Heat. [Music] Hey, heat. Hey, heat. [Music] Good evening. It is Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 at 6 p.m. We are at the District Service Center in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the land of the Midawakatan Dakota people. Mawakatin means dwellers of the spirit lake. First item on the agenda is 1.0 roll call. Dana >> Louise Hines >> here. >> Ryan Clark. >> Hello. >> Sharon Vanlair >> here. >> Eric Chesmer >> here. >> Melinda Do >> here. >> Simeon Pnak >> here. >> Andrew Chestine >> here. >> Matilda Samuel >> here. >> Katie Schwarz >> here. >> 2.0 Pledge of Allegiance. Please stand to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Goodness. 3.0 is approval of our agenda. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So move. Moved by Sharon, seconded by >> Melinda. Uh, any comments? All those in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion passes. >> 4.0 is our student board representative reports. And this will be introduced by Superintendent Julie Nelson. >> Thank you. Uh, we are excited to welcome and apologize, uh, Ryan. Uh, they're taking over your space here. Um, but our kids are a pretty big deal. Uh, we are excited to welcome two of our three student board reps in person and of course TA who got captured right at the moment, eyes not closed and ready to to share. Um, and they're going to be introducing themselves this evening. Uh, just to set the stage, several years ago, we had student board representatives that attended our business meetings. And I think for some of our students, it got really long and probably kind of boring because there was a lot of information with not always a lot of discussion. Um during that time students gave updates about their schools and what was happening. We heard a lot about the football games and the proms and the activities in the theater etc. As we bring back the representatives we wanted to be thoughtful about how best they might be able to interject and share their experiences related to the different agenda items. The decision was made to have the students attend workshop meetings where the conversations are less formal allowing for the opportunity for student voice. So like this evening it's literacy. I happen to uh ask Andrew and Matilda about you know what do you think about the MCAs? So somewhere tied into all of this we also want to make sure that student voice may be part of um the presentation. So um presenters if you would have a a question for the students please feel free and or board members or I might just interject a question and ask them to put their voice in the space. Um, tonight I have asked each of our students to introduce themselves and share a bit about who they are, why they were interested in being part of this leadership opportunity and there was a lot of excitement. We had 31 students apply from across the school district. Um, so tonight I'm goi…