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Pequot Lakes Public Schools board accepts $29,017.72 in donations
Summary
The Pequot Lakes Public Schools board adopted a resolution on Oct. 20, 2025 accepting $29,017.72 in donations for district programs, including a $12,942.72 gift from the Gridiron Club for football helmets and pads and two $4,500 gifts for basketball equipment.
The Pequot Lakes Public Schools Board of Education on Oct. 20, 2025 adopted a resolution accepting $29,017.72 in donations to support student trips, athletics and PBIS programs. The minutes identify a series of gifts and grants listed by donor and designated purpose and record the resolution as adopted.
Major items recorded in the minutes include a $12,942.72 donation from the Gridiron Club designated for football helmets and pads; two $4,500 gifts from Ward & Beverly Anderson and from Kyle & Heidi Knudsen for a basketball shooting machine; $5,000 from Ideal Community Service Organization for a 6th-grade Long Lake Conservation trip; $1,000 and $500 for 8th-grade U of M trips (from Ideal Community Service Organization and the Pequot Lakes School PTA, respectively); and a $575 contribution from Lakes Area United Way earmarked for school PBIS programs. The minutes list the October total for district accounts as $29,017.72.
The minutes cite Minnesota Statutes 123B.02, Subd. 6 (authority for school boards to receive donations for district purposes) and Minnesota Statutes 465.03 (that acceptance of grants or property be by resolution adopted by a two-thirds majority). The document states only that the resolution was introduced and "adopted"; it does not identify who moved or seconded the motion, nor does it include a roll-call vote tally in the extract provided. The minutes are presented as an "Extract of Minutes" for ISD #186 (Pequot Lakes Public Schools) dated Oct. 20, 2025.
The acceptance of these donations will be reflected in district accounting for the specified designated purposes; the minutes do not record additional direction to staff or follow-up actions in this extract.
