MPS Regular Board Meeting 11/10/2026

The Minot Public School Board’s regular meeting on November 10, 2026, approved a general-fund budget amendment through the consent agenda. Updated enrollment-based state funding increased revenue, and the district reported $215,000 received to date from bidding out replaced Apple laptops; those proceeds were allocated to one-time technology supplies and contracted services. The board also approved an exclusive auction listing agreement with Northern Auction for Jefferson Elementary, with a 7% commission and an agreement term ending upon sale and closing or February 28, 2027. Auction terms were approved, and any sale remains subject to a later board vote on the high bid; a January 14, 2027, meeting was anticipated for that decision.

The board approved proceeding with sealed-bid sales of a vacant CTE residential lot on Aspen Circle and specified Idle Wild-area lots. The Idle Wild appraisal had increased slightly; reserve prices had not been settled, and the sale documents were to return for review. The board retains discretion to accept or reject bids. The superintendent’s strategic plan, including its artificial-intelligence component, was deferred for further work and discussion in December; no related technology procurement was approved.