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EDUCATION FOUNDATION: Announces this year’s initiatives PAGE 10
Mounds View referendum on ballot
A fresh start to school
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Above: Island Lake Elementary second-grader Aarohi Kotkar looks at a welcome packet from her teacher while sitting at the new tables and stools in her renovated classroom. Six classrooms, the special education area and the media center were renovated over the summer. Left: Island Lake Elementary second-graders Eric Jensen and Leon Yuan test out some of the new flexible furniture in their classroom that was renovated over the summer during the Meet Your Teacher open house Aug. 28.
A levy referendum for Mounds View Public Schools that would more than double the amount of funding per student will be on the ballot for district residents Nov. 5. The tax impact would be $28 per month for a median-valued home of $275,000. The school board unanimously approved a resolution calling for the vote at its August meeting. It has been 13 years since the district asked for additional resources in a levy referendum, said Board Chair Jonathan Weinhagen. “2006 was the last time we went out for additional resources to support our work,” he noted. Treasurer Bob Helgeson remarked that the bond referendum passed in 2017 was for buildings. Operating levies are for expenses to keep the school programs running. “This is a different ask,” he said. “This is to keep those great programs within those buildings.” Clerk Sandra Westerman noted that the board didn’t come to this decision lightly. “We have SEE SCHOOL LEVY, PAGE 13
New principals open school doors Several new principals will open schools in the Shoreview and North Oaks area today. Kristi Abbott is the new principal at Island Lake Elementary in Shoreview. Previous principal Todd Durand took a position as principal at Pike Lake Education Center in New Brighton. For more than three years, Abbott has led Snail Lake Education Center serving kindergarten students and families from the Island Lake and Turtle Lake attendance areas. She
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district leader, teacher and instructional coach. Abbott holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the College of St. Scholastica and a master’s degree from Saint Mary’s University, where she also completed her K-12 principal licensure program. Abbott lives in Vadnais Heights with her husband, and she loves to spend time with her adult sons and stepdaughter. Ryan Lang is the new
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previously served as the associate principal at Turtle Lake Elementary School.
Prior to joining Mounds View Public Schools, Abbott spent 23 years in the North
St. Paul/Maplewood/ Oakdale School District where she was a building and
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