Over the summer, Board Chair Tim Bergstedt, along with Board Treasurer Dale Feste, and Director of Administrative Services Tim Rummel reviewed various options for this calendar. The intent was to create a calendar that ended the school year earlier in June 2003. The parameters of the current calendar were reviewed as were the calendars of neighboring school districts. Hopkins has one of the highest number of student days among school districts. This is accomplished by shortening winter break by two days, and reducing the number of student-contact days by two.
Spring break is a week.
Strategic Plan First Quarter Report Tim Rummel, director of administrative services, along with the District's strategic plan managers, presented the first quarter report on the District's renewed strategic plan. Tim Rummel and Ted Sauer School Board members asked a number of questions about some of the specific strategies outlined in the plan. The Hopkins, Wayzata, and St. Louis Park school districts are piloting a preschool through 3rd grade prevention specialist initiative. The prevention specialists will intervene early with students and families experiencing mental health concerns. The Primary Project will work with Katherine Curren Elementary School and the District's early childhood programs.