School Officials Talk Business With Chamber of Commerce
Superintendents from the Osseo School District 279 and Brooklyn Center School District 286 laud the role of teachers and businesses in meeting the changing needs of today's students.
Osseo School District 279 Superintendent Kate Maguire joined Keith Lester—her counterpart from Brooklyn Center School District 286—on Thursday morning to talk to the North Hennepin Area Chamber of Commerce about the role of high school students in business. Issuing a message that was largely positive, Maguire cited several reasons why she is enthusiastic about what the school systems are doing to help students achieve their goals—both in college and the workplace. “The work of schools today is of higher quality than ever before,” Maguire said. “We have much higher articulated standards for what we want kids to do when they leave school.” Schools in flux Maguire also lauded the elevated levels of accountability and staff training that …
