Category Archives: Events

EMID Board Meeting, 10/19, this is it!

The East Metro Integration District (EMID) School Board will meet on Wednesday, October 19, at 5:30pm at Crosswinds School, 600 Weir Drive, Woodbury, MN. Please join us at this meeting!

Last week the EMID School Board decided it would hold two votes at the meeting on 10/19. One vote, for what they call “option one” will be a vote on whether to close Harambee and Crosswinds at the end of this school year. The other vote, for what they call “option two” will be to reduce the funding for the schools, but allow them to stay open and serving the children of our ten member school districts. There will be a chance for public testimony at the meeting this Wednesday. Raise your voice for our schools!

The full board packet (PDF) is available at EMID’s website.

Children are also welcome at the school board meeting. Those who can sit through the meeting will learn a lot about how their schools are governed. There will be child care provided during the school board meeting at Crosswinds for those kids who are potty trained but don’t have the patience for sitting through the meeting.

Translators will also be available.

Emergency Meeting of EMID Families, 8/27

Earlier this week the EMID Board held a board meeting. Lucky for us there were a couple parents who attended. They learned that the EMID Board is considering closing our schools permanently!

One parent tells me they contacted our superintendent, Jerry Robicheau, who said he had “fully expected” the board to close the schools this week. I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that, expecting this kind of action, he never once reached out to families for help defending our schools. I am afraid we have no help coming from that quarter.

Another parent took the time to write the following message. If you care about the future of EMID schools, please read it!

Finally, if you want to strategize with other families about what we can do, please come to an emergency meeting of EMID Families tomorrow, Saturday 8/27, at 12:30. We will be meeting at 1993 Lincoln Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105. Call Mary Hess at 651-236-7592 or email mhess@luthersem.edu for directions.

Here’s the message from a parent who was at the EMID Board meeting… Continue reading →

Town Hall Meeting featuring the Commissioner Cassellius, 4/20

Concerned about the direction of the education omnibus bills at the Capitol?

A town hall meeting featuring the Commissioner of Education, Brenda Cassellius, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, at 4 p.m. at Washington Technology Secondary, 1495 Rice Street in St. Paul. The Commissioner along with other elected officials will be attending to discuss issues related to education and education funding for the next biennium. This information session will be followed by a Q & A.

Wednesday, April 20, 4 p.m.
Washington Technology Secondary, 1495 Rice Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55117

10,000 voices for one Minnesota

A few weeks ago I shared with the mailing list a wonderful testimony by Grant Stevenson, the pastor heading up ISAIAH these days, to the House Education Finance Committee. I’ve included that message “below the fold” here, but what I really want to let you know about is ISAIAH’s Leadership Action Day on Saturday (April 9) from 9am – 2pm. Lunch is included if you RSVP right away to Amity.Foster@isaiah-mn.org.

The main event is from 11am to 1pm and will engage legislative leaders from both parties in a dialogue about how we might work together to create a path that leads to health, racial equity, opportunity, and shared growth. ISAIAH has invited Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, Senate Minority Leader Terry Bonoff, and House Minority Leader Paul Thissen to join in this dialogue.

Details are in this PDF flier. Continue reading →

Parents United Leadership Summit

Do you miss Brenda Cassellius? Here’s a chance to see her in her new role as Minnesota’s Commissioner of Education! On Monday (April 11) Parents United is holding its all-day Leadership Summit. The morning is full of training (Brenda, Peter Huchinson, Karen Balmer, and Mary Cathryn Ricker will be presenting) followed by lunch an lobbying at the capitol. See the Parents United site for more details, register now!