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Director Paula Cole moved to accept the donations; Director Ken Liss seconded the motion and the board approved the gifts by unanimous voice vote. District staff thanked the community partners and indicated the funds will be applied to the designated purposes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Richfield School Board Meeting: September 2, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Richfield School Board accepted three donations Sept. 2: $45,000 from the Best Buy Foundation for early learning and college/career readiness, $23,000 from Uplift North for the RHS scholarship fund and $216.97 from the Richfield Spartan Foundation to the boys tennis team.","taxTitle","RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Boards, Minnesota","taxId",58078,"location","Minnesota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6011631,"Richfield board begins overhaul of harassment and bullying policies; Title IX and process updates planned",132,4279000,4411000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5798901-80e036497ee125287a9abafc6d810373&start=4279&end=4411","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5798901-80e036497ee125287a9abafc6d810373/thumbnail_4279000.jpg","/articles/6011631/Minnesota/Richfield-board-begins-overhaul-of-harassment-and-bullying-policies-Title-IX-and-process-updates-planned","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6011631-35e16308739317fb78f3070cf13e28b1/orig.mp4?Expires=1775222988&Signature=KOwFHveorX5QAzSvzD5gOJtFtkWYAckIBtlBYUAhuJwjbpuWkUb1BlX0CEqoWQdHlD2y5YqHswhE-3FHq8WaVQS8-bNlst4DKZscSiKTflZKk35a4s-kV5tzw8NJe6d5HdSmJNMq2SKH~r1dAKPZvyUkebSQ6jNHwxekT9osq7368QrAkXzdJm7sh6AbHW9mwfVJTAksw06IJYWC0cDGM35jERH0yv0WdjQYUSEufKRwyQE2bc68Cljx~YvNCQ~4R6nK-14hDgWSiH0JyAX163ljJa9QEdFdQq8wdtS12yh6C0VPtGNSz6dfRZXRnUp9XBntJ2D63NYYpFvAZPFYeQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Richfield School Board held first readings of revised harassment and bullying prohibition policies and associated administrative guidelines at its Sept. 2 meeting, and staff said the drafts will undergo further review for alignment with practice, Title IX updates and committee input.

Assistant to the superintendent Cassandra Quam and Superintendent Steve Unoske told the board the harassment prohibition policy (Policy 103) and the bullying prohibition policy (Policy 113) were being pulled for a fuller overhaul rather than the routine annual review. Unoske noted that board member Banks Kupcho had already provided input and that the policies will be sent forward to the district’s Safe and Supportive Schools committee for additional feedback before a subsequent board read.

Quam said the updates will align policy language, forms and administrative guidelines with current practice and federal Title IX requirements that affect gender-based harassment processes. No final vote or redlined public draft was taken at the Sept. 2 meeting; board members were asked to review and provide further feedback so staff can return with updated documents for second and final reads.","At its Sept. 2 meeting the Richfield School Board took first reads of updated harassment and bullying prohibition policies and related administrative guidelines, with staff and board members planning further review by the Safe and Supportive Schools committee and additional drafting before later reads.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6011636,"Richfield superintendent outlines back-to-school priorities, sets draft goal to raise graduation rate to 90%",3255,845000,4100000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5798901-80e036497ee125287a9abafc6d810373&start=845&end=4100","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5798901-80e036497ee125287a9abafc6d810373/thumbnail_845000.jpg","/articles/6011636/Minnesota/Richfield-superintendent-outlines-back-to-school-priorities-sets-draft-goal-to-raise-graduation-rate-to-90","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6011636-556523aae579106ee6ed44fbee09697c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775222988&Signature=CIb0t80qxbHx2J8GLUs4dHOqbPI7Hc5kWuZKkoBcIpG-pLoA57BuvyPfg6x1kHh7~Du21TjvHRm1SAP6kcreZbbIH4hMt0lO1uMrtqUX3vHPyBalEMsImLxEK15HjLSCMOzGeyAzIXqmrXfWjW4AcbmNzNBVPsfLqsoQIXcDCznE8zAf~WA7rniya5x33SHBGU~~bG0wjdQtbtN8f90jXr2JYU6MzMRUpbM48cxQTBy-CrMnbhJKYSFfd4AncwVMS~AZ~~89IcbVBBxiXiiZE-idKODFdcObUMKwqo0R8ZcweC8WR2JImEGRuEoXASvJOMiB1U8D-B8zidqe8HcctA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Richfield Superintendent Steve Unoske gave a fall “back to school” update and presented a first draft of his 2025–26 goals at the Richfield School Board meeting on Sept. 2, focusing on literacy training under the READ Act, expanded progress monitoring, modest gains on state assessments and a district graduation-rate target of 90 percent.

Unoske told the board the district staggered secondary and elementary start dates to smooth transportation and welcomed new curriculum rollouts: Benchmark Advance/Adelante at elementary and StudySync for secondary English language arts, with about “30 percent” of secondary materials supplemented locally “to make sure that our curriculum is culturally responsive,” he said. He described district-wide implementation of the READ Act literacy training (referred to in the meeting as letters training) and said phase 1 is complete for several staff groups and phase 2 will extend to secondary staff.

The superintendent said the district is pushing more frequent progress monitoring through FastBridge for students who are furthest behind: the district’s goal is to reach 95 percent of those students with progress-monitoring assessments twice per month. He also reviewed preliminary Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) results, saying reading showed small gains while math improved more modestly.

Unoske presented draft outcome goals emphasizing student achievement and equity: he cited targets such as a 3-point gain on MCAs in several grade bands and a stated objective to regain and exceed a 90 percent graduation rate across demographic groups. He framed administrative “process” goals—data-driven decision making, training implementation and strategic planning—as levers to reach those outcomes.

Board members pressed for clarity about subgroup reporting, particularly how the district handles small counts for American Indian/indigenous students. Unoske explained that state reporting rules can suppress or “pull out” small groups for public-release datasets to preserve student privacy and said the district will continue collecting the data and will adjust the footnotes and wording on public charts to avoid confusion.

On training and readiness, Unoske provided completion figures the district is tracking: 56 percent of staff had completed the asynchronous component of the READ/letters training at the time of the meeting, another 33 percent were in progress, “85 percent have completed units 1 to 4,” and 34 staff had completed all units 1–8; the district had hired 12 new teachers who had not yet completed that training. He said a “train the trainer” model is in use to speed up local capacity.

Unoske also reviewed enrollment and class-size snapshots, saying secondaries were running about 30 students above projection while elementary averages ranged by school (one slide cited an average line of 21.87 for a school with higher compensatory education counts). He reminded the board the district funds elementary class sizes at an average of 25 and Centennial at 23 and that numbers will continue to shift during the first weeks of school.

Unoske outlined a strategic-planning timeline that begins with an Oct. 6 study session for the board, site-level engagement in winter and spring community input, a draft plan in April and board presentation in May–June for a plan intended to steer the district through the 2026–27 school year and beyond.

Discussion and next steps: Unoske said he will return with a revised second draft of superintendent goals reflecting board feedback, clarified data footnotes for small student groups and more specifics on how survey questions were distributed. He asked board members to participate in strategic-planning discussions; board members emphasized that early board input (the Oct.–Dec. window) carries more relative weight than later broad public input because fewer decision-makers are involved at that stage.

The board did not take a formal vote on Unoske’s draft goals at the Sept. 2 meeting; he presented the draft for feedback and indicated a revised draft will be returned before final action.","At the Sept. 2 Richfield School Board meeting, Superintendent Steve Unoske reviewed fall start logistics, curriculum and literacy training under the READ Act, proposed draft goals including a 90% graduation target and plans for strategic planning and expanded progress monitoring.","actionData","errors"]

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Richfield board accepts donations totaling $68,216.97 for scholarships, early learning and athletics

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Richfield superintendent outlines back-to-school priorities, sets draft goal to raise graduation rate to 90%