District Earns Finance Award
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by jfoster.
Recently the Virginia Public School District was presented with a School Finance Award from the Minnesota Department of Education. School Business Manager Spencer Aune accepted the award for the District along with School Board Finance Committee members Paul Cerkvenik, Bill Hafdahl and Dennis Hendricks.
The award reflects compliance with Minnesota Statutes on selected finance issues. It also recognizes a proactive stance by the District on positive fund balances, sound fiscal polices and practices, training initiatives and accountability. The Minnesota Department of Education uses this award to recognize “good work” by school districts.
Virginia joined 18 other first timers on the winners list this year. About 20% (68 of 340) of traditional school districts in Minnesota qualified for this award. Chisholm, Cook County and Grand Rapids were the other RAMS (Range Association of Municipalities and Schools) school districts to earn this award.
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School Board Recognition Week
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by jfoster.
Virginia School District children benefit every day from the hard work of our school board. February 22nd through February 26th is Minnesota School Board Recognition Week, so please take the time to thank these dedicated leaders for spending countless hours away from their own families and jobs so ALL our children can get a great [...]
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Virginia High School Principal Receives New Leadership – Partnership Award by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by jfoster.
Virginia High School principal, Laverne Hakly, has been presented with a new Leadership – Partnership Award from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to recognize excellence in collaborating with one or more of the system’s colleges and universities to better serve students, communities and the state.
“We are honored to work with the [...]
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EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSINGS
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by jfoster.
If school is to be closed for any reason, everyone who has signed up for our Instant Alert notification program will be contacted directly. If you have not signed up or have other questions, please contact one of our school building offices for more information. We also place emergency notices on our website and with [...]
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Virginia School District Cuts 2010-2011 Levy by 45%
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by jfoster.
The Virginia School Board Monday, December 14th, heard a presentation from Business Manager Spencer Aune pertaining to the 2010-2011 School Levy during the Truth in Taxation portion of the meeting. The original levy which was set at the September 28, 2009 meeting at an 8.96 % increase was lowered to a 4.9 % increase, or [...]
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INSTANT ALERT – GET ON BOARD
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by jfoster.
The Virginia Public Schools is asking the families of all students to sign up for the Instant Alert program. This messenger system automatically makes calls to phones, pagers, cell phones and sends email to you depending on the format chosen. The District uses this form of instant communication when we have important messages including school [...]
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Let's Fight the Flu Together
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by jfoster.
Just like every organization in the country, ISD 706 is dealing with the early onset of flu season. Student and staff absences have been higher than what is usual for this time of year and we haven’t even entered the normal flu season yet. We have been instructing and reminding students and staff about personal [...]
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Virginia Girls Swimming and Diving Breast Cancer Awareness Event
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by jfoster.
On Tuesday, October 20th, the Virginia Girls Swimming and Diving Team hosted a breast cancer awareness event during their meet with Grand Rapids. Swimmers and divers were encouraged to make a donation to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization and then wear a pink swim cap during their competition. Members of both teams participated [...]
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Enrollment is Up in the Virginia Public Schools!
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by jfoster.
As of October 5, 2009, enrollment in the Virginia Public Schools is up 38 students from the close of school last June. The largest increases have been in grade 5 with an increase of seventeen students, grade 7 with an increase of twelve students, and an increase of eleven students in kindergarten. The graduating class of [...]
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District Hires More Teachers
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by jfoster.
Tuesday evening, during a special school board meeting, the Virginia School Board voted to add two additional classes to Roosevelt Elementary for the 2009-10 school year. The classes, a 5th and a 6th grade, were added due to increases in enrollment. The school board intends to keep the number of students in each elementary class [...]
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