Votes at a glance — Forest Lake Area Schools board, Sept. 4, 2025

This brief summarizes formal actions recorded during the Forest Lake Area Schools board meeting on Sept. 4, 2025.

- Agenda adoption: The meeting agenda was adopted by voice vote after a motion to approve. (No roll-call recorded on transcript; outcome: adopted.)

- Consent agenda (items 7.1–7.4): Approved by voice vote (motion and second noted; no roll-call provided in transcript). Items included standard consent items.

- Uniform Grant Guidance update (Item 7.5): The board approved an update to the district’s federal uniform grant guidance (UGG) to reflect changes in federal thresholds (bid and capitalization thresholds raised). Motion carried by voice vote.

- Donations (Item 8.1): The board accepted $37,596.75 in donations from multiple donors, including Forest Lake Area High School Football Boosters Club and private donors, and approved acceptance by roll-call. Roll-call summary: Corcoran — Aye; Rebelein — Aye; Haglund — Aye; Castle — Abstain; Christensen — Aye; Tyson — Aye; Antonson — Aye. Outcome: accepted.

- Staff retirements (Item 8.2): The board accepted two notices of retirement (Kenneth Greninger, custodian; Marlene Skolowski, paraprofessional) by voice vote; item approved.

- Policies 1301–1306 (Items 8.4–8.9): After extended discussion the board voted to commit the six draft administration-policy replacements (1301–1306) to the district’s policy advisory committee for review and directed the committee to return recommended language to the board (motion amended and passed by roll-call). Tally on committee referral: yes — 5; no — 1; abstain — 1.

- Adjournment: Meeting adjourned by voice vote following motion and second.

Ending: Where the transcript includes roll calls, tallies above reflect recorded votes; several other approvals were completed by voice vote and were recorded as carried in the minutes.