October 22, 2008
REVISED DATE:
changed from Thursday, October 23 to Wednesday, October 22 -- due to a conflicting MN Department of Education meeting.
Time: 
2:30 - 4 p.m.
Location: 

  Erling Johnson A Room
  Anoka-Hennepin Staff Development Center
 
2727 Ferry Street North
  Anoka, MN 55303

Agenda:
--Welcome, sign in
--Minnesota Learning Leaders Academy 1: Elementary School Principals
--Reminder November 18 Legal Seminar
--P. Fred Storti Executive Director of MESPA – Report
--Do we want to have a Division Mtg at Winter Institute? (4:30-5:30)
--Welcome to Denise Dittrich
    Representative 47A 2nd Term
    Prior to serving AH School Board Member
    Received BS in Elementary Education from the University of MN
    Committee Assignments
       E-12 Education (Vice Chair)
       K-12 Finance Division
       Labor and Consumer Protection Division
       Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division
    Authored and Co-authored bills on:
       School funding
       Minnesota Early Learning Foundation Funding
       Property Tax Relief
       Full Day Kindergarten
    The New Minnesota Miracle:
       Modeled after the state’s 1971 initiative that shifted most school funding from local property taxes to the state.
    Joining Representative Dittrich is Greg Crowe, a fiscal analyst.


For more information,
contact Cheryl Kortuem
North Suburban Division President
763/506-2101   
cheryl.kortuem@anoka.k12.mn.us



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