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From YouTube: School Board Meeting June 13, 2023
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - June 13, 2023
A
A
A
Motion
passes:
thank
you
for
that.
We'll
move
on
to
the
recognition
of
audience
portion
of
our
agenda.
At
this
time.
The
board
will
hear
comments
from
the
public.
We
ask
that
each
speaker
who
has
signed
up
to
address
the
board
State
their
name
and
home
school
district
for
the
record
speakers-
must
refrain
from
using
this
form
to
criticize
or
complain
about
a
specific
employee
or
student
by
name.
Vulgar
or
profane
language
will
not
be
tolerated.
A
The
board
is
interested
in
your
comments
and
will
listen
carefully,
but
is
not
obligated
to
respond
to
or
debate
issues
in
this
forum.
This
evening
six
speakers
have
signed
up
to
address
the
board.
Each
speaker
will
be
allotted
a
maximum
of
three
minutes
upon
conclusion
of
the
allotted
time.
A
chime
will
sound
and
the
speaker
is
asked
to
conclude
if
necessary.
A
final
time
will
sound
15
seconds
later,
signifying
the
end
of
the
speaker's
time
at
the
podium.
I
will
now
call
our
first
speaker
to
the
podium
this
evening,
which
is
Devin
sachinski.
C
C
Your
statement
reads
that
speakers
must
refrain
from
using
this
form
to
criticize
or
complain
about
a
specific
employee.
Now
there
is
positive
and
negative
criticism.
So
when
you
decided
to
snap
at
a
member
of
the
public
last
meeting
and
said
you
can't
say
an
employee's
name
at
all,
well,
it's
not
what
your
policy
says.
However,
if
that's
the
stance
and
interpretation
of
your
rules
as
written
verses
enforcement,
then
no
one
after
that
member
of
the
public
should
have
been
allowed
to
speak
that
employee's
name.
C
Another
part
of
gp2e
that
states
guidelines
have
been
established
so
that
public
input
is
orderly
and
productive
and
so
that
special
interest
groups
are
not
allowed
to
dominate
the
proceedings
of
the
board.
Now
you
had
several
special
interest
organizations
come
and
speak
at
the
last
school
board.
Meeting
during
public
comment.
C
I
interpret
this
to
say:
you
know
this
should
be
dissuading
of
groups
coming
in
for
political
clout
to
address.
You
now
got
to
move
quickly,
I
see
Robin's,
not
here,
but
she
made
a
point
in
memo
120
about
the
superintendent
saying
that
asking
about
about
the
rules
and
his
ask
doesn't
absolve
the
District
of
liability,
because
the
board
took
no
action.
C
C
C
A
D
Foreign
does
this
just
start
by
itself.
First
time:
okay,
hi
I'm,
Samir
I,
live
in
Davies
District
I'm.
Just
here
to
recommend
the
board
tries
to
put
up
some
lights
at
the
Davies
tennis
courts.
I
know
during
especially
the
boys
season,
as
I
was
I've
been
playing
there.
It
gets
dark.
Oh
it's
starting
to
get
darker
early
and
earlier
leads
to
encroachments
on
meets.
It's
also
a
little
weird
that
the
middle
school
has
lights
and
the
high
school
doesn't
so
just
fruit
for
thought.
D
I,
don't
know
if
that's
Fargo
Parks
or
you
guys,
but
I
figured
I'd
talk
to
you
guys
because
it's
on
your
land
also
at
the
discovery,
tennis
courts,
one
of
the
lights
fell
down
a
couple
years
back
if
Marie
serves
correctly
and
we
have
a
replacement
light,
but
it's
just
lying
on
the
ground.
Next
to
the
courts.
Don't
know
if
that's
in
the
school's
budget
or
the
parks
budget,
but
putting
it
out
there
something
for
the
board
to
consider
allocating
funds
for
that's
all
I
have
on
that
area.
D
I
also
commend
the
board
on
their
decision
to
stand
by
trans
kids
rights
and
their
ability
to
prefer
who
they
tell
I
would
invite
every
parent
to
consider
why
a
child
would
tell
their
teacher
before
they
told
you
if
that
scares
you
maybe
some
self-reflection
on
your
job
as
a
parent.
That's
all.
E
E
I
mean
you
might
want
to
look
at
Robert's
law
rule
your
attorney.
You
should
be
able
to
look
at
that
and
give
us
that
answer
at
the
next
school
board.
Meeting
that'll
be
great
because
we
had
the
same
issue
at
the
city
before
and
they
tried
to
pull
the
same
thing.
So
obviously
some
of
you
don't
know
that
so
anyways.
So
today,
I
wanted
to
make
a
comment
regarding
a
comment
was
made
by
Miss
Nikki
Galaxy,
about
how
great
things
are
going
within
our
school
and
you're
right.
I
agree
with
you.
E
We
have
some
great
things
that
are
happening
within
our
district.
There
are
many,
many
great
things,
a
lot
of
kids
doing
great
within
our
school,
but
you
what
you
guys
don't
want
to
hear
about
is
that
some
kids
are
falling
between
the
cracks.
Some
kids
are
not
succeeding
and
some
kids
are
now
graduating.
So
we
have
those
issues.
It's
also
happening
within
our
school
district.
E
So
as
an
advocate
as
a
parent,
we
come
here
we're
not
trying
to
put
the
district
down,
which
is
telling
you
that
there
are
some
kids
that
also
need
help
and
I.
Don't
need
to
come
here
to
say
that,
because
I
think
the
data
spoke
for
itself
when
Missy,
provided
you
guys
the
last
data
showing
you
the
graduation
rates
and
what's
going
on
within
our
district,
so
that
as
well
is
happening.
E
So
if
you
want
us
to
come
here
and
talk
about
the
great
things
that
are
happening
and
be
a
cheerleader,
you
might
want
also
to
look
at
what
is
not
so
good
in
a
school
district
and
you
as
boards
start
talking
about
that
in
how
you
can
improve
it.
So,
with
that
said,
Thank
you
and
I
do
hope
that
I
can
get
that,
even
if
you
can
just
email
it
to
me
the
rule
or
share
with
us
next
board
meeting.
So
we
know.
F
Good
evening,
Kristen
Charbonneau,
there
are
a
few
exceptions
to
this
statement
that
I'm
about
to
make
one
of
those
would
be
I'd
like
to
thank
Ms
day
for
her
effort
that
she
has
put
at
Fargo,
South
and
spending
time
and
connecting
with
the
students
there.
Thank
you,
while
working
at
a
residential
program,
I
learned
that
having
safety,
trust
in
relationships
is
the
foundation
for
children
and
adolescents
having
resilience
to
face
the
challenges
of
life.
F
Education
should
be
the
primary
focus
of
Fargo
Public
Schools,
but
without
these
pillars,
students
will
not
thrive,
whether
you
agree
or
not,
the
family,
primarily
parents
in
most
situations,
is
the
base
of
that
Foundation.
No
matter
how
horrible
the
parent-child
relationship
is
children
always
desire
to
have
their
approval
and
connection
with
their
parents.
You
are
creating
chaos
within
the
schools
by
the
stances
that
you
have
been
taken.
How
is
it
beneficial
to
the
mental
health
and
education
of
children
to
cause
strain
in
relationships
between
students
and
their
parents?
F
F
This
is
a
time
for
you,
as
elected
leaders,
for
our
schools
to
step
up
and
role
model,
how
to
reduce
conflict
and
provide
safety
when
people
feel
like
their
circumstances,
are
out
of
control.
That
is
when
power
and
control
issues
arise.
You
have
many
students
within
the
schools
not
feeling
safe,
trying
to
get
trying
their
best
to
take
control.
F
You
have
a
duty
to
provide
a
sense
of
safety
in
our
schools.
This
entails
strengthening
connections
with
students
and
their
families
and
Community.
You
are
creating
chaos
and
instability.
Once
this
is
created.
Who
do
you
call
to
fix
the
problem?
Parents,
a
collaborative
approach
is
necessary
for
individual
students
and
the
student
body
as
a
whole.
I
continue
to
be
perplexed
by
the
recent
State
and
statements
that
the
board
has
taken
and
lack
of
initiative
to
address
the
behavioral
problems
within
our
schools.
F
Your
mission
statement
States
the
mission
of
Fargo
Public
Schools,
is
to
educate
and
Empower
all
students
to
succeed
the
vision
statement,
States
Fargo,
Public
Schools
is
committed
to
Excellence
through
a
student-centered
learning
environment,
supported
by
positive
collaborations,
with
students,
staff,
parent
school
and
community
achievement
results.
Recent
public
statements
by
board
members
and
the
superintendent
and
the
fact
that
many
students
are
scared
to
use
bathrooms
in
our
schools
indicates
that
you
are
not
achieving
your
mission
or
vision
statements.
What
are
you
going
to
do
about
it.
G
Hi
Dr
Gandhi
Dr
Newman
Fargo
Public
School
board.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
tonight.
My
name
is
Kristen
Nelson,
my
pronouns.
Are
she
her?
She
her
excuse
me.
I
am
the
proud
mother
to
a
10
year
old
daughter
who
just
finished
her
fourth
grade
year
at
a
South
Fargo
school
I
I
do
happen
to
be
the
founder
of
an
organization
called
project.
Ray
June
brings
pride
month,
Pride
started
as
a
protest
by
a
trans
person
of
color
in
1969.
each
June.
G
G
This
can
be
done
by
displaying
queer
Flags
photos,
posters
showing
showing
queer
lives
and
books
and
people
or
books
about
people,
queer
people
and
queer
subjects.
Excuse
me
this
creates
Community
Connection
and
relationships
as
well
as
respect
within
each
School.
Small
tokens
like
these
can
go
a
long
way
to
a
firm,
queer
Youth
and
help
them
to
understand.
G
G
H
Listening
to
us,
but
I'm
actually
not
here,
to
address
the
board
I'm
here
to
address
everything
else,
because
a
lot
of
people
watch
this
online.
H
You
know
so
I'm
I
had
a
lot
of
stuff
to
say
so.
I
cut
it
down
a
while
back
the
school
board
passed
policy
that
they
don't
have
to
respond
at
the
school
board.
Meeting.
H
Probably
some
of
you
remember
that,
but
isn't
this
supposed
to
be
a
public
place
where
parents
can
be
in
front
of
their
school
board
and
address
their
issues?
It
seems
to
me
that
the
board
almost
deliberately
sits
on
their
hands.
H
Why
is
this
Avenue
of
communication
taken
away?
Does
the
school
board
think
our
input
is
useless?
If
a
parent
reads
the
agenda
and
brings
up
a
well
thought
out
a
point
that
challenges
the
decision
that
is
about
to
be
made?
Why
can't
there
be
further
discussion
even
the
time
it
takes
for
people
to
get
to
the
regular
meeting?
Many
of
us
work
from
eight
to
five
getting
down
here
by
5.
H
H
And
finally,
when
the
policy
changed
about
responding
to
the
meeting,
we
were
told
that
if
we
went
online,
which
I
did
last
after
the
last
time
went
online
and
said,
okay
I
uploaded
everything
that
I
had
in
my
speech,
I
asked
the
questions.
You
know
we
were
told
that
we
would
get
a
response
if
we
went
and
took
the
extra
step
and
did
a
written
after
the
last
meeting.
I
did
it
and
I
went
and
I
have
yet
to
get
a
response.
So
my
question
again
is:
there's
lots
of
questions
in
this.
A
Thank
you,
Paul
all
right,
we'll
move
on
to
the
report.
Section
I
just
want
to
preface
this
by
saying
board
member
Robin
Nelson
is
heading
back
to
us
from
a
legislative
debrief
event,
so
she
will
not
be
providing
a
report
in
this
section,
but
she
will
give
us
some
highlights
during
her
committee
report
with
that
said,
we
will
start
with
the
Marzano
evaluation
system
report.
This
is
coming
to
us
a
memo
number
118.
I
President
Dr
Gandhi
members
of
the
board
colleagues,
the
audience
members
I
have
the
honor
to
briefly
share
some
of
the
highlights
of
the
Marzano
report,
and
so,
if
you
look
in
the
screen
in
front
of
you,
I
did
highlight
a
few
things
that
I
would
like
to
share
prior
to
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
As
you
may
be
aware,
the
district
transitioned
to
the
Marzano
Focus
teaching
evaluation
this
year.
I
There
are
required
observations
in
required
evaluations
within
this
model
and
I
just
want
to
point
to
both
both
observations
and
evaluations
have
two
categories
and
if
you'll
take
a
look,
the
category
one
encompasses
teachers
in
their
first
three
years
of
FPS,
and
even
if
somebody
comes
into
FPS
with
18
years
of
experience
or
15
years
of
experience,
they
would
still
be
in
category
one
because
it's
critical
for
us
in
our
district.
I
Then,
as
you
look
through
the
evaluations
piece,
ultimately,
what
you'll
come
to
is
the
rubric,
and
although
the
rubric
that
you
see
here
and
I
want
to
point,
this
out
has
not
using
or
not
observing,
beginning
developing,
applying
and
innovating.
I
do
want
to
say
that,
because
we
were
comparing
a
few
different
models
that,
in
order
to
have
some
consistency,
their
ratings
are
live,
are
labeled
level
zero.
One
two
three
four!
I
You
would
see
that
they're
aligned
with
the
top
identifier
in
the
categories,
so
that
would
basically
say
level
four
would
be
innovating
when
you
take
a
look.
Sometimes
people
may
I
would
ask
the
question:
why
is
there
a
difference
in
the
total
number
like
66631
compared
to
fifty
five
thousand
thirty
three,
and
these
are
just
the
elements
that
were
observed
and
indicators
that
were
scored,
and
so
it
really
doesn't
mean
less
people
were
evaluated.
I
It
just
means
that
within
this
instrument
that
we're
using
now
it's
a
different
instrument
and
there's
a
focus
on
other
areas.
What
you
hope
to
see
in
any
model
that
we're
using
to
grow
and
coach
and
develop
teachers
is
the
areas
at
the
bottom
getting
lower
those
percentages
and
at
the
top
those
percentages
getting
higher.
And
you
know
when
you
look
at
level
0
3131.
So
you
know
that
is
a
coincidence.
I
That's
not
an
error,
so
you
know
I
saw
that
early
on,
and
that
was
a
question
that
was
asked
as
well
moving
on
when
you
think
about
this
model
and
the
importance
of
this
model
there's
some
reasons
that
this
is
a
model
that
FPS
landed
on.
Although
it's
you
know
considered
I
would
say,
in
my
opinion,
one
of
the
benchmarks
across
the
United
States
for
evaluating
the
growth
and
development
and
the
reflective
practices
of
teachers.
Some
of
the
the
objectives
of
this
are
to
simplify
the
evaluation
process
right
it.
I
We
want
an
evaluation,
that's
clear
and
concise
and
that
ultimately,
and
most
importantly,
develops
our
teachers.
We
also
understand
that
being
an
educator,
a
classroom,
teacher
Mom,
Dad,
coach,
counselor,
cheerleader
and
all
of
the
things
you
do
as
an
instructional
leader
as
a
principal.
We
do
not
want
a
complex
system
that
not
can
that
cannot
be
leveraged
for
growth,
specificity.
I
So
I
won't
say
that
a
second
time
because
I,
don't
usually
say
it
right.
The
first
time
inaccuracy
is,
is
critical
right.
So
it's
important
that
we
have
calibration
in
place
so
that
when
we
walk
into
a
classroom,
we
all
see
what
we
see,
and
that
takes
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
to
ensure
that
our
evaluators
understand
the
rubric
and
understand
that
we're
looking
at
teaching
but
we're
more
focused
on
student
learning.
I
And
you
see
the
the
fourth
and
the
fifth
ones,
the
diagnostic
feedback.
Again,
this
aligns
with.
If
we
want
teachers
to
grow
regardless
of
where
they're
at
we
cannot
just
focus
on
those
teachers
at
the
the
lower
end
of
the
rubric.
We
want
our
best
teachers
to
get
better,
and
this
is
a
tool
that
allows
us
to
do
that
for
all
teachers.
I
The
other
thing
I
I
thought
that
was
important
as
I
look
through
this-
is
that
it's
super
critical
that
we're
not
only
looking
at
instructional
strategies,
because
you
can
see
what
you
see
in
that
short
time,
that
you're
in
the
classroom,
but
ultimately
do
the
student
artifacts
align
with
good
quality
teaching,
and
that
is
a
benefit
of
the
instrument
that
we're
using
here
in
fps
and
then
I'm
going
to
conclude
and
then
Dr
Hansen.
I
Who
helped
me
understand
this
model
and
helped
review
some
of
this
work
that
we
put
together
we'll
be
able
to
support
any
questions
that
I
can't
answer,
but
I
do
think
this
is
important.
There's
four
domains
and
I
I
think
it's
important
that
when
you
look
at
these
four
domains
and
I,
although
there's
four
in
the
fourth
is
very
very
important:
I
really
want
to
start
with
the
bottom
and
scaffold
up
as
Educators
who
hold
a
critical
position
in
the
work
that
we
do
for
our
kiddos.
I
I
Students
may
not
achieve
passing
like
a
70,
but
if
a
student's
at
a
40
and
they
get
to
a
60
percent,
then
I
think
our
students,
our
teachers,
are
doing
a
great
work
in
the
classroom
by
showing
growth,
and
that
should
be
celebrated
as
well
and
so
with
that
I
do
want
to
also
share
that
Dr
Hansen
when
I
was
here,
and
we
had
a
principals
meeting,
asked
our
principals
some
grows
and
glows,
because
when
you
do
something
for
the
first
time,
it's
an
opportunity
to
do
it
better
the
next
time.
I
So
this
was
not.
Okay.
We've
got
this
now
right.
This
was
how
did
we
use
this
instrument?
What
worked
well
and
then?
How
are
we
going
to
leverage
this
and
learn
from
some
of
the
mistakes
that
we
all
make
when
we
Implement
something
for
the
first
time,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
this
and
we'll
entertain
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
J
B
J
K
Thank
you
I
too,
thank
you,
Dr
McKenna,
for
bringing
this
forward
and
having
some
discussion
around
it
and
explaining
it
to
help
not
only
our
board
but
for
others
to
be
able
to
see
this
data
as
well.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
other
questions
or
comments.
Thank
you
very
much
appreciate
it.
Fea
report
I
do
see
you
here.
Grant
I
thought
maybe
no
report
tonight,
but.
L
L
This
is
really
going
to
be
a
negotiations
update
together
the
board
and
the
FEA
have
worked
collaboratively
to
make
significant
improvements
in
the
format
and
the
tone
of
negotiations.
This
year.
We
have
seen
success
together
because
of
our
ability
to
work
together
on
behalf
of
our
community.
We've
resolved
11
of
the
14
unique
topics
that
were
brought
for
negotiations
between
the
FEA
or
the
board.
L
Don't
read
that
to
call
out
any
one
building
I
read
that
to
give
you
a
sense
of
the
concern
the
FEA
is
bringing
when
we
start
talking
about
elementary
workload.
It's
a
concern
for
teachers
and
I.
Think
we
see
that
reflected
in
district-wide
data.
It
would
be
very
easy
to
say:
hey
Grant,
that's
not
fair!
That's
a
limited
set
of
data
that
you're
pointing
to,
and
you
would
be
correct
to
say
that
that
is
a
limited
set
of
data.
However,
data
requests
from
negotiations
show
a
very
similar
pattern.
L
That's
been
true
since
at
least
January
of
this
year,
if
not
earlier,
and
so
tonight,
I
expect
that
you'll
be
given
an
opportunity
to
discuss
again
in
executive
session
and
try
to
problem
solve
the
elementary
workload
concerns
after
transitioning
from
collaborative
bargaining
to
traditional
bargaining
on
this
topic.
In
our
first
proposal,
the
FEA
brought
forward
possible
solutions
to
issues
that
teachers
and
the
board
have
shared.
L
While
we
always
try
to
propose
realistic
Solutions,
we
would
have
been
understanding
if
the
board
couldn't
fully
Implement
every
element
of
The
Proposal
or
even
if
the
board
had
returned
with
requested
edits
to
everything
that
we
proposed.
We
were
prepared
for
back
and
forth
negotiations
on
the
topic.
L
Instead
of
offering
protection
for
Preparation
and
planning
time,
the
board
has
proposed
adding
more
ways.
Preparation
and
planning
time
can
be
eroded.
Instead
of
taking
some
extra
duties
off
the
plates
of
Educators.
The
board
has
proposed
removing
protected
time
at
the
start
and
end
of
the
workday
to
allow
for
an
increase
in
extra
duties.
L
L
Seven
members
of
this
board
earned
an
FDA
endorsement
in
your
campaign.
Teachers
heard
many
of
you
share
your
concerns
with
the
retention
and
recruitment
crisis
that
we
were
experiencing
at
the
time
of
your
election.
I.
Ask
that
you
be
reflective
of
your.
Why,
behind
the
work
that
you
do
on
the
school
board
and
then
deeply
question
whether
or
not
the
board's
Elementary
proposal
is
aligned
to
your,
why
teachers
have
spoken,
the
board
has
heard
directly
from
teachers
on
this
issue.
L
You've
heard
their
greatest
needs
and
you've
heard
the
biggest
sources
of
burnout.
It's
now
time
for
us
to
work
together
to
find
middle
ground
that
addresses
that
the
FEA
has
brought
forward.
One
way
to
address
that,
if
the
board
takes
exceptions
with
the
specifics
of
the
FEA
proposal,
that
is
understandable,
but
it
is
then
the
onus
of
the
board
to
bring
a
different
proposal,
one
that
helps
find
middle
ground.
L
Throughout
this
negotiation
cycle,
I
have
worked
to
reframe
the
language
that
I
use
when
discussing
each
side
of
the
negotiations.
Table
I
try
to
not
refer
to
the
FEA
committee
as
a
team
and
I
try
to
not
refer
to
the
board
committee
as
a
team.
It's
a
subtle
recognition
that
we're
not
opponents,
we're
not
enemies.
L
A
K
M
Yeah,
the
the
only
confusion
was
our
HR
addendum
didn't
match
what
you
had
listed.
K
A
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
There
are
several
people
in
this
District
that
work
tirelessly
day
in
and
day
out
year
round,
to
make
sure
we
know
where
we
are
financially.
B
There
is
an
organization
in
the
country
that
actually
monitors
the
activity
of
over
30
000
school
districts,
not
only
in
the
United
States
but
internationally
by
the
name
of
the
association
of
school
business
officials.
International
I
want
to
take
this
time
to
recognize
several
employees
of
Fargo
Public
Schools
for
doing
something
that
no
other
school
district
in
North
Dakota
has
done,
and
we've
done
it
for
multiple
years
or
actually
their
work
has
done
it
for
multiple
years
and
I
apologize
to
each
of
these
people.
B
They
have
been
awarded,
we
have
been
awarded
by
the
Association
of
school
business
officials
International,
the
Board
of
Education
of
the
city
of
Fargo,
has
a
certificate
of
excellence.
In
financial
reporting,
the
asbo
international
certificate
of
excellence
recognizes
districts
that
have
met
the
program's
high
standard
for
financial
reporting
and
transparency.
A
B
I'll,
introduce
it
and
I,
don't
know
if
Karen's
here,
but
of
course,
Greg
serves
on
the
committee,
and
he
may
well
want
to
chime
in
the
health
insurance
committee
is
making
a
recommendation
that
we
Sunset
one
of
our
two
different
plans
available
to
our
employees
and
instead
offer
two
what
are
referred
to
as
high
deductible
plans.
B
B
The
net
result
of
that
is,
our
employees
themselves
will
see
a
decrease
in
their
Collective
premiums
paid
now.
I
know
that
sounds
really
good,
but
keep
in
mind
they're
going
to
have
higher
deductibles
as
well,
so
their
technical
net
may
not
be
coming
out
ahead.
It
may
be.
The
same
might
be
ahead
could
be
behind
depending
upon
their
health
situation.
B
B
2022
2023.,
the
net
effect,
of
course,
is
most
of
our
employees
will
see
a
very
modest
or
no
premium
increase,
depending
upon
which
plan
they
were
in
this
year,
and
we
are
again
through
this
recommendation,
going
to
continue
to
make
our
contributions
to
the
health
savings
accounts,
which
will
now
Encompass
all
of
the
employees.
Excuse
me
on
our
health
plan,
because
both
plans
will
be
eligible
for
that
with
that
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
and
then
we'll
open
up
for
any
questions
that
we
approve.
P
B
I
just
want
to
share
one
thing,
so
I
think
everybody
probably
on
the
board
knows
this,
but
perhaps
not
the
health
insurance
committee
is
made
up
of
employees
of
every
for
lack
of
the
right
term,
Jeff
I'm,
going
to
say
every
branch
of
our
operation,
our
administrators,
our
teachers,
our
custodial
staff,
our
buildings
and
ground
people,
our
food
service
people,
all
the
people
that
are
covered
in
the
plan
have
a
seat
on
this
committee,
and
it's
existed
for
my
entire
tenure
on
the
board
and
at
least
from
my
perspective,
I
think
they've
done
an
excellent
job
of
maintaining
an
affordable
benefit
plan
for
the
district's
employees
and
Greg
I.
M
Sure
yeah,
so
I
came
in
to
serve
on
that
committee
right
after
I
would
I
would
say
they
made
the
frankly
probably
difficult
decision
to
move
to
Sunset
the
the
copay
plan
and
I
I
I,
think
I've
told
them
before,
but
it's
really
commendable
that
they
made
that
choice,
because
that
is
not
an
easy
choice
to
make
such
a
a
large
change
to
our
health
insurance
program
and
this
year.
M
That
committee
has
really
you
know,
kind
of
grappled
with
all
right
now
that
we
know,
because
last
year
they
decided
all
right,
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna
move
away
from
the
copay
plan,
and
this
year
the
discussion
has
been
about
all
right.
What
do
we?
M
How
do
we
make
that
transition
and
I
think
the
proposal
that
is
in
front
of
us
really
reflects
one
major
thing,
and
that
would
be
that
it
is
pretty
radical
change,
and
you
know
kind
of,
like
Jim
said
that
on
average
our
employee
contribution
is
actually
is
going
to
be
going
down
with
their
monthly
premiums.
However,
most
employees
will
actually
see
a
modest
increase
to
their
premiums,
so
you
know
like
when
we
look
at
the
the
fine
details.
M
We
see
that
the
district's
cost
is
going
up,
I
would
say
fairly
significantly.
You
know
over
10
percent,
it's
going
to
be
approximately
1.6
million
dollars.
In
addition,
in
additional
contributions
from
the
district
and
I
think
really
that
kind
of
reflects
our
willingness
to
kind
of
ease
the
the
burden
as
we
make
this
transition.
The
the
this
level
of
increase
should
be
from
my
understanding
on
the
committee
is
this:
this
should
be
temporary.
We
we
shouldn't
be
seeing
massive.
M
You
know
one
point:
something:
million
dollar
increases
for
the
district
every
year,
but
as
part
of
the
transition
process
to
a
more
sustainable
HSA
only
health
plan.
This
is
really
we
got.
We
gotta.
We
we
just
gotta
get
through
it.
We
gotta
ripped,
Band-Aid
off
and
I
I.
Think
the
the
committee
did
some
good
work
and
had
a
lot
of
good,
difficult
conversations
to
come
to
this.
A
Q
M
A
Newman
yes,
motion
passes.
Thank
you
move
on
to
our
second
item
this
evening,
which
is
the
2023-2024
meal
prices.
This
is
memo
number
124
again
from
planning,
so.
B
Thank
you
again.
Tracy
annually
we
have
the
opportunity
to
make
decisions
regarding
what
we're
going
to
have
for
the
prices
for
breakfast
lunch
for
both
employees
and
and
the
students
under
the
USDA
guidelines.
We
are
supposed
to
be
at
a
targeted
price
of
about
3.56
per
meal,
which
is
a
blended
rate
between
breakfast
and
lunch.
We
currently
for
a
comparative
or
at
2.58
cents,
and
because
we're
less
than
that
targeted
rate.
B
We
are
supposed
to
move
ourselves
gradually
towards
it,
and
there
are
some
parameters
that
allow
you
to
have
a
waiver
which
we
have
exercised
on
numerous
occasions.
This
last
year,
based
upon
National
USDA
data,
food
prices
increased
approximately
eight
percent
for
the
district.
Our
actual
cost
for
producing
a
meal
last
year
was
3.85
cents,
which
is
about
15
percent
higher
than
the
previous
year.
B
B
They
are
bringing
forth
a
recommendation
that
came
to
planning
and
we
agreed
with
so
we're
putting
it
forward
to
the
full
board
to
have
an
increase
of
approximately
10
cents
for
our
elementary
breakfast
and
lunch
for
calendar
year,
2023
24
and
approximately
15
cents
for
secondary
breakfast
10
cents
for
secondary
lunch
and
adult
meals
would
go
up.
25
percent
for
breakfast
and
adult
lunch
would
go
up
15
percent
and
if
they
wanted
an
extra
milk
we'd
increase
that
cost
by
five
percent.
B
As
you'll
see
on
the
second
page
of
memo
124,
we
are
still
well
below
the
numbers
the
federal
guidelines
put
out
and
in
fact,
we're
still
going
to
be
lower
than
many
of
the
neighboring
school
districts
in
our
community
and
I
do
have
Cindy
here
today.
If
there
are
any
questions
for
her,
but
before
we
open
it
up
for
discussion,
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
that
we
approve
the
nutrition
service
meal
price
and
extra
meal
increase
milk
increase,
as
proposed
in
the
memo
for
2023
2024..
Second,.
A
B
M
Ask
a
question:
are:
are
these
shockingly
affordable
meals
available
to
adult
school
board
members.
P
P
R
You
Robin
yeah,
so
it's
the
paid
lunch
Equity
requirement
and
what
that
means
is
the
federal
government
every
year
determines
about
what
it
should
cost
a
food
service
operation
to
produce
a
school
of
food,
a
school
meal
and
that's
what
they
said
set
their
reimbursement
rates
at
at
the
same
time.
R
So
they
would
pay
that
rate
for
all
the
students
qualifying
for
free
meals,
and
so
when
they
compare
that
price
to
what
a
household
who's
paying
full
price.
They
feel
would
only
be
fair
that
the
households
are
paying
the
same
price
to
cover
the
full
cost
of
the
meal.
Otherwise
you're
using
that
reimbursement
to
kind
of
subsidize
the
meals
for
the
full
paid
families.
Q
A
O
A
Yes,
motion
passes.
Our
final
business
item
this
evening
is
the
assignment
of
a
canvassing
committee.
This
is
memo
number
125
from
myself,
actually
so
at
the
July
11th
2023
board
meeting.
This
will
be
our
annual
reorganization
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Education,
where
officers
for
the
2023-2024
school
year
will
be
elected,
as
stipulated
in
gp2e.
A
canvassing
committee
needs
to
complete
their
work
prior
to
this
meeting
on
July
11th,
specifically
our
policy
states,
the
annual
organizational
meeting
of
the
board
will
be
held
at
the
first
regular
meeting
in
July
newly
elected
board.
A
Members
will
be
seated
after
the
call
to
order
the
election
of
a
president,
and
vice
president
for
the
ensuing
year
will
be
held
after
the
recognition
of
audience.
All
members
who
have
served
at
least
one
year
are
eligible
to
hold
office.
A
canvassing
committee
consisting
of
governance
committee
members
not
serving
as
officers
of
the
board,
will
present
a
list
listing
of
all
board
members
willing
to
serve
in
the
capacity
of
president
or
vice
president.
A
Nominations
may
also
be
made
at
that
meeting
from
the
floor,
and
then
an
election
of
each
physician
will
occur
by
a
signed
paper
ballot.
Furthermore,
gp7
States
committee
members,
not
serving
as
officers
of
the
board,
will
annually
canvas
all
board
members
willing
to
serve
in
these
roles
as
president
or
vice
president,
in
consideration
for
the
annual
reorganization
board
meeting
to
provide
such
a
listing
to
the
Secretary
of
the
board
to
create
a
ballot.
O
B
A
Yes,
motion
passes.
We
will
move
on
to
our
board
reports.
We'll
start
tonight
with
committee
liaison
and
correspondence
reports.
Melissa
birkeland.
Would
you
like
to
start
us
off.
J
Sure
so
I'll
just
say
just
a
blanket
statement
that
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
negotiation
committee
meetings
and
sessions.
So
aside
from
that,
since
we
last
met
on
May
30th
I
attended
games
for
good
at
Washington
Elementary.
So
this
was
a
program
that
the
gifted
and
talented
staff
put
on
where
kids
in
those
programs
created
arcade
games
that
you
could
play
and
all
money
went
to
a
fun
this
organization.
J
So
that
was
really
neat
to
take
part
in
I
got
to
participate
in
the
GED
graduation
ceremony,
which
was
really
wonderful
in
the
EGC
parking
lot
and
then
I
also
had
a
GAC.
S
Thank
you
on
on
May
24th
I,
attended,
evenstar
graduation.
Oh
my
God
they're,
so
cute
really
cute.
One
of
them
had
to
do
push-up.
S
Do
the
graduation
and
they're
just
so
adorable
May
31st
I
was
able
to
attend
cultural
advisor
community
meetings.
June
4th
I,
attended,
Fargo,
High
School.
Graduation.
Definitely
a
experience
to
remember:
June
6.
O
Since
we
last
met
I,
believe
13
meetings
between
negotiations
with
the
FEA
and
the
committee
with
a
special
planning
committee
meeting
and
then
on
the
fourth
I
got
to
hand
out
diplomas
to
all
the
South
High
grads,
which
is
pretty
cool
because
I'm
a
bro.
So
what's
what's
a
brewing,
always
a
bruin,
so
that
was
pretty
awesome,
so
sometimes
I
think
that's
the
the
best
part
of
the
job.
So
it
was
good.
P
That
is
the
deepest
honor
that
we
have
as
school
board.
Members
and
I
did
that
with
my
fellow
board,
member
nimaldi
governmental
Affairs
committee
met
on
June
6,
and
the
next
meeting
will
be
in
August
date
did
be
determined
after
board.
Reorganization
I
also
attended
shortly
after
that
the
special
planning
meeting
as
you
as
a
board
president
Newman
mentioned
I,
was
at
the
chamber
legislative
debrief
and,
quite
frankly,
K-12
was
not
mentioned
so.
P
Tax
reform,
water
resources
and
control
Workforce
the
importance
of
building
relationships
amongst
legislators
to
get
things
done,
which
I
thought
was
very
interesting:
Higher
Education,
Health
and
Human
Services
little
talk
about
Minnesota,
higher
ed
tuition
and
then
in
their
rapid
response
questions
headlines.
The
headlines
outweighed
the
good
work.
Those
were
my
takeaways
yeah
yeah.
So
take
that
for
what
it's
worth?
That's
what
I
have.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Jim.
B
I,
too,
have
been
at
a
few
of
the
negotiation
meetings,
not
as
many
as
some
thank
goodness
I
found
myself
at
the
gak
meeting
and
the
special
planning
meeting
and
I
too
have
the
honor
of
handing
out
diplomas,
which
is
certainly
the
highlight
of
my
school
board
tenure
for
sure
and
before
I
forget
I.
Think
August
1st
is
coming
dangerously
close
and
Marie.
Is
anybody
turned
in
any
door
prizes
yet.
B
K
I
guess
if
Seth
has
been
the
13
negotiation
meetings,
I've
been
to
12,
because
I
had
other
appointments
to
take
care
of
last
night,
so
Jim
sat
in
for
me.
We
actually
ended
up
bumping
the
cea
meeting
to
the
last
week
in
June,
attempting
to
make
room
for
more
negotiations.
Meetings
this
morning
started
out
at
7
30
with
a
C3
tech
meeting
and
June
4th
I
had
the
privilege
of
handing
out
diplomas
at
Davies
with
Jim,
so
that
that
deeply
is
an
honor
I,
just
love
that
that
Duty
I
guess.
Thank
you.
K
M
I
think
I'm
starting
to
dream
about
negotiations
at
this
point.
It's
kind
of
consuming
my
waking
hours
and
now
my
non-wake
hours
I
also
attend
a
gag
and
I
am
quite
confident
that
I
had
the
most
eventful
graduation
ceremony
out
of
anybody.
M
Missy
and
I
got
to
attend
Dakota
High
School
graduation,
also
in
the
parking
lot
of
the
axi
building
and
I,
don't
think
it
was
I,
don't
even
think
it
was
60
seconds
after
the
ceremony
finished
and
they
moved
the
tassels
over
to
the
other
side
of
their
hat.
I.
Don't
think
it
was
60
seconds
before
it
started
pouring
rain
and
we
had
to
frantically
pack
up
the
stage
and
all
the
sound
equipment
and
there
was
a
piano
out
there
and
but
we
we
did
it
and
yeah
it
was
yeah.
It
was.
M
It
was
wonderful
to
be
a
part
of
that
process,
not
the
not
the
the
rain,
but
the
the
graduation
part.
N
Meetings,
Geck
and
planning
I
did
meet
I
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
Dr
McKenna
and
Dr
frumstead.
To
talk
about
some
of
the
amazing
work
that
they're
doing
with
our
non-classified
staff.
Some
work
groups
there
to
gather
some
input
and
feedback
I
also
attended.
Two
graduations
I
went
to
North
I
didn't
have
a
child
graduate
this
year,
but
I
knew
a
lot
of
the
kids,
so
I
went
to
support
the
families
that
I
know
there
and
then
I
handed
out
diplomas
with
Seth
at
South.
N
So
even
though
I
kind
of
am
a
Spartan
in
my
heart,
it
still
was
really
a
wonderful
day
to
spend
time
with
all
those
amazing,
Bruins
and
I
too
attended
the
C3
Tech
governance
board
this
morning
at
7
30,
which
Seth
was
at
but
I
think
he
forgot
that
he
was
there.
So
we
can
make
note
that
he
was
actually
there
yeah
yeah
and
that's
it.
That's
all
I
got
thanks.
Thank.
A
You
guys
I
will
do
a
brief
president's
report.
A
Since
we've
last
met,
I
attended
the
Davies
choir
concert,
which
was
delightful,
special
planning
meeting,
which
was
mentioned
I
had
the
honor
of
volunteering
on
the
last
day
of
school
for
the
Centennial
Elementary
fifth
grade
party,
which
involved
a
lot
of
sweaty
children
on
bouncy
houses
and
pizza,
and
it
was
wonderful
as
it
should
be,
and
then
with
board
member
Melissa
Brooklyn.
We
did
the
GED
graduation
at
Agassi
on
June
1st,
which
was
very
special
and
very
it
was
a
very
moving
ceremony.
A
A
I
know
she's
a
civilian
I
guess,
but
we
this
is
from
the
entire
board,
but
we
have
a
certificate
for
you
for
your
contributions
and
dedication
to
and
Leadership
of
the
school
resource
officer
program.
So
I'll
just
read
this.
It
says
thank
you
for
your
three
years,
serving
as
the
sergeant
of
the
school
resource
resource
officer
program
and
your
support
of
our
mission
to
educate
and
Empower
all
children
and
students
to
succeed,
so
I
will
maybe
come
awkwardly.
Give
you
this.