Committee Relations

The board meets at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month. Board meetings are held in room C350 of the senior high school unless otherwise posted. Board meetings are not public meetings; rather they are meetings held in public. The public can speak at the Open Forum, which is the second meeting of the month. By law, all board discussion and deliberation must be conducted in public, except for certain specific matters such as personnel and student disciplinary cases, which may be discussed in closed session. All official board action (voting) takes place in public. All meetings of the board are open to the public.

SLP School Board Resolutions - updated March 9th, 2010:

After numerous School Board Listening Sessions and Public Meetings, the School Board unanimously passed a resolution for a new grade configuration of “6th Grade Up”.

The School Board for St. Louis Park Public Schools voted unanimously to close Cedar Manor Intermediate Center and Eliot Community Center at the end of the 2009-10 school year. Both Central Community Center and Lenox Community Center, previously listed for possible closing, will remain open.

School Board Approves New School Start Times for Fall 2010: At their Monday, March 8th meeting, the School Board voted unanimously to approve new school start times beginning Fall 2010:

- Junior High School/Middle School: Start at 7:40 a.m.

- High School: Start at 8:20 a.m.

- Park Spanish Immersion School (PSI): Start at 8:25 a.m.

- Aquila, Peter Hobart & Susan Lindgren: Start at 9:15 a.m.

School Board Approves New School Boundaries Version 4 School Boundaries to Begin Fall 2010 : At their Monday, March 8th meeting, the School Board voted unanimously to approve Version 4 of the new school boundaries. The boundaries will take affect Fall 2010 and should result in more equity between schools. The estimated enrollment for each K-5 elementary school follows:

- Aquila Elementary School – 478 students

- Peter Hobart Elementary School – 514 students

- Susan Lindgren Elementary School – 512 students

School Board to Cut Elementary Programs:

• Art instruction from a trained art teacher will be eliminated in 4th and 5th grades (already eliminated in K-3).

• All Physical education classes will be doubled up (55-63 students in each class) and provided 5 times a week

(the frequency is an increase for PSI upper grades).

• Chorus in grades 4 and 5 will be eliminated

• General Music, Band and Orchestra to stay the same as this year

• English to stay the same as this year

The PSI Community Relations Committee will be the venue for PSI stakeholders to understand what is happening in SLP Education beyond PSI. We will attend school board meetings, the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) and other important district meetings (such as meeting to report findings from strategic planning or building facilities reports). We will also develop relationships with other SLP schools and school board members.

Please contact Lisa Robinson for further information.

District-wide updates from PSI PTO:

Updates from April 15th, 2010, click here.

Updates from March 18th, 2010, click here.

School Board Meeting Decision from March 8th Meeting, SLP District Website,

New Last Day of School Date --June 4th, 2010 (Grades 7-11 still go until June 8th).

New School Start Times for Fall 2010 - - PSI Start at 8:25 a.m.

New PSI Principal for 2010-2011 School Year: Corey Maslowski

6-8 Transition Updates on Jr High Website

In an effort to hear all of your voices, please email your comments/questions or concerns to PSISchoolFeedback@gmail.com

PSI/Senior High Bus Proposal for 2010-2011:

Dr. Maslowski, Mr. Pollock and Tom Burr will meet with all of the bus drivers before the school year starts.

There will be at least two Senior High student bus leaders on each bus.

9th and 10th Graders will receive an elective credit for being a bus leader.

The bus leaders will meet with Mr. Pollock, Assistant Principal, one day a week.

Dr. Maslowski, Mr. Pollock, the bus leaders, and a small group of PSI fifth graders will meet quarterly throughout the school year.

PSI students will sit in the first rows on each bus.

Senior High students will sit in the last rows of each bus.

Dr. Maslowski and Mr. Pollock will be in direct communication with any behavior bus incidents.