By Aberdeen Insider - July 31, 2025 in WARNER SCHOOL DISTRICT
July 14, 2025
The regular meeting of the Board of Education, Warner School District #6-5, Brown County, SD was called to order by President Jensen at the Warner School Board Room on July 14, 2025 at 6:00 pm. Board members present: Sarah Bierman, Cody Bruns, Leah Haaland, Valerie Jensen, and Shannon Knuppe. Also present were Superintendent Mike Kroll, Business Manager Angie Vetter, Elem/MS Principal Ashley Brockhaus, Sophie Olson, and Aimee Anderson.
Pledge of Allegiance
Motion by Bruns, second by Haaland and carried to approve agenda.
Board President asked for Public Comment: None
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve the minutes from the meeting held on June 9, 2025.
Motion by Bierman, second by Haaland and carried to approve the bills for payment and financial report (as printed below).
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bruns and carried to approve volunteer working agreements to the following for FY26: Emily Backman, Sydney Begeman, Jesse Cantalope, Jeff Gunn, Briana Haase, Kerwin Hoellein, Michael Johnson, Wyatt Larson, Justin McCord, Troy McKown, Kaylla Nicholson.
President Jensen adjourned the 2024-2025 school board at 6:05 p.m. in favor of the 2025-2026 school board.
Thank You to Valerie Jensen for your years of service and dedication to the Warner School!
The School Board Membership Oaths were administered to Aimee Anderson and Sarah Bierman and the Business Manager Oath was administered to Angie Vetter. Board members’ oaths are on file in the business office and the Business Manager Oath is on file with the County Auditor.
With Superintendent Kroll presiding, nominations were opened.
Leah Haaland nominated for President by Bruns.
Motion by Bruns, second by Knuppe and carried to cease nominations and to cast a unanimous ballot for Haaland as President.
Leah Haaland declared Chairman for the 2025-2026 school year.
Sarah Bierman nominated for Vice President by Knuppe.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Haaland and carried to cease nominations and to cast a unanimous ballot for Bierman as Vice-President.
President Haaland now presided over meeting.
President Haaland asked for any contract disclosures. None
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve Membership with SD United Schools Association.
Motion by Bruns second by Knuppe and carried to approve the following FY26 regular items:
1.Board Meeting Date – second Monday at 6:00 PM unless otherwise indicated.
2. Board Member Salaries – $75 per regular & $50 per special meetings.
3. Official Publication – Aberdeen Insider.
4. Authorize Business Manager to invest all school funds in the best interest of the district and to establish such accounts as needed to account for these funds.
5. Substitute Teacher Pay – $115 per day. Long Term Sub Pay for more than five consecutive days – $130 per day.
6. School District Attorney – Rodney Freeman.
7. Official Depository – BankNorth.
8. Purchasing Agents for School – Supt. Kroll and Business Manager Vetter.
9. Representative for Application for Federal Funds – Supt. Kroll.
10. Special Education Director – Supt. Kroll and Homeless Liaison contact – Prin. Brockhaus
11. Transportation Officer – Supt. Kroll and School Lunch Fiscal Agent – Business Manager, Mrs. Vetter.
12. School Lunch Hearing Officer – Grant Seaman.
13. Truancy Officer – Supt. Kroll.
14. Asbestos Designated Person – Dan Duenwald – $ 400.00.
15. Officer for Title IX – Coordinator-Angie Vetter, Investigator-Jeremy Smidt, Decision Maker-Michael Kroll
16. 504 Coordinator – Angela Robinson.
17. Authorize Superintendent to close school in emergency situations, in case of inclement weather and set the chain of command in event the superintendent is absent.
18. Approve Membership in NC Special Education Coop and Northern High Tech Consortium.
a) Approve Shannon Knuppe as the voting member for NCSEC Governing Board.
19. Join the Emergency Bus Pact with South Dakota School Districts.
20. Approve Warner School District Comprehensive Special Education Plan for FY26.
21. Make student insurance available to Warner School students through Student Assurance Service.
22. Appoint Mr. Kroll as the Designated Representative on the Northern Plains Insurance Pool.
23. Appoint Business Manager as Trust Account Trustee
24. Saturday School Supervision -$50 for ½ day and $100 for full day.
25. Approve Sarah Bierman as the ASBSD Voting Delegate.
26. Appoint Glen Armstrong, Michael Kroll, and Pam Lane as appraisers.
27. Set meal prices:
Kind. – 12th Breakfast……. $3.00
Kind. – 5th Lunch…………… $3.75
6th – 12th Lunch …………… $4.00
Seconds for Lunch………….$1.00
Adult Breakfast ……………. $4.00
Adult Lunch ………………… $5.50
Second Milk………………..$0.45
- Set Activity Ticket prices:
K-5–$15.00
6-12–$25.00
Adults–$50.00
Family–$130.00
Sr. Citizen (55-65 yrs old)–$40.00
Royal Blue Ticket (over 65 yrs old or Military)–Free
- Set Kids Care Rates
Single Before Care – $30.00
Family Before Care – $45.00
Before Care Drop In – $4.00
Discussion on the ASBSD/SASD Joint Convention.
Motion by Bierman, second by Bruns and carried to approve purchase of 2024 John Deere Gator through Sourcewell for $9563.26.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bruns and carried to surplus Gator at no value.
Reviews open meeting laws.
Discussed District Goals for 25-26.
At 7:00 p.m. the Budget Hearing was held. Budget hearing adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
BILLS:
GEN FUND: July PR (Certified—114735.39; Aides/Paras—469.70; Admin-14849.35; Classified-6719.83; Board Salarys-0.00; Sub Salarys-0.00; Student Salarys-1965.00; PR Benefits—37574.66). Total July PR—187674.93; Aberdeen Insider,July Budget,49.49; Agtegra Cooperative, Gasoline/Fuel, 439.45; Amazon, Requisitions For Fy26, 2,239.12; Asbsd, Fy26 Dues, 1,077.95; Bound, Athletic Subscription, 500.00; Carolina, Haselhorst Requisition, 43.98; Century Business Products, Inc, Supplies, 51.99; Dba/ Graves It Solutions, Tech Service, 4,746.00; Dependable Sanitation Inc, Service, 642.00; Emc Insurance Co, Fy26 Property/Liability Insurance, 88,782.00; Eps School Specialy Intervention, Haselhorst Supplies, 131.57; Flinn Scientific Foundation, Supplies, 613.97; Glowforge, Nilsson, 119.48; Gopher Sport, Winter Pe Supplies, 1,934.52; Hase Plumbing & Heating, Inc, Maintenance,746.43; Hmesc, Wise Benefits,12.85;Innovative Office Solutions,Construction Paper,470.31; Intercontinental Hotel,Evans/Moser Hotel Room,395.04; John Deere Financial,Supplies,156.44; Jw Pepper,Supplies,231.27; Linde Gas & Equip Inc, Supplies, 183.33; Midwest Technology Products,Heath Supplies,116.20; Northern Plains Insurance Pool, Health Insurance, 17,143.20; Northwestern Energy,Service,17.64; Npip Vision, Vision Insurance,119.28; Oriental Trading Co,Supplies,63.96; Pioneer Drama Service Inc, Supplies,19.50; Plank Road Publishing,Supplies,494.25; Prorate Service, Llc,Bus Driver Testing, 171.76; Pye-Barker Fire & Safety,Fire Inspection,497.00; Really Good Stuff, Supplies, 141.94; Savvas Learning Company,M Smidt Handwriting Books,335.45; School Administrators Of Sd, Annual Dues Fy26, 2,733.00; Sd Department Of Health,Service,172.00; Sdste, Fy26 Dues, 30.00; Standard Insurance Company,Life Insurance,381.00; Taylor Music,Supplies, 325.00; Thee Glass Dokter,Glass Repair,220.98; Town Of Warner,Water/Sewer,424.34; Trust & Agency Fund, Imprest,730.98; Vexrobotics, Nilsson Supplies,649.82; Workers’ Comp Fund, Workers Comp Ins, 11,361.00. TOTAL GENERAL FUND BILLS: 139715.49.
CAP OUTLAY FUND: Amazon,Requisitions For Fy26,836.99; Apptegy, Inc,Annual Subscription – Thrillshare, 6,570.90; B&H Photo,Livestream Camera,4,187.16; Century Business Products, Inc, Supplies, 779.01; Frontline Education,Teacher Evaluations,2,449.24; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Textbooks, 908.39; Hudl,Online Video Editing,13,500.00; Infinite Campus,Annual License-Food Service, 751.20; Marco,10 Smart Boards-Newline 75in,20,127.80; Project Lead The Way, Annual Participation Fee, 950.00; Quality Welding, Inc,Crows Nest,66.32; Riverside Technologies, Inc, 20 Hp 460 Touch – Staff Comp,16,960.00; Sd Dept Of Education, Zoom Workplace License, 88.00; Software House International,Windows Software,2,582.10; Time Management Systems,Red Rover Annual Agreement,3,066.72; U.S. Bank St. Paul,Cap. Outlay Certificates, 129,500.00; Vosika Fencing,Backstop/Fencing,15,842.00. TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY BILLS: 219165.83.
SPECIAL ED FUND: July PR (Certified-8635.59; Non Cert-611.76; Admin-1476.52; Sub Salarys-0.00; PR Benefits-2322.38). Total July PR-13046.25. Provider-340.93; Provider-722.80; Provider-4.20; Provider-31.86. TOTAL SP ED FUND BILLS: 1361.50.
FOOD SERVICE FUND: July PR (Non Cert-3758.21; PR Benefits-568.68). Total July PR-4326.89. Standard, Life Insurance Payment, 5.60. TOTAL FOOD SERVICE FUND BILLS: 5.60.
OTHER ENTERPRISE FUND: July PR (Non Cert-0.00; PR Benefits-0.00). Total July PR-0.00. Douglas Griffith, Drivers Education, 6550.00. TOTAL OTHER ENTERPRISE FUND BILLS: 6550.00.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
GEN FUND; Bal 6-1-25: $411005.57; Receipts: $319915.80; Disbursements: $258686.33; Bal 6-30-25: $472235.04.
CAP OUTLAY; Bal 6-1-25: $986572.35; Receipts: $121453.61; Disbursements: $11115.01; Bal 6-30-25: $1096910.95.
SPED; Bal 6-1-25: $304501.39; Receipts: $54956.02; Disbursements: $29729.04; Bal 6-30-25: $329728.37.
NHTC; Bal 6-1-25: $-605.38; Receipts: $12303.01; Disbursements: $11640.01; Bal 6-30-25: $57.62.
BOND #2; Bal 6-1-25: $24180.98; Receipts: $18455.93; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 6-30-25: $42132.01.
FIELD PROJECT: Bal 6-1-25: $-242.13; Receipts: $0.00; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 6-30-25: $-242.13.
FOOD SERVICE; Bal 6-1-25: $-34306.09; Receipts: $11115.62; Disbursements: $7406.76; Bal 6-30-25: $-30597.23.
ENTERPRISE; Bal 6-1-25: $6909.34; Receipts: $0.90; Disbursements: $29.23; Bal 6-30-25: $6881.01.
TRUST & AGENCY; Bal 6-1-25: $201459.56; Receipts: $14865.89; Disbursements:$23003.75; Bal 6-30-25: $193321.70.
SCHOLARSHIP; Bal 6-1-25: $8720.78; Receipts: $0.00; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 6-30-25: $8720.78.
Reports Heard:
JK-8 Principal report-Ms. Brockhaus
Business Manager report-Mrs. Vetter
Superintendent/Transportation/SPED Director Reports-Mr. Kroll
2025-26 school year certified personnel salaries: (contract amount listed first with the plus being extra duties) Jennifer Barkmeier-51818; Ashley Brockhaus-69000; Taylor Brown-46000; Bobbie Deuter-62214+4274; Jody Erickson-59027+1500; Shannon Evans-57959; Ashley Gunn-48289+1526; Amber Haselhorst-55313; Brad Heath-51253; Jami Heinrich-52577+1196; Danielle Hoglund-51253+3053; Kari Jung-58986+6106; Michael Kroll-96557+2500; Pamela Lane-14246; Chelsey Liebl-49967+2442; Matthew Mackner-55585; Jackie McNeil-50489+916; Rochele Moser-53678; Sarah Moore-14193; Kayla Nilsson-50193+3664; Cheryl Ochsner-67211; Sophie Olson-46880+8452; Angela Robinson-53666+500; Mackenzie Rose-50751; Carla Schopp-58998; Tyler Severson-71329+10965; Jeremy Smidt-58984+2005; Megan Smidt-50119; Christina Winter-49094+9014.
2025-26 school year classified personnel salaries: Glen Armstrong-50440; Marilyn Bender-19.65/hr.; Trevor Begeman-3014; Taylor Brown-16.74/hr.; Brenda Carey-16.50/hr.; Dan Duenwald-400; Clayton Dulany-2392; Douglas Griffith-2500; Troy Haaland-18.36/hr.; Derek Hoellein-11601; Julie Hoellein-3053; Jo Huettl-16.74/hr.; Kati Johnson-16.50/hr.; Jason Jung-3664; Keith Knuppe-3664; Pam Lane-21.41/hr.; Jeff Larson-6717; Hallie McKown-17.25/hr.; Jackson Metz-4984; Austin Nath-3165; Casey Nilsson-4274; Stewart Nelson-16.50/hr.; Jill Palmer-16.50/hr.; Laura Myers-16.86; Melissa Reeb-40893; Brenda Rozell-3692; Allen Ryckman-2769; Landon Seaman-2009; Angie Vetter-62050+2000; Audrey Young-16.50/hr.
2025-26 school year bus driver salaries: Brad Heath-44.00/route; Kirby Kiesz-44.00/route; Matt Mackner-44.00/route; Athletic and activity trips will be paid at 11.00/hr+mileage of trip. Bus substitutes will be paid $44.00/route trip. $100/year will be paid to drivers who house their bus at a location other than the school. Extra duty will be paid at $11.00/hour (time spent on duty other than that covered by normal requirements).
Next regular meeting will be held on August 11, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the school board room.
Motion by Bruns, second by Anderson and carried to adjourn at 8:39 p.m.
Leah Haaland, President
Angie Vetter, Business Manager
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