Today: Osseo School Board Meets To Talk Boundaries

As the Basswood Elementary boundary battle continues, the Osseo Area School Board will meet today (Tuesday, Jan. 21) at 6 p.m. for a public work session in which the district's open enrollment policy will be discussed, specifically addressing overcrowding at Basswood.

The board will take action on the proposal at a regular board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28, beginning at 6 p.m.

According to an email from Superintendent Kate Maguire to open-enrolled parents, the core issue that will be discussed Monday has to do with "whether Basswood Elementary should retain its current open-enrolled students (who do not live within the school's attendance area) when the district has proposed to relieve overcrowding at the school by reassigning a portion of its attendance area to Oak View Elementary.
 
"I anticipate that the work session will conclude with direction to administration on how to address overcrowding at Basswood," she wrote in the email. "Pending board direction, it is possible that there could be changes in policy and procedure regarding the assignment of students who are open enrolled to our school district." 
 
There are two information sessions to learn more about the discussion at the Jan. 21 work session (regardless of outcome):

• Thursday, Jan. 23, 8-9 a.m. in the Basswood Media Center
• Thursday, Jan. 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Basswood Cafeteria

• Jan 22, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Park Center Senior High Forum Room

Also see: 

• Osseo School Proposal Reduces Crowded Basswood Elementary, Angers Parents
• What You Need To Know About The Basswood Elementary Boundary Proposal 
• Parents of the Open-Enrolled: Another Voice in the Basswood Boundary Battle
• What People Are Saying: Basswood Boundary Changes
• LETTER: To Those Affected By Basswood Boundary Change
• School Board Schedule
• Osseo Area Schools Ask For Input On All-Day Kindergarten Space Proposals