The Board of Education of Independent School District No. 299, Caledonia, Minnesota, met in a regular school board meeting in the elementary building room #162. The meeting was called to order by Chair Mike Peterson at 6:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. The school board members present were Derek Adamson, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Mike Peterson, Daniel Small, Spencer Yohe and student school board member Emma Stemper. Also present were Craig Ihrke, Susan Link, Nathan Boler, Karen Schiltz, Gretchen Juan, Kaitlin Longhauser, Rachel Stock, Kari Neuman, Brent Schroeder, Sue Howe, Chuck Schulte, Robbie Sobczak, Don and Margie Ferring, Polly Heberlein, Jean Kinneberg, Katherine Meyers, Carin Myhre, Brent Knutson, Paige Carmack, Kimber Frank, John Wahlstrom, Noah Stigler, and Charlese Walk.
Moved by Spencer Yohe, seconded by Derek Adamson to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried by a unanimous vote. Moved by Spencer Yohe, seconded by Derek Adamson to approve the Joint Powers Agreement Between the City of Caledonia and Independent School District #299 as presented for the Sprague Woods School Forest. Motion carried by a unanimous vote. Moved by Daniel Small, seconded by Mike Peterson to approve the following consent agenda items: Approval of March 20, 2023, regular school board meeting minutes; approve the electronic transfers and bills due and payable amounting to $665,376.05 along with electronic transfers from MSDLAF to Merchants Bank in the amount of $300,000.00; to rescind the action taken at the January 9, 2023, organizational board meeting naming the Caledonia Argus as the official newspaper and approve naming the Fillmore County Journal as the official newspaper for our school district effective immediately; accept the resignation/retirement of Colette Bruening as an early childhood special education teacher effective at the end of the 2022-2023 school year with thanks for her forty years of service and dedication to our school district; accept the resignation of Amanda Brown as a special educational paraprofessional effective April 6, 2023, with thanks for her past seven months of service to the school district; ratify the hiring of Tracy Schmitz as a crossing guard on highway 44/76 at $13.73 per hour; ratify the hiring of Connie Strinmoen as a special educational assistant beginning April 17, 2023, at II/8 at $16.51 per hour; ratify the hiring of Tammy Heaney as a CAPS care teacher substitute during the summer months at III/13 at $18.77 per hour; ratify the hiring of Daniel Winkler as a full-time MSHS science teacher beginning the 2023-2024 school year at BA/11 years at $57,780 (this is based on the 2021-2023 teacher master agreement salary); and approval of the Resolution Between Education Minnesota Caledonia Educational Support Professionals Local #7345 and Independent School District No. 299 Regarding a Request for Job Share in Particular for the Media Para Position for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion carried by a unanimous vote. Moved by Mike Peterson, seconded by Derek Adamson to adjourn the meeting at 8:52 p.m. Motion carried by a unanimous vote.
These minutes are only a summary and complete minutes are available at the school district office or on the school district website at www.cps.k12.mn.us
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