By Aberdeen Insider - December 25, 2025 in WARNER SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF DECEMBER 8, 2025 MINUTES
The regular meeting of the Board of Education, Warner School District #6-5, Brown County, SD was called to order by President Haaland at the Warner School Board Room on December 8, 2025 at 6:00 pm. Board members present: Aimee Anderson, Sarah Bierman, Leah Haaland, and Shannon Knuppe. Cody Bruns was absent. Also present were Superintendent Mike Kroll, Elem/MS Principal Ashley Brockhaus, HS Principal/AD Tyler Severson and Kari Jung.
Pledge of Allegiance
Motion by Knuppe, second by Anderson and carried to approve agenda
Good News: Congrats to our MathCounts students on placing at Holgate: Brody Braun 1st place, Mason Royer 3rd place, Elise Hoglund 7th place, and Lucy Scepaniak 10th place and the teams of: Brody Braun, Mason Royer, Kinley Haaland and Lucy Scepaniak and Elise Hoglund, Evelyn Smith, Jonah McCord and Addalyn Glasford. In the countdown round we placed: Mason Royer took 1st place, Brody Braun took 2nd place, and Elise Hoglund took 5th place. Congrats to our elementary Math Ninjas who competed in a competition in Aberdeen: 3rd Grade – 3rd Place, 4th Grade – 2nd Place, 5th Grade – 1st Place! Congratulations to the Oral Interp. team! Addisyn Heinrich and Laura Robinson are advancing to the State Oral Interp. competition in Duet. Congratulations also to the Reader’s Theater which was selected as the alternate for State: Addisyn Heinrich, Laura Robinson, Jenessa Carda, Paxton Johnson, Iley Ryckman, and Teigan McKown. Congrats to our volleyball team on an excellent season and a 2nd place finish at the State Tournament! Congrats to Addisyn Heinrich and Leah Heinrich on being selected as the Warner Snow Queen and Junior Snow Queen!
Board President asked for Public Comment: None
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve the minutes from the meeting held on November 10, 2025.
Motion by Bierman, second by Knuppe and carried to approve the bills for payment and financial report (as printed below).
District Goals were discussed as well as the bathroom updates.
Initial Draft of the 2026-2027 school year calendar was discussed.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve resignation from Rachel Hofer as night time custodial.
Motion by Bierman, second by Anderson and carried to approve school board election date of June 2, 2026.
Motion by Anderson, second by Knuppe and carried to approve working agreement to Rylee Stone at $16/hr for food service.
BILLS:
GEN FUND: December PR (Certified—104111.64; Aides/Paras—14122.65; Admin-24819.65; Classified-14344.95; Board Salarys-0.00; Sub Salarys-4910.30; Student Salarys-0.00; PR Benefits—38890.99). Total December PR—201200.18; Aberdeen Awards, Fall Awards, 210.00; Aberdeen Insider, Minutes, 146.08; Agtegra Cooperative, Gasoline/Fuel, 3,206.64; Amazon, Supplies, 109.79; Automatic Building Controls, Annual Contract, 300.00; Best Western Rapid, State Vb Rooms, 4,551.00; Careersafe, Training, 350.00; Carolina, Supplies, 213.77; Century Business Products, Inc, Supplies, 884.79; Cole Papers Inc, Supplies, 1,218.34; Colliers Securities Llc, Annual Fee For Continuing Disclosure, 500.00; Dependable Sanitation Inc, Service, 642.00; Direct Digital Control Llc, Boiler Update, 574.20; Fairfield Inn By Mariott, State Fb, 119.00; Fenworks, Inc.,K-12 Esports Participant Fees, 900.00; Foreman Sales And Service, Bus 10 Maintenance, 3,929.01; Gas, Nov Gas Purchases, 346.33; Harbor Freight, Supplies, 33.95; Hase Plumbing & Heating, Inc, Maintenance, 594.15; Hauff Mid-America Sports Inc, Athletic Supplies, 36.15; Hmesc, Supplemental Insurance, 12.85; Jw Pepper, Supplies, 29.73; Kirks Auto Repair, Oil Change, 145.62; Linde Gas & Equip Inc, Supplies, 267.56; Mcleod’s Printing & Off Supp, Supplies, 251.60; Menards, Nov Purchases, 176.95; My Place Hotels, Lodging, 925.12; Nafme, Reg Fee, 127.00; Northern Plains Insurance Pool, Health Insurance, 17,990.30; Northwestern Energy, Service, 11,779.77; Npip Vision, Vision Insurance, 116.44; Nvc, Phone Services, 246.95; Office Of Fire Marshal – Boiler Inspection, Boiler Inspection, 160.00; Plunketts Pest Control, Maintenance, 80.72; Popplers Music Inc, Supplies, 239.34; Prorate Service, Llc, Annual Bus Testing Services, 100.00; Runnings Supply Inc, Supplies, 124.77; Sanford Health Occupational , Dot Physical/Drug Testing, 147.00; Sewer Duck, Final Bill-Porta Potties, 920.00; Standard Insurance Company, Dental Insurance, 885.94; Steger Lawn Care, Maint, 1,327.50; Thee Glass Dokter, Windshield Repair, 465.00; Trust & Agency Fund, Imprest, 5,243.75; Verizon Wireless, Telephone Service, 39.92; Vosika Fencing, Chainlink – Crows Nest, 243.71; Wal Mart, Meds, 15.03. TOTAL GENERAL FUND BILLS: 60927.77.
CAP OUTLAY FUND: Amazon, Supplies, 15.99; Century Business Products, Inc, Supplies, 739.70; Innovative Office Solutions, Standing Desk-Brockhaus, 555.78; Mammoth Sports Construction, Bathroom Design Progress, 10,000.00; Seesaw Learning, Inc., Software, 1,425.00; Super Teacher Worksheets, Software, 24.95. TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY BILLS: 12761.42.
SPECIAL ED FUND: December PR (Certified-12576.42; Non Cert-2413.82; Admin-1476.52; Sub Salarys-0.00; PR Benefits-3136.58). Total December PR-19603.34. Provider-14372.68; Provider-11.16; Provider-722.80; Provider-4.20. TOTAL SP ED FUND BILLS: 15110.84.
NHTC FUND: Acte, National Conference – Nhtc, 4,210.00; Delta Airlines, Airline Tickets, 4,461.76; Holiday Inn & Suites-Nashville, Acte Conference, 3,919.38; Trust & Agency Fund, Imprest, 1,260.00. TOTAL NHTC BILLS: 13851.14.
FOOD SERVICE FUND: (December PR (Non Cert-8591.05; PR Benefits-1102.89). Total December PR-9693.94. Bimbo Bakeries Usa, Food, 191.50; Cash-Wa Distributing Co Of Fargo, Llc, Fy26 Food/Supplies, 5,392.35; Child And Adult Nutrition Ser, Food, 810.56; Kemps Llc, Milk, 1,615.75; Ken’s Superfair Foods, Supplies, 122.33; Performance Foodservice, Food, 1,872.63; Standard Insurance Company, Life Insurance, 5.60. TOTAL FOOD SERVICE FUND BILLS: 10010.72.
OTHER ENTERPRISE FUND: December PR (Non Cert-125.55; PR Benefits-17.17). Total December PR-142.72. TOTAL OTHER ENTERPRISE FUND BILLS: 0.00.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
GEN FUND; Bal 11-1-25: $255946.07; Receipts: $375891.99; Disbursements: $252907.09; Bal 11-30-25: $379094.97.
CAP OUTLAY; Bal 11-1-25: $424903.69; Receipts: $240257.83; Disbursements: $11295.96; Bal 11-30-25: $653865.56.
SPED; Bal 11-1-25: $220853.00; Receipts: $117380.17; Disbursements: $20327.50; Bal 11-30-25: $317905.67.
NHTC; Bal 11-1-25: $-11814.82; Receipts: $1.46; Disbursements: $15.52; Bal 11-30-25: $-11828.88.
BOND #2; Bal 11-1-25: $46451.13; Receipts: $37049.81; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 11-30-25: $83500.94.
FIELD PROJECT: Bal 11-1-25: $-242.13; Receipts: $0.00; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 11-30-25: $-242.13.
FOOD SERVICE; Bal 11-1-25: $-33515.78; Receipts: $21856.27; Disbursements: $25246.19; Bal 11-30-25: $-36905.70.
ENTERPRISE; Bal 11-1-25: $822.83; Receipts: $605.15; Disbursements: $199.77; Bal 11-30-25: $1228.21.
TRUST & AGENCY; Bal 11-1-25: $207983.62; Receipts: $20188.32; Disbursements: $24726.16; Bal 11-30-25: $203445.78.
SCHOLARSHIP; Bal 11-1-25: $9720.78; Receipts: $0.00; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 11-30-25: $9720.78.
Reports Heard:
JK-8 Principal report-Ms. Brockhaus
9-12 Principal/AD report-Mr. Severson
Superintendent/Transportation/SPED Director Reports-Mr. Kroll
Next regular meeting will be held on January 12, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the school board room.
Motion by Anderson, second by Bierman and carried to adjourn at 7:19 p.m.
Leah Haaland, President
Angie Vetter, Business Manager
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