## AGENDA ## Independent School District No. 77 ## Mankato, MN 56001 Monday, March 2, 2026 - 5:30 p.m. ## Intergovernmental Center - Mankato Room ## 1.CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL (5:30 P.M.) ## 2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA (5:30 P.M.) ## 3.MAPS STUDENT SPOTLIGHT (5:35 P.M.) ## 4.MAPS STAFF SPOTLIGHT (5:40 P.M.) ## 5.PUBLIC COMMENT (5:45 P.M.) ## 6.INFORMATION (5:55 P.M.) ## A.Annual School District Radon Report ## B.Talent Development Report ## C.Board Member Workshop/Committee/Student Reports ## 7.CONSENT AGENDA (6:15 P.M.) ## A.Approval of Minutes of February 17, 2026, Regular Meeting ## B.Personnel ## C.Approval of Extended Trip - Lancers Trip 2027 ## 8.ADJOURNMENT (6:20 P.M.) ## School Board Members for 2026 ## Shannon Sinning, Chair Phone: 507-207-4023 E-Mail: ssinni1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2026 ## Kari Pratt, Vice Chair Phone: 507-207-4025 E-Mail: kpratt1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2026 ## Patrick Baker, Treasurer Phone: 507-207-4028 E-Mail: pbaker1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2026 ## Erin Roberts, Clerk Phone: 507-207-4026 E-Mail: erober1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2028 ## Elizabeth Hanke Phone: 507-207-4030 E-Mail: ehanke1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2028 ## Christopher Kind Phone: 507-207-4027 E-Mail: ckind1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2028 ## Liz Ratcliff Phone: 507-207-4029 E-Mail: eratcl1@isd77.org ## Term Ends December 31, 2028 ## Paul Peterson, Superintendent ## 10 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 2 ## Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 387-1868 E-Mail: ppeter1@isd77.org ## PUBLIC COMMENT GUIDELINES The Mankato Area School Board welcomes public participation through Public Comment. Hearing from citizens is an important aspect of public service, and the School Board appreciates people sharing their views. It is important to note that School Board meetings are business meetings held in the public. They are not public meetings nor are they a public forum. They are a business meeting of the elected representatives of the school district. The Mankato Area School Board expects that the same etiquette and decorum displayed during the business meeting be present during the Public Comment. Public Comment participation is limited to those individuals who wish to speak to an item on the Board agenda. The School Board does not comment or ask questions during Public Comment. Each speaker is asked to provide his/her name and city for the record. Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to speak. The Board Chair will alert speakers when their time is up. Failure to stop speaking and blatantly ignore the cue, will result in an individual losing the ability to participate in Public Comment for the next two months. When there is a large number of speakers, the Board Chair may modify Public Comment, such as shortening the time allotted for each speaker, adding an overall time limit, or shifting a portion of Public Comment to the end of the meeting. Public Comment partici…

--- title: March 2, 2026 Minutes - Google Docs date: D:20260303141959+00'00' --- ## SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES ## INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 77 ## Mankato, Minnesota March 2, 2026 The School Board of Independent School District No. 77 met in regular session on Monday, March 2, in the Mankato Room at the Intergovernmental Center. Chair Sinning called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Members present at roll call: Patrick Baker, Elizabeth Hanke, Christopher Kind, Kari Pratt, and Shannon Sinning. Members absent: Liz Ratcliff and Erin Roberts (arrived 5:35 p.m.). Mrs. Pratt made a motion, and Mr. Kind seconded, approval of the agenda together with a Personnel Addendum. The motion carried on a 5-0 voice vote. MAPS Student Spotlight - Charis Perrizo - Dakota Meadows Middle School MAPS Staff Spotlight - Cheryl Menke - West High School Public Comment : No one wished to speak. Information Reports : Annual School District Radon Report presented by Scott Kaminski, ## Talent Development presented by Bobbie Jo Bastian, and Board Member Workshop/Committee/Student Reports. The consent agenda items outlined below were approved on a motion by Mr. Kind, seconded by Mr. Baker, and carried on a 6-0 roll call vote. Approval of Minutes of the February 17, 2026, regular Board meeting. Personnel : ## APPOINTMENTS (INSTRUCTIONAL) Kim Hermer - Work-Based Learning Teacher at East High School for 0.167 FTE beginning January 21, 2026, for the 2nd semester of the 2025-26 school year. She will be placed at step 10 of the B+30 lane on the Teachers Association salary schedule. Dylan Kennedy - Long-term Substitute Teacher at Hoover Elementary School beginning March 10, and ending May 26, 2026. He will be placed at step 1 of the B lane on the Teachers Association salary schedule. Charles Reilly - Full-time (1.00 FTE) Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Interventionist at Prairie Winds Middle School beginning February 25, 2026. He will be placed at step 1 of the B lane on the Teachers Association salary schedule. ## Minutes of March 2, 2026, School Board Meeting The following will be teachers in the Central High night school Program for 2.5 hours per day/2 nights per week (T/TH) beginning March 3 and ending April 21, 2026. They will be compensated according to their placement on the Teachers Association salary schedule. Frederick Berg, Zachary Blasing, Emma Brunton, Jeremy Burger, David Burgess, Heather Fitzsimmons, Heather Gilman, Russell Groebner, Jeffery Helget, Laura Januschka, Crystal Kay, Amanda Kline, Jessica Larsen, TerRon Lee, Christina Makela, Aaron Miller, Sherry Miller, Rebecca Sellers, Michael Sipe, Daniel Toegel, Kristin Van Otterloo, Amber Waibel, Matthew Weichert, ## Anna Wirth, Christopher Wollmuth ## APPOINTMENTS (NON-INSTRUCTIONAL) Antonio Davis - Second Cook at East High School for 8 hours per day/5 days per week beginning March 2, 2026. He will be placed at classification A13, step 6, in accordance with the agreement between the District and the Minne…