Regular School
Board Meeting
Monday, November 10, 2025
BOARDROOM
200 Highway 55 E
Maple Lake,
Minnesota 55358
Natalie Anderson:
Present
Kaitlyn Helmbrecht:
Present
Liz Lind:
Present
Scott Mavencamp:
Absent
Joe Paumen:
Absent
Jen Rasset:
Present
Branson Thomas:
Present
Present: 5, Absent: 2.
Call meeting to order 7:00 p.m.
“District #881 is Proud of”
Congratulations to our Maple School District Leadership in Educational Excellence Award Winners Brad Salveson, Amanda Labo, Tami Kolehmainen, and Ethan Brummer.
Congratulations to Danny Reilley for being names to the Minnesota Coaches Association All-Star game. He will play at US Bank Stadium on Saturday, December 13.
Fall Trap Results:
Maple Lake Trap team finished second as a team.
Jakob Hickman finished 1st place in boys.
Kalli Hennen finished in 2nd place in girls.
Congratulations are in order for Blake Stoeber and Lauren Anglin, who earned a spot on the CMC All-Conference team, as well as Hayden Dircks, who received Honorable Mention recognition.
Congratulations to Knowledge Bowl team Maple Lake A (Kieran Benkofske, Graham Kunz, Nolan O’Connor, Charlie Hughes, August Leyden, and Aaron Mollenhoff) on their 1st place finish in the Intermediate Division at the Cathedral meet on Monday, Nov. 3.
The Maple Lake B team (Caleb Pack, Austin Luetjens, Graham Stommes, Sadie Dumphy, Chelsea Harper, and Logan Meyer) also finished in 3rd place at the meet.
Congratulations to Jevic Smuder who was one of 30 students in the state of Minnesota to be accepted to the Mark Cuban AI Academy.
Recognition of visitors
Visitors:
• Mike Rowe
• Dave Hanson
• Anna Reedy
• Amelia Gapinski
• Lisa Rademacher
• Mikayla Sutter
• Tanya Malwitz
• Marie Halloran
• Tara & Matt Howard
• Jennifer Blair
• Bekka Nelson
ITEMS APPROVED:
5. Approve the agenda for the regular school board meeting held on Monday, November 10, 2025.
Approved the consent agenda
Approved 2024-2025 School Audit
Approved an overnight trip for Boys Basketball and Gymnastics on Friday, December 12th.
Approved Winter Coaching Assignments
Approved World’s Best Work Force
Approved Sunshine Fund Account
Informational Items:
2025-2026 Enrollment
Food Service Update
Representative Reports
Meeker and Wright Special Ed Co-Op – Jen Rasset
-They are working on contract negotiations.
-They were below average on pay for staff — will be increasing.
Wright Technical Center – Joe Paumen
-The audit came back clean.
-FY25 Fund Balance Stabilization Aid was sent out to districts.
-SRO options are in the works — Buffalo PD is not available (Can shop outside sources). Looking at 12 hour weeks M-W-T 10:30am-2:30pm.
Elementary School – Anna Reedy REPORT GIVEN
High School – Dave Hansen REPORT GIVEN
Committee Reports
Activities Committee – Lind, Thomas, Mavencamp
• Winter Registration numbers are great for the upcoming season.
• Looking at transferring the ticket sales app to Bound instead of Square.
• Weighing options to drop the HSA Coop for the 27–28 season.
• Looking to drop the HLWW Coop for Golf — We have good enough numbers by ourselves.
Support Staff Committee – Anderson, Lind, Mavencamp
The meeting took place, and they have received the initial offer.
Adjourn
Motion to adjourn the board meeting held on November 10th, 2025 at 7:48pm.
This is a summary of the approved minutes. The full minutes can be found at https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/1832
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