School board approves planning assumptions, ratifies custodial contract and adopts personnel resolutions

The Alexandria Public School District board approved a set of planning assumptions to guide budget and staffing decisions for the 2025–26 school year, ratified a custodial contract covering fiscal years 2024–26 and adopted a series of personnel-related resolutions, including a resolution initiating recommendations for reductions or discontinuations and a resolution to discharge a continuing contract teacher under Minnesota Statute 122A.40.

Board action came after staff presentations on planning, budgeting and staffing. The board approved a first reading of the planning assumptions that administrators will use to prepare the 2025–26 budget and staffing proposals, including conservative enrollment estimates and the expectation of legislative changes during the session. The board then moved through a series of routine and required resolutions and contract ratifications.

The planning assumptions reference revenue assumptions such as a projected slight dip in adjusted daily membership (enrollment) and continued use of existing local levy certifications. On expenditures, the district highlighted staffing as its largest cost driver and noted it is planning to purchase three buses and continue to use deferred maintenance and…