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Rushford-Peterson board packet: consent agenda approvals, personnel items and policy updates noted
Summary
The board packet included routine consent-agenda items (payables, payroll, donations), multiple personnel actions (volunteers, hires, retirements, leaves), seniority listings and first/second readings of several policies; the included Nov. 17 minutes recorded a roll-call resolution calling for an election on a bond question.
Rushford-Peterson School Board materials for Dec. 15, 2025 compiled routine business items: consent agenda financial listings, donation approvals, personnel changes, and policy readings and adoptions.
Consent and finance: The packet lists hand payables, payroll liabilities and board bills totaling items in the hundreds of thousands (examples in the packet include hand payables/wires/payroll liabilities of $437,209.21; payroll of $353,170.48; board bills of $163,921.54) and a donations table showing gifts totaling $3,229.00 to district programs.
Personnel actions: The personnel section enumerated volunteer coaches for boys basketball, wrestling and youth grades, hires including a long-term substitute 5th-grade teacher and food-service staff, retirements of two long-serving paraprofessionals (Molly Wieser, Michele Wick), and an approved leave of absence for Emily Charlebois (1/5/2026–6/3/2026). The packet also included the district’s 2025–2026 licensed staff seniority list.
Policy actions in packet: The Nov. 17 minutes (included in the Dec. 15 packet) record adoption by roll call of a resolution calling for an election on the building bond and show the board approved second readings and adoption of several policies at that meeting (policies listed in minutes included 214, 401, 402, 417, 606). The Dec. 15 packet additionally includes notices of second readings for Policy 306 (Administrator Code of Ethics) and 507.5 (School Resource Officers) and first readings for policies 424 (License Status), 528 (Student parental/family/marital status nondiscrimination) and 535 (Service Animals in Schools).
Administrative reports: Superintendent Ben Bernard’s written report in the packet covered enrollment updates (district reported approximately 640 students, projecting a decline to ~568 over five years), staffing and negotiations updates, and links to informational resources about the bond; building- and activities-level reports detailed student achievements and program calendars.
Votes recorded in included minutes: The Nov. 17 minutes recorded motions (adopt agenda; approve consent agenda) that passed, and a roll-call vote adopting a resolution calling for a bond election (passed with five yeas, one nay; one absent). The packet’s Dec. 15 materials do not record a further final vote on the bond question but provide MDE’s review and the district’s schedule of public information meetings.
The packet also included a Hiawatha Valley Education District report (HVED) documenting the Winona Mall central-site project and program transitions, provided for board information.
