The St. Cloud Public School District Board of Education approved its consent agenda and the lists of graduates for Apollo and Tech High School at the May 21 meeting.

Under the consent agenda, the board approved routine items including minutes, personnel changes, acceptance of grant awards and donations, bills and financial transactions totaling $5,450,278.56, and a long‑term facilities maintenance change order of $70,537. Item G on the consent agenda was a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of the district’s general obligation capital appreciation school building bonds and authorizing the district to follow Minnesota statutes, section 126.55, to guarantee payment of principal and interest and to reimburse certain expenditures from bond proceeds. Board members removed item D for separate consideration and later approved it; the remainder of the consent agenda was approved as moved.

The nut graf: the consent approvals cover routine fiscal and operational matters that the district uses to conduct business and to preserve federal and state compliance, and the bond authorization establishes the board’s intent to issue capital appreciation bonds under the cited Minnesota statute.

On the agenda’s action item, the board approved lists of graduates for Apollo and Tech High School for the May 31 commencement. Assistant Superintendent Jason Harris presented lists indicating Apollo’s list includes 308 students and Tech’s list includes 384 students; Harris said the combined total will exceed 700 students when other home‑school designations are included. A motion to approve the graduates was made by Board Member Al Dahlgren and seconded by Board Member Zach Dorholt. Heather Williams, Natalie Copeland, Zach Dorholt, Heather Weems, Scott Andreasen, Al Dahlgren and Chair Shannon Haas all voted yes in the roll call on the graduation list approval.

Discussion vs. decision: the consent agenda approvals and the graduate lists were formal actions recorded by roll call votes. The board did not discuss changes to the items before voting beyond the removal and separate approval of item D. No bond sale occurred at the meeting; the resolution authorized staff to negotiate the sale and declared the district’s intent to reimburse certain expenditures from future bond proceeds.

Background: the bond resolution references Minnesota statutory provisions for capital school building bonds; the board’s action was procedural authorization rather than a completed financing transaction.

Looking ahead: the board indicated future agenda items on June 4 will include executive contracts and the preliminary 2025–26 budget presentation, where any fiscal impacts of the bonds or special assessments will be reviewed further.