know who's going to be the next Brianna Newbound? Brianna was our Athena award winner. I went and watched her play at Bethl. She did they didn't win the game, but she was the leading scoreer on that. She's like one of the top players in the MAC and then she starts on their softball team, too. So, you go, how do you do both? And she just is awesome at both of them and things like that. So, and she just loves St. Mary's and she's doing great down there. So, um it's awesome to see that to see those kids. Uh Nathan Nathaniel and and Greta were our AAA award winners. If you know a reminder for AAA is arts, athletics, and academics. So you gota you got to excel at all of those. So they don't they're just very very well-rounded student athletes and students and people when we get down there. So that's a really really prestigious award to win. And then our Athena Award winner was Brooke Orish. And if you've ever seen Brooke kick a soccer ball, [clears throat] it's unbelievable. She just it makes a sound that you don't hear often. So Brooke is um play she's already left us. She's playing at the University of Colorado. So she's a division one soccer goalie with that. What most people don't know is when Brooke was a sophomore, she played four sports. Three sport athletes are really hard to find. She played four. She won a conference award in all four sports. That's extremely hard to do. So, she was good at four sports. Yeah. And she had to pick soccer to get to her goals where she is, but uh she's just doing great and doing great in Colorado. She actually flew home for the Athena Award and then did our whole graduation and things. So, it was awesome that she got that end of high school experience as well. But, um so we're going to miss her obviously that with the girls soccer team more as a person, too. So, she's just awesome. And that's all I got. So maybe tomorrow we'll add another slide after tomorrow. So, but hopefully we will. So, just been a great year. So, the year you're the Panther, I guess that's what we can. >> And you started this all saying you were tired. >> I did get home. I said, "Yeah, you still have to go back." I go, "Yeah, I still got to go back. It's good. That's part of the deal." >> I see where the Well, now I see where the the students get the energy from. Or maybe you get the energy from them. one or the other. But >> yeah, any questions, comments? >> I was just gonna say at our grad party yesterday, two days ago, Tim was watching out in the culde-sac, the kids were throwing the football around and he's like, >> "Who is that?" It was It was a girl throwing the football. She's got a rocket >> and I think it was Alexa Chapo. Could that be? >> Yes. And he he couldn't believe it. He was, "Where did that come from?" So legit legit for sure. >> So kind of fun. Um, I know we give you a hard time about all the things you tell us and go through and all that, but I never get tired of it. So, you know, thanks. Thanks for leading and and I really appreciate the focus on an adult and the activity and the engagement. >> So, >> yeah, as always, thank you. I love this meeting for this purpose and I have been looking forward to it and I've told you that for a couple weeks and you nailed it >> and I'll see you tomorrow. >> Yeah, it's great. Just a great big thank you. >> You're welcome. >> It's always a just it's a chance to tell Will I think he does a great job and amazing job. He hears that for me. One of the things that's always surprised me, I always try to get to every sport at least once a year or multiple times and it doesn't matter whenever I show up, he'll say to me, "What are you doing here?" I'm like, "Me? You're at every single event I go to." He's like always there. It doesn't matter when I show up, he's there. And uh it's always with a smile on his face. And you don't see that at um other schools. So, uh, I think the the pride you see around the school with some of the athletics and the and the activities and that's where I saw more not more enthusiasm but some pride is when you talked about some of those activities like bowling and some of those things that um, not every director sees as something that's so important. So, thanks for the work you do. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> And uh, we'll just wrap it up with this. I got a couple couple of uh examples um personal ones. uh my daughter Alana uh she and I work out every morning at one of the gyms and we came across someone else who was a SOP athlete and to hear them have a conversation and share their experiences and it's not the experience so much of the sport but what they've learned and applied in their life through sports through our program was amazing to to watch them both and there there's like a eightyear gap but yet their experiences were so similar and they talk about the integrity and the courage and the commitment, dedication and how that's just formed them and their character. So, it was exciting to hear that. Now, it's also exciting to hear my daughter who's coaching uh men and women's volleyball to apply exactly what she learned here through our programs to the to the next generation, to the next set of students who are playing sports. And it's not about winning, but it's about what we're teaching you here applies to life. It's it's all life lessons. So, kudos to you. Kudos to the program. And just wanted to let you know it extends far beyond the walls here. So, >> yeah, I coaches do a lot of heavy lifting. So, I just try to create an environment that they can do that. >> Absolutely. So, >> thank you. >> Thanks for having me. >> Hey, Moving [clears throat] [laughter] to effective operations, improve our effective management of human, financial, and physical resources monthly financial report for April 2026. Miss Amy Schultz, executive director of business services, and we'll also cover the uh fiscal year 26 revised budget and fiscal 27 uh proposed budget. >> All right. Thank you. And good evening, board. Um, no, it doesn't hurt my pride at all, but I I get laughed at every time I come up here because of who I follow at every meeting and it's somebody that has such great news. Uh, Colleen Peterson did offer to go find me a stuffed animal puppy somewhere before I walked up. If that would have made me feel better, I declined the offer, but um it is really fun to know that we have such strong programs in the district. Um, and so mentioned earlier like, oh, Amy will figure that out. It is great to we have the support of the board both for our programming and how we finance and support those programs. So with that we have a couple presentations tonight on talking about the funding that supports those. Uh the first is our monthly reports. So the board has seen this for years. Uh cash basis beginning and ending cash balance for the month of April as well as our cash receipts and dispersements. Um April is one of the months we don't receive any tax dollars from the county. So it's a large month state aids again as it was last month. So that state aids alone were almost 9 million. Um outside of that we also received about $200,000 a month in interest. Uh some of that's changing market conditions as well. Um and then outside of that internal service fund is a large one. That's the insurance premiums we pay into that fund for our insurance program. Uh dispersements is a very typical month. So I'm not going to get into a lot of the details on those. Um we did end April with just under about 64 and a half million dollars, which has been a pretty where we've sat for much of the year. Um, as we go through the next several months, we will start to see our cash balances decline. They might go up, they usually go up a little bit May, down in June, and then a little bit lower in July and August as metered payments from the state in Texas slow down. So with that on our statement of revenues, this report shows our April month-to-ate receipts, our year-to- date receipts, how that compares to our budget for both the current and the last previous two years. The budget on this does reflect the budget revisions that were approved in February by the school board. Later on tonight, the board is going to be asked to approve budget revisions. Um those won't be reflected in this until they have been approved. So uh with that, um really the general is right in line with where we would expect. Um, food service and community service we've talked about several times. Previous years did see some higher percentage amounts received throughout the year due to those co dollars that we had initially budgeted for. So, and the debt service as we've spoken about before is higher due to the large refunding that was done in November. Um, by the end of the year those percentages will all reflect similarly across all years. And on the statement of expenditures, this one similar. There's a lot of things within each individual line on here where you might see one year higher than the others. Often that's due to where individual um departments and schools have budgeted for certain items and then where those expenses come in. Uh so for instance, this year we have been a little bit higher on supplies for the whole year and that was a part of a furniture project done last year. Um, so each year those fluctuate a little bit different depending on how we have aligned our resources for that year. So with that, I don't if there are any questions on that. I know we have a lot of other budget stuff to talk about as well. So >> any questions, comments. >> Thank you. >> That's it. Okay. Thanks. >> We going to do the revisions or you want to do that? >> Were we doing that as a part of both of these? Aren't we the budget one? >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I think that was next up, right? I just wanted to make sure that that was >> Yes. Yeah. Sorry. >> I wasn't jumping the agenda item without. So, okay. [laughter] >> Oh, all together. Sorry. >> All right. Nope. So with that, um, what we do each year at this time of year is approve a budget that the school board is required to approve by June 30th as our next fiscal year starts on July 1st. So we are statutoily required to do that. Um, in addition to that, if at this time of year we see that budget revisions um are necessary, we do those at the same presentation. So tonight, you're going to see both of those. Um so with that we have budget revisions for the 202526 school year the one we're just wrapping up and then we will get into the budget for 2062 27 school year. Um so under our current school district calendar the original budget again is approved in June as assumptions are adopted in June and as actual um circumstances come about throughout the school year. We do budget revisions to reflect those. So with that again we're proposing those tonight. The first revisions that we did by the school board in February really reflected the first six months of the year. Uh the ones being propos proposed tonight are much smaller and those really reflect the last few months of what has come about the um we have known that is a slightly different assumption than what we were using prior to that. So any revisions tonight are only in the general fund. So we aren't making any proposals in our other operating or debt service funds. So with that, just a couple quick lines. The school board has heard all of this several times already, so we aren't going to go into a lot of detail on these, but on the revenue side in our general fund, we did have increases in special education. Uh this is due to uh when we closed out last school year and our special education, we make an assumption of where our revenue is going to land. It did come in at this point higher than what we anticipated. And even since this was all put together a few days ago, there have been slight changes. So, I mean, that's the one thing about a budget. It's never going to be 100% accurate at the bottom, especially as the state continues to change stuff even for last year. So, with that, um, right now we're proposing an increase to that as well as a slight decrease to our general education and that is due to enrollment being slightly lower than when we did our revisions in February. So, where we're expecting those to land at this point has come down just slightly. So the net general fund revenues, the proposed increase is 750,000 and you'll see that on the next slide. On the expenditure side, the only proposal is an increase of $500,000 that relates to projects that we are expecting to have done by the end of June. And so as we look at this next slide, you can see that the original budget, the revised in February, and then the revisions that are being proposed tonight. And you can see that for revenues and expenditures. And again, the only line that is different from the revision in February is the general fund. All of those other budgets reflect that same amount. So, one of the things, and I realize that for people who are watching online that this document is probably not readable on their screen, um, but it is our strategic plan for the future, and that document is on our website for anybody that is looking for it. Um and during our budget process, we really work to align our resources to the strategic plan. Um so with that, it positions us to make effective decisions both now and into the future um by assigning financial resources that most effectively support our staff and continuously meeting the needs and improving the learning of each of our students. So that is a focus that we take whenever we are um coming up with our budget assumptions and sharing those with the school board. We are always looking back and taking that lens through through the process. So a budget development timeline while we come to the board for this approval once a year, it is not something that hasn't been discussed for one year for sure if not many more before that. Um the budget timeline for 2627 really started last spring as we were working with the school board. We always look more than one year out. So, as we're doing that, it's right away looking into how that next year is going to look and coming up with assumptions not only for this July, but also moving forward. So, with that, we updated long-term forecasts. And then from July through December, the property tax levy was approved, and those are for taxes that were payable in 2026 as we're doing this um for revenue for next year. So as those were approved in December 25, it's collected from taxpayers in 2026 calendar year and it is our fiscal year 20267 revenue. Um then like I said through June, last June through this May, there was a lot of ongoing conversations with the school board on what budget assumptions we would be using as we develop this budget. So that's been an ongoing conversation. Then in May of 2026, that is the board work session where we walk through what this proposed budget was expected to look like when we brought it tonight. And then tonight, it is being brought for approval by the school board. And that action item is later on in the agenda. So with that, we have another slide. Again, not very easy to read on your screen, but is available in other budget presentations to the school board. And this will all be online as well. So with that, this the document that you can see is a guiding change for our budget and is a document we use um working with the school board and others who are involved in developing development of the budget as we work through that. And so really it walks through three different portions of that and we will walk through each section of that guiding change on the next few slides. Um but ultimately it again is that what are those influences that we have identified that impact our budget and when we use those assumptions then as we develop that budget through that process. So the first one of those is the influences and assumptions. Um so you can see in our we do an internal operations review. Um it's ongoing. It's not something that you only look at a budget one time a year approve it and then move on. It is something that we as we de this, it's been through ongoing reviews of our systems throughout the school year. So, we bring that forward as well as um recognizing that those decisions that we're making as we develop this budget are not a one-year decision and they impact um our our resources into the future and what programming we're allowed to offer. So, that is something that we are always looking at. Um and then through this process, we also want to make sure that we have allocations to continue innovations and improving efforts to accelerate student learning. Uh there are years where as we go through this part of our influence is the legislative session. This year going into this was an off budget year for the legislation legislature. So with that there's not a lot that we would be reporting on that from a financial standpoint um really or programming this time either. The biggest thing that kind of came out of this was a couple task forces that are looking at some programming and as they come out with their findings, we may have a better idea of the impact of those in future years. But at this point, we don't know anything about how it could affect this next year. We're not expecting an impact for 2026 27 or if there is, it would be very minor. So for revenue assumptions, we have an enrollment decrease. Right now we are on 5,873 students as an average daily enrollment. Uh which is a reduction of 35 students from our current 2526 school year estimate. The general education formula increase it has been increased by $21 per student which was an increase of 2.69% over the previous or current school year. Um that is 2.69% on our general education allowance. So that is not a 2.69% 69% increase on our entire budget. It is on 60% or less of our budget. So, but with that it is an increase to the general education portion. Uh compensatory education aid hold harmless. So, that's an assumption we have used going into this. This is one of the task forces I just spoke about. So, we may know more moving forward. The amount that we were held harmless was very little for this next year because of our student and enrollment really we've seen increases in it. So it's a little bit it went down they held it harmless to our new enrollment. So it's not that they hold you harmless to the highest element you've ever received. It's still based on your current enrollment with that. So while we did see a decrease in compensatory education there is we are still assuming a hold harmless to that amount that they have published at this time. um other revenue streams we are continuing those in a budget capacity at their current levels. So we are assuming that the federal title grants um our QC comp program, ADS which is a special ed program also one of the committees special ed that could have an impact on our access funding um achievement and integration. And then when we say other programs um miscellaneous income examples of that would be participation aid for athletics and activities um as well as gate receipts to games that people attend. So that's just one example of that. On the expense side, the assumptions, we don't budget inflation into every one of our line items. Um, but we do that to a portion of them. So, for example, utilities, we do assume an increase to those. Um, staffing costs are based on either contracts that are already settled or forecasted settlements. Um, transportations are based on current contract terms. We are currently in the process of reviewing those going into this next year. So, we be bringing those to the school board in August for approval once they are finalized. Um, for maintenance, the plans included in here does include our long-term facilities maintenance plan, and you'll see that come up also later on in the agenda as a resolution for approving that plan. Um, and that's just allowing us to submit it to the Department of Education. It is a 10-year plan of what we are expecting our deferred maintenance cost to be. It is not an amount that you're approving tonight will be for the following year's budget. So, the plan that's going to get approved later, and we'll touch on that a little bit moving forward as well, but the 2027 amounts are included. Class sizes, we are maintaining those that are already competitive class size targets. Uh the cross subsidy, this is something we've talked to the board about a lot in the past. So, we are assuming similar rates to where has been funded in the past. Um, compensatory education, again, we've talked about the funding of it. There was a 2-year um, legislative allowance for us to take 40% of the total funding we receive at each site and use it across the district to where we see the funding being the most um, impactful. After 2026 27, it reverts back to where I think 80% has to stay at the site. U, medical premiums are based on the plan costs based on our premiums that have been set. Um and then other are really just we have a lot of other assumptions that we work through and how we support our students at each of our sites. So from those desired results, this is one other section of that guiding change. Many of these we we talk about often that we will create a structurally balanced budget um that provides stability for both programming and positions of our district for not just the current year but to be able to m those over time with that long-term focus. Uh that we will align our resources with improving student learning that we will strategically utilize those resources to invest in change and innovation. So of many of these we've touched on already. So um and that they will reflect those negotiation assumptions and human resource investment. >> So with that, I'm gonna hand it over to Dr. Robert. Um Amy's already talked about how we um each year we're taking a process and we take a longterm view and we're aligning our resources to our strategic plan. Um we have our strategic plan that really sets a longterm a big picture vision for where we're going. And we have our district operational plan is what are we going to do specifically um in the next year. What are those projects we're taking taking on to for both improvement and innovation? And when we do that each year, it's we do that over a number of months, get a lot of people involved with that and we really you know, what are the emerging influences? Um, five years out. We use a five-year budget forecast and we identify those projects. Um, and I think that's important because we're not planning specifically for next year. We use the constraints of as you look on the right there and you see the projects for the next year that we're we're going to be working with. Those are all desirable and it's easy to come up with things that make sense to do in the next year. What we have to do is look at are also are they feasible? Do we have the resources to do that and and to do it successfully? Do we have the staff um to be able to do that successfully. Do we have the time? It's not just looking at fiscal resources and then also is that viable into the future. Is it something we can sustain? So I think that's part of the reason that we've been in an effective position as a school district is that we do take that approach. So that those decisions that we're making with um this district operational plan for next year in this budget that you're approving that's aligned to really make that happen isn't about just next school year. is the decision you're making with this budget next year is also something that you've been looking at as a board for the community to be aware of how's that position us over the next five years fiscally to be able to sustain these efforts so they're not one year you know we don't want to be the one hit one with things right so and they really fall within three strategic anchors of engaged enthusiastic learners effective operations and communications and connections and as we do the presentations like when will earlier tonight we always try to demonstrate how that work aligns back to the district operational plan and those three strategic anchors which are in our strategic plan. And really it all comes back to this idea of innovative and personalized learning. And what I wish I could say is that we've arrived. We've been working on this for a long time. And I can say we're in a much better place today than we were five years ago than we were 10 years ago. Yet there's still areas that we need to get better at. Um you know we want to have these efforts to really improve the personalized learning and engagement of child if every student's needs and interests were were being met exactly as everyone hoped. Right? So, we still have areas that we need to get better at. And the good news is we've got a lot of things really good things happen happening that we can learn from the bright spots. And then we also have to recognize there's areas we need to get better at and that's what this budget is about looking at where are we aligning those resources to make sure we can address those those areas through whether it be through professional learning, additional staff, etc. Um the good news is in order to sustain that unlike um you may have seen in the past month the associ association of metropolitan school districts and others have put out the added up all of the hundreds of millions of dollars that school districts and the metropolitan school districts are cutting for this next year and it's literally like 259 million. I'm glad to say we we're contributing zero to that um amount. We're not having to make cuts and really appreciate the support of our community um this past November when we were able to pass the levy and so this budget that you will be approving tonight for the first time will um those funds will be evident in that budget. So that is a huge plus for us that generates um the levies that we have generate 4.8 million um for the school district is it three and a half million about this next year that is from the levy that was approved in fall. And so that's great news. And we also have a comp capital projects levy which we'll have to we'll have to consider for renewal in a few years. But that is critical to maintaining the investment that the school district the community has put in I think the outstanding facilities that we have throughout the district. But that capital projects levy generates 2.1 million on an annual basis to be able to um keep that keep our schools running effectively. Um then we have the long-term fac revenue, which we'll be acting on as well. That's something that Amy oversees and does a great job overseeing. I'm going to let her speak to this one. >> All right. So, last month the board approved the long-term facilities maintenance levy for Northeast Metro 916, our intermediate district that we are a part of. So, and I mentioned at that time that tonight we would be bringing our long-term facilities. So, you again, you will see that plan later on tonight. Um, and it really is just a 10-year plan of expenses. That's all the board is approving. But by submitting that now for the 202728 school year, it will come up again um during our levy process. So whatever is approved tonight through that process does not actually impact the budget until further action is taken. It's really just submitting it to the state. So the state has an idea statewide of all the plans that are out there and what the cost of those will be. So with that, that's just really what you're going to be approving later on tonight. Um, long-term facilities. So with that, student enrollment. So as you can see in this graph, I know the specific numbers are maybe harder to read, but you can see that our enrollment kind of hit a growth several years back and is now stabilized to slightly declining. None of that is a surprise. This is something that we had known was coming for several years as the birth rates declined um and through co as we saw some families make other choices. So uh it had increased it really stayed flat for about three years and then has just slightly declined in those years since. So the assumptions that we're using in the budget reflect that final column on here that 5,873. So, as you're looking at this, um, very very at the bottom is hard to see, is early childhood and pre kindergarten. The next block on top of that is kindergarten to four, then five, six, seven, eight, and then 912. So, that very top one reflects our high school. And you can see that's really as we just graduated our largest classes in history. Um, you can see that 912 being a larger section of our students. So, that is that we have seen through our graduation process as well. So with that, our general fund revenue, which is where we tend to focus a lot of the presentation, reflects just over $99 million in revenue, and you can see how that's broken out. We are still still heavily reliant on state aids, which makes up 76% of our budget. Uh beyond that, taxes are 19% that is up a percent or two from last year again because levy that was approved. So that reflects that. Um beyond that, our other three categories of federal revenue, interest, and other make up just 5% commitment. On the expense side, just under $98 million in total. You'll see these dollars on the next slide. Um but on that you can see uh compensation is 68% of that. So we are a very peopleheavy organization and our budget reflects that. In addition to that we've shown this part a little bit different. We have purchase services which can reflect everything from contractors to busing utilities um and with substitutes. So that is our purchase services. We have broken out a portion of that and called it um purchase compensation. That really reflects what we maybe believe our drivers would cost us if they were brought in house and it gives us a comparison a little bit to other districts where they do transportation in house and how that compares. So as we look at that we are really closer to probably 72% um of our district that goes to paper snapping. Um outside of that then we have our capital and equipment reflects a lot of our purchases um so our capital equipment so those a lot of that falls under that long-term facilities maintenance. So that is roofing, parking lots, anything we do to a building that extends its life. Um and then supplies and materials and other. So you can see those on there as well. So then with that, the final slide of our budget is just that summary of each of our funds. Um we break out the general below into three categories and that is our general operations. So the day-to-day capital account which again reflects combinations of curriculum adoptions as well as um technology and then long-term facilities maintenance reflects again that deferred maintenance. With our other funds, you can see food service at 4.6 million, community service fund 4.7 in revenue 4.8 in expenditures. This is a change from what we talked to the board about um at the work session. We have adjusted the expenditure amount for community services to reflect at this time what we believe our programming will be for this upcoming school year. And that's something we will continue to review as we get into the school year and we know student enrollments in our programs. And then on that debt service fund again you can see um 11 just under 11.3 million in revenue 12.3 in expenditures uh because we do have a healthy fund balance in that the state has started to pull back some of that revenue which happens in every school district um because we overlevy by 5% just to be sure we always have the cash on hand to make those principal and interest payments. And then the state pulls it back in future years as they recalculate that need. So with that, you can see our total budget as a school district is just under 120 million with all funds combined. So this is what the board is going to be asked to approve later on tonight. There are any questions? >> Any questions? >> Not questions, just comment um for those who might be watching. So, so many things make this district great. A lot of planning on on many levels. Uh, I want to thank you and your team for how hard you guys work to keep this all going smoothly. All of these projects depend on how well you guys do your job. But the long-term maintenance facility for anybody who might be watching, part of good planning as well is it, you know, things like roofs and HVAC systems and we have a lot of buildings and they um, you know, they're good maintenance over the years and planning well for that is another thing that helps our our budget stay on track. So, just for anybody who might be watching, um that's a looks like a big number, but it's a lot of buildings and a lot of things that we're planning for and it's all um planned carefully for well in advance. So, just another piece of it. So, thank you for that. >> And parking lots. Yes, >> absolutely. Other comments. >> Thank you, Amy. Moving to superintendent report. Yeah, we had a chance >> we had a chance to hear from Will about many of the uh great things happening across the district. I'm gonna highlight a lot of the other things. So, one of the things many of you had the opportunity to be at was all of our staff appreciation events. I want to give a huge kudos to Erica and And then you each had the opportunity to be at this, but our class of 2026 became alums on May 29th with 526 grad graduates. One of the cool things was 141 earned their bilingual seals. That's pretty unique. So, and again, we mentioned during Will's presentation, it's just fun. Megan took them. Megan, our high school principal, had them stand up for if they've been involved in activities, if they spoke multiple languages, etc. They took a college course. So, it was just it's always cool to see how involved our students are. One of the cool things, I think this is the third year that we've been doing it where the fourth graders um each of the graduates gets a note written by a fourth grader in their uh diploma cover that they have when they come across stage. So, so it's always fun to see what they get. We just have some pictures of graduation. So, I'll just give you a moment to see each of these. Like it's always fun standing on stage as the kids are coming up to get their diploma and they look so nervous standing there and then they get set and they get this big smile on their face. It's like instant. This is really fun. Members of the class of 2044 were there watching [laughter] >> [laughter] >> So that's pretty cool. Then there's our Tower Days parade crew. So we always have the best driver of anybody in the parade. But um always hand out candy and candy and books and it's always just fun to see the community at >> Yeah. And then just people can go online and see the spring parkschools.org calendar for next school year. Um see this SLP summer at springleyparkschools.org. So information about summer meals, summer hours, etc. And then our DSC hours district services center will be Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4. Um we have a I was debating if I was to ask but I won't put her on the spot. Colleen, but we have Discovery Days childcare June 9th to August 21st which will be here at the district services center high school from June 10th to July 30th. We'll have credit recovery learning ventures school age will be June 9th to August 21st at the high school. A variety of athletic and activity camps throughout the summer. And then Westwood and Park Terrace summer council extended school year July 6th to the 30th. >> So there's all kinds of things. Yes. I always It's funny when I get asked the question. So, what do you do all summer? We we shut down today and we'll see you in September. So, um but have a great summer. So, my favorite things are like that picture right in the middle. Kids are always so excited for summer until that moment they're going and having to say goodbye to friends and staff. That's it. Thank you, Dr. Honor. Moving on to action items. Can I get a motion to approve uh approval of the fiscal year 26 revised budget? >> So, move by Forsber. >> Second. >> Second by Mcclullen to approve the fiscal year 25 26. Sorry about that. Revised budget as presented. Any discussion? We had a presentation on that. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. Can I get a motion for approval of the 2026 2027 proposed budget? >> So moved. >> So moved by. >> Second by Schmidt to approve the proposed 2026 2027 budget as presented. And once again, we have the presentation. Um any comments? Any discussion? All in favor, please say I. I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. >> Moving to approval of the fiscal year 28 application for long-term facilities maintenance revenue to be submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education. Can I get a motion? >> So moved by Scully. >> Second. Second by Hennon to approve the to approve that the fiscal year 28 application for long-term facilities maintenance revenue be submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education. We had discussion on that. So all in favor please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed. >> Motion passes. Moving on to approval of 2026 2027 annual QC comp memorandum of understanding. Can I get a motion? So move by Forsberg, second by Schmidt to approve the 2026 2027 QC count memorandum of understanding and we have some a brief presentation by Dr. Hope. >> Yeah, good evening. I just wanted to take a few minutes during this discuss discussion time to provide our Q comp or quality compensation is the formal name for it. Annual report to the board. The Minnesota Department of Education requires that all districts participating provide a report each June. We also embed this into our annual comprehensive achievement and civic readiness report. Um, and it's just Q comp is one aspect of our work that supports our continuous improvement efforts and all of our professional learning practices. So, we review this each year, but just to summarize, there are four core components to QC comp that you see on the screen in front of you. our teacher leader positions and those are all listed for you there. Uh we have job embedded professional development. This takes the form of what we call our professional learning communities and these are teams of teachers that collaborate really around the design of student work and learning experiences and uh do some calibration of student work as well. Uh the third component is teacher evaluation in Spring Lake Park. We actually call this that's q comp language. We actually call this teacher learning and evaluation and that's intentional because we really focus in on the opportunities for learning and growth for each of our teachers and staff. This involves some of the components you see there some goal setting conferences and dialogue throughout the year opportunities for teachers to get in other um of in their colleagues classrooms to learn from them as well as collaborating on the design of work. And then the last component is that performance pay. It provides teachers with extra pay for their individual, their team, and their school participation in all of the things associated with UCOM and their learning. So, uh, each year we gather insights from folks throughout the system and syn synthesize this for this report and to inform some next actions. Here's just a quick summary of that. um our insights gathered really support the continued focus on design of student work and learning experiences through those professional learning communities. At the start of this uh school year, we did make some refinements to our teacher learning and evaluation processes. We transition to more of a team approach for coaching since all teachers are working on this design work to increase student engagement. it became a common goal and then individuals within each team were able to identify specific pieces they wanted to hone in on and then um work with all sorts of different ways to get that coaching learning and support whether that was through um a coach that's assigned to them whether that was through again um learning and listening from colleagues uh whether that was from um uh trying to think of some other house there were so many of them um like doing uh instructional rounds at different schools schools. So, working across schools. Um, and then in addition to the team coaching, our probationary teachers or those new to SLP get opportunities on top of that for one-to-one coaching. Um, really specific to some of what we would call those foundational skills that are needed for teachers new to the profession to really be successful and start their career really well. Um, finally, uh, some insights. We continued to grow in our use of ProServa. This is our adult learning platform. If you guys remember, we brought this into the system three. This is our third year maybe using that. Um this year we started playing with like a portfolio feature that allows teachers um to capture all the learning and growth they've done over time. So instead of just a year at a glance so that's been pretty fun. Um and then we have used a few new report features that Proser has put together that really helps inform our professional learning designs um when we're at that point. So those that's been kind of a a fun little aspect that we've been working with. Uh next actions, it just runs through some of the next actions we've identified from this insight. A lot of them are continue the work. Obviously, some of the shifts to teacher learning and evaluation that we made, we'll continue to get insight and if we want to do any tweaks or refinements going into next year, we certainly will do that. Um uh we actually have school leadership teams coming in Thursday for their June retreat. Um, and one of the things we're going to do with them is listed here. We're going to explore some what are some ideas around some additional structures to allow for more focused design and collaboration around the design of student work to deepen in student engagement. So, there'll be more to come on that based on some rapid prototyping we'll be doing. And that ends my part of the update and I'm going to turn over to Tony. I don't have a lot for you other than to say that the administration is recommending your approval of the updated Q comp agreement with SLPUR teachers association. No substantive changes have been made uh to the memorandum of understanding. Uh only dates have been updated, nothing else. And our teachers have already ratified uh thisou and the vote passed with 187 to zero. So I think that's the first time in uh my tenure here in Spring Lake Park schools that it's been unanimous on their end. So thanks. >> Great. Thank you. Any discussion? >> All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. Moving on to acknowledgement of gifts. Can I get a motion? >> Second. So moved by Schmidt, second by McCullen to adopt the following resolution. Whereas schoolboard policy 706 establishes guidelines for the acceptance of gifts to the district. And whereas Minnesota statute 465.03 states that a school board may accept a gift of real or personal property by the adoption of a resolution approved by twothirds of its members. Therefore, be it resolved that the school board of Spring Lake Park Schools accepts with appreciation the gifts to the district and we have those displayed here. Any discussion? >> Yeah, I appreciate it all. >> Thank you very much. >> It was definitely appreciated. >> Clerk, would you please call a roll? >> Yes. Miss Forsber? >> Yes. >> Mr. Bala? >> Yes. >> Miss Mlullen? >> Yes. >> Miss Kelly? Yes, Miss Schmidt. >> Yes. >> Miss Hennon, >> Mr. Easter, >> yes. >> The resolution passes on a 70. >> Thank you. And then moving on to another action item. This one is the one that was added. U this is uh a motion to approve the resolution certifying the population estimates for the 2026 payable 2027 levy of the school district. Can I get a motion? So move by Hennant, second by Forsburg to approve the resolution certifying the population estimate for the 2026 payable 2027 levy of Independent School District number 16, whereas Spring Lake Park Schools uh has experienced an increase in population from the 2024 Minnesota State Demographers 2024 district population report of 37,214 to the current of 38,082 as determined by the 25 Minnesota state demographers report. Therefore, it be it resolved by the school board of Spring Lake Park Schools that the census figures of 38,082 be certified to the state demographer for approval of use to the 2026 payable 2027 revenue calculations. Any discussion? >> Say that [clears throat] three times fast. >> Yeah, we're all for growth. >> Yep. >> No discussion. Clerk, would you please call RO? >> Yes. Miss Schmidt? >> Yes. >> Miss Skellyy? Yes. Miss McClen? >> Yes. >> Mr. Baloa? >> Yes. >> Miss Forsber? >> Yes. >> Miss Henman? >> Yes. >> Mr. Easter? >> Yes. >> The resolution passes on a 70 vote. >> Thank you. And now moving to board forum and reports. We'll start with our our student uh reps. >> All right. So, just a quick update with student council. This past month, we had a spring spirit week just to knock off the end of the year. So, we decorated the school with flowers, bunnies, and bees. So, if I had pictures, I would show you. Um, and then I want to say that this is also my last meeting alongside Mia. So, next year you'll be joined by public relations secretary Rosong and Sebastian Pandy who is the president. These two are great people and uh we're just excited to see what they bring to the school board next year. >> Thank you. Um, I don't really have anything prepared, but graduation obviously went great. It was a crazy time. Like, yesterday was my last or my first like chill day for a while. So, um, yeah, it was busy, but it was fun. And I just want to say it was great being with you guys for two years. Um, so fun meeting everyone and getting like a look behind the scenes. I feel like I learned a lot about the district and school boards in general. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> And, uh, as a senior, it it's, you know, having you here on the board for two years has been awesome. This is amazing. Um, and just seeing what, um, all the accomplishments >> you had at the um, athletic and activities award ceremony, >> I am I'm excited to see what your future is. So on behalf of the board, we'd like to present you with this book signed by all of us, >> all the places you will go because you know what? You're going to go a lot of places and hopefully this just encourages you and inspires you to follow your dreams. >> Starting with Georgia. >> Starting with Georgia. That's right. >> Thank you for hanging with us. >> Yes. Others, you have anything any comments? You both have been really great representatives for your school and your classes. So, you're going to do great things. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you to you both. And even though you won't be joining us, have a wonderful senior year. >> Thank you for being here with us. >> We're going to miss having you on the board. >> You'll be all right. Good. [laughter] >> Just stop by. There'll be a presentation or two, I'm sure. >> Oh, yeah. I hope so. Especially for the volleyball team. >> Absolutely. I will always love what you guys bring. It's a different take on things. It's It's fun. It's light. I like it. So, thank you guys so much for serving. I'll miss you next to me. This has been kind of nice two years worth of time. So, thank you guys. >> Hey, make me wish I was back in high school. That's not easy to do. >> Because really, that's why we're here. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. We'll start on this side. other board members. >> Yeah, I I a lot was covered. Um I did my fair share of flag football games. Those were very exciting. Um I look forward to how the program grows. >> Uh absolutely enjoy the parade. Glad that it didn't kill us in terms of the heat, right? It cooled off just become really pleasant. But it's wonderful to see all the community members. And then I also have this will be my third year in a row of volunteering at the senior all night party and it is great to see the seniors come in and you know one last shindig together. So I enjoyed I enjoyed seeing them even though um it's a little bittersweet. >> I just want to you know if they're going to all the grad parties just I was so happy with the way graduation went. I think we made lemonade out of lemons. I'm very happy with the way it went. I thought that the whole experience was great. Um, was a winwinwin. >> I do. Uh, I have a few things. First one was the tour of the elementary schools by the seniors. My son came home. He thought it was going to be dumb. Sorry. But [laughter] he came home and was like, "That was awesome." And it was such a full circle moment of seeing all of everything. He goes, "Everything seems so big when I was little and now it seems so small." And he just thought it was he loved every bit of it. He said it was just a really nice ending of which was kind of, you know, he's kind of been a little more like I don't know. But that was that was a really cool thing for him. Second thing I really noticed too was being on stage watching um Megan Junkie shake hands and just really how much connection she has with the students at SLP. I was really struck by that and just like it was real. It was real hugs and it was real um so I was really impressed with that as well. Um I also got to volunteer at the senior all night party that was fun and entertaining. And then um the last thing was the transitions uh graduation. I it's my first time going and I loved it. I I don't can't believe I've missed it these other years, but it was probably a highlight for me because I really really enjoyed it and just um seeing Will in there too. So um can't remember his last name. Will is it? He comes to Breakfast Club still. So I I know from that. But yeah, it was just it was great. And I agree. I've heard a lot of great feedback about the site for graduation and um that it was really nice, really lovely. So everybody >> and I said I would go back to St. Thomas in a heartbeat. >> Yeah. >> Um some things from 916. Uh at the last meeting we approved a budget of 96,0004 no 96,46,000 [clears throat] >> do a lot. >> Wow. Serious [laughter] a few few missing zeros there. >> Uh approved uh three contracts. So I believe all their contracts are approved as of now. Um I attended five graduations, one of which was the uh alternative learning centers of the three combined from 916. And about half of those students, I would guess just from the seating and the attendance were from the Metro Heights, which is now located in Fidley and has some of our students. Um my program says there were 107 graduates in that. But it was interesting because I know that some of them also graduated from their local high school. So they were involved in two ceremonies and I have a program if any of you would be interested. I also listened to the webinar from MSBA on the insurance proposal that's probably going to go to the legislature next year. That is recorded. If if I have not heard it, it is well worth taking a listen to and I am sure that we are going to be hearing much more about that and it's it would be good for employees but a difficult situation for employers since the cost of it would be estimated a billion dollars or more. and no one's just sure whether the state's going to pay part of that, whether the districts are going to pay or how that's going to be resolved. So, keep your ears open. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? >> All right. Anything else from board members? All right. Let's move to motion to adjurnn. Can I get a motion? >> It's a move. >> So move by Forsber. >> Second. >> Second by Schmidt to adjourn the meeting at 8:29. All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone.