Park Rapids Schools may not wait to move Grade 8
School board discussion on May 3 turns toward implementing grade reconfiguration as early as the fall of 2021. 3:29 pm, May 8, 2021 ×
One of the top priorities identified in a sticky dot exercise at the May 3 school board meeting was some version of a plan to move Grades 7-8 from Century School to the high school and the early childhood (EC) classes from the Frank White building to Century. (Courtesy of Park Rapids Area Schools, submitted May 4, 2021)
The Park Rapids School Board ended its meeting Monday, May 3 with a second work session about how to move forward with the district’s facility improvement project without a voter-approved bond.
Priorities include full-time substitute teachers, replacing retirees and adding sixth-hour assignments. 10:00 am, Apr. 9, 2021 ×
The Park Rapids School Board heard from the school principals on Tuesday about plans and personnel needs for the 2021-22 school year.
Elementary Principal Mike LeMier said the lower school will hold steady at 31 sections from kindergarten through grade 4, only changing from seven first-grade classrooms to six and adding a seventh kindergarten classroom.
He said they plan to have smaller class sizes and will need additional staff support for Title I and English Language Learners.
Middle School Principal Shawn Andress said her school will continue with its current 22 sections and its commitment to the middle-level Alternative Learning Center.
Make-up work is proceeding at Park Rapids High School
Principal Jeff Johnson told the school board on Feb. 16 that most 9th-12th graders who failed a class last spring or during the fall are in favor of working after school to get caught up to passing-grade standards. 8:33 am, Feb. 22, 2021 ×
Park Rapids Area High School (Enterprise file photo)
High School Principal Jeff Johnson told the Park Rapids School Board on Tuesday that his staff has been meeting with approximately 80 students in grades 9-11 who failed a class either last spring or during the fall trimester to plan credit recovery.
“We want to get them on track as soon as possible,” he said. “About 70-80 percent of them want to start doing it now, after school.”
Park Rapids School Board hears encouraging news about school life returning to normal
Students are back in-person at all grade levels, and the whole school board was present at their Jan. 19 meeting for the first time since March 2020. 9:53 am, Jan. 22, 2021 ×
All members of the Park Rapids School Board were present at the Jan. 19 meeting for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Serving on the board are, front from left, Sherry Safratowich, Stephanie Carlson and Dana Kocka; back row, Dennis Dodge, Jay Pike and Clayton Hoyt. (Robin Fish/Enterprise)
The full Park Rapids school board met in-person for the first time since March 2020.