Thursday Workshops – 2:30 NOT IN MY SCHOOLYARD: E-CIGARETTES, SYNTHETIC DRUGS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND GUNS (ALSO PRESENTED AT 9:15 A.M. FRIDAY) Room 205D Christian Shafer, Attorney; and Jennifer Earley, Attorney, Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A. High School students’ use and abuse of electronic cigarettes, prescription drugs and designer synthetic drugs is at an all-time high. This presentation will explore the school board’s authority to respond to student use of these products. We will also discuss the scope of the school board’s authority to prevent parents and community members from bringing firearms onto school district property. HEALTH CARE COST TRENDS, MNSURE & AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES Room 208A Rob Cavanna, Executive Director; and Dan Weir, Consultant, Resource Training & Solutions See health care cost trends from 2000 to 2012 and learn about the new Minnesota Exchange (MNSure) eligibility for subsidies and plan design review. We also talk about Affordable Care Act
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district management strategies, including district obligations to provide affordable coverage or be subject to penalties; employer contribution strategies; MVP (Minimum Value Plan) and Cadillac Tax impact in 2018. THE GROWING CLASSROOM: SCHOOL GARDENS FOR LEARNING Room 208B Al Withers, Program Director; Sue Knott, Education Specialist, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom; and Ron Pagel, School Board Chair, Dover-Eyota School District “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” - Mahatma Gandhi. Discover how to help students in your district dig the earth, tend the soil, grow their own food and achieve Minnesota’s K-12 academic standards! Participants will complete a variety of garden-based, hands-on activities applicable to a wide range of learners. These lessons will serve as a starting point to use school gardens of any size as a vehicle for contextualizing learning in science, social studies, language arts, math and health/nutrition.