Crosswinds Site Council meeting on Monday (4/5) will be a particularly eventful and interesting one. Carl Wahlstrom and two board members will be at there to listen to parents and give an update on the task force progress. It will also feature a representative from the U of MN to talk about the Bush initiative that will bring many student teachers to Crosswinds. Site Council meetings are open to all parents, so whether you’ve been to one before or not, please feel welcome to join us at 6:30pm Monday at Crosswinds.

Please join the Parents + Students for 11th and 12th Grade at Crosswinds page on Facebook. They are trying to build a list of “100 reasons that adding 11th and 12th grade at Crosswinds is a good idea” and can use your help!

If any members of this group do not have Facebook accounts and are interested, it is free to sign up and there are no ongoing fees. It is a great way to stay connected with your student and their and his friends through media they are comfortable with. If you don’t have a Facebook account and want us to post ‘challenge responses,’ please feel free to email them to Christopher Porter.

To make things a little easier on everyone, we decided at our meeting last night to set out a regular meeting date for the whole school year. So, mark your calendars!

EMID Families will meet on the first Tuesday of every other month. The change from Wednesday and to bimonthly takes into account the feedback we got from our survey last month. We also decided to alternate between Harambee and Crosswinds. The dates are:

Tuesdays at 7pm…

• December 2 at Harambee
• February 3 at Crosswinds
• April 7 at Harmabee
• June 2 at Crosswinds
• August 4 at Harambee

More details about each meeting, including what room to look for, will be sent out prior to each meeting.

The EMID Joint Powers Board meets on Wednesday April 16 at the Crosswinds School (Water House). The “work session” starts at 6pm and includes a presentation about Crosswinds by principal Roger Kocinski and a discussion of the video recording proposal raised by an EMID Families member last month. The board meeting itself starts at 7pm and includes budget, computer use, bullying, and integration plan agenda items. Don’t forget this week’s meeting is at Crosswinds (not Harambee).

A note in the unofficial minutes from yesterdays’ Site Council meeting at Crosswinds:

Report on the breakdown of current student enrollment by district:

• 52% St. Paul (District 625)
• 18% North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale (District 622)
• 11% South Washington Co. (District 833)
• 5% Roseville (District 623)
• 4% White Bear Lake (District 624)
• 2% Mahtomedi (District 832)
• 2% Stillwater (District 834)
• 1% Inver Grove Heights (District 199)
• 1% South St. Paul (District 006)
• .03% West St. Paul (District 197)