March 16 Clearbrook-Gonvick School board
March 16 Clearbrook-Gonvick School board
The Clearbrook-Gonvick School board met in regular session on Monday, March 16.
Mr. Bettin gave his Spotlight on Education. They have had a busy month. There has been a ski trip to Buena Vista, Terracotta warriors were made, Steam Roller in engineering, Deep Portage trip, Native American Day at Bemidji State University, Music ensembles with super ratings, Youth Author Conference and a trip to the Guthrie Theater to see MacBeth. And a singing video on ATOMS with the Science class. All done with various students in the school.
The Prom has been set for Saturday, April 18 with the grand march at 7:30 pm. Everything will be done at the school. Ms. Larson and Mrs. Ek have been fundraising and preparing for this event.
Principals report
Josh Tharaldson stated that MCA tests will be in April with different grade groups. All testing will be done by May 8.
Juniors took the ACT test for Juniors and Accuplacer Test for 10th graders. Mrs. Neustul facilitated the process. Results will come back in 5 to 8 weeks.
Preschool screening was held with 14 new students. For those who were not able to attend there will be development and speech for them in the fall.
March 20 and 23 there will not be school. April 2 the Blood Drive at the school. No school for spring break on April 3 and 6th. April 9th will be High School parent teacher conference from 4 to 7 pm.
Superintendents report
Ryan Grow stated they will be needing a custodian; part time cook and a school counselor. Spring sports are all in swing. They will be needing some work on the shot put and discus area. Grow spoke on his Day at the Capitol on March 10. He spoke to legislators on the impact of the loss of ADSIS funds that the district has been receiving for the past 16 years. Getting rid of that from the state would mean a $460,000 loss to the district. It would have a tremendous effect on students in our special ed. Another topic was the unfunded mandates that the state has given to school districts. The top education bill is how the endowment of 2.2 billion is spent. Voters will have the say at the next election. The per pupil rate for next year has increased by 2.698 and that will mean $7,683 per pupil for the district. It is now $7,481. He will have a revised budget at next month’s meeting. There is moisture issue in the hallway. A representative from NW Service came to look and it is not mold just moisture. There is a cracked pipe that will have to be fixed. Kristopher Rue, the Industrial Arts Teacher has his Building trades class making a ticket booth for outside at the football games. They received a grant to build a shed for the school forest to keep supplies, tools and signs. This would be built on the school campus. The school garage needs new shingles and Rue is open to addressing his class to re-shingle or to apply steel. They will be looking at costs and time to do it. Enrollment was at 498 in March compared to 499 in February. School choice will influence all districts in the state. The summer unemployment fund last year was $72,000 and that money will run out from the state this summer.
Consent Calendar
Bills were presented and approved with Non-Payroll at $388,846.31 and Payroll at $247,951.11.
One donation was given for General Purpose for a total of $5,016.00. Total all donations from 7/1/ to 2/28/26 is $19,187.00.
Payments made for the month included Superior Transportation Services Inc. $100,996.60; Kelly Services $22,016.70; BRIC $12,770.40; Clearwater-Polk Electric $10,903.79; Thompsons Sand and Gravel $5,940.00; Marco $4,544.00; City of Clearbrook $3,082.53; Community Oil $2,519.78; DaRoos Pizza $1,950.00 Garden Valley $1,036.67.
Old Business
The school has had companies come and look at the roof project to see what must be done. One company, Tremco Roofing & Building seemed to be the best. That company has also done the Norman County East roof and another one in Grand Rapids and Grow will be checking to see is they are satisfied.
Grow will be contacting Ehlers and ATSR for estimates and costs for the roof project. They would like to have a resolution for a bond issue at the April meeting.
New Business
They hired Haley Vant Hul as Assistant Varsity Softball Coach for the season at $3,080.00; hired Daniel TeHennepe as Junior High Baseball Coach at $2,000.
They approved the MN Paid Family Medical Leave for Debbie Olson which had been approved by the state. She returned March 16.
They considered setting enrollment caps for class sizes for 2026-2027 with seventh grade at 40; eighth grade at 50; ninth grade at 50 and tenth grade at 50. People moving into the district would be granted.
They passed the first reading of the AI wording from the MSBA Model Policy 625 with changes as it goes along.
The next regular meeting will be April 20th at 7:00 p.m.