In ProgressRegular School Board Meeting: December 17, 2024

Regular School Board Meeting: December 17, 2024

Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 2:02 PMActual: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM

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[0:01] um I'd like to call um to order the business meeting of December 17th [0:08] 20124 um the first up on the agenda is our Pledge of [0:16] Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to [0:22] the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with [0:28] liberty and justice for all [0:36] okay we just have to um do the approval of the agenda before we get to the achievement awards um can I get a motion [0:42] in a second to approve our agenda so mov all right move by Martins second second [0:48] by Livingston um any discussion before we move on all right all in favor say I [0:54] I I um all oppose say nay all right uh the agenda is approved [1:00] um and so now we're going to move to the achievement award so thank you for coming um today and I think I'm the one [1:06] doing it [1:36] okay good evening everyone my name is Andy beaten assistant superintendent for secondary schools it's my pleasure to introduce uh some outstanding students [1:43] that are here to be recognized from Tartan High School and North High School for their achievement in activities Fine [1:49] Arts and Athletics so let's [1:54] start first John Janetta is John here we'll read a little bit about him JN is [2:01] a junior at North High School he exemplifies leadership both on and off the field as the captain of The Polar [2:06] football team JN ranked among the top five players in the state for receptions and receiving yards Beyond his athletic [2:12] achievements he maintains an impressive 3.65 GPA and represents North High with pride at leadership conferences Jon's [2:19] influence extends beyond the playing field as he leads in the classroom the halls and in the stands in the spring he [2:25] continues his athletic Pursuits by competing for the polers on the track team [2:36] it's Caitlyn here Kaitlyn come on up all [2:44] right your hand you can stand by Jer this is Caitlyn hoppy Caitlyn hoppy [2:51] a senior at North High School serves as the captain of both the fall and winter cheer teams she maintains an impressive [2:56] 4.1 GPA while excelling in numerous accelerated courses Caitlyn is also a key leader in the Northern Lights show [3:03] choir and played a prominent role in Anastasia the fall musical at North [3:08] [Applause] congratulations after we're done Ka [3:14] Caitlyn if you could stick around we'll do a photo with all the kids who get recognized thank you Thomas are you here [3:20] come on up Thomas Thomas kubic is a senior at North High School has made remarkable [3:26] contributions as both an athlete and a musician he plays key roles on the football team's offense and defensive lines competes in wrestling and [3:33] participates in track a quiet yet influential leader Thomas excels Beyond Athletics as an allconference band [3:39] member demonstrating his talent on the tenor saxophone he performs with North High's top Ensemble the symphonic band [3:46] as well as a show choir band the constellations and…

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Student Achievement and Recognition

School Finance and Property Tax Levy

Middle School Programming and Strategic Plan Implementation

District Advocacy and Operational Efficiency

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Unanimously Approved
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Approved

it's great that we have a grant for electric School Bus planning 6,400 for the year that's super but really I was excited to see the 622 Education Foundation gave 16 grants to um throughout the district to different schools for $500 each and I just wanted to highlight that because every year they do the um silent auction as well as other fundraisers and it's just really cool to see that money go back to the schools like that

Michelle [9:57]Approval of Consent Agenda Item H: Grant Awards

these were grants that were awarded to individual staff members who submitted their ideas for Innovation and and trying different things and so the foundation was really diligent about combing through those applications to um support teacher um Ingenuity and creativity and Innovation

Superintendent Tui Osorio [10:37]Approval of Consent Agenda Item H: Grant Awards

sounds like we're doing we're we're doing more we're being asked to do more with less and so aside from um asking the taxpayers uh with the levy uh I was wondering you said the set the set formula you know that's what we have that's those are the funds we have to educate the kids

Charlotte Nardi [31:56]Adoption of 2024 Payable 2025 Property Tax Levy

something that I'm constantly talking about with elected officials that's an equity issue when certain districts by your ZIP code especially when you think about how important we all know technology it's not just about laptops and devices it's also cyber security infrastructure um a lot of our textbooks and things now are are software subscriptions they're not hard books anymore and so when you think about the fact that in Minnesota that is dependent on whether your local community votes yes or no to the question whereas that's such an equity issue across the board I think for us that's a big one to really continue to advocate for

Superintendent Tui Osorio [35:09]Adoption of 2024 Payable 2025 Property Tax Levy

I also feel like the conversations around efficiency are I mean I get it but it's a little bit unfair because we're already so much more efficient than the other schools and our students are the more High need students and we have just ex you know we have a whole lot of kids in poverty in our district and so while I do you know respect the idea of efficiency I feel like that our solution cannot be just efficiency

Michelle [47:31]Adoption of 2024 Payable 2025 Property Tax Levy

a couple of things of we all do well we all do well and strong schools build strong communities

Josh [50:09]Adoption of 2024 Payable 2025 Property Tax Levy

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