Turtle Lake-Mercer May Meeting May 18, 2026 7:00 P.M. Board Room President Britton called the regular meeting of the Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board to order at 7:00 P.M in the Board Room on Monday, May 18, 2026. Roll Call: Present: Britton, O’Shea, Ravnaas, Ruffo, Sparrow Absent: Superintendent: Sheila Schlafmann Principal: Kurt Zeibarth Business Manager: Laura Fiedler Guest: Nicole Wardner Consent Agenda: Consent agenda reviewed. Ravnaas moved to approve the following consent agenda: Minutes of the April 20, 2026 regular meeting Financial Reports Payment Bills as presented. Ruffo seconded the motion. Motion Unanimously Carried. Student Outcomes – Reviewed Preliminary NDA+ Math Data Community Speakers: Comments on Current or Immediately Preceding Agenda Items – if any: None Committee Meetings: Building and Grounds – April 29th - 7:00 AM Transportation – April 29th – 7:00 AM CMC Cooperative Administrative Meeting – June 9th at 9:00 AM at TL-M Administration Reports Principal Report State Testing is complete. The ND A+ Summative Assessments have been completed. The results we have now are preliminary. A full report will be shared when we have full access to all the data. Congratulations to Hadley Ziebarth and Lakyn Ziebarth. They are the two newest members of the Million Word Club this year. The Infinite Campus transition is moving along. I worked with Edutech to get some typical end-of-year tasks completed. This allowed us to start working in the 2026-2027 school year in PowerSchool. Our high school schedule for teachers has been created so that information can be transferred easily to Infinite Campus. Tru Community Bank provided 1st grade students with Tank the T-Rex and the Golden Credit Card. They talked about saving money and using credit cards. Kindergarten hatched out their butterflies and learned about their life cycles from caterpillar to butterfly. They also hatched out some ducks this year. Congratulations to Brooklyn Tomlinson and Inaia Way. They received ratings of 1 on their vocal solos at state. Nora Fiedler received a Star Rating for her alto saxophone solo. The saxophone ensemble consisting of Nora Fiedler, Lily Christensen, Hayden Lelm, Zella Anderson, and Vivian Schlafmann received a Star rating (Superior Performance) and was the Outstanding Performance of the Day in their competition room meaning they are State Champs! 2025-2026 Enrollment - May Kindergarten 7 1st 9 2nd 8 3rd 14 4th 7 5th 10 6th 20 7th 19 8th 17 9th 14 10th 22 11th 7 12th 9 Total 163 K-6th 75 7th-12th 88 PreK 4 Huge thank you goes out to Morgan Lang. She has started adding a Trojan Pride and Cougar Power Weekly Outlook to our live feed/social media. This is a great glance at the week for all our TL-M community members. The 188th Army Band, Flashbang, performed for our students. Many of our students had a great time listening to the talented musicians. 8th Grade students traveled to Parshall to visit the NG2 Greenhouse. They brought back some fresh produce from their trip. Fourth grade students dissected Owl Pellets. This is a great activity that Mrs. Lelm does every year. Elementary Music Concert is May 7th. Mrs. Wyman continues to put together a great evening of showcasing our students’ talents. The Elementary Track Meet for students in grades 4, 5, and 6 is scheduled for May 13th. Superintendent/Activities Director Report 2026-27 Strategy Map for NDDPI School Accountability are now due September 1st – new date Annual Title I Schoolwide Report is due June 15th Intent to Apply Title I Application – submitted May 5th 4-Day waiver submitted May 1st to NDDPI CRACTC facilitator and welding reimbursements submitted Drivers Education – June 1st – June 5th Baccalaureate – Wednesday, May 27th at TL Baptist Church. Graduation is May 31st at 2:00 P.M. Congratulations to Aiden Hanson, Kylar Hansen, Kaden Lelm, Kenzee Hanson, and Helen Schlafmann on qualifying for State Track Congratulations to Zella Anderson, Lily Christensen, Vivian Schlafmann, Hayden Lelm, and Nora Fiedler on receiving a Star and Outstanding Performance of the Day at State Music. Positive Reflection/Sharing: Thank you to our TL-M teachers and staff for a fantastic school year! Thank you the Honor Society for organizing the Community Clean Up! The elementary and high school spring music concerts were both great! Bismarck Marching Band Night Parade was a beautiful night, the band sounded great! Congratulations to the class of 2026, thank you for being an outstanding group of seniors! Discussion/Action: Directive to Business Manager for Ending Fund Balance Ravnaas moved to give a directive to the Business Manager to end the current fiscal year as close as possible to the maximum allowable carry over, and if necessary, to complete transfer from the General Fund to the Building Fund to assist in funding future projects. Ruffo seconded the motion. Roll Call: Ruffo -Yes, Sparrow-Yes, O’Shea -Yes, Ravnaas -Yes, Britton-Yes. Motion Unanimously Carried. Approve 2026-27 Health Insurance Plan Sparrow moved to approve change to new plan as of the 2026-27 school year. Ravnaas second the motion. Roll Call: Sparrow-Yes, O’Shea -Yes, Ravnaas -Yes, Ruffo -Yes, Britton-Yes. Motion Unanimously Carried. 2026 Summer FCCLA Nationals Trip – Washington DC: 2 Students O’Shea moved to approve as presented. Sparrow second the motion. Roll Call: O’Shea -Yes, Ravnaas -Yes, Ruffo -Abstained, Sparrow-Yes, Britton-Yes. Motion Unanimously Carried. Accept Bid – school lawn mowing Ravnaas moved to accept bid from Sadie O’Shea. Sparrow second the motion. Roll Call: Ravnaas -Yes, Ruffo -Yes, Sparrow-Yes, O’Shea - Abstained, Britton-Yes. Motion Unanimously Carried. Approve 4-year old PreK Program renewal Ruffo moved to approve as presented. Ravnaas seconded the motion. Roll Call: Ruffo -Yes, Sparrow-Yes, O’Shea -Yes, Ravnaas -Yes, Britton-Yes. Motion Unanimously Carried. Approve Western Dakota Corp of Discovery Hi-Tech Learning Cooperative Agreement Sparrow moved to approve as presented. O’Shea seconded the motion. Roll Call: Sparrow-Yes, O’Shea -Yes, Ravnaas -Yes, Ruffo -Yes, Britton-Yes. Motion Unanimously Carried. Adjourned 8:28 April Bill Review: Britton-Ravnaas Next Board Meeting Scheduled for Monday, June 22, 2026 @ 8:00 P.M. APPROVED BILLS: GENERAL FUND AMAZON CAPITOL SERVICES 841.82; AMERICAN WELDING & GAS 604.47; APPTEGY INC 6,063.75; CENTRAL DAKOTA FRONTIER 4,597.88; CENTRAL DAKOTA LIBRARY NETWORK 462.10; CITY OF TURTLE LAKE 560.89; D&E SUPPLY CO 1,410.88; ENTZEL-FIEDLER, LAURA 174.00; HARDWARE HANK 60.49; HARLOWS BUS SALES, INC 462.06; HARTLEY’S SCHOOL BUSES 171.44; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT 25.83; J.P. MORGAN 469.15; LEARN WELL 103.00; MAIN STREET MARKET 25.32; MARCO 1,645.35; MDU 2,668.56; MELINDA NEFF 86.20; ND COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL LEADERS 350.00; NORDAK NORTH PUBLICATIONS 362.65; OTTER TAIL POWER 4,652.34; PEPPER & SON INC, J.W. 257.40; PRO TECH INTEGRATIONS LLC 75.00; REGION VII MUSIC 160.00; SAFETY KLEEN SYSTEMS 338.03; SCHLAFMANN, SHEILA 89.90; SCHUMANN, ABBY 168.81; SNYDER, MORGAN 75.00; SOURIS VALLEY SPECIAL SERVICES 330.00; STATE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 347.02; TRU COMMUNITY BANK 20.00; WEBER ELECTRIC INC 5,203.00; WEST RIVER TELEPHONE CO 321.03; WEX HEALTH INC. 71.00; WYMAN, KAILEE 15.54; Fund Total: 33,269.91 FOOD SERVICE CAPITAL CITY RESTAURANT SUPPLY 68.73; MAIN STREET MARKET 167.12; ND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2,027.70; RHOADS, DEBRA 11.52; SYSCO NORTH DAKOTA, INC. 1,596.53; US FOODS INC 4,609.02; Fund Total: 8,480.62 SPECIAL FUND ADVANCED BUSINESS METHODS 44.55; BEK COMMUNICATIONS INC 14.99; DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION 6.79; HAFFNER, JOLENE 185.60; SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC 69.90; VERIZON WIRELESS 216.87; Fund Total: 538.70 ACTIVITY FUND ACT 372.75; AMAZON CAPITOL SERVICE 283.58; ANDERSON’S 274.98; BEATTIE, LOWELL 140.75; BRUMMETT, DAVID 389.10; CASEY, MIKE 272.80; CHRISTENSEN, DARCY 491.46; CLAYPOOL, MEG 180.00; CROWN ENTERTAINMENT 350.00; ECKROTH MUSIC CO. 137.33; HORNER, RON 372.60; J.P. MORGAN 2,472.64; KLEINJAN, BRENT 181.10; KLEVGAARD, JAY 263.45; LEE, CHASE 222.28; LEE, LES 530.73; MAIN STREET MARKET 1,238.93; MIDWEST SPORTS 793.50; OCLAIR, TERRY 908.40; OLSON, PERRY 263.45; SCHLAFMANN, SHEILA 369.01; SCHNEIDER, AMBER 54.17 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS 1,496.00; VOTH, KELLY 193.53; WILTON SCHOOL 50.00; WINEZEWSKI, DEAN 188.80; Fund Total: 12,491.34 (July 2, 2026)