Chairperson of the St. Michael-Albertville school board, Doug Birk, stepped down from the school board last week after 10 years of service, six of them as the board’s leader. Birk has resigned in order to join the school district’s administrative team as their new Director of Administrative Services. The position opened up after the recent […]
Letter: School Equity Issue Deserves Our Attention Now
When it comes to public education in Minnesota, not every child is equal. In fact, Minnesota children receive vastly different sums of money towards their public education based on no other factor than where their parents choose to live. Meanwhile, some taxpayers pay disproportionally more taxes than similar taxpayers in other school districts to get […]
St. Michael-Albertville Debate Team Qualifies Two for Nationals
Briana Goodchild and Alyson Astleford made their makr at the Northern Lights Sectional.
In just the second year of STMA’s new Debate program, two STMA students qualified for national competition in Dallas, Texas. On December 12 and 13, STMA’s Debate Team, consisting of Briana Goodchild, Meghan Flouip, Anastacia Pohl, and Alyson Astleford, traveled to Walker, Minnesota to participate in the Northern Lights Sectional Student Congress National Qualifier tournament […]
More Action Needed to Close Per-Pupil Funding Gap
This article by Doug Birk, School Board Chairperson and supported by St. Michael-Albertville School Board, St. Michael-Albertville Education Minnesota, St. Michael-Albertville Principal Association, St. Michael City Council and Albertville City Council was printed in the StarTribune last month. When it comes to school finance reform, Minnesota can do better. Today, similar children in similar school […]