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School board platforms parent stories
Anya Panday and Crystal Diaz
• January 24, 2024
![Spanish teacher Nelly Korman assists freshman Solin Mendes-Duffy with an assignment Oct. 24. Korman is running for Bloomington school board for the 2019 election.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/korman-900x600.jpg)
Sra. Korman, teacher by day school board by night
Caedon Exsted
• October 17, 2023
![Dr. Kate Maguire is interviewed by Parks school board Sept. 27. Park was interviewing to find an interim
Superintendent.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/D1EB6288-B3BE-4FC5-B3B7-E6D0FD88206C-1200x893.jpeg)
Interim superintendent hired
Abby Keller
• September 28, 2023
![Superintendent Astein Osei at school board meeting April 25. The school board is planning the budget for upcoming 2023-2024 school year.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_0001-900x675.jpg)
Under the surface of budget cuts
Abby Keller and Modesty Manion
• April 27, 2023
![Senior Axel Abrahamson at a student council meeting on March 22. Park plans to make an enrollment fee for clubs in the upcoming year.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_4855-900x634.jpg)
Pay to participate
Crystal Diaz and Aidan Shafton
• April 11, 2023
![Sophomores eat lunch together without facing a mask mandate barrier March 17. Many students still choose to wear masks although it is not mandatory.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_0299-900x650.jpg)
Revision mask of mandate causes mixed reactions
April 7, 2022
![Junior Stefano Giovannelli walks down the stairs maskless March 10. On March 9, the School Board accepted a revision to policy 808, causing masking at schools to be optional.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_7192-900x582.jpeg)
Maskless made effective immediately
Elena Ortiz Fishman
• March 8, 2022
![Former School Board chair Mary Tomback suggests alternate schedule options for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years during the school board meeting Jan. 27, 2020 in C350. Tomback and other School Board members recently met to discuss potential options for distance learning as COVID-19 rates rise.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/school-board-meeting-900x602.jpg)
Distance learning looms as cases rise
Elena Ortiz-Fishman
• January 14, 2022
![Signs direct voters to wear masks at Westwood Church Nov 2. Voters cast their ballots in school board and City Council races.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/402C53E1-01CD-499A-BF3A-7085132772A6-900x600.jpeg)
City Election Results
Oliver Smith
• November 5, 2021
![Freshmen Graham Sullivan and Charlie Odens wait for math class to begin during freshman orientation Oct. 21. Park will return to a hybrid learning model Feb. 22.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/people-900x600.jpg)
District prepares for hybrid learning
Tobias Khabie and Maddie Schutte
• January 29, 2021
![Math teacher Chad Austad talks with students during hybrid learning Oct. 27. Park returned to distance learning Nov. 16.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/austad-900x675.jpg)
Hybrid learning in consideration
Andrea Melear
• January 17, 2021
![Superintendent Astein Osei proposed a plan to begin the transition to hybrid learning at 25% capacity. The plan was approved unanimously by the School Board.](https://slpecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tables-900x600.jpg)
School board approves return to in-person learning
Molly Schochet
• October 14, 2020
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