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CompletedSchool Board Meeting - Feb. 4, 2025

School Board Meeting - Feb. 4, 2025

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:43 PMActual: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM

School Board Meeting - Feb. 4, 2025

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[0:28] e [0:58] e e [1:54] yeah he's um just a great great person 59 know one of those right yeah we'll [2:02] call this meeting to order it's 5:30 roll call please director running [2:10] here director hacker here director kenberg here director laow here director Parker here Dr the Lander here Sher [2:17] Sherman here you have a COR great let's stand for the Pledge of [2:23] Allegiance I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America to the [2:29] for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for [2:38] all okay move on to uh our consent or our approval of tonight's agenda can I [2:45] get a motion to approve so move great director Hawker and I saw Pete hand up [2:50] director Kellenberg with a second all those in favor of approving tonight's agenda raise your hand and say I I I [2:57] opposed agenda passes unanimously then Joan has our consent agenda for the [3:02] evening up items a b and c um is there a motion for the consent [3:10] agenda so moved great director theander makes the motion to approve consent is there a [3:16] second director lower with the second can I make a comment quick yes so 519 [3:22] and 701 those are just minor modifications to a current policy that's why we're not going through the whole [3:28] first reading second reading and yep okay good to know okay okay um [3:35] all those in favor of approving consent raise your hand and say I opposed consent passes we have um [3:45] under our strategic Direction a ensure the learning process is adaptable to meet individual student needs we have [3:52] the principal of Lily Lake Elementary um is it Granda principal Granda is here so [3:59] come on up um sit right here and just um for background on this this is kind of a [4:05] series we've been having in study sessions where we're inviting the principles of our buildings to come up [4:10] and give the board just kind of a state of their school um at a high level to [4:15] try to hopefully educate the board a little bit about the buildings and some of the challenges and opportunities um [4:22] strengths that exist so we'll continue that and we feel very lucky new to the district so welcome to can we have give [4:29] us a little bit about his background yeah absolutely yeah lucky guy thank you superintendent [4:37] P chair chairman uh directors of the board thank you for having me here tonight uh it is a pleasure to be at [4:44] Lily Lake Elementary this is as you said my first year here with still water for [4:50] the past 15 years I've served as a superintendent in Minnesota schools uh [4:55] was principal and Elementary teacher long before that this is my 31st year in [5:02] education um for me it is a journey back to the job that I loved most uh every [5:10] time I worked with an elementary principal and did some building visits I didn't want to leave I wanted to say oh [5:16] move over let me do this and so I'm getting that opportunity to spend time [5:22] with children and families and …

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Still Water School Board Advances Bell-to-Bell Cell Phone PolicySchool board leans toward banning phones all day at high schools

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No formal vote; presented as a first reading, feedback gathered for committee review.
No formal vote, but staff was directed to pursue Option 1 (Bell to Bell) for high schools based on board consensus during discussion.

“The purpose of this policy is to protect an exercise students and employees Free Speech rights taking into consideration the educational objectives and responsibilities of the school district.”

— Paul [35:20]First Reading: Policy 505 - Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Materials on School Premises by Students and Employees

“If it's not in that c in fall into one of those categories it would be okay which seems like there are some categories of overlap of what's okayed by this that might cause some consternation on identity harm protocol so that's a question want to think about and then second is is there a power differential between um a student handing something out or posting something and a teacher handing something out and posting something and should that be considered should there be a different policy or should those entities be treated differently”

— Director Parker [41:59]First Reading: Policy 505 - Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Materials on School Premises by Students and Employees

“So I think doing prohibiting them during instructional time would be most beneficial because they're not on their phone when they actually need to be learning and educated”

— Anley [1:03:01]First Reading: Policy 54.5 - Personal Electronic Communication Devices

“Our personal opinion is kind of the option one Bell to Bell just kind of gone for the day and just focus on learning and getting an education and just being engaged with school and I think that would also um improve our culture a little bit better just a school culture”

— Mason [1:03:29]First Reading: Policy 54.5 - Personal Electronic Communication Devices

“I have a note from my doctor saying I need to have my cell phone on me because of the anxiety that I have and so it's that's some of the things that we are going to have to be if if we go to the Bell the Bell Route that's another thing that will pop up that we will be having to do guaranteed”

— Superintendent Funk [1:21:36]First Reading: Policy 54.5 - Personal Electronic Communication Devices

“Excess smartphones any studies that you look at you know among youth is linked to increased anxiety depression hindrance to academic instruction and learning and other mental health issues but yet we have an opportunity and the responsibility as a school board to do what we feel is best for students and and for me I I think it's important to um you know and I'll be supporting option one for the Bell to Bell”

— Director Thelander [1:31:05]First Reading: Policy 54.5 - Personal Electronic Communication Devices

“I would love for that to be in place and to work will it work so do we need to just give it a little bit um of room a kid going between Class phones are part of life now when I went to school we didn't have phones so sure we we could get by without phones but it wasn't an option uh but now everybody has phones and there's also a part of learning to navigate life with a phone because that will be part of your adulthood and if you have them in passing time hopefully you won't use it but you might need to put an assignment on your calendar um or quick look up something for class the next hour”

— Director Laow [1:36:05]First Reading: Policy 54.5 - Personal Electronic Communication Devices

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