THE HENTON HEADLINES
December 21, 2023

Please note there will be no scheduled MASA eUpdate on December 28. We'll see you in 2024!

Is Your Secondary Registration Information in Process?

Friendly reminder that the 2023 MN Statute 124D.09 POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTIONS ACT requires the following and provides for PSEO student registration notification timelines:

Subd. 7. Dissemination of information; notification of intent to enroll.

• “By the earlier of (1) three weeks prior to the date by which a student must register for district courses for the following school year, or (2) March 1 of each year, a district must provide up-to-date information on the district's website and in materials that are distributed to parents and students about the program, including information about enrollment requirements and the ability to earn postsecondary credit to all pupils in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. To assist the district in planning, a pupil must inform the district by May 30 of each year of the pupil's intent to enroll in postsecondary courses during the following school year. A pupil is bound by notifying or not notifying the district by May 30.”

Kudos to Superintendents Melbye and Rudolph!

The National School Public Relations Association, NSPRA, named Superintendent Eric Melbye of Bloomington Public Schools and Superintendent Nate Rudolph of Cambridge-Isanti Schools as “Superintendents to Watch.” Congratulations Eric and Nate! We are proud to call you colleagues!

The Professional Assistance Team is ready to support You!

The Foundation generously supports MASA’s P.A.T. whose members are available for a confidential conversation. Please don’t hesitate to contact any of them should you need support, advice, a collegial call, or words of encouragement.

Theresa Battle, Superintendent, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District
Cell: 612-490-7177 | Office: 952-707-2005 | tbattle@isd191.org

Reggie Engebritson, Superintendent, St. Louis County & Mountain Iron-Buhl Schools
Cell: 218-780-4689 | Office: 218-749-8130 | rengebritson@isd2142.k12.mn.us

Dave Fjeldheim, Retired Superintendent, Sebeka Public School
Phone: 218-639-6979 | davidgfjeldheim@gmail.com

Joe Gothard, Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools
Cell: 651-587-2895 | Office: 651-767-8152 | joe.gothard@spps.org

Jeffrey Holm, Superintendent, Willmar Public Schools
Cell: 320-979-7764 | Office: 320-231-8510 | holmj@willmar.k12.mn.us

Seeking Your Input for the 2024 MASA Legislative Platform

If you have specific ideas you would like the committee to consider, please send them to Deb Henton and Valerie Dosland. We have shared members' thoughts with the committee and will continue to do so until the platform is drafted on January 23, 2024, and sent to the MASA Board of Directors for final approval.

Leadership Matters!

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” - Theodore Roosevelt