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Da Capo Choir Concert 2023
News
Search School News
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First Grade Concert 2023
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5th Grade Spring Band Concert 2023
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5th Grade Music Concert 2023
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4th Grade Concert 2023
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Enjoy listening to our 3rd Grade Gators!
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Enjoy the great performance by our 2nd Grade Gators!
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Check out our 3rd Graders' amazing winter choir concert!
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Check out our 2nd Graders' amazing winter choir concert!
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Check out our students' amazing Winter Da Capo Choir concert.
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Check out our fifth grade students' amazing Winter Band Concert performance.
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Please continue to call us when your child is identified as a close contact to someone who is COVID-19 positive, or if you have any positive COVID-19 test results in your home.
We now have a Google form that you may use to report COVID symptoms or illness when school is not in session. This form will be available on our school website under family resources, and may also be found here: COVID reporting form for families
District News
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Superintendent Mary Kreger reported Feb. 12 that negotiating teams for District 196 and Dakota County United Educators (DCUE) reached a tentative agreement on a new, two-year contract for 2023-2025.
The District 196 School Board on Jan. 8 approved a resolution to accept the resignation of Board Director Bianca Virnig and declare a board vacancy, and a separate action to approve the process the board will use to fill the vacancy. Virnig won a special election Dec. 5 to fill the open seat in House District 52B. She will resign from the School Board Jan. 11.
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Voters in Independent School District 196 elected incumbents Jackie Magnuson, Cory Johnson and Sachin Isaacs, and candidate Anna Williams to fill four open seats in the Nov. 7 School Board election.
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District 196 is accepting applications from families interested in having their students attend a magnet school in the 2024-25 school year. The deadlines to submit applications are Jan. 5 for the five elementary magnet schools, Dec. 15 for Valley Middle School of STEM and Dec. 22 for the School of Environmental Studies optional high school for juniors and seniors.
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For the fifth year in a row, Independent School District 196 is included on Forbes’ annual list of Best-in-State Employers.
Twelve residents of Independent School District 196 filed candidacy for the School Board during the two-week filing period that ended Aug. 15 and will vie for four open seats in the Nov. 7, 2023 School Board election.