Judy Spooner writes in the Woodbury Bulletin: Schools have long list of legislative concerns. The article describes the list of request school officials are making of their legislators in South Washington County.

In addition to the start date issue (833 wants a start before Labor Day), special ed, and kindergarten, the article discussed Crosswinds:

Jacobus also got legislators up to speed with information about the possibility of District 833 acquiring Crosswinds school in Woodbury.

The school is operated by the East Metro Area Integration District, which can no longer afford to operate it because 10 member school districts have withdrawn their funding in order to operate integration programs in their own districts.

On a year-round schedule with a focus on art and science with about 300 students, the school is half full of students from grades 6-10.

District 833 wants to take over the school but the Perpich Center for the Arts and Intermediate School District 916 are also interested.

Jacobus said 833 is the only metropolitan entity that can take over the school.

District 833 needs the school to address growth concerns but would not continue operating the existing program, he told lawmakers.