The Stewartville Public School District board approved a series of routine resolutions and procedural changes at a meeting called to order at 7:00 a.m., including authorizing applications to the Minnesota State High School League to help offset student activity and training fees, moving the Dec. 8 meeting start time to 6:30 p.m., and closing the public meeting to discuss labor negotiation strategy.

District staff said the board submits an annual Minnesota State High School League Form A application listing the number of students eligible for educational benefits; the state then prorates available grant funds among schools that apply to reimburse reduced student activity fees. "You fill out this application every year and we submit the number of students that are eligible for educational benefits and then we will get, some sort of a grant back to help us fund those costs because we give those students reduced fees," a district staff member explained. The board approved a resolution to submit Form A by voice and roll-call affirmation, with the presiding member stating the resolution carries 7-0.

The board approved a similar resolution to submit MSHSL Form B to offset seminar and training fees for student leaders and team captains who attend leadership training. District staff described the typical participants and purpose: "Most of the time it's student council members and captains of the different varsity sports and they just go and learn about leadership and how to apply those skills as members of the student council and or leaders of their teams". That resolution also passed unanimously.

To accommodate three lengthy, required presentations expected at the Dec. 8 meeting, the board voted to move that meeting's start time from 7:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Staff said the presentations will include Truth in Taxation, a combined World's Best Workforce and Achievement Integration report to be presented by Mrs. Morlock and Mr. Cokens (required to be presented and adopted by Dec. 15), and a facility assessment review. The time change motion passed by voice vote, recorded as 7-0.

Finally, the board voted to close the public meeting for a closed session to discuss labor negotiation strategy. The motion to close the meeting was made and seconded and the presiding member announced the public meeting was closed at 7:05 p.m..

Procedural notes: the agenda and consent items A–C were approved earlier in the meeting without removal of any consent item for separate discussion. Multiple roll-call affirmations during votes recorded board members individually as answering "Aye," with the presiding member announcing each motion carried unanimously where noted.

What happens next: the board will receive the required Truth in Taxation and workforce/achievement reports and the facility assessment at the December 8 meeting, now scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was recessed into a closed session on labor negotiations, and no further public actions were recorded in the provided transcript.