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Consent agenda approved
- Motion: Approve the consent agenda (consent agenda as presented, minus retirements).
- Mover/second: not specified in the public transcript.
- Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Notes: Chair called for aye/oppose; motion carried.

Retirements accepted
- Motion: \"I move that we accept with appreciation the retirements of the individuals listed.\" (five employees).
- Employees listed in the meeting announcement: Kathleen Framing, elementary teacher, Falcon Heights Elementary (36 years); Melissa Hine, elementary teacher, Harambee Elementary (12 years); Carla O'Neil, special education teacher, Brimhall Elementary (15 years); Christian Smith Olsen, principal, Parkview Center School (19 years); Joanne Tee, school nurse, Roseville Area Middle School (3 years).
- Mover/second: not specified in the public transcript.
- Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Board thanked the retirees for service.
- Notes: The board read collective years of service and recognized the employees publicly.

Policy 500 (Acceleration and Retention) approved on second reading
- Motion: Approve Policy 500 (Acceleration and Retention) as presented (second reading).
- Mover/second: not specified in the public transcript.
- Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Notes: The administration recommended no changes after the first reading; the board adopted the policy on second reading.

2025'26 school board calendar revisions approved
- Motion: Approve calendar revisions to move the September meeting to avoid Rosh Hashanah (from the original Tuesday to Thursday) and to move the May meeting to avoid Eid Al Adha (move May 26 meeting to May 27).
- Mover/second: not specified in the public transcript.
- Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Notes: Board thanked the presenter for making the calendar adjustments.

Gifts and donations announced (accepted as part of consent items)
- The board heard a summary of monetary gifts and donations from multiple community partners and foundations to support school and program needs across the district (gifts listed verbally during the meeting); staff noted gratitude for community support. Specific gift donors and recipients were read into the record but are not reproduced exhaustively here; items were included in the consent agenda vote.

Procedural notes
- Where votes were taken by voice, the transcript records unanimous \"aye\" responses with no recorded roll-call tallies. The public transcript did not record named movers/seconders for these actions; minutes or the official meeting record may list individual motion makers and a recorded vote if later requested.

Provenance: Each action above was announced and voted during the April 8 meeting; relevant remarks appear in the meeting transcript at the times cited in the provenance block below.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","April 8, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting.","oneSentenceSummary","At its April 8 meeting the Roseville Area School Board approved the consent agenda, accepted five retirements, adopted Policy 500 (acceleration and retention) on second reading, and revised the 2025'26 school board calendar to avoid Rosh Hashanah and Eid Al Adha conflicts.","taxTitle","ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Boards, Minnesota","taxId",65355,"location","Minnesota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6609863,"District seeks new transportation contract; board discusses electric buses, training and performance metrics",761,3699000,4460000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2905304-d45a5aaef4bdc55a9655a385144484ee&start=3699&end=4460","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2905304-d45a5aaef4bdc55a9655a385144484ee/thumbnail_3699000.jpg","/articles/6609863/Minnesota/District-seeks-new-transportation-contract-board-discusses-electric-buses-training-and-performance-metrics","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6609863-2d5fd1a35fdbdd6ce47b481adca548d0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770425233&Signature=JVGie1EuXbuKsKSsSHq0vFZY08rc5aovXZz5CgWYBX5YYqc8cM~oNhVJ9zgaTHc8tz9WaPYis5bTBqY5TGowdgxo7mXbKZ2gdzpciW2P78JRZAi-d4Rrrb5gel7P0RVRxSjNb3b4wf0XOPPHaj1zk4fzcjYRVBlUrST6vTGCb1ECm6s3l13oUBFxSeDtkJO8dsWQnXTgYfKR5V9m-4e~EiKaw75A0aiq1dhztlsM8CeG-w298mbXllz-vSMhXhHuWmVs6xT6A588r6WkJfMgQbpnTQ~KXiWeZEoh24p9dAn9U0hkfENltQvIbIkkIORsFiRl03TdDA5U9IUntN4qXw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Executive Director of Business Services Sherry Thompson told the Roseville Area School Board at its April 8 meeting that the district put school transportation out for bid for the first time in several years and received three proposals that staff are now analyzing.

Thompson said she has met two bidders in person and planned further meetings with the third. She told the board she expects to return with a recommendation at the next April meeting or the first May meeting, and that the district plans to negotiate as part of the next step.

Board members and staff discussed operational and policy issues raised by the re-bid, including contractor performance standards (late runs and missed stops), financial penalties or remedies for repeated failures, and the district's interest in electric buses. Treasurer Clark (reporting earlier in the meeting) said the district transports about 5,500 students daily on roughly 408 bus routes.

On electric vehicles, Thompson said staff have spoken with bidders about their electric-bus experience and inventory; some contractors have been running electric buses for multiple years and shared lessons learned. Thompson said the district will consider electric buses and smaller, more efficient vehicles as part of the procurement decision and noted cost, technology readiness and available funding will factor into any final award. \"It's part of our decision making review,\" she said.

Board members asked about required student safety training and grades covered. Thompson said state-referenced guidance and MSBA model language informed the draft policy and that the district provides annual bus-evacuation training (typically tracked at the school level) and other safety instruction; she said pedestrian, bicycle and electric-scooter safety requirements had been updated in recent legislation and the policy language follows that guidance. A board member asked whether the district documents non-bus trainings; Thompson said bus-evacuation training is tracked at each school but other trainings are not consistently documented districtwide.

Thompson and board members also discussed potential route consolidation and moving one-off program trips into regular routing to reduce cost. Thompson said the bids looked competent and negotiations would include discussions about performance standards, electric-vehicle transition readiness and routes.

No contract award was made at the meeting. Thompson said staff will return with analysis, contract terms and a recommendation in coming weeks.","Roseville Area Schools put transportation out to bid and received three proposals; the board discussed negotiations, electric buses, student safety training requirements and how the district will track compliance and performance.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6609867,"Board reviews first reading of proposed nonresident attendance policy; members seek clearer wording on IEP priority and capacity",712,2773000,3485000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2905304-d45a5aaef4bdc55a9655a385144484ee&start=2773&end=3485","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2905304-d45a5aaef4bdc55a9655a385144484ee/thumbnail_2773000.jpg","/articles/6609867/Minnesota/Board-reviews-first-reading-of-proposed-nonresident-attendance-policy-members-seek-clearer-wording-on-IEP-priority-and-capacity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6609867-65d53eafa02248f7176fd23765012124/orig.mp4?Expires=1770425233&Signature=durntuukQzw4n-h3UB4Bfh3grYD7Wvrph3bnObih15wfDJjjomQ-IuZKATNb8TkvX12dk1zQuD9OZTNz295~luvUtksMSTavjen8uHSSTK~UdwvVsLxXClvp3BqOFH~e6c8KuMwxebUY9vZy1xNq2aprl9TIXkG~47o6wOTuee0U8hYcETF1eX0wfqjzIH0VqFi9JkG8cUjr8G6zfyZnaZwr~SR0bU9YLmXqmngCinBG5DyG7GR-pzFC~OQW82vDImPXxiw4OQNCcEcKCml3Os-KXCzi3HDXjyJrf9~bk9zKd~9ZOaWFHo7ey3muZ3bvUR0hVkg3wXyQd7GoAeqKhA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Director Sherry Thompson presented the first reading of proposed revisions to Policy 564 (Nonresident Student Attendance) at the April 8 Roseville Area School Board meeting, highlighting a change intended to allow incoming nonresident kindergartners with an IEP who were served in a licensed preschool or childcare setting in the district to open enroll in the district at kindergarten.

Thompson said the redline edits move some detailed standards from policy into regulations and that the specific change about incoming nonresident kindergarten students with IEPs is reflected on page 2 of the draft policy. \"This change reflects the fact that they can open enroll into our school district at kindergarten,\" Thompson said.

Board members asked numerous clarifying questions. Several directors requested simpler, clearer language and suggested replacing generic phrasing such as \"nonresident district\" with \"Roseville Area Schools\" where appropriate. Directors also asked staff to shorten long, complex sentences and to consider shifting terms such as \"parent or guardian\" to district-preferred language (for example, \"family\"), and to standardize wording across the policy set.

Board members pressed staff about a clause that appeared to exempt special education programs from standard capacity limits; Thompson responded that some specialized programs can have different capacity approaches and said she would review and clarify the wording in the policy and regulations. A question about capacity procedures asked what happens if a specialized program has no space; Thompson said the district could, like other districts, decline enrollment if there is no capacity.

Directors also asked about a provision that allows administrators to exclude applicants when an administrator \"knows or has reason to believe\" the applicant engaged in conduct subject to exclusion. Board members asked how that standard aligns with statutory limits on what can be used to reject an applicant and requested that regulations show specific statutory references. Thompson and other staff noted the policy references state law and that the regulations provide more detail, including the statutory grounds for exclusion that typically involve expulsions for weapons, drug distribution, serious assault or felony conduct.

Other clarifying questions focused on documentation and verification for a nonresident preschool child who seeks kindergarten open enrollment: board members asked what proof parents must provide and whether the district would verify enrollment through its early childhood special education (ECSE) records or by contacting community providers. Directors recommended the policy explicitly state how families should demonstrate prior enrollment and suggested staff add language about district verification processes.

Thompson and board members discussed redundancy between sections describing preschool enrollment and the subsequent kindergarten open-enrollment step; staff agreed to rework the wording so the regulation is clearer about whether preschool placement creates an automatic K'12 seat or whether a formal open-enrollment application is still required for K'12.

The policy was presented as a first reading; no vote was taken. Board members asked staff to revise the draft to address clarity, consistency of terminology, capacity limits for special education placements and verification practices before a second reading.","At first reading of policy 564, staff proposed that nonresident kindergarten students with IEPs who attend district-licensed preschool/childcare be eligible to open enroll for kindergarten. Board members asked for clearer wording on capacity, verification and exclusion criteria.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6609872,"Roseville Area Schools outlines multilingual services and marks first DLSI capstone cohort",1462,598000,2060000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2905304-d45a5aaef4bdc55a9655a385144484ee&start=598&end=2060","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2905304-d45a5aaef4bdc55a9655a385144484ee/thumbnail_598000.jpg","/articles/6609872/Minnesota/Roseville-Area-Schools-outlines-multilingual-services-and-marks-first-DLSI-capstone-cohort","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6609872-e0e4df0f874667920206d77760013872/orig.mp4?Expires=1770425233&Signature=T7wpYZDMI92onBYtdbWKqiZINI2l4C2uQY8lOYdFDnnUFwauWslal5l8-x9Oqhxs8wfhaPSkAVPdezEf5D0AboKm-etKT6MjTGTREqDrvfdw5VuNLw-fAo3a6yOPC43V8tAcuaXEkOOZWXq0b1YZyGeb5TgE9NLesAfW49ZklOsOpd6J-vsEXU75FkJVkmLd5DiPYKxde84te0sljuzIz89F2b6FPa9X78M5TrmOsvmGj~xbFLBCuyo9AnGrC3uq05JwadBAyl2XO5uijBUE0MLP-4XlHMMk3DKIG8hkMHifEIGZDPZWEEuzmxmQcJje0g~sai38BC2VwlqXpXmzug__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Multilingual program staff for Roseville Area Schools presented an overview of the district's English language development and Dual Language Spanish Immersion (DLSI) work at the April 8 school board meeting, reporting that the district currently provides ELD services to roughly 1,351 students who speak 92 different languages.

The presentation, led by Multilingual Program Administrator Lully Flores Hanson, described the district's layered approach to serving multilingual learners, the growth in newcomer students at the middle and high school levels, and a first graduating capstone cohort from the district's DLSI pathway.

Flores Hanson said the district's top languages are Spanish, Hmong, Karen, Somali and Nepali and described a team that includes cultural liaisons representing seven communities. \"We have a team of amazing cultural liaisons ... day in and day out, working with the different students and different families, advocating for them,\" Flores Hanson said.

District staff described three primary delivery models for ELD support: small-group pull-out ELD classes, push-in/co-teaching with classroom teachers, and collaborative grade-level supports. At the secondary level, staff said offerings include co-taught classes, year-long ELD electives and sheltered-content courses. Teachers and coordinators also described participation in a mandated literacy training (described in the meeting as a University of Minnesota graduate-level cohort aligned with the Science of Reading) that district multilingual teachers are completing.

On the DLSI program at Little Canada Elementary, presenters reported K'6 enrollment figures and broke the cohort out by home-language group. Staff listed 252 students from Spanish home-language backgrounds and 161 from English home-language backgrounds and acknowledged a minor counting discrepancy during the meeting; presenters characterized the K'6 DLSI population as about 412'413 students. Staff also reported low annual attrition in the elementary DLSI program (about 1.5 students on average across K'6).

The board heard details from secondary DLSI classes at RAMS and Roseville Area High School, including languages-and-cultures, science and social studies taught in Spanish. Presenters described hands-on projects such as DNA extraction from strawberries and a student-created mural, and said the high school offers a dedicated ELD class for 11th graders and a Spanish AP class. Staff said 15 students are enrolled in the DLSI capstone course this year; presenters added that roughly 40 students had progressed through the DLSI pathway in high school but not all chose to take every high-school elective.

A DLSI capstone student, Yamayra Sanchez Morades, told the board she hopes the program increases access to Spanish-language books that reflect students' lives: \"I might not read a lot in Spanish, but I want to encourage other students ... to pursue that because adding these Spanish books instead of having them strictly translated from English books would be better to help connect them,\" she said.

Board members asked how pull-out ELD scheduling affects classroom instruction and were told that pull-out frequency varies by student language level and that staff are working to expand push-in and co-teaching to reduce missed core-instruction time. Board members also pressed for clarity on data counts and suggested wording and process edits for communications to families; staff said they would refine counts and follow up on requested clarifications.

Presenters asked the board to support continued work on family engagement (family institutes and advisory councils), community partnerships (including immigration legal resources provided in bilingual formats) and staffing needs. The board publicly thanked the multilingual staff and recognized the program's community partnerships and the first DLSI capstone cohort.

The district said it will continue implementation work, including family outreach and curricular alignment for Spanish- and English-language literacy.","District staff told the school board that multilingual programming serves more than 1,300 students across 92 languages and highlighted the district's Dual Language Spanish Immersion program and its first graduating capstone cohort.","actionData","errors"]

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