Burnsville U18 wins South Dakota tourney

Posted under Burnsville Sports on Thursday 8 July 2010 at 2:52 pm

The Burnsville girls traveling softball U18 team won the Pride of the Dakotas tournament in Sioux Falls, SD on June 26-27. Front left to right: Katie Budde, Nicole Larson, Ashley Dorn, Nicole Keener, Danielle Sheehy; Back left to right: coach Tom Budde, Megan Driver, Kimmie Oleson, Korie Oleson, Sarah Hannine, Taylor Fish, Felicia Le, Coach, Paul Oleson. Not pictured: coach/commissioner, George Dorn


New assistant superintendent focuses on tech, school change

Posted under Burnsville, News on Thursday 8 July 2010 at 2:40 pm

Chris Lindholm

by John Gessner
Thisweek Newspapers

Check out Chris Lindholm’s latest blog entries for topics on organizational leadership, the wiring of adolescent brains toward empathy and social responsibility, and ways school administrators like him are using social media.

The blog, “Principal Thoughts,” went into hibernation in recent weeks as Lindholm transitioned from his old job as principal of Shakopee Junior High School to his new one as assistant superintendent for instructional leadership in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191.

“I put myself out there as a principal pushing the envelope and using 21st-century tools,” Lindholm said this week, his first full week on the job. “I think there is a certain amount of expectation that I do the same here. How that will look and how that will feel, I have to figure out as I go.” (more…)


District 191 above average on tests, with downturn in junior high

Posted under Burnsville, News on Thursday 8 July 2010 at 2:34 pm

by John Gessner
Thisweek Newspapers

Its latest round of state testing shows troubling results in the junior highs and continued improvement in the elementary grades, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 reports.

On average, district students who took the MCA-II tests in April scored above the state average by .3 percent in math and by nearly 1 percent in reading, the district reports.

“We continue to, overall as a school district, see improvement in both math and reading assessment scores,” Superintendent Randy Clegg said. “We’re also seeing improvements in scores for subgroups of students such as students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals, minority students, special education students.” (more…)


Ex-Spring Lake Park administrator is new human resources director

Posted under Burnsville, News on Thursday 8 July 2010 at 2:31 pm

by Elyse Kaner
ABC NEWSPAPERS

Tania Chance, human resources coordinator and director of equity for School District 16, has tendered her resignation.

Chance will leave the Spring Lake Park district  at the end of the month to take a position in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191.

Chance started July 1 as executive director of human resources. She replaces Sue Grissom, who retired. The district has about  10,000 students, more than twice as many as Spring Lake Park’s 4,600. (more…)


Kline job fair may offer hope

Posted under Burnsville, News on Thursday 8 July 2010 at 1:43 pm

Many businesses with openings
will appear at July 12 event

by John Gessner
Thisweek Newspapers

Minnesota’s unemployment rate is 7 percent, the nation’s is 9.5 percent, and some job-seekers have given up in frustration.

But an upcoming job fair, a seeming anomaly in this economy, offers potential points of light.

Forty-two, to be exact. That’s how many employers with current job openings are scheduled to appear at the Monday, July 12, event at Inver Hills Community College in Inver Grove Heights. (more…)


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