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Don: Don't forget to thank

bigfoot — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:22:56 -0500

Don:

Don't forget to thank yourself.

For those of you who don't know, Don used to be the city's financial guru. We are fortunate that Don is now providing his expertise as a volunteer member of the BAC.

And for more crazy Guiness

Leah Shaffer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:27:23 -0500

And for more crazy Guiness stuff, click here.

Hopkins event cancelled: Via

Karla — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:22:10 -0500

Hopkins event cancelled:
Via e-mail:
This is just to let your know that this workshop has been cancelled. Thanks.

Cancelled: Free workshop offered on teenage depression, Monday, April 28
A free workshop on teenage depression (for parents of students in 7th-12th grades) is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, at Hopkins West Junior High, 3830 Baker Road, Minnetonka. Dr. Mary Wilkens will offer practical advice on recognizing excessive stress in teens and helping them set healthy limits, how depression in adolescence differs from this illness in adults, how parents can tell if their children are depressed, and how the impact that adolescent brain development has on diagnoses and treatment of depression in teens. No registration is required.

Eileen Harvala, APR
Public Relations Director
Hopkins Public Schools

(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)

Here's a link to a Web site

Leah Shaffer — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:02:25 -0600

Here's a link to a Web site from parents who are against the looping decision.

If your family is impacted

Leah Shaffer — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:54:32 -0600

If your family is impacted by this change and you'd like to share your thoughts, please e-mail lshaffer@swpub.com

Here's a link to the

Leah Shaffer — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:53:38 -0600

Here's a link to the previous story we did on this:
http://www.edenprairienews.com/news/schools/boundary-change-plan-nearing...

Languages can be learned at

nevaslip1 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:44:03 -0600

Languages can be learned at any age. I agree that kids should be taught a second language like many many European Schools teach English as a second language.
Heck, I learned Italian in my forties!

I have always wished that I

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:18:27 -0600

I have always wished that I learned another language when I was younger -- studies show that it's easier for kids to learn multiple languages than it is for adults.

I took Spanish in middle school but I pretty much have only retained counting to 10 and asking where the bathroom is (plus my daughter taught me "10 Little Indians" in Spanish when she came home from her Montessori preschool one day).

I took German in college and, other than asking where my mother is, the one phrase that has stuck in my (head because I like how it sounds) is "Haben sie einen plattenspieler?" -- which means "Do you have a record player?" Very helpful in today's iPod world.

Including city, state and

Leah Shaffer — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:35:25 -0600

Including city, state and county tax bills, the taxes on the median value home will go up $127.

Here is a link to the

Karla — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:43:20 -0500

Here is a link to the School District's PowerPoint presentation on the budget. Read more about the preliminary levy in the Sept. 20 issue of the Eden Prairie News.

(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)

For a link to survey results

Leah Shaffer — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:52:35 -0500

For a link to survey results related to this issue, click here.

The School Board is going to

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:13:06 -0500

The School Board is going to make a decision on this some time in the coming weeks. The next meeting will be this Monday, June 4. Here’s a link to the district FAQ for this issue.

First I should say that I no

mjm — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:31:52 -0500

First I should say that I no longer have children in the school system and so will not be personally impacted. I do support the need to address the disproportionate minority/low SES population currently at Forest Hills Elementary through boundary adjustments. We went through multiple boundary changes in our neighborhood in the late 80's & early 90s. Children adjust very quickly.
But let's not use the issue above as an excuse to go back on the plan presented to the community when the Spanish Immersion Program was introduced. If the best practice in immersion school instruction is to start teaching more in English by the intermediate level, doesn't it also make total sense to have that portion of the program more integrated with other like age peers?
School Board - continue to question, be voices of reason and listen to the entire community. As more districts implement immersion programs around us, this may no longer be the big draw for open enrollment that it was initially billed.

Eden Prairie Excellent

E4 — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:02:28 -0500

Eden Prairie Excellent Education for Everyone

Check out this website:

www.edenprairieexcellenteducationforeveryone.info

Actually that's not my

Deb Sweeney — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:13:14 -0500

Actually that's not my comment above, it's someone else's. I wasn't going to leave one but then I couldn't delete the box.

I do agree with teal. Oak Point is a wonderful school beloved by students, parents and staff alike and I think dismantling it would be a travesty. It is a perfect developmental setting for those age kids and extremely well staffed and run. I also don't see how the special programs (band, orchestra, accelerated math) can be run well if some or all of the students leave Oak Point. I like the choice option better than green but I know I would be bursting a blood vessel if my kids did not get Oak Point. I can see all out war developing, or class distinctions between the schools, or people starting to want elementary school "choice" as well. I really don't think we want to go there.

It is hard luck on the Spanish Immersion to be split between buildings but I don't see displacing 1500 families for that. Maybe if it grows enough it could take over one of the elementary schools in a couple of years. But don't mess with Oak Point.