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23B.09 BOARDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS Subdivision 1.School board membership The care, management, and control of independent districts is vested in a board of directors, to be known as the school board. The term of office of a member shall be four years commencing on the first Monday in January and until a successor qualifies.…
Based on the actual enrollment trend over the past few years, have we lost nearly 800 students: Hello, Mankato community. I am Elizabeth Hanke and I am running for school board. I want to talk about an important issue that’s affecting our school district: the significant loss of student enrollment. In October 2019, our district…
Mankato Area Public School District’s MCA Data Over a Decade Written By Vote for Elizabeth Hanke To provide these important snapshots of student learning, Minnesota students take some form of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, or MCAs. The MCAs are given in the spring of each year to students in grades 3–8 in reading and math.…
I want to clarify a few misconceptions surrounding the curriculum appeal regarding the white supremacy triangle, which claims that; funding education through property taxes or believing in “one human race” or “all lives matter” are forms of covert white supremacy. Despite repeated references to the book March, it was never part of the curriculum I…
Here are links to where I discuss the key issues at the center of today’s education debates. I’ll continue updating this list as I find time to write or as new, pressing questions arise. Balancing Inclusivity and Fairness: Bathrooms and sports Navigating Trust and Boundaries: Why Teachers Need Policies on Sexuality in the Classroom Defining Equity: Why…
Elizabeth Hanke for Mankato School Board 