REGULAR BOARD MEETING January 17, 2023 A

REGULAR BOARD MEETING January 17, 2023 A regular meeting of the School Board of Independent School District No. 518, Worthington, Minnesota, was held at the Worthington High School Band Room, 1211 Clary Street, Worthington, Minnesota on January 17, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. The following were present: BOARD MEMBERS – Lori Dudley, Brad Shaffer, Steve Schnieder, Joel Lorenz, Erin Schutte, Tom Prins and Adam Blume ADMINISTRATORS – John Landgaard, Superintendent and Dave Skog, Director of Management Services Correspondence and Recognition: The board recognized the following employees/students: Ivy Jenson and Ezra Bonnett as being selected as Worthington High School’s Triple A award winners and Lori Dudley for being honored at the MSBA Conference for serving as a school board member for over 20 years. 1. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve the Consent Agenda for the January 17, 2023, School Board meeting. 2. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve the Main Agenda for the January 17, 2023, School Board meeting. 3. Motion by Member Blume, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve the December 20, 2022, Regular School Board meeting minutes and the January 9, 2023, Special School Board meeting minutes. Motion by Member Blume, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to accept the school board committee meeting minutes as received. 4. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Blume and unanimously passed to approve the action of the items on the Consent Agenda as follows: 4.1 Financial Reports - A. Approved Investments Matured and Purchased B. Approved Wire Transfers C. Approved Claims and Accounts for January 17, 2023, as per Board Check Register January 17, 2023 GENERAL FUND $2,866,558.43 FOOD SERVICE $72,704.57 TRANSPORTATION $137,339.63 COMMUNITY SERVICE $20,616.98 CAPITAL OUTLAY $90,833.54 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION $4,297.08 DEBT SERVICE $495.00 TRUST $93,471.68 INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVE $35,760.23 STUDENT ACTIVITY $15,283.67 MONTH TOTAL $3,337,360.81 D. Approved the Community Education Imprest Cash Account in the amount of $10.00 for December 2022. 4.2.1. Approved resignation of Coral Owens-Riley as ABE Childcare Assistant with Community Education effective December 19, 2022. 4.2.2. Approved resignation of Maria Peters as Achievement and Integration Coordinator with NCIC effective December 30, 2022. 4.2.3. Approved retirement of Richard Fuerstenberg as Kitchen Custodian at the High School effective January 4, 2023. 4.2.4. Approved termination of Elvia Brinks as ABE Paraprofessional with Community Education effective January 19, 2023. 4.2.5. Approved resignation of Isabelle Gonzalez as Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary effective January 14, 2023. 4.2.6. Approved resignation of Itati Pineda Mendoza as Class I Paraprofessional at the Intermediate School effective January 27, 2023. 4.3.1. Approved employment of Lon Eichenberger as Intermediate School Targeted Services Teacher effective December 12, 2022. 4.3.2. Approved employment of Elvia Brinks as Paraprofessional/Translator at Prairie Elementary effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.3. Approved to rescind the resignation of Logan Somnis as Class II Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary effective immediately. 4.3.4. Approved an increase in assignment of .083 FTE overload for quarter 3 for Rhonda Bonnstetter as Math Teacher at the High School effective January 17, 2023. 4.3.5. Approved an increase in assignment of .083 FTE overload for quarter 3 for LeAnn Barduson as Math Teacher at the High School effective January 17, 2023. 4.3.6. Approved an increase in assignment of .083 FTE overload for quarters 3 & 4 for Melissa Schutz as Business Teacher at the High School effective January 17, 2023. 4.3.7. Approved an increase in assignment of .083 FTE overload for quarter 4 for Tierney Berg as Math Teacher at the High School effective March 20, 2023. 4.3.8. Approved employment of Rosa Nyberg as Paraprofessional at the Intermediate School effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.9. Approved employment of Andrea Duarte-Alonso as Communications Teacher at the Learning Center effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.10. Approved employment of Avery Wysong as ASD Teacher at the Intermediate School effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.11. Approved employment of Anna Meyer as EL Teacher at the High School effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.12. Approved employment of Hope De Neui as Science Teacher at the High School effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.13. Approved employment of Megan Busman as Art Teacher at the High School effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.14. Approved employment of Alyssa Sounthala as Youth Development Leader with Community Education effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.15. Approved employment of Kristen Andersen as ABS Special Education Teacher at Prairie Elementary effective January 3, 2023. 4.3.16. Approved employment of Lisa Waldner as Third Grade Teacher at the Intermediate School effective January 2, 2023. 4.3.17. Approved employment of Marcelina Aguilar Gutierrez as Cook at the Intermediate School effective January 4, 2023. 4.4 The board approved the acceptance of the following donations for the month of December 2022: SW Initiative Foundation for Marching Band and Robotics, Dana Kemper for Marching Band and Gordon Enterprises for Class of 2024. 4.5 Approved summer school dates from June 5-30, 2023, and EDGE and ESY dates from June 5-23, 2023. 4.6 Approved an employee’s request for sick leave (due to pregnancy) from March 27, 2023, through May 8, 2023. 4.7 Approved an employee’s request for an extension of childcare leave (without pay) from January 3, 2023, through the end of the 2022-2023 school year. 4.8 Approved an employee’s request for childcare leave (without pay) from February 2-16, 2023. 5. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Blume and unanimously passed to approve second reading of Policy 534 School Meals Policy. 6. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Schutte and unanimously passed to approve Legacy Wall partnership agreement. 7. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Shaffer and unanimously passed to approve instructional make up days on February 20 th and April 6 th . 8. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve to accept preschool teacher applications. 9. Motion by Member Blume, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve to close the MSDLAP 2019 construction account and transfer the remaining funds to the general account. 10. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to approve to move Storage Building Expenses from the Reserved Operating Fund Account to the Reserved Assigned Fund Account. 11. Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve pay equity report. 12. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Schutte and unanimously passed to approve the revised 2022-2023 NCIC budget. 13. The board discussed the District Watershed project. 14. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve appointment of Christina Adame to the NCIC Advisory Board. 15. Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve the application process for appointment to the School Board with applications due back by February 3, 2023. Motion by Member Blume, seconded by Member Schnieder to put together an interview committee consisting of the chair, superintendent, and one member of the Operations and Instructional Committee. Motion by Member Schnieder seconded by Member Blume to amend the motion to set the committee members as Erin Schutte, Tom Prins, Joel Lorenz and John Landgaard and for each board member to review the submitted applications and select a candidate for the committee to interview in order to make recommendations for the school board to choose. The motion to amend passed 7 to 0. The original motion as amended passed 7 to 0. 16. Motion by Member Prins, seconded by Member Blume and unanimously passed to approve a request to go out for bids for health insurance. The Board further discussed and reviewed the following matters: Investments and financial status; Superintendent’s Report – Mr. Landgaard reported the following: Community Education budget, enrollment update, Governor Waltz’s plan to improve school district funding; Mr. Landgaard testifying at the Education Committee hearing and the VIBE process step 2 is completed. Instructional Committee Report – Ms. Dudley reported the following: February 13 th negotiation strategy meeting right after the Instructional meeting. Operations Committee Report – Mr. Schnieder reported the following: None. Other Reports – None. Other Business - None. Future Business – None. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. Steve Schnieder, Clerk Lisa Ahrenstorff, Deputy Clerk (March 1, 2023) 198340