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Intermediate School District
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Who are we?
Northeast Metro 916 is one of only three intermediate school districts in Minnesota; we benefit our
students and member school districts in a number of ways:
• By providing innovative and quality educational options that are limited or not available in our
member districts.
• Through stable, expert staff that provides high quality and consistent learning support to our
students and their families.
• By creating and delivering programs and services in partnership with our 11 member districts.
• Through shared administrative services and educational options that yield a high return on
investment through economies of scale.
At Northeast Metro 916, we directly teach 4,000 students each year through shared programs that
include Career and Technical education, Special Education services, Valley Crossing Community
School, and our Area Learning Centers. We proudly partner with our 11 northeast metro area
member school districts as well as supporting a number of other participating, non-member school
districts. Our member school districts include Columbia Heights, Spring Lake Park, Mounds View,
Roseville, Centennial,North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale, White Bear Lake, Mahtomedi,
Stillwater, and South Washington County and Forest Lake.
Why are we here?
We are here because we would like to purchase the 19 acre parcel of land located in the Eagle
Point Business Park in Lake Elmo that is owned by United Properties in order to build a new K-8
school for our district.
What is the need / why now?
In the last five years our school district has seen a tremendous increase in the number of referrals for
children at the elementary and middle school level, particularly children with autism. The chart
below shows the increase in students referred to us just from school districts located in the southeast
region of our school district. (South Washington County, Stillwater,North St. Paul/Maplewood
/Oakdale, Mahtomedi, Forest Lake, Roseville, White Bear Lake, Inver Grove Heights, So St Paul,
West St Paul, St. Paul and Hudson WI)
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Historically we have only had six classrooms of elementary-aged students in our programs. This
has now grown to sixteen classrooms and in 2012, for the first time in our history, we had to
temporarily close several programs to non-member school districts. To create the additional
classrooms, we have had to convert space in a middle school building to accommodate
elementary-aged students and create small programs in temporary space provided by our member
district schools. These solutions are not available to us on a long-term basis, and are not efficient
or economical. For example, many highly specialized staff are spending time travelling between
students at different sites, rather than working with students in the classroom. We are also
spending scarce resources to modify rooms for our students in temporary locations that will have
to be returned to our member districts in the next two to three years.
Our current programs are centrally located in our school district. (See attached map) This has
worked in the past because the largest part of our student population(secondary students) could
handle an extended bus ride. However, the long travel times to our centralized locations are an
added burden for our increasing elementary population. As an example, some students are
currently being transported from Fridley to Woodbury.
To try and address the above issues,Northeast Metro 916 has been working with our member
district superintendents, special education directors and school boards on long-term facility
planning for our students. The Northeast Metro 916 school board has approved a plan to
regionalize our K-8 facilities with the long-term goal of creating a K-8 facility in both the
northwest and southeast regions of our school district. They have officially approved
construction of the first new facility in Blaine to serve the northwest region. This school will be
opening in the Fall of 2014. This facility was the first priority because we currently do not have
any presence in this area and we are losing five of our temporary classrooms to a member district
in that area who needs the space to accommodate their own growth.
The land we are proposing to purchase in Lake Elmo would be the next priority and serve as the
K-8 facility for the southeast region.
What is the planned size of the school and what kind of jobs does it represent?
The building we are planning would be approximately 70,000 square feet in size and serve up to
150 students. We are working with BWBR as the building architect, Hallberg Engineering as
mechanical and electrical engineers, and Kraus Anderson to provide construction management
for this building.
This educational program will serve level four disabled students. These students cannot be
served in a regular K-12 school building and typically require ancillary services as part of their
school day. Therefore,we have very high staff to student ratios in our school.
Based on our current enrollment, we anticipate opening the building with 80 students and 60
staff members. The table below outlines the starting and maximum capacity levels of jobs at this
new school.
K-8 Facility Staffing Ave Ave Start Capacity
Start capacity Salary' Comp Salary' Comp' Salary' Comp '
Licensed staff: 22 53 $ 62,594 $ 86,111 $1,377,068 $1,894,442 $3,317,482 $ 4,563,883
Support staff.
Education assistants(1:2) 30 75 $ 21,372 $ 30,429 $ 641,160 $ 912,870 $1,602,900 $ 2,282,175
School nurse 1 1 $ 38,461 $ 49,018 $ 38,461 $ 49,018 $ 38,461 $ 49,018
Building engineer 1 1 $ 51,496 $ 78,533 $ 51,496 $ 78,533 $ 51,496 $ 78,533
Custodians 2 2.S $ 3S,984 $ 49,61S $ 71,968 $ 99,230 $ 89,960 $ 124,038
Building principal 1 1 $108,725 $124,388 $ 108,725 $ 124,388 $ 108,725 $ 124,388
Assistant manager 1 1 $ 78,091 $ 93,755 $ 78,091 $ 93,755 $ 78,091 $ 93,755
Due process secretary 1 1 $ 38,461 $ 49,018 $ 38,461 $ 49,018 $ 38,461 $ 49,018
Administrative assistant 11 1 1 $ 38,4611 $ 49,019 1 1 $ 38,461 1 $ 49,019 1 1 $ 38,461 1 $ 49,019
Total all staff 60 136.5 $2,443,891 $3,350,273 $5,364,037 $ 7,413,827
'Averages shown for salary and total compensation package are based on FY13 contracts.
How much traffic would this school generate?
Students in our programs are all transported by their home district transportation departments.
Parents do not drop off and pick up their children because the school is typically not in their
neighborhood. Therefore, the car traffic that is generated is really generated by our employees.
Bus traffic will take the form of perhaps 20 or so busses per day and they will be any range of
sizes. There will also be many districts that send their students in vans to our programs. This
number might also be close to 20. Start times have not yet been set but our programs typically
run from 8 to 2 or 9:15 to 3:15 each day and transportation vehicles start arriving a half hour
ahead of that time.
There is very little activity in the school building during the evening or on weekends. Again,
because our students are coming from multiple districts across the metro, and they are
transported by their home school district, it is not feasible to have these types of events in our
programs. There will however be a few evening conferences and student programs during the
school day that are open for families to attend.
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Kindergarten - 8th Grade Facility
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Specialized programming will provide special education and related services to students
kindergarten through grade 8 with Autism (ASD) and Emotional or Behavioral Disorders (EBD).
Evidence-based instructional practices will be implemented in a highly supportive environment that
will maintain a low student/teacher ratio to address the unique, educational and therapeutic needs
of each child. Classroom teachers and related service providers will work together in a coordinated
manner to maximize the educational benefits for students.
INSTRUCTION
Students will be carefully grouped each year for optimal learning in small classrooms. The program
will focus on academic instruction with necessary accommodations, modifications and adaptations to
the curriculum to ensure that students are able to reach their potential. Fully certified teachers --
with the assistance of highly trained educational assistants—will provide academic instruction
utilizing a multi-sensory approach in individual and small group settings.
Technology will be fully integrated into the instruction. Each classroom will be equipped with
technology that will allow for seamless student access through a large variety of motivational and
instructional educational software.
RELATED SERVICES
Related services identified on each student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP) are delivered in
pull out, embedded and consultative formats. These services include, but are not limited to,
the following:
• Speech/Language Pathology
• Mental Health Services
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• School Health Services
• Audiology
Related services are interwoven with the instructional program and delivered within the classroom
setting whenever possible. An interdisciplinary team approach will ensure regular and cohesive
communication and co-planning amongst teachers, related services and therapeutic staff.
Northeast Metro 916 Dan Naidicz
Special Education Department Director of Special Education
2540 County Road F East 651-415-5658
White Bear Lake,MN 55110 Daniel.Naidicz@nemetro.kl2.mn.us
Karner Blue Education Center
Roots to grow. Wings •
Connecting students to their world through a compassionate and creative learning environment.
Compassionate School Philosophy:
Staff intentionally respond to challenges faced by students and families by offering support and removing barriers to learning.They seek to
understand, support and create a healing learning environment.The model supports students to build caring relationships with adults and
peers, self-regulate their emotions and behaviors, achieve in academic and non-academic areas, and be physically and emotionally healthy.
How We Teach in a Compassionate • •
Empowerment Positive High Informed Relationships
Regard Expectations Decisions Opportunities
Three Areas of Teaching in a Compassionate • •
Safety Competencies of Personal
Connection Emotional + Behavioral Agency, Social Skills +
Assurance of Well-Being Self-Regulation Academics