A few thousand community members provided their thoughts on the first four proposed attendance boundary scenarios via community meetings, an online form and hotlines. This feedback is now being reviewed, and helping to narrow the number of scenarios and make tweaks to those that are moved forward. Updated scenarios are expected to be presented online at district279.org/boundaries on Friday, Feb. 28.

Community input once again welcomed: Community members are once again encouraged to share their thoughts on the updated scenarios. A new online form and RVSP for two community informational meetings will be available at district279.org/boundaries on Friday, Feb. 28. In the meantime, make sure to mark your calendars for these important dates:

• Friday, Feb. 28: Updated attendance boundary proposals shared at district279.org/boundaries, along with new online form and Community Informational Meeting RSVP form.

• Tuesday, March 4: Community Informational Meeting at 5:45 p.m. at North View Middle School.

• Wednesday, March 19: Community Informational Meeting at 5:45 p.m. at Osseo Middle School.

• Friday, March 21: Feedback form closes.

Timeline: March will likely wrap up districtwide feedback opportunities. The school board is expected to approve final attendance boundary changes in May. The new attendance boundaries will then go into effect fall 2026.

Detailed information will continue to be shared on the district website, district279.org/boundaries. Feel free to reach out if something additional needs to be addressed via BetterFuture@district279.org or 763-391-8990.

Students and staff at the Osseo Education Center have spent February celebrating Black History Month. On Feb. 11, all students gathered for an all-school movie. They watched “The Six Triple Eight,” based on the true story of an all-black, all-female battalion during WWII. On Feb. 20, students celebrated Black History Month with a soul food sampling, tasting foods such as fried chicken, candied yams, cornbread, mac and cheese, greens with smoked turkey, sweet potato pie and peach cobbler. On Feb. 14, 21 and 28, students visited the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum & Gallery to learn more about the history, art and culture of African Americans in Minnesota.

On Feb. 14, special education and general education students from Maple Grove, Osseo and Park Center senior high schools came together to celebrate Valentine's Day with a Unified Dance. At the event, students showed off their favorite moves, participated in Bingo and art activities and enjoyed refreshments.

Throughout the district, Unified art, physical education, music and advisory classes pair students of all ability levels together to foster belonging and inclusion in schools, in partnership with Special Olympics Minnesota. Maple Grove Senior High School Unified Art teacher Erin Boe recently served as a panelist for Special Olympics Unified Schools at the 2025 Change the Game Conference on Jan. 28.

Eighth grade orchestra students from the district’s four middle schools come together each year to create one massive orchestra for one day, which includes a performance for family and friends after a full day of rehearsals.

This year, the middle school orchestra directors applied for and received the opportunity to have their festival orchestra perform at the Minnesota Music Education Association (MMEA) Mid-Winter Clinic conference. On Feb. 14, all 164 of the district’s eighth grade orchestra members traveled to the Minneapolis Convention Center to perform at the conference.