[0:17] says we're good

[0:18] now Christine you do the right

[0:30] is going to feed it to you

[0:31] does she's not here yeah she's not here

[0:35] she's not here no oh so I'm glad you are

[0:38] because for a while it look like nobody

[0:39] wanted to

[0:42] my that's kid that's our whale hising

[0:52] people no worries she says we're good to

[0:55] go though oh so I can start yeah

[1:03] good evening thank you for joining us uh

[1:05] for this special session uh January 14

[1:09] 2025 here for the

[1:12] isd622 um do do we have to do the pledge

[1:15] okay uh first thing up is to uh the

[1:22] pledge I aliance to the flag of the

[1:26] United States of America and to the

[1:28] Republic for stands one nation under God

[1:33] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[1:39] all all right um sorry I don't have my

[1:43] notes so I have to call to

[1:45] order do I have to

[1:47] move okay sorry without my notes I'm I'm

[1:51] at a loss here uh so we have the oath of

[1:55] office which Caleb will be doing

[2:00] all right um and at this time if I could

[2:04] have our our new um board member

[2:08] rise and our reelected board member as

[2:11] well board members sorry okay thank

[2:15] you it is an honor that you were elected

[2:18] to guide the education of our

[2:19] community's children as you recite the

[2:22] oath of office you assume a tremendous

[2:24] responsibility as a director of our

[2:26] school district with the duties

[2:27] empowered by the Minnesota Legislature

[2:30] this power puts you and the other

[2:32] members of our school board in the

[2:33] position of being both morally and

[2:35] legally responsible for Equitable

[2:38] quality education of every student in

[2:40] The District in carrying out this

[2:42] responsibility you'll be asked to

[2:44] fulfill the roles of vision structure

[2:47] accountability and advocacy in providing

[2:50] Vision the board with extensive

[2:52] participation of the community envisions

[2:54] the community's educational future and

[2:56] then formulates the goals defines the

[2:58] outcomes and sets the course for the

[3:00] public schools to achieve the vision the

[3:02] board establishes a structure and

[3:04] creates an environment designed to

[3:05] ensure all students the opportunity to

[3:08] attain their maximal maximum potential

[3:10] through a sound organizational framework

[3:13] because as a board we must be

[3:14] accountable to the community we must

[3:16] ensure a continuous assessment of

[3:18] student achievement and all conditions

[3:20] affecting the education of our children

[3:23] as board members we serve as education's

[3:26] key Advocates on behalf of students and

[3:28] our community schools to advance the

[3:30] vision for our schools furthermore we

[3:33] must strive to work together and with

[3:35] the in with the superintendent and staff

[3:38] to lead the district forward toward

[3:40] fulfilling the vision we have created

[3:42] fostering Excellence for every student

[3:44] in the areas of academic skills and

[3:46] knowledge citizenship and personal

[3:49] development having signed the acceptance

[3:51] of office and oath of office will you

[3:55] please publicly affirm your commitment

[3:57] by repeating the oath of office after

[4:01] me um and should I read the entire let's

[4:04] see I'll should I break it up and okay

[4:07] all

[4:08] right I affirm that I will support the

[4:11] Constitution of the United States iirm

[4:15] support the of the United States United

[4:18] States and of this state and of this

[4:22] state and that I will discharge

[4:24] Faithfully Faithfully I'll discharge

[4:28] Faithfully the duties of the office of

[4:30] Schoolboard member the duties of the

[4:33] office of Schoolboard member of

[4:36] Independent School District number 622

[4:39] of Independence School District number

[4:41] 622 to the best of my judgment and

[4:44] ability to best of my judgment and

[4:48] ability thank you may be

[4:52] [Applause]

[4:55] seated

[4:57] Kati yes Katie come on

[5:05] just because we like to know who's here

[5:08] so as we're very excited to add our

[5:10] newest member to our school board um

[5:12] Katie swer she has some guests here this

[5:14] evening so I thought maybe you could

[5:15] introduce your guests to us and then

[5:16] we'll take a photo as as a whole group

[5:18] together um and then a separate one

[5:20] maybe with Katie and her

[5:23] family yes thank you I I appreciate this

[5:26] and uh today my husband Christian and my

[5:29] son Quenton are here and let's uh

[5:32] Quenton is the reason that I ran um and

[5:34] my dad and mom Dwight and Mary Lundquist

[5:37] and my aunt Marge blanish are all here

[5:39] and I'm so

[5:43] [Applause]

[5:45] happy thr to have Katie on our scho

[5:48] maybe let's do a photo of Katie and

[5:50] first standing right over here if you

[5:52] don't mind we'll put you next can stand

[5:55] right here and

[5:56] that and then come

[6:01] get

[6:03] do do we stand I don't know I so I think

[6:07] just them and then we'll do it as get a

[6:30] New

[6:33] Station oh I like it you got the name

[6:35] plate showing

[6:42] perfectly maybe pull Quenton closer to

[6:45] you Katie so we can see your

[6:50] name beautiful now can we bring the rest

[6:53] of the board to take a photo with Katie

[6:55] so we have our new school board photo on

[6:57] hand

[7:02] this is where all the magic

[7:04] happens and the good thing is even on

[7:06] the night when your

[7:14] M all right come on up guys

[7:28] yes okay scoot in a little

[7:34] closer

[7:44] [Music]

[7:55] skinin

[7:58] beautiful yay

[8:17] make the rest of us feel

[8:24] better did you hear that Charlotte what

[8:29] they going to que

[8:38] queenes you guys are G to go you guys

[8:41] are going to celebrate her without

[8:43] her that's literally what you guys are

[8:46] doing you gave them a reason to

[8:49] celebrate so that's

[8:51] enough all right uh so we're going to

[8:53] move on to our election of officers so

[8:55] as board policy the officers of our

[8:58] school board shall be chairperson Vice

[9:00] chairperson Clerk and Treasurer a

[9:03] handout is included in your packet oh

[9:07] don't ignore that part

[9:10] um let's see

[9:13] here during discussions at um oh at our

[9:18] work sessions in October November and

[9:20] December board members informally agreed

[9:22] that the following individuals will be

[9:24] nominated

[9:25] um

[9:28] so I'm going to

[9:31] say

[9:32] um do we have any nominations for yes do

[9:36] we have any nominations for

[9:38] chair uh yes I nominate uh ke Yang for

[9:42] chair are there any other nominations

[9:44] for

[9:47] chair I think you say that three times

[9:49] did I say it three times are there any

[9:51] other nominations for

[9:56] chair all right um so uh seeing that um

[10:01] K is K Yang is the only candidate

[10:03] nominated myself uh for the officer

[10:05] chair um I hear by hereby declare ke

[10:09] elected

[10:11] um see do we have to

[10:14] motion so

[10:17] moved all right um moved by nari second

[10:22] by Martins um all in favor say I I all

[10:26] oppose say nay all right uh let us move

[10:31] on

[10:32] to Vice

[10:36] chair um I Nom nominations for vice

[10:39] chair yes I nominate Caleb Anderson for

[10:42] vice chair all right are there any other

[10:45] nominations for vice

[10:49] chair any other nominations for vice

[10:53] chair all right seeing none the only

[10:55] candidate nominated for the office of

[10:57] Vice chair is Caleb Anderson um and I

[11:01] hereby declare him elected um could I

[11:04] get a motion and a second so moved

[11:08] second right moved by Livingston

[11:10] seconded by Martin um all in favor say I

[11:14] I all oppose say nay all right um and

[11:19] then if next up we have for

[11:24] clerk do we have any nominations for

[11:26] clerk I nominate Nancy Wiston for

[11:30] clerk um any other nominations for

[11:35] clerk any other nominations for

[11:39] clerk all right um seeing none I

[11:42] hearby um I gotta find my wording here

[11:46] see by um having only one person

[11:49] nominated for the office of chair I

[11:51] hereby declare Nancy Livingston elected

[11:55] could I get a motion and a second moved

[11:57] second right moved by rard second by

[12:00] Martins all in favor say I I I and all

[12:03] oppose say nay all right um and then the

[12:07] last position is for treasurer are there

[12:10] any nominations for

[12:13] treasurer I I would like to nominate

[12:15] Julia Martins for treasurer okay uh

[12:18] Julia Martins is there any other

[12:20] nominations for

[12:23] treasurer are there any other

[12:25] nominations for

[12:27] treasurer all right um seeing none um

[12:31] this Julia Martins is the only candidate

[12:34] nominated for the office of Treasurer

[12:35] and I hereby declare her elected um

[12:39] could I get a motion and a second so

[12:42] moved second right um moved by Anderson

[12:46] seconded by Livingston all in favor say

[12:48] I I and all oppos say nay all right um

[12:52] so Julia is nominated for

[12:56] treasurer um I think that's it for the

[13:00] officers yay congratulations everybody

[13:03] you very excited to be working with all

[13:05] of you again um and Katie welcome aboard

[13:09] um so next up we just have our

[13:11] organizational

[13:12] resolutions um the following resolutions

[13:15] are being recommended for adoption as

[13:17] routine organizational resolutions for

[13:21] 2025 uh should discussion on a specific

[13:23] resolution be requested a number has

[13:26] been assigned to each resolution

[13:30] um does does anybody want to pull

[13:32] anything out to

[13:35] discuss okay um the full resolution is

[13:39] listed out in board book so if any you

[13:41] know folks are interested they can take

[13:43] a look at that um seeing as there is no

[13:47] discussion um and read the resolution uh

[13:50] be resolved by the school board of

[13:51] Independent School District number 622

[13:54] that the following organiz

[13:55] organizational resolutions numbered 1

[13:58] through 19 be accepted as presented

[14:02] could I get a motion in a second so

[14:05] moved second all right move by

[14:07] Livingston second by Martins any

[14:12] discussion okay all in favor say I I and

[14:16] all oppose say nay all right those

[14:20] motions pass um that is the end of

[14:25] our special session so could I get a

[14:29] Motion in a second to adjourn so

[14:34] moved moved by Katie s and then second

[14:37] to by Nardi Charlotte other way around

[14:41] okay other way around moved by Nardi

[14:44] second by um all in favor say I I all po

[14:49] say may all right meeting adjourned

[14:51] thank you thank you you