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Northland Community Schools board approves routine contracts, personnel moves and disposal of retired buses
Summary
At its Oct. 8, 2025 regular meeting, the Northland Community Schools Board unanimously approved disposal of retired buses and shop equipment, ratified interagency and professional services agreements, authorized a business manager posting, hired a girls basketball coach, accepted a paraprofessional resignation, and approved routine consent items including a student field trip.
The Northland Community Schools (ISD #118) Board of Education met Oct. 8, 2025, and unanimously approved a series of routine operational actions, including disposal of obsolete equipment, new contracts, personnel postings and hires, and acceptance of a donation.
Board Chair Marc Ruyak called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. After roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance, the board adopted the meeting agenda on a motion by Aaron Ammerman and a second by Terri Nystrom.
The board approved the consent agenda — including the Sept. 10, 2025 minutes, the September treasurer’s report and bills, a 6th‑grade overnight field trip to Deep Portage Learning Center scheduled for Oct. 14–15, and a resolution accepting gifts and donations. The resolution records a $250 donation from the Northland Lions designated for boys basketball.
In new business, the board authorized the sale, recycling or disposal of obsolete equipment in accordance with Policy 802. Items listed for disposition included four retired buses (Bus #86 — 167,000 miles; Bus #13 — 154,448 miles; Bus #90 — 155,107 miles; Bus #1 — 172,413 miles) and shop tools such as a table saw, joiner, router and plasma cutter. Linda Knox moved the action; Aaron Ammerman seconded, and the motion passed unanimously of the members present.
The board approved the 2025–2026 Interagency Agreement with the Cass County Children’s Initiative and separately approved the 2025–2026 Professional Services Contract with the Leech Lake Tribal Council; both motions were made by Terri Nystrom and seconded by Aaron Ammerman and passed on unanimous votes of the members present.
On personnel matters, the board voted to post a 1.0 FTE Business Manager position (motion by Linda Knox, seconded by Terri Nystrom), approved the hire of Alec Wake as Girls Basketball Head Coach (motion by Linda Knox, seconded by Aaron Ammerman), and accepted the resignation of paraprofessional Amy Lego, effective Oct. 16, 2025 (motion by Linda Knox, seconded by Terri Nystrom). All motions passed unanimously among the four members in attendance.
The board listed “PragerU Video” under new business, but the minutes record no discussion or formal action on that item. The meeting concluded with announcements of upcoming meetings — a work session Oct. 22, 2025, a Policy Committee meeting Nov. 4, 2025, and the next regular meeting Nov. 12, 2025 — and adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
The minutes record unanimous approval on the listed actions among the members present; three board members (Jason Perkins, Tyler Seifert and Bill Wake) were noted as absent for roll call and votes.
