America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Welcome everyone. Thank you for coming this evening. >> That's all right. That was a Sam. Another Sam. Yeah. All right. Agenda approval. Any changes to the agenda as presented? >> Can I get a motion to approve the agenda as presented? Val has already motioned. Can I second by Hennon to approve the agenda as presented? All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. Uh please check the district website uh for a complete list of monthly events. Thursday, February 12th, 2026, no school, staff professional work day. Uh same for Friday, February 13th, 2026, no school staff professional work day. Uh Monday, February 16th, no school president's day, and the district service center is closed. Tuesday, February 24th, uh, schoolboard work session at 5:00 pm. Saturday, February 28th is the Panther Foundation Panthers for a purpose party. Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026, regular school board meeting at 7 p.m. with communication to the board administration at 6:45. Moving on to consent agenda. Can I get a motion? So moved by Schmidt, second by Forsber to approve the following items of the consent agenda. Minutes of the January 13, 2026 organizational meeting and regular meeting. Minutes of the January 27th, 2026 work session. bills paid for December 25 for December 2025 in the following amounts of 4,666 $6 663,134. Personnel items, seniority list and lane changes. All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed consent agenda motion passes. Moving on to discussion reports and information items. Effective operations improve our effective management of human financial and physical resources. District operational plan project update study lighthouse location and enhanced programming. Dr. Hope Ron, welcome. >> Thank you. >> Are you being joined by >> Yeah. So, um, Lisa Ceeski, our coordinator for gifted services and Lighthouse, is intending to join me, but she is supporting conferences at Lighthouse. So, she wasn't sure if she'd get here exactly on time. So, if she comes partway through, we shall welcome her and she can take over from there. >> Um, but, uh, I wanted to take a little bit of time tonight to share an update on one of the projects in our district operational plan, which as you see is called Study Lighthouse Location to Enhance Programming. Uh we have been providing the school board with updates on this along the way. First in early December and more recently at the end of January and tonight we want to make sure our community has an opportunity to learn more about the project and the work that has happened in it this year. Um uh the Lighthouse School, just a little context, the Lighthouse School for Gifted and Insatiable Learners was initially established in 2003 for uh to offer highly gifted students across a wide range a wide range of ages and grades of full-time education with their gifted peers. The learning at Lighthouse is focused on inquirybased learning grounded in student interests and passions. This project this year was an intentional pause to take a structured approach to assess how the physical location of Lighthouse, which right now is connected to Spring Lake Park High School, impacts the student experience. Specifically, we took a look at how the Lighthouse location impacts enrollment, the grade levels that are served by Lighthouse, the physical operations of Lighthouse, and the learning opportunities that are provided to our Lighthouse learners. As part of this project, we also explored if other locations within the district would enhance our services to this community of learners. Uh, as you might expect, we used our Spring Lake Park 3D design thinking methodology. As we studied the lighthouse location, we began like we always do in the discovery space to gather insights from our own implementation as well as insights from others that are providing these types of learning experiences for highly gifted learners. We brought a design team of teachers together as we did this study. Our discovery uh included taking a deep dive into the history of Lighthouse including past enrollment data since its inception. Uh also looking at what we uh have what we know about our Lighthouse student learning and growth both academically and also in the area of social, emotional and behavioral growth and development. We also sought out parent and student perspectives so we could uh garner their experiences and insights about their time at Lighthouse. And then beyond looking at our own practices in implementation, we reviewed a number of uh self-contained gifted programs that are offered throughout the metro state and even across the nation um just to see what else is out there, how are other people approaching this. After discovery, the team moved into the design space. They used the insights to develop a number of prototypes that considered the lighthouse location and the grade level served. And then we assessed the implications of that against physical operations and learning opportunities. Then we took a handful of those prototypes that were developed by the team and intentionally gathered feedback from 11 different groups. That included offering three sessions of feedback from our Lighthouse students and families. Uh Lisa and I synthesized all of the feedback from the many many people that provided it. Uh there were five predominant themes that stood out and we talked about these uh just a couple weeks ago, but I just wanted to review them for uh anyone who may be watching tonight. First uh first theme, Lighthouse is a highly unique program in that it provides again a multi-age multi-grade community of highly gifted learners within a single coherent program model. What uh the feedback indicated is that this is really a defining feature and a significant draw for our families. Input groups expressed concern that if we relocated Lighthouse into schools with more equivalent grade levels, it would break up the uniqueness of the community and essentially replicate what a number of our neighboring districts are already doing. A second theme um is that of belonging. So while all people providing feedback noted that there would be positives to increasing interactions with same age and same grade peers by locating Lighthouse in different schools. A number of highly gifted students already have been enrolled in their neighborhood schools and um unfortunately have experienced some level of exclusion or isolation given some of their unique developmental qualities. So this theme really emphasized a desire for Lighthouse to continue its uh really intentional efforts at fostering social skills and emotional development for our highly gifted learners with the end goal of a learning community um where student differences are understood, valued, and supported. The ne the third theme focused on programming opportunities. All groups recognize that relocating Lighthouse to other schools could offer potential enhancements to academic programming and some afterchool opportunities such as increased access to science specialists at the elementary level and more elective courses available on Westwood's campus. At the same time, participants noted that these opportunities really introduce tradeoffs, okay, and ultimately might dilute the program's multiddisciplinary inquirybased model, breaks up that community of learners, and then ultimately reduces access to the high school courses that our students currently um take when they're located at the high school campus. The fourth theme that you see is all about logistics. Moving Lighthouse to other locations or multiple locations within Spring Lake Park schools creates some logistics challenges for families with drop off and pickup. A number of our Lighthouse students are open enrolled about 70% of them. So families of are often driving further to get their kids to and from school. And different locations and different start times just create some logistical challenges there. And then uh finally, the feedback indicated that families with our youngest gifted learners would appreciate having an opportunity for lighthouse type programming to be offered at a K4 site. And thinking about that and what is the expense of breaking up the community of learners was something that um was considered right alongside that. So you can see throughout all of those themes that there is a little bit of tension that emerged, a positive tension, not anything negative. Um, but between expanding access and opportunities and at the same time wanting to preserve the identity, um, belonging and community that lighthouse currently provides and defines lighthouse. So after that study, after multiple months here, what we have decided is that uh based on that discovery and feedback, uh we'll uh we'll continue to have Lighthouse stay at Spring Lake Park High School and they will continue to serve students at the high school at their high school location in grades 2 through 12. As was evident throughout the process, the multi-age multigrade model of Lighthouse and that community is both valuable and unique. It's something that no one else offers in the area or even across the state and very infrequently across the nation. Uh and also it just really creates that strong sense of belonging and community and the relationships across grades help students thrive both academically and socially. We will also however uh do some further study on offering lighthouse type programming at North Point Elementary. This would be in addition to serving grades 2 through 12 at the high school. If we would pursue this after further study, families at grades two through four would have a choice between enrolling their student at the North Point location or at the high school location. Uh a benefit here is it would expand early access and readiness for our younger gifted learners by introducing key lighthouse elements without fully immersing our youngest students in the lighthouse model at the high school location. And also it could provide a little bit more of a structured setting for learning and allow students to maintain connections with their same age and same grade peers as well as continue to access some of those specialists that are offered at the elementary level. So what's next? Um, obviously we have some next steps like I was just talking about to explore the option of offering a lighthouse type program at North Point and we'll certainly be partnering with our North Point school leadership team as we do more exploration of that. Uh we are also going to explore some possible enhancements specifically around math and music arts programming at lighthouse ideally for that 2627 school year as both of these areas were identified through the feedback groups and through the prototyping as things that we might want to enhance a little bit at the current location. So, as I close here, any we'll certainly take any questions, but I just really want Lisa didn't make it, but I just really want to express my appreciation for Lisa's leadership, not just as co-leader of this project, but her leadership with gifted programming and um lighthouse and the lighthouse school. Um, and I have just a lot of appreciation for our design team members, all of whom were teachers that met this fall and winter to pause and explore possibilities, not knowing what we'd find in landing with keeping the location the same. >> Awesome. Thank you. Any questions? We've had several conversations in our work sessions about it. I just just to comment that I and I I said this to you guys in our work session that I I really appreciate the open-minded approach to this that you didn't come in with like a plan and let's just talk about our plan and truly being open-minded and really really taking into account the perspective of the families and the students um who are trying to serve. So I just want to say thank you because I think that's definitely the clearly you're going to have the most success that way. So that's great. Thank you for doing that. Another question comments. >> Thank you. >> Moving to effective operations, improve our effective management of human financial and physical resources. Our financial year 26 proposed budget revisions and financial year 27 budget process update. Miss Amy Schultz. >> All right. Good evening board. So, as we usually do sometime around January or February, tonight we are presenting budget revisions for the current school year. So, as we know, we wrapped up our audit of last year in the fall. We're already planning for next year's budget. Uh, so this is the time during the year where we kind of reset for where we expect the current year to end based on what we know at this time. So, with that, the board approves a budget, an original budget for this school year back in June, and that's required by statute. So after that time many things can happen. For example, we approve the budget in June. The legislative session ended after that. So that several things happen from the time we do that in June um even before the school year even starts. So this gives us that chance to review all of those changes as well as anything that's come up during the school year and recommend revisions to our budget. So, what we are going to walk through over the next few slides will be um proposed for action later on in the meeting. And so, with that, we're going to walk through three funds that we're proposing revisions for tonight. Um all really all of our funds except for community services. And that is one that we will be focused on over the next couple of months, but we are not expecting big changes in that one. So, that wasn't our focus at this time. But with that, the general fund is our first one. uh we have increases in our revenue and between 5,000 lines of budget. There are many ups and downs, but the real the larger ones that we see were increases in revenue for student enrollment. Our original adoption, we were predicting a decrease of 35 students and we actually are about right on with where we were at the end of last year. So we are not we did not see that decrease. Um we've held our enrollment. It is lower at kindergarten in our elementary levels, but is was higher at the secondary than what we expected. So that brings in additional revenue as well as increases in state grants. We had several grants that we brought in during this year. The largest of those was about $780,000 for the solar project that we did um at Westwood and at Centerview. And so that is something that we knew was coming, but we weren't sure of timing of fiscal years. Uh we are hoping that comes in this year. that is not a for sure yet at this time. Uh but all the paperwork had been submitted several months back. Um on the expenditure side, we have adjustments for compensation which is staffing costs as well as one-time facility costs. We had anticipated a large number of facilities we carried over from last year into this school year. So those we knew um back at that time kind of over the summer when a lot of rain in June pushed some of our projects that we had hoped to get more work done in June like the roof at Park Terrace and push that back into July and August. So again that was something that the board has been aware of. Um also then on the food service with that one we have had increases in breakfast and lunch sales. This was done about a month ago. Uh since that time we have had decreases again. So, it is very possible that come the end of the year, we may see a revision back down to what was originally budgeted. Um, in addition to that, expenditure increases for kitchen equipment at various sites. Um, so with that, we did a walk-in cooler at Woodrest, a few new ovens at North Point, and a new equipment line at Westwood. So, those are some things that just increase our expenditure side. Uh, for the debt service fund, again, this is something we've been talking to the school board about for several months. We did the bond refunding back in November and that is what is causing us to see the 40 44 $45 million increase to revenue and expenditures because at that time we refunded our bonds to get a lower interest rate. Um and so with that we paid off the old bonds, got the revenue in for the new bonds. Um and so as we do that that did decrease the amount that we will levy in future years for principal and interest payments. We do not keep those savings. those are just passed on as reduced taxes to our tax base. So, uh with that, we're going to look at just here are the actual numbers. Uh so, you can see and within our general fund, there's an increase of about 3.2 million on the revenue side of that about 1.2 million is ongoing. So, that is our general fund. There's a increase in some special education, compensatory education are the ongoing pieces. Now, we say ongoing at this time. We are hoping those stay ongoing through uh this legislative session. We have heard that there are pieces of special ed that may reduce such as the ads funding as well as we have heard they're hoping to keep compensatory education held harmless for another year. But again, those are things that while we're saying are ongoing is increasing. It's very possible that that does decrease. Um and on the expense side, we're seeing an increase of 2.1 million. Of that 1.1 million is ongoing. So we are seeing both almost identical increases in ongoing revenue and expenses. Um so with that then that hope is that those ongoing sources do actually continue through this legislative session. Um and again then you can see our numbers in food service slight increase to the revenue. um a larger increase for the um sorry I'm looking at it the oh we so we were expecting equipment it's just more than what we had initially budgeted and then the large increase in debt service. So those are our revisions for the current school year and so as we start then to look at next year's budget planning timeline. This is something we've been working with the board since last year. So keeping uh refinements to our budget forecasts and those have been presented to the school board a few times we as we do that we consider any implications of the changes that we are currently making in our budget and what those mean moving forward. That's why we tend to talk about ongoing or one-time expenses because we know those one-time are just strictly money that we're essentially pulling from our savings account which is our fund balance and once we've spent those one-time items that cash is no longer there. those ongoing ones then are where we focus for most of that time. So we pay attention to those changes we're making this year and how they will impact future years. Um again with that are the staffing adjustments for the current year. Um so then now we are in this January February time frame where we have been updating the guiding change for next school year which lists out our assumptions. So what is it we are expecting for enrollment uh our general education funding allowance and inflation to expenditures. Again, we've spoken to the school board about those. Uh we the initial resource allocation packet that we give to our principles is something that we are actually hoping to complete. We will complete in this next week and they will receive that and that's that first step as they move into the staffing process which happens in that March to April time frame where design teams then will get together. They will design processes, they bring those forward um and we they walk through those with several of us. Um we'll keep the board updated throughout that timeline and during that time we will also refine the guiding change for any assumptions that we hear different news on in the meantime. At the May proposed or the May work session we will present the proposed budget for next year and then at the June 9th schoolboard meeting we will seek approval for next year's budget. So that is what we have tonight. Again the revisions will come later in the agenda for approval if there are any questions. Any questions? >> Good job. Thank you. >> Moving on to superintendent report. >> Oh, monthly financial. Sorry. Monthly financial. >> This one will be quick. Uh this is the report that we do each month. It's our cash basis reporting. Uh just to sort of keep up with where we sit at the current year. Um so with that, they pull it up. Uh we are talking about the month of December right now. Um so with that you'll see the beginning and ending cash balance by fund for that month of December. Uh December does have a little bit higher of a receipts balance and with that it is a big month that we get for state aids that come in. It's a lower month for taxes. So often than the state aid metering system does give us additional funds. So it was 7 million just in state aid for December. In addition to that, it was about 2.3 million in tax revenue as well as $200,000 in interest. Then we see the other funds such as food service and community service that pull in u meal counts that we get from state and federal items like that as well. Uh the dispersement side is very in line with what we see most months. Um so you can see our cash balance at the end of December is increasing. That is very common for the month of December. Um, on the other hand, we are heading into January and that is a month where we have a lower number of receipts. So, we and we have debt service payments that are due on February 1st. We are required to pay three days early. So, those come out of January as well. So, we do see the opposite happen in January where we expect a decrease in cash. For the statement of revenues, this reflects our monthto date for September, our year-to date as of that point in the fiscal year. September December um our budget as of December. So the revisions that are being proposed tonight are not reflected in this those we won't see those until we do the February report. So then this is the percentages are where we sit currently as a percentage of our budget as well as where we were the past several of years in December as well. Um so you can see with that the general fund is very consistent with the past few years. uh food service. We've talked about this each month and this continues to be the case back in uh 2024 school year. That was kind of the co we were still dealing with a lot of that as it came out of that and we were still receiving funds related to it that we hadn't been budgeting for going into it. So it did cause a larger amount. Um debt service, you can see that's our revision and that will continue also then to show that on the revenue and expense side until we hit February. On the expense side, the general fund again does look very consistent with where it's been over the past few years. Um, fiscal 24 on the expense side, we did have a lower amount going into the budget. That was the first year that we had free meals for all students. So, it was something we hadn't budgeted for or, you know, we make a best guess as to how many students will take part in that. So, that at that point in the year was higher than the original budget for that year. And then again debt service. So that is what we have for the month of month of December. >> Any questions? >> Thank you Amy. >> Okay. Now we get to move to superintendent report. >> So there's some things once again to share that around the district. start. But over at Wood Press in the sun, students were learning all about the letter B in particular bubbles. So you can see some of the pics with each one of the pictures. I'll just kind of pause so you can read the the description and see the pictures. So at center view we have a kindness crew. So students are leading uh various initiatives across the building related to kindness. And then um after reading the book, the one and only Ivan, first grade students um use shoe boxes to create a diarama of a proper habitat for Ivan, a silverback gorilla. So you can see some of the features that they added there. Um and the book explores themes of friendship, art, hope, and empathy. So a lot of you see the kids have a lot of pride in what they did. >> So this photo this was a photosynthesis lab. that some of our seventh grade students were involved with. All right. So, we connected this to learning to what happens in Minnesota lace and ponds throughout the winter. Kind of continues on to the next slide. So, these kids were taking a journey through the solar system also at Westwood. Sebastian who he's on the superintendent advisory council over at the high school. He's been for a couple of years so know him well but he's part of the national had the national honor society put together these blankets for pediatric patients at Henipin Healthcare. So inspired to do that through some of his jobs um job shadowing and uh ever since I met him I think he was a sophomore first year and he's always wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon ever since then. So see this is pretty cool. It was fun to to see this. Our girls hockey team, Centennial Spring Lake Park team, who happened to be ranked number one in the state, they scrimmaged our adapted floor hockey team, which is also a co-op with Centennial and Spring Lake Park. So, that's a pretty cool experience for all of the all of the kids of each of the teams. So, we recently had a career and college pathways design team come together. They were super pumped about the uh ideas that they came up with. I know that uh at least Kelly was involved there. Is she in the picture? Yeah, you can see her in the upper left of that lower picture there. Um came in. No, actually she's in there twice. So, um but we had a lot of uh industry partners who were in. So, I think it was the morning where we had the uh we had staff spend time coming up with different ideas and then they worked with industry partners in the afternoon. So, look at the future of career and uh college pathways. This is just um wanted to share this is pretty cool. We have a lot of items moving in and out of our panther pantry right now. Um this is a time of high need. So want to thank everybody who's contributed. It's pretty cool to go down there. Thank you to Colleen for her Colleen Peterson for her coordination of all of this. Um and to all the community members sending in so many um uh supplies to keep this docked so well. And then we've, you know, we have this project in our district operational plan. It's just part of our standard work that we focus on all the time is really deepening the system supports for our kids. Um, and I'll let you read that, but just kind of wanted to share that the past few weeks have been difficult for so many families most directly impacted by actions that are being undertaken throughout our community. There are those who are directly impacted as well as the many staff and community members who are supporting the needs of affected students and families each day. The challenge of all of this is that that is often unrecognized and unseen are the challenges on caregivers. It's difficult to it's so difficult to see our staff grapple with the effects of the traumatic experiences they see on the young people they care so much about. Just today as I walked and I wanted to share this because just today as I walked through the high school, I greeted a teacher in the hallway sharing a simple, "Hey, how you doing?" She looked at me, she paused, and then she just shook her head as tears started to flow. I could tell she wanted to, needed to say something. Um, and then she just looked at me, she said, "Oh, Jeff, I have to tell you." And she went on to tell a story of that one of her students was going through um what he's going through with his family in just the past 24 hours, a family she's worked closely with for years. Um, and parents who have been so supportive of their son and the family's now separated. As she told me of the steps she's taken herself, I listened and offered what support I could in the moment. In the moment, we then gave each other a big hug. I left wishing there was even more that I could do in that moment for her. People, students, families, and staff are caring a lot right now because they care so deeply about each and every one of our students. And there are things happening to families that I believe are just not right. I could tell many stories about this, but what I want people to know is that the actions our staff are taking, coordinating with volunteers from throughout our school community, is not about taking a political side. It is simply about making sure each and every student feels cared for each day as a sense of belonging and that they're doing all we that we're doing all we can to have them experience success. Success that requires that basic needs are being met when they are not with us. Again, I'm so appreciative of the many staff, families, and community members who have rallied together to bring together supports for these basic needs and to help each student feel a sense of belonging and care at school. The work is exhausting for so many, and I wish I could do even more than say how extremely proud and thankful I am for the efforts they are making each day. Just as I shared a hug with that teacher at the high school today, I send a hug to each of our staff and volunteers that are showing so much care throughout our community. you're making a difference in the lives of so many young people and their families. So, I just wanted to share that because the system system of supports isn't something we just focus on in an operational plan. It's something I see people living out each and every day in each one of our schools. With that, I'll transition to the legislature. They convene here shortly. Um well, we're watching and we're watching things closely. It it actually is a budget year that so it's really important year. There's two legislative commissions in particular both the compensatory aid and special education that are set to um make recommendations yet this spring. In fact, in the next couple of days, we should learn what our compensatory allocation um should be for next year. We're hoping there's a hold harmless to that, but we don't know. um with special ed right now, if they were to make a decision today, we'd be slated for over a million dollar reduction in aid um to our access funding. So compensatory would likely be a reduction as well. So that's something that we're paying close attention to this year and we'll keep you updated. The most important date is the February forecast really that comes here at the end of the month or early March. That's what the governor's proposal um will be built on and then that really drives the legislative discussions throughout the spring. So, we're gonna have to keep a close eye on that this spring on our calendar. Kind of Tony hit this at the start of the meeting with the as we just um each of these dates in the uh um upcoming dates at the start of our meeting. We have our Westwood musical, The Sound of Music coming up at the end of February. Encourage people to get out and see that. And then Live on 65 welcomes Jo is it Joanne Parker? Joanne Parker at the on March 19th. So, and then at the end of February, it's an entire week. So, there's people will be going to the Panther Party at the end of the week on the 28th, but there's opportunities for everybody to get involved throughout the week. And I hope everybody um you know looks for an opportunity to uh be part of the community that week. And that is it. >> Thank you, Jeff. >> Yep. >> Okay. Moving on to action items. Can I get a motion to approve for the approval of budget revision for fiscal year 2026? >> So move by Vala, second by McCullen to approve the revised 2026 budget as shown below. Uh it's a copy of the numbers that Amy had shared in her presentation. Um any discussion? We already had the presentation. Anything else? All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes. >> Approval of the 2027 2028 school calendar. Can I get a motion? >> So moved by Schmidt, second by is it Forsber Skully to approve the 2027 2028 schoolboard calendar as presented. And Tony is going to share some information on it. Yep. Thank you, Mr. President. Good evening, everybody. I'm here to provide just a very brief report about our school calendar prior to you taking action on the recommended 2728 calendar. So, we've had a very consistent school calendar for the better part of two decades, which is in large part thanks to our calendar task force that's comprised of about 30 teachers and administrators from across the district. and Ally and Katie are uh with us tonight and they're actually two of our task force members that just worked out wonderfully. Um our calendar task force provides feedback and input that assists us in bringing forward calendars that prioritize student learning, effective planning and professional learning time for staff and balanced trimesters. Those are the main priorities that we try to hit. And back in December, you took action on the 2627 school calendar. And a few seconds ago, I mentioned that we've had really stable and consistent calendars for about 20 years. But next year's calendar is just a little bit different. Our community might have noticed that our first day of school next year is scheduled for August 31st. The legislature enacted legislation that permits school districts to start school before Labor Day, each of the next two school years, because Labor Day is so late in 2026 and 2027. Now, we recognize that this is a big change for uh some families, but the task force and administration believed that this was important so that kids could be out of school at a more traditional time in June while also allowing for more interrupted weeks of student learning. So, our last day of school next year will be on June 4th. In the recommended 2728 school calendar that we're bringing forward tonight, we're proposing schools starting on our traditional timeline, the day after Labor Day. We believe that this is more desirable because we simply didn't derive a ton of benefit from starting um before Labor Day in the 2728 school year. Uh it's also less disruptive to families travel plans and the state fair to start uh after Labor Day. And honestly, it's better logistically for our transportation partners. So, the proposed first day of school uh will be Tuesday, September 7th, 2027, and the last day of school will be Thursday, June 8th, 2028. Uh that's a very typical end date for us as well. So, this is the calendar we're recommending for approval tonight. >> Any questions? Any comments? >> For all your hard work, >> it's very impressive. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank Thank the ladies. It's a fun process. I was going to say if there's any process where you know you're gonna whatever you come up with is not going to please everybody is this one. >> It's our job to respect that. >> Exactly. Absolutely. >> And yet the feedback that we get from our families and our staff is overwhelmingly positive. We really have a pretty nice stable calendar. >> Awesome. Thank you for your participation in that. I appreciate it. All right. All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed. Motion passes for the approval of the 2027 2028 calendar. Uh moving to award bids for Spring Lake Park Schools multi-sight secure entrance updates at district service center, the high school, Woodrest Spanish immersion, and park terrace. Can I get a motion? >> So moved by Hennon, second by Forsber. All right. For the approval of the bid to Spring Lake Park Schools multi-sight just covered that as presented in this meeting. Amy, would you like to >> Yeah, just a couple minutes. We usually come up and just give a quick update before the board takes approval. But as you read, this was a combination of updates to several of our buildings, a combination of just security and deferred maintenance. So with that, uh there were three biders on the project. Uh fourth one we were hoping would bid, backed out at the last minute, but did attend uh the opening. So with that, the low bidder of JPMI Construction is who we are recommending the bid award to. Um you will see that there was a base bid and an alternate. The alternate was one that in the end it was something we put out there, but by the time that the bids were coming in, we determined it wasn't really necessary. So that's why you'll see a rejection to the alternate and the recommendation to approve the base bid of 495,000. And I just want to clarify, Amy, it is fair to say that we do not put details in any of our information around security because we want to keep that confidential. So if anybody sees the information, we it's our district policy to not include that information. >> And some of these are just flat deferred maintenance at the same time. Um if you when you walk through the doors at this building, they are drafty. They don't lock well. They don't So I mean it's security can mean different things, but This one is a combination of different maintenance as well. >> Great. Thank you. Any other discussion? All in favor, please say I. >> Those opposed? Motion passes. Acknowledgement of gifts. Can I get a motion? >> So moved by Schmidt, second by Skully to approve the following resolution. Whereas school board 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 as shown. Any discussion? I just want to say thank you to everyone for who is on this list, but also we know that there are many many many many families who are giving them a district that might not be on this list. So just a even broader thank you because you know so many people are supporting the community. >> Absolutely. And this is just what's given to the district. I mean there's others who give to the the parent teacher organizations that are part of the schools and through other organizations. So is very much appreciated. Thank you. >> Clerk, would you please call roll? >> Yes. Miss Forsber? >> Yes. >> Miss Schmidt? >> Yes. >> Miss Skellyy? Yes. Miss Mullen? >> Yes. >> Miss Hen? >> Yes. >> Mr. Vala? >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> The resolution passes on a 70 vote. >> Thank you. Moving on to board forum and reports. And we'll start with our student rep, Mickey. >> Hi. Um, unfortunately Mia is not here with us, so you're stuck with me. and we have a lot to get through. So yesterday our Parker's choir group performed with the seventh grade choir group and so we had that and then also yesterday was the last meet for the math team and also knowledgeable sub regions are today and old team is qualified which is why Mia is not here with us and uh in the name of sports we have uh dance sections last Friday our kick and jazz team placed fourth we have juniors Addy Roar, Alex Trap, Ma Ericson qualify for state in Noric skiing and then fishing team instruction has begun as of last month, January 13th, and there will be a boys volleyball info meeting, February 24th at 6:30. And tonight, we have boys and girls basketball games, home versus Totino Brace. And lastly, I want to talk about what we've been doing in student council. Last week was our winter spirit week. So, we had our dressup days, our power buff, which is our juniors versus seniors boys volleyball game. Um, sadly to say, us juniors did not win. Uh and then we had our pepfest on Friday which uh aligned with the boys basketball game against Rogers. And the main purpose of this winter spirit week was fundraising. One of our lovely custodians, Kyle, came up with the proposal of a campaign to support the ducks that live in our courtyard. And so the money that we raised by having a spinning wheel and also selling ice cream will go to partnering with the construction trades program to build shelters for them in the spring. >> So that is the secret. >> That is naive. >> Yeah, I'll keep you guys updated on that as well. Yes, please. >> I'm I'm I'm happy the ducks are still there. Oh my gosh. >> I was there when they walked them out one time. Oh my goodness. If you don't get a chance to Yeah, it's it's great. I'm going to switch on this side first. Any updates? >> Thank you. I zoomed into the AMSD meeting. Anyone else? Um, it was a meeting with legislators and gave the uh school districts an opportunity to present their their needs really. Uh the $250,000 proposed cut to special ed is being discussed in every organization and also some discussion about PSO and if it needs to be revised and um some rules tightened or a different perspective on that. uh 9:16 there's been two meetings because the yet January meeting was very late but it was primarily an organizational meeting and at the most recent meeting we had the lobbyist who um works for the intermediate districts again it was a discussion of that cross subsidy and um some things about uh other possible sources of income So, um, one thing, um, neither of these people mentioned, we had, um, basketball player, and I'm not, I can't recall the name of who was mentioned as one of the athletes of the week in the Star Tribute. >> Gabe, >> maybe I was thinking something. >> No, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. And it wasn't it wasn't this immediate last week. It was a week or two ago. >> But >> um well, they just, you know, listed people who have been outstanding that week and it's always nice. It's always nice to see Spring Lake Park. >> Yes, absolutely. >> Anything else, Mar? >> All right, we'll switch to this side. Um, so a handful of fun things. So I got to see the one act. I don't know if anyone else got out to the the theater, but uh that was a fun show. They actually the day that they were doing it, they uh it was a double a double feature because Monomidi was also doing a dry run before they went out to uh sections and so there were two. But that was a great show. Uh as Uh Dr. Ronnenburgg said, "I was at the career and pathways lunch meeting uh working session. Fantastic. I could have been there all day." Um they are really brainstorming ways to uh enhance the program. You know, just like every other curriculum, every 10 years or so, it's time to look at it. You know, so career and pathways is at that 910 year. And so some more thought around what to make what to do and how to how to continue to to build on the strong program that it already is. So that was a lot of fun to be a part of. I was at the miz lab which is the Minnesota school district uh liquid acid fund plus. Say that four times fast. And uh that was this morning. So it's a quarterly meeting. And again, that's where we have investments uh that we are getting interest on and um and I get to serve as one of the trustees. And this last quarter, the fund made uh over $27 million that will go back to all of the participating districts, not just us. Wish it, but not just us. But like when Amy says, you know, we have two thou $200,000 in interest. Part of that comes from that fund. And then um just a fun fact uh and to bring it into sort of a broader spring light park um we have an Olympian in the Olympics this winter. So I went to high school with uh Rich Richie Roin as he is known to me but Rich Rich Roin and he is on the USA curling team. And so heads up if you see the curling team make it to the gold uh medal uh it's a panther. >> So there you go. Great. >> I saw him interview. >> Yeah, he's getting a little Okay, this is he's getting a little extra pressed because he's one of the older Olympians and might be one of the oldest Olympians this uh time around. But >> but uh it's super exciting. Like he's been a a national competitor. He's been a world competitor. Like he's been doing this for years and so it's just exciting for him and the team. >> Cool. Thanks for sharing. Anyone else? Um I attended the last Panther Panther Foundation board meeting. Always a great group. They um granted a granted a grant and also mentioned with um excited about the the week coming up, lots of ways for people to participate like Dr. Roderberg said and their party for a purpose is still seeking like some auction donations. So if there's anybody watching who is interested in donating something, they can reach out to the panel foundation or the community ad department who can put them in touch with them. So just mention that and then I also attended the Spanish immersion uh PTO meeting a few days ago and they have as always a lot coming up but they have an inschool glow party coming up at the end of February that all the kids can participate in and I just think that sounds like so much fun. Um but they're also looking for volunters. So again, if anybody's watching and and I want to help out with that, that's another opportunity. >> Great. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> All right. Last chance. >> Okay. Moving on to adjournment. Can I get a motion? >> So moved by Forsber, >> second by Mlullen to adjourn the meeting at 7:49. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Those opposed? Motion passes. Meeting is adjourned. >> Thank you everyone.