State Government Shutdown News

The Ramsey County District Chief Judge has ruled that school funding will continue through a potential shutdown of state government. This means that state aid will continue to flow and school districts will not need to rely on reserves or borrowing to keep functioning if there is a shutdown.

Board Votes to Increase Operating Levy

At the regular June School Board Meeting, the board passed a resolution to revoke the existing operating levy of $426 per pupil and replace that with a new levy of $990 per pupil and to call a special election for November 8, 2011 . This would be applicable for ten years effective for taxes payable in 2012.

The estimated tax impact is $63 per $100,000 of taxable value over taxes that were paid in 2010.

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June School Board Meeting

The regular school board meeting for June is Monday, June 27 at Delano City Hall at 7:00 p.m.

Included on the agenda is a resolution to increase the operating levy. Click here to see the agenda and linked information on each item.

All QComp Results

Test score data has now been received for all grades and the results are as follows:

District Goal: The district goal was to have 86.6% of students earn an achievement level of meets or exceeds the standard on the reading portion of the Minnesota Comprehensive Achievement Test (MCA). The goal was attained with 87.16% meeting or exceeding the standard.

Elementary Goal: The elementary goal was to have 87.19% of the students meeting or exceeding the standard on the reading test. The goal was attained with 93.35% meeting or exceeding the standard.

Middle School Goal: The middle school goal was to increase from 83.77% to 85.77% of the students meeting or exceeding the standard on the reading test. We fell a little short of the goal but improved to 83.9%.

High School: As stated in an earlier post, the high school attained their goal to increase from 85.7% in 2010 to 87.7% in 2011 with 90.9% meeting or exceeding the goal.

There are many people to congratulate for achieving some of the highest test scores ever including teachers, principals, paras, other staff members, the students themselves and also parents who are supportive of their students. Thank you for your efforts to help us keep the focus on "Educational Excellence is our Foremost Goal."

DHS Meets QComp Goal

Delano High School had a QComp achievement goal to increase achievement levels of all students in grade 10 on the reading portion of the MCA II from 85.7% meeting or exceeding the standard to 87.7%. Test results show that 90.9% met or exceeded the standard. This is a great accomplishment for our students and staff. Congratulations.