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Board Member Storey moved the motion and Board Member Gorman seconded. The chair called for the voice vote: “Motion by Storey, second by Gorman. All in favor, say aye,” and members responded, the chair announced the motion carried. The board then recessed to closed session as recorded in the minutes.

The motion invoked Minnesota Statute 13D.03 as the legal authority for closing the meeting for labor negotiation strategy. By state statute that citation permits closed‑door discussion of bargaining strategy and positions.

No details of the closed session discussion were provided in the public record at the meeting; the public portion of the agenda ended before the closed session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","August 25th, 2025 School Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The board voted to enter a closed session under Minnesota Statute 13D.03 to discuss labor negotiation strategy; motion carried by voice vote.","taxTitle","FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Boards, Minnesota","taxId",38599,"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},6504337,"Board introduces resolution asking legislature to avoid mid‑budget year mandates",183,2533000,2716000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c&start=2533&end=2716","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c/thumbnail_2533000.jpg","/articles/6504337/Minnesota/Board-introduces-resolution-asking-legislature-to-avoid-midbudget-year-mandates","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6504337-a86524ae94ccc6033b7e64eba36d6d74/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171579&Signature=mrQwKuWPuFnasI8nQa1K5TEIznyA3S-fU3wxRTg11Nfe6Wl0e4ETHTaQkFP2~DxlF7wGpaSQZzhF2cFGyq4FcQcJLejYvfzrg6eRXna3V7stMaxC8T623y23c1M8tGlhI-3jhGYuK1JvLrOpgQyKGM5vE~IqJroDCiSWd1criZ6zuNYa3IPB38mP0QmCJeaumZLUmk20yGDkDkJiZ1QTNaFFMeaA~zapBUHqz4cQvG6FI6154Xg-zUM5O22oogORNF1ErS7XJTuoycFCoprjKswu0QwTwM44FU72Q2AFsjgZ8lrCeN07QAnPJE3YNNjXDbtqvMa9c4Jqh6mW-5u0xQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chair Christiansen introduced a legislative resolution for referral to the Minnesota School Boards Association asking that no new mandate or budget reduction imposing a financial cost or serious operational disruption be implemented before the next fiscal year after the legislative session in which it is passed or signed.

The resolution asks that, when a mandate must be implemented immediately, the legislature pass such provisions before March 1 so districts have time to plan for the fiscal impact. Christiansen said the change would reduce the disruptive effect of late session legislative actions on district budget planning and staffing timelines.

Christiansen noted the board has previously submitted similar resolutions to the Minnesota School Boards Association on unfunded mandates. Board members expressed support for forwarding and refining the resolution and agreed to consider it for a vote on Sept. 8; no vote was taken at the meeting.

The proposed resolution is intended to use the Minnesota School Boards Association platform to press for better alignment between legislative action and school district budget cycles, Christiansen said. The board asked district staff to include a public link to the draft resolution for community review.","Board Chair Christiansen introduced a legislative resolution asking the Minnesota School Boards Association to request that new mandates or budget‑impacting laws not take effect before the next fiscal year, with a March 1 cutoff for urgent measures; board members supported refining the resolution for a vote on Sept. 8.",{"_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},6504342,"Board adopts four policies on child neglect reporting, drug‑free workplace, crisis management and visitors",121,2767000,2888000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c&start=2767&end=2888","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c/thumbnail_2767000.jpg","/articles/6504342/Minnesota/Board-adopts-four-policies-on-child-neglect-reporting-drugfree-workplace-crisis-management-and-visitors","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6504342-3db34ed21d241576f109f47618671589/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171579&Signature=Nkdqcd9GGz2TpMD4GvPn4uToAPIORBA2ZSVLyKMBMLUlxKJdQ8~EDNk-hDVgdXdImjpUef3zYUor94ysdswlyzcg3Uj0~gGqPRj-45gByBRYJFzfdLXApvmvseyP-G4CiMhyu5LluxxcbIjlZaC4o-E9xccYeiKwavqyzHr288LcbM3KjzjVjw6fPJ4DksE5YDrgyiMBo7RTefBDOMNDiwrfvI83oVXdAC7V3wCKG-0mzrmrG3uWLEfIe~~G9p0k55IZk51a3QeKF-1~YvzeDkbTNp4auk5B2b7DkVvjIV5f7kLH9gaFoqmYFMzY7A1TUK3wqJs1-we0UrThe14CUg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Farmington Public School District Board voted to adopt four revised policies during the meeting: Policy 4‑14 (mandated reporting of child neglect and abuse), Policy 4‑18 (drug‑free workplace and drug‑free schools), Policy 8‑06 (crisis management), and Policy 9‑03 (visitors to school buildings and sites), the board announced.

Board Member DeWillett moved adoption of the policies and Board Member Gorman seconded. “Motion by DeWillett, second by Gorman. All in favor, say aye,” the chair said; board members responded in the affirmative and the chair announced the motion carried.

Board discussion earlier in the meeting had reviewed the items at a prior work session and administrators characterized the changes as mostly driven by legislative updates. No further substantive debate occurred at the final action; the board adopted the policies as presented.

The motion record in the meeting minutes lists the mover as DeWillett and the second as Gorman; the board took a voice vote and the chair announced approval. The adopted policy numbers and their titles were read aloud during the meeting.

No roll‑call vote or tally of individual named yes/no votes was recorded during the discussion at the meeting.","The Farmington Public School District Board voted to adopt four policies — 4‑14, 4‑18, 8‑06 and 9‑03 — updating mandated reporting, drug‑free workplace/schools, crisis management, and visitor rules; the motion carried with the board voice vote.",{"_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},6504347,"Farmington district outlines $8 million operating referendum, warns of program cuts if it fails",1971,1062000,3033000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c&start=1062&end=3033","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c/thumbnail_1062000.jpg","/articles/6504347/Minnesota/Farmington-district-outlines-8-million-operating-referendum-warns-of-program-cuts-if-it-fails","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6504347-7f819acd170238175532971776635673/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171579&Signature=AAkd86v2lfwSzY1GzF5eS3fz4Idn7gF9GDL5x70CzOVPGzYVIbLuF2AHkPod0L4xS2Km3Hyp3A5KcZjJKZAp9doYmgoKNbgVgDQvyNLNPMGC~HTR8ycCB9Xq1H2n5QRrKAEVLZ5FeLLeHcRtGYje0IOtmcnwh2VJyY9DYlzIVUXDimk4jngA4fuSHIEflbnjYaXWY88BggXudgfD28qFLwiNxdJFI1b5emljdETRhcUogwSWv3iaNKKLnRC6AUQBrWA6ROwv~15w7e264YNEdHHjA44DbksoCnMkbyns5ok84GkPrEgEW~~Nyhfg8grdrPlRAYpcHuHS4Ll5UmfyHQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent Berg told the Farmington Public School District Board that the district will ask voters to approve an operating referendum that would add approximately $1,236.60 per student and is projected to generate about $8 million in new revenue annually for 10 years beginning in the 2026‑27 school year.

Berg said the request responds to rising costs tied to special education, multilingual supports, statutory changes and general inflation. He told the board special education center‑based classrooms increased from eight in 2021–22 to 21 in the current period and that the district recovers roughly half the cost for those services, leaving about $6 million annually to be covered from the general fund.

Berg also cited a growth in multilingual students (from about 3% in 2018–19 to 9.3% in 2024–25), new statutory costs such as paid family and medical leave, higher substitute costs tied to leave statutes, increased cyber and technology insurance, and higher learning management fees as drivers of the budget pressure.

If the referendum fails, administrators said the district would consider a range of budget reductions, including larger class sizes (an estimated two to three additional elementary students per classroom and possibly five to six at the high school), cuts to athletic and extracurricular offerings, elimination of some pull‑out interventions (fifth grade band and paid music lessons), reduced instructional coaching in literacy, math and science, reductions in behavioral supports and additional administrative cuts. Berg said each $1 million in reductions roughly equates to 10 full‑time equivalent positions.

Berg said the referendum question will be a single, straightforward ask (not a stepped or revokable structure) and that the district projects a net tax impact on a $350,000 home of about $534 in the first year (roughly $44 per month); he also noted that scheduled debt reductions in later years will lower tax bills in future years. Berg said absentee voting opens Sept. 19 and listed public information sessions: a virtual session Sept. 17, an in‑person session Sept. 23 at North Trail, Oct. 6 at Bachman (little theater) and Oct. 30 (virtual) — all beginning at 7 p.m.

Board members urged outreach and encouraged residents to attend information sessions. Several trustees emphasized that prior reductions had aimed to protect classroom programs and that the referendum would help restore or preserve services administrators said are under pressure.

The presentation was informational; the board did not vote on the referendum question at the meeting.","Superintendent Berg presented details of a proposed operating referendum that would generate roughly $8 million annually for 10 years (about $1,236.60 per student) beginning 2026‑27; administrators described programs that could be reduced if voters reject the question.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6504352,"Farmington High tightens cell‑phone rules, rolls out managed iPads and caddies",886,505000,1391000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c&start=505&end=1391","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5702852-2d6b217dbdd7e1506b9178010a309f5c/thumbnail_505000.jpg","/articles/6504352/Minnesota/Farmington-High-tightens-cellphone-rules-rolls-out-managed-iPads-and-caddies","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6504352-4b253a9002ba9a3312539d1872bf44c4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171579&Signature=fbVOBUTPYxCaFfL7eQhDtm5yQF9QXGAmPz~absic2C~SQD7cMhXB6CRLEI3VpLRuZcnFtRSpECBKQWK0dNPlCndhjClhhc12vsMzkGxG80dm1C8TReSy2h3i3LVj1x301~AFomCCD0GAlP2HZ85CU4-TpF9FW4fIBwY-9ePOyjaH0fqJZdcM9ZzrrbcIlpy2FXahpPrcO-XMSR0aTaI2q-wfC-ZdMbSe-G33krELl-DVsO3xUi98J8d7D7-XspSZ~-GFG1bWijOgouD9NXY~AMhlUzuXiQESmzH0f2gwGJwReyRIs0K3Uet83o979Kr5XEF0ol1gRhmgm0DoBetw4Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Farmington High School will require students to place phones in classroom cell‑phone “caddies” at the start of class and the district will distribute 7,150 new iPads under managed Apple IDs, Principal Ryan Meyer said during the Farmington Public School District Board meeting.

Meyer said the caddies — each holding about 42 phones and anchored in visible locations — will be used at the beginning of each class period. “The expectation will be that learners will turn in their cell phones into those caddies at the beginning of each class period,” Meyer said. He added that students may instead leave phones in vehicles, lockers or at home if they prefer.

The iPad deployment will use district-managed Apple IDs that limit devices to district‑approved apps and apply cloud‑based filtering wherever devices go, Superintendent Berg told the board. Berg said filtering will include keyword blocking, URL‑level blocking, image analysis and category filters (social networks, etc.) to replicate building filtering off campus.

Meyer described implementation details discussed in staff development, including handling earbuds and Apple Watches under the student handbook rules for electronic devices. For repeated refusal to comply, Meyer said staff will rely on the main office and assistant principals rather than placing teachers into “power struggle” situations. He said repeated incidents may lead to agreements requiring parent pickup or devices being checked into the office.

Board members asked about theft, numbering and mounting of caddies. Meyer said custodians had anchored caddies into walls at observable locations and that the district will number devices and monitor for mix‑ups. He reiterated the district’s position that it is not responsible for lost or stolen personal phones and reminded families they can choose alternatives (leave in locker, vehicle or at home).

Student representative Lexi praised the change, saying it felt good to see a student suggestion adopted. Other student representatives and board members said they expect the policy to reduce distractions and support instructional engagement.

The changes build on Policy 10‑22, adopted last year, and are a district-level implementation step rather than a new policy vote. No formal board action was taken during this agenda item; the presentation and discussion were informational.

Implementation details the district provided: 7,150 iPads arrived districtwide; iPads will use district Apple IDs and cloud filtering; elementary iPads sent home will be tied to a stated educational purpose and parents will be notified in advance. Meyer said classroom charging solutions will limit the previous need for students to bring devices home to charge.","Farmington High School principal Ryan Meyer outlined a tightened cell‑phone procedure and district officials described a managed iPad rollout that will use district Apple IDs and cloud filtering; board members and student representatives discussed logistics and enforcement.","actionData","errors"]

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