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<br />Page 26 - Tri.City Newsletter, May/Juhe 1985
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<br />New Athletic Policy May Be Adopted
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<br />Highly talented ninth grade
<br />athletes may be allowed to
<br />participant on senior high
<br />teams 'in individual sports
<br />under a new policy adopted by
<br />the Anoka-Hennepin District
<br />11 School Board February 14.
<br />Garth, Lappin,' Director of
<br />Secondary Education, stress-
<br />ed that allowing ninth graders
<br />to participate in senior high
<br />athletics ,is "an exception to
<br />the norm."
<br />"Only a select few highly
<br />skilled athletes will be allowed
<br />to move up," said Lappin.
<br />The issue of junior high par-
<br />ticipation ,on senior high
<br />teams has been studied sever-
<br />al times in the past at the re-
<br />quest of parents and some
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<br />coaches. Previously, the dis- not allow ninth graders to par-
<br />trict administration recom- ticipate on senior high teams.
<br />mended against allowing In the' position statement
<br />junior high students on senior approved by the Board as part
<br />high teams. , of the policy, the Board
<br />Parent requests prompted recognizes that "there are a
<br />the administration to recon- few ,junior high age students
<br />sider the policy. Parents and whose athletic abilities and
<br />some coaches felt that talent- ,emotional development are
<br />eo ninth grade athletes could such that participation at the
<br />benefit from' competing at a senior high level is in the best
<br />higher level. interest of the student."
<br />"In some cases an out'stand- The policy sets up very
<br />ing ninth grade tennis playe~ specific guidelines and proce-
<br />couldn't get competition at dures for students to follow
<br />the junior high level," said when applying for senior high
<br />Lappin. "Noone would come teams. Following are high-
<br />on the court against him." Lap- lights of the procedures in the
<br />pin pointed out that the Anoka- approved policy: '
<br />Hennepin was the only school -Parent or legal guardian
<br />district in Minnesota that did
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<br />must initiate the request at
<br />least 30 days before the start
<br />of the sport season,.
<br />-Requests are limited to
<br />cross country running and ski-
<br />ing, golf, gymnastics, wrestl-
<br />ing, swimming, tennis and
<br />track and field.
<br />-Parents, counselors,
<br />junior and senior high coaches
<br />and the athlete must submit
<br />information and recommenda-
<br />tions to a review committee
<br />composedbf principals,'
<br />school athletic directors, non-
<br />coaching teachers, and the
<br />district athletic director.
<br />-Criteria for consideration
<br />includes satisfactory academ-
<br />ic work, demonstrated athletic
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<br />ability, emotional maturity',
<br />parent support, and lack of the
<br />appropriate lev~1 of competi-
<br />tion in the, junior high pro-
<br />gram.
<br />- The review committee
<br />will make a recommendation
<br />to the director of secondary
<br />education, but the director will
<br />make the final decision. '
<br />-Ninth graders moving up
<br />will participate on the varsity
<br />level only. '
<br />- Transportation for prac-
<br />tice and contests will be the
<br />responsibility of parents or
<br />guardian.
<br />-Fee requirements of
<br />senior high programs will be
<br />applicable.
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<br />Cornelius, Building to Become Multi- Purpose Facility
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<br />It's 'a factory now, but it's which must move from its pre-
<br />going to be a learning factory sent location at Anoka A VTI to
<br />pretty soon. _ make room for a classroom ex-
<br />That's how Thomas Berg- pansion.
<br />stedt, operations/facilities In addition, the facility will
<br />director, described plans for also likely be used to house
<br />the work that will change the the overflow of students from
<br />Cornelius- Building, a former Anoka High School for several
<br />manufacturing facility in years. A number of other po-
<br />Anoka, into a multi-purpose tential uses for the building
<br />facility for Anoka-Hennepin have been identified, but no
<br />School pistrict 11. firm plans for them have been
<br />The school district purchas- prepared.
<br />ed the Cornelius building in Plans for the first of three,
<br />December for a variety of stages of remodeling at Cor-
<br />uses. ' nelius were outlined to the'
<br />The building will house the school board Feb. 14 by Eldon
<br />school district warehouse,
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<br />New
<br />School
<br />Calendar
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<br />Students will return to
<br />school after Labor Day under a
<br />new calendar approved Febru-
<br />ary 14 by the Anoka-Hennepin
<br />District No. 11 School Board.
<br />Last year the board approv-
<br />ed two calendars -- one for the
<br />, current school year, and one
<br />for the following year, 1985-86.-
<br />Those calendars called for
<br />starting school before Labor
<br />Day, as has been the practice
<br />for several years.
<br />Superintendent Lewis Finch
<br />recommended revising next
<br />year's calendar, however, after'
<br />hearing opposition to a before-
<br />Labor Day start from many
<br />parents. He noted, in addition,
<br />that several bills have been in-
<br />troduced in the State Legisla-
<br />ture that would prohibit school
<br />districts from starting classes
<br />before Labor Day.
<br />. "I don't think itis necessary
<br />to pass legislation on when
<br />school should start in the fall. I
<br />do believe, however, that local
<br />school boards can be respon-
<br />, sive- to the wishes of their
<br />clients -- the parents," said Dr.
<br />Finch.
<br />A survey of ' parents a num-
<br />ber of years ago found the
<br />public almost evenly divided
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<br />on the issue of when school
<br />should start, but Dr. Finch said
<br />he has received numerous
<br />calls this year opposing the
<br />early start of the school year.
<br />"Those who don't care when
<br />school starts, really don't care.
<br />They are happy either way. But
<br />those who want school to start
<br />after Labor Day are adamant,"
<br />said Dr. Finch.
<br />'Under the revised calendar,
<br />school will ,start September, 3.
<br />Winter break will be December
<br />23 through January 3, and Spr-
<br />ing break, March 24 through
<br />March 28. The final day for
<br />students will be June 4. Teach-
<br />ers' last day will be June 6.
<br />Dr. Finch described the
<br />calendar as "compact'~ since
<br />it eliminates some one- or two-
<br />day breaks that were included
<br />in the original calendar. He
<br />noted that parents have occa-
<br />sionally complained about the
<br />number of "short weeks"
<br />when students had school on-
<br />ly three or four days in a week.
<br />"Some of that will be
<br />eliminated in this new calen-
<br />dar," he said.
<br />Copies of the revised calen-
<br />dar for 1985-86 will be mailed
<br />to all parents.
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<br />Burrow and Dwight Fernandez,
<br />architects for the firm of Ham-
<br />mel, Green and Abrahamson.
<br />This phase will include a
<br />remodeling of approximately
<br />88,000 square feet of the
<br />, 209,000 square foot facility.
<br />It consists of an education
<br />unit of 11 classrooms, several
<br />staff offices, a food service
<br />area plus a large warehouse
<br />space, and a storage area for
<br />school district service
<br />vehicles.
<br />Very little work will be need-
<br />ed in the warehouse area. "We
<br />will use as much of what is
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<br />there as we can," said Burrow.
<br />The area that will be used
<br />for classrooms will require ma-
<br />jor work, including replace-
<br />ment of windows.
<br />"The area will look like a
<br />typical classroom area," Bur-
<br />row assured' the board. "We
<br />will have a clearly defined area
<br />of separation between class-
<br />room and warehouse." An
<br />eight Inch th.c" CO"lcre,e
<br />block wall will provide a sound
<br />and fire barrier."
<br />The school district has set
<br />aside $1,235,000 in the pre-
<br />liminary capital outlay budget
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<br />for first phase remodeling at
<br />Cornelius, . plus another
<br />$223,000 for parking lot, drive- '
<br />way, sidewalk',. lighting,
<br />grading and landscaping im-
<br />provements there.
<br />The school district is leas-
<br />ing a portion of the building
<br />back to the Cornelius Com-
<br />pany for storage on a tempor-
<br />ary basis. "That will work out
<br />...e, beca...se .~e ...0" . be ab e
<br />to use the entire building im-
<br />mediately. This way we can
<br />earn some money on it until
<br />we need the space," said
<br />Superintendent Lewis Finch.
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<br />Chapter I Awareness Week-
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<br />Chapter I Awareness Week,
<br />March 3 through 9, was cele-
<br />brated in school 'districts
<br />across the country to call at-
<br />tention to a program that has
<br />provided remedial. help to
<br />millions of school children for
<br />the past 20 years,
<br />Title I of the Elementary and
<br />Secondary Education Act of
<br />1965 was the first program
<br />established under the United
<br />States ,Office of Education.
<br />-Anoka:Hennepin School Dis-
<br />trict No. 11 initiated its
<br />Chapter I (originally called Ti-
<br />tle I) program during the
<br />1972-73 school year. At that
<br />time it. was referred to as
<br />"Target" ,
<br />Chapter I provides federal
<br />funds to school districts for
<br />programs designed to help
<br />students who are academi-
<br />cally behind their age mates in
<br />reading and mathematics
<br />skills. .'
<br />Schools are selected for the
<br />program on the basis of the
<br />number of youngsters eligible
<br />for free or reduced. priced lun-
<br />ches. Twenty Anoka-Hennepin
<br />elementary schools or junior
<br />high schools qualify for the
<br />program. ,
<br />Because the school district
<br />believes the type of remedial
<br />services that fall under
<br />Chapter I are so important, it
<br />chose to provide similar ser-
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<br />vices in buildings that do not
<br />qualify for Chapter I funds. It
<br />uses federal Chapter II block
<br />grant funds to place special
<br />teacher/tutors in those
<br />schools.
<br />Although program guide-
<br />lines aU ow school districts to
<br />hire aides to provide Chapter I
<br />help, Anoka-Hennepin hires
<br />only fully certified teachers for
<br />its programs. "I am pleased
<br />with the way the school dis-
<br />. trict operates its Chapter I pro-
<br />gram. All the money is spent
<br />on hiring professional staff
<br />who are trained and experi-
<br />enced in working specifically
<br />with these children. They do a
<br />wonderful job," said Roger
<br />Dorn, principal at Dayton
<br />Elementary School.
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<br />Chase Bakker, second grader at
<br />Dayton School, charts.his progress in
<br />reading. '
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<br />In an effective school, all students will learn.
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