This is an update on Stillwater School Board’s proposal to change school start times in 2019-2020. The Stillwater School Board met last night and one of the topics on the agenda was the proposed changes in starting time to accommodate a later start for the high school students. This change in start time for the high school would affect the start and end time for Salem students. In the proposals presented last night, Salem would start school between 9:15 and 9:40 a.m., and end between 3:45 and 4:10 p.m. Jane Grobe and I spoke on how starting later and getting out later would affect our students’ learning and how it would disrupt family schedules. The middle school, where some of our students participate in after-school extra-curricular activities, would have their school day ending at 2:00. That would mean if students left Salem for after-school activities, they could miss over 2 hours of instruction to be at the start of the middle school activities. The board’s discussion on th
Salem Board of Education/Education Committee Meeting - The Board of Education meets at the same time as the Education Committee. Their next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. People that would like to address the board may request time at the beginning of the meeting by contacting the principal, Roger Zolldan (rzolldan@salemlutheran.org), or the chairman, Karl Paulsen (kvkthethinker@gmail.com). The meeting will go into closed session after the people that signed up to speak are finished with their topic.
Due to icy road conditions, school will be delayed by two hours today, Monday, Feb. 4 . We will begin at 11:15 AM. There will be no morning care. Some links you can monitor: http://kstp.com/schoolalert/ http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/school-closings/ http://www.kare11.com/alert-center#alert-center-closings http://www.fox9.com/closings Stay safe, and have a blessed day! This information was posted at 6:04 AM on 02/04/2019. If you have subscribed, you will receive an automated email containing this information after the fact, around 4 PM on 2/4/2019. Please be aware that this is not an error, but this is how our system is configured. For live information, you can always visit our blog at https://salemsaintsmn.blogspot.com/ .