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District 196 Superintendent Mary Kreger announced the hiring of Michael Turitto as the new transportation coordinator for the district. He replaces Karen Dayon, who retired after working for more than 25 years in District 196.
District 196 Superintendent Mary Kreger announced the hiring of Alyssa Bartosh as the new coordinator of equity and inclusion for the district.
The District 196 School Board received a recommendation to make changes to the 2024-25 calendar to provide time for teachers to complete 45 hours of required training next year, focused on structured literacy.
Superintendent Mary Kreger reported Feb. 12 that negotiating teams for District 196 and Dakota County United Educators (DCUE) reached a tentative agreement on a new, two-year contract for 2023-2025.
More than 200 District 196 high school students qualified to compete at state business conferences that will be held in March.
District 196 middle school students took two of the top five spots and seven of the 18 special awards at the Regional Future City Competition held Jan. 20 at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount.
The District 196 School Board on Tuesday appointed Eagan resident Leah Gardner to fill the board seat vacated when Bianca Virnig was elected to fill a vacancy in District 52B of the Minnesota House of Representatives in December.
Three District 196 elementary magnet schools have been selected for recognition in Magnet Schools of America’s 2024 Merit Awards program. Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies and Echo Park Elementary School of Leadership, Engineering and Technology are being recognized as Schools of Distinction, and Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science is one of a select group of schools in the nation to be named a Top School of Excellence.
District 196’s four comprehensive high schools have nominated a total of 16 students for 2023-24 leadership awards sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League.
The District 196 School Board on Jan. 22 selected five residents to interview to fill a vacancy on the board created when former board member Bianca Virnig was elected to fill a vacancy in District 52B of the Minnesota House of Representatives in Decembe
Newly elected District 196 School Board members Cory Johnson, Jackie Magnuson and Anna Williams took the oath of office to begin their four-year terms at the board’s Jan. 8 organizational meeting. Sachin Isaacs was also elected in the Nov. 7 School Board election and will take the oath at the next regular board meeting Feb. 12.
The District 196 School Board on Jan. 8 approved a resolution to accept the resignation of Board Director Bianca Virnig and declare a board vacancy, and a separate action to approve the process the board will use to fill the vacancy. Virnig won a special election Dec. 5 to fill the open seat in House District 52B. She will resign from the School Board Jan. 11.
District 196 Superintendent Mary Kreger today announced the hiring of three current employees to fill administrative vacancies in the district’s Special Education Department.
Voters in Independent School District 196 elected incumbents Jackie Magnuson, Cory Johnson and Sachin Isaacs, and candidate Anna Williams to fill four open seats in the Nov. 7 School Board election.
Enrollment in District 196 schools remains stable this year, but has not been growing as projected, according to the official October enrollment report presented to the School Board Oct. 9,
District 196 is accepting applications from families interested in having their students attend a magnet school in the 2024-25 school year. The deadlines to submit applications are Jan. 5 for the five elementary magnet schools, Dec. 15 for Valley Middle School of STEM and Dec. 22 for the School of Environmental Studies optional high school for juniors and seniors.
District 196 earned the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) for the 21st year in a row.