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Alexandria board approves consent agenda with personnel changes, grants and student trips
Summary
The Alexandria Public Schools board unanimously approved a broad consent agenda that ratified March claims, dozens of personnel actions, several donations totaling tens of thousands in aggregate, and multiple student field trips including an AAHS Spanish class trip to Costa Rica in 2028.
The Board of Education of Alexandria Public Schools unanimously approved the April 20 consent agenda, which included ratification of March 2026 claims and revenue/expenditure reports and a large package of personnel actions. The board recorded Ayes 6, Nays 0 on the motion by Maureen Eigen, seconded by Alan Zeithamer.
Personnel items covered new hires, resignations and retirements across licensed and nonlicensed staff. Examples in the packet include part-time reading intervention hires (Susan Flynn and Tamara Nelson, hire date 3/16/26), the retirement of Sean Foster effective June 2, 2026, and multiple resignations and contract expirations. The consent agenda also authorized donations and grants: $970 from Gate City Bank’s Cardinal Debit Program; $5,000 to HOSA from Alexandria Elks Lodge 1685; $2,000 to the AAHS softball team from the Softball Booster Club; multiple DECA donations (including $3,000 from Hilltop Lumber and $2,500 from Alex Brick & Stone Inc.); and a $435 grant to DMS Science from the National Fluid Power Association.
The board approved extended field trips listed in the packet: FFA students to the 2026 FFA State Convention in Minneapolis (April 19–21, 2026); Boys Varsity Golf tournaments May 1–2 (Morton, MN) and May 26–28, 2026 (Park Rapids, MN); and an AAHS Spanish class trip to Costa Rica planned for February 12–21, 2028. Fundraising activities for athletics and co-curricular programs were also authorized, including a Fruity Bowls food truck event for Track & Field and a Girls Basketball golf tournament and pizza event.
The consent motion also moved forward policy work and inter-institution agreements: first reading of Policy 515 (Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records), adoption of Policies 410, 522, 616 and 722, acceptance of an Incident Report Form, and agreements with Alexandria Technical & Community College (Statement of Assurances & Certifications for RAED) and Valley City State University (affiliation agreement July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029).
