The Anoka-Hennepin School District Fit for the Future Task Force gave its final report, which included nine recommendations, Jan. 23.
Thirty-two parents, community members and district staff members began meeting April 14, 2016, and devoted hundreds of hours to meet the task force’s charge to study community growth and enrollment projections, capacity of schools, staffing rations, future program needs, school boundaries, transportation, condition of schools, technology infrastructure and finance.
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