Red Pine Staff is looking forward to meeting with families during conferences on Wednesday, February 5 from 4:00-8:00pm and Thursday, February 6 from 12:00-8:00pm.
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SCHOOL NEWS
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Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board members elected officers at the January 13 annual organizational meeting and set their meeting dates through June 2026.
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Eagan residents Robin Cerio and Catherine Diamond will fill the expiring terms of Art Coulson and Sachin Isaacs, who resigned earlier this year.
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Leah Gardner has been elected to fill the open seat on the District 196 School Board in the Nov. 5 Special School Board election.
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At the Regular School Board meeting on November 4, the District 196 School Board approved changes to the elementary school attendance areas to alleviate overcrowding in elementary schools in the southern portion of the district.
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District 196 proposes adjusting six elementary attendance areas to ease overcrowding and prepare to open a new elementary school next year.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Black Hawk Middle School, 1540 Deerwood Drive, Eagan, MN 55122
Dakota Ridge School, 4629 144th St. W. Apple Valley, MN 55124
all day
Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater (weather permitting)
Mariucci Arena
Eagan High School, 4185 Braddock Trail, Eagan, 55123
Mariucci Arena
Mariucci Arena
Dakota Ridge School, 4629 144th St. W. Apple Valley, MN 55124
Silver Bell Learning Center
Rosemount Community Center
all day