The Sartell-St. Stephen School Board discussed options for student outreach and agreed on a flexible approach: small, sign-up listening sessions (often referenced in the meeting as "safer time" sessions), possible campus visits to student council or AP government classes, and one-on-one office-hour style conversations to broaden access.

Board members said sessions should be intentionally structured (a topic in advance) and limited by size; one proposal was to cap sessions at about 15'16 students and add more sessions if demand exceeds capacity. The board favored having multiple board members present (two or three) to ensure a range of perspectives is captured rather than relying on a single member's summary of the conversation.

Legal concerns about serial meetings led members to recommend care in rotating which trustees attend repeated sessions; the goal is to avoid any pattern that could be perceived as a quorum meeting outside public notice. The facilities committee and policy committee were identified as logical recipients of student input tied respectively to athletic fields and policy topics (such as cell phones).

On scheduling, members discussed weekday options and proposed early steps: pilot student outreach in December (with cell phones as a priority topic) and begin facilities-related student input in early January. The board asked staff to manage sign-ups, consider time-of-day alternatives (including possible pre-school Wednesday mornings), and return with a concrete schedule and engagement plan.

No formal motions were taken at the work session; staff were asked to refine logistics and to work with committee chairs on how best to route student feedback into committee-level discussions.