Public Hearing — 10 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 2, Mankato, MN

PUBLIC NOTICE
SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL 
DISTRICT NO. 77 
Mankato, Minnesota 
May 4, 2026

The School Board of Independent School District No. 77 met in regular session on Monday, May 4, in the Mankato Room - Intergovernmental Center. Chair Sinning called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 
Members present at roll call: Patrick Baker, Elizabeth Hanke, Christopher Kind, Kari Pratt, Liz Ratcliff, Erin Roberts, and Shannon Sinning. Absent: None.
1.Pratt/Ratcliff approval of agenda with personnel addendum. 7-0 
2.MAPS Student Spotlight: Thilamar Them
3.MAPS Staff Spotlight: Brittany Ward
4.Public Comment: No one wished to speak.
5.Information: CEIS Report, Jefferson Forest Report, Language Access Plan Report, Board Member/Student Reports.
6.Public Hearing: 2017 Operating Referendum Renewal Plan - No one wished to speak.
6.Ratcliff/Kind approval of Consent Agenda Items: Approval of Minutes: April 20, 2026. Approval of Personnel. 7-0
Kind/Pratt acceptance of gifts.
7-0
Pratt/Ratcliff approval of second/final reading of board
policies. 7-0
9. Ratcliff/Pratt approval establishing school forest at Jefferson Elementary School. 7-0 
Ratcliff/Kind approval of
resolution relating to renewal of an expiring referendum. 7-0
11. Roberts/Ratcliff adjournment at 6:47 p.m. 7-0 

Independent School District No. 77 
Mankato, Minnesota By: Erin Roberts

The complete minutes and all 
documents relating to this meeting are on file and available for review in the Superintendents Office, 
10 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 2 and 
on-line at www.isd77.org.