e e e e e e e e good evening the regular meeting of the Independent School District 279 School Board is called call to order at 6:00 p.m. on March 18th 2025 this regular business meeting of the oio school board is being conducted in the boardroom of the Educational Service Center the meeting can be monitored electronically by streaming online from the district website an archived recording of tonight's meeting will also be available on the district website seated in front of you this evening for my left and your right are director Kelsey Dawson Director Erica Foster director Thomas Brooks myself Tanya Prince director Keith Tate director Sarah Mitchell also present in the boardroom is superintendent Dr Kim H and members of the superintendent's cabinet as well as our student Schoolboard Representatives Antoinette Brown for oio Senor Gavin Chaba for Maple Grove senior Naomi Cooper Greer for Park Center Senior those of you who can please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance director tap will you please Le The Pledge the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation under God indivisible withy and justice for all board members are there any additions to the agenda is there a motion to accept the agenda as presented so moved is there a second second so moved by director Mitchell seconded by director Thomas dor Brooks is there any discussion all right seeing none all in favor say I I I motion passes six to zero our next standing agenda item is recognitions we have no recognitions this evening but we will have several next month the next agenda item is Schoolboard Representatives reports Antonette will you please share your report good evening everyone my name is Anette Brown and I'm representing oio Senior High at AIO Senior High we continue to show up for ourselves and for one another in excellence we continue to thrive and be our best selves on a day-to-day basis here's some of our Excellence throughout the month Avid Scholars lead through a tutorial process is where they utilize Avid Avid skills through the tutorial process that utilizes Higher Learning higher thinking skills and a deeper understanding of topics Scholars walk through the staff through the steps of of a tutorial process on February 24th our black student union presented the eighth annual U speaks a black history mon showcase this event included poem spoken words drum performances singing scholar written skits and a fan favorite traditional fashion show It's always important that we focus on celebrating black history and for this theme we circled around black love black joy and black Excellence the oo chamber choir performed the Minnesota state Educators Mentor win winter conference on Friday February 14th where they were excitingly performing a story that also included a world premiere poem written by Minnesota composer they had music from Korea France and Haiti the oio senior Varsity chess choir also run first place under a thousand rating division in the Minnesota State…