Becky DeWilde, Farmington School Board

Monday Night’s Meeting of the Farmington Area School Board public comment is scheduled for 5:20pm with the business meeting slated for a 5:30pm start at Farmington City Hall. There will be a closed session immediately following the regular meeting to discuss employee negotiations. We will hear a report from administration on the Achievement and Integration (A&I) Plan. What is an A&I ? Recently, ISD 192 qualified for additional Achievement and Integration revenue based on being designated as a racially isolated district. Based on school year 2022-23 fall enrollment data, Farmington is considered a racially isolated district under Minnesota’s School Desegregation/Integration rules. A racially isolated school district is one in which district-wide enrollment of protected students is more than 20 percentage points higher than enrollment in any one of its adjoining school districts. (I think we meet this comparatively with Hastings.) For the purposes of the Achievement and Integrat

As our state legislature wraps up this session, I've advocated for local control. Here's what I've sent to my local representatives and the Education Conference Committee members. Subject: Please support local school boards! Thank you for your willingness to serve in our state legislature. As a fellow public servant, I do not take your efforts for granted. I humbly ask for your consideration on two specific items on the Education Bills at hand: strike unemployment for school hourly workers and do NOT include class size, staffing ratios, student to personnel ratios or student testing in Terms and Conditions   First, please eliminate the unemployment for school hourly workers . Somehow UI was wrapped into  both  the House and Senate Omnibus Education bills  WITHOUT   funding. There continues to be this myth that school districts have “enough” funding to absorb these additional mandates. ISD 192 Farmington Area School District was one of many school districts across Minn

  The Farmington School Board Meeting is set for this Monday, April 24, 2023, 5pm at Farmington City Hall. Wanted to collect and share my thoughts on the agenda items.  Public Comment will be open at 5:15pm and be on any topic. Meadowview, Riverview Elementary Schools and Dodge Middle School will showcase learning projects prior to the meeting. I was quite alarmed by both the Personnel Report (on the consent agenda) and the Probationary Teacher contract non-renewals. I had a very insightful conversation with our HR Director, MaryAnn Thomas in these regards. Based on the parameters the board set in February (realigning $3 million for the 2023-24 school year), each principal is given a set number of FTE to restaff their building. Given contractual language, seniority is always awarded positions first. In addition numerous staff are employed with an Out of Field Permission from MDE that is only valid for 1-year and have to be renewed annually. Many of the terrific staff on this list of

I've recently returned from 2,400-mile road trip with three of my kids (we love Spring Break) and while sorting through my inbox, I learned about this informational event, " What Every Minnesota Parent Needs to Know About School Choice ," sponsored by the Minnesota Parent Alliance on  Tuesday, April 11, 6-8pm at the Inver Grove Community Center. Join us as education policy expert Catrin Wigfall breaks down this complex issue and gives us an insight into the landscape of the educational freedom movement nationally and locally. This presentation is designed to give parents as much information as possible so they can continue to navigate K-12 education issues with confidence. See more information on the link . And please share your thoughts with me.

Welcome to a platform created to convey my opinions, facts and research as a member of the Farmington ISD 192 School Board.  Elected in November 2022, I ran for School Board to implement policies that focus of the basics of each student’s education, to maximize teachers' instructional time and to approve fiscally responsible, transparent and accountable allocation of the budget.