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Osseo School District Superintendent Receives Positive Evaluation

ISD 279 School Board says standards based grading is an "area of concern" during the annual evaluation of Superintendent Kate Maguire.

As part of an annual process, the District 279 School Board concluded their evaluation of Superintendent Kate Maguire in December 2012.

The School Board had met in closed work sessions with the superintendent Dec. 4 and Dec. 11 to review the superintendent’s work and provide feedback.

 An area of concern is standards based grading, Osseo School District Chairperson Dean Henke said at the Dec. 18 regular School Board meeting.

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“Program implementation and application of key benchmarks needs ongoing assessment to determine if we are achieving the desired objectives,” Henke said.

“Overall, our midyear review is positive,” he said during the Dec. 18 meeting. “The board affirms the superintendents direction and progress on the priority results.”

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The District 279 School Board approved Maguire’s July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016 contract earlier in the 2012-2013 school year during the Oct. 2 meeting.

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