District 833

District 833 Superintendent Mark Porter was passed up for a similar job with Seminole County Public Schools in Florida. Porter was among three finalists for the Seminole County superintendent position, but the school board there on Wednesday chose internal candidate Walt Griffin,...

The District 833 School Board approved ending contracts for 82 probationary teachers with less than three years employment at last week's meeting.

Some District 833 students' daily schedules may change next year in order to balance the district's transportation budget and stop a run of deficit spending. South Washington County School Board members are leaning toward changing elementary and middle school start and end times...

To ensure awareness of the upcoming severe weather season, the state of Minnesota will conduct two tornado drills on Thursday. The first drill is statewide at 1:45 p.m. to allow schools, businesses, hospitals and other organizations to practice their emergency plans. Several schools...

District 833's top boss is a finalist for a Florida superintendent job. Seminole County Public Schools, Fla., announced its three finalists for the position, which include Mark Porter, current superintendent of South Washington County Schools. Porter will interview Monday with the...

Most of the Park High School musicals have happy themes with music that supports hopeful story lines.

District 833 School Board members did their math homework at last week's meeting, adding and subtracting spending to tentatively approve $1.2 million in budget cuts and changes for the 2012-13 school year. The list of budget adjustments includes adding $150,000 from the Community...

South Washington County Schools' student lunches do not contain a beef product known as "pink slime," the district said. The meat product, called lean finely textured beef, is made of beef trimmings treated with ammonia-based chemicals for decontamination. The school district's...

The District 833 School Board is set to approve $1.2 million in budget changes, but rejected a proposal to cut nearly $100,000 in district music staffing and another measure that would have slightly raised class sizes for larger savings. The board is set to approve budget transfers...

Board to review budget reductions The district's Budgeting for Excellence Budget Review Team's recommendations for reducing $2 million from next year's budget will be presented to the School Board at its March 8 workshop. Bond refinancing will save taxpayers money The...

In the fall of 2013, the first class of Spanish language immersion students, now in seventh-grade at Cottage Grove Middle School, will enter high school. Parents of Nuevas Fronteras students, with kindergarten through fifth-grade at Crestview Elementary School in Cottage Grove, asked...

This summer, School District 833 will spend $4.9 million to replace the heating and cooling system at Armstrong Elementary School, completing the replacement cycle at all but the newest elementary schools, according to a budget presented to the School Board last week. The total levy,...

Doug Ballinger said he researched school districts and decided to move to Woodbury from out of state because his family was impressed with South Washington County Schools. But there could be improvement, Ballinger said at a Tuesday meeting hosted by School Exec Connect, the search...