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Edina Public Schools: School Board Organizational Meeting

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 5:44 AMActual: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 5:44 AM

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[4:59] 7 not 5:00 7:05 February 12th and we do have a quorum so I'll call this meeting [5:05] to order um do I have a motion to approve tonight's agenda so moved second [5:11] okay all those in favor of approving tonight's agenda say I I I anyone [5:17] opposed the motion passes and the agenda is approved um Dr Stanley would you please [5:24] review tonight's agenda for us absolutely so we have our zephrus team [5:30] that is here for excellence and action we're really excited to hear about all of their successes of course we will be [5:36] hearing from members of the public several consent agenda items uh you're going to receive an update on the [5:42] comprehensive literacy Plan update on uh alternative comp compensation plan [5:49] memorandum an update on polling places for the upcoming [5:54] primaries um you will then receive a preliminary Cost Containment recommendation we have several policies [6:02] that we are going to bring before you that have been reviewed for action it's our social studies guiding change our [6:08] International um recommendations you guys are going to hire me again um the [6:15] Pupil Transportation vehicle purpose uh purchase and then um any committee [6:21] updates my updates and then we will return thank you Dr Stanley um we're [6:27] going to move to our excellence and action for this month and this month's [6:32] Excellence excellence in action is featuring our Edina High School zephrus team with Daniel ambor our zephrus [6:40] advisor I believe he's here oh he just left you guys to [6:48] come well I'm sure you are all outstanding responsible individuals and they're going to share their national [6:54] awards that the zephrus recently won um we have tell me if I mispronounced anyone's name or if you want to [7:01] introduce everyone that would be wonderful for me so welcome we have irva [7:06] jaah editor and chief so I'm irva I'm the editor and chief of our high school [7:11] publication zephrus um and besides me we have Carmel and Iris who are just two of [7:16] our lovely Award winners so if we want to move on to the next slide so we're [7:21] here with edana zepis for the high school newspaper and what we really do is we get content out to high schoolers [7:27] so we have five to six print distributions um throughout the school year we have one coming up and then we [7:33] publish content almost daily online we've gotten pretty big into multimedia lately which is pretty exciting but one [7:40] of the big reasons we're here is because of the National High School press Association conference that we just went to so um if we want to move on to the [7:47] next slide so the National High School journalism convention was something that [7:53] we had the opportunity to attend last November and so basically what it was was there's a biannual Gathering um that [8:02] uh the national Scholastic press Association does and we were super grateful we got to go and it was a lot [8:10] of presentations breakout rooms and …

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Edina school board extends meeting to hear budget cut concerns

Proposed Budget Cuts - Elementary Specialists (Music, PE, Art, Media)

Proposed Budget Cuts - Licensed School Nurses and Health Services

Proposed Budget Cuts - Teacher of the Deaf

Proposed Budget Cuts - School Counselors

Community Ideas for Revenue Generation

P K-12 Comprehensive Literacy Plan Update

Teacher Evaluation and Alternative Compensation MOU Reauthorization

Update on Polling Places for Upcoming Primaries

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Votes (2)

Extension of Community Comment Period

Approved Unanimously

Dissent: None

Moved by Chair allenburg [1:11:46] · Seconded by Unknown [1:12:00]

With over 30 individuals signed up to speak, exceeding the new policy limit of 15, the board discussed whether to extend the community comment period. A motion was made to extend it by 15 minutes to allow more community members to share their perspectives on the proposed budget cuts, acknowledging the importance of their input.

Extension of Board Meeting Time

Approved Unanimously

Dissent: None

Moved by Chair allenburg [2:03:22] · Seconded by Unknown [2:03:29]

Recognizing that the meeting had run significantly past schedule (9:05 PM) and had many agenda items remaining, the board decided to make a motion to extend the meeting duration. The goal was to ensure all important discussions could be completed without being rushed, demonstrating a commitment to thoroughness.

Notable Quotes (3)

um I would like to make a motion to extend our community comments for 15 more minutes in an effort to try to get everyone in to speak

Chair allenburg [1:11:46]
Extension of Community Comment Period

so fellow board members I don't know if you've noticed but it's already 905 and we have a lot of our agenda left

Chair allenburg [2:03:07]
Extension of Board Meeting Time

I think we need to vote to extend our meeting and then I'd like to take a five minute re us um so we are chipper for the rest of our meeting

Chair allenburg [2:03:13]
Extension of Board Meeting Time

Ordinances & Resolutions (9)

board policy 206Other

Community comment guidelines.

board policy 203Other

Guidance for how regular board meetings will operate.

Preliminary Cost Containment recommendationOther

Proposal outlining potential budget reductions.

Edina Public School strategic plan Part CPlan

Focuses on mental health and wellness.

Section 504 of The Rehabilitation ActOther

Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and ensures access to educational opportunities.

Comprehensive Literacy PlanPlan

District-wide plan for literacy instruction and development.

Read ActOther

State legislation concerning literacy education and teacher training.

Teacher Evaluation and Alternative Compensation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)Other

Agreement governing teacher evaluation and compensation programs.

PELSB descriptorsOther

Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board descriptors for library media specialists.

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