By Aberdeen Insider - May 14, 2026 in ABERDEEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF MAY 11, 2026 MINUTES
The Aberdeen School Board met at 5:30 PM on Monday, May 11, 2026. President Aaron Schultz called the meeting to order with the following members present: Mr. Aaron Schultz, Dr. Gayle Bortnem, Mr. Brian Sharp, Mr. Kevin Burckhard, Mr. Mark Murphy, Brad Olson and Mr. Darin Beckius.
Kalista Aadland was congratulated as the South Dakota Retired School Personnel Grandparent Essay winner.
It was moved by Sharp and seconded by Bortnem to approve the agenda.
All voted Aye.
President Schultz thanked everyone for another successful school year and best wishes for summer break.
It was moved by Murphy and seconded by Beckius to approve the April 13, 2026, and April 27, 2026, Minutes.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Burckhard and seconded by Bortnem to approve the consent agenda including the following: a. Approval of Financial Statement b. Approval of Bills and Payroll c. Approval of Grant Application- Delta Kappa Gamma- Simmons Elementary School- Senger, bringing the kitchen to the classroom by purchasing a crockpot, electric skillet, cutting board, mixing bowls, funnels, ice cream scoop, can opener, paring knives, a whisk, and an electric kettle, a value of $850.00. d. Approval of Personnel 1. Certified/Co-Curricular Resignation a. Tobias Carda- Science Teacher at Central High School b. Brooke Vitters- Science Teacher at Holgate Middle School 2. Certified/Co-Curricular Approval a. Brennan Roso- Middle School Football Coach b. Michael Lillis- .5 Skills USA Advisor at ATEC c. Elizabeth Ketterling- .5 Skills USA Advisor at ATEC d. Ashley Neuharth- Grade 8 Science Teacher at Holgate Middle School e. Eh Tha You Wilkie- Preschool Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School f. Margot Steed- Grade 8 Math Teacher at Simmons Middle School, .5 Math Counts at Simmons Middle School e. Approval of Donation- Central High School Parent Teacher Association, a monetary donation that will be used to cover negative lunch balances at Central High School, a value of $5,000.00 f. Approval of Donation- Karen DeBrine, a monetary donation that will be used at ATEC for the Welding Club, a value of $100.00. g. Approval of Donation- Special Olympics South Dakota, a monetary donation that will be used for Special Olympics at Holgate Middle School, a value of $200.00. h. Approval of Ratifications and Authorizations (under separate cover) 1. Open Enrollment Application #2026-29 2. Open Enrollment Application #2026-30 i. Approval of District Carpet Bid Recommendation, recommendation is that the contract be awarded to Rayman Flooring, with base bid in the amount of $86,324.00. j. Approval of 2026 Misc. Asphalt and Concrete Improvements, Bid Schedule A- Asphalt Improvements- recommendation to accept the bid which was received from Jensen Rock & Sand Inc. in the amount of $110,411.38. Bid Schedule B- recommendation to accept the bid which was received from Wright and Sudlow, Inc. in the amount of $99,403.50. k. Approval of Surplus School District Property.
All voted Aye.
Officer John Kirnan and Sergeant Dan Kaiser shared updates on how the school resource officers interact with our students in school and at various events in the community.
It was moved by Sharp and seconded by Burckhard to approve the 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Olson and seconded by Beckius to approve the 2026-2027 Transportation Contract.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Sharp and seconded by Bortnem to approve Jeff Kosters as the SDHSAA Division IV Representative.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Sharp and seconded by Beckius to approve SDHSAA Amendment 1.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Bortnem and seconded by Sharp to approve SDHSAA Amendment 2.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Sharp and seconded by Olson to approve SDHSAA Amendment 3.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Sharp and seconded by Olson to approve First Reading 6-12 Math adoption.
All voted Aye.
It was moved by Beckius and seconded by Bortnem to adjourn the meeting at 6:16 PM.
All voted Aye.
Cash Receipts, Cash Disbursements and Cash Balances for the month ended April 30, 2026. Cash Balance as of March 31, 2026: General 7,037,056.11 Capital Outlay 7,240,711.42 Special Education 2,909,059.59 Arena 17,732.61 Food Service 365,711.59 Other Enterprise 81,503.29 Self Insurance 4,191,148.77 Trust & Agency 709,980.69 Total All Funds: 2,552,904.07.
Receipts by Fund: General 2,515,554.24 Capital Outlay 584,148.89 Special Education 839,053.58 Arena Fund 0.00 Food Service 268,104.48 Other Enterprise 6,825.00 Self Insurance 574,868.91 Trust & Agency 50,287.52 Total All Funds: 4,838,842.62.
Disbursements by Fund: General 3,343,144.36 Capital Outlay 230,344.48 Special Education 1,138,253.11 Arena Fund 0.00 Food Service 263,399.10 Other Enterprise 1,271.44 Self Insurance 374,875.49 Trust & Agency 60,705.62 Total All Funds:5,411,993.60.
Cash Balance as of April 30, 2026: General 6,209,465.99 Capital Outlay 7,594,515.83 Special Education 2,609,860.06 Arena Fund 17,732.61 Food Service 370,416.97 Other Enterprise 87,056.85 Self Insurance 4,391,142.19 Trust & Agency 699,562.59 Total All Funds:21,979,753.09.
Cash Balance as of April 30, 2026: Checking 369,605.07 Money Market 21,610,148.02 Total 21,979,753.09
General Fund A-1 Sanitation & Recycling Llc Garbage Services 5,656.38 Act Instructional Supplies 350.00 Amazon Capital Services Instructional Supplies 24,746.79 Borns Group Office Supplies 375.00 Butler Machinery Co Repairs & Maintenance 267.94 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 4,281.09 City Treasurer W/S 3,326.48 Clubhouse Hotel & Suites Lodging 1,592.50 Cole Papers Warehouse Supplies 1,210.48 Constellation Newenergy Gas Natural Gas Expense 14,294.90 Dakota Supply Group Repairs & Maintenance 173.24 Demco Instructional Supplies 1,689.86 Eide Bailly Llp Professional Services 23,100.00 Flinn Scientific Inc Instructional Supplies 757.99 Geffdog Designs Lettering Supplies 3,300.00 Innovative Office Solutions Instructional Supplies 703.03 K & D Busing Inc Transportation Services 91,254.90 Ken’s Superfair Foods 2025-2026 Instructional 1,119.43 Library Store The Instructional Supplies 568.95 Lighthouse Electric Repairs & Maintenance 466.01 Linde Gas & Equipment Inc Instructional Supplies 86.26 Lunchtime Solutions Catering Math Dept Dinner 93.21 Mac’s Inc Repairs & Maintenance 16.14 Marco Inc Copier Maintenance 361.35 Mcdonald Supply Repairs & Maintenance 109.84 Mcquillen Creative Group Legals Notice Of District 21.84 Menards Instructional Supplies 1,136.79 Midstates Printing Inc Trophy 273.50 Northwestern Energy Utilities 49,120.76 Plank Road Publishing Inc Instructional Supplies 150.89 Pomp’s Tires Repairs & Maintenance 34.88 Sander’s Sew & Vac Supplies 462.37 School Specialty Instructional Supplies 1,336.23 Schwan Welding & Boiler Repair Inc Repairs & Maintenance 65.00 Sewer Duck Inc Repairs & Maintenance 1,800.00 Sherwin-Williams Repairs & Maintenance 122.79 Sweetwater Sound Holdings Llc Instructional Supplies 268.03 Taylor Music Inc Instructional Supplies 10.00 Underwood Distributing Co Instructional Supplies 1,103.95 Vestis Laundry Services/Mops 1,832.82 Vestis Uniform Allowance 269.52 Weismantel Rent-All & Events Prom Supplies 170.00 Wood Chuck Repairs & Maintenance 230.00 Fund Total: 238,311.14 Capital Outlay Fund Amazon Capital Services Supplies 17,138.30 Carnegie Learning Instructional Supplies 4,376.95 Cdw Governments Inc Tech Supplies 146,870.00 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 138.23 Co-Op Architecture Building Remodeling 13,432.00 Dss Image Apparel Instructional Supplies 1,364.08 G & R Controls Building Remodeling 830.00 Helms And Associates Asphalt & Concrete 2,925.00 Imagine Learning Instructional Supplies 96,305.83 Jdh Construction Inc Building Remodeling 100,000.00 Johnson Controls Building Building Remodeling 12,994.80 Mcgraw-Hill School Education Instructional Supplies 52,501.14 Menards Tech Supplies 99.38 Project Lead The Way Inc Instructional Supplies 1,900.00 Software Unlimited Inc Accounting Software Annual 9,790.00 Taylor Music Inc Instructional Supplies 6,598.00 Wells Fargo Vendor Fin Serv Copier Maintenance 2,068.88 Fund Total:469,332.59 Special Education Fund Amazon Capital Services Supplies 8,575.94
Aspire Inc Student Services 2,925.84 Bjorem Speech Instructional Supplies 69.00 Century Business Products Copier Maintenance 41.61 Children’s Care Hospital Student Services 14,994.00 East Dakota Educational Student Services 45,000.00 K & D Busing Inc Transportation Services 58,119.38 Lakeshore Learning Materials Instructional Supplies 1,554.00 School Specialty Instructional Supplies 4,401.39 Schwab Audiology Student Services 320.00
Sd Department Of Human Services Student Services 26,871.11 Wells Fargo Vendor Fin Serv Copier Maintenance 102.74 Fund Total:162,975.01 Food Service Fund Brick’s Tv & Appliance Repairs & Maintenance 404.02 Fay’s Refrigeration Llc Repairs & Maintenance 1,566.94 Lunchtime Solutions Food Service Meals 245,079.94 Menards Repairs & Maintenance 150.96 Trademark Uniforms Uniform Allowance 75.98 Fund Total:247,277.84 Enterprise Fund Premier Auto Repairs & Maintenance 191.18 Fund Total:191.18 Checking Account Total:1,118,087.76 General Fund A S B S D Asbsd Conference 205.00 Bain Susanne Reimbursement 66.73 Best Western Ramkota Hotel Lodging 116.00 Disc Jockey Dj Services Prom Dj Service 850.00 Gauger Cameron Region Contest Accompanist 50.00 Marco Inc Copier Maintenance 10.00 Sadler Karen Mileage Reimbursement 224.00 Schnell Ashley Uniform Allowance 185.85 School Administrators Of South 2026-2027 Membership Fee 852.00 Sisseton Public Schools Golf Entry Fee 50.00 Smith Sr Richard Feathering Ceremonies 600.00 Fund Total:3,209.58 Capital Outlay Fund Marco Inc Copier Maintenance 285.31 Fund Total:285.31 Checking Account Total:3,494.89 General Fund Aberle Grant Reissue Check Debate Judge 140.00 Best Western Ramkota Aberdeen 2027 Prom Deposit 500.00 Carlson Hannah March-April 2026 Mileage 50.40 Garcia Carla Debate Judge 100.00 Garcia Christine Debate Judge 100.00 Hansen Kent April 2026 Mileage 224.00 Mccloud Maleri Meals Reimbursement 100.00
Midstates Printing Inc Athletic Supplies 13.00 Solum Michaela Reimbursement 238.00 Sweetwater Sound Holdings Llc Instructional Supplies 9.87 Verizon Wireless Cell Phone Services 251.34 Warner School District Track Entry Fee 50.00 Fund Total:1,776.61 Special Education Fund Estes Jackson Reissue Checks Work 77.85 Jostens Graduation Supplies 186.01 Kramer Hope Mileage Reimbursement 280.00 Tesky Sonya Reissue Check Oct22-May23 7.34
Fund Total:551.20 Food Service Fund Burnett Mandy Lunchbox Refund 148.90 Fund Total:148.90 Checking Account Total:2,476.71 Custodial Funds Aberdeen School District Number Ninjas Coaching 11,245.89 Blocker Kathryn Instructional Supplies 19.58 Midstates Printing Inc Instructional Supplies 756.00 Norman Jessica Reimbursement 783.83 Scarborough Kelsey Reimbursement 41.72 Schabot-Shultis Tanner Accompanist 200.00
Scholastic Book Fairs April 2026 Book Fair 719.36 Fund Total:13,766.38 Checking Account Total:13,766.38 Custodial Funds Aberdeen School District Reimbursement 182.02 Anderson Hannah Award 100.00 Bain Tyler Award 100.00 Blocker Kathryn Reimbursement 51.03 Board Christina Reimbursement 66.71 Brage Pearl Award 50.00 Brush And Banners Supplies 100.00 Carda Toby Reimbursement 39.99 Karst Lula Award 25.00 Kirschenmann-Rohrbach Cloe Award 100.00 Kurtz Trent Reimbursement 191.50 Mccloud Maleri Reimbursement 401.17 Midstates Printing Inc Volleyball Supplies 140.18 Miller Abigail Reimbursement 185.71 Scarborough Kelsey Reimbursement 62.97 Sdhsaa March 2026 Program Sales 92,519.00 Tway Ma Award 100.00 Wellman Ian Award 250.00 Fund Total:94,665.28 Checking Account Total:94,665.28
April 2026 Payroll: General Fund $1,452,616.34 Of Which $861,902.13 Instruction $508,757.48 Support
And $81,956.73 Co-Curricular Special Education $497,657.41 Food Service $32,356.38 Total Payroll $1,982,630.13
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