Community Education - current class catalogs Adult classes and activities - Fall 2017

discover your potential Adult Learning classes 763-506-5766 Adult recreation and athletics 763-506-1267 Adults with Special Needs/Project Power 763-506-1279 Adventures Plus - school-age care 763-506-1400 Aquatics - pools and swimming classes 763-506-5980 Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) 763-506-1275 Facility rentals 763-506-1267 Home school/non-public school 763-506-1273 Metro North Adult Basic Education (ABE) 763-783-4870 Parent Involvement/Volunteer Services 763-506-1278 School Readiness Preschool 763-506-1500 Tutoring 763-506-1265 Youth development and service 763-506-1263 Youth programs - Community Schools 763-506-1260 Our Mission | The Anoka-Hennepin School District Community Education Department is dedicated to lifelong learning, involving people and enriching communities. Safety; security; space — making Anoka-Hennepin Fit for the Future After more than 18 months of facilities planning, the community is being asked if they want to make Anoka-Hennepin schools Fit for the Future. Anoka-Hennepin is growing and buildings across the district are at or beyond capacity. Thousands of students at nine district schools attend classes in portable classrooms in yards and parking lots because the permanent building they go to doesn’t have adequate space. There are 62 portable classrooms in all, posing a safety and security risk to students and staff. Meanwhile, in the sod fields of Blaine and the farm fields of Ramsey, new housing developments are popping up like corn stalks — and families with children are rapidly filling them. That is why, On Tues., Nov. 7, 2017, residents of the Anoka-Hennepin School District will have the opportunity to make district schools Fit for the Future by addressing facility needs for students today and in the future. The Anoka-Hennepin School Board voted unanimously Jul. 10 to put two levy questions on the Nov.ballot. The decision comes following nearly 18 months of facilities planning, including work and recommendations made by the 32-member community Fit for the Future task force, as well as feedback from taxpayers, parents and guardians, and civic leaders during a series of community meetings held to discuss the topic in May. The funding generated from the two levies will create safe and secure learning environments through the removal of portable classrooms; construct additional classroom space where student populations are significantly growing; offer solutions for maintaining quality schools by improving science labs, media centers, and flexible learning areas throughout the district; and address class sizes at all levels — elementary, middle and high school. The total cost for districtwide facility construction and renovations will be $249 million, which is what will be asked for in question two on the Nov. ballot. If question two is approved by voters, it will be dependent on the approval of question one, which will ask voters for $226.20 per pupil over 10 years. Those dollars will fund operational needs of the new spaces, and provide relief to class sizes across the district. Thanks to a culmination of circumstances, including other debt obligations expiring, and low interest rates on construction bonds, the tax impact will be about $11 a month (cost to average homeowner for property valued at $200,000). for the owner of an average home in Anoka-Hennepin, which is valued at $200,000. A calculator is available at on the Fit for the Future website, ahschools.us/ FitForTheFuture, for community members to learn their property’s specific figure. “As our community task force shared earlier this year, we’re running out of space and there are more students on the way,” said Anoka-Hennepin Superintendent David Law. “The portables don’t provide a long-term solution, they have some safety challenges, and timing is good to address the largest areas needed to maintain our quality schools.” Visit ahschools.us/FitForTheFuture for more information. 2 FALL 2017 | 763-506-5766 | www.discovercommunityed.com

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