Burnsville Today TV news-May 8- School board approves technology grant, Athena awards
Last night the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education approved the permanent appointment of Don Leake as principal for Eagle Ridge Junior High School in Savage. For the past year Leake has been the interim principal there filling in the position for interim Burnsville High School principal Dave Helke who made that position permanent in March.
The board also approved a lease agreement to finance the installation of synthetic turf at Hanson field in Pates Stadium. Construction is set to begin the day after graduation Saturday, June 6.
The board approved the $170,000 federal grant to fund technology and teacher training for more interactive learning tools in the classroom. The Enhancing Education Through Technology or E2T2 grant will help the district purchase SMART boards, LCD projectors, laptops, student response clickers and more used over the next two school years. The board also approved stipends for each E2T2 teacher at each school with grades 3-8 to facilitate their training and technology meetings. Each E2T2 teacher will get $440 a year.
Weather:
Tonight: showers and isolated thunderstorms, lows around 45.
This weekend: starting out with a 40 percent chance of showers tomorrow then becoming partly cloudy, lows around 40, highs around 60.
Several events this weekend gives you chance to treat mom for her special day:
• The Burnsville Rotary’s Concert for Caring fundraiser event is 5:30 p.m. tomorrow night at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. and the concert at 7:30 p.m. Admission prices range from $25-$50 depending on where you want to sit and if you want the dinner. For more information go to www.concertforcaring.com.
• Otherwise there is the Dakota County 40/8 Annual Mother’s Day Champagne Breakfast 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday at the Apple Valley American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive in Apple Valley. Tickets cost $8 and includes omelets, hash browns, toast, fruit, juice, milk, coffee and champagne. For more information you can call 952-431-1776.
• If you’ve got a black or green thumb don’t miss the Dakota County Master Gardener plant sale this weekend. From 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at the University of Minnesota Outreach, Research and Education Park, 1605 W. 160th St., in Rosemount, the master gardeners will sell more than 100 varieties of plants from their gardens, including native grasses, and longtime favorites like herbs, daylilies and hostas. Gardeners will also be available to answer questions and provide gardening advice. Sales are cash or check only. To check out a full list of plants visit http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/dakota.
Our Sun Newspapers sports editors bring us a recap of this year’s Athena award winners. Let’s take a look.
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