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Board approves donations, supports HS League grant, and OKs technology and staffing changes
Summary
The Little Falls board on Oct. 20 approved a package of routine and administrative actions: acceptance of multiple donations, support for a Minnesota State High School League Foundation grant application, approval to move student records to Infinite Campus for 2026–27, and authorization to post a network administrator position.
At its Oct. 20 meeting the Little Falls Community Schools Board of Education approved multiple routine and administrative actions, including acceptance of community donations, support for a grant application to the Minnesota State High School League Foundation, a unanimous vote to pursue a student information system change to Infinite Campus for the 2026–27 school year, and authorization to post a network administrator position.
Donations and gifts The board adopted a resolution to gratefully accept multiple gifts to district programs and projects. Donors and grants listed in the resolution included (excerpted): Peers Area Commercial Club ($500 to High School FFA); Theresa Welters ($250 to Project Band Aid); Ekerath Music ($1,000 to High School Band); Little Falls Elementary PTA ($20,000 to the Lindbergh Playground Project); City of Little Falls ($42,000 to Little Falls Community Services Program); anonymous and named donors to scholarships, industrial tech, science, and other programs. The resolution passed on a roll call with an affirmative vote (Dan, Doug, Julian, Mark and the chair recorded as yes).
Minnesota State High School League Foundation grant resolution The board passed a resolution supporting the school's application to the Minnesota State High School League Foundation to offset student activity fees. The resolution was adopted by recorded vote (Dan, Doug, Julie, Mark and the chair recorded as yes).
Student information system: Infinite Campus District staff recommended moving from the current Skyward/Cumulative arrangement to Infinite Campus for the 2026–27 school year, citing repeated staff frustrations with the current configuration, better vendor support and a lower bundled cost when accounting for auxiliary services. The board approved the recommendation in a motion that passed unanimously. District staff said conversion would include paid professional services for data migration and training; ongoing annual costs are expected to be lower when compared with Skyward plus required auxiliary platforms. The district stated it will retain records for graduates up to five years for reporting purposes but that not all historical details older than that will be migrated.
Technology staffing and personnel actions The board authorized posting a network administrator position to stabilize technology operations; the motion passed unanimously. The board also approved October 2025 lane changes (personnel/contract step changes) by unanimous vote.
Board procedure notes Motions were moved and seconded on the floor as follows: the student information system change was moved and seconded from the floor and approved; the technology staffing posting motion was approved; the donations resolution and the MN State High School League Foundation resolution were approved by roll call. Vote tallies were generally unanimous in the meeting record; where roll-call names were recorded the minutes list board members Dan, Doug, Julie/Julian, Mark and the chair as voting yes on the resolutions cited.
What the votes mean next Approvals to pursue Infinite Campus begin a conversion and training process; staff indicated this will require professional services for data migration and time to complete before the 2026–27 school year. The network-administrator posting initiates hiring processes to strengthen day-to-day technology operations. The accepted donations will be used for the named programs and projects listed in the board resolution.
