Lanesboro School Board member Dave Lawstuen administered the oath to returning board members Lolly Melander, Steve Snyder, and Steve Storhoff as well as new member Mike Willford. Lawstuen was nominated and approved as the board chair, Steve Snyder as the vice chair, Chris Troendle as clerk, and Lolly Melander as treasurer. The Lanesboro School Board meetings will continue to be held on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Lanesboro Elementary Library.
The Merchants Bank of Lanesboro was approved as the district depository. The board’s legal counsel was set as Nethercut Schieber Attorneys, PLLP for general business and Rupp, Anderson, Squires & Waldspurger, PA for school law. The News Leader was set as the school’s official newspaper.
The school board members’ compensation for 2019 was approved with no changes from 2018. The chief facilities planner position and other facilities committee members were changed to be paid positions with $500 annually for the planner and $400 annually through the end of the upcoming facilities project for the committee members.
Chris Troendle was approved to sit on the policy committee, Steve Snyder and Steve Storhoff on the finance, facilities, and long-range planning committee, and Steve Storhoff on the advisory committee. Mike Willford was appointed as the board representative for the Minnesota State High School League, Chris Troendle as representative for the education district, Mike Willford for economic development, and Steve Storhoff as legislative liaison.
Steve Storhoff gave the facility committee report. The committee is continuing to fine-tune the plans for the renovations and additions project. “We still have a long ways to go,” Superintendent Matt Schultz said. Asbestos abatement is also an on-going conversation, and the plan is to remove it all this summer in preparation for the project.
Elementary Principal James Semmen presented the 2019-20 school calendar. The first day of the next school year will be on September 3, 2019, and graduation will be held on May 31, 2020. The board approved the calendar as written.
A resolution was approved allowing Superintendent Schultz to make recommendations for adjustments in the curriculum, programs, and staff for the 2019-20 school year.
Sixth grade teacher Dave Rogers presented a report on the seniors’ annual Tex-Mex trip which he chaperoned. The bus left the school early on December 26 and arrived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area the next morning. Some of the places the students visited included the Stockyard Museum, Magnolia Market, the JFK Memorial, the Alamo, and the USS Lexington. “We didn’t have the best weather,” Rogers commented. Despite the weather, the group was still able to have a lot of fun and enjoyed their stay in Texas.
Artwork from Lanesboro Public School students along with other area school students is on display at the Lanesboro Arts building for a juried art show and will be open until February 2. The art show is free to the public.
Superintendent Schultz mentioned that local farmers who farm more than 250 acres can nominate the Lanesboro School for Monsanto’s American Farmers Grow Rural Education grant.
On February 16 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., an ice fishing event for senior fundraising will be held at Bass Pond.
The next Lanesboro school board meeting will be held on February 21 at 7 p.m.
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