Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: approved the 2013-14 school calendar. Classes will start Sept. 3. continued to discuss a "global calendar" and planned for three public meetings for the community to receive more information and ask questions. received a presentation from Greenvale Park Elementary faculty about its Professional Learning Community. Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: approved 6-1 to distribute iPads to the district's students starting next school year. Rob Hardy was the lone dissenter. Each student in sixth through 12 grade will receive an iPad, while students in elementary schools will share iPad minis in their classrooms. Faculty and staff have been using iPads this school year. The school board last year approved a plan to integrate tablet computers into the district. District officials were hopeful to eventually get a tablet in …

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: received a proposal to distribute tablet computers to the district's students approved to share a director with Faribault Public Schools for special education received a report from Superintendent Chris Richardson about short- and long-term security measures that are being implemented or considered to provide a safe environment for students, staff and parents Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: voted to not pursue a balanced calendar for the 2013-14 school year. The calendar would have started school on Aug. 13. made the seventh-grade Eagle Bluff trip a day trip with an optional overnight field trip in August through Community Services. combined the human resources/technology director position with the business services director position to create the position of director of administrative operations, which will be Matt Hillmann, who served as the human …

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: approved a resolution awarding the sale of General Obligation Alternative Facility Refunding Bonds and General Obligation Refunding Bonds, which should save the district more than $2 million on the life of the two bonds. Superintendent Chris Richardson told Patch that the sale of bonds is essentially like refinancing your house to lower your interest rates, which has a positive effect on the future debt service levies for taxpayers. heard school improvement plans for …

Here's a look back at Tuesday's Northfield School Board meeting. Documents from the meeting are attached as PDFs. The board: received school improvement plans for the middle and high schools received an audit report for the 2011-12 school year received an enrollment update Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. The agenda for the meeting is attached as a PDF. The board: received the community services site improvement plan  heard an annual report from Prairie Creek Community School received an update from district technology director Matt Hillmann about the implementation of iPads Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. The agenda for the meeting is attached as a PDF. The board: heard from district technology director Matt Hillmann about a possible roll-out plan for iPads for students  revised its tobacco-free environment policy received a report about the district's enrollment Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter

Here's a look back at Monday's Northfield School Board meeting. The agenda for the meeting is attached as a PDF. The board: discussed the 2013-14 property tax levy discussed changes in early childhood programming received an update from district technology director Matt Hillmann about faculty and staff use of the new iPads Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter