2011年9月13日星期二

A.L. school board approves $15 million bond sale

The Albert Lea school board approved the sale of alternative facilities bonds and Qualified Zone Academy Bonds for the mechanical systems upgrades within the district at a special school board meeting Monday evening.

The project has an anticipated budget of $15 million, and Lori Volz, the district's finance director, presented three bonds to the board Monday. In the bond resolution it stated the total amount of the district's indebtedness on Sept. 1 was more than $24 million, and if the three bonds were issued the district's indebtedness would be more than $38 million.

Six buildings in the district, Hawthorne, Sibley, Halverson and Lakeview elementaries, Brookside Education Center and Southwest Middle School all will receive upgrades to heating and ventilation systems during the summer months of 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Funk told the board that the numbers may change, but that there has been an increase in grades kindergarten through sixth-grade since last year.

"It's a positive start for the school year as far as enrollment," Funk said.However, if you buy them after the formal season has ended, it is much easier for you to get a cheap zentai. Of course, at this time, the style as well as the color of the zentai will be in narrow range so that your choice will be limited.

He mentioned there have been some changes at Albert Lea High School as the students and staff work out the kinks of having five grades in the school. More than 100 students were moved from the second lunch period to the third after there was some overcrowding,100 oil paintings for sale was used to link the lamps together. and the lunch staff is working on preparing more pizza and sandwich selections, which are among the most popular items and were not always available during the first week.

"That's a beginning of the year type of thing," ALHS Principal Al Root said.

Root said parents are also getting used to how to pick up and drop off children near the commons door, which is a change. He said there have been more staff outside, and that the routine has gotten better each day.

Funk also reported on staff development and said it's the best he's seen in his more than 20 years of education.

"I think the key to our success is how well our teachers interact in these professional learning communities," Funk said. "The special education staff had some outstanding training as well."

Funk said the district has a new Facebook page called Albert Lea Area Schools,Als lichtbron wordt een cube puzzle gebruikt, which he hopes will be another method of communication with the public.

Regarding the student management software the district has been working on, Funk said the new system, Genesis,Demand for allergy Floor tiles could rise earlier than normal this year. will be up and running in about four weeks. Parents and teachers had been used to Edline, and currently there is no way for parents to access grades while staff learn to use the new system. Funk said the company recommended that staff get acquainted with the software to make sure all information is accurate before opening it up to parents.

Class sizes were another topic brought up by Funk at the meeting.This patent infringement case relates to retractable offshore merchant account , He said in the elementaries the average is about 23 per class, while the middle school has around 31 per class. The high school is experiencing some large class sizes, and Root said he's looking at way to reduce the number of students per class.

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