The Owatonna school board met per usual for our regular meeting at the city chambers board room. As a reminder, December will have just one school board meeting — a regular meeting to be held on Monday December 8, 2025, and it is the last school board meeting of 2025. At 6pm the same evening,Continue reading “11/24/2025 Regular Meeting”
Author Archives: ElizabethHedlund
11/10/2025 Meetings
Monday’s meeting was a big one, divided into 3 sections, with lots of information. COMPREHENSIVE ACHIEVEMENT AND CIVIC READINESS (CACR) ANNUAL REPORT What was once the World’s Best Work Force is now CACR as developed and required by the state of Minnesota with five specific goals. The information can be found on the district websiteContinue reading “11/10/2025 Meetings”
10/27/2025 Regular Meeting
Our last regular meeting before the levy vote on November 4, 2025 began on time in the city chambers board room. Superintendent Champa and Finance Director Mark Stotts had their 44th levy information session (plus a few more after that!) this week. In case you were not able to attend any of the small groupContinue reading “10/27/2025 Regular Meeting”
Levy Information Public Session
Superintendent Champa and Finance Director Mr. Stotts have held many levy information presentations across the Owatonna community (40+ meetings with a variety of groups including CEOs and pickleball players!) several of which have been public sessions. Owatonna Live was present and recorded one of these presentations, and it was actually one that I attended also.Continue reading “Levy Information Public Session”
10/13/2025 Work Session
Monday’s meeting began with a brief Special Meeting in order to approve an updated school year calendar. A request was made for 2-hour early release on Tuesday November 25, 2025, to allow for staff safety and emergency training. This is the week of Thanksgiving break and there is no school Wednesday through Friday that week.Continue reading “10/13/2025 Work Session”
District Financial Information
In considering the upcoming levy vote, I wanted to provide links to some of the financial information that is being requested by community members. All of these links are through the district website: https://www.isd761.org/ Once on the district website, go to District Services and then Business Services. From there, click on Financial Reports: https://www.isd761.org/district-services/business-services/financial-reports. ThisContinue reading “District Financial Information”
9/22/2025 Regular Meeting
Our regular meeting began on time at the city chambers board room. Dr. Champa began the meeting with Mission Moment, recognizing the homecoming court and all the festivities of last week. Some of the students of the court were able to attend the meeting to introduce themselves. She also recognized this school board for ourContinue reading “9/22/2025 Regular Meeting”
9/8/2025 Work Session
Due to the events of last week, this report on the most recent work session will be brief. There were a few important agenda items that I wanted to be sure to make note of. LEVY REFERENDUM – Dr. Champa is hosting several informational sessions with local community groups and leaders, plus hosting a fewContinue reading “9/8/2025 Work Session”
Turning Point
Death is painful. Unexpected death is tragic. Murder is horrific. What is the turning point? I thought maybe it was September 11, 2001, but then it wasn’t. I thought it may have been one of the many school shootings since then, but it wasn’t. Minnesota has had no lack of ruthless evil attacks hurting manyContinue reading “Turning Point”
8/25/2025 Regular Meeting
This regular meeting had a long agenda including multiple votes, but due to the routine nature of most agenda items, the meeting was less than one hour long. Most of the agenda items had been previously discussed or are part of routine annual voting/renewals. Here is the link to review the agenda with the attachmentsContinue reading “8/25/2025 Regular Meeting”
Elizabeth for Owatonna Schools 