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Thank you to everyone that submitted volunteer applications for the 2024-2025 school year. We appreciate you!
If you would like to volunteer, please visit our Volunteering at CPHS page to complete the application and background check.
It's a new school year! Do you want to be part of an amazing and unique cultural and travel experience? Then join CPHS on a once in a lifetime trip to Cuba! There are still a few spots open!
The tentative dates are June 18-26, 2025 - Keep June 15-29 free for flexibility! All travel, meals, hotels and entrance fees are included! Please contact Angie Manbeck (angie.manbeck@ahschools.us) with any questions! This is open to students and adults. Enrollment is open now! Don’t miss this incredibly amazing opportunity!
Angie Manbeck
Spanish teacher CPHS
All IB Students in a testing course (most IB courses run over 2 years, so if you are in the 2nd year of the course you will test unless you are taking IB Psychology, IB Art, IB Business or IB Sports, Exercise and Health Science which are all one year courses) will need to register for exams ASAP. Emails have been sent to families and students, please check your email and let Ms. Brown know if you have any questions or concerns. The IB Exam "to do list" to make sure you are fully registered can be found here. There are 3 steps to register: google form (done in class by the student), payment form and payment made either online or by cash/check to the IB Office. At this point the google form should be already completed and payment with payment form should be in by Friday Oct 11th at the latest or late fees will be applied. IB Exams are NOT optional, students will be registered for the exam and a late fee will be added to students SchoolPay account.
All AP Students in an AP course will need to register for exams ASAP. Emails have been sent to families and students, please check your email and let Ms. Brown know if you have any questions or concerns. The AP Exam "to do list" to make sure you are fully registered can be found here, there are 4 steps to register: google form (completed by students in class), payment form, payment (made online or by cash/check to the IB Office), and joining AP classroom if currently in the course this trimester. At this point the google form and joining AP classroom should be already completed and payment with payment form should be in by Friday Oct 11th at the latest.
CHILL Tech Program is a 6-week, paid internship that will provide 16–24-year-olds with the opportunity to work with a certified technician to learn:
Best practices in troubleshooting to identify and diagnose issues
Product knowledge, including Mac and PC hardware and software
Customer service skills and addressing the needs of clients in a professional manner
Computer programming languages
Upon completion, scholars will be able to keep their laptops
$500 Stipend upon completion
A number of factors converged in early 2024 that led to the need to reduce district expenditures by $26 million. Anoka-Hennepin acted quickly in the spring to plan a two-phased budget reduction and realignment process.
Phase 1: $5.1 million in central administration and services were reduced for the 2024-25 budget in an effort to mitigate the impact of additional cuts for the 2025-26 budget.
Phase 2: The district is currently determining a solution to address a $21 million budget reduction gap. Community meetings were held Sept. 25 - Oct. 10 in combination with a feedback process on two recommendations. A final decision is expected in November.
Factors impacting the district budget: The elimination of federal pandemic relief funds, higher than budgeted employee contract settlements, the impact of inflation on transportation and other operations, limited new revenue from state and federal sources and new requirements without funding support have developed a need to reduce expenditures by $26 million by the 2025-26 school year.
Proposed solutions: Anoka-Hennepin Schools have followed School Board direction to provide a reduction plan that cuts away from the classroom, particularly for the district’s youngest learners. The draft budget solution recommendations impact central services before schools with 53 percent of the reductions taking place at the district office/central services area, and 47 percent impact at the school level. The board is also studying a plan that would make additional central services and administrative cuts but spare reductions in schools allowing community members to decide on that impact through a levy referendum election in the fall of 2025.
Two options have been proposed for School Board consideration:
Option 1: $21 million total reduction.
Option 2: Make additional central services/administrative reductions and authorize an operating referendum election in the fall of 2025.
Looking ahead: Following robust community feedback for an initial draft plan, draft proposals are expected to be shared at the Monday, Oct. 29 school board meeting and eventually adopted at the Monday, November 25 school board meeting. This timeline is required ahead of key planning decisions on student registration and staffing decisions prior to the 2025-26 school year.
Provide feedback: School Board expectations provide for a process that encourages robust community and staff input prior to approval of the final recommendation.
Community meetings were held Sept. 25-Oct. 10.
View the community meeting held at Coon Rapids High School on Sept. 25, which was live streamed and archived on the district YouTube channel. The same presentation will be given at the following four community meetings.
Learn more: ahschools.us/budget