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Dr. Becca Saar, identified in the meeting as the district’s data scientist and title coordinator, told the board care teams worked through a semester-long cycle of vision-setting, data review, hypothesis formation, classroom implementation, data collection and reflection. “The idea is that they’re changing their own teaching practices as they move forward,” Saar said.

The report said care teams used a five‑pursuits framework adapted from Dr. Gholdy Muhammad — skills, identity, intellectualism, criticality and joy — to shape curriculum and measure outcomes. Saar said early childhood teams concentrated on identity work, including staff reflection and family engagement; elementary teams emphasized literacy skills with structured small-group interventions and progress monitoring; middle school teams focused on student-to-student talk and engagement strategies; and high school teams wrote unit learning goals and course overviews explicitly tied to the five pursuits.

Saar described data collection methods that included documented research questions, implementation notes and reflections. She said she surveyed 39 staff and requested care-team documentation from buildings to form the report. Examples cited in the presentation included a Peter Hobart fifth-grade math intervention where 83% of focal students of color moved at least three levels in a MathFactLab fluency measure after targeted interventions, and an elementary team that reframed instruction to honor African American English while teaching phonemic segmentation.

Board members asked whether common measures across teams would improve comparability; Saar replied there are trade-offs. Having multiple teams use the same metric can accelerate building-level expertise, she said, while some teams choose specialized measures (for example, math fluency) when that aligns with their students’ needs.

Saar listed strengths and areas for improvement. What’s working, she said, includes collaboration time, coaching support and the use of data to guide instruction. Challenges included requests for more collaborative time, clearer expectations for documentation, more coaching and help using data, and the workload associated with the process.

The district will start changing its coaching and content‑lead models next year, and the board signaled interest in improving cross‑site sharing so successful strategies can be adopted across elementary, middle and high school levels.

Board members thanked staff for the presentation and said they appreciated the concrete examples and the district’s move toward deeper, more consistent implementation of the care‑team cycles.

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- Agenda approval: The board approved the meeting agenda for June 24 by voice vote (motion: moved by Virginia; second: Anne). Outcome: passed, 5–0.

- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda items, which included business and personnel actions, accounts payable summary, funds transfers, minutes and other routine items (moved by Taylor; second: Anne). Outcome: passed, 5–0.

- MDE designated authority (EDIAM/identified official): The board annually designates the identified official with authority for identity and access management (EDIAM). Motion moved by Virginia; second by Sarah. Outcome: passed, 5–0.

- Long Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) 10‑year plan — ISD 283: The board approved the district’s participation and its portion of the LTFM revenue/expenditure plan for fiscal year 2027 for Intermediate School District 283. Outcome: passed, 5–0.

- LTFM 10‑year plan — ISD 287: The board approved the fiscal year 2027 LTFM plan for Intermediate School District 287 and the district’s share of the allocation (approximately $86,000 for fiscal 2027 as cited in the meeting). Outcome: passed, 5–0.

- Fiscal year 2025 budget adjustment (cleanup items): The board approved adjustments to the FY2025 budget to reflect an actuarial pension entry (TRA and PERA recognition), nonpublic pupil aid through the community service fund, and internal service fund budgets for self‑funded medical and dental programs (motion moved and second; outcome passed, 5–0). The presentation noted the pension-related entries offset by state aid and the intent to improve audit clarity.

- Fiscal year 2026 budget adoption: The board approved the FY2026 budget as presented (motion moved by Taylor; seconded). Outcome: passed, 5–0. The adopted general fund budget reflected a 2.23% increase after prior reductions and noted continued pressures from rising costs and constrained state revenue.

- Policy adoptions: The board approved Policy 409 (employee publications, instructional materials, interventions and creations) on third reading and Policy 715 (uniform grant guidance regarding federal revenue resources) on second reading as presented. Outcome: both passed, 5–0.

All recorded votes during the meeting were unanimous in open session, with the board routinely stating “passes 5–0” for voters present. The board noted two members were absent earlier in the meeting for personal reasons but all five members present voted on the listed motions.

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The board disclosed that it held a closed meeting on June 23 to evaluate the superintendent “pursuant to Minnesota statute 13D.05 subdivision 3(a),” and that Dr. Hynes did not request an open meeting. The board said the superintendent and all seven board members attended the closed session.

According to the public summary read at the June 24 meeting, the board and the superintendent had set four performance focus areas at the start of the year using the Minnesota School Boards Association rubric: goals and strategic plan, information for decision making, district finances and relationships with community. Performance for each area is measured on a four‑level scale (highly effective, effective, developing, ineffective).

The board’s public statement said Dr. Hynes “drove diligently to get to know our students, staff, parents, and community members” while addressing a roughly $2,000,000 budget shortfall. The statement said the board found Hynes “highly effective” at listening to the community and developing goals tied to the district strategic plan, establishing roles for governance staff, and working with stakeholders to balance long‑range data with community concerns. The board said it would continue to support Hynes as she begins a second year leading the district.

The board read the statutory notice confirming a public body may close a meeting to evaluate an individual it employs and must summarize conclusions in public afterward. Several board members echoed appreciation for the superintendent’s work during board discussion that followed the summary.

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Gail (staff member) led the presentation and said the district has increased the number of newly hired staff of color by roughly 30% over the past decade and that the total number of teachers of color grew about 35% in the same period. She said the percentage of staff identified as staff of color rose by nearly 16% over 10 years. The district reported an average contracted-employee retention rate of about 85% across federal race categories.

Gail described steps the district has taken: adding equity language prominently on job pages, using diversity recruitment vendors, asking candidates about equity understanding in application and interview questions, and reiterating mission and core values during onboarding. She said administrators plan to roll out an improved exit-interview process on July 1 to better identify reasons employees leave and to share aggregated results with site leaders.

Board members asked what staff asked for in terms of support. Gail said staff described the need for authentic relationships, clearer expectations from building leadership, more coaching on data use, competitive salaries and benefits, affinity groups and restorative practices, and training focused on allyship and interrupting systemic racism. Gail said the operations and leadership team participated in the care-cycle process this year to better connect site work with central office practice.

Board members and staff representatives praised the district’s progress while stressing the work must continue beyond the strategic-plan window. “This work is going to live far beyond the strategic plan,” Gail said.

Patricia (staff member) and several board members noted partnerships with unions and regional organizations as an important part of recruitment and retention work.

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