SCHOOLS
Chisago Lakes names four finalists for superintendent position
The Chisago Lakes School board held an exhaustive, two day interview process with eight semifinalists earlier this week for the superintendent position that is being vacated by Dean Jennissenn at the end of the school year.
Chisago Lakes School District names semifinalists for superintendent search
The Chisago Lakes School Board has selected eight semifinalists to interview for the school district’s superintendent position. The semifinalists are:
North Branch BPA participate at State
Eleven students from North Branch participated in the annual MN DECA State Career Development Conference in Minneapolis.
Chisago Lakes Schools Director of Human Resources selection announced
Chisago Lakes School District is pleased to announce that Cory Becker has been named the new Director of Human Resources at Chisago Lakes School District. Mr. Becker’s first official day at Chisago Lakes School District will be March 13, 2023.
Royalty in the classroom
Kindergarten students at Primary finished up their Kings and Queens unit. Along with learning content about Kings and Queens of the past and present, they are also learning the literacy skill of characters, setting, things, events, actions, a scene, and facts from a fiction read-aloud.
Despite looming cuts, deadlock vote means no early retirement incentives in CL District
There was a tie vote during the Chisago Lakes School Board meeting on Thursday, February 9 in regards to the district offering early retirement incentives to a portion of staff this year.
Mental health in schools not a new issue in North Branch
Over the decades Minnesota public schools have evolved into providers of much more than just academics. Public health concerns have long been tackled partly in the school setting (remember those forearm puncture tests for TB?) Vision and hearing tests are done in connection with attending school. Education about transmittable disease …
Busy week at Lakeside Elementary School
Above, Students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class at Lakeside finished their We Are Grateful books. Students wrote and illustrated the book that was then published. From their teacher to their families, to video games to ice cream....these students had a lot to be grateful for.
North Branch School Districts retain some lessons learned
If school district officials learned anything from the pandemic it was to be prepared.
School board addresses legal counsel, snow days, etc. in first meeting of the year
The first meeting of 2023 brought a lot of change for the Chisago Lakes School Board. The board needed to name a new chair after longtime Chair Mark Leigh gaveled his last meeting in December. Longtime Vice Chair Lori Berg was nominated by Brenda Carlson to ascend to the chairperson …
Mark Leigh finishes 32 year tenure as school board member
After 34 years on the board and over two decades as the board chair, Mark Leigh gaveled his last Chisago Lakes School Board meeting Tuesday, December 20 after not running for re-election in November.
North Branch School Board adopts levy numbers prescribed by MN Department of Education
North Branch School Board adopted a 2023 levy package last week that is about 80-percent controlled by the state. In a presentation of its latest fiscal audit, CliftonLarsonAllen’s accountant explained that “...the state legislature determines what portion of general education funding will be paid by local taxpayers.”
School Board grapples with Superintendent resigning
After nearly six years in charge of the district, Chisago Lakes superintendent Dean Jennissen announced his intention to resign his position effective at the end of the current school calendar year on June 30, 2023.
