Thank you. Um, first we'll start with community members questions and comments. We didn't have anybody sign up again tonight, so we will move on to the next agenda item, which is a call to order. Uh, next is the pledge of allegiance. Uh, Laura, would you mind leading us? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Uh, next is the election of school board officers. Um, I looked at the MSBA, the Minnesota School Board Association, um, information about this and we should have a roll call vote because we have one member who is um, virtual in unless we only have one nomination for a role and then that's an election acclamation. So, we don't need to vote. So, I just want to clarify that. Kristen and I talked about that ahead of time. If there's multiple nominations, of course, we will do roll call votes. Um, so I just wanted to start that process. Um, anybody can nominate themselves um or anyone else for any of these roles. Uh, no seconds are needed. Uh, I don't know if you remember from last year, but I I asked three times. That's per MSBA recommendation for nominations, and then I'll close the nominations. Um, if there's more than one nominee for an officer role, the person who will take her role will need to have the majority of votes. In this case, four out of the six. Um, an abstension counts with the majority. Uh, okay, let's get started. So, the first role is chair. Do I have a nomination for the chair? I nominate several chairs. Do I have any other nominations? Any other nominations for chair? Last chance for nominations for chair. Okay, thank you. Um, since I am the only candidate nominated for the office, uh, I am now elected by acclamation as chair. Next up is the uh, vice chair. Do I have a nomination for vice chair? I would like to nominate Todd. Are there any other nominations? Any other nominations for vice chair? Last chance. Okay. Because Todd is the only um nominee for vice chair, he is elected by acclamation as well. Uh next up is the treasurer. Are there any nominations for treasurer? >> I know Laura. >> Wendy. >> I meant Wendy. >> Wendy. Wendy is kind enough to do it this year. And uh we we I Kristen, thank you for gathering the information about who was interested in what. That's very helpful. Wendy, thank you for indicating your interest in that role. Um are there any other nominations? Any other nominations for treasurer? Last chance for a treasurer nomination. Okay, since Wendy is the only board member nominated, um she is now elected uh as treasurer by acclamation. And the last role is clerk. Do I have any nominations for clerk? I would like to nominate Laura. Any other nominations for clerk? Um I'm sorry, this is my second one. Any other nominations for clerk? I got lost in there. Okay, last one for clerk. Hearing no other nominations, um Laura is elected by acclamation for clerk. Thank you very much for doing that. Okay, terrific. Next up is item number five, set salaries for clerk and treasurer. Sorry, I need to get there. The recommendation is that the board of education set the compensation for the school board clerk and the school board treasurer at $0 or the minimum required by law as set by statute. That's the recommendation. Do I have a motion? >> I move to a following recommendation. Do I have a second? >> Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, let's do a roll call vote. Tim will always start with you for roll call votes. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> wonderful. That passes. Thank you. Um All right. Next is the consideration of the agenda. Is there anything that anybody wants to check or change on the on the agenda? Okay. Next is the consent agenda. We will also be approving this or not approving this will follow. The consent agenda contains routine matters that typically do not require board discussion. Individual board members may remove an item from the consent agenda for discussion or separate action tonight. Those consent agenda items are as follows. Approve the minutes from the regular board meeting held on December 8th, 2025. Approve personnel recommendations. Approve resignation agreement. Approve donations totaling $16,22428. Approve collateral. Approve treasurer report for November 2025. Approve electronic fund transfers for November 2025. Approve vouchers and payments including bill vouchers, EP register items, EFT vouchers, and Capital One items. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. Do >> I have a second? Any discussion? Okay. This is also >> I'll simply say I will be abstaining but that's because I was not here last week. >> So you're abstaining due to the minutes. >> Correct. >> Perfect. So that is your roll call vote. >> Yes. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> wonderful. Next up is the superintendent's report on excellence. Dr. Pleasure. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm beginning my report tonight with the exciting news that Lauren of DECA has earned a thrive level chapter campaign recognition for the 25 26 school year. It's one of the highest honors awarded to any decade um nationally. This recognition celebrates chapters that demonstrate exceptional leadership, community engagement, innovation and service. Orno is among about 6% of DECA chapters nationwide to complete three requirement campaigns. Community service, innovation, entrepreneurship, and promotion. This distinction reflects both the depth of student leadership and the strength of our school and community partnerships. Students will be formerly recognized at DECA's international career development conference this spring in Atlanta. So, congratulations to all of our students and thank you to Joseph Huber, our memorial advisor. Um, second, youth and government. This over this past weekend, 47 students in grades 8 through 12th and attended the YMC's Youth and Government 2026. And it was a huge success. Once again, our students debated bills. They passed proposals and presented their court cases. Uh, this weekend was chaperon. And I wanted to thank by Jenna. Thank you uh to Jenna Torney, Stephanie Claire's, Joe Claire's, Kelly Kell, and Haley Brena um Kyler Hagen, Francisco Monzano, um Meyer, and let's see Ove, our Americanore Promise Fellows. All had the opportunity to watch our de delegation represent Orno proudly. We had several students serve as officers and were appointed positions that were really impressive. So, Simon Forbes and Keegan Claire's both served in the lieutenant governor's cabin cabinet. Ella Palm served as floor leader of the Kudson Senate. Oliver Bertram served as the assistant floor leader of the Humphrey House. Ava Kissner served as the administrative assistant of the Humphrey House. Jane Stitzky served as administrative assistant of Meyers House. Lily Dubor served as the judge of trial courts. Hannah Ferber served as a lobbyist. and Peter Gagnia as a media reporter. At the close of the weekend, Ella Palm was elected president of the Canudson Senate for next year. Congratulations, Ella. Oliver Bertram and Ava Knissner were awarded the servant leader award. Kira Hegelan and WinnieS were awarded the outstanding delegate awards. So, thank you again to Jenna advisor Jenna Tory and our outstanding students and families who support this um important immersive experience. want to switch to some activities. Um we had a quiet concert last um Monday night that was a wonderful success and our winter sports are at a both wing. Delighted to share a few updates. Boys hockey has won two games in a row highlighted by a big Saturday victory over rival section rival West Tanka. The boys are away this Friday competing against Coke. Um girls hockey has won two of their last three games including a historic win over the St. Margaret. um marking that marking a a huge first season victory um in program history. So, girls now face Warro this Friday. Um girls basketball is riding a sevengame winning streak um and has claimed the number one state ranking in class 3A. Congratulations to Maya Moore who scored 51 points over my BSM, setting a new single game girls basketball scoring record at Lorno. Boys basketball is also ranked um number nine and open conference play with the win over Bloomington Jefferson last night. They play against this Friday against um new bra um away dance competed at the Adina invite with jazz placing fourth and kick earning fifth place and boy swim and dive dive remains undefeated and dual meets this season currently ranked number fourth. Um true team sections begin this week and already at Westa High School. Nor Ski was up at Msabi East invite in Giants Ridge over the weekend. Congratulations to Connor on his third place finish. And Alpine Ski had an amazing um last week here. And congratulations to the boys alpine um team on a first place finish. Friday's conference race at Buck Hill was a clean sweep of the podium. We had Mr. Kinszer in first place. Um Tilki in second and Monaco in third place. Girls Alpine also earned first place team finishes led by Ava Tolki and and Brooke, her sister, who both posted individual top 10 finishes. So, um a great uh weekend for Alpine Ski. Wrestling also competed in Steuartville Invite with the following podium finishers. Brett Kicker was first, Ty Readyi at third, Lucy um Bulmer was third, Ale Peterson third, Sutton Williams fourth, and Bennett Williams fourth. So that was um an a wonderful last week few weeks in um athletics. Also back in the lab is robotics. Uh robotics has officially kicked off another season. The Spart mission is to inspire and empower students through STEM innovation and teamwork, building skills in engineering, fabrication, business and communication while fostering hands-on culture of creativity, problem solving, and collaboration. So we can't wait to see what they'll do this year. We also had great news out of AP. Um, Orno was named um, an AP honoral platinum level again. Last week, the College Board sent us a letter confirming our place on the AP honor role based on the results from the 2425 school year. And once again, Or high school earned the platinum level honor, far surpassing the thresholds of this distinction with over 80% of the class um uh 2026 experiencing one AP course before graduating. 76% earned an AP score of an exam score three or higher. The threshold is 50%. Um 31% of students took five or more AP exams with at least one taken in ninth or tth grade. in the threshold for the platinum level for that criteria is 15. So doing extremely well. Um it takes a significant effort districtwide from teachers, counselors, administrators, students, and families to make AP access a priority. So thank you to everyone for in everyone involved for helping us helping our students take advantage of all those opportunities. Um we also have great news. Um Mr. retainer in our business department out of the ASVO certificate of excellence. Orno schools is proud to announce that once again um received a certificate of excellence in financial reporting from the association of school business officials international. This honor recognizes districts that produce comprehensive annual financial reports that meet rigorous professional standards for accuracy, clarity, and fiscal integrity. The goal of the program was to promote best practices in fiscal management, ensuring that resources are effectively used to support the classroom um in educating our students. Oro has a earned this award for many consecutive years. Thank you to Mr. Nick Tainter, director of business services, Miss Rachel McQuiston, our controller, and the Orno school's facilities and finance committee for always carefully managing and reporting district finances. Congratulations. Um a couple of more notes. Alumni award nominations are due February 1st. So Oral Alumni Association is seeking nominations for its annual awards program. There are two categories, promising and distinguished. To be eligible for a promising award, nominees must have graduated between 2011 and 2025. Distinguished nominees must have graduated prior to 2011. Nominations may be made online or through the hour Foundation website. We also have um the Scarlet Letter One Act coming up. Um all committee members are invited to attend the free performance of the Scarlet Letter this Friday, January 16th at 6 PM in Fenbolt Auditorium. This is a preview performance before our students compete in the one act play festival on Saturday at Chanhassen High School. This play features Daria Mayo as Hester, Gabe Sherman as I'm gonna make this Dale, and Audrey Quail as Pearl. Cast and crew have been working diligently since the beginning of December to prepare for the competition, and we wish everyone a great show. Huge thank you to our theater director, Kelsey Valentac, for her vision and commitment to our program. And last, but not least, gratitude. I want to end my report um just with a huge gratitude um to many. As the board and community are aware, Schuman Elementary experienced what was described as a catastrophic water event over winter break. And there are many many people to thank regarding the the flood event and the restoration and our ability to start school at Schuman at Schuman on January 5th. Um, thank you to the many staff who worked very, very hard over break when it was supposed to be their vacation. Uh, many throughout nights. Um, I want to just mention um, Chad Aish, Sean Beaverson who were here, Jesse Heights, Mike Daniels, and Dewey Fzen, and Tim Dun who stayed all night um, cleaning and trying to salvage what was possible and pump out the water. And then those who all worked throughout their breaks, Dr. Adam Parski, Dr. Scott Elder, Mr. Tinter, um Lauren spoke um in food service, Debbie Burquist and Liddell Dickinson. We had food to move and and all of the many people. In addition, there were many teachers here on site assisting with rooms and moving furniture. Um it was an incredible effort. I also want to thank our restoration company Mayo, our electrician, Daily Electric, and W Architects who who help us all the time with HVAC and mechanical systems. They did incredible work to rebuild temporary systems um of power, of electricity, of water, HVAC. Um it was an amazing accomplishment. Their professionalism, the long hours, the collaborative spirit. Um everyone demonstrated uh reflected a deep commitment to our school community. Everybody wanted school to start on January 5th and they did everything they could to make it possible. So, we're very grateful. I want to thank everyone for their great work. And that concludes my report for this evening. >> Thank you very much. >> Next up are boards me board members questions and comments. We'll start with facilities and finance. >> Yeah, we met last week and had a discussion. Uh it was a fairly short meeting but um consequential. And so we had really just a discussion on a couple of bids which we will be voting on tonight. Um, and these were in relation to uh our parking lot bids as well as our tuck pointing bids. Uh, both part of our restoration programs that we've got going on within the the school grounds. The good news is that we had a lot of bids coming in and that they were competitive. Of course, this is in our favor. Um, these this is the scenario that you want. Um, and I want to thank the district office and everyone that was involved in that because it's not just a matter of the bids coming in, but it's the size and the scope of the project thinking strategically about that as well as the timing that influences the bids that you get from these individuals. And so that outcome is heavily influenced by the work that the team did. So I appreciate everybody and how that worked out for the district. Um the other that we talked about is uh that I want to address is the water leak discussion. And the other note to to comment off of yours is that this organization here, the crisis management that you guys conduct is impressive. Um it is orchestrated at such a high level of professionalism. Um it is the reason why you're able to get these things back up and running. but also the organizations that came in here to work with you because of how you interact and how you guys work with those teams. They feel beholden to also get the school up and running very quickly. So, it's the manner in which you work with them and the manner in which you conduct your operations is incredibly impressive in the community. Um, we are thankful for it. >> Um, policy committee update. We had a policy meeting. I don't think we did. >> We did. I'm sorry. >> Um, well, I'm not obviously prepared to give the update because I didn't know we had a meeting. I forgot. I'm sorry. Is there anybody Tim? I don't remember. I mean, policies policy. We're discussing the ones that we obviously went over um this meeting. That's typically it. You'll hear. >> Yes. I I would echo that that that those that are that are coming up for first reading, we we continue our conversations uh and in consultation with uh our attorney at times because some of them are getting a little tricky but the conversation remains relevant and lively. >> Thank you Tim. Next up is old business the policy review for the second reading. Dr. Cler. >> Thank you madam chair. There were not any further additions or recommendations to the three policies. So for action tonight would be policy and for second reading and action would be policy 512 school sponsored student publications and activities policy 514 bullying prohibition and policy 515 protection and privacy of pupil records. So these are ready for action. So the recommendation is that we approve these. Do I have a do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second. >> Second. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, this will be a roll call. Tim, would you like to start? >> Uh, I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> Thank you everybody. Next, uh, any other old business? Okay, hearing none, we'll move on to new business. And this is where we have lots of votes. Let me just get organized. All right. The first is 11A designation approval official local depository. Um the recommendation is the are the board designate midcountry b the bank of bank of plane Minnesota trust Minnesota school district liquid asset fund plus and persing LLC also known as Ellers as depository for the regular funds of the school district. Do I have a motion to approve? >> Do I have a second? >> Second. Any discussion? Okay, this is a roll call. Tim, >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> On to agenda item 11 A2, official investment depositories uh and transfer funds. The recommendation is that the board of education approve the following investment deposiitories and authorize Nick Tanger director of business services and Rachel Miston district controller to transfer funds among these financial institutions for investment purposes. And you see the list there. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> Any discussion? >> Hearing none, I will call the role to Tim. I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> Next is 11 A3. Uh the official publication. The recommendation is that we approve Labor Pioneer as the district's official publication. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> So moved. But I wish Mike was Do I have a second? >> Second. Any discussion other than Mike? We hear you. Okay, I will call the role. Tim, >> I >> I I >> I >> I >> I. >> Next up, agenda item 11 A4, legal counsel. The recommendation is that the board of education approved confirm Squires Lawlessberger and Mace as the district legal counsel. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved a second. >> Any discussion? Okay, hearing none. I'll call the vote. Tim, >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I Next is agenda item 11 A5. The recommendation is that we approve the Orno District Office at 685 Old Crystal Bay Road North, Long Lake, Minnesota, 55356, as the official office site of the board of education. Do I have a motion to approve? So move. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, I'll call the vote. Tim, >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I. Next up, 11 A6. the renewal of SH bonds, I'm sorry, or equivalent. The recommendation is that we approve the renewal of the shity bonds or equivalent for all employees. I have a motion to approve. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none, I will call the vote. Tim >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I agenda item 11 A7. The recommendation is that we approve the firm of LB Carlson as the district's auditor. That is who we currently. >> Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. Call the vote. Tim, >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I. >> Next uh agenda item 11 A8. The recommendation is that the board of education approve Christine Flesher, superintendent or maintain her director of business services to lease, purchase, and contract her goods and services within the budget pursuant to Minnesota statute 123B 52 subdivision 2. This authorization enables timely business transactions provided they are within the approved budget. Do I have a motion to approve? Some move. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Okay, call the vote. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> We're doing great. Um agenda item 11 A9. Um the recommendation is that we sorry the order of adopted the following resolution at the January 14th, 2016 board meeting. The district's administrative staff manage all programs in place to educate all students in or schools. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> Um any discussion on the staffing resolution? >> Okay, hearing none. Call the vote. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I All right. 11 A-10. The recommendation is that we approve the firm of Ellers, Inc. as the district's financial advisor. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> A second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Hearing none. I'll call the vote. Tim >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> Okay. Our next agenda item is 11 A-1 architect engineer. The recommendation is that we approve the firm of W Architects and Engineers as the district's architect and engineer of record. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. >> Uh any discussion hearing? None. I'll call a vote. Tim, >> I >> I >> I >> I >> wonderful. Next uh item 11B. This will also be a roll call vote. Um the recommendation is that the board of education appoint board members to committees as per the attached list for the period of January 2026 through December 2026. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. And I would like to point out that we've all had a chance to review this offline. So this is not something that is needless at the board table. And I would like to comment on that which is we had a Christristen as I mentioned earlier in the board meeting was wonderful enough to gather our information in a shared spreadsheet. We did not discuss it as a group. Um but uh we could see what other people were interested in and um it's actually pretty steady. Um I don't have a second yet. I'm sorry. I went one went into discussion. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Wonderful. So um I would say uh I mentioned this last year. Normally these are roles that we have from January to December. If something in your life changes and you need to change, that's okay. Just uh come talk to me. Um and then um if there is an alternate, the primary person would go most of the time, but use each other. Not everybody has to go to everything. Um in terms of the liaison work, the board committee is best if everybody can be there. Um if um if you are if you are solo on your board assignment work and you need somebody to step in for you for a meeting, uh just ask um because you never know what people's flexibility is. Um and then as leaison who act as a conduit between the groups listed and and the district and the school board. Um it's okay if you can't attend every meeting. Um try to attend as many as you can and then report back so we have a good um relationship and connectedness with all of our various groups. Um okay. Any other discussion? Okay. Hearing none, I'll call the vote. Tim. >> Hi. >> I I >> I >> I >> All right. Next is 11C, which is our first reading of uh setting school board meeting dates. Dr. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um in your packets tonight are the proposed dates for the approximately the 26 27 um school year and these include both regular meeting and work sessions. Um this again first reading. So um please provide any feedback to us in the next few weeks. Um and I also wanted to call home. We'll work to develop the calendar as always. >> Perfect. Thank you. Sorry I'm so used to roll calls like No, we don't. This is for >> perfect. So, next are the uh next is approve construction bids for summer projects. Dr. Back to you. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to welcome Mr. Tainter, our director of business services to the board table for presentation this evening regarding the award and bid processes for both the 2026 summer parking lots and then the 2026 tuck pointing projects. And these bid processes are for placing the parking lots for the first half and the summer 26 um as well as the summer 26 techn projects. I want to thank both Mr. Tank and Mr. Aish for their leadership throughout the entire bid process and we saw many people touring the campus and looking at um uh bricks. Um I want to thank W Architects as well always for their support and their guidance over the entire process. Tonight we have really positive news. I'm very excited regarding our lowest biders and we would ask you to consider and approve um the award bid. Um I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Tanger who will start chair and board meal. Thank you for having me this evening to present to you uh the some great news like Dr. pleasure to mention on uh two of the projects that we'll be covering tonight. First is the uh parking lot projects. On Thursday, December 11th, we received bids uh sealed bids from uh from several the nine uh nine biders for parking lot projects. And again, this will be phased over two years. This is currently we only bid had a bid on this current upcoming summer project. um throughout we'll be covering uh a number of parking lots mainly to the north of campus and some driveways um throughout the campus as well. Um of those nine uh we did select the lowest bid and that was to Minnesota roadways company Minnesota uh they submitted the lowest bid in the amount of $714,71 and there were no alternates requested in this bid. Um I just wanted to again thank uh uh Chad Nations our coordinator grounds involved in this process. It was um you know as with anything we go into these things with a very large budget. Um we did have uh the final bidder came in well under budget which gave us um either more capacity or more additional um items um to discuss and include in our upcoming project for the summer. Um we'll actually meeting tomorrow with our our great partners at W to discuss additional projects that we may be able to cover with the additional contingency that we have now with the lowest bid coming in lower than what expected. So um great timing overall uh you know having having these bids come in sooner gives an opportunity um for more biders as you notice nine nine selected here or nine bid on this project um to uh to have give give us enough enough time to plan to start questions. I just wanted to mention that something that um is always done after this is that um we'll met with these folks to make sure that their scope was what we wanted. So it's not a low bid because they're skimping out on things. It's um it's just as robust as we had asked. Um Thank you. Yeah, thank you. And that's a good reminder. As I mentioned last month, we had a t timeline that I presented to the board and the public um on just right on track with that with these two projects. Um and and they did do a thorough review after those bids came in to make sure that all the specs were met. >> Any questions? This will also be the recommendation is that we approve a low based bid in the amount of 7 714,7001 to the Minnesota roadway company. >> So move a second. >> Any discussion? Okay, hearing none, I'll call the vote. Tim, >> I >> I >> I >> terrific. Thank you everybody. Next up, 11D2, the 2026 Tuck Point building. >> Uh, yes, thank you. Uh, so yes, we're turning our point of bricks. Um, we are uh so tuck pointing will be covering most of uh the district office all the way through the intermediate school is the goal of this uh upcoming project. Um there'll be several other tough point projects across the campus that we're doing, but we're focusing on the most prioritized at this point in time. So on Thursday, December 11th at 2 p.m. uh bids were received and we did receive nine bids again for this project. Uh very favorable outcome. Um we had nine very good biders and we have a low bid um of uh coming from Ram Construction Services from Blaine, Minnesota. They submit the lowest bid in the amount of $88,643. There were no alternates requested in this city. Um this uh again this also came under um the lowest bid did come under our construction document um estimates of approximately $50,000 that it gave us another $50,000 to use um for tough pling projects in in the future. Um that window of doors or whatever we would like to use for our long-term facilities maintenance. Um and that is the function of our funding will be coming from our long-term facility maintaining project. Um that's all I have for any questions. Okay. Also a roll call vote. Uh the recommendation is that we approve the low base bid in the amount of $88,643 for brand construction services. Do I have a motion to approve? Absolutely. Any discussion? >> Hearing none. I'll call the vote. Jim. >> I >> I >> I thank you. Next up. Thank you, Nat. Um, next up is agenda item 11E, uh, policy review for first reading. Dr. Flesher. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I invite Dr. Scott Elder, executive director of human resources to the board table for discussion and brief remarks regarding the seven board policies in the 500 series for your review here tonight. This is a first reading. Um these include policy 516 which is on student health and excuse me student medication and telealth. LC 516.5 overdose medication. LC 517 student recruiting. Policy 518 DNR DNI DNR DNI orders. Policy 519 interviews of students by outside agencies. Policy 520 student surveys and policy 521 student non-disability discrimination. Um our gratitude again to the board policy committee for their work and review and I turn it over to Dr. Alger for comments. >> Thank you Dr. Bushner members of the board. It's my pleasure to be here tonight to provide update on the the work completed in a series of meetings this year so far by the the policy committee. As Dr. Flesher alluded, the board policy committee is continuing its review of the 500 policy series which is focused on students with a first reading tonight of seven policies. So for background, the following policies are presented for review as part of the board's board of education's three-year policy review cycle. And this process ensures that all district policies remain current, compliant with state and federal requirements, and also importantly aligned with district practices. The recommendation at the end of the review tonight is that the board of education will review the policies and um presented and um be prepared to come back with either questions for the committee or for consideration for approval. Next meeting. The first policy up for review is policy 516, student medication and teleaalth. This policy provides guidance to school staff regarding the necessary administration of prescribed drugs or other medication to students during the school day. In these situations, care must be taken to obtain consent to observe IEP and 504 plans is appropriate. um safely store medications and ultimately administer the medications. The policy committee is recommending additions to the policy that align with requirements to provide space for mental health care through teleaalth appointments for secondary school students within the parameters of school specific plans. So that would be a recommended addition. Policy 516.5 overdose medication. This is a policy that provides guidance in the storage and administration of doses of an opiate antagonist as required by state law. The policy committee is not recommending any language changes to the current policy as it exists today. Policy 517 is student recruiting. The purpose of the policy is to prevent undue influence being exerted to secure or retain student attendance in a school and the policy committee is recommending no changes to this policy. The next policy is 58. It's DNR DNI orders and again the policy committee has no recommended changes. I'll also note though that uh when no changes are recommended to language um you still may notice red line revisions to punctuation dates and in some cases references. Policy 59 519 is the next policy and that's interviews of students by outside agencies as demonstrated by policy and by practice. The district district officials consistently maintain stringent safeguards protecting student safety, privacy, and instructional time. District officials consistently uphold stringent um are repeated sentences, excuse me. Uh to balance these commitments with legal requirements, the committee recommends a short revision that clarifies our coordination with child welfare agencies. This update recognizes the legal mandate of investigators to conduct interviews in the setting that's most conducive to children's safety. So that addition um and clarification may be the only change recommended to that policy. Policy 520 student surveys. The purpose of this policy is to establish parameters of information that may be sought from students through surveys. and it also establishes parent notification requirements. The policy committee is not recommending any substantive changes to this policy. And policy 521, student disability non-discrimination. The purpose of policy 521 is to protect students with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability in order to maintain their access to a free and appropriate public education. After thorough review, the committee has opted to advance for your consideration the MSBA model policy language. This version is more streamlined than our current language. It does not compromise on our core objective, which is protecting students from discrimination and ensuring equitable access to education. We believe this update offers a clear and more concise representation of the obligations of the district and employees in the district. And that concludes the the brief review of these seven policies. Thank you for considering the work done by the policy committee and the proposal shared with you this evening. As always, the board policy committee is open and welcomes your feedback on any of the revisions proposed. And a second reading and recommendation for approval of the policies will be scheduled for the next meeting on January 26th. >> Thank you so much. board members. I apology I skipped over board members uh committee reports other than uh finance and facilities and policy. So um we're going to go back to agenda item number nine. I apologize. Tim, do you have any um committee updates on updates you would like to share tonight? >> Uh yes, I can check in. Oro uh action has met and we are uh getting our I guess more of our considering guiding principles uh this year that will uh come before the board at a later time. Uh the coalition uh I was able to make the executive committee meeting last week. I did miss their formal meeting today. Uh and then there also uh negotiations uh continue uh and we uh hope to have some positive updates on that uh as they continue to progress. >> Thank you, Lauren. All right, we're we're going back a ways here. This is before the break. Um but Dr. Flesher and Wendy and I met with the teacher meet and confer group prior to the the break. um as it was the first meeting of the year, we went over our guidelines and the the norms of the group. Uh a little bit of followup regarding the busing that looks to be very much improved. If you might recall the timing between the secondary dismissal and the elementary dismissal was slightly off, but it looks like those problems are being resolved. Uh for the first time, we actually had some issues from the discovery center since they are now on the teacher contract. They are part of teacher meet and confer. uh it looks like those issues are relatively easy to solve but it is nice to have a vend which could bring those to light. Um and also we discussed and this was something that has come up in negotiations um the formation of new committees or groups by teachers and previously co-curricular had been in charge of determining whether those should proceed or not. Um but that hadn't been terribly functional. So just as a way to move that discussion forward that was brought to meet and confer um they they don't want to approve or or deny those groups either. But I think what we're going to have is a team of administrators in the appropriate buildings will look make a recommendation and then meet and can be a very good venue to disseminate that information on the buildings and keep everybody aware of what is going on. But we're all excited about new committees and ideas that teachers may want to leave. So definitely want to make sure there's a process for them to be able to do that. Uh attended the community education advisory council. Um that was also prior to the break. I got updates um from Tiffany and one of the focuses was actually Kim King spoke to us about what goes into summer planning and what she does. And as I think you can all guess, it's a lot. It's a lot. Um they've got it down to a science, but it is a lot. they are all working together to make sure that everybody can get through. Um the amount of of signups they have is is staggering and actually it's it's starting again. So on the day one the brochure actually had gone out. They had 741 registrations already for that spring brochure that had just come out that day. Um so it's it's crazy. And they were already full on swimming and ice skating and chess club. So they they are limited only by their space and their staff. We've got plenty of demand here in Orno for community education. Upcoming they do have their sweetheart dance that is open to everyone in the community on February 7th. That's a fun event. The cribage tournament is going to be March 15th and puzzle pool will be April 12th. So mark your calendars for that. Uh we uh had also a meeting at the discovery discovery center for the parent advisory council. They have many more volunteers this year which is really fun. They are preparing for their book fair in Super Saturday which is going to be uh starting on the 31st of January going through April or through February 6th. Uh they also were plugging for the Sweetheart Danceta crowd that that's a very popular event with uh and then looking to do conference meals and do a lot of things that are actually mirroring the PTO very much. So trying to keep a lot of continuity between the buildings making as not just a K12 district but a early childhood 12 district which I think is fantastic. And then Wendy and I also uh went to the curriculum and accountability meeting and I will not spoil or alert you but we did talk a little bit about the changes to the high school registration guide. Dr. Steiner will be bringing those to us at an upcoming meeting but needless to say good things happening there. Um but he also Dr. Ruland uh discussed with us. They're doing possibly well they are doing a system review about our student management um like parent view my payments plus schooly just to make sure that we are using those platforms to the best of their ability and they're integrating. So he actually asked the committee several questions about what people liked, what they didn't like, what they thought could look better. Um and we may continue to use these. It's not necessarily a replacement, but it's just to make sure that we have the right things in place and that we're optimizing that utilization. And that concludes my report. You're sorry you asked, right? >> No, I'm glad. Thank you so much for all of your great work. Todd, do you have any other updates? >> Yep, it has been a while. The only meeting that I had uh and I'll be brief with this is we did have a PTO meeting back on the 12th and I would just want to highlight that they do have the runathon is coming up at the end of this month. has opened up the uh ability to start donating um and fundraising for that. And that's my shout out to the PTO. >> Terrific. Thank you. I thought you meant the race was going to be at the end of this month. So, um Wendy, do you have any updates you'd like to share? Um I think uh the only additional update is um I was not able to attend in person, but I attended the AMSD board meeting um virtually and um to Excellent presentations. One by students from Mitanka public schools were incredibly impressive talking about education funding in Minnesota. So nothing eye opening, you know, everything we know, but it was just interesting to see the students getting involved, you know, with fellow policy. And the other was from um MDE reporting on the um student survey. And what basically came out of that is a couple of high level first of all um sense of belonging um mental health all of that is um rebounding to how students were feeling precoid um very very positive um supportive school environment health indicators all of that um trending in a very positive direction um two areas of concern learn social media usage. That's also not probably a surprise. And students are not getting enough sleep. Um particularly girls more than boys. Um oh and actually the third concern is physical activity that students are just not physical enough not spending enough physical time. Um also girls more than boys boys are more active than girls. Um but over 110 over 111,000 participants. So it's a great great sample. Thank you so much. Did you have any other um so thank you for going back in time and doing that. Um our next item is F. Other new business as necessary. Okay. Hearing none. I'd like to just call out theformational items. The January enrollment is in our packet. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, January 28th, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the district office assembly room. We will have coffee and conversation at 6:30 here and the public is welcome to come. Um the final item is the adjournment and it is also a roll call vote. Um so motion to adjurnn. So move second. >> Second. >> Did I forget something? >> It's Monday January 26. Ah, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Sorry. >> Um, okay. So, uh, any discussion? >> Tim, I'll start with you. >> I >> I >> I >> Thank you everyone. We are journed.