By Aberdeen Insider - September 3, 2026 in ABERDEEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
AUGUST 24, 2026
MEETING MINUTES
The Aberdeen School Board Met At 5:30 Pm On Monday, August 24, 2026. Mr. Brian Sharp Called The Meeting To Order With The Following Members Present: Mr. Brian Sharp, Mr. Brad Olson, Dr. Gayle Bortnem, Mr. Aaron Schultz, Mr. Elliot Gall, Mr. Mark Murphy, And Mr. Darin Beckius.
Dr. Jason Uttermark Was Congratulated As The South Dakota High School Principal Of The Year.
It Was Moved By Bortnem And Seconded By Olson To Approve The Agenda.
All Voted Aye.
Condolences Were Expressed To The Schaunaman Family On The Loss Of Their Son, Along With Appreciation For The Cc Lee Staff’s Care, Compassion, And Concern For The Students And Families.
It Was Moved By Schultz And Seconded By Beckius To Approve The Consent Agenda Including The Following: A. Approval Of Bills B. Approval Of Donation- Kim Hanson, Backpacks Filled With School Supplies, Clorox Wipes, And Tissues To Be Used At May Overby Elementary School, A Value Of $240.00. C. Approval Of Donation- Belinda And Mike Jepsen, A Monetary Donation That Will Be Used To Support May Overby Elementary Classrooms, A Value Of $500.00. D. Approval Of Policy Review/Revision, Policy Baa. E. Approval Of Misc. Asphalt And Concrete Improvements- Change Order #2, Increase To Include A Concrete Bollard And A Handrail At Lincoln Elementary School, A Value Of $11,721.73.
All Voted Aye.
Elissa Dickey Provided An Update Regarding Progress That Has Been Made Regarding District Communications And Marketing.
It Was Moved By Olson And Seconded By Beckius To Adjourn The Meeting At 5:52 Pm.
All Voted Aye.
General Fund ASBSD Workshop Registration 2,920.00 A-1 Sanitation & Recycling Llc Garbage Services 5,559.88 Agednet.Com Subscription Renewal 465.00 Agtegra Cooperative Bath Repairs & Maintenance 360.00 Automatic Building Controls Repairs & Maintenance 530.62 Best Western Ramkota Aberdeen Lodging 112.00 Bhssc Literacy Network 9,000.00 Biegler’s C & S Motorsports Repairs & Maintenance 53.92 Brown County Landfill Garbage Services 120.46 Builders Firstsource Repairs & Maintenance (56.23) Cedar Shore Resort Lodging 394.05 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 1,012.82 City Treasurer W/S 2,971.07 Codehs Inc Instructional Supplies 3,850.00 Cole Papers Warehouse Supplies 1,746.92 Constellation Newenergy Gas Natural Gas Expenses 1,549.23 D C I Background Checks 850.00 Da Services Inc Repairs & Maintenance 7,090.00 Dakota Supply Group Repairs & Maintenance 497.69 Fenworks Inc Esports Subscription 1,250.00 Fire Safety First Repairs & Maintenance 5,233.87 Grainger Repairs & Maintenance 21.06 Haux Acoustical Repairs & Maintenance 794.89 Hub City Roofing Inc Repairs & Maintenance 90.00 Innovative Office Solutions Instructional Supplies 4,605.20 Ladner Electric Inc Repairs & Maintenance 296.41 Mcquillen Creative Group Legals July 27 2026 Board 80.78 Menards Repairs & Maintenance 255.76 Midstates Printing Inc Athletic Office Supplies 847.30 Midwest Alarm Company Inc Repairs & Maintenance 372.52 Nelson Sales & Service Llc Repairs & Maintenance 17.99 Nicky’s Communicator Folder Instructional Supplies 504.00 Northern Valley Communications Phone Services 1,612.72 Northwestern Energy Utilities 4,144.16 Ochenta Dba Gas N Goodies Fuel Expense 1,953.23 Performance Oil Repairs & Maintenance 56.64 Pomp’s Tires Vehicle Repairs & 567.76 Premier Auto Vehicle Repairs & 83.83 Proshield Pest Defense Repairs & Maintenance 175.00 Reality Works Instructional Supplies 83.00 Scholastic Instructional Supplies 1,256.10 School Mate Instructional Supplies 667.00 School Specialty Instructional Supplies 345.03 Sheraton Hotel & Conv Cntr Lodging 4,588.00 Sherwin-Williams Repairs & Maintenance 501.62 Specialty Tag & Label Inc Instructional Supplies 518.75 Stericycle Inc Repairs & Maintenance 869.40 Treinta Inc Fuel Expense 117.06 Vestis Laundry Services/Mops 1,721.88 Webb Savannah Staff Training Interpreter 249.80 Fund Total: 72,908.19 Capital Outlay Fund Acme Tools Fargo Instructional Supplies 15,514.06 Ban-Koe Systems Inc Building Remodeling 2,225.36 Blue Alpine Freeze Dryers Instructional Supplies 12,756.00 Builders Firstsource Building Repairs & 105.90 Cdw Governments Inc Tech Supplies 51,658.53 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 138.23 Co-Op Architecture Building Remodeling 37,786.51 Dakota Supply Group Building Repairs & 1,303.82 Element Consulting Engineers Llc Building Repairs & 541.25 Gale/Cengage Learning Instructional Supplies 97,590.15 Harms Heating & Cooling Inc Building Remodeling 2,370.70 Haux Acoustical Building Repairs & 2,130.61 Hocarlsonuse Of Glass Building Remodeling 16,521.53 Hudl 2026-2027 Subscription 19,600.00 Infobase Learning Learn360 Subscription 2,974.13 Jdh Construction Inc Building Remodeling 51,139.75 Jh Construction Llc Building Remodeling 49,680.05 Johnson Controls Building Building Repairs & 1,377.00 Ladner Electric Inc Building Remodeling 2,513.27 Marco Technologies Llc 131411 Tech Supplies 275.50 Menards Tech Supplies 34.71 Nasco Education School Instructional Supplies 102.11 Noah Basketball Annual Service Fee 1,530.00 Northern Valley Communications Metro E 4,000.00 Park & Play Usa Football Scoreboard At Hms 14,745.47 Rayman Flooring Flooring Installation 25,545.00 Service Signs Building Remodeling 4,642.86 Steve Weiss Music Instructional Supplies 487.90 Vosika Fencing Building Remodeling 987.50 Wright & Sudlow Inc Asphalt & Concrete 121,815.23 Fund Total:542,093.13 Special Education Fund A S B S D Conference Registration 205.00 Aspire Inc Student Services 2,289.21 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 3.37 Children’s Home Society Student Services 8,450.13 Ncs Pearson Instructional Supplies 17,385.25 Propio Language Services Interpretation Services 67.44 Sanford Patient Financial Services Student Services 3,672.00 Schwab Audiology Student Services 1,765.00 Sheraton Hotel & Conv Cntr Lodging 296.00 Slp Toolkit Llc Instructional Supplies 2,250.00 Spurs Student Services 575.00 Fund Total:36,958.40 Food Service Fund Auto Value Parts Stores Repairs &, Maintenance 35.99 Grainger Repairs & Maintenance 240.59 Menards Repairs & Maintenance 33.98 Sherwin-Williams Repairs & Maintenance 31.19 Treinta Inc Fuel Expense 127.71 Uline Food Service Supplies 113.90 Fund Total:583.36 Other Enterprise Fund Ochenta Dba Gas N Goodies Fuel Expense 282.97 Ocho Inc Fuel Expense 342.79 Treinta Inc Fuel Expense 392.82 Wolf Stop Fuel Expense 55.67 Fund Total:1,074.25 Checking Account Total: 653,617.33 General Fund Bain Susanne Reimbursement 99.99 Galeana Aaron July-Aug 2026 Mileage 81.69 Guffin Dr Becky Meals Reimbursement 54.00 Hardin’s Photography Athletic Posters/Plaques 850.00 Konda Kerry Meals Reimbursement 550.00 Meister Kelli Mileage Reimbursement 203.00 Mohr Bailey Reimbursement 381.66 Principal’s Conference The Conference Registration 250.00 Ringgenberg Jessica Reimbursement 334.00 Sadler Karen Fuel Reimbursement 48.60 Tri State Water Inc Water 87.50 Fund Total: 2,940.44 Food Service Fund Aberdeen School District Food Service Starting 455.00 Fund Total: 455.00 Checking Account Total:3,395.44 General Fund Beardsley Cappi Meals Reimbursement 54.00 Beckius Darin Reimbursement 334.00 Bortnem Gayle Reimbursement 334.00 Engleking Brayden Soccer Official 90.00 Ford Linda Uniform Allowance 42.47 Gall Elliot Reimbursement 334.00 Hairgrove Steve Reissue Check Cheer/Dance 75.00 Joachim Hope Mileage Reimbursement 280.00 Koch Lew Uniform Allowance 58.40 Lutz Doug Soccer Official 70.00 Olson Bradley Reimbursement 334.00 Opp Michael W Soccer Official 70.00 Pantorium Dry Cleaning 150.60 Rose Josh Soccer Official 90.00 Sahli Jeffrey Soccer Official 70.00 Scarborough Kelsey Reimbursement 37.98 Scoular Blair Soccer Official 70.00 Timm Kelsey July-Aug 2026 Mileage 73.78 Tri State Water Inc Water 39.00 Fund Total:2,607.23 Capital Outlay Fund Aberdeen School District Reimbursement 1,000.00 Fund Total:1,000.00 Special Education Fund Hoeft Tara Reimbursement 240.00 Fund Total:240.00 Food Service Fund Geffdog Designs Kitchen Supplies 160.00 Roll Terri Reissue Check Lunchbox 8.20 Sperle Kelsie Uniform Allowance 182.37 Thigpen Laura Lunchbox Refund 15.40 Fund Total:365.97 Checking Account Total:4,213.20 Custodial Funds Aberdeen School District Reimbursement 3,340.91 Comeau Madeline 250th Banner 100.00 Fauth Camden Soccer Camp 425.00 Geffdog Designs Clothing 717.36 Midstates Printing Inc Athletic Supplies 3,683.15 Fund Total: 8,266.42 Checking Account Total:8,266.42 Custodial Funds Aberdeen School District Concessions Starting Change 2,000.00 Fund Total:2,000.00 Checking Account Total:2,000.00 General Fund A S B S D Workshop Registration 2,920.00 A-1 Sanitation & Recycling Llc Garbage Services 5,559.88 Agednet.Com Subscription Renewal 465.00 Agtegra Cooperative Bath Repairs & Maintenance 360.00 Automatic Building Controls Repairs & Maintenance 530.62 Best Western Ramkota Aberdeen Lodging 112.00 Bhssc Literacy Network 9,000.00 Biegler’s C & S Motorsports Repairs & Maintenance 53.92 Brown County Landfill Garbage Services 120.46 Builders Firstsource Repairs & Maintenance (56.23) Cedar Shore Resort Lodging 394.05 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 1,012.82 City Treasurer W/S 2,971.07 Codehs Inc Instructional Supplies 3,850.00 Cole Papers Warehouse Supplies 1,746.92 Constellation Newenergy Gas Natural Gas Expenses 1,549.23 D C I Background Checks 850.00 Da Services Inc Repairs & Maintenance 7,090.00 Dakota Supply Group Repairs & Maintenance 497.69 Fenworks Inc Esports Subscription 1,250.00 Fire Safety First Repairs & Maintenance 5,233.87 Grainger Repairs & Maintenance 21.06 Haux Acoustical Repairs & Maintenance 794.89 Hub City Roofing Inc Repairs & Maintenance 90.00 Innovative Office Solutions Instructional Supplies 4,605.20 Ladner Electric Inc Repairs & Maintenance 296.41 Mcquillen Creative Group Legals July 27 2026 Board 80.78 Menards Repairs & Maintenance 255.76 Midstates Printing Inc Athletic Office Supplies 847.30 Midwest Alarm Company Inc Repairs & Maintenance 372.52 Nelson Sales & Service Llc Repairs & Maintenance 17.99 Nicky’s Communicator Folder Instructional Supplies 504.00 Northern Valley Communications Phone Services 1,612.72 Northwestern Energy Utilities 4,144.16 Ochenta Dba Gas N Goodies Fuel Expense 1,953.23 Performance Oil Repairs & Maintenance 56.64 Pomp’s Tires Vehicle Repairs & 567.76 Premier Auto Vehicle Repairs & 83.83 Proshield Pest Defense Repairs & Maintenance 175.00 Reality Works Instructional Supplies 83.00 Scholastic Instructional Supplies 1,256.10 School Mate Instructional Supplies 667.00 School Specialty Instructional Supplies 345.03 Sheraton Hotel & Conv Cntr Lodging 4,588.00 Sherwin-Williams Repairs & Maintenance 501.62 Specialty Tag & Label Inc Instructional Supplies 518.75 Stericycle Inc Repairs & Maintenance 869.40 Treinta Inc Fuel Expense 117.06 Vestis Laundry Services/Mops 1,721.88 Webb Savannah Staff Training Interpreter 249.80 Fund Total: 72,908.19 Capital Outlay Fund Acme Tools Fargo Instructional Supplies 15,514.06 Ban-Koe Systems Inc Building Remodeling 2,225.36 Blue Alpine Freeze Dryers Instructional Supplies 12,756.00 Builders Firstsource Building Repairs & 105.90 Cdw Governments Inc Tech Supplies 51,658.53 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 138.23 Co-Op Architecture Building Remodeling 37,786.51 Dakota Supply Group Building Repairs & 1,303.82 Element Consulting Engineers Llc Building Repairs & 541.25 Gale/Cengage Learning Instructional Supplies 97,590.15 Harms Heating & Cooling Inc Building Remodeling 2,370.70 Haux Acoustical Building Repairs & 2,130.61 House Of Glass Building Remodeling 16,521.53 Hudl 2026-2027 Subscription 19,600.00 Infobase Learning Learn360 Subscription 2,974.13 Jdh Construction Inc Building Remodeling 51,139.75 Jh Construction Llc Building Remodeling 49,680.05 Johnson Controls Building Building Repairs & 1,377.00 Ladner Electric Inc Building Remodeling 2,513.27 Marco Technologies Llc 131411 Tech Supplies 275.50 Menards Tech Supplies 34.71 Nasco Education School Instructional Supplies 102.11 Noah Basketball Annual Service Fee 1,530.00 Northern Valley Communications Metro E 4,000.00 Park & Play Usa Football Scoreboard At Hms 14,745.47 Rayman Flooring Flooring Installation 25,545.00 Service Signs Building Remodeling 4,642.86 Steve Weiss Music Instructional Supplies 487.90 Vosika Fencing Building Remodeling 987.50 Wright & Sudlow Inc Asphalt & Concrete 121,815.23 Fund Total:542,093.13 Special Education Fund A S B S D Conference Registration 205.00 Aspire Inc Student Services 2,289.21 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 3.37 Children’s Home Society Student Services 8,450.13 Ncs Pearson Instructional Supplies 17,385.25 Propio Language Services Interpretation Services 67.44 Sanford Patient Financial Services Student Services 3,672.00 Schwab Audiology Student Services 1,765.00 Sheraton Hotel & Conv. Cntr Lodging 296.00 Slp Toolkit Llc Instructional Supplies 2,250.00 Spurs Student Services 575.00 Fund Total:36,958.40 Food Service Fund Auto Value Parts Stores Repairs & Maintenance 35.99 Grainger Repairs & Maintenance 240.59 Menards Repairs & Maintenance 33.98 Sherwin-Williams Repairs & Maintenance 31.19 Treinta Inc Fuel Expense 127.71 Uline Food Service Supplies 113.90 Fund Total:583.36 Other Enterprise Fund Ochenta Dba Gas N Goodies Fuel Expense 282.97 Ocho Inc Fuel Expense 342.79 Treinta Inc Fuel Expense 392.82 Wolf Stop Fuel Expense 55.67 Fund Total:1,074.25 Checking Account Total: 653,617.33 General Fund Bain Susanne Reimbursement 99.99 Galeana Aaron July-Aug 2026 Mileage 81.69 Guffin Dr Becky Meals Reimbursement 54.00 Hardin’s Photography Athletic Posters/Plaques 850.00 Konda Kerry Meals Reimbursement 550.00 Meister Kelli Mileage Reimbursement 203.00 Mohr Bailey Reimbursement 381.66 Principal’s Conference The Conference Registration 250.00 Ringgenberg Jessica Reimbursement 334.00 Sadler Karen Fuel Reimbursement 48.60 Tri State Water Inc Water 87.50 Fund Total: 2,940.44 Food Service Fund Aberdeen School District Food Service Starting 455.00 Fund Total:455.00 Checking Account Total:3,395.44 General Fund Beardsley Cappi Meals Reimbursement 54.00 Beckius Darin Reimbursement 334.00 Bortnem Gayle Reimbursement 334.00 Engleking Brayden Soccer Official 90.00 Ford Linda Uniform Allowance 42.47 Gall Elliot Reimbursement 334.00 Hairgrove Steve Reissue Check Cheer/Dance 75.00 Joachim Hope Mileage Reimbursement 280.00 Koch Lew Uniform Allowance 58.40 Lutz Doug Soccer Official 70.00 Olson Bradley Reimbursement 334.00
Opp Michael W Soccer Official 70.00 Pantorium Dry Cleaning 150.60 Rose Josh Soccer Official 90.00 Sahli Jeffrey Soccer Official 70.00 Scarborough Kelsey Reimbursement 37.98 Scoular Blair Soccer Official 70.00 Timm Kelsey July-Aug 2026 Mileage 73.78 Tri State Water Inc Water 39.00 Fund Total:2,607.23 Capital Outlay Fund Aberdeen School District Reimbursement 1,000.00 Fund Total:1,000.00 Special Education Fund Hoeft Tara Reimbursement 240.00 Fund Total:240.00 Food Service Fund Geffdog Designs Kitchen Supplies 160.00 Roll Terri Reissue Check Lunchbox 8.20 Sperle Kelsie Uniform Allowance 182.37 Thigpen Laura Lunchbox Refund 15.40 Fund Total:365.97 Checking Account Total:4,213.20 Custodial Funds Aberdeen School District Reimbursement 3,340.91 Comeau Madeline 250th Banner 100.00 Fauth Camden Soccer Camp 425.00 Geffdog Designs Clothing 717.36 Midstates Printing Inc Athletic Supplies 3,683.15 Fund Total: 8,266.42 Checking Account Total:8,266.42 Custodial Funds Aberdeen School District Concessions Starting Change 2,000.00 Fund Total:2,000.00 Checking Account Total:2,000.00
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