Elm Creek News

The online Elm Creek Apparel Store is now open! The store is open for ordering from Sept 5th - Sept 15th (at midnight)

Please pay close attention to sizing charts. There are no exchanges or refunds on customized items.

A good rule of thumb is to use an item you already own and love the fit, measure that against the specs provided within each item.

Elm Creek Apparel

If you have questions

contact@commonthreadcustomapparel.com

Lunch visitors will be allowed starting Oct 2nd. We expect that lunch visitors will be limited to special occasions and/or 1x/month. Lunch time is your child’s social time with their peers. While we understand that lunch visitors are fun for the kids, we value the social interaction that the kids experience during lunch.

Lunch visitors are expected to follow the lunch room rules and follow staff directions. You will sit at the lunch table with your child’s class, we will not have separate lunch tables for visitors.

You are welcome to bring food from home, if desired. Please do not bring food for your child’s friends.

Students follow the regular routine and will say goodbye to their visitor in the cafeteria before lining up to move to recess. Lunch visitors will return to the office to sign out of the building. No visitors are allowed on the playground or to wander the school.

Have you filled out a free and reduced lunch application for the 2023-24 school year? We get money for our school based on our Free and Reduced numbers. If you think you might qualify please complete application here

Building a Better Future, Phase II, is the second phase in improving our schools as determined through a multi-year research process that involved staff, families and community members. Their work revealed critical safety/security needs, teaching and learning needs, and building space needs with regard to programming and current and predicted population growth. Community members will be asked to consider addressing these school building needs on Nov. 7, 2023. If approved by voters, the tax increase would be less than $7/month for the average-value home in our district ($300,000).

Full details are at district279.org/BetterFuture. Additionally, three community informational meetings are being held to share more and answer questions. These evenings will begin with a 30-minute presentation and then transition to a conversational open house where participants are welcome to ask district and school leadership Building a Better Future, Phase II questions on a one-on-one basis. The meetings are as follows:

• 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at the Park Center Senior High School forum room (or via the YouTube livestream link)

• 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Osseo Senior High School forum room (or via the YouTube livestream link)

• 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at the Maple Grove Senior High School cafeteria (or via the YouTube livestream link)

This final phase of Building a Better Future meets the overall needs of our schools for the foreseeable future – equipping students with what they need to succeed both today and many years to come.

Early voting starts Friday, Sept. 22. To cast your vote early, request an early voting ballot via the Minnesota Secretary of State website or head to Brooklyn Park City Hall’s multipurpose room from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Labor Day). Nov. 7 polling place locations can be found on the Minnesota Secretary of State website.

Continue to stay tuned to district279.org/BetterFuture for the latest information.