Intermediate District 287
RESPONSIVE. INNOVATIVE. SOLUTIONS.
Your Board Briefs
from the October 10, 2013 Board Meeting
From our superintendent…
Sandy Lewandowski acknowledged the successful Gateway to College kick-off and drew the Board’s
attention to a SunPost article about this new Area Learning Center program at the Brooklyn Park
Campus of Hennepin Technical College.
Sandy updated the Board on the continuing conversation with the Hennepin County
Superintendents and Commissioners to address their collective goal of increasing graduation rates.
She stressed that the workplan and legislative action proposal shared with the Board and
Superintendents are being considered as working documents. She also previewed (1) a video
describing the Diploma On! program, an integral part of the regional reengagement efforts and (2) a
presentation intended to provide context and rationale for the proposals to elevate prevention and
deepen recovery that are being considered at the October 11 joint meeting of the Superintendents
and Commissioners.
From our instructional services…
Dolly Lastine and Jan Joslin gave an overview of the instructional model for 287 Care & Treatment
programs that has been dramatically changed and strengthened over the past several years. The
model for the hospital programs was summarized by Todd Archbold, the Chief Development Officer
for Prairie Care, in his article published October 2013 in Minnesota Medicine, “Educational Model
for Children and Adolescents in Care and Treatment: Establishing a replicable schooling model for
youth receiving psychiatric services in hospital and partial hospital settings.”
Dolly and provided an update on special education monitoring and on the high enrollment in
special education programs which is causing the district now to be closed to non-members. She
foreshadowed an upcoming exploratory discussion with member district special education
directors and business managers to problem-solve options for dealing with increased enrollment.
From our administrative services…
Tom Shultz presented and the Board approved a resolution to proceed with the grant process to
build a play field at the South Education Center.
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