School Board passes time changes

Gabriel Kaplan and Noah Orloff
April 22, 2019
To give families time to prepare for the time changes, School Board vice chair Mary Tomback said at the School Board meeting April 8 the school district will wait an additional year before implementing the new times. “We are recommending a change for very good reasons, but we have to delay that...
Change in start times improves health, safety

April 19, 2019
The city of St. Louis Park School Board’s vote on updating the school start times will accommodate for all student’s health and overall well-being in the district. The School Board agreed to put a plan into action which will have the elementary schools start at 7:45 a.m., the middle school star...
Superintendent requests youth input

Yonit Krebs, Gabriel Kaplan, and Maria Perez Barriga
January 23, 2019
St. Louis Park superintendent Astein Osei led a meeting with the Student Leadership Advisory Council to hear student perspectives on school start and end times, according to council member, senior Cailey Hansen-Mahoney. “This meeting specifically we were looking at the work that is being done at...