REGULAR BOARD MEETING March 21, 2023 A r

REGULAR BOARD MEETING March 21, 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 March 21, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. The following were present: BOARD MEMBERS – Lori Dudley, Steve Schnieder, Joel Lorenz, Erin Schutte, Tom Prins and Adam Blume ADMINISTRATORS – John Landgaard, Superintendent, Dave Skog, Director of Operations and Josh Noble, Director of Instruction Correspondence and Recognition: The board recognized the following employees/students: Congratulated Patrick Mahoney for being named to the Minnesota Teacher of the Year semifinalists. Congratulated Oscar Galvez as being named to the Big South All-Conference wrestling team, Riley Nickel as being named to the Big South All-Conference for girls hockey and Olivia Barber, Addison Gerber, Hali Bullerman, Cristy Banegas and Kelsey Soleta as being named to the Big South All-Conference for gymnastics. Congratulated the boys varsity basketball team as Section 2AAA runner-up. Congratulated Tarren Spartz as being named to the Big South All Conference Girls basketball team and Kaleb Knothe and Abagotte Opiew as being named to the Big South All Conference Boys basketball team and Mikele Walu and Marenono Opiew as being name to the honorable mention team. 1. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve the Consent Agenda for the March 21, 2023, School Board meeting with the addition of 4.3.19 approve employment of Emma Oseland as Interventionist at the Middle School. 2. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve the Main Agenda for the March 21, 2023, School Board meeting. 3. Motion by Member Prins, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to approve the February 21, 2023, Regular School Board meeting minutes. Motion by Member Prins, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to accept the school board committee meeting minutes as received. 4. Motion by Member Schnieder, 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 March 21, 2023, as per Board Check Register March 21, 2023 GENERAL FUND $2,497,726.67 FOOD SERVICE $147,922.03 TRANSPORTATION $130,941.91 COMMUNITY SERVICE $44,700.42 CAPITAL OUTLAY $285,754.31 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION $1,524.14 TRUST $14,823.00 INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVE $2,706.54 STUDENT ACTIVITY $29,507.68 MONTH TOTAL $3,155,606.70 D. Approved the Community Education Imprest Cash Account in the amount of $0 for February 2023. 4.2.1. Approved resignation of Ingrid Mazariegos Agustin as ABE Intake Orientation and Testing Secretary with Community Education effective March 24, 2023. 4.2.2. Approved resignation of Teresa Bravo as Class II Paraprofessional at the Intermediate School effective March 13, 2023. 4.2.3. Approved a reduction in FTE from .63 FTE to .40 FTE for Maria Del Pilar Hartshorn as Parent Educator with Community Education effective January 1, 2023. 4.2.4. Approved termination of Nolan DeCoste as LD Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective February 24, 2023. 4.2.5. Approved resignation of Paul Olsen as Science Teacher at the High School effective May 31, 2023. 4.2.6. Approved retirement of Pamela Bruse as Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective May 26, 2023. 4.2.7. Approved retirement of Michael Andersen as Music Teacher at the Middle School effective the end of the 2022-2023 school year. 4.2.8. Approved termination of Leticia Rangel Garcia as Food Service/Custodian at the High School effective March 7, 2023. 4.2.9. Approved resignation of Ewa Kwiatkowski as Special Education Teacher at Prairie Elementary effective May 30, 2023. 4.2.10. Approved resignation of Sawdee Lerpwehtoo as Karen Family Liaison with Community Education effective March 10, 2023. 4.2.11. Approved resignation of Emely Gonzalez Sanchez as Class II Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary effective March 17, 2023. 4.2.12. Approved resignation of Dakota Lawrence as Principal at the Learning Center effective June 30, 2023. 4.2.13. Approved retirement of Gail Holinka as Art Teacher at the Learning Center effective the end of the 2022-2023 school year. 4.2.14. Approved resignation of Emely Gonzalez as Targeted Services Prairie Elementary Kindergarten Educational Assistant effective March 17, 2023. 4.2.15. Approved resignation of Petra Jimenez de Cornejo as Class III Secretary with Community Education effective April 3, 2023. 4.3.1. Approved employment of Arlene Mercado Espada as Class II Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary effective February 20, 2023. 4.3.2. Approved employment of Pam Deuel as Long-Term Substitute Early Childhood Teacher at Community Education effective January 1, 2023. 4.3.3. Approved employment of Arnaldo Diaz Torres as Class II Paraprofessional at the High School effective February 24, 2023. 4.3.4. Approved employment of Paulina Pass as Targeted Services PE Food Service Assistant effective February 27, 2023. 4.3.5. Approved employment of Sonia Lopez as Class II Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective immediately. 4.3.6. Approved employment of Clara Fuentes as Immigrant Student Liaison at the High School effective March 2023. 4.3.7. Approved employment of Christy Menke as Middle School Softball Coach effective March 20, 2023. 4.3.8. Approved employment of Jordan Kruse as High School JV Softball Coach effective March 13, 2023. 4.3.9. Approved employment of Shari Nelson as Homebound Instructor with the Learning Center effective February 13, 2023. 4.3.10. Approved employment of Karina Ramirez as SIS Specialist/Administrative Assistant at the District Office effective April 3, 2023. 4.3.11. Approved employment of Sherri Burke as Speech/Language Pathologist at Prairie Elementary effective August 14, 2023. 4.3.12. Approved employment of Jasmine Soto as Kindergarten EL Teacher at Prairie Elementary effective August 14, 2023. 4.3.13. Approved employment of Patricia Navarro as Cook at the Intermediate School effective March 13, 2023. 4.3.14. Approved employment of Morgan Vortherms as Class II Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective March 14, 2023. 4.3.15. Approved employment of Katherine Aguilar as Elementary Teacher at the Intermediate School effective August 14, 2023. 4.3.16. Approved employment of Petra Jimenez de Cornejo as Class II Secretary at Community Education effective April 1, 2023. 4.3.17. Approved employment of Jessica Dibbern as Special Education Teacher at the High School effective March 16, 2023. 4.3.18. Approved employment of Darrick Baartman as Special Education Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective March 17, 2023. 4.3.19. Approved employment of Emma Oseland as Interventionist at the Middle School effective August 14, 2023. 4.4 The board approved the acceptance of the following donations for the month of February 2023: High School Future Farmers of America received donations from David Soderholm and the Nobles-Rock Cattlemen’s Association; WHS for Scholarships received donation from the Sports Booster Club; The Brandl Track Scholarship fund received a matching donation from Medtronic and Prairie Elementary received a Boxtops for Education donation. 4.5 Approved Targeted Services Summer School Staff and Learning Center Credit Recovery Staff as listed. 5. Motion by Member Blume, seconded by Member Prins to approve student expulsion. Motion passed by roll call vote 6 to 0. Resolution is on file at the District Office. 6. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Schutte and unanimously passed to approve Maintenance and Scheduling Agreement with the City of Worthington on the baseball fields in the amount of $10,600. 7. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley to appoint Matt Widboom to the Instructional Committee, Meet and Confer Committee and the Communications Committee. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley to amend the motion to appoint Matt Widboom to the Instructional Committee, Meet and Confer Committee and the District Staff Development Committee and to appoint Tom Prins to the District Technology Committee and to make Erin Schutte a regular member of the Communications Committee instead of the alternate. The original motion as amended passed 6 to 0. 8. Motion by Member Blume, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve the Achievement and Integration Plan and budget. 9. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve long-term substitute teacher rate increase of $295/day for former staff effective immediately. 10. Motion by Member Prins, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve first reading of Policy 516.5 Overdose Medication. 11. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Schutte and unanimously passed to approve to change the Human Resources system to PowerSchool System and to change the substitute system to Red Rover Substitute Management System. 12. The board had a discussion on athletic additions to Crailsheim campus. 13. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Blume and unanimously passed to approve a student teaching agreement with Grand Canyon University. 14. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Prins and unanimously passed to approve to declare old social studies textbooks as surplus property. 15. Motion by Member Prins, seconded by Member Dudley to approve student expulsion #2. Motion passed by roll call vote 6 to 0. Resolution is on file at the District Office. The Board further discussed and reviewed the following matters: Investments and financial status; Superintendent’s Report – Mr. Landgaard reported the following: 2 snow days to make up; Community Education Childcare Committee board representative; Legacy Wall update and legislative update. Instructional Committee Report – Ms. Dudley reported the following: None. Operations Committee Report – Mr. Schnieder reported the following: None. Other Reports – None. Other Business – Mr. Blume mentioned bullying in the schools. Future Business – The board decided to schedule a board worksession the first part of June after the state legislature session ends. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. Steve Schnieder, Clerk Lisa Ahrenstorff, Deputy Clerk (April 26, 2023) 217112