Columbia Heights School District — Transcript
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Student Academic Recognition
Board Member Community Engagement and Updates
Superintendent's Key Updates
Fall Season Activities Overview
Strategic Goals for School Board (2024-2025)
Votes (6)
Approval of Consent Agenda A (Treasury Report and Lane Change)
Moved by Palmer [0:16:45] · Seconded by H [0:16:50]
The board moved to approve Consent Agenda A, which included the treasury report from August of 2024 and a lane change. There was no specific discussion on these items prior to the vote.
Approval of Consent Agenda B (Personnel Report)
Dissent: Maderas abstained due to a conflict of interest.
Moved by Palmer [0:17:50] · Seconded by Granin [0:17:55]
The board considered the approval of Consent Agenda B, which contained the personnel report from October 22nd. Member Maderas declared a conflict of interest and abstained from the vote due to her spouse's appointment being included in the report.
Adoption of Resolution Acknowledging Contributions
Moved by Petway [0:23:45] · Seconded by H [0:23:50]
The board adopted a resolution to acknowledge and accept various contributions. These included monetary donations totaling $5,000 from the Italian American Club Foundation, over $26,000 from community members for the boys' and girls' swim teams, and in-kind donations valued at $1,400 to Highland Elementary and ELC groups. The board chair expressed deep gratitude for the community's support.
Adoption of MSHSL Foundation Form A Grant Resolution
Moved by Granin [0:55:00] · Seconded by H [0:55:05]
The board approved a resolution supporting the application for the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Foundation Form A grant. This grant is intended to help offset student activity fees, thereby promoting youth participation in athletics and fine arts, and potentially providing funding for leadership training and emergency equipment like AEDs.
Adoption of MSHSL Foundation Form B Grant Resolution
Moved by H [0:57:10] · Seconded by Maderas [0:57:15]
The board approved a resolution for the MSHSL Foundation Form B grant. This grant is specifically designed to support seminars, training opportunities, or specific school functions for students, faculty, and officials involved in athletic and fine arts programs, fostering leadership development and community building within the activities department.
Approval of School Board Goals for 2024-2025
Moved by Petway [1:00:20] · Seconded by H [1:00:25]
The board collaboratively established and approved three strategic goals for the upcoming year: enhancing governance and legal compliance, leveraging assessment data for student success, and strengthening community engagement with particular emphasis on newcomer and multilingual families. Board members expressed appreciation for the collaborative process and the clear direction these goals provide for unified board action.
Notable Quotes (6)
I will be abstaining from the vote because of the inclusion of my spouse's appointment on this particular report.
reading all of those Nam was truly an honor to see all of um our community members who supported our students um for the boys and girls swim team um as well as all of the other donations so thank you for that
it is my recommendation that we uh pass the resolution for both for both form a and Form B from the Minnesota State High School league foundation and I would be happy to fill out those grants
some of those Grant dollars are what allow us to conduct um some of this leadership training and community building for students and so I think it's really helpful um to the community at large and also to um me personally as a board member to kind of see that in action through the activities update to be able to know how those uh Grant dollars that we receive uh really do impact student leadership development within the activities department
I think it shows our priorities and and attainable goals and and great strides that we want to make I appreciate all the work that goes into this and giv us just a clear Direction on where we want to go and uh where to focus uh collectively right because we all have our own ideas and and thoughts and and frequencies that we work in but this kind of brings us all together so we can continue to be a unified board
I was actually kind of um I'm not surprised really we are a very collaborative board it's but but um really encouraged on how we all really just kind of focused in on this and said oh yes we need to do that and that was really incredibly incred it's going to be incredibly gratifying to see as we're working on this how we can bring more of that collaboration and understanding and um and be wiser in our decisions and understanding um uh what we're asking of everybody too
Ordinances & Resolutions (9)
Financial report included in Consent Agenda A
Personnel actions and appointments included in Consent Agenda B
Formal acceptance of monetary and in-kind donations to the school district
Statute permitting school boards to receive donations and act as trustee for trusts benefitting the district
Resolution supporting the application for a grant to offset student activity fees for athletics and fine arts
Resolution supporting the application for a grant to fund seminars, training, and support for school functions for students, faculty, and officials in athletics and fine arts
Approved strategic goals for the school board focusing on governance, data utilization, and community engagement
The district's strategic plan, referenced as guiding the development of the School Board Goals
Annual resolution ensuring the district does not discriminate and informs mandated reporters of their duties, to be presented as a consent agenda item on November 12th