Health Services Reminders

As we navigate through the annual cold/flu season, Shakopee Public Schools encourages parents and guardians to keep students home if they are exhibiting flu-related symptoms such as fever, dry cough, sore throat, headache, extreme tiredness and/or body aches. These symptoms usually begin suddenly and may be severe enough to stop daily activities. The Department of Health offers the following guidance to protect one’s self and others:

• Avoid being around others who are sick.

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or cough or sneeze into your sleeve.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

• Protect infants by not exposing them to large crowds or sick family members when flu is in your community.

• Do not share drinking cups and straws.

• Frequently clean commonly touched surfaces (door knobs, refrigerator handles, phones, water faucets).

If a student will be absent from school, please call their school’s attendance line. In addition to calling the attendance line, positive COVID-19 cases can also be reported using our Optional Self-Reporting tool by clicking here.

Additionally, the district’s custodial staff has increased their efforts to frequently clean commonly touched surfaces in our schools.

NOTICE OF CANVASSING FOR ELECTION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 720 SHAKOPEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATE OF MINNESOTA

         NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a Regular meeting of the School Board of Independent School District No. 720 (Shakopee), State of Minnesota in said school district on the 16th day of November, 2022, at 5:00 o'clock p.m. for the purpose, in part, of canvassing its general election.

BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

/s/  Timothy Brophy                                               

School District Clerk

Issued November 8, 2022

Four Board Members Elected to Shakopee Public Schools Board

Unofficial School Board Election Results

Local voters have elected Kristi Peterson, Joe Aldrich, Caroline Valdez and Chad Johnson to the Shakopee Public Schools Board, each for a four (4) year term starting in January 2023. Unofficial results have been posted on the Secretary of State’s website. 

Peterson was elected to the School Board in November 2018 and presently serves as the School Board Chair. This will be her second term.

Aldrich was elected to the School Board in November 2018 and presently serves as the School Board Treasurer. This will be his second term.

Valdez was appointed to the School Board in April 2022 and presently serves as a School Board member.

Chad Johnson is new to the School Board.

The above elected School Board members will join Jeff Smith, current Vice Chair; Tim Brophy, current Clerk; and Mohamed Ibrahim, current School Board member, all of whom have terms that expire in 2024.

Judi Tomczik will be retiring at the end of this year (2022). Tomczik, a retired educator who was appointed to the School Board in June 2018 and then elected in November 2018, has served the district in various capacities since 1972. 

Election results are unofficial until certified by the School Board on November 16, 2022.

Public Notice

In accordance with MN Statute 123B.51, Independent School District 720- Shakopee Public Schools will be holding a public hearing on the closing of the Central School Building located at 505 Holmes Street S., Shakopee, MN 55379. The hearing will be held during the School Board meeting on Monday, November 21, 2022. The School Board meeting begins at 6 PM and will be held in the Thrust Auditorium at Shakopee High School, 100 17th Avenue W., Shakopee, MN 55379. Members of the public are invited to give testimony or comment on this matter. 

Optional At-Home COVID-19 Tests

BinaxNOW at-home test kits are now available to all district families (PreK-12) who wish to have a kit on hand to test their child when COVID-like symptoms are present. The test kits are provided at no cost to the district and at no cost to families/students by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) via the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).  Click here to learn more.