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Board approves consent items, preliminary travel-club trip to Japan, calendars, benefits rates and a one-year Cedar School lease extension
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Summary
At its April 23 meeting the ISD 191 board approved the consent agenda and several business items: preliminary approval of a 2028 Travel Club trip to Japan, the birth-to-3 stretch calendar for 2026–27, FY27 employee benefits premiums and rates, and a one-year extension of the Cedar School lease with Intermediate District 917; all votes were recorded as carried unanimously in the transcript.
The ISD 191 Board of Education took a number of business actions during its April 23 meeting; the transcript records motions and unanimous approvals on several items.
Key actions:
- Approve agenda: Motion moved by Director Chester and seconded by Director Werb; the board voted and the motion passed unanimously.
- Consent agenda: The consent agenda was moved and carried unanimously.
- Preliminary approval, Travel Club international trip to Japan (2028): Travel club advisors presented logistics and fundraising plans; the board moved and seconded preliminary approval and voted to provide preliminary approval (ayes carried).
- Approve 2026–27 birth-to-3 stretch calendars (early childhood special education): Christy Wanzek presented the calendars needed to meet evaluation timelines for birth-to-3 early intervention; the board moved (Director Mickelson), seconded (Director Anderson) and approved the calendars unanimously.
- Approve FY27 employee benefits premiums and rates: Stacy Solheim recommended a 5% increase in the self-insured medical plan and a 5% increase in the self-insured dental plan, no change to accidental death and dismemberment, and a slight decrease in long-term disability; the board approved the recommendation unanimously.
- Approve one-year extension of Cedar School lease with Intermediate District 917: Staff recommended a lease extension through June 2027 to allow 917 lead time for relocation and program expansion; the board moved, seconded and approved the one-year extension unanimously.
Outcomes in the transcript are recorded as motions carried; individual roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript text beyond unanimous approval.
