The Columbia Heights Public Schools board approved a resolution acknowledging monetary and in‑kind contributions for the district and took two personnel-related actions during the meeting.

The board read a detailed acknowledgement of contributions that listed multiple individual donors to athletic teams and classroom needs, in-kind donations such as donated food and a camera for photography classes, and a fiscal-year-to-date total of $21,374.28. The resolution cited Minnesota Statute 123B.02 as the authority permitting school districts to accept donations on behalf of the district and to act as trustee where appropriate. After the reading, the board conducted a roll-call vote and the resolution passed with all members voting in favor.

Early in the meeting, the board administered the oath of office to Lorian Mueller, who had been appointed to the board; Mueller recited and affirmed the statutory oath of office. Later in the meeting the superintendent reported eight applications for student school board representative; the board approved Cadence Hansen and Christian Penavelas to serve from January 2026 through December 2026 and approved Atenan Anwar to continue through June 2026 because she is graduating. The motion to appoint student representatives was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.

All of these items were acted on in the meeting; the board did not attach additional conditions to the donations resolution and requested that staff follow up per existing procedures when requests for administration follow-up are raised during communications to the board.