Education Minnesota - Inver Grove Heights #1718

05/01/2025

10/07/2024

EDMN-IGH #1718 members Lisa Quinlan and Kelly Goodnature firing up the phone bank to get word out about ISD199’s referendum on November 5, 2024.

Teachers, remember to sign up to volunteer for a phone banking session if you are able to help out!

09/25/2024

If you missed today’s general membership meeting on 403(b)s, here’s the link to EFS Advisors’ website:

https://fs12.formsite.com/3Kr6fu/cquomocnf6/index.html

Remember, 403(b) matching contributions of up to $2,000 start in year one for teachers.

View this form on Formsite

09/19/2024

If the levy fails, up to 24 staff members will need to be cut to make up the $2 million deficit. Caps of class sizes would increase to 34 at the elementary schools (+9), 41 at IGHMS (+11), and 43 (+11) at Simley.

09/19/2024

We're dedicated to a YES vote this November to keep our schools safe and supported. All posts and videos paid for and prepared by the Vote Yes for 199 Schools committee, www.voteyesfor199schools.wordpress.com

09/19/2024

Safe, Supported Schools

09/19/2024

Though education is a fundamental right under the state constitution, the legislature uses a per pupil formula that hasn't caught up with inflation. Meanwhile, unfunded or only partially funded mandates make covering all of the demands on our schools impossible without local, voter-approved dollars (and the legislature has developed laws to support this system). Thank you for voting YES!

09/19/2024

Not just talking to families, but talking to staff, we have heard over and over again that smaller class size means better behaviors and better learning. Keeping our class sizes manageable is crucial. If this levy fails, up to 24 staff members will have to be cut, which means an increase of up to nine students at the elementary schools (34), 11 students per class at IGHMS (41), and 11 students per class at Simley (43). Thank you for supporting our youngest citizens!

09/19/2024

We’re having incredible conversations around town, and we’re learning about some misperceptions about where 199 gets funding, and how it is spent in the budget. We can go into a deep dive on any of these questions. Please pass along this graphic or our website, district website or contact us directly to clear things up!

09/19/2024

09/19/2024

Friends, we are having a completely bizarre snafu with our previous post, as it has disappeared and we think involves an issue with a duplicate commenter. We tried to repost with some of those great Q and As- see some of our comments below. Please allow us to answer again. Shortly, we'll post about more community events for Q and As in person!