Morning: Parent drop off of students will be at the front of the building no earlier than 7:20AM. If students arrive prior to that time, they should walk around the building to join morning recess.

Doors will be locked at 7:50 for the start of the school day.

Afternoon: Parent pickup of students should use the front driveway loop to pick up students. As a reminder, we need to keep traffic flowing and do not need the McKay intersection blocked for incoming or outgoing to the District Office/Community Education areas. A friendly reminder that dismissal is not until 2:20. Please do not start lining up for pickup until 2:05 daily. We will keep the line moving as fast as possible and not create congestion. Thank you for your cooperation.

Changes: Alternative arrangements for transportation on an occasional basis for your student, needs to be called into the office by no later than 12:30 to ensure that the information will get correctly passed to your student. 320-762-3300.

Woodland Elementary implements a "community model" for school supplies. We have found this model provides equitable access for all students, confidence and cost savings for families.

We will provide school supplies to all students. The only items you need to pick up include a backpack, tennis shoes, a box of tissues and a pencil box or bag. To help offset our cost for all of the other items, a suggested donation of $25.00 per student can be dropped off in the Woodland School office, or mailed to the school. THANK YOU for your support!

Woodland Elementary School

PO Box 308

Alexandria, MN 56308

As Superintendent Sansted indicated, bus routs may be longer this year due to the amount of drivers we have. If you are interested in driving, please contact our District office for information at: 320-762-2141.

Any other transportation issues should be directed to: 320-762-3317

Under the Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) there is financial assistance to school districts with high numbers or percentages of children from low-income families to ensure that all children meet challenging academic standards. Alexandria Public School (206) accepts Title 1 funds and is required to provide all children with fair, equitable and significant education opportunities in order to obtain a high-quality education and at minimum proficiency on challenging state academic standards and assessments.

As part of the requirement, Alexandria Public School (206) is required to have a Parent Involvement Plan. In addition, schools accepting Title 1 funding must involve parents in the plan. A yearly meeting is scheduled to gather input from parents regarding the Parent Involvement Plan and to review student achievement.

Public and nonpublic school buildings can receive funding under Title 1, part A of ESEA. Schools receive funding as a "whole" or "targeted" school. Funding for the whole schools are available to all children in the building and a school must develop a whole school plan for use of the allocated dollars. Schools that are targeted provide services to students who qualify under district guidelines. Non-public schools receive funding in the allocation of the students resident public schools receiving funding as a per-child allocation.

If you are interested in learning more about our Title schools and services to help your child, please attend the meeting on September 11th at 6:00 pm at the District Office.

• Back to School Tuesday, September 5
• Woodland Picture Day Thursday, September 21
• 2-hour Late Start Wednesday, September 27
• Woodland Fun Run Fundraiser Kickoff Wednesday, September 27
• Woodland Fun Run Event Friday, October 6
• Vision/Hearing Clinic Tuesday, October 17