SLEEPY EYE — The District 84 Board of Education unanimously approved a 10-year long-term maintenance plan and facility maintenance revenue projections for fiscal years 2019-2028 Wednesday.

Maintenance consultant Tim Harbo said plans call for replacing the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit) in the elementary gym next year at an estimated cost of $300,000. In addition, the roof over the newer elementary school addition would be replaced for about $100,000 after the HVAC project. Harbo said the projects alone should not cause a local tax levy increase.

The board also:

• Learned from board member Bryan Sellner that students and parents noted satisfaction with the district’s personalized learning programs in grades two through four. Personalized learning is an educational approach that aims to customize learning to a student’s strengths, needs, skills and interests. Students get a learning plan based on what they know and how they learn best.

• Heard High School Principle Shane Laffen report that staff visited Eastern Carver County and Chanhassen High School to learn about their personalized learning programs. Laffen said a trip with other staff to Carver County is planned for Nov. 30.

• Heard Supt. John Cselovszki report that funding sources continue to be sought for a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) school in the former Orchid Inn building.

• Approved a 2018-2018 snow removal quote from S&G Construction, Sleepy Eye. Fees are $90 an hour for a pay loader with 14 feet snow plow, $38 per load of gravel and sand; plus salt for $55 a cubic yard.

• Heard a National FFA Convention presentation. Issac Nelson was Dairy Production Entrepreneurship National Proficiency Champion. Parker Neid and Cassidy Hacker were National Proficiency Finalists in agricultural mechanics, design and fabrication; and animal production, respectively.

The National FFA Quiz Bowl Team placed ninth. The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter received a 3-Star National Chapter Award.

• Received the following donations of $1,248 from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council for a Nov. 14 Chanhassen Dinner Trip; $1,000 from Del Monte Corp.; $184.58 from Minnesota Bio Fuels to the FFA Program; a $1,000 anonymous donation to the Senior Trip; $237.60 from the Prairie Woods Environmental Center to the YES Team; and $1,000 from the Sleepy Eye Servicemen’s Club gambling account for arts the athletics.

Fritz Busch can be emailed at fbusch@nujournal.com.