I don't recognize I feel like I'm getting a bit of a false Yeah. Oh yeah. I mean I mean Michelle. >> Michelle. Michelle. Right, Wayne. Right, Wayne. We're ready. Okay, good evening. Good evening, everybody. Rarely get to use this. Bring it down a bit. Bring it down, folks. Hold on. Bring it down a bit. All right. Welcome to the Roseville Area School Board meeting for Tuesday, January 13th. Uh the clerk will please take the role. >> Yes. Manx cler >> here. >> Thank you. >> Um director Morris W >> here. Director >> here. >> Director for >> here. Clu is here and director um chair Anderson >> here. >> I'll get this right. Yes. >> All right. Thank you. >> All right. Um we will now have that part of the evening where we are going to be giving oath of offices to two brand new board members or three. >> Three. >> Oh, three. That's right. That's right. How did I forget? Sorry. Treasur cler. >> Is it all right if I just go alphabetically? >> Yeah. Yeah. All right, you can raise your right hand. Um, and then you have the script in front of you. It's I >> read them. >> Go ahead. I, Mannis Clark, affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state and that I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of the schoolboard member of Independent School District number 623 to the best of my judgment and ability. >> Congratulations. Would >> you like next? >> Sure. Raise your right hand and then read your role. >> I, Haya Cleveland, affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state and I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of schoolboard member of Independent School District 623 to the best of my judgment and ability. >> Congratulations. the >> gohead. Okay. >> I, Michelle Morse went affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state and that I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of school board member of Independent School District number 623 to the best of my judgment and ability. >> Congratulations. I think it's nice we had a big crowd for all of you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Wonderful. All right. Uh we're moving on to uh this is the organization of the school board meeting where we do um have to elect some new officers. So I appreciate everyone's patience. We will try to make this as quick as possible. We do have some important elections uh to get through. Uh we'll start off with the election of the new chair for the next uh term uh covering two years. Uh and as and and as acting chair, I will ask nominations are now in order for the office of chair. Uh I will start things off by nominating uh Rose Chu. I nominate Rose Chu for the office of chair for the next two years. Uh Rose Chu has been nominated. Are there any other nominations for the office of chair? Are there any further nominations for the office of chair? Are there any further nominations for the office of chair? Trust me, we'd have to go through this, folks. I appreciate your patience. If there are no further nominations, anyone? Okay. Nominations for the office of chair are closed. Um, Rose Chu is the only candidate nominated for the office of chair and I hereby declare her elected by acclamation. and your name template. >> Give us a minute. >> All right, there we go. >> Give us a minute here. >> Does anybody have any music? >> Yes. >> Oh my god. >> Oh my goodness. Oh, >> your room. >> We'll just leave that there. It's fine. Yeah, it's fine. >> Oh my. Welcome. Thank you. I'm very honored to be sitting here and I have a lot to learn and a lot to um work with the community and work with the rest of the school board. Um so so and and I'm new at this so if I make I mean I know my school board uh former chairs will be able to tell me what to do. >> Oh, I've got a lot of questions for you. So the uh so as part of the organization uh we also need to elect the rest of the um officers of the board. So I'm opening the floor to for nominations to the office of the cler board cler. >> Yes. >> I nominate Manx clerk to be the new clerk. >> All right. So um Manx clerk has been nominated. Are there any other nominations for the office of the cler? Are there any nominations for the office of cler? Are there any nominations for the office of cler? Okay, if there are no further nominations, nominations for the office of cler is closed. I get to use this. Um so as we have done before because there are no other nominations uh I um I will um I would declare that that Menace Clark is elected clock. This is the English learning me talking. Okay. The next off next officer is treasurer board treasurer. Um I'm opening this up um for nominations for the treasurer. >> I nominate director Mike Bogasheski. >> Okay. So Mike Bogashvski has been nominated. Um are there any further nomination for the office of treasurer? Are there any nominations for the office of treasurer? Are there any further nominations for the office of treasurer? If I if there are no more nominations, the nomination process is closed. Given that there are no other nominations, um I will declare that Mike Bogachevski is our new treasurer. Okay. Uh the next Oh, we got through. Okay, there's um so there's something that we do every year. Um some of you know we work with dis intermediate district 916 and there is a representative that um that uh represent us on that district meetings. So I'm opening that up for the representative to intermediate district 916. Um is there nominations? >> Madam Chair, I'll nominate Manx Clark to as a representative to board 96. >> Okay. >> I second. >> Did we not do second earlier >> for this? >> All right. All right. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you for clarifying that. >> Um is there any other discussion about that? It's a motion. >> All right. So, we need to vote on that. Right. This is the official vote. Uh all in favor of Manis Clark becoming the rep for um intermediate district 916 say I please. >> I uh those who uh oppose. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Motion pass. >> And then the next one. Yeah. Um, every year we also look at all our board policies to affirm that those are the policies that we govern ourselves with and actually this past year we had a small committee that really worked on the policy and updated anything that we need to update. So right now I'm asking for a motion to affirm the set of board policies that we have in the books. Madam Chair, I will move that we reaffirm the reaffirm the school board governance policies. Second. >> I have a second. >> Second. >> Okay. >> Any discussion about that? >> All right. All in favor of this motion, please say I. >> I. >> Anyone oppose? >> Motion carries. Uh, what else? super calendar. Okay. So, Michelle, you want to uh kind of let us know? >> Yeah. I just have a few comments about the calendar. So, last year around March or so, you have you approved like half of the calendar and then throughout the process of our board handbook creation, we moved calendar approval for the calendar year to this meeting. So, you've already approved half these dates. It will be September through December of 2026 that you'll be approving for the first time. Okay. Um nothing much has changed. It is pretty similar. The board meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month with a few exceptions. Um no meetings in July, one in August, one in December. Um I do want to point out that we made a correction to the second meeting in May. Um we had originally had a date of Wednesday May 27th because the Tuesday as we had it was uh Eid and to make sure the meetings are available to everyone. We try and avoid big religious holidays. Um we did double check that date with um local Islamic groups and they actually told us that Wednesday the 27th is when we celebrate Eid. We have now moved that date back to Tuesday the 26th. Um otherwise it follows the same calendar that you're used to. Um one change for the community is that we have our study sessions following our business meetings. Um but now we will shift those to 4:30 for seating community input at 6:00 and then the regular meeting starts at 6:30. >> Thank you for the work on this. Thank you very much. Yeah, >> it really helps when all these are on our calendar. Thank you. Um, may I ask could ask for a motion to pass this? >> Um, I move that the board approve the schoolboard meeting dates for the 2026 calendar year as has been presented. >> Second. >> Okay. Thank you. Any discussion about this questions? >> All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Anyone oppose? Motion carries. Thank you. All right, going down the list, we have the official newspaper. Michelle, is that >> Did you want me to talk a little bit about >> Yeah. would you please? >> Yep. So, uh, the school board is required to print its legal notices, your schoolboard minutes, and other important information for the community in a newspaper that has broad circulation within our district. Um, since you might remember Lily Lily News, I think Rose local Roseville paper closed about 2019 and so since then we've been publishing our notices in the Pioneer Press. Um, so we will ask you to do that again tonight. >> Yeah. And it doesn't mean that other uh other maybe digital places could also do that, but this is our official way that we do it, right? >> Yes. I think the the important part is the broad circulation within the district and at this point maybe those digital only resources don't quite have the reach that statute requires. >> Got it. Okay. Great. >> Uh Madam Chair, I'll move that we designate the Pioneer Press as official newspaper for Roseville Schools for calendar year 2020. >> Okay, I second. Okay, thank you. Any discussion about this motion? >> All in favor say I, please. I >> I >> Anyone oppose? >> Motion carries. Thank you. All right, I think we got to the whole list. These are all the things that we do on our first meeting to get us, you know, through the next the rest of the school year. Um now we have um looking at any agenda adjustment. >> Yes, chair. I have a small agenda adjustment. I'd like to move that following the land acknowledgement, we offer up an opportunity to recognize our student athletes just because of the size of the crowd and we'll we'll save Mabel till following the student athletes. >> Thank you. >> Okay, that's great. >> All right. And now >> so land acknowledgement. >> Okay. Um who's treasure park? >> Thank you. Roseville Area Schools acknowledges that we reside on traditional ancestral, contemporary, and unseated territory of the Dakota people. From Bedote, a confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, a place the Dakota people poetically claim as the center of the earth directly beneath the center of heaven to Indian Mounds Park, a sacred place of burial built by ancestors of living people and home to the only known remaining burial mounds within the Minnesota Minneapolis St. Paul Urban Corps. Indigenous people have cared for this land through warfare, genocide, relocation, and removal perpetrated by colonizers, the state of Minnesota, and the federal government. Injustices that reduced over 150 million indigenous people to around 300,000 indigenous people have given their blood, tears, heart, resilience, and love to this land. enduring boarding schools that were in operation from 1879 through the 1930s where assimilation through humiliation was the curriculum and unspeakable atrocities occurred daily to the foster care system where more kids were removed from indigenous homes than any other group in Minnesota. Indigenous people have not lost their culture or identity and still reside on this land. Roseway Schools is committed to ensuring the culture of our indigenous relatives, the original and rightful caretakers of this land is studied, preserved, and celebrated. We are committed to understanding and honoring the sovereignty that has been denied to nearly 600 indigenous nations, including 11 federally recognized tribes in Minnesota through the breaking of over 400 treaties. and we are committed to the truth of history of our indigenous relatives, the success of our indigenous students, and to the healing we hope to create through this commitment. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. So, you can change me. Yes. >> Thank you. Well, I'm incredibly proud of the activities programming we offer in this district and I'm so happy to see all of you and really we're all excited to celebrate your accomplishments. So, thank you for being here tonight. We have a packed house. very proud to introduce our new this year activities director, Adrienne Turner. And Adrien will facilitate our recognition of fall uh sports athletes. So, welcome Mr. Turner. >> Uh glad to be here, honored to be here. And honestly, walking into this job in July and having strong programming happening in the fall was a blessing. So, I'm grateful for all of you who have participated, grateful for our coaches who who led these kids and and you know, they have them on the right path. You know, it's it made life very smooth coming in knowing that the programs are already in good shape. Um, first up, want to bring up coach Mary Schiffsky. She's going to talk about our cross country team who qualified for state this year. >> And you're all welcome to come forth. So, Coach Shipsky and and team Don't get up. >> Come around here. >> I'm gonna ask you to stand >> when I get to where I say your name. Wave so that you know which one I'm talking. >> Okay. I got to look at notes otherwise I'll talk to you. So, hi, my name is Mary Schiffsky. I'm the head coach for the girls cross country team. Our coaching staff is also here and I want them to wave too. One of them is Colin Kylie. He's a former ROS graduate and not former, he is a ROS graduate, former runner for our boys cross country and track team and now he's my assistant coach. And then my husband Mark Shipsky. So wave. Um, also my assistant coach. Um, I'm very honored to introduce you to the top nine runners of our team that compromised our state team. And that's all these guys right here. And I'm going to say your name and what grade they're in. Pay attention to the grades. All right, we got Bry Drew in ninth grade. Um, Elanar Rogers in 11th grade. Lily Freeman in 10th grade. Gabby Gerlock, eighth grade. Natalie Drake, 12th grade. Freya Olsen, ninth grade. Ellie Monahan, eighth grade. Flora Lunas, eighth grade, and Siri Nelson, eighth grade. The reason I want you to pay attention to the grades is I'm so excited about the future of this team. Um, yeah, our leadership was amazing, but the fact that we have so many young runners on our team, all wanting to just keep getting better, it's awesome. We are so happy with how this team performed all season. Here are some highlights. Compared to past seasons, eight of these nine runners have made it on Roseville's all-time top 25 fastest 5K times this season. >> At the conference meet, our team placed third out of 10, which is the highest team place we have had since 2017. Our top two runners were all conference and our next five runners were all conference honorable mention. Just to give some perspective on how strong our conference is in cross country, five out of the 10 teams in our suburban east conference made it to state which only has 16 teams. >> At the section meet, our team placed second to Moundsu, beating out Maple Grove by only two points. >> The top two teams in this race earn a place at state. It came down to every one of our runners knowing that they had to be ahead of a certain Maple Grove runner for our team to make it to state. It was a super exciting race to watch, especially since our team pushed themselves so hard to earn that coveted state spot. At the state meet, we set three goals before the race. Place in the top 12 out of 16 teams, place ahead of Stillwater, and place ahead of White Bear Lake. and and not because I don't like those two schools, but they are just our good competition and so we like to be ahead of them. We met all three of our goals by placing 11th and placing ahead of Still Water and White Bear Lake. We are very proud of what this team accomplished. I want to paraphrase uh something that I said to the team after the state race. So these are some comments that right after we raced we gathered up and I just knew I needed to say something to to them at that point. So these are the kind of the words I said. Every day you came to practice and work so hard and continue to do crazy hard workouts believing that it would all pay off in the end. This is not a sport where you can take a time out and reset once the competition starts. There are no quarters, periods, halftimes, or timeouts. You have to just go and be strong from the moment the gun goes off until you cross that finish line. You have all pushed yourself so that our team could be as great as it is. You believed in the process and more importantly, you believed in yourselves. I'm so proud of all of you and how hard you work to reach your individual goals and our team goals. Finally, thanks to Adrian for supporting our team all season. Thanks to the school board for recognizing our team's very successful the season. Thanks to all of our parents for their unwavering support. And thanks to these student athletes for showing up and putting in the work but still having fun. It is truly an honor to be able to coach all of these amazing student athletes. TWO questions for Natalie. As a 12th grader thought, do you know yet what you're going to be doing next year? Any thoughts on that or >> not quite? >> Well, can I say something about this senior? He's asking you. >> First of all, it was her first time coming out for cross country. >> This girl killed it. >> She she not planning on running cross, maybe track, right? Uh, I'm going to Iowa State University for an event management and hospitality management major. >> Uh, and minoring in music and I'll be running on the club team. >> EXCELLENT. >> UH, next up, Coach Brian Bailey. He's going to talk about our boys cross country team, another state qualifier. >> Welcome. Um, well, thank you, Dr. Lake. Thank you, our school board. I appreciate, uh, you having us here tonight. Um, I can go through our guys real quick here. Uh we had senior captain Jake Brown, uh senior third guy over here, senior captain uh Jonas Olsen, junior Lucas Betterman, junior Huey Zupansich, uh sophomore Grant Smith, sophomore Jamal Wama, sophomore Evan Briger, and sophomore Ali Butler. >> Wow. >> And then uh we have another junior Kelvin Mo couldn't be here tonight. So uh these are the guys that Yep. represented us at the the state cross country meet. U lot like Mary said, these guys uh it's not a uh it's not something that just happens when August when the season starts. These guys work year round. Um they're either uh in sports or in a different sport of running. I think they're all winter running right now. Jamal's on our hockey team on our varsity hockey team, so he's playing hockey right now. Uh but the rest of the guys are all running now getting ready for track season. they'll run track and then and then they roll right into summer and just kind of keep going. Um the wonderful thing about this group is we have a huge team. I we had 78 runners 7 through 12 and um a lot of them show up in the if you are anywhere in around Raz in the summertime you will see at 8:00 in the morning 20 to 2530 of them all showing up and and getting together and running and most times not getting in any trouble and um but they do a great job and it's all based on a lot of the leadership from these guys um and doing a great job. Uh yeah, little highlights of our season. We were second uh runner up as a team in our conference meet. Um and uh we had three allconerence runners, Jake, Lucas, and Jamal. And we had two honorable mention, Hugh and Grant were honorable mention. Uh we were also runner up in our section meet losing to uh just finishing behind Mountains View. Jake Brown was our section champion, individual champion. Um so he continued, I think he was maybe the fifth guy that's done that in Roseville history. So pretty joined pretty good group there. Uh then we ran at the state cross country meet. We finished 12th out of 16. I'd lie to you if if if we said as a team that that wasn't what we were hoping for. Um but we all know that's how sports work. It doesn't exactly go exactly how you plan all the time and >> um their coach just didn't get as ready as they needed to be. So uh but these guys did an amazing job representing us and uh it was truly exciting. Um they also work very hard in the classroom involved in many uh uh different aspects of school. They as a team uh earned the gold award which means they had a a they had a a group GPA of 3.87. >> Wow. So >> getting it done getting it done in the classroom. Uh Jake and Lucas were all state uh academic uh recipients which you had to be in the top 15 in your section and have a 375 GPA or higher. Jamal missed it by much. So Jamal's trying to get that GPA up so he can get that this spring in track. So awesome job by them. And uh Jake is also the AAA um recipient uh on the boys side for Roseville. >> So um they're amazing. They're super fun to work with obviously and uh they are uh all that's good about Roseville for sure. >> So >> well so somebody on board always asks of the seniors. Yes. I asked that before for the two plans. Thoughts on what you're doing next year? You know, >> uh, next year I'm going to NDSU to major in mechanical engineering and I'll also be competing on the cross country track team. >> Cool. >> Very cool. >> I'm not quite sure I'm going to go. Probably W lacrosse, but I'm going to major in biochem. And I'm not going to run for the school. I'm run for club. There's lots of other sports. >> And NDSU is a division one program. Jake is >> congratulations. >> Our last team that qualified for state this year, uh, girls volleyball, coach Greg. I didn't bring the whole team um because I did I didn't know. So, I brought four representatives um and I'll introduce them. We have Sophia Goulson Johnson who's a junior. Leah Vagdulan who is uh a junior captain. We've got Jada Wilson, a senior, and Belle Revard, who is a senior and captain. Thank you again for having us here. It says a lot about our school when we realize school is not just within the confines of the school day. School continues and sometimes the best lessons are learned. I think we'd all agree. I loved what Mary and Brian talked about and I really look up to them as coaches as well. Um, we just have a great community. Thank you to our parents. I know a few are here. Like our parents are amazing in a world where we talk about like parents are negative and blah blah blah. That is not true of Roseville volleyball. Well, I wouldn't allow it any other way, but they are amazing and they it speaks volumes of of their support. So, thank you to that. Um, and thanks again for that. Congrats to all the boys and girls cross country team. I got to go to the section final and see them compete. It was so fun. And all the individual athletes. I get to work with a lot of them in school. So, great people. Um, first of all, I just want to give a couple individual shoutouts and then I want to talk about the team. Sophia Goolson Johnson was recognized on the all tournament team, which is very hard to do at the state volleyball tournament. So, give her a round of applause for that. We uh got the honor of being one of only 22 girls in the state of Minnesota being all state this past year, which is a huge honor. So give her and then I want to also give Jada a shout out because she was academic all state and you have to have a 3.8 or higher and be a senior in volleyball. So that was a huge honor for Jada >> as a team. Just some of our highlights. Um we are 14 members strong ranging from 9th through 12th grade. We've got representatives across the board. We have three amazing managers. The six assistants in our program, one thing I'm really proud of, five are former players that are have come back in Roseville graduates that are giving back to the community, which is amazing. And they're all strong, confident women in professional careers, showing they can do both. Um, for our young um, student athletes, which I love. Um, we had a 24-9 record and we play a tough schedule. We placed fourth in the state for the second year in a row. We wish we would have got a little bit more next year. Um, this was our 10th time as a school going to the state tournament, which is the most of any team in our conference. And that's a badge I wear. >> Strong, like that's a strong honor. So, the most state tournament appearances by any school in our conference. >> Um, we did this all while as a team. We matched the boys cross country. It's on for next year challenge. We got a 3.87 GPA as a team as well. So, give them a huge round of applause for that. And I think there's commonalities if you compare the three teams. The reason why we're successful is very unselfish, extremely hardworking, getting it done in the classroom, represent our school and our community. They know it's something bigger. Um, and I just love coaching this group because they want to be coached. They can be coached hard. And like Carol Lawson, the famous Duke coach and women's basketball player says, they're not afraid of doing hard things. >> Yeah. And I just love like anybody wants to again talk about kids in a negative way, that's not true. They showed up and probably one of the my favorite groups to ever coach. Amazing. So very proud of them. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Same question. Plans next year. >> Um I'm going to the University of Minnesota to do track. >> Data science. >> Cool. >> Oh, great. >> Um I also plan to go to Iowa State next year to major in architecture. Do they have a volleyball thing here? >> Um, they do, but I don't know if my schedule >> coaching. Coach Yulen, out of the 10 times you've went to state or the program has, how many years have you coached those teams? >> Eight of those. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Wow. Uh so outside of our teams, we have some other sports where you know there are some individuals that have uh been honored and recognized by other coaches or the state uh for their individual efforts. We do have a tennis pair or devils that is here is come on up. Only one of the pair is here. One of the couple. Um this is Isabelle Ronnenburgg. She is a junior this year. Nope. You are >> sophomore. Oh my goodness. All right. Sorry. She is a sophomore this year. Isabelle actually helped us pick our next head coach this year. So, yeah. You know, and that's that shows the leadership that she has. Next year going to be a junior. Her her teammates leaned on her to, >> you know, be a captain. And when you're a captain, you get to help make tough decisions sometimes. So, congrats to her on that. >> Congratulations. Her partner is Abby Eaton, by the way. Yep. Her partner is Abby Eaton, who's not here. Um, another another uh student who's not here is Lauren Egleston. She was honored as a state soccer player. She's a goalie. And the season that we had in girls soccer, we didn't win a ton of games. So, for her to be honored as a goalie because all the hard work she did >> was amazing. you know, she I think her block her or her her save percentage was 96%. And yeah, she took a lot of shots. So, congrats to her, honestly. Like, a lot. She wears her heart on a sleeve. She's currently at hockey practice right now. So, that's why she's not here. Um, our next up is Coach Sam Craft. She's here. She's not the athlete. She's the coach. Um, she's going to explain to us about our state swimmer who qualified this year. WELCOME. UH, HI. My name is Samantha Craft and this was my first year head coaching for Roseville Girls Swim and Dive. Um, I have the opportunity to introduce you Lana Brandt. Um, she is not here tonight. She is probably at club swimming. Um, uh, last year Lana's season fell short with a rare health issue and thought she would never be able to swim to this level again. This season she came back stronger and worked incredibly hard to accomplish their goals. Lana broke the 35year-old school record three times in the 100 brushstroke at section prelims section finals which helped her qualify for state and then broke it again at state. Lana also helped the 200 medley relay break the 20-year-old school record by swimming breaststroke. Lana has been an amazing leader this year by making the younger athletes feel welcome on the team, cheering her teammates on during hard sets, and setting a positive uh environment on deck. She plans to continue her swimming career in college and it was has been so grateful to coach her this year. >> Thank you. Um, also want to give Coach Craft a shout out as Coach Craft was hired for the girls swim and dive position pretty late in the game >> and honestly the reviews of the season from the students and the families was outstanding. >> That's great. >> Outstanding. So, thank you for for your work this year. We we do have to backtrack one quick moment to honor a student from last year um and the accomplishment that they earned themselves. Do you want to do the honor? Yeah. Come on up. >> Come on. >> Jada's getting tired of working with me this upcoming track and field season because she plays volleyball and track. This will be 10 seasons that her and I have spent together. I probably spent as much time with her as her parents. So, um I think she just kind of rolls her eyes and like, "Yeah, Coach Elen again." Um I'm so honored, uh to talk about Jada again because this girl deserves all the love and all the praise. Um she was the state champion in the pole vault. And if you know pull vault, that is very scary. And this girl does it very well. 133 feet in the air. She's going was her PR last year and it was her second year in a row being the Minnesota State Champion. Wow. >> Girls track and field and boys track and field in the state of Minnesota. >> You already heard she's an amazing student. Um, just a couple other things. I mean, she can do it all. She's one of the top ranked long jumpers in the state of Minnesota. She's one of the top ranked hurdlers in the state of Minnesota. And she also runs the anchor leg on our 4x1, which is also six that the state meets. So, literally, I could tell Jada maybe other than the mile and two mile, right? Miffy, she can she can do it all. Um, but I think uh and she kind of talked about that she's going on um she's getting an athletic scholarship to the University of Minnesota, which is a big deal to do that, but it's who she is as a human and a teammate that sets her apart. I'll try not to get emotional, but like coaching her is amazing and she shows up cares about her teammates. She had just won the section title and she was crying because one of her teammates just missed out on going to state. She could care less about herself and she cared about her teammates and that sets the bar for for everybody else. Sorry to get a little emotional, but that's what I want our team to be about and she represents it. She's one of the best uh student athletes in the state of Minnesota, but that's how she shows up every single day. So, >> wow. >> I want to give THAT Thank you for uh the time. Yeah, thank you. >> Honestly, it was a great fall and we're looking forward to another uh a great winter as well. >> Great. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for all your work. Thank you. Thank you. >> Well, how do we follow that? And actually, we can. >> Yes. >> Yes. This is amazing. Amazing. >> Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. >> As the chair just said, how can we follow that up? >> And we can. Yeah. >> Well, we can follow it up with a hero. >> Yes. >> So, I'd like to welcome team Mabel up to the table, please. WELCOME. >> SHERRY, do you want to come to the table as well? >> Please. Everyone is welcome. >> Yeah. Please. Please >> have a seat. >> Yeah. Before I turn it over, I'll I'll just say I had an opportunity to meet Mabel at EMTT Williams Elementary School before break. And what an honor. We see you as a hero, a lifesaver. Um, so I'll look to you, your team to share the story of what happened for those who haven't heard. And I'd also like to see your family introduced who's with you today. So, I don't know if every I don't know how you're planning to go about it. >> So, I I I will actually hand it over to Joan and Stephanie to do the story, but yes, we are we definitely are um in good great company here. The evening continues to get better when we think with our student athletes and the news we shared there. And yes, Mabel is a true hero. Oh, >> so I will turn that over um to to Schmidy, >> the Schmidy team. >> Well, we are really lucky to have Mabel as um one of our team members um school bus driver at Schmid and Sons. As you all know, we um just um joined your school district this year and and um so it's been great so far. But on November 21st, if I have the date right, sorry if I don't. Mabel was just finishing up her route with her young daughter was um rides with her um on her routes once she picks her up from school and Mabel encountered a young child um walking across the road in front of her bus. Mabel um yelled out to the child, tried to get the child to come on the bus and um and this was on a busy road and cars were coming by and instantly she um when the child crossed the road um towards the lake. Mabel made the decision to secure her bus and she immediately went after the child. >> Oh wow. Sorry, I'm going to tear up because it's I remember you know that day and and um Mabel um >> I'm sure if you guys haven't heard the story, Mabel does not know how to swim >> and um Mabel made the decision as the young, as we found out later on, four-year-old non-verbal child jumped into the lake. It was one of our first very cold days. Um Mabel jumped in, saved that child, brought the child back to the bus um in the meantime um before she she um radioed in to dispatch, called dispatch. um 911 was called, but as she was doing that, she put the child um on the seat and her daughter actually comforted the child >> um as she reached out um to to dispatch um to get um help. And so she is our true hero. Um she's amazing at everything she does. We are very lucky and blessed to have her. Mabel, do you want pause for a round of applause to WELCOME >> I think Mabel tells the story I mean listening to her and um the way she tells the story is just truly amazing. Do Mabel do you want to introduce your your family and your daughter was a big part of this too. >> Yeah. Um, as she said, I'm Mayabel Kanye, the bus driver, and I came along with family because you let me come, >> of course. >> Yeah. This is my daughter. She's she's the only one I got. This is my sister. >> She's one of my elder sisters. She's called Proce. >> And my daughter is Genesis. >> This is also my sister. She's the one I follow. Yeah. So, I called them to come and accompany me. >> Yes. >> To this place. >> Yeah. >> Oh, >> it's an honor to meet you all. >> Thank you for being here. It truly is. >> It's our pleasure to be here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And you're raising a smaller hero. Somebody who's following in your footsteps. >> Yeah. >> Maybe. And And do you Jonah Stephanie? Do you want to introduce yourselves? >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Joan Anderson. I am um I started out as the project manager um for Smitty and Sons when we um came here to Roseville. Stephanie has been with the previous company for 15 years. So I learned a lot from Stephanie. Stephanie is now the project manager of our Roseville garage. I have um kind of while I'm still here in Roseville, I'm I'm the terminal manager of a few different garages. Um, so I've been with Minian Sons for about five years now in lots of different positions. They throw me around. Um, but we're really blessed to be here. Um, working with the Roseville District. Um, Stephanie taught me a lot. Um, she was with the previous company, like I said, for 15 years. Stephanie, you want to introduce yourself? >> Yeah. Well, she pretty much told them, but yes, I've been working with Roseville School District and uh the previous company uh for 15 years. And >> Stephanie is the glue. >> Yes, >> you earned this note. She's the glue. >> Thank you. >> Uh and now working with Sons. I've been working with Mabel for what past few years. What? >> Since 2023. >> 23. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Genesis, what do you think of your mom? What do you think of that day and what happened? >> I'm very proud of her for what she did. >> I didn't know I was living with a superhero in the house. >> And then I bet you are. And then Mabel, anything you'd like to share about the experience? >> Sure. Um, it was actually it was 20th. >> Was it the 20th? I'm sorry. >> Of November. >> 20th. >> It was um a normal afternoon for me. um driving kids back home from school. It was business as usual. >> Um so of course on a normal afternoon every every driver has at least 40 years to do four schools to cover. So I'd covered Park View already. I was on my second school that was I the middle school and yeah I have a couple of students about 25 something like that. So I start off my drop offs in little Canada that's I think South Oaso then I bring a couple of them to North Oaso that's uh I call it borders of Shaw View and Roseville. So while in North Oaso um I'm required to uh cheat a little bit into Shaw View just to go around the block >> so that I I I drop my kids uh on the on the good side whereby they do not have to cross the road. >> So as I was doing that that was uh around Chandler Street. Yeah, of course. I I was maneuvering the the corner. I was trying to to go into Chandler to go around the block. So, I was intercepted by this little kid. >> He looked so small to me, but I thought maybe he was two, but he was four. >> So, when he when he came towards my bus, I I could barely see him. He was too short. You know, the bus you're all up. So um this kid goes on my right the the right side of the bus. I could not see him but he went as far as the door. The door is usually glass. I was able to see him. Then on that side there is only a sidewalk. So I think he changed his mind. He came to the to the to the left. He as in at that moment my foot was on the brake. >> I hope I have enough time. It's a long story. >> So, um, when he came on on my on my left, so now that's where my window is, the driver's side. I opened the window, my leg is on the brake, like on standby. So, um, when I opened the window, I I tried I tried talk convincing him to at least go back to Chandler because he's not so busy as Oaso. Oas the Oaso is so busy. So he crossed the road Oaso road onto the other side of the lake. You know that leg is so huge. So >> it's usually it's it's gazetted. It's fenced off but within that fence that those little gates left for people to access the lake. >> So um when he crossed to the road he went towards the the fence. Of course me I I I was contemplating on what was happening. No, you know he came right from a hill Chandler crying, screaming. >> He was not dressed. He was just like in his Andes. >> Oh my god. >> He he did not have any shoes on. >> He was he did not have any sweatshirt. >> So he was just running aimlessly. So when he he crossed that uh Oaso road to the fence, I was still a little bit calm. I was like whatever that fence cannot let him through. >> So um because I think this guy was just running for safety like to safety because when I called him he he actually looked back at me but I think I just made it worse. he continued running on. So when he touched the fence, the gate just opened for him. >> So um >> when when I saw that happen, when the gate opened, that's when I I secured the bus. I I did not think twice. I had students on the bus because I I was in the middle of my of my route. So I did not think about the kids I had on the bus. I did not think about her. My mind was focused on that kid because he opened the gate and right into the water. >> Oh my god. >> And I was literally seeing him struggling like to stay afloat. >> So when I ran to him in that process, I was thinking about myself too because I've never even attempted to swim anywhere in this world. So I was thinking like if if this guy goes deep and deep, how will I handle? And you know so will I make it? Will I drown? Will he make it? Supposing he makes it and me I drown. So like I uh in that process of him fighting in that water, he was forcing himself towards me. >> So I luckily enough I grabbed his fingers. I pulled him so hard. Yeah. That's how I managed to get him out of that water. We got we all got soaked. I carried him physically to my bus. This is a kid who is not in my like under my care. I've just se I've never seen him anywhere. Yeah. I brought him on my bus. So, um when I came back to to my bus, that's when I I think woke up like I got back to my senses. I was like maybe what did you just do? This isn't remember remember all all companies have rules you know I I know my rules like Shimiti and son's rules properly you cannot leave the bus unattended you cannot leave a bus with students unattended and if you may leave the bus you have to turn off the bus go with your key wherever you're going I did not think I did not do all that I'm like what did I just do I have the kid with me? I've mixed him up with the rest including her. So I'm like, "Ah, now now I don't know what is coming my way." >> I knew I knew. Now when I brought the kid, I started yelling at her because this kid was like he was restless. He was afraid of everyone around him. He was running back and forth. Mhm. >> So remember I was making the maneuver in the road. My nose is in Chandler. The back is >> ino. I've blocked traffic from right, left, center, and they're all honking at me. >> So, so I'm like, what am I going to do? So I was like, Genesis, can you hold that kid? Because if I pull the bus, this kid is running up and down. If he bumps his head in my bus, that's already a case on me. That's a case I'm causing for Shimitian sons. So I I was like, Genesis, hold that kid. So yeah, she she did what she could. I pulled the bus to a safe spot. So when I when I I moved out of the road, I called the first thing I did, I called dispatch. I spoke to them. I was not clear. I was breaking, but they called me back. And I think the only thing they were hearing is police, please. Because I was telling them, I've just recovered a kid from a lake. Can you please call police for me? >> Yeah. And yeah, they did. They called police. I was like, can I give you my location? They were like, no, we see you and we've directed the we've given the GPS police. They're coming to you. So in the meantime, yeah, there was uh you know, you know that guy when he was running, there were cars literally following him. >> So like I mean I was like before even before I went so far before the introduction like I was like maybe maybe among those cars following the guy there there is a parent. >> But all that it it did not it was not the case. The guy was just by himself. So among those cars there was a good lady who was like can I can I call my husband? No before that she came to my window and like do you have blankets because I was soaked the kid was soaked. She was it was cold. >> She was like she also got soaked. >> So she was like she was like do you have blankets? I was like really I'm a bus driver. How do I carry blankets on a daily to a bus? I did not I did not see this happen like I did not see. >> You did not plan for it. >> I did not plan for it. >> So she were like I think she realized that was a vague question at the moment. >> So she were like I'm going to call my husband. I'm heading somewhere but I'm going to call my husband. He will bring you blankets here. I was like oh thank you. So while I was in the in the bus I was trying to calm this guy down. They called police for me. So I think police arrived within like three to five minutes and they literally found me trying to to to comfort the guy the the boy and and yeah so I was like yeah when they called when they called police they came they told me to give them my name I did and yeah I was like can I take off? Yeah they told me yeah you're free to go. So in the meantime I work with a very good company. They called me they told me you know what we are going to cover you for the next school. That's now my third school. I like thank goodness. So they they told me just proceed to the last one the very last one on your route. So I went because I was too early. I went and sat somewhere close to that last school. That's Indie Williams. I sat there so miserable, >> shaking. I was I was wondering what is coming my way. Are they going to suck me? Are they and and indeed they called me for for that very last school. They called me. They told me, you know what? Go home, dry off. You can you can we need you to recollect yourself. Then you you will bring back the bus later. I drove to my house, packed the bus and I tried to come down a little bit. Then yeah, later I drove the bus back to the company. I made a statement and I went back home. Then yeah, later in later in the night, John calls me, "My boy, tomorrow you you should not come to work." I like what I was thinking about has now I mean me what was uh uh in my mind is my journey with Shimiti has ended TODAY IT HAS ended today you know so when she called me I was like >> that's the end of me so and she she I told her no I'm coming into work she insisted Mayabel take the day off we are going cover and we are going to pay you for the whole day. I like oh these guys this is too good to be true because what I expected is not what was happening. >> These guys are really nice people. You have a good company >> and forever. >> Um now coming to that part of the hero to me I don't think I'm a hero. I I did I did this thing I honestly I did this thing out of instinct. >> Yeah. >> Where I'm a mother. >> I work with kids. >> Seeing that guy drown in like fight for his life in that water. I was seeing her. >> Yeah. There is no way I would stay in that bus just and maybe drive away because I'm I'm the only one who saw him enter into the water. All those drivers who were hawking at me did not see anything. >> So when I left the bus and and as I told you they kept on honking they maybe they were imagining the bus drivers become insane. Maybe she has abandoned the bus and she's like maybe she's mentally disturbed. They did not know I was going after that kid. So, um, I did that thing out of instinct. And if I take you just briefly to where I come from, they train us to have each other's back. >> Yeah. >> In Africa, there's no way you will live in this home when you don't know what is happening another person's home. And I would I was putting myself in that mother's shoes. I'm a mother. It wouldn't be uh nice to me seeing a fellow mother grieve because of the loss of his son. >> Yeah, I I've grown up in a very poor community. I know we need to lift one another. >> That guy needed somebody's help and that >> it was me on that on that in that place. God used me for that for that moment to give this guy a chance to live. Yeah. >> There's no way I would drive away. >> Thank you. And thank you company as well for your great partnership. >> Thank you. We appreciate you. >> Yeah. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Thank you for telling us. >> We'll see you on the road. Thank you. >> Thanks, Genesis. Thanks for being here. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Now we can follow that. >> Wow. >> Well, what inspiration that is, isn't it? Wow. >> Thank you everyone. >> Yeah. Yes. So, now we get back to our schoolboard meeting. Um, that's hard to follow. I have to say that's hard to follow after that. Um, do we have any um summary of community input received for action items? >> Okay. No. Okay. Thank you. The next thing is uh the consent agenda. And I I wanted to explain that just quickly. So consent agenda basically mean that there are some items that is that the school board is giving it every time the minutes uh the uh the the the pay payment of bills we actually look at what are the bills that has been uh paid from the last meeting to this meeting and oftent time human resource information about the coming and going or who's retirement who's retiring I don't think we have any retirement today that we usually pull And then finally is also gifts. We always think about acknowledging the list of uh gifts that our community have so generously given to us and we like to put that call that out too. So before we do that, I need a motion to uh uh uh approve the consent agenda. >> I move the C means consent agenda. >> Any second? >> Second. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh all in favor say I. I >> I >> Any oppose? Okay, motion carries. So, who is reading the gifts? >> Okay, Todd. Thank you. >> All right. I'd like to acknowledge our generous community with um the following uh contributions and gifts. Uh we'll start with Thomas Spitzfen, uh a monetary gift, uh for the fourth grade field trip and read around the park event for Central Park Elementary School. Dennis and Anthony Sto, a monetary gift for reading materials for students at EMTT D. Williams. Wendy Thompson, a monetary gift for book uh books for students at EMTT D. Williams. Um, yep, I got those. Okay. Uh, Edertton Elementary School, we want to acknowledge Path of Grace UMC winter clothing for families in need. We want to acknowledge Anchored uh Ministries winter clothing families in need. also at Edertton and the Hope Closet organization for clothing for families in need at Edertton Elementary School. Jean Steinert and Allison Casura, a financial gift for the music and art programs at Falcon Heights Elementary School. Neil and Gail Meyer, a financial gift for school needs for Harambe. Christa Kudson, a monetary gift for the media center at Harambe. And we also want to thank Rebecca Nami, a monetary gift for school needs at Little Canada Elementary School. and Laura Granom Bore uh financial gift for school needs at Park View Center School. Now, I will mention that the next 19 uh are going to be all for Roseville Area High School. We want to thank Cyber Grants, US Bank Foundation, a monetary gift for school needs. Hannah Enterprises LLC, monetary gift for the track team. Ryan's Automotive and Truck LLC, a monetary gift for the track team. Bruce and Julie Sber, uh, monetary gift for the AVID club. Roseville Boys Backcourt Club, a monetary gift for additional coaching staff. Sharon Voris, a monetary gift for the choir club. Dennis and Ellen Ralph, a monetary gift for the choir club. Carol McGau and Kathleen Potree, monetary gift for the choir club. K. Gavin and Thomas and Merlene Dome, Mary Dit E. Ehult, Mark and Rebecca Shep, Barl Bessel Trust, William Christ trustee, and Carol Schubing and Mar and Marine Furley. Those are all for the choir club going to the Roseville area high school. Uh Deborah Grus, a monetary gift for the girls volleyball program. Little Canada Canadian Days, a monetary gift for the girls volleyball program. Gary Gray, a monetary gift for the Alpine ski and girls swimming programs. And finally for the high school, Roseville Area Wrestling Booster Club, monetary gift for the wrestling uh it's going to be wrestling signlets and head gear from the Roseville area wrestling booster club. Marty Estee, school supplies for students in need for Roseville area schools. Karen Dodory, a financial gift for district needs for Roseville area schools. And Aaron Mastrian, a financial gift for district needs for Roseville area schools. Uh I think what we saw there a fantastic wonderful generous community for all those gifts and contributions. It's well appreciated. >> Thank you so much. This is amazing amazing list. Thank you. Um next on our agenda and I just lost my picture. Okay. Um we actually do not have any action. >> No reports. >> No reports for no reports and non- action items. Okay. So, so we do have an action item that we go two two action item. >> So, the first one is policy 422 uh the toecore free environment. Um we have Dylon Smith >> up. >> So, she superintendent Smith and some support this evening. >> Yeah, I Welcome everyone. >> Welcome back, I should say. >> Yeah. All right. Well, we got enough mics and if we could share if we need to. All right. Uh All right. Greetings, uh school board. Thank you for having us tonight. uh as part of our our ongoing policy review. First of all, let me back up for a second. My name is Dion Smith, associate superintendent um here in Roseberry Schools. Um and as part of our ongoing policy review, I'm bringing our fourth policy 432 um uh commercial tobaccof free environment for a second reading of the policy revision. The first reading of the policy took place uh December 9th uh 2025. U I'm once again joined by members of the Association of Nonsmokers in Minnesota High School, Mounds View High School, Iron High School, Wiper Lake High School, and North St. Paul high schools. Uh the goal is to reduce uh youth vaping in the community through education and advocacy. And I'd like to take some time um really appreciate uh students taking the time to be out here tonight for this policy reading. I just want them to uh uh introduce themselves. Hello, my name is Najima Ahmed and I'm a freshman at Roseville Area High School. Welcome. >> Hi, I'm Milan and I'm a junior at Roseville Area High School. >> My name is Summer and I'm a junior at Roseville Area High School. >> Hi, I'm Everett and I'm a senior at Roseville Area High School. >> Uh, and uh, my name is Princeton and I'm a junior at Roseville Area High School. >> Welcome. Right. >> Yeah. Once again, thank our students for being here with us uh in collaboration with these students and using the MSBA uh model policy 419 and the commercial tobacco free K12 model policy from the public um health law center at Mitchell Hamlin School of Law. We've added some language updating definitions of commercial tobacco and revised some language around not accepting industry donations and spiritual exemptions uh for smudging to this particular policy. You can see those changes in the red lines um that uh we presented um back in that meeting on December 9th. Um at that first reading um the board suggested one additional change uh to the policy and that was a definition for visitors uh that you'll find in uh section 3.1 which is visitors means any person on school property who is not a student staff or an administrator. So you see that we have um updated that uh definition to visitors. It is recommended that the board approve policy for 32 uh P commercial tobaccof free environment with this new name of commercial tobaccof free environment. Uh as as presented and with that I'm open to any questions that the board may have. >> Yeah. Any questions? >> I just want to thank you for the work uh that has put in uh for this policy. Really appreciate the student engagement in this and leadership. It's just it's amazing. It's just thank you. Thank you for your advocacy um for a policy that is going to work for our our all our students. >> Yeah. >> And thank you, you know, for your work. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> Your work has made us better. So, thank you. >> Yeah. Really? Yeah. >> Any other comments from school member? >> Okay. Take action. >> All right. So I ask for a motion for this to approve this policy as presented. >> Okay. I'll move that we accept the uh policy 432 as revised. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any other questions? Um uh all in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. >> I'm just curious about you also, this obviously was a passion of yours, something you cared about. What else is on your plate? What else is on your right? Are there other things you're really interested in working on or changing or improving that we could look forward to maybe seeing you again at at the board? >> Um, I can explain a bit about what our organization does if that would answer your question or if you you had something else that you were No, that's exactly it. >> Okay. So, our organization, the Association for Non-Smokers Minnesota, we do um policy change. We go to city council meetings. Um we uh do community outreach such as tableabling events. We table at different places and educate the community on commercial tobacco and the dangers and flavors that come with it. Um how flavors make it easier to start and harder to quit. We advocate for a nicotine-free generation policy which would set a date. Let's for example say 2001 uh January 2001 and then anyone born after that date it would be illegal to sell tobacco to them. So it' be phasing out the sale of tobacco products. Um we also uh do middle school presentations like peer-to-peer education and we also do day at the capital where we talk to local uh state decision makers. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you very hopeful here. We're in good hands. Thank you. Thank you for your leaders. >> Thank you very much for Yeah. for your work and your advocacy. >> Thank you. And we have monthly meetings to like plan about our opportunities, what we're going to do. Yeah. >> Yeah. Please, you know, I think as you advance if there are other uh issues or updates that you you want to like bring to the board for consideration, I know you know how to contact us and we would love to stay in touch with the work that you're doing. So, thank you so much. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you for coming. >> Kind of a big deal, right? We have a students. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of like impacting policy this way. >> Oh my goodness. Just amazing. All right. We have one more item action item. And we have I'm not going to get our like um what do you call it? Titles correctly. >> Executive director of business. >> Okay. I was going to say business operations, but that was close. So, thank you. >> Yes. Yes. And Sherry and you're going to help uh help us kind of understand the audit process. >> Yes. So, um don't worry, I'm not going through the entire I'm not going through a night tonight. >> We got a very thick first and foremost. I know it's been a full evening and yeah, lots of good news, but I think this is like more good news. Yes. our auditors um Clifton and Larson Allen were at the meeting in de in December and presented the results of the audit. So they went through that process and uh as far as the audit goes um uh we did get a clean or unmodified audit report which is good. >> Uh we didn't have any compliance issues again good news. uh we've reported we've provided our financial statements uh to the department of education and other organizations prior to December 31st which is also great. Um again we didn't have any there were no material items. our um general fund unassigned fund balance because the board talks about that a lot um is at 10.97% as of June 30th of >> 2025. We know that this year we're going to draw that down a little bit, but it is in compliance. Um it meets within our parameters of um board policy on the uh fund balance target. So um all good news. you have copies of the reports here. Again, I'm not going to go through any more if you um we also for the public or for anyone, we have this information. There's a link in the board packet. It's on the on our website. It's under business services. Our audit report is out there. If as board members you would like to um keep these hard copies, that is wonderful. If you'd prefer not to keep a hard copy, you can just leave it at the table and I'll grab those. Um, and I really don't have anything else >> unless there are specific questions. >> Yeah. >> Uh, I would just like to say thank you. >> You and your staff. I know that >> over my decade on the board, um, you know, it hasn't been easy sometimes. >> Yes. >> And we've encountered systemic things, etc., etc. >> Yeah. >> Or or, you know, what's the word I want? Not not that it wasn't clean, but there were recommendations for things around process and how we did stuff. that's been cleaned up. And I think just to just to acknowledge that, you know, a lot of folks out there might think, oh, this what, you know, big deal. Put your statement, you send them in, the audit happens, it's all automatic. And it's not. It's people. It's time. >> It's expertise. It's diligence. It's doing stuff you got to get done. And so, thank you. And thank your team. >> You're I know, as you've said, big team, >> right? It's a big team. And it's the team around us, too, in the district. Right. Well, and I think you know, you look in the newspapers, you see not not every school district in the state >> Yes. >> is as clean as we are when it comes to paying. >> So, we're very fortunate, but yes, very hard at it. >> Thanking Clifton Larson. >> Yes. Absolutely. >> Yes. >> So, thank you for working with your group Sherry and with them in partnership and I think just really appreciate it. So, >> thank you. >> Thank you for those comments. I would like to add that it is not a big team but it's very small and mighty team on the side of the district. So again just really highlighting your leadership and your team. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. And I will share that. Yes. I'm very fortunate to work with the team that I do >> and I think we need to sit with like how how amazing our audit report is this time in terms of clean report. We that's a big deal. >> It is a big deal. So I just want our community to know right it is a big deal to have that kind of a clean report that that we did. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Yeah. So we need to um uh uh accept this. >> How about as treasurer I will move that we accept the >> All right. 2425 financial statements as topical information fiscal year ending June 30 2025 as delivered. Okay. >> I'll second. >> All right. Great. Any other questions about this? All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Anyone oppose? Motion carries. Yay. Thank you. Well done. >> Thank you so much. >> All right. So, uh, we come to the part where it is about board reports. And I have to say, I was thinking, oh my goodness, we last met December 9. So I I will I will kind of maybe start with um uh our chair. How do I how >> outgoing chair? >> Outgoing chair. Okay. >> You want to start with you? Yeah. >> All right. Um not much to report but um last Friday uh I was able to attend Brim Hall's sixth grade famous faces event. Uh that's an event I don't want to miss since my own children >> have been a part of that. I mean you don't have a sixth grader yet, right? >> Um I have an eighth grader. So yes, >> that's right there. Yeah. So you >> uh I I just absolutely um I'm just kind of floored with the work, the research, the study, >> then how they hone their presentation skills uh to take on these famous faces. I mean it's just it's just amazing. It was very well attended and the students did an excellent job. I mean, when you have a bunch of got a bunch of strangers, you know, I'm just standing in their face. I want to hear about, you know, Rosa Parks and just, you know, >> you know, and they they just go into this wonderful spiel that, yeah, >> they've really studied prepared for, >> but a fabulous event. >> That's great. >> Kudos to all the kids and the staff who helped them and prepared. >> That's great. >> That's great. >> Um, let's go with our officer, our new officer. Um, cluck cluck. >> How am I gonna say that correctly? >> How do I just call you cluck man? >> Um, I'm going to do a couple multiple reports. >> Okay. >> But I'm also going to do the report for um study session. album. But the first I would say, >> dude, I'm trying to remember since the last time we met, I attended the Central Park talent show. >> Um, which was very well done. The students did a wonderful job. There was many where there was dancers, there were singers, there were people do gymnastics and they have no fear. They just go up and and do what they do. So, it was very good. I think associate Bill Don Smith was there. So, I think that was good. Um last night I got to attend the DCAC meeting um and we discussed um the demographics and enrollment report. In addition, we also talked about um the CTE the um report, the career and technical education report that we did tonight. So I'll do that combination together because it was um very similar. One of the things from that presentation that um we were told by executive director um of teacher and learning Vonda Lindy is that the group is looking to change the name to trade and industry. Yeah, >> it will match what MDE currently um has there and maybe more recognizable for people to know that. Um but it was also nice that he indicated that um everybody who teaches in there is able to be part of this committee which is different than some of our other um committees as they re have done the program evaluations because it's so big and so many people but since the group is more modest that all the teachers um are able to participate. Um the last review was completed in 2015. Um and from that review, a lot of the upgraded equipment and facilities um that our um constituents were so nice, our our community members that voted for the bond in 2017, the bond referendum was able for us to do all the things that we were able to do at the Roseberry High School. Um that that were able to have all the nice um facilities we have. Um there was a number of the career and technical education staff that came um and shared some of their experiences. Um we entered into the program evaluation phase. The next phase is program design and the D we all always have the DCAC approve that and they approve that um to do that. So they're moving forward with that. Let me see. >> Do you want to say what DCAC is? >> Oh yes. the um now of course my mind's around the blank district curriculum advisory committee see you did not ask me I would have remembered director there um let me see what else we have here um there was a lot of the findings from that um that they we we talked about um there was good alignment between Rams and Ros one of the things we want to look at in the future is looking at maybe opportunities at Fos Fio Alternative High School as well as Park View and things that we may be able to do there um partner better with AVID um so some of the courses be considered um rigor so that some of the students can take some of those as well um want to increase some certifications for students assets and dual enrollment options let me see continuing to monitor safety protocols um the time and on and maintenance on the equipment opportunities for the staff that teach um to get the CTE licensing so we can make it so that um that's better for them. Um one of the um teachers um highlighted of the critical thinking and problem solving that our students get in CTE um through that and that sometimes that some of our students who may not connect with some other things academically really connect to some of the CTE things and have really great experiences. So I think it was overall a good presentation on both for us to learn about that and that we were also one of the districts that we um have been committing our resources there. never wavered away that some other districts may have wavered away from that. So >> I think that's it. >> That's great. >> Yeah, if I may, I didn't think to include a decision that was made in terms of we did change the agenda from last year. So meeting with outgoing chair and the incoming chair that in the future we'll be reporting out on our study sessions, the meeting after the study sessions, so board members aren't feeling a pressure to take notes and then prepare a report at the end. So that's why if the community is watching, it's not on the agenda. >> So it'll always be in the next meeting. >> Terrific. >> Thank you for doing that. >> And we also did our um committee assignments for the year. Um >> yes, >> that's we also did that at our study sessions. >> Yeah. So we we'll have more formal report the next time. >> Yeah. Okay. Um so for board reports for our new board members there are times when we pass because you know I'll our you know sk know our we have busy lives so but I want to make sure I offer that to Oh well we got to do Mike first and then we'll offer that. >> Sure. And actually I don't have anything >> between last meeting and this meeting to report >> but I'll mention >> that I think we all >> will be at the MSBA annual conference. >> Thank you. which starts tomorrow evening with a banquet and a social event and it goes into Thursday and Friday >> where all the school board members from across the state are invited to come to the convention center and we have workshops and >> hear speakers and have learnings and all that kind of stuff. There's workshops, there's tables, there's all kind of things that we learn from um just what's going on around the state andor learn technical skills, social skills, you know, it may be there may be a seminar on u you know how to how to uh put together a levy referendum or something like that. So, and again, I like sharing the story. uh ex board director uh Curtis Johnson and I were at uh with one a number of years ago where we met with someone about the whole solar energy thing and it's from that >> meeting at the MSBA convention that we >> brought up and then Sherry took over to work with a way to find that we could make this building and others potentially uh solar powered. So >> six years ago >> six. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's a great conference and I look forward to you guys and just so you know when we go there you know just do what you want to do. We don't need to sit together look at the materials you got figure out what ones you want to go to. If we run into each other great but you don't don't feel compelled that oh you know we're going to do stuff as a herd. We don't we >> go do your individual stuff and we'll we'll go from >> but you can hang out with us too much >> because we you know where the nutrition services vendor is and they do give us food. >> Okay. >> There you go. Yeah. >> Well and yeah and um uh the the financial uh um uhers. >> Yeah. >> They always have like cookies. That's right. You walk into the exhibit hall and it's like right there like it's like 11:00 when you walk in. They have like fresh baked cookies right there. That's your first stop. Thank you. Thank you for bringing that up. Yeah, it is tomorrow night, isn't it? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Um, two new school board members. >> Yeah. I just want to share that I went to the Roseville area high school registration for eighth graders. And what really stuck with me is just um all the teacher commitment at that event. They're giving tours. They're talking about their programs. and they're just such incredible and impressive stewards of that program that um we were really blown away. >> Yeah, that's great. >> We had a full auditorium as well. So, great turnout. >> Thank you. >> I have nothing to report. >> Okay, that's okay. >> All right. Um so, for me, I I I I have a spare phone, so I have no idea what my calendar look like because it doesn't show here. So, I'm not going to say anything about that, but I just want to take a moment to really like I'm like sitting with the fact that um I have this honor and responsibility to to to be the board chair and so I'm very honored. And then I also want to acknowledge our outgoing board chair Todd Anderson for all your efforts in the last is it two years that you did this? Yeah. So, thank you. >> Longer. But thank you. Thank you for all your work and um and I know Mike has been a chair like right now the two of you are former chairs that I will be looking up to and looking to for advice and so thank you for your service t for these last two years >> and I I know both be more than willing to help and share any knowledge we've gained and experience. And for those who don't know or if anybody's actually watching, um the time commitment on the chair >> is huge. >> Yeah. >> Because it's additional meetings for the superintendent to set to to set the agenda to talk about policy things like that. Not only that, there there are a lot of things that happen in a school district, not just ours, but any school district that are legal, human resources related, etc., etc. >> That the chair is brought into uh for discussions. sometimes it may be hours if not day long discussions around issues that are very very thorny and that are confidential and all that kind of stuff. So thank you Todd because I know what it's like. Thank you for the two years. It's it's it's a roller coaster sometimes and thank you in advance Rose. I know you do a great job. So yeah >> thank you and I I feel very fortunate to be working with our superintendent and your cabinet. So I think we are in good hands and so yeah. Thank you. >> It's been an honor. I mean, it's been an honor and a privilege and >> Dr. Lake makes it easy. >> Yeah. >> I know it's not an easy job. >> Yeah. >> Seeing what you do, but it's, >> you know, >> Yeah. >> It was wonderful. So, >> great. Good partnership. >> Yeah. >> So, I pass the last comments to you. >> Thank you. Well, good evening. I'd like to start with a congratulations and welcome to our new board members, Director Cleveland and Director Morse Wen. Uh, next I'd like to recognize the tremendous and caring leadership of outgoing board chair Anderson. It's been an absolute pleasure working with you and I think you've demonstrated what it means to be a truly a communitydriven leader and how much you care. So, thank you. Uh, with that, I'd like to congratulate and thank Dr. Chu for assuming the role of new school board chair. And I'd also like to honor you uh and thank you. Dr. Chu is the first Asian-American schoolboard chair in the history of Roseville area schools. So maybe we could recognize that. And then as we enter 2026, I want to reiterate clearly and publicly our unwavering commitment to our immigrant students and families. You are valued members of this community. We stand with you and we will continue to support your right to live and learn in a country that professes to be a land of opportunity. The education of our students, the education our students receive in Roseville area schools is and must continue to be a pathway to safety and stability. That is not only our mission, it is a human right that every one of our students deserves. With regard to students at Roseville Area High School who staged a walk out yesterday, the Supreme Court affirmed that students retain their constitutional right to peaceful protest while at school. And as a public school district, we are legally obligated to uphold these rights. While we cannot prevent students from participating in a walk out, we can ensure the highest level of safety and order, which is why we communicate with families and coordinate proactive safety measures in partnership with the Roseville Police Department. In this case, student leaders work closely with the Roseville Police Department in advance, allowing officers to support the event with escorts and monitoring to keep students safe and minimize disruption. We remain committed to walking alongside our students, families, and staff members with compassion and courage. Thank you for your partnership as we all continue building a safe, supportive community for all. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Now, I don't know how to end. Um, if there are no other business, >> um, I now declare the meeting ajourned. >> Oh my