Northfield School Board Meets Tonight 2-10-2025

By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net

The Northfield School Board in 2025. (Front row, left to right): Corey Butler, Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann, Claudia Gonzalez-George. Ben Miller. (Back row, left to right, Jeff Quinnell,, Maggie Epstein, Amy Goerwitz, and Jenny Miller. Picture credit: Logan Wells/KYMN News

The Northfield School Board meets tonight; first on the agenda will be a review of the district’s visits to Arcadia Charter School and Prairie Creek Community School. The district authorizes both local charter schools and heard the annual report from the two schools earlier in January. Following that will be a presentation by Director of Finance Val Mertesdorf and Director of Buildings & Grounds Justin Raabolle about the Long Term Facilities Maintenance Budget and Indoor Air Quality Management Plan. The board will hear the plan and have an opportunity for discussion and questions; they will then vote to approve the plans at the February 24th school board meeting. 

Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Budget. From the 2/10/2025 Agenda Packet

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Matt Hillmann will then provide updates on the Budget Reduction  Process, the Legislative Session, the high school construction project, and the enrollment report.

The board will then approve the school calendar for the next academic year. 

The proposed calendar for the 2025-26 academic year. From the 2/10/2025 Agenda Packet

If you are interested in attending the school board meeting, the meetings are held in the District Office Board Room; use Door #2 located on the north side of the District Office on 2nd Street West. The meetings are also streamed live on Zoom; you can find the link to the video in the agenda at Northfieldschools.org, recordings of the meetings are also posted on the district’s YouTube page.


The meeting starts tonight at 6pm.Newscasts on KYMN air on weekdays at 6am, 7am, 8:30am, Noon, 3pm, and 5pm. If you miss it live, you can subscribe on your preferred podcast app:
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