Heat. Heat. What we got today here? >> Good evening. It is Thursday, October 23rd, 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. Midawakatin means dwellers of the Spirit Lake. Our first item on the agenda is roll call. Dana. >> Louise Hines >> here. >> Ryan Clark. >> Good evening. >> Sharon Vanlair >> here. >> Eric Tesmer >> here. >> Melinda Dos >> here. >> Simei Pnak >> here. >> Katie Short >> here. >> 2.0. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. >> 3.0 is approval of the agenda. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Sharon. >> Yeah. >> And seconded by >> Simmyi. Any comments? >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. 4.0 is comments to the board. At this time, individuals may speak to the school board on any item relating to South Washington County Schools. The board will not respond to or discuss your comments. Vulgarity, character abuse, or specific complaints identifying staff, students, or task force members will not be permitted. The superintendent may be asked to prepare a response to your concerns. Each speaker is permitted to speak for up to three minutes in total. At three minutes, the microphone will be turned off and we will move on to the next speaker or agenda item. We do have four people signed up tonight and our first speaker is Jed Swinson. >> My name is Jed Swinson. I live in Woodbury, Minnesota. All my kids went to District 833 and they're all they all have children also. I'm against boys in girls sports. I think it's unfair and it's a highly unpopular policy. The state of Minnesota says otherwise. The state says it's unlawful to deny boys to play on girls uh teams and that those boys who identify as girls, it would be unfair to them. The federal government says otherwise and is suing the state over this policy. They say that the state of Minnesota is in violation of chapter n title N which was enacted in 1972 and the purpose of that was to give girls equal opportunities not just in sports but in education, jobs and everything. And and that was hard to get and and you guys deserve it. The fed federal government is suing the state over lost opportunities for girls and they want to restore lost titles that were misappropriated to give back awards to lose federal funding that would be the state of Minnesota and to pay possible fines. This is a poor policy by the state of Minnesota. It's unpopular with the students and with the parents. And in the end, the bo the voters, you people who pay taxes and who work for a living, will have an unnecessary burden to pay for this poor policy. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Our next speaker Oh, sorry. >> Done. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Our n…