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St. Michael-Albertville Schools Shortens Quarantine for Students/Staff

STMA Schools will adjust time frames to meet CDC guidance.

January 19, 2022 By Mike Schoemer

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St. Michael-Albertville School District announced Wednesday that students testing positive for COVID-19 can rejoin school after a shorter quarantine, even as the Omicron variant of the virus peaks in the state of Minnesota. As Omicron spreads, those suffering infection seem to be seeing milder symptoms, with most school-aged students not requiring hospitalization or special medication […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, quarantine, STMA Schools, students

STMA Bond Projects Pick up Steam

May 25, 2017 By Meghan Gutzwiller

The school district’s bond project work has been ramping up over the past several weeks, and Superintendent Dr. Ann-Marie Foucault gave school board members an update on the projects Monday evening with the help of STMA’s longtime architect, Bob Rego. The school board awarded the $35,705,000 bond sale to Baird, out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at […]

Tagged With: bond issue, ice arena, STMA Schools

LETTER: ‘Yes’ Vote Addresses STMA’s Growth, Future

January 17, 2017 By Mike Schoemer

Submitted by Matt Fitch As a taxpayer and parent within the St. Michael-Albertville (STMA) School District, I’m enthusiastically voting “Yes” on the upcoming bond referendum. Over the past 11 years, our community has experienced significant population growth. Since 2005, enrollment in the St. Michael-Albertville (STMA) School District has grown 62 percent. Because of the popularity […]

Tagged With: bond, election, referendum, STMA Schools

Superintendent Talks Rising Enrollment and Larger Class Sizes with Board

STME class sizes significantly smaller than other two elementary schools

December 12, 2016 By Meghan Gutzwiller

At the end of November, Superintendent Dr. Ann-Marie Foucault gave some information about increasing class sizes in various grade levels in the St. Michael-Albertville school district. Foucault said kindergarten, first, third and fourth grades have higher numbers than the district’s target class sizes. The target for a kindergarten classroom in STMA is 20 students, but […]

Tagged With: class sizes, District 885, STMA Schools

Wright County Area Districts: Kids Aren’t Clowning Around in School

October 6, 2016 By Mike Schoemer

“What’s the deal with all the clowns?” has been a popular line of questioning on social media sites lately. After a “threat” on social media went viral Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, multiple Twin Cities school districts had to answer to concerned parents. Are clowns really a threat? They asked. In short, no. Not here. […]

Tagged With: clowns, ISD 728, STMA Schools

School Board Appoints Familiar Face in STMA, Filing Period Opens for November Election

August 3, 2016 By Meghan Gutzwiller

Starting Tuesday, August 2, the filing period is open for the Nov. 8 school board election. The filing period is open through Aug. 16. The school board is made up of six members who are elected to four-year terms. Drew Scherber and Carol Steffens’s seats are up for re-election this year, as well as the seat formerly […]

Tagged With: Chuck Lefebvre, Doug Birk, school board, STMA Schools

City of Albertville Leading School District Boundary Discussion

May 18, 2016 By Mike Schoemer

A discussion to possibly close or limit open enrollment within the St. Michael-Albertville School District sparked a firestorm of activity at Albertville City Hall, and has motivated at least two of the city’s leaders to explore conversations with neighboring ISD 728 (Elk River, Otsego, Rogers and Zimmerman schools) in an effort to change current school […]

Tagged With: Hendrickson, Hudson, ISD 728, STMA Schools

Board Explores Limits on STMA Schools Open Enrollment

April 28, 2016 By Meghan Gutzwiller

A discussion on limiting open-enrolment into the St. Michael-Albertville School District at a recent meeting focused on the population boom heading for the community’s lone high school, and setting what could be a temporary course of action for limiting outside student from entering the district the the next five years. The St. Michael-Albertville School Board […]

Tagged With: capactiy, high school, open enrollment, STMA Schools

St. Michael-Albertville Elementary Schools Get Ready for Kindness in Chalk

One Minnesota mom is spreading kindness with chalk, and local schools are participating in the campaign.

October 7, 2015 By Samara Postuma

October is Bullying Awareness Month and one Minnesota mom is spreading kinds like confetti all through words in chalk throughout the Twin Cities and beyond. Last fall after sending her kindergartener off to school, she stayed outside drawing with chalk with her daughter. The way strangers reacted to the happy notes and drawings later gave […]

Tagged With: Kindness in Chalk, STMA Schools

STMA School District Apologizes for Bus Fiasco

February 23, 2015 By Mike Schoemer

The St. Michael-Albertville School District has issued an apology today for delayed buses that left students outside in frigid temperatures this morning, waiting for routes that were 20 to 25 minutes late. The district issued a text alert and then robo-called parents around the district shortly after 7:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23, but parents told […]

Tagged With: cold, school bus, STMA Schools, winter

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