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Oakes Public School District 41 board meeting, Apr 21, 2026

58 min · 0 public speakers

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Oakes school board approves consent agenda 5⁠-⁠0, accepts Choice Ready progress report 57:26

  • A district staff member presented a progress report on the district's Choice Ready goals, and questions were raised about balancing college, workforce and military readiness and about making parents aware of Choice Ready. 3:59
  • The board approved a motion to accept the report and later approved the quarter 1 time tracker. 24:51
  • The board went through its quarterly self-evaluation, during which a member of the public discussed how the board might set a standard for broad community ownership, and the board approved the self-evaluation. 30:23
  • The consent agenda passed 5⁠-⁠0 on a roll call vote. 57:26
Item by item (6)
  1. Opening and communications 0:02
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, and the board took up a motion to approve the agenda as presented. 0:02
    • The presiding speaker read a letter from an outreach organization that had visited the district to teach primary prevention in grades K through 4. 1:09
    • The motion to approve the agenda passed. 0:36
  2. Choice Ready goal progress report 2:34
    • A district staff member reported that 23 out of 31 seniors and 27 out of 33 juniors had scored 31 or higher on the ASVAB, with a goal of increasing from 77% in spring 2023 to 90% in spring '28, and said the district predicted it could reach 91%. 3:59
    • The staff member reported that 29 out of 34 sophomores and 28 out of 34 juniors had met their benchmarks, and said the target for the sophomore cohort was 94% by the end of the year. 3:59
    • A speaker asked what was being done to make parents and stakeholders aware of Choice Ready, and a district staff member said that was an area with growth to make. 20:37
    • The board approved a motion to accept the report. 24:51
  3. Quarter 1 time tracker 25:11
    • The presiding speaker said the board spent 13.38% of its minutes on student outcomes for the quarter and that governance guidance called for discussing the percentage if it fell below 25%. 25:11
    • The presiding speaker cited facilities work and short meetings in the first quarter as reasons for the percentage. 25:11
    • The board approved a motion to approve the quarter 1 time tracker. 27:50
  4. Board quarterly self-evaluation 27:50
    • During the quarterly self-evaluation, the board agreed it was at 12 on objective 1 and at 13 on objective 3. 27:50
    • A member of the public asked the board to consider over the next 3 months what its standard would be for broad community ownership. 31:21
    • The presiding speaker said the board had slipped from 16 to 6 on objective 4 because it spent less than 25% of its quarterly minutes on student outcomes, and said the board was at 15 on objective 5. 50:09
    • The board approved a motion to approve the self-evaluation. 54:14
  5. Consent agenda 56:59
    • The board took a roll call vote on a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. 56:59
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 57:26
  6. Reports and future meetings 57:10
    • The presiding speaker said reports were in the board packet and that there were no items for discussion or possible action this month. 57:29
    • The next regular meeting was set for Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, followed by a meeting Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 at 7 AM, and the meeting adjourned at 7:58. 57:38

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Video: posted by the district as “April 21 2026 Regular School Board Meeting”