Board votes: transportation negotiations approved; PLSEA tentative agreement, principal hire and substitute staffing pass
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Summary
At its March 23 meeting the Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools board approved entering negotiations for transportation RFP recommendations (vote 5–2), unanimously ratified a 2025–27 tentative agreement with PLSEA, approved the hiring of a new principal for 5 Hawks Elementary, and approved a 0.9375 FTE elementary substitute position.
The Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools board took several formal actions during its March 23 meeting.
Transportation RFP recommendation: After a staff presentation and board discussion about routing separation, negotiation strategy and transparency concerns (including a letter alleging potential conflict of interest), the board voted to move forward with negotiations on the district’s transportation recommendations. Motion: to approve proceeding with the transportation recommendation and negotiations; seconder recorded in the minutes as Director Johnson; outcome: passed 5–2. District staff said RFP responses and full numbers will be shared after negotiations as appropriate and per legal guidance.
PLSEA 2025–27 tentative agreement: Director Cothern summarized a tentative agreement with the Prior Lake-Savage Education Association covering 2025–27. Highlights in the board packet included multi‑year salary schedule movement (examples: $300 increases on steps 1–14 for 2025–26, step 16 added at $700; 2026–27 increases including $1,500 on steps 1–15 and $2,500 for step 16), 5% increases for Schedule C/D, and calendar adjustments for 2026–27 that reduce student contact days by a net of one while changing certain workdays; the board approved the tentative agreement 7–0.
5 Hawks Elementary principal: The board approved the district’s recommendation to hire Lisa Manders as principal of 5 Hawks Elementary, effective July 1, 2026; vote 7–0.
Elementary building substitute staffing: The board approved a request to add 0.9375 FTE elementary building substitute teacher at Edgewood (funded by the community services fund); vote 7–0.
Minutes and the board packet list motions, movers/seconders where recorded; the district said detailed RFP materials and final contract numbers will be provided to the board as negotiations conclude and before any contract approvals.
