Last Thursday, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education hired Drew Goeldner, currently a middle school principal in northwest Wisconsin, to take the reins at Sky Oaks.
The district's elementary school attendance boundaries haven't changed for 17 years, leading to socioeconomic inequalities, the district says.
Parents and students can share their best graduation photos with the Burnsville community in the gallery below.
Also in this week’s recap – A Mother's Day fire ruins things for Eagan apartment residents and Lakeville Public Schools ponder a run at a referendum.
Abigail Alt was voted in 4-1 on Thursday night.
The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education will have nine candidates to choose from.
Statistics suggest an apparent paradox: More teachers are bowing out for retirement, and more are staying on indefinitely.
Mitchell J. Dawson was selected from a pool of 15,000 finalists.
Thursday, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education consented to a three-year contract with new Superintendent Joe Gothard that includes annual pay raises.
After widespread technical troubles, the Minnesota Department of Education will allow schools more time to complete the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment exams.
After 21 years of service to students struggling with addiction, Sobriety High is calling it quits.
District officials say an isolated incident—a fight—prompted the suspension of six students and a modified lockdown at the school on Wednesday.
Burnsville, Shakopee and a host of districts across the state have experienced persistent technical difficulties with the online tests, which are the basis by which the students, teachers and schools are judged.
Tuesday is the last possible day for residents to submit nominees for the district's Hall of Fame, which includes former Police Chief Bob Hawkins, at least one Olympian, and the very first BHS homecoming king.
Four Burnsville athletes committed to schools in the Midwest on April 17.
Over the last nine days, the number of candidates who have applied for Paula Teiken's erstwhile position has jumped from two to eight.
Terese Trekell, a kindergarten teacher at Gideon Pond Elementary, is in the running for the Let's Dish Teacher of the Year award.
Intermediate School District 917 will move SUN—a program for special needs kids—from a strip mall in Apple Valley to the Burnsville district's facility on Diffley Road.
Burnsville High's Scott Svare was the "most awarded" student at the Upper Midwest Student Production Awards.
After 13 years as principal, Kay Fecke will bid a bittersweet adieu to Sky Oaks Elementary.
Though the Board of Education's meeting is still on, most other activities have been cancelled for April 18.
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The deadline to apply for the open seat on the school board is April 30.
On April 4, the Burnsville Board of Education offered Interims Jeff Nepsund (Marion W. Savage Elementary School) and Brad Robb (Vista View) permanent principalships.
Wednesday night, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education offered the job of superintendent to Joe Gothard, who is currently the assistant superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin.
Chris Lindholm, second in command at the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District, is leaving to become the superintendent of a district about 20 miles north of Brainerd.
As of Wednesday night, elected officials at the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District were one step closer to finding a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Randy Clegg.
The slate is heavy on Twin Cities talent: Four of the top five candidates for superintendent are currently working in districts within 40 miles of Burnsville.
By then end of this week, the candidates for superintendent of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School district will be narrowed to just two or three finalists.
Burnsville high recently uploaded a video dedicated to "Scherman," a tank-treaded, basketball shooting machine that carried them into the top 10 at the 10,000 Lakes Regional competition.
Burnsville High students were nominated in 13 different categories for the Upper Midwest Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Regional Student Production Awards.
At the start of the new month the district will begin taking applications for the seat lately held by Board Member Paula Teiken.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is going ahead with an expansion of the strings program, though some have raised concerns about whether the program is financially viable over the long term.
One standout was Aneesa Ally, who bested three state records at the championships and is now rated fifth in the nation.
At Thursday's meeting, Board Member Paula Teiken announced that she would vacate her office before March is out.
Road conditions all over the Twin Cities area are presently labeled "difficult" by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Honesty, integrity and transparency will be key concerns as the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school district vets candidates to replace outgoing Superintendent Randy Clegg.
Burnsville High School junior Tarissa Jackson is one of six students who will receive the first annual Minnesota Aspirations for Women in Computing Award.
The annual variety show, put on by teachers, promises a flash mob, a rapper, and "unique special effects," according to those involved.
The new school calendar for '13-'14 completely dispenses with the much despised "late start" days and adds full two days off in their stead.