The School Board of Sanborn Central School District 55-5 met in regular session on Monday, September 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanborn Central library with the following present: Curtis Adams, Mark Goral, Peggy Hinker, Emma Klaas, and Gary Spelbring Jr. Others present were Superintendent/High School Principal Corey Flatten, Elementary/Middle School Principal Connie Vermeulen and Business Manager Gayle Bechen.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Visitors to Board Meeting: Jaden Martin, Aubrey Moody, Cami Edwards, Tori Hoffman, Will Simonds and Parker Ettswold represented the Senior Class of Sanborn Central High School.

Motion by Klaas, seconded by Hinker, all aye, to approve the agenda as printed.

Motion by Hinker, seconded by Spelbring, all aye, to approve the minutes of the regular board meeting August 11, 2025, as printed.

Motion by Spelbring, seconded by Adams, all aye, to approve the Financial reports and bills.    

General Fund balance, August 1, 2025:  $915,973.49. Receipts: taxes $4,207.09, penalties/interest $41.85, interest $531.82, admission $980.00, other – pupil $108.00, other $2.75, yearbook $195.00, state fines $817.76, state aid August $98,197.00, gross receipts telephone $9,766.32. Expenditures: $213,775.04, manual journal entry/voided check $1,299.83.  Balance, August 31, 2025:  $815,816.21. CDs $50,000.00. cash box $505.00.

Capital Outlay Fund balance, August 1, 2025:  $546,749.13. Receipts: taxes $482.47, penalties/interest $5.23, interest $347.31.  Expenditures: $6,205.85. Balance, August 31, 2025:  $541,378.29. CDs $355,339.53.

Special Education Fund balance, August 1, 2025:  $318,852.98. Receipts: taxes $289.19, penalties/interest $3.13, interest $195.36. Expenditures: $22,897.03, manual journal entry/voided check $298.22. Balance, August 31, 2025:  $296,145.41. CDs $0.00.

Food Service Fund balance, August 1, 2025:  $11,056.70. Receipts: interest $10.86, student meals $13,486.95, adult meals $75.75, ala carte $528.30. Expenditures: $12,686.57. Balance, August 31, 2025:  $12,471.99.

Enterprise Fund balance, August 1, 2025:  $4,741.70. Receipts: tuition $2,100.00. Expenditures: $5,857.70. Balance, August 31, 2025:  $984.00.

Custodial Funds balance, August 1, 2025:  $62,699.47. Receipts: $169.34. Expenditures: $2,682.50. Balance, August 31, 2025:  $60,186.31.

Scholarship Fund balance, August 1, 2025:  $6,527.71. Receipts: interest $1.00. Balance, August 31, 2025: $6,528.71. Peters Scholarship balance: $5,778.71; Nelson Scholarship balance: $750.00.

Salaries and benefits for the month of September 2025 were as follows: 

General Fund: $178,801.90; 

Special Education: $25,730.13; 

Food Service: $10,673.77; 

Enterprise Fund: $4,730.72.

Claims approved: GENERAL FUND – A-Ox Welding, cylinder rent $41.12; Apptegy, Inc., thrillshare subscription $3,490.00; Associated School Boards of South Dakota, joint convention registration $500.00; Athletic Performance Solutions, gym floor recoat $2,700.00; Nicole Bies, PBIS fuel reimbursement $20.75; Capital One, middle school supply $12.50; CarQuest, transit vans oil/filters $97.27; Chesterman, pop $82.32; CK Bicycles & Locks, keys made $15.00; Cole Paper Inc., janitor supply $731.50, scrubber repair $668.66; Compass, membership 2025-26 $800.00; CorTrust, air card $55.00, hot spot $35.00, in-service meal $137.56, colony chair $99.99, elementary supply $122.89, middle school supply $63.44, administrative assistant chair $99.99, athletic taping table $599.99; Council on College Admission in South Dakota, fall school counselor workshop $55.00; County Fair, in-service food/water $100.89; Eternal Security Products, LLC, reset door/fob system $564.99; Logan Gassman, reimburse counselor connections registration $120.00, reimburse American School Counselor Association membership $129.00, PBIS fuel reimburse $32.25; Glanzer Backyard Design, iron application football field $525.00; Golden West Technologies, phone system repair $2,040.00; Graves It Solutions, computer consult network policy $125.00; Harlow’s Bus Sales, Inc., bus strobe light $159.74;

[IMPREST: Hanson School, volleyball tourney fee $175.00]; 

J.W. Pepper, band music $311.89; Robin Johnson, reimburse praxis IPT health education $20.46; K&D Busing, football charter bus to split $2,696.00; Lonny Kaiser, reimburse janitor supply $188.86; Jennifer Karlen, reimburse travel $53.40; Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC, elementary supply $912.65; Menards, janitor supply $250.32, push mower $279.99, bus supply $12.58, high school supply $10.24; Robin Moody, reimburse girls basketball first aid course $35.00; Popplers Music, chorus music $94.25; Public Health Laboratory, water tests $20.00; Really Great Reading Company, elementary workbooks $614.88, elementary instructional software $1,278.00; Sanborn Central Food Service, August lunch supervision meals $48.60; Sanborn Weekly Journal, board proceedings $91.29, back to school ad $117.00; Santel Communications, telephone/fax/internet $225.05, esports internet $50.00; School Specialty, elementary supply $1,310.66, elementary bookcases $608.30, middle school supply $179.36, high school supply $179.36, library supply $32.23, elementary/middle school principal supply $19.76; South Dakota Association of School Business Officials, fall conference registration – Bechen $100.00; Sheraton, joint convention room – Vermeulen $278.00; South Dakota Counseling Association, membership 2025-26 $30.00; Sportboardz, boys basketball updates $20.25, track updates $20.25; Taylor Music, repair piccolo $345.00; Teacher Created Resources, elementary supply $86.94; University of Oregon, swis annual license $337.50, cico-swis annual license $337.50; Connie Vermeulen, reimburse in-service food $65.65; Ward’s Science, high school science equipment $860.39; Megan Wilson, reimburse license fee – gimkit, edpuzzle, quizlet $259.38; Woony Foods, high school life management food $10.25.

CAPITAL OUTLAY Fund — A&B Business, copier lease $999.25; ABDO, library books $752.40; Eric Armin Inc., high school equipment calculators $1,371.50; Mackin Educational Resources, library books $1,250.18; Menards, lean-to lumber $1,262.98.

SPECIAL EDUCATION Fund – Compass, membership 2025-26 $200.00. 

FOOD SERVICE Fund – Arctic Refrigeration, Inc., service freezer/cooler $423.10; Capital One, supply $81.74; Cole Paper Inc., supply $115.98; CorTrust, supply $169.09; East Side Jersey Dairy, milk $443.19; The Garage, food $78.86; Performance Foodservice, equipment $147.24, food $5,864.65, ala carte $896.61, supply $245.35; Woony Foods, food $74.92.

ENTERPRISE Fund – Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC, preschool supply $198.50.

Superintendent/High School Principal Mr. Flatten reported on the following: 

• Official Count of District enrollment is September 30th. The current breakdown is as follows: 2025-2026: Pre-K – 13 (10 not in the official state count), Elementary (Kindergarten through fifth grade) – 86, Middle School – 42 (one out of placement), High School – 38, Colony – 43 Total State Count – 209 Total Students- 219; 2024-2025: Pre-K – 16 (seven not in the official state count), Elementary (Kindergarten through fifth) – 95, Middle School – 35, High School – 33, Colony – 42 Total State Count – 205 Total Students – 212. 

• Parent/Teacher Conferences scheduled for October 2nd from 1-7 p.m., followed by no school on October 3rd. 

• Dial annual meeting will be held in Platte on Sept. 10th.

• Teachers will be attending a professional development on October 10th at the Mitchell Performing Arts. The Board is still waiting to hear who is presenting. 

• Volleyball and Football teams are off to a very good start. 

• FFA is doing some Land and Range judging this fall. 

• Freshmen Impact is September 10th. 

• They are being accredited as a district in February. Administration and staff have been slowly working to get all the requirements together.

Elementary/Middle School Principal Mrs. Vermeulen reported on the following: 

• Homecoming week will be September 22nd-26th; the parade theme is holidays. 

• The Blood Drive will be September 17th. 

• Mrs. Vermeulen attended a Test Coordinator meeting on September 4th. There was big discussion regarding the mandatory ACT testing for all juniors. The platform for standardized testing for grades third through eighth has changed some. 

• Students in eighth grade at Upland Colony have been chosen to complete NAEP testing in February in the areas of math and reading. 

• Horizon will be visiting fifth grade on September 17th to provide information regarding puberty/growth and development. 

• This year, Mrs. Vermeulen will start her day at the colony after board meetings for a staff meeting. 

• The first home volleyball game at Sanborn Central will take place on September 11th.

Discussion Item: 

• Tax levies 2025 payable 2026 were discussed. 

Old Business: None.

Motion by Adams, seconded by Klaas, all aye, to approve the proposed senior privileges as presented by the representatives of the Class of 2026.

Motion by Klaas, seconded by Hinker, all aye, to approve the Resolution #2026-1 tax levy request to the county auditors: AG – $1.125/$1,000 of valuation; OO – $2.518/$1,000 of valuation; OTH – $5.211/$1,000 of valuation: General Fund Opt – Out $600,000; Special Education – $250,000.00; Capital Outlay – $250,000.00.

Executive session was deemed unnecessary.

The next regular Board of Education meeting will take place on Monday, October 13, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in the library.  

Motion by Hinker, seconded by Spelbring, all aye, to adjourn the meeting at 7:44 p.m.

Gayle Bechen

Business Manager

Mark Goral

Board Chair

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