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Votes and actions: Owatonna school board meeting, Jan. 26, 2026
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the ISD 761 meeting on Jan. 26: approval of the agenda; consent agenda; employment of Andrea Van Gelder; extended New York trip 2027; ratification of 2025–2027 OEA agreement; budget reductions; temporary student support plan; acceptance of gifts; adjournment.
The Independent School District 761 school board recorded the following motions and outcomes on Jan. 26, 2026: approval of the meeting agenda (unanimous); approval of the consent agenda including minutes, disbursements and personnel report (roll call, unanimous); employment of Andrea Van Gelder as accompanist (unanimous); approval of an extended trip to New York in 2027 (unanimous); ratification of the 2025–2027 tentative agreement with the Owatonna Education Association and authorization for chair and clerk to execute the agreement (unanimous); approval of a budget reduction plan with a minimum of $3.7 million (unanimous); support for a temporary student learning support plan through Feb. 20 (unanimous); acceptance of gifts via resolution (unanimous); and adjournment at 6:02 PM.
The meeting minutes record motions and unanimous outcomes but provide limited detail on the content of some items (for example, line-item budget reductions, contract financial terms, and components of the temporary learning support plan were not specified in the minutes). The minutes were signed by Andrea Van Gelder as School Board Clerk and list an approval date of Feb. 23, 2026.
