District 833

District 833 School Board members have not followed their own recommended email policy, records show. School Board members last year wanted to follow a policy recommending that they only communicate by email through district-issued accounts, not personal email accounts. But a series...

Park High School athletic staff see leaving the Suburban East Conference as a way to bolster the school's sports programs, but first want to hear from the community. The school's activities department is inviting students, parents, teachers and local residents to a "community input...

South Washington County School Board members are set to begin the search for a new superintendent. The District 833 School Board is scheduled to discuss the search process at its workshop meeting Thursday, Jan. 12. It will be the board's first public discussion of the schools chief...

A District 833 assistant principal was immediately terminated last month following an arbitrator's decision backing the dismissal. Woodbury Middle School Assistant Principal Keith Burcar officially lost his job following a Dec. 15 School Board vote. The reasons for his termination...

Park High School is seeking public input as it looks at ways to improve its activities and athletics, including possibly by switching high school league conferences. The school's activities department is inviting students, parents, teachers and local residents to a "community input...

Dr. Efe Agbamu arrived as Park High School principal with ambitious plans to boost student achievement. She was instrumental in launching the school's International Baccalaureate program and overseeing a school at a time of increased participation in college preparatory classes and...

District 833 School Board members have a big assignment ahead of them as they search for a new superintendent early next year, a task some think will be complicated by divisions on the board and other factors. The details of that search process are unclear and were not discussed...

Mark Porter is losing his job as District 833 school superintendent next year, but said he wants to continue working in education. Porter, whose contract was not renewed last week by the South Washington County School Board, said he will look for a position in another district and...

Students who are not in the East Ridge High School attendance boundary will be allowed to transfer to that school so long as they have an older sibling already enrolled there. The District 833 School Board voted Dec. 15 to allow that exception to the district's policy prohibiting...

Just like its surrounding neighborhood, Liberty Ridge Elementary School is poised to grow. The District 833 elementary school in Woodbury's Stonemill Farms development likely will be expanded following the South Washington County School Board's decision Dec. 15 to support the planned...

School District 833 will collect slightly less tax revenue from property owners next year than it did this year. The School Board on Dec. 14 voted unanimously to set the district's 2012 tax levy at $53.42 million, down from a proposed levy of $53.58 million. The decrease in recent...

The District 833 School Board's action Thursday to not renew Superintendent Mark Porter's contract.