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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District is providing grab-and-go lunches and breakfasts at a dozen locations for any child ages 1 to 18 on weekdays until at least May 4.
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A proposal to raise class sizes by one student in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District drew support from the Board of Education this week; several other proposals, such as eliminating orchestra programs and increasing activities fees, were rejected.
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In just eight days schools changed the way they educate students. It's a challenge schools have never faced before.
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One day after Gov. Tim Walz issued a statewide school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon reached out to Shakopee Public Schools to offer help, according to information from the Shakopee Chamber & Visitor’s Bureau.
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HOPKINS — Hopkins West Junior High Principal Leanne Kampfe was awarded the brand-new Minnesota Association of IB World Schools (MNIB) Leadership Award on March 12, according to a news release from the school district.
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When Prior Lake High School Spanish teacher Kate Dunklee said goodbye to her students on March 13, she thought it was for the weekend. It turned out to be until May or later.
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Keeping school in session during the COVID-19 pandemic will be bit like learning to fly a plane while it's in the air, said Kerianne Loran, a first-grade teacher at Vista View Elementary School.
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The Shakopee School Board held an in-person business meeting March 23 to discuss operating levy possibilities to mitigate its $2.5 million deficit — a move that, if passed, would require a referendum come November and would take effect for the 2021-2022 school year.
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It's not just athletic competitions that are getting cancelled; academic contests have shut down, too.
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Aden Bickler’s March started rough and has only gone downhill. The senior at Eden Prairie High School began the month with stressful auditions for several theater schools and a difficult breakup with his boyfriend, and now the rest of his senior year may be online due to the COVID-19 (corona…
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On Wednesday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz extended the closure of all schools across the state until Monday, May 4, 2020.
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When Gov. Tim Walz signed an order temporarily closing schools earlier this month, it didn’t come as a surprise for many school administrators, like Jordan Public Schools Superintendent Matt Helgerson, who’d already read the writing on the wall.
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Are you bold and passionate, and lead with courage and can make difficult decisions when necessary? Can you maintain and encourage a strong staff morale that will lead to hiring and retaining the very best? Do you have experience in working with and leading equity efforts?
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We know the length of this video breaks all kinds of social media rules, but we didn’t get a chance to send you off on spring break and that broke all our rules, too, so we’re doing it virtually. Stay safe, stay healthy, know that we miss you.
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Proposals to raise class sizes by one student, reroute bus transportation and eliminate orchestra programs are on the table as Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District officials face another year of budget cuts.
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Jen Brophy, a seventh-grade science teacher at East Middle School, sat in an empty classroom at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, the day before all schools in Minnesota would officially close for at least eight days under an executive order from Gov. Tim Walz to stop the spread of COVID-19.
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Anyone walking through the halls of Chaska High School would be hard-pressed to miss a flurry of students, visitors and new experiences Friday.
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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District and Burnsville Education Association reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, both parties announced.
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The Prior Lake-Savage Area School District is offering free child care until March 25 for first responders, healthcare workers and district employees and free meals for students until March 20 during school closures meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Sunday, March 15, 2020. The day Gov. Tim Walz announced the closure of Minnesota schools due to the worldwide outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District will begin providing child care and meals for children of health, grocery store and emergency personnel beginning Wednesday, it announced Monday.
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Teachers remained in school after hours last week at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria. Not to grade papers, not to coach athletic teams, instead to prepare for online learning as the spread of COVID-19 has shut down in-person schooling across the state of Minnesota.
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PLYMOUTH — Wayzata Central Middle School will host Wheels to Heels: A Positive Purpose, a motivational event with author Jean Abbott, on May 21, a recent news release says.
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Portable hand sanitizer dispensing stations cost local school districts about $150 apiece, but Jordan High School students are building them for closer to $5 a pop.
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Southwest Christian High School of Chaska will have no school on Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17, 2020, with eLearning beginning on Wednesday, March 18.
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The Eastern Carver County School District is closing schools Monday, March 16-Friday, March 20, according to a Sunday afternoon announcement on the district website from Superintendent Clint Christopher.
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Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District will cancel school starting Monday, March 16, until at least March 29, the district announced Sunday afternoon.
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Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools will cancel school starting Monday, March 16, through at least Friday, March 27, the district announced Sunday afternoon.
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Eden Prairie Public Schools closed to students starting Monday, March 16, in the wake of the governor’s executive order, which he signed Sunday, March 15, to give schools a chance to make long-term plans in the wake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic.
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Updated as of 9 a.m. on March 19.
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MINNETRISTA — Westonka Public Schools is canceling field trips, as well as evening and weekend events, through April 12 in response to COVID-19 concerns.
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Eastern Carver County District 112, which canceled multiple large events Thursday, March 12, has developed a plan for the rest of the March, announced Friday by Superintendent Clint Christopher.
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Eden Prairie Schools is canceling large, public meetings and events planned by schools and the district until further notice, the district announced Thursday, March 12.
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PLYMOUTH — Wayzata Public Schools is putting in place a few new protocols as more cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) are confirmed in Minnesota.
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Shakopee High School culinary students had the chance this quarter to put their chef’s hats on in a real-world scenario when co-owner of Shakopee Bowl, Dave Johnson, asked culinary teacher Heather Baumbach if she’d like to enter into a partnership.
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Classes will continue as scheduled for now at the recommendation of the Minnesota Department of Health, the Eden Prairie Schools superintendent told families in a letter on its website on March 12.
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Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools are adding cleaning measures, postponing at least one international trip and laying out instruction plans for students and staff if schools close during a local coronavirus outbreak, according to a new coronavirus response plan out this week.
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Eden Prairie News publishes the names of Eden Prairie residents or former residents who graduate, enroll or earn recognition in post-secondary education and whose names are shared by their schools.
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Of all the Wonder Weavers’ performances, the one that best displays the storytelling duo’s captivating act was one of their high school workshops, rather than one of their frequent children’s shows.
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The Jordan School District will lose three teachers, four paraprofessionals and the school resource officer — among other reductions — in order to make room for a projected $675,000 budget shortfall next year.
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The Eden Prairie High School Winter Guard will perform with Winter Prairie Colors on Saturday, March 21, according to a news release from the team.
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Sydney Lewis, a senior at Eden Prairie High School, has received the 2020 Billy Michal Student Leadership Award from the the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, according to a news release from the museum.
On March 7, the Chaska Speech Team went in different directions with about one-third of the team attending a tournament at Lakeville North, and the rest of the team competing at Shakopee, according to a press release.
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Shakopee Public Schools announced Monday afternoon that a parent with students who attend Eagle Creek Elementary School has been exposed to the coronavirus, or COVID-19.
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Award-winning teacher and educator Katy Smith is coming to Eden Prairie to lead a discussion on the importance of play.
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Holy Family Catholic High School Assistant Principal John Dols has been named the second principal in the school’s history.
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Eden Prairie News publishes the names of Eden Prairie residents or former residents who graduate, enroll or earn recognition in post-secondary education and whose names are shared by their schools.
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PLYMOUTH — Five Wayzata Central Middle School students with a keen eye for science have spent part of their semester focusing on orchids.
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