Underwood School Board December 11, 2024 Minutes

At 6:00 p.m. the Underwood Truth in Taxation hearing was held with Steve Pumpter from PMA presenting. Motion to approve Final 2024 Pay 2025 Tax Levy Certification for $1,374,808.51 (Sem/Waltz: MCU). The Underwood School Board Regular December meeting was held Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in the conference room. Present were Board Members John Wold, Jen Albjerg, Rebekah Meder, Adam Baker, Kyle Sem and Chris Waltz; Student Representative Mason Hoyt; Superintendent Jeff Wilson and Business Manager Margie Thieschafer. Absent: None. Visitors: Carly Jensen, Vicki Moore, TJ Pelanek and Lynda Eklund. Wold, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. with a quorum present. The Underwood Public School Belief Statement was read by Waltz. Motion to approve the agenda (Baker/Albjerg: MCU). Motion to approve the consent agenda including minutes of November 13, 2024; Expenditure/Finance Report; Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Underwood Education Association (UEA) in regards to Read Act 2.0; and the following donations were acknowledged: $40 for the Library from Marlene Larsen Memorial, $800 for an Author Guest Speaker (3rd Grade in February) from Underwood Lions and $202 Holiday Donation from Tingvold Lutheran Church; Resignations of Football Coaches Adam Baker and Jason Rogers; Hire Football Coaches – Andrew Crummy (JV) and Xavier Witikko (JH); Resignation of Head Volleyball Coach Breck Grove, and Hire Head Volleyball Coach Carly Jensen (Roll Call Voting in Favor: Meder, Waltz, Baker, Albjerg, Sem and Wold; Voting Against: None: MCU). Student Leadership report given by Hoyt. Committee reports were given by Albjerg on Meet and Confer; and Wold on Region 6 of the Minnesota State High School League and Fergus Falls Area Special Education Cooperative. Wilson gave the Activities Director/Community Education and Principal reports followed by the Superintendent report. The World’s Best Workforce (WBWF) and The Integration and Achievement Plan were presented by Jensen. Motion to approve World’s Best Workforce and Integration & Achievement Plan (Meder/Baker: MCU). Wednesday, January 8, 2025, will be the 2025 School Board Reorganizational and Regular January School Board Meeting. Motion to approve the amended and revised Joint Powers Agreement with the Fergus Falls Area Special Education Cooperative (Albjerg/Meder: MCU). Motion to adjourn (Albjerg/Sem: MCU). Wold adjourned meeting at 7:37 p.m. Chris Waltz Clerk (This publication constitutes the legal printing January 15, 2025 of the official minutes of this meeting.)