Board of Education
The Board of Education meets on the third Monday of each month at
6:00 PM in the ECC Foyer, enter through Door #1
Ellie Holm- Co-Chair, Rian Hofstad - Co-Chair, Jon Andres- Clerk,
Lucas Boyd - Director, Randy Hackett - Director, and Maria Traut - Treasurer
Regular Board Meeting | Monday, November 10, 2025 | 6PM | In-Person | Online | 120 South Hawthorn Street, Royalton | Enter Door #7 MS/HS Media Center
Finance Meeting | Wednesday, November 26, 2025 | 12PM | In-Person & Virtual | 120 South Hawthorn Street, Royalton | District Office Conference Room | Enter Door #2
Policy Meeting | Wednesday, November 26, 2025 | 2PM | In-Person | 120 South Hawthorn Street, Royalton | District Office Conference Room | Enter Door #2
Truth in Taxation Meeting | Monday, December 8, 2025 | 6PM | In-Person | Online | 120 South Hawthorn Street, Royalton | Enter Door #7 MS/HS Media Center
Regular Board Meeting | Monday, December 8, 2025 | 6PM | In-Person | Online | 120 South Hawthorn Street, Royalton | Enter Door #7 MS/HS Media Center
Time: 6:00 PM Place: Early Childhood Entrance Foyer, Enter Door #1
2025 Regular Board Meeting Schedule
January 13, 2025 (Organizational with Regular Meeting following)
February 10, 2025
March 27, 2025
April 14, 2025
May 12, 2025
June 9, 2025
July 14, 2025
August 11, 2025
September 8, 2025
October 6, 2025
November 10, 2025
December 8, 2025 (Truth in Taxation with Regular Meeting following)
The Board of Education allows public participation at its meetings, but at the same time has the responsibility for conducting its business in an orderly fashion. The Chairperson will provide the audience with an opportunity to address the board at the beginning of the meeting. Each speaker will be allowed five minutes for his/her presentation. When there are a large number of speakers to be heard, the Board of Education may shorten the time.
Undue interruption or other interference with the orderly conduct of Board of Education business cannot be allowed. Defamatory or abusive remarks are always out of order. The Chairperson may terminate the speaker’s privilege of address if, after being called to order, he/she persists in improper conduct or remarks.
Members of the Board of Education and the Superintendent may question a speaker or make comments in response to the speaker’s remarks.
At a public meeting of the Board, no person shall orally initiate charges or complaints against individual employees of the district or challenge instructional materials used in the district. All complaints about staff or other issues shall be referred to the Superintendent for investigation and report.
Bowlus City Council: Lucas Boyd (Ellie Holm, alternate)
Facilities: Ellie Holm and Lucas Boyd
Finance Committee: Maria Traut, Ellie Holm and Randy Hackett
Health and Safety: Ellie Holm (Randy Hackett, alternate)
Labor Management/Meet and Confer: Lucas Boyd and Ellie Holm
Legislative Liaison: Randy Hackett (Jon Andres, alternate)
Mid-State Education District: Rian Hofstad and Ellie Holm
MSHSL: Jon Andres (Lucas Boyd, alternate)
Non-Union Employee Negotiations: Rian Hofstad and Ellie Holm
Para (RESP) Negotiations: Maria Traut and Lucas Boyd
Policy Review: Rian Hofstad, Maria Traut and Jon Andres
Principal Negotiations: Maria Traut and Ellie Holm
Royalton City Council Meetings: Rian Hofstad (Jon Andres, alternate)
Secretary (AFSCME) Negotiations: Ellie Holm and Jon Andres
Sourcewell: Maria Traut (Rian Hofstad, alternate)
Staff Development: Rian Hofstad and Jon Andres
Strategic Planning Committee/Curriculum/CACR: Rian Hofstad
Superintendent Negotiations: Ellie Holm and Randy Hackett
Teacher (REM) Negotiations: Randy Hackett and Rian Hofstad
SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE, POWERS AND DUTIES
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER/SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM GUIDELINES AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I WILL:
Attend school board meetings.
Come to the meetings prepared for discussion of the agenda items.
Listen to the opinions and views of others (including, but not limited to, other school board members, administration, staff, students, and community members).
Vote my conscience after informed discussion, unless I abstain because a conflict of interest exists.
Support the decision of the school board, even if my position concerning the issue was different.
Recognize the integrity of my predecessors and associates and appreciate their work.
Be primarily motivated by a desire to provide the best possible education for the students of my school district.
Inform myself about the proper duties and functions of a school board member.
IN PERFORMING THE PROPER DUTIES OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I WILL:
Focus on education policy as much as possible.
Remember my responsibility is to set policy – not to implement policy.
Consider myself a trustee of public education and do my best to protect, conserve, and advance its progress.
Recognize that my responsibility, exercised through the actions of the school board as a whole, is to see that the schools are properly run – not to run them myself.
Work through the superintendent – not over or around the superintendent.
Delegate the implementation of school board decisions to the superintendent.
TO MAINTAIN RELATIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I WILL:
Respect the rights of others to have and express opinions.
Recognize that authority rests with the school board in legal session – not with the individual members of the school board except as authorized by law. Chapter 1(2)
Make no disparaging remarks, in or out of school board meetings, about other members of the school board or their opinions.
Keep an open mind about how I will vote on any proposition until the board has met and fully discussed the issue.
Make decisions by voting in school board meetings after all sides of debatable questions have been presented.
Insist that committees be appointed to serve only in an advisory capacity to the school board.
IN MEETING MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO MY COMMUNITY, I WILL:
Attempt to appraise and plan for both the present and future educational needs of the school district and community.
Attempt to obtain adequate financial support for the school district’s programs.
Insist that business transactions of the school district be ethical and open.
Strive to uphold my responsibilities and accountability to the taxpayers in my school district.
Jon Andres, Clerk | jon.andres@isd485.org
Lucas Boyd, Director | lucas.boyd@isd485.org
Randy Hackett, Director | randy.hackett@isd485.org
Rian Hofstad, Co-Chair | rian.hofstad@isd485.org
Ellie Holm, Co-Chair | ellie.holm@isd485.org
Maria Traut, Treasurer | maria.traut@isd485.org