Menu

Royalton Public School District board meeting, Oct 12, 2026

1 h 06 min · 1 public speaker

Click any moment below to jump the video to that second. Video length 1 h 06 min.

This board doesn’t post agenda times.

What happened

What happened at this meeting

Royalton school board adopts resolutions re-forming girls hockey co-op to add Swanville 59:23

  • A speaker at public comment raised concerns about a proposed 19% property tax increase. 4:38
  • The board approved State High School League foundation grant resolutions for Form A and Form B. 36:52
  • A district staff member presented the district's hiring and evaluation process for coaches, and a speaker raised running annual coach renewals through the school board. 41:00
  • The board adopted a resolution dissolving the current girls hockey co-op and a resolution forming a new co-op that adds Swanville. 59:23
Item by item (11)
  1. Opening, student representatives and agenda 1:17
    • Two student school board representatives were sworn in. 1:54
    • The chair said the district received over $10,000 in donations again this month. 2:36
    • The chair amended the agenda to add a retirement to the personnel changes item, effective January 4th, 2027. 3:07
    • The motion to approve the agenda carried. 3:47
  2. Public comment 3:53
    • A speaker at public comment said they were concerned about a proposed 19% property tax increase in Royalton and said it involved an error in counting students in district and out of district. 4:38
    • The speaker asked where the checks and balances were and why a second or third person was not checking the numbers. 5:02
  3. Item 6:34
    • A district staff member said administrators were discussing possible cost savings from moving from a one-to-one concept to a cart concept in the elementary and possibly the middle school. 6:34
    • The staff member said health insurance bids came back with Health Partners at a 6% increase and the district was asking to negotiate down to 4%. 8:10
    • The staff member said this is year 5 of the 5-year strategic plan and planning for the next 5-year plan would probably begin in January. 10:29
  4. Financial report 12:20
    • A finance presenter said auditors would present the fiscal year '26 final audit report at the November board meeting. 12:22
    • The presenter said the original budget projected a deficit closer to $85,000 and that the cash balance was $4,160,000. 13:04
    • A staff member asked about the deferred property tax amount of $2,538,370, and the presenter said it reflects timing of property taxes for the fiscal year-end audit. 19:37
  5. Item 20:46
    • The elementary principal said conferences would be held October 27th and 29th from 4 to 7:30 and a Veterans Day program would be held at the elementary school. 21:24
    • The activities director said fall sports were nearing playoffs and that 4 people were inducted into the Hall of Fame at homecoming. 22:48
  6. Transportation report 25:17
    • The transportation director said the district has 14 regular routes and one bus would not pass inspection this year because its flooring was rusted. 25:24
    • The transportation director said the district pays its shop staff $26.16 an hour, compared with a minimum of $200 per hour to take buses elsewhere. 32:58
  7. Consent agenda 35:40
    • The consent agenda included regular board meeting minutes, claims accounts and financials, the REM MOU for junior high knowledge bowl, personnel changes and final policy readings for 601, 616, and 709. 35:40
    • The motion to approve the consent agenda carried. 36:42
  8. State High School League grant resolutions 36:45
    • A district staff member said the Form A grant helps offset costs for students who receive free or reduced lunches. 37:13
    • A district staff member said the Form B grant can be applied toward health safety, leadership or transportation and that the staff member would apply for it to try to get more AEDs, with a hope of getting 3. 37:52
    • Motions on the Form A and Form B resolutions carried. 40:28
  9. Girls hockey co-op 59:18
    • A district staff member said the current co-op must be dissolved to create a new one adding Swanville, and that the district pays based on participation. 59:23
    • The board adopted the resolution dissolving the current co-op and the resolution forming the new co-op. 1:01:44
  10. Donations 1:02:20
    • The resolution listed 4 donations, including $3,500 for Deep Portage, $1,960 for the Trap Shooting Club, $100 for the Care Closet and $5,000 toward football. 1:02:31
  11. Item 1:03:20
    • The Safety and Wellness Committee was listed, and a speaker asked whether a committee member was available 10/23 at 7:30 AM. 1:03:20
    • Speakers asked that the finance committee review the history of the tax levy against net tax capacity and scenarios at 3%, 4% and 6%. 1:03:55

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

Who spoke

Who spoke

We can’t yet tell who is speaking at this board’s meetings.

Video: posted by the district as “10/12/26 - Board Meeting”