Richfield School Board Meeting: September 15, 2025

Monday, September 15, 2025

Centennial Elementary After School Programming

Superintendent Goals and Evaluation Process 2025-2026

Land Acknowledgment Implementation

Approval of Amended Board Agenda

Areas of Interest (4)

Richfield Public Schools facing $65,000 budget risk after federal 21st Century grant funding freeze impacting Centennial Elementary.
School board introduces new permanent land acknowledgment tradition for all future start-of-year meetings.
Superintendent Yunowski ties 2025-2026 performance evaluation to specific student achievement benchmarks in 3rd and 8th-grade literacy and math.
District reports low utilization of extracurricular scholarships (5%) despite efforts to increase access for students of color.

Votes (1)

Approval of the amended agenda

ApprovedUnanimous

Moved by Director Paulus · Seconded by Director Cole

Notable Quotes (2)

I'd like to start by acknowledging that we're located on the ancestral land of the Dakota people who have lived on and care for the land since time immemorial.
— Carter

Land AcknowledgmentDuring the initiation of a new board tradition.

Because of a federal funding freeze, we did not get that grant this year. The funding actually got frozen in July and then was later released in early August.
— Amy Skyer

After-School ProgrammingExplaining the loss of the 21st Century Grant.

People (5)

CarterBoard Chair

Presiding over the board meeting.

Steve YunowskiSuperintendent

Leading the presentation on goals and program updates.

Amy SkyerDirector of Community Education

Presenting the Centennial Elementary after-school program proposal.

Abby DubetYouth Program Coordinator

Assisting with the community education programming proposal.

Vanessa Rosa MiguelStudent Representative

Student representative in attendance.

Places Mentioned

Richfield School District BoardroomCentennial ElementarySheridan RDLSSTEM School

Events & Meetings (2)

September 15th Board Meeting
October 27th Special Meeting

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