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Votes at a glance: Cannon Falls board approves agenda, finance report, consent items, MSHSL grants and other routine business
Summary
The Cannon Falls Area Schools governing board approved multiple routine items including the agenda, finance report, consent agenda (including donor gifts), coaching assignments, MSHSL Form A and Form B applications, teacher seniority list and MSBA policy updates.
Below are the formal actions the Cannon Falls Area Schools governing board recorded at the meeting. Vote outcomes are taken from the meeting record.
• Agenda approval — Motion to approve the agenda as shown (including addition of cooperative agreement for girls basketball as item 7). Outcome: approved by voice vote; board announced a 6–0 tally.
• Finance report — Motion to approve the finance report and receive audit update. Outcome: approved by voice vote (motion carries); administration noted an upcoming audit presentation on Nov. 24 and timing of debt-service payments.
• Resolution of gifts / Consent agenda — The board acknowledged and accepted donations read into the record before approving the consent agenda under one motion. Gifts read included: $10,000 from Gemini (innovation lab), $571 from St. Anser’s Church (school supplies), two Ed Foundation gifts ($338.79 and $211.94) for classroom materials, $656 for a third-grade Oxbow field trip, and $3,000 from Livio for robotics. Outcome: consent agenda approved by voice vote.
• 2025–26 winter coaching list — Motion to approve the winter coaching list as presented. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• 2025–26 fundraiser list (updated) — Motion to approve updated list (one addition for Spanish trip). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Form A — Motion to approve governing-board support Form A (MSHSL Foundation funds for activity fee assistance). Outcome: approved; roll-call recorded yes votes.
• Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Form B — Motion to approve Form B (grants for seminars/training). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• 2025–26 teacher seniority list — Motion to approve the annual teacher seniority list (staff-reviewed). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• MSBA policy updates — Motion to adopt four MSBA-recommended policy updates as presented by the policy committee. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Girls basketball cooperative (Randolph) — Motion to approve a two-year cooperative for girls basketball covering grades 9–12 with Randolph Public Schools. Outcome: approved by roll-call vote (unanimous). The board left eighth grade in-district for the coming season and tasked administration to finalize logistics.
• Adjournment — Motion to adjourn. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
