North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District — Transcript
Wednesday, April 29, 2026Analysis complete
Areas of Interest
- District raising ice arena rental rates while claiming rates remain lowest in metro — who pays and how much revenue is generated?
- No public comment at April 28 meeting; low community engagement at award-heavy agenda
- Good in the Hood food distributions flexed during 'Operation Metro Surge' — immigration enforcement impact on adult education families and food security
- Student-led Titan Academy tutoring revival proposal awaiting administrative approval
- AVID program outcomes for first-generation students; scholarship and college access data
- Early Learning programs are fee-based on sliding scale — affordability and access questions
- Two absent Tartan athletes and one North athlete missed recognition; scheduling conflicts with district events
8 Topics in This Document
Achievement awards for North and Tartan High School students in athletics and fine arts
Field Day May 9 at Tartan and North high schools for middle school students
Community Education Excel Awards recognition
Consent agenda including arena rental rate adjustments
Student board representative report (Tartan)
AVID program benefits and Titan Academy peer tutoring proposal
Office of Early Learning report: programs, strategic plan, early childhood screening
Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) programming and sliding-scale fees
▸Full Extraction
- District raising ice arena rental rates while claiming rates remain lowest in metro — who pays and how much revenue is generated?
- No public comment at April 28 meeting; low community engagement at award-heavy agenda
- Good in the Hood food distributions flexed during 'Operation Metro Surge' — immigration enforcement impact on adult education families and food security
- Student-led Titan Academy tutoring revival proposal awaiting administrative approval
- AVID program outcomes for first-generation students; scholarship and college access data
- Early Learning programs are fee-based on sliding scale — affordability and access questions
- Two absent Tartan athletes and one North athlete missed recognition; scheduling conflicts with district events
Approved
Approved
Approved
“play, explore, and connect”
— Jed HellwigField DaySummarizing Field Day purpose
“90% of a child's brain is developed between birth and 5 years of age. So really our jobs are super crucial.”
— Lisa GrunwaldEarly childhood educationEarly Learning report
“since we're first generation students, we really want to break that generational curse and we want to exceed in the future”
— ScarlettAVID programAnswering board question on AVID
“AP exams will kick off on Tuesday starting with AP Human in the morning and then it'll shift to AP US History in the afternoon.”
— ScarlettAP examsStudent report
“it's absolutely appropriate that we are adjusting the rental rate. And you can see there's still some of the lowest in the metro area.”
— KatieArena rental ratesDiscussion of consent item H
“whenever we needed to stop and shut down an opposing player, we put we stuck Jaylen on him and he did a tremendous job”
— John AndersonAthletic awardsRecognizing Jaylen Gorgon