Tag: Wayzata School Board
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The school board of Wayzata Public Schools recently approved an agreement with Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners (IOCP) to lease a portion of IOCP’s new facility near County Road 101 and County Road 6 in Plymouth. Several Hennepin County programs will also be housed in the facility.
The district’s community education department will occupy a portion of the building and will offer early childhood programs, adult basic education, adult English as a second language, classes for active older adults and seniors, academic support for K-12 students, and high school service learning opportunities at the site. The department will continue to offer programming at its current locations in the district.
“The opportunity to share space in IOCP’s new facility is exciting for our district’s community education program,” said Bob Wittman, director of community education. “We will be able to expand our programming to reach more people in the community and do it as part of a powerful partnership.”
The district programs in the IOCP facility will be available beginning fall 2011.
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In a Wayzata Chamber Ambassador visit today, Wayzata School Board member Greg Rye disclosed a potential power outage at one of the Wayzata Public School buildings earlier in the day. The outage is believed to be linked to a car accident.
Details surrounding the incident remain unclear. The cause of the power outage and any resulting damages to the school building are yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned for further updates as the story unfolds.
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From Wayzata Public Schools:At its February 9 regular meeting, the school board of Wayzata Public Schools approved the administration’s recommendation on open enrollment for the 2009-10 school year.
The board approved the following open enrollment actions for next year:
- Close any grade level at the high school with an enrollment exceeding 800 students
- Close any grade level in the middle schools with an enrollment exceeding 775 students
- Close any grade level at the elementary level with an enrollment exceeding 750 students
- Individual elementary buildings may open kindergarten, first and second grade where they have space.
- Plymouth Creek Elementary is closed to open enrollment.
The size of the kindergarten classes will be re-evaluated after kindergarten round-up.
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By Laila Fattal, Trojan Tribune Staff Writer
Wayzata High School assembled freshmen into teams in 2006. The original team was about 120 students.
In 2007 they expanded into having two teams with about 120 students each.
This year there are about 540 freshmen among four teams.
The eventual goal of administration and school board is to put every freshman on a team.
The purpose of this is to help ease the transition into high school.
Teamed students have math and science together in one semester, communications and civics in the other.
Being on a team for Nelson Hunstad (9) is extremely helpful considering he is new to the district this year. “It gives you a chance to get to know a community of people better,” Hunstad said.
Math and science team Mr. Oden and Ms. Campbell are find the team setup ideal. “We complement each other. We’re both focused on what’s best for the students,” said Mr. Oden.
For the majority the classes have the same people in them which help students build a stronger bond, according to Oden. “It gets you in your own crew of friends and lets you rely on people,” said Kevin Donlin (9).
Most students that were on a team in the past have said that they were glad they were, including Emily Doss (10). “Since the teachers were together, it made it a lot easier since the teachers both know what the other is teaching. Transitioning to high school was easier since the teachers were close,” said Doss.
“I think it is a huge benefit to see the math and science connection,” said Oden.
Shannon Hamer (11) was on a team in 2006 and disliked it. “I was with the same people for half the day so I didn’t get to meet as many people,” said Hamer.
She switched out of being on a team by second semester because she didn’t want to have classes with the same people.
Not everyone is put onto a team, but the goal is to fit as many students onto a team as possible. The teams are set according to the classes the students have selected.
Currently, data is being collected on the success of students that have been on teams.
Administration and the school board want to decrease the amount of struggling students.
If a student is struggling, being on a team will help identify them more quickly, they said.
The team teachers meet with the counselors, literacy coach, and principal often.
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