In compliance with Minnesota statutes we're required to terminate the teaching contracts of the district's long-term term limited contract substitute teachers at the end of each school year a long-term substitute by definition is one who worked all or part of the school year replacing a specific teacher who has returned rights to his or her position the contracts of the long-term substitutes must be terminated at the end of the school year failure to terminate these contracts could result in the district allocating two teachers in each affected position as the regular teachers exercise their right to return from leave.

As we continue to work through our staffing for the 2425 school year we do have a couple of additional names that we need to bring before the board tonight for non-renewal as a reminder we must release a number of probationary teachers for various reasons including student driven scheduling changes in enrollment budget reductions curriculum changes lure issues midyear placements and performance issues.

The district is proposing a resolution for the discontinuance of educational programs and positions to align Staffing with projected enrollment for the 2425 school year the district will discontinue the following positions Andor programs the K12 instructional coordinator and World Language at the elementary schools.

I think it's worth pointing out that a lot of this is the change from um world languages in our elementary schools to science so this is a positive change for our students that we look forward to seeing appreciate you highlighting that this has certainly been a source of um some significant discussion at the board and um so much of this is related to the direction that we are starting to carry our um school going forward.

It's with great pleasure that I bring before you tonight the tenative agreement for the principal Association that we reached last week with with them for the next cycle which is the 2023 2025 contract cycle I just want to take a minute to recognize our principles and assistant principles in the district who work tirelessly on a daily basis to provide leadership and direction to their staff and to the families of our school district and are there for our students and support them day in and day out they're just a great group of people who really do work hard every day for our staff and our students and their families so I just wanted to take that minute to recognize them.

The proposed agreement is within the parameters established by the school board the components of the settlement have been provided to the school board in the bargaining unit has voted in favor of this settlement the agreement includes the increases to step schedules of a 4% increase in year 1 a 3% increase in year two Market adjustments for each of the principal classifications to align our salaries with the median Market salaries for principes an increase to the district's 403b contribution beginning in year two of the contract and increases to longevity pay after completion of specified years of service to the district.

I also just want to acknowledge uh yours and Brady's uh process for working our way through these negotiating season um as we make our way through each of the bargaining groups and contracts and um appreciate you're really collaborative and an open approach um with the board and with the bargaining groups that you are working with um I I enjoy being a part of a district that is not some of the contentious headlines we see elsewhere.

We have three donations tonight on the agenda uh two of those are from the self s Paul open foundation for the volleyball program and the girls hockey program for coaching salaries and then we have a donation from the sou St Paul Education Foundation for the caposa Ninja Warrior for some equipment for that Ninja Warrior course.