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Our regular meeting began on time at the city chambers board room. Dr. Champa began the meeting with Mission Moment, recognizing the homecoming court and all the festivities of last week. Some of the students of the court were able to attend the meeting to introduce themselves. She also recognized this school board for ourContinue reading “9/22/2025 Regular Meeting”

Due to the events of last week, this report on the most recent work session will be brief. There were a few important agenda items that I wanted to be sure to make note of. LEVY REFERENDUM – Dr. Champa is hosting several informational sessions with local community groups and leaders, plus hosting a fewContinue reading “9/8/2025 Work Session”

Death is painful. Unexpected death is tragic. Murder is horrific. What is the turning point? I thought maybe it was September 11, 2001, but then it wasn’t. I thought it may have been one of the many school shootings since then, but it wasn’t. Minnesota has had no lack of ruthless evil attacks hurting manyContinue reading “Turning Point”

This regular meeting had a long agenda including multiple votes, but due to the routine nature of most agenda items, the meeting was less than one hour long. Most of the agenda items had been previously discussed or are part of routine annual voting/renewals. Here is the link to review the agenda with the attachmentsContinue reading “8/25/2025 Regular Meeting”

Coffee and Conversation with the Superintendent is a great opportunity to get to know Dr. Tammy Champa and also discuss questions or concerns. The first coffee date is this Friday, August 22, 2025 at the district office on the corner of Grove and School streets, 8-9am. There will be future dates as well! If youContinue reading “Coffee”

We began with a brief Special Session to approve the most recent personnel report and immediately followed with the work session. HIGHLIGHTS: Rose street proposal recap Superintendent Champa: back to school and levy updates Two city/chamber representatives returned to the board to informally recap and answer questions in follow up to the formal presentation givenContinue reading “8/11/2025 Special & Work Sessions”

Before giving board meeting updates, here are just a few highlights from the most recent Owatonna Public Schools Newsletter, July 2025. Welcome Dr. Tamara Champa, our new superintendent!  Levy information for the upcoming vote in the November 2025 election, including a calculator for determining the estimated amount each household may pay in taxes, is availableContinue reading “Extra Info and 7/9/2025 Regular Meeting”

Our regular meeting of the month was held a week earlier than the usual fourth Monday of the month. Also, note that July only has one school board meeting and this year it will be Wednesday July 9, 2025, 5:30pm at the West Hills campus, chamber board room. This week’s meeting was most memorable asContinue reading “6/16/2025 Regular Meeting”

School is out, and the OHS graduation ceremony is completed, congrats graduates! We held our June work session per usual at the district office and as a reminder, our next Regular Meeting is next week June 16, 2025 at the chamber board room. This week’s work session was packed with lots of updates, maybe ourContinue reading “6/9/2025 Work Session”

Before I write the usual update on last night’s board meeting, I wanted to write specifically about the vote for the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) membership. This vote occurs annually for every district in Minnesota that desires to have its district participate in the MSHSL. As I understand it, this organization is theContinue reading “I Voted No”