HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 06-21-1989CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: dune 21, 1989
TO: dames G. Willis, City Manager �%�
FROM: Laurie Rauenhorst, City Clerk►`"
SUBJECT SCHOOL DISTRICTS' CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
On April 3 the City Council directed staff to obtain general information
on the four school districts' chemical health programs. This was prior
to discussions on the D.A.R.E. Program, and the information was
requested in an effort to become better informed of area resources and
to aid the Council during budgeting so they are aware of what programs
are available.
Attached are responses from Districts 284, 281, and 279. District 270
did not respond. Also, Gary Swedberg of District 284 stated in his
materials that this information is released for the City's internal use
only.
Please provide any information that would better inform us of your chemical
health program in the elementary, middle/Jr. high, sr. high grades. Call me at
559-2800 extension 204 if you need clarification. Laurie Rauenhorst, Clerk
SCHOOL DISTRICT:
Chemical Health Program (Name and Director):
Total Chemical Health Program Budget: $
Budget Breakdown - Elementary $
Or./Middle $
Sr. High $
Budget Breakdown by Service, e.g. Staff,.Supplies, etc.
Description of Staff and Services Provided in Elementary Grades and Priorities
and Goals of the Program:
Description of Staff and Services Provided in Jr. High/Middle School Grades
and Priorities and Goals of the Program:
Description of Staff and Services Provided in Sr. High Grades and Priorities
and Goals of the Program:
Participation in Program Number/Percentage of Student Population:
1986 / 1987 / 1988 / 1989 /
How well is the program working? Statistics?
CITY C�
April 14, 1989 PLYMOUTH+
Sohn Rudin
Independent School District No. 270
1001 Highway 7
Hopkins, MN 55343
Dear Mr. Rudin:
In an effort to become better informed of area resources, the Plymouth City
Council has requested that I contact you regarding your district's Chemical
Health Program.
I would appreciate you completing the attached form regarding the School
District No. 270 Chemical Health Program, as well as any other information
about your program you feel would be beneficial.
Thank you for your assistance. Please return to me by May 15 and I will share
the information with the City Council.
Sincerely,
L4aur Rauenh rst
City Clerk
S.F. 5-15-89
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
June 5, 1989
CITYOF
PLYMOUTIt
Mr. John Rudin
Independent School District No. 270
1001 Highway 7
Hopkins, MN 55343
Dear Mr. Rudin:
In mid April I sent you a questionnaire regarding your district's Chemical
Health Program. The Plymouth City Council requested this information in an
effort to become better informed of area resources.
I am enclosing another copy of the questionnaire in hopes that you can supply
all or some of the information requested. If you cannot supply this
Information, would you please return the questionnaire with that information
by June 19, 1989.
Thank you.
Laurie Rauenhorst
City Clerk
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE ;F121 559-2800
TO: Laurie Rauenhorst, City Clerk
FROM: Gary Swedberg `\ -✓
Re
DATE: May 8, 1989 C/%� v 7989
RE CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAM
The attached is in response to your request for information regarding the
program. This information is released for your internal use, only.
cc: Bruce Halgren
Attachment
NAME OF DISTRICT---------------------- Wayzata School District #284
NAME OF PROGRAM------------------------- Chemical Health Program
CONTACT PERSON ------------------------------------- Gary Swedberg
ADDRESS---------------------------------------- 305 Vicksburg Lane
Plymouth MN 55447
TOTAL PROGRAM BUDGET $105691.00
BREAKDOWN
Elementary $32,000.00
Junior High $17,758.00
Senior High $55,933.00
Salaries $98,831.00
Supplies $ 6860.00
These figures represent direct cost in terms of personnel and supplies.
The term "indirect" would reflect the costs for the Health Curriculum,
tobacco prevention, Health teachers, the teaching of the Health Curriculum
in Elementary, special programs designed by teachers in their classroom,
tobacco and chemical abuse policy enforcement (Assistant Principals,
Principals, activities personnel such as Coaches, advisors, Athletic
Director), volunteers who design chemically free parties such as the
graduation and post prom parties, and so on. Indirect and direct costs
have not been determined.
ELEMENTARY DESCRIPTION:
The program begins with Early Childhood/Family Education and the Early
Childhood screening process. In essence, the current priorities are to
develop further programming through Early Childhood, continued
development of Teacher Assistance Teams (TAT) which also functions as
the Chemical abuse Pre -assessment Team (required by Chapter 691) at the
elementary level, intervention strategies and support systems for
elementary children at risk, training of elementary staff in issues of what
puts children at risk, the development of friendship groups, family change
groups, and other special programming for working with elementary
children identified as being at risk plus programing which includes the
parents of children at risk. A major goal also includes working with each
of the elementary Parent-Teacher Organizations to develop special
programs for all parents of elementary students. An additional goal is to
establish funding for each of the TATs to develop programming specific to
each school's needs as identified by staff.
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JUNIOR HIGH DESCRIPTION:
In addition to the support groups for young people (concerned persons,
family change, recovery, grief, behavior goal groups etc), special programs
such as those provided by Illusion Theatre on such issues as sexual abuse,
physical abuse, and personal awareness play a significant role. Current
goals include identifying children at -risk, providing services for children
at risk, developing TATs, development of a self-care program (specially
developed programming based on an informal needs assessment), abusive
relationship prevention curriculum, "Drug Free" program with parent
nights for follow-up sessions, and working with the PTSOs to develop
specail programming for parents and students.
SENIOR HIGH DESCRIPTION:
In addition to the support groups for students in recovery, concerned
persons groups, grief groups and so on and some other duplication of
programs listed above, there are some additional programs: Leadership
programs, Action for Drug Awareness (AFDA), Students on Sobriety (SOS),
training for captains and leaders of teams, policy development for teams
and activities, and parent education programs. Within each of these
programs are additional activities such as SOS holds workshops for
parents, has worked with the area to educate parents staff and students,
etc. AFDA has developed programming for elementary students and junior
high students, has worked with parent groups, and has developed
alternative parties for special events that are designated as "chemically
free". Staff and students have worked with the Wayzata -Plymouth Area
Chemical Health Commission to bring awarenesses to the adult community
and to the young people.
SOME THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS:
The notion that schools can fix the problems of chemical abuse is, at best,
absurd. Intervening in and coming between the problems of chemical
abuse is more than showing a movie, more than creating signs that say
"Tobacco Free" and more than what a school can accomplish. It is a known
fact that a small percentage of the chemicals used are used on school
grounds during the school day. Most chemical use occurs in the
community. The quote from a study by the Search Institute sums the
problem up in a few sentences:
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CHEMICAL USE HAS BECOME SO COMMONPLACE AND SO WELL
ENTRENCHED IN AMERICAN SOCIAL LIFE THAT IT SEEMS NAIVE TO
EXPECT ANY SINGLE FORCE (FAMILY, CHURCH, SCHOOL, LAW,
COURTS, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS) TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY
INTERVENE. ONLY STRATEGIES WHICH ARE BASED ON COOPERATION
AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AMONG MANY COMMUNITY FORCES ARE
LIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
In one sense of a "shared responsibility", we are a community. The
Chemical Health commission, the commitment by churches, the on-going
particpation by adults and youth, and the enactment Chapter 691 and the
communication between police and school only a few examples of how the
school is working with the community and the community with the school.
To continue to address the "drug of the month" (crack this month, steroids
next month, and so) and to continue to disregard the impact that drugs and
alcohol are having on each of us --adults and young people --is to continue
to perpetuate the myth that if we put our "finger in the dike" (or address
the addictive nature of one chemical) that the problem will go away. The
biggest problem facing young people is alcohol; the substance for which
students are most often referred is alcohol; the substance most often
ignored in terms of its impact on human lives --not just young people --is
alcohol.
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION:
There are no exact numbers available. As a way of responding, over 50
students have been referred to the program via Chapter 691 Advisories
and over 50 by staff, parents, peer, and self referral. Approximately 124
elementary students have been identified as "at -risk" for learning,
approximately 560 parents and elementary students participated in a
specially developed prevention -program, every eighth and tenth grade
student must complete a health course with chemical abuse prevention as
one of the units, all students and adults in the community are subject to
the "Tobacco Free" policy, over 70 students have participated in a support
group experience at the high school. This added to over 125 students who
participated in AFDA, plus the 120 who participated in the Spring
Leadership conference, plus the number of students who participated in
athletics and activities, and so on. The number of students this program
works with, directly and indirectly, is "everyone".
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innesota
nstitute
of Public Health
2829 Verndale Ave., Anoka, MN 55303
612-427-5310
February 23, 1988
Mr. Gary Swedberg
c/o Wayzata High School
305 Vicksburg Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Gary:
Congratulations for being one of 142 in our state to complete a Community
Prevention Inventory. On behalf of the Attorney General's Alliance Against
Drugs, our staff at the Minnesota Institute of Public Health is pleased to give
you this feedback. We're sorry your community was not able to be represented at
the recently held regional Mini -Conference in your area, which shared the basic
findings of the Prevention Inventory process. If you did not receive a
Prevention Resource Guidebook and wish to do so, please complete the enclosed
card and return it to us by February 29, 1988. We hooe you find our feedback to
your Prevention Inventory productive to your continued prevention efforts. Your
completed Inventory booklet is enclosed.
Clearly, as you obviously are aware, the Wayzata area has an impressive history
or prevention programming activity. There are few community respondents for
example, that have indicated involvement of local schools for the past fourteen
years. One hundred twenty (120) of 142 respondents indicated local schools had
policy in place for students. Fifty-three point six percent (53.6%) of respon-
dents indicated policy in place for faculty. Only 67 of 135 of 48.9% indicated
an employee assistance program to be in place for school staff. Again, Wayzata
is fortunate in this regard.
Chemical free parties at graduation and/or prom time for students are very popu-
lar, according to our Inventory results. Like Wayzata, 76% of respondents indi-
cated such events to be occurring in their communities. Eighty-two percent
(82%) of these told us these events had occurred for three years or less. Fully
85% said these events were effective orevention, in their opinions.
As with many of the respondent communities in our Inventory, Wayzata community
education has sponsored parent education in chemical health and awareness.
Eighty-six (86) of 140 respondents indicated this to be the case. Community
education has sponsored senior citizen education on chemical use/misuse in only
15% of respondent communities. Wayzata is not one of these. In view of the
fact that people over age 55 comprise the largest single group of pharmaceutical
users in our society, senior citizen education on chemical health issues can
become an important part of prevention programming. Programs such as the MPRC's
ChemCare series and many other locally developed programs like this exist.
Please consult the Prevention Resource Guidebook for details, should you be
interested.
It's encouraging that business and industry in Wayzata are involved in chemical
awareness efforts. Like 26% of our respondents, Wayzata has employee education
on chemical awareness operating at some level within local employers. Sixty
(60) of 137 respondents indicated employee assistance programs were available
locally. Only 8% of our respondents -- 11 of 136 -- said drug testing programs
were instituted by local employers.
The hospitality industry in the Wayzata area, through server training, offering
nonalcoholic beverages, safe ride programs as well as monitoring sales to
minors, exhibits a concern for safe and healthy practices in the community. If
the industry has not been given some sign of support, it would appear to be a
well earned gesture.
The community -wide participation in chemical health awareness in your community
in enviable. It is our belief that often such broad based prevention is made
possible in part by a local task force for chemical health. As you are no doubt
aware, a local task force helps share the responsibility for prevention as well
as ownership for making it work. Forty percent (40%) of our respondents indi-
cated the existence of a task force, and 58% of those described its existence as
effective for prevention.
There appears to be some level of involvement of local churches and synagogues.
While it is understandable that you lack the time to discover their specific
levels of involvement, perhaps this is something that may interest the local
task force.
Local media has been supportive in the Wayzata area as well, according to your
Inventory. In fact, we confirmed that media in our state has been very suppor-
tive and helpful to communities undertaking prevention.
Your Inventory also indicated that law enforcement gets involved in chemical
health education and awareness. Our Inventory indicated that 94 of 136 respon-
dents said law enforcement participated in this way, and that of this group, 72%
saw the involvement as effective prevention.
Local health care providers in Wayzata appear to have contributed to prevention
as well. Thirty-five percent (35%) of our respondents indicated local phar-
macists assisted in community chemical awareness efforts. You are fortunate in
this way. Also, like Wayzata, the majority of community health professionals
now share information on the dangers of drinking during pregnancy.
Service and civic organizations have played a role in prevention fqr a long
time. As section I of the Resource Guidebook describes, some have ventured into
the area of prevention curricula for youth. It appears from your Inventory that
Wayzata enjoys involvement and support of local service groups.
In summary, Gary, it is again clear that the Wayzata community enjoys a broad-
based, sensible and community -owned prevention effort. We continue to want to
cite Wayzata as a model community effort in this regard. Congratulations on
some outstanding prevention efforts, and please call on us if we can assist in
some way.
Sincerely,
Gerald F. Jake
Executive Director
Minnesota Institute of Public Health
on behalf of the Attorney General's
Alliance Against Drugs
Enclosures
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EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
Staff
*New Staff Orientation for new staff to inform them of
policies and procedures and program components.
*Inservice ,programs for identifying young people in trouble
with chemical use, affected by chemical use, referring to
the program, chemical abuse legislation, group leadership
skills, community resources, Crisis Intervention, etc.
*Specific lesson plol involving decision making, information,
discussion, refusal skills.
*Employees Assistance Program for providing staff with a
confidential access to counseling, intervention, or crisis
assistance.
*Outside consultants providing training and education through
programs.
Students
*Health Education Units --K-12.
*Supplemental education/prevention units K-12.
*Resource speakers --students as well as community resources
*Audio visual material available through each building or the
Technology Office.
*Workshop raining programs conducted by school staff and
outside consultants.
*Leadership conferences emphasizing the importance of a
chemically free life-style and the importance of role
modeling as leaders.
*SReclal programs regarding child abuse, sexual abuse,
sexuality, chemical abuse conducted by organizations such
as the Climb Theatre and the Illusion Theatre.
*Student hand book outlining the policy and procedures.
*Actlylly program workshops to develop team policies and
procedures for confronting chemical abuse.
*Action for Drug Awareness -young people educating their.
peers and the community about chemical abuse -involvement
in community services.
*Students on -Sobrie --recovering students speaking to their
peers and the community about the consequences of their
use and their decision to be chemically free.
"Drug a_ -a special program for junior high students
recognizing their choice to be chemically free.
Page 2
(Program summary:
Education and Awareness continued)
Parents and Community
*Panels for parents and students emphasizing the choices and
consequences.
*Parent education programs through Community Education.
*Presentations such as "Drug Free Kids" in conjunction with
the Aid Association for Lutherans.
*Brochures --"Learner's At Risk", "Please Don't Do Nothing."
*Awareness Q,rgrams- coordinating the school program with
the Wayzata -Plymouth Chemical Health Commission as well
as the development of shared programming in the
community such as the "Please Don't Do Nothing" community
program, community activities such as "Music in Plymouth"
and programs at community shopping malls.
*Parent/Team/Activity meetings outlining rules regarding
chemical abuse, lettering, training expectations, and
general information regarding competition and roles parents
can play in helping a team/activity be successful.
*Principal's newsletter, with awareness "minders" regarding
the importance of supporting young people in chemically
free choices --especially around special holidays, spring
break, prom, graduation, and the end of sports seasons.
*Parent access to policies and procedures regarding chemical
abuse violations.
*Funding of PTSOs/PTOs to conduct parent/student awareness
sessions in each of the elementary/secondary schools.
*Parent Communication Networks through each of the
respective schools; coordinated through each of the
PTSO/PTOs. For parents who want to work together to
support one another, communicate with each other, and/or
develop supportive activities for young people.
*Early childhood education for parents regarding what puts
kids at risk, the role parents can play in responding to at
risk issues, and providing resources within the community
for parents.
Page 3
(Program summary continued)
IDENTIFICATION AND REFERRAL
Staff. Students. Parents. and Community
*Chemical Abuse Pre -assessment Teams in each building
accepting referrals from parents, staff, students, and
police.
*Inservice programs/classroom lessons/parent awareness
2rograms for referring students to the Chemical Health
Program, Crisis Intervention Team, or other appropriate
resources within the school and community.
*Chemical Health Counselors at each of the secondary schools.
*Chemical Health Counselors assigned to all elementary and
secondary Chemical Abuse Pre -assessment Teams.
*Parent/Staff programs for identifying students "at -risk."
*Liaison with area Employee Assistance Programs for
responding to and working together to assist families in
need or at risk.
*Utilize community resources to educate staff/parents/
students regarding characteristics and resources.
*Liaison with area agencies regarding types of referral for
their programs.
*Liaison with inpatient and outpatient programs to assist
young people in the educational reentry process.
TREATMENT AND COUNSELING
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regarding programs/specialty programs.
*Liaison with treatment centers to advocate for students who
are receiving care.
*Provide education for students at centers.
*Recognize the educational credits earned at the center.
*Provide accurate information regarding accessing treatment
especially when referring families with prepaid health
programs.
*Provide referral resources for parents, staff, students and
community.
Page 4
(Program summary: Treatment and counseling,
Staff, students, parents, and community continued)
*Provide information and resources regarding State and
Federal laws: Rule 25 which outlines a process for persons
seeking treatment; Chapter 691 and 295 as it describes the
relationship between school and police; Data privacy as it
relates to the keeping of records and the release of
information.
*Conduct reentry conferences for students returning to the
school setting from treatment.
SUPPORT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Staff. Students. - Parents. and Community
*Support Groups for recovering students, grief groups, family
change groups, concerned persons groups, captains groups,
socialization groups, and other groups as needed.
'Chemically free extracurricular programs including all
sports.
`Chemically free graduation oma.
'Chemically free post pr�pa .
*Chemically free dances.
*SOS-" Students on Recovery" -recovering students supported .
by school and community.
*AFDA-"Action for Drug Awareness" chemically free students
being supported by school and community.
*Net working ,programs with other school districts who have
chemically free programs.
*Participation in the "Drug Free Schools Program" established
by the federal government.
'Participation in the "Alliance Against Drugs" established by
the Attorney General.
*Tobacco free campuses 24 hours a day.
*Alcohol and drug free camluses 24 hours a day.
'Policies and procedures outlining the consequences of using,
possessing, and selling substances.
'Compliance with Chapters 295 and Chapter 691 regarding the
working relationship between school and law enforcement,
establishment of Chemical Abuse Pre -assessment Teams,
established means for staff to report concerns, -'and so on.
Page 5
(Program summary: Support and other Activities,
Staff, students, parents, and community continued)
*Support the Wayzata/Plymouth Area Chemical Health
Commission to develop community wide prevention
programs such as "Please Don't Do Nothing."
*Coordinate activities with other community organizations
such as the Wayzata/Plymouth Ministerial Association, the
Wayzata Chamber of Commerce, Mothers Against Drunk
Driving, the Illusion Theatre, Community Education
Services, and to develop and/or bring special programming
into the community.
*Work closely with other programs such as the Attorney
General's Alliance Against Drugs as well as programs
directed by private industry such as Project Lifesaver,
Arrive Alive, and MADD's "Tie One on for Safety".
*Functions as a resource to the community for developing
programs in education and awareness, identification and
referral, treatment and counseling, and support and other
activites related to developing chemically free choices.
Please provide any information that would better inform us of your chemical
health program in the elementary, middle/Jr. high, sr. high grades. Call me at
559-2800 extension 204 if you need clarification. Laurie Rauenhorst, Clerk
SCHOOL DISTRICT: Independent School District 281 - Robbinsdale Area Schools
For further information, contact
Chemical Health Program (Name and Director): Lorna Rohach, Department Chair
Chemical Awareness Program
Phone: 533-2781
Total Chemical Health Program Budget: $ see attached
Budget Breakdown - Elementary $
Or./Middle $
Sr. High $
Budget Breakdown by Service, e.g. Staff,.Supplies, etc.
Description of Staff and Services Provided in Elementary Grades and Priorities
and Goals of the Program:
Description of Staff and Services Provided in Or. High/Middle School Grades
and Priorities and Goals of the Program:
Description of Staff and Services Provided in Sr. High Grades and Priorities
and Goals of the Program:
Participation in Program Number/Percentage of Student Population:
1986 / 1987 / 1988 / 1989
How well is the program working? Statistics? ►6y �,�„- Il
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PROGRAM PACKAGE
PROGRAM COMMITMENT LEVEL
CURRENT SALARIES
CURRENT FRINGE BENEFITS
CURRENT PURCHASED SERVICES
CURRENT SUPPLIES/MATERIALS
CURRENT PROGRAM COST
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 281
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REVIEW TECHNIQUE
1988-89
Chemical Awareness
III
282,212
58,006
6,500
2,850
349.568 - 55.640 - 293.928
REIMBURSEMENT CURRENT COST
I. PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The Chemical Awareness Program will
o Communicate appropriate expectations and provide the necessary activities to students,
staff and community regarding chemical choices and their effect on healthy lifestyles.
o Provide support and information to students whose lives have been affected by someone'
chemical use.
o Use early intervention and assessment methods and provide referral resources to assist
students and their families when a student's performance is being affected by chemical
use.
o Provide aftercare and support for recovering students.
o Participate in jointly planned interventions as part of the team process in each
building.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
o Program development.
o Prevention activities (classroom, parent, professional and community presentations;
student leadership activities).
o Group, individual and crisis counseling.
o Data gathering, assessments and interventions with students and families.
o Communication and consultation (parents, staff, chemical dependency resources, human
service agencies and law enforcement).
o Support services (student assistance team, special education team and crisis team;
record keeping; committees; supervision).
III. PROGRAM EVALUATION
o Informal feedback from parents and staff.
o Evaluation forms from group participants.
o Year-end evaluation survey from principals,
psychologists.
o Gathering of statistics on a yearly basis.
IV. PROGRAM EXPENDITURES:
Salaries8� 2.212
Fringe benefits 58.006
Purchased services 6.500
Supplies/materials 2.850
349,568
counselors, nurses, social workers and
SALARY COMPONENTS
FTE tchrs
FTE paras
FTE classified
FTE admin
5.5 39 weeks
0
2.0 _ 39 weeks
0
0
LEVEL DIFFERENTIAL COST
District
0
OSSEO AREA SCHOOLS
April 27, 1989
Ms. Laurie Rauenhorst
City Clerk
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Ms. Rauenhorst:
DR. MARL RAMSEY
Superintendent of Schools
Telephone: (612)425-4131
. 26 1989
This letter is in response to your request for information concerning our
school district's efforts in chemical abuse prevention. There are two major
areas which we view as our role, therefore, I will address them separately:
Curriculum - A K-12 Chemical Health Curriculum tailored to our district
program has been developed over a period of years. Since this curriculum is
currently in a maintenance phase, we have spent in the neighborhood of $5,000
during this fiscal year.
Support and Intervention - 1) We employ five certified chemical awareness
counselors. One at each of our secondary schools. Cost is their salaries;
2) We receive approximately $30,000 in Federal Drug Free Schools Funds which
support programs for identifying students -at -risk programs in nine of our 23
schools. It is our hope to expand the number of schools next year; 3) We have
designated about $10,000 from our general fund as required by the state to
support the purchase of materials, staff inservice, and other writing and
development activities.
We periodically receive small gifts from community organizations to
support such student activities as SADD or for special designated materials
purchases.
I am not sure how helpful this is, but do feel free to call me for
clarification.
Sincer ,
kmi1�4�ereck,ervisor
Guida c Counseling & Pupil
Personnel Services
MJJ/sal
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 279
Educational Service Center, 11200 93rd Avenue North
P.O. Box 327, Maple Grove, MN 55369