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Board approves routine personnel, grant and policy items; fills vacant seat
Summary
St Clair County Schools board accepted resignations, approved appointments and grant resolutions, adopted a uniform signature block policy and appointed Doug Westfall to the board; multiple actions passed by voice or roll call.
The St Clair County Schools Board of Education on an evening meeting approved a series of routine personnel actions, grant applications and policy items and appointed a replacement to a vacated board seat.
Board members unanimously accepted the resignation of Kevin Cumberland and approved three staffing appointments: Richard (custodian), Sandra (paraprofessional) and Thomas Cholopnik (replacement teacher). The board accepted donations including $25,495.77 from athletic backers for baseball/softball concessions and related equipment, $1,000 from Eagle Lake Fire Department for percussion instruction and $750 from the Saint Clair American Legion for the speech team.
On grants and reports, the board adopted resolutions to request Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) grant funds (two separate resolutions/forms were introduced and approved by roll call) and approved the Saint Clair Community Education annual report and the FY25–26 assurance of compliance report included in the board packet. The board also approved submission of the district's World's Best Workforce report as presented.
Administratively, the board passed a resolution establishing a uniform signature block for district documents. The board conducted a first reading of policy 903 (visitors to school buildings and sites) with no significant changes noted. The board appointed Karen as the district representative to the Minnesota Valley Education District (MVED) (the local collaborative service district) and appointed Doug Westfall to fill the vacant school board seat effective immediately until the next general election, in accordance with Minnesota statute. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Accept resignation of Kevin Cumberland — motion moved by Mick; seconded by Connie; voice vote: carried. - Approve appointments (Richard, Sandra, Thomas Cholopnik) — motion moved by Connie; seconded by Karen; voice vote: carried. - Accept donations (listed above) — motion moved; seconded; voice vote: carried. - Resolution requesting MSHSL grant funds (form A) — motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded (Karen: yes; Myself: yes; Ben: yes; Tom: yes); adopted. - Resolution requesting MSHSL grant funds (form B) — motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded (Karen: yes; Myself: yes; Ben: yes; Connie: yes); adopted. - Approve Saint Clair Community Education annual report — motion moved; seconded; voice vote: carried. - Approve FY25–26 assurance of compliance report — motion moved by Connie; seconded by Mick; voice vote: carried. - Resolution to establish a uniform signature block — motion introduced by Nick; seconded by Karen; roll call recorded and approved. - Approve submission of World's Best Workforce report — motion moved and seconded; voice vote: carried. - Appoint Doug Westfall to vacant board seat — motion moved by Connie; seconded by Ken; voice vote: carried. - Appoint Karen as MVED representative — motion moved by Nick; seconded by Karen; voice vote: carried. - First reading of policy 903 (visitors) — informational; no changes; moved on to next step.
The board used a mix of voice votes and roll-call votes; where roll call was used the meeting recorded affirmative responses by name. No contested outcomes were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
