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District advisory council urges modest daily minute increase and districtwide middle-school BARR rollout
Summary
The District Planning Advisory Council recommended adding instructional minutes districtwide (as little as 10 minutes daily) to gain cumulative instructional time and proposed implementing a strengths-based BARR program in all middle schools; the board heard the recommendations but did not adopt policy changes at the meeting.
The District Planning Advisory Council (DPACC) presented two high-priority recommendations to the Osseo Area Schools Board: increase the number of instructional minutes in the school day districtwide and implement a Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR)–style strengths-based program across middle schools.
Rose Tan, DPACC chair, explained that state law requires school boards to maintain an advisory committee; the committee used the 2023–24 family stakeholder survey, World’s Best Workforce goals and the district’s strategic directions to shape its recommendations. Jill Keim, director of learning and achievement, introduced…
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