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ISD 199 board moves into closed session for labor negotiations update
Summary
The Inver Grove Heights Community Schools (ISD 199) School Board voted 4-0 on Sept. 8, 2025 to hold a closed-session update on labor negotiations under Minnesota law; the session was called to order at 7:32 p.m. and adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
The Inver Grove Heights Community Schools Board of Education voted to meet in closed session on Monday evening for a labor negotiations update. "Motion by Member Klingner and a Second by Member Niemioja to move to a Closed Session of the School Board for the Purpose of a Labor Negotiations Update Discussion." The motion carried 4-0 at 7:29 p.m.
Board Chair Carrie Lounsberry called the closed session to order at 7:32 p.m. The minutes list four members present — Carrie Lounsberry, Sarah Larsen, Jacob Klingner and Liz Niemioja — and three members absent: Darcie Pierson, Sherry Warrick and Shana Dukes. Attending district officials included Superintendent Dave Bernhardson and directors Heather Aune (business services), Emily Herman (human resources) and Caroline Little (instructional technology).
The minutes record that the meeting was closed "as permitted by: Preliminary Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subdivision 2(3), and 121A.47, subdivision 5 to discuss Labor Negotiations." The public minutes do not disclose substantive details of the negotiations discussed during the closed session.
The closed session adjourned at 7:55 p.m. The minutes are signed by Board Clerk Sach Jm with a date notation of Oct. 27, 2025. The board did not record any formal public actions or votes on the negotiations in the minutes beyond the motion to convene the closed session.
