Friday, March 15, 2013
The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Rotary Club has donated dictionaries for five years.
For the fifth year, the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Rotary Club raised money to purchase and distribute dictionaries to every third-grade student in School District 622. Rotary members distributed the dictionaries on Feb. 15. Students also wrote the Rotary members thank you notes (featured above). Photos gathered from Oakdale Patch's "Pics & Clips" gallery. To view the full community photo and video gallery click here. Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our free email newsletter
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board approved its 2013 property-tax levy at its Dec. 18 meeting.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
School District 622 issued a statement after the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week.
The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District released a statement following the shooting in Newtown, Conn.: We at the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District are deeply saddened to hear of the news of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut. We send our condolences to the Sandy Hook Elementary School community in the wake of this horrific tragedy. Additional school psychologists and counselors will be available...to provide extra support for students who may need it. The National Association of School Psychologists also has tips for helping children cope with news such as this: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/talkingviolence.pdf. We take the safety of our students and staff very seriously, and we …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Incumbents Nancy Livingston, Steve Hunt and Theresa Auge` and newcomer Becky Neve were elected to the school board.
Three incumbents and one newcomer were elected to the District 622 school board, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State. Incumbents Nancy Livingston, Steve Hunt and Theresa Auge` were re-elected while newcomer Becky Neve was also elected to the school board. Livingston took the lead with 23 percent of the votes from both Washington (8,525) and Ramsey (8,815) counties; Hunt took 19 percent of the Washington County vote (7,041) and 20 percent of the Ramsey County vote (7,887); Auge` took 20 percent of the vote in both Washington (7,386) and Ramsey (7,882) counties; Neve took 18 percent of the Washington County vote (6,692) and 17 percent of the Ramsey County vote (6,693) . Rich Bennett lost the race with 16 …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale school board approved the contract Tuesday night.
The District 622 school board approved the Principals Association contract Tuesday night. The contract is a two-year agreement that covers the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years. Principals will receive a 1 percent increase on their salary schedule for 2011-12 and will receive a 1.15 percent increase for 2012-13. The total package increase — including all associated costs — is 4.46 percent. Sign up for Oakdale Patch's free e-newsletter | Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter
Friday, October 19, 2012
A candidate forum for the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District is on Monday, Oct. 22.
School board candidates for District 622 will be speaking up on Oct. 22. The League of Women Voters of Roseville, Maplewood and Falcon Heights is sponsoring a candidate forum at 7 p.m. on Monday for school board candidates in the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District. The candidate forum will take place in the board room at the District Education Center in North St. Paul. The forum will be an opportunity for residents to hear from the candidates running for school board. The forum will be rebroadcast on Channel 20. Four school board seats are up for election in November. Five residents of School District 622 have filed for school board: The election will be held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Residents will vote at …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Nancy Livingston is running for re-election on the District 622 School Board.
Name : Ms. Nancy Livingston Age : 63 Place of residence : North St. Paul Attended college : Yes College : Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Degree : BA, Journalism Year of graduation : 1971 Job titles held : Century College Director of Community Relations and Outreach, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Media Relations Director, St. Paul Pioneer Press Reporter Employers : Century College, MnSCU, St. Paul Pioneer Press Party affiliation : Democrat Running for a: Local office Running for position: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board Chamber/district: North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 Incumbent: Yes First elected: 02 November 1999 Previous elective …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Rich Bennett is running for the board on School District 622.
Name : Mr. Rich Bennett Place of residence : 2962 Beebe Pkwy Maplewood 55109 Attended college : Yes College : Century College and Mankato State Degree : BS in Business Marketing and Industrial Relations Job titles held : Purchasing Manager Salesman Consultant Employers : ADC Cargill Chris Electronics Party affiliation : Other Running for a: Local office Running for position: School Board ISD 622 Chamber/district: 43a Incumbent: No Previous elective offices : NA Unsuccessful bids for elective offices: NA Facebook : Rich Bennett I want the district to raise our expectations, the students will respond by increasing their achievements
Monday, August 6, 2012
See when your school is hosting its back-to-school open house. The first day of school for first through 12th grades is Sept. 4 and the first day of kindergarten is Sept. 5.
School is almost back in session. But first, schools in the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District are hosting back-to-school events in August and September. Castle Elementary Eagle Point Elementary Oakdale Elementary Skyview Elementary Skyview Middle School Tartan High Early Childhood Family Education To see the full list of school open houses in District 622 click here. To keep up with news in Oakdale: Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our newsletter
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Teachers and other staff members from School District 622 rallied in the District Education Center parking lot before the School Board meeting Tuesday, and gave impassioned speeches during the meeting.
Protests from School District 622 teachers about their lack of new contracts have become a regular occurrence at school board meetings, and Tuesday, April 17, was no exception. Union supporters held an outdoor rally before the school board meeting and gave impassioned speeches during the meeting’s public comment portion. “I’m kind of hearing a theme here tonight,” said teacher and North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Education Association officer Dennis Fendt. “’Let’s get it done,’ seems to be the theme. Let’s show an urgency.” The teachers contract expired June 30 of last year, he said. Six union supporters spoke, as well as one supporter of the school board. Here are some of their comments: “Yeah, they love their profession, they’re …
Jim
11:22 am on Friday, May 4, 2012
What was the increase in the insurance cost, not the total cost? Also info from Wisconsin is that the insurance teachers are Union mandated to get are very high cost. Once allowed to buy other policies teachers can save a lot. Unions don't always work FOR employees. Unions ALWAYS work to provide for the employees of the Union, NOT members of the Union. more ›