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Board approves personnel moves, calendar, special-ed hire posting and 10¢ lunch increase; scholarship added
Summary
At its meeting, the Cannon Falls School Board approved personnel actions, added a new scholarship, updated the 2025–26 calendar, authorized posting a 1.0 FTE special education position and approved a 10¢ school-lunch price increase. Several votes were voice approvals; individual vote tallies were not recorded for each item in the transcript.
The Cannon Falls School Board approved a package of routine and budget-related items during its meeting, including personnel appointments, the addition of a memorial scholarship, updates to spring coaching lists, an updated 2025–26 school calendar, authorization to post a 1.0 full-time-equivalent special education position and a 10¢ increase in school lunch prices for 2025–26.
Board action highlights
- Personnel/consent agenda: Trustees approved the consent agenda that included personnel items and formally named Steven Strauss as the elementary principal. The board approved the personnel motion by voice vote; the transcript records “Motion carries.”
- Justice for Jessica scholarship: The board approved a new annual $500 scholarship, "Justice for Jessica," to be awarded to a graduating senior pursuing law enforcement, EMS or human services. The donor was identified as Laura Stephanie, class of 1997; the scholarship will be paid in December upon proof of college passing grades.
- Spring coaching list updates: The board approved updates to the 2024–25 spring coaching list, including volunteer additions and funding adjustments; changes were shown in the packet as redlined updates.
- 2025–26 school calendar updates: Trustees approved minor changes to the 2025–26 calendar, including consolidating multiple one-hour after-school professional development sessions into fewer, longer staff workshop days at the start of the year and adding early-release conference days in fall and spring to alleviate overcrowded conference schedules.
- Special education position posting: The board authorized posting and hiring a new 1.0 FTE special education position for 2025–26 to address increasing caseloads, particularly in early elementary and preschool. The district expects state reimbursement to cover roughly two-thirds of the cost in a subsequent fiscal year; the district will cash-flow the first year.
- Lunch price increase: Trustees approved a 10¢ increase per meal for 2025–26, a modest annual adjustment the district said it maintains in case state-sponsored free meals are removed in future legislation.
Votes and records
Most approvals were recorded by voice vote; the transcript documents “All in favor say aye… Opposed? Motion carries” for each approved item but does not list an individual roll-call tally for those items. The extended-leave request—addressed in a separate article—was denied 6-0.
Provenance
These items are recorded in the meeting packets and minutes; agenda lines and the supporting packet contained the personnel listings, scholarship language, coaching-list changes, calendar and budget notes on special education funding and the lunch-pricing memo.
