May 2023  

• District Team meeting May 10, 2023, at 3:45 pm
• 5/15/23 - Focus Group HS CTE at 3:15 pm
• 5/15/23 - Focus Group HS Science at 3:45 pm
• 5/16/23 - Focus Group HS Admin Office at 3:15 pm
• 5/16/23 - Focus Group CE Pilot Project at 3:45 pm
• 5/16/23 - Focus Group DE Pilot Project at 4:15 pm
• 5/17/23 - Focus Group MS CTE/FACS at 3:15 pm
• 5/17/23 - Focus Group SPED/DCD at 3:45 pm
• 5/17/23 - Focus Group HS FACS/AG at 4:15 pm
• District Team meeting May 25, 2023, at 3:45 pm

April 2023

• District Team meeting April 5, 2023, at 3:45 pm.  
• 4/17/23 - Focus Group Dassel Elementary Pilot Project at 3:45 pm
• 4/17/23 - Focus Group Cokato Elementary Pilot Project at 4:15 pm
• 4/18/23 - Focus Group HS Admin. Office at 3:45 pm  
• 4/18/23 - Focus Group SPED/DCD at 4:15 pm
• 4/19/23 - Focus Group HS FACS at 3:45 pm
• 4/19/23 - Focus Group HS CTE at 4:15 pm
• 4/19/23 - Focus Group AG at 4:45 pm
• 4/21/23 - Focus Group MS FACS at 3:45 pm
• 4/21/23 - Focus Group MS CTE at 4:15 pm
• 4/21/23 - Focus Group  HS Science at 4:45 pm    

February 2023   

• District Team meeting February 15, 2023, at 3:45 pm.  

January 2023

• 1/9/23  - CTE/Science/FACS tours of Paynesville High School, Sartell High School, St. Cloud State University's ISELF building, and the Environmental and Technological Studies department.
• 1/16/23 - Focus Group SPED/DCD at 3:45 pm.
• 1/16/23 - Focus Group HS Admin. Office at 4:30 pm.
• 1/17/23 - Focus Group DE/CE Pilot Projects at 3:45 pm.
• 1/18/23 - District Team meeting January 18, 2023, at 3:45 pm.
• 1/19/23 - Focus Group CTE/Ag at 3:45 pm.
• 1/19/23 - Focus Group HS FACS/Science at 4:30 pm.

December 2022

• SCSU CTE professors spent time touring DCHS spaces and talking with staff about current and future programming.

November 2022  

• The District Team will meet to touch base about the 2023 STEM room work and begin discussing the 2024 scope of work projects.

October 2022  

• The HS/ MS Facs/ STEM focus group met for a second time on  Wednesday, October 19th, to further discuss MS STEM.  SitelogIQ representatives presented classroom design concepts for the MS STEM room.  Some of those ideas included storage and organizational components, flexible seating, and additional electrical outlets.

September 2022

• The District Team met for an initial kick-off meeting with SitelogIQ representatives.  The team reviewed project scopes, next steps, and the anticipated two-year timeline.
• Focus groups will begin meeting this fall to discuss specific projects' design and programming. 
  • The HS/ MS Facs/ STEM focus group is scheduled to meet on Monday, September 26th, to discuss MS STEM.

TAX IMPACT

The Dassel-Cokato Public School Board is calling for a special election on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, to authorize a general obligation school building bond not to exceed $17,900,000 for facility improvements.

Approval of the ballot questions would result in a property tax increase beginning with taxes payable in 2023, remaining in place for 20 years. To determine the estimated impact of the proposed ballot questions on your 2023 taxes, follow the instructions on the Tax Impact Calculator website.

The attached document shows the averages for ag land for the five townships (where at least some of the township is in the D-C district) in Meeker County.  

• • Meeker County Average residential value = $230,000
  • Average ag values = about $5,000/tillable acre and the average-sized farm is about 300 acres.  This is a total ag value of about $1.5 million.
  • An example of the tax impact calculation based on those averages is shown in the document below.
  • The total monthly impact for a $230,000 home in Meeker County with 300 acres of ag land is $6.

Values represented are assessed and may not represent how much property owners are selling for in the current market.