By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

When compared to state averages, students in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District are producing better science test scores.

The Minnesota Department of Education released results from the inaugural online Science MCA-II tests. In each of the three levels tested, fifth, eighth and students in high school who have completed life science, District 191 students scored higher than state averages.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

Students walking into Burnsville High School this year will see a new, yet familiar, face at the principal’s post.

Dave Helke has brought his principal’s plaque to BHS from Eagle Ridge Junior High School and will be the interim principal this year.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

Some new and familiar faces:

School District 191 will have some new faces, and some familiar faces in different places this school year.

The entertainment at the fourth annual Foundation 191 FUN-Raiser will be comedian and accountant Scott Kadrlik on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the International Chef’s Culinary Center, 12750 Nicollet Ave., in Burnsville’s Grande Market Place.

By Savage Pacer, Staff Reports

None of the three school districts that draw students from Savage made the grade this year in terms of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) towards the goals set by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act.

For Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 this is the fifth year the district has not made AYP. For Prior Lake-Savage Area School District 719 and Shakopee School District 720, the districts have missed AYP four of the five years statistics have been kept.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer 

This fall, it might be harder to tell who’s more excited on the first day of school at M.W. Savage Elementary – the students or new Principal Jeremy Willey.

The 32-year-old has been in the principal’s chair since July, but Willey has had few opportunities to meet with kids or interact with staff in a daily school setting, which is something he’s really excited about.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

With increased regulations in federal government’s requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 did not make the grade this year.

Does your child's school meet the requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress according to federal guidelines established under the No Child Left Behind Act?

Find out how each school, as well as the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage, Prior Lake-Savage and Shakopee school districts, rate when results are released at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 5). Full coverage will appear in the Aug. 9 print edition.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

John Campbell spent 27 years in the FBI. He and his family moved all over the nation, living in Virginia, Michigan, Missouri and Nebraska. But when Campbell thinks of home, it’s Savage.