Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
The ISD 191 board approved the 2026–27 Burnsville High School course catalog, including new offerings such as personal finance and unified PE, and authorized a concurrent-enrollment contract with Metropolitan State that can provide up to seven college credits on the high school campus.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
At its January organizational meeting, the ISD 191 Board of Education elected board officers by acclamation, kept director pay at $450 per month with a $50 chair stipend, approved the 2026 meeting calendar and routine consent items, and moved into regular business.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
The board ratified 2025–27 collective bargaining agreements with the Burnsville Education Association and other units (EA, Clerical, IT specialists), citing multi-million-dollar two-year packages, and adopted a donations resolution recognizing over $50,000 raised for the Brain Power in a Backpack program.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Nicollet Middle School officials told the ISD 191 board the school’s hallway supervision, bus ambassador program, restructured AVID offerings and teacher collaboration correlate with rising enrollment, higher parent perceptions of safety (about 80% from 62.7% previously) and reduced chronic absenteeism.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
The district's ECSE team told the ISD 191 board that early intervention is legally mandated under IDEA; presenters reported about 303 active early-intervention identifications, 65 students in VPK, growth in referrals, staff composition, and described the 45-calendar-day evaluation timeline and family-centered coaching model.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
The board authorized the superintendent to execute a contract between Burnsville High School and Inver Hills Community College to support concurrent enrollment and allow a remaining on-campus science course to be taught by Inver Hills staff; the motion passed unanimously.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Burnsville‑Eagan‑Savage (BEST) transition program reported work‑based learning, community placements and in‑house job sites; Project SEARCH interns had a 70% competitive employment rate among completers and mHealth Fairview set a hiring goal to recruit 50% of interns.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Ron Elementary was recognized as a Minnesota School of Excellence. Principal Brad Robb and learning specialist Lori Coiler told the ISD 191 board the school exceeded its growth targets — moving a targeted subgroup from 48% to 66% — and reported fifth-grade MCA proficiency rising to about 60%.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
The legislative committee of the Board of Education met Nov. 18 to begin drafting a 2025 legislative platform. Members emphasized stabilizing state funding, opposing cuts to special education, expanding mental-health supports and considering a $100-per-pupil safe-schools levy; staff were asked to draft a proposal for a January work session.
Minnesota / School Boards / BURNSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Committee reviewed revisions to about a dozen policies — including records privacy, calendar regulation, student‑interview rules, data‑request procedures, surveillance language and intermittent leave increments — placing most items on first reading and sending student surveys to the consent agenda.