The Crookston School Board will meet on Monday, October 27 at 5:00 p.m. in the Crookston High School Choir/Orchestra room.
The meeting will start with a feature program by Anthony Morando of Sanford Power.
The consent agenda includes several personnel items, including the resignations of Hollie Pierson as an instructional assistant at Highland School and Lori Wagner as a paraprofessional at Highland School.
The board will be asked to approve the employment of Katelynn Nordine, Victoria Bahr, and Kelsey Fredrick as paraprofessionals, Macen Heisler as a success coach-math aide at the high school, Shelly Kappelhoff as a kindergarten aide, Carmen Caputo’s status change from Kitchen Helper to paraprofessional, and Brandi Nesseth’s overload agreement as an ECSE teacher.
The board will also be asked to approve over $41,000 in donations, including $19,890 from the Pirate Fine Arts Boosters, $6,756.40 from Pirate Boosters for boys’ hockey jerseys, $14,366.40 from the Crookston Baseball Association for the softball field portable fencing for the turf, and $250 from an anonymous donor for dance uniforms.
There will be reports from the administration, then on to the main agenda.
The main agenda includes approval of the application for membership in the Minnesota State High School League, discussion and approve the upcoming Superintendent search process with the Minnesota School Boards Association, approval of the activity worker pay schedule, designate the Crookston watch as the designated newspaper for the district, approve the first reading of Policy 621 – Literacy and the Read Act, and Policy 709 – Student Transportation Safety policy.
The board will also be asked to approve policy revisions as recommended by the MSBA and policy committee, including mandated reporting of child neglect; drug, alcohol, and cannabis testing; drug free workplace/Drug free school; staff development mentoring; school weapons policy; student attendance; bullying prohibition; protection and privacy of pupil records; student medication and telehealth; internet, technology, and cell phone acceptable use and safety policy; school meals policy; organization of the school calendar and school day; credit for learning; online instruction; transportation of public school students; disposition of obsolete equipment and material, crisis management policy.
The next meeting date is scheduled for Monday, November 24 at 5:00 p.m.
