by Mike Knaak
news@thenewsleaders.com
The Sartell-St. Stephen school district’s Educational Equity and Student Experience committee met for the first time on Sept. 13. Overviews and notes from the committee and listening-session information are available on the district’s Educational Equity webpage: www.sartell.k12.mn.us/EducationalEquity.
The public is invited to listening sessions, scheduled monthly on the Mondays after committee meetings. Based on feedback from the committee meetings, each listening session will focus on a different topic. The next listening session will be at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, at the Learning Stairs in the high school. The topic will be Student Support Services and Mental Health.
In forming the committee, district leaders aimed for approximately 50 percent student involvement, 25 percent staff and 25 percent parent/guardian/district residents. Of the more than 180 applications received from district students, staff, parents/guardians and residents, almost 50 were students leaving less than 50 vacancies for the 130-plus adults who applied. The committee will be comprised of approximately 50 percent students, 20 percent staff and 30 percent parents/guardians/district residents.
Students selected to be on the committee must have parent/guardian consent. Some parents/guardians did not provide consent for their students’ names/photos to be used, so no photos will be taken at committee meetings.
