Scheduling change necessary
February 5, 2020
According to Superintendent Astein Osei, the district has initiated conversation to change the schedule for the high school. While changes are not guaranteed to happen, the fact that these discussions are taking place is a great sign. Osei said the district looked at a variety of elements, such as ...
Potential scheduling alterations under discussion
January 30, 2020
As a result of the decision made to change the start time for the 2020-21 school year, Superintendent Astein Osei said the school began to weigh in other logistics, such as changing the high school schedule for the 2021-22 school year. “Right now we're going through a process, really from elementa...
Superintendent meets with Student Advisory Council
January 23, 2020
After attending Superintendent Astein Osei’s District Student Advisory Council meeting Jan. 16, senior Jordyn Turek said she was happy with the outcome of the discussion. “The meeting went really well. We always have a lot to talk about and discuss,” Turek said. “Mr. Osei is really good a...
District hours under review
Noah Orloff and Gabriel Kaplan
February 26, 2019
The St. Louis Park School Board is actively working on gathering community input on potentially changing start and end times throughout the district in order to address issues with sleep and transportation, according to Park superintendent Astein Osei. “Currently, we are in the feedback stage of the proc...
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...
District prepares for extensive updates
November 9, 2017
After 18 out of 19 precincts reported in on election night Nov. 7, District Superintendent Astein Osei said he felt a feeling of immense gratitude toward Park community members. According to the school district, the operating levy was approved for renewal 85-15 percent and the referendum was passed 81-19 percent. The opera...
School Board narrows superintendent candidates
Ethan Brown, Maggie Bahnson, and Mimi Fhima
May 2, 2017
The School Board has narrowed its selection of St. Louis Park Public Schools superintendent candidates to six finalists, according to the district's website and School Board chair Jim Yarosh. According to the same post, a first round of interviews will take place at 5:30 p.m. on May 3 and 4 in room C350 at Park. "Interviews will be held b...
Superintendent hiring firm hosts student forum
March 15, 2017
Consultants from School Exec Connect, the firm hired to conduct the search for Superintendent Rob Metz's replacement, hosted a student forum in B135 March 14. Students from grades 5-12 were asked about the district's strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement. The School Exec Connect repr...
School board begins superintendent search
February 9, 2017
During a school board meeting Jan. 23, Superintendent Rob Metz announced the board hired a contractor, School Exec Connect, to begin the superintendent search process. “(School Exec Connect is) going to come to St. Louis Park, and the first thing to try to find out is what superintendent St. Louis Park ...
First round of superintendent interviews announced
Nick Shaughnessy, Beats Editor
May 1, 2013
Following Debra Bowers' announcement of resignation as the St. Louis Park Public Schools Superintendent on Jan. 8 2013, the school board began search for possible replacements. The St. Louis Park school board recently released a list of seven candidates to be interviewed on May 1 and 2. They are as follows. Dr. Net...
Isabel Kjaer, Marta Hill, and Kaia Myers
Though the decision to resign was hard to make, Principal Scott Meyers said it was ultimately made easier because of the potential positive effects on his life. “I'm going to miss being a part of...
When playing against Minnehaha Academy and its nationally ranked player Jalen Suggs, coach David Breitenbucher said the plan was to keep him away from the basket. “We tried to have a game plan to...
As senior Alex Riley reflected on his last game at Park, he said it was a bittersweet experience. “It was kind of sad, but kind of cool to see everybody kind of saluting us and honoring us and almost...
