BLUE EARTH– The Blue Earth Area School Board took a “tour” of the School District’s website during its meeting on Monday.

Technology coordinator Stacy Haase gave the board members a look at the website during her presentation.

“Our goal was to get our strategic plan (called the District Strategic Roadmap) on to our website,” Haase told the board members. “The site also has a place for Telling Our Story.”

Besides the District Strategic Roadmap there is other information, including plenty of photos of kids, the district newsletter, the superintendent’s column and some larger articles.

“We have an ‘Alumni Spotlight’ space with stories about our great alumni,” Haase says, “We only have two so far, but we plan on having more.”

Brenda Millmann, the Community Engagement coordinator, also gave a presentation about the board needing to approve the American Indian Parent Advisory Committee (AIPAC) annual compliance report.

“This is in accordance with a state statute passed in 2019, and changed in 2023,” Millmann told the board members. “When districts have 10 or more students who identify as Native American, we need to have a Parent Advisory Committee and do the report.”

When asked by a board member how many students are at BEA who identify as Indian, Millmann said there are 15 at BEA this year.

“If we have 20 or more, then we qualify for some funding,” she added.

The board approved the report.

In other business at the meeting, the BEA School Board:

— Approved the 2026-2027 Master Agreement with the Blue Earth Area Education Association. The agreement calls for an overall salary increase of 5.756 percent over the two years of the contract.

— Approved the seniority list for the non-certified staff, as well as the seniority list for the certified staff. Also approved was the list of the spring sports coaches.

• Approved the purchase of K-5 ELA arts and letters curriculum at a cost of $174,535.13.

— Discussed a work session that was held on Jan. 22, which dealt with discussion of the building issues and whether to proceed with repairs or look at construction of a new building.

— Approved donations to the BUCCY Backpack program from Delavan Fire Department, Craig and Kate Maloney, North Blue Earth Lutheran Church and Compeer Financial.

— Approved personnel changes which included: new hires of long term guest teachers Barbara Carlson, Brenda Smith and Kristine Viessleman, and paraprofessional Antonia Romero; retirement of Sue Schoenfelder effective May 29, after 23 years of teaching at BEA; resignation of paraprofessional Ava Johnson; termination of paraprofessional Tandi Huisenga; lane changes for Trinity Finn, JoAnna Helgeson and Katie Mullaly.