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title: September 9, 2002
## author: Pat Wood
date: D:20260707095147-05'00'
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## EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD
## OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 279 (OSSEO AREA SCHOOLS)
## STATE OF MINNESOTA
July 14, 2026
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the School Board of
Independent School District No. 279 (Osseo Area Schools), State of Minnesota, was held in
said school district on July 14, 2026, at six o'clock p.m., for the purpose, in part, of considering
approval of gifts to the district.
The following members were present: XXXX;
and the following were absent: XXXX.
Member ________________ introduced the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
## RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DONATIONS
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 123B.02, Subd. 6 provides: “The board may receive, for the benefits
of the district, bequests, donations, or gifts for any proper purpose and apply the same to the purpose
designated. In that behalf, the board may act as trustee of any trust created for the benefit of the district,
or for the benefit of pupils thereof, including trusts created to provide pupils of the district with advanced
education after completion of high school, in the advancement of education.”; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 465.03 provides: “Any city, county, school district or town may accept
a grant or devise of real or personal property and maintain such property for the benefit of its citizens in
accordance with the terms prescribed by the donor. Nothing herein shall authorize such acceptance or
use for religious or sectarian purposes. Every such acceptance shall be by resolution of the governing
body adopted by a two-thirds majority of its members, expressing such terms in full.”; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the School Board of Osseo Area Schools, ISD 279, gratefully
accepts the following donations as identified below:
## Donor Item Designated Purpose (if any)
Anonymous $5,000.00 Anonymous grant for Woodland Elementary.
Osseo Track Booster Club $8,157.09 Donation for the Osseo Senior High Track coaches.
Blackbaud Giving Fund $40.00 Allison Kyriagis Medtronic donation via Blackbaud for
Basswood Elementary school needs.
## Weaver Lake Elementary
## PTO
$2,181.02 Donation/reimbursement for the 4
th
grade Birdhouse
Workshop, 2
nd
## Grade Science Crew presentation, and End of
Year pizza party for various grades.
Birch Grove PTO $62.93 Reimbursement for cookies for the Birch Grove Elementary
kindergarten promotion.
Rice Lake PTO $3,911.39 Reimbursement to the Rice Lake Elementary gift account for
PTO purchases throughout the year.
Oak View PTO $17,467.54 Donation for payroll, various field trips, PA system, and
Artist in Residency at Oak View Elementary.
Blackbaud Giving Fund $40.00 General donation for district/school needs at Osseo Area
Schools.
Gene Haas Foundation $2,000.00 Donation for the Park Center Senior High Robotics Team.
## TOTAL $38,859.97
The motion for the adopti…