THE HENTON HEADLINES
September 14, 2023

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Speaker Melissa Hortman Letter Regarding SRO Situation

In response to a number of police agencies in her home district, 34B, who have withdrawn their SROs from the Anoka-Hennepin school district, Speaker Hortman sent this letter. At this time it does not appear there will be a special session, or imminent change to the current law, though one never knows for sure.

Opportunity for Your Staff who will be working with Earned Sick and Safe Time:

Earned Sick and Safe Time Workgroup for MN Schools

A workgroup of MN public school administrators has formed to support the implementation of the new Earned Sick and Safe Time Law (ESST) going into effect on January 1, 2024.  Human Resource and Business Office staff involved in leave policy and administration are invited to join, learn the law, and connect with peers based on role and HR/Payroll system.  Presenters include Darcy Hitesman, Esq., Founder of HitesmanLaw, and Chris Hoehn, MASPA Coordinator and Owner of VitaminK12.  There is no cost to attend the first meeting of this workgroup.  To cover administrative costs, a per-district fee will be charged to those wishing to continue participation.

Tuesday, September 19th, 10:00 - 11:30 am | Register via Zoom

The whole-group portion of the meeting will be recorded and shared with registrants.

Interested in Solar and Clean Energy?

Former superintendent and commissioner Dr. Brenda Cassillieus who is now the executive director of Fresh Energy has offered this opportunity at no cost to MASA. A table will be provided free for 10 members from MASA. Please let deb.henton@mnasa.org  know if you are interested in attending as soon as possible. 

If your organization is interested in sponsoring the Fresh Energy breakfast, full sponsorship information can be found here.

 “Together in Partnership follow up”

The MSHSL and its partner organizations will again be hosting regional student meetings which are designed to bring student voice and involvement in continuing the work toward safe, respectful, and inclusive programs, events and contests. The first session was held successfully at Thief River Falls on Monday. See the schedule below for future sessions.

If you have not heard about these sessions, I recommend you follow up with your activities director or high school principal as communication about the sessions has been sent out by the League.

The meeting locations include the following:

• Sept. 14: Rock Ridge High School

• Sept. 18: Perham High School

• Sept. 25: Two Rivers High School

• Sept. 26: Sauk Rapids-Rice High School

• Sept. 26: Rochester Event Center

• Sept. 27: Redwood Valley High School, Redwood Falls

• Sept. 28: Metro West (Site TBD)

For additional information, you may call the the MSHSL main line at 763-560-2262, or email Charlie Campbell at ccampbell@mshsl.org, or Lisa Quedow at lquednow@mshsl.org.

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