Girls

hockey

cooperative

approved

Sleepy Eye schools

to participate

By RACHEL WEDDIG

Journal Staff Writer

NEW ULM -- District 88 School Board unanimously approved a cooperative girls hockey sponsorship with New Ulm Cathedral, Sleepy Eye Public and Sleepy Eye St. Mary's on Thursday.

District 88 was approached by Sleepy Eye Public Schools to form a joint cooperative girls hockey program so Sleepy Eye girls hockey students could play at a high school level as part of the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). Sleepy Eye had a girls hockey team program, but it was not associated with the school and the MSHSL.

District 88 previously had a cooperative girls hockey sponsorship in place with New Ulm Cathedral. The new cooperative sponsorship with Sleepy Eye schools is in effect for two years. The team's name will be the New Ulm Eagles.

* In other action, board member Mark Wiger reported on the Cottonwood River Integration Collaborative. The collaborative will look to provide the integration of children with multi-cultural backgrounds.

Wiger said 25 percent of students in the Sleepy Eye Public Schools and 23 percent in the St. James Public Schools are non-white.

Wiger said the collaborative will try to approach issues of cultural diversity and find ways for the communities to be more accepting of people of different cultures.

There will be an informational meeting Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. at the Orchid Inn and Motor Lodge in Sleepy Eye for anyone wishing to be a part of the collaborative.

* Superintendent Harold Remme discussed Title I participation. The federally funded Title I program is designed to give extra help to students in reading and math.

Currently St. Paul's Lutheran Elementary has 25 students in the Title I program, New Ulm Area Catholic Schools, 51; Jefferson Elementary, 123; and Washington Elementary, 111; for a total of 310 students.

Remme said the non-public use of the Title I program has slightly increased and the public use has slightly decreased.

A public informational meeting for the Nov. 6 referendum is set for 7 p.m., Oct. 22, in the Washington Elementary media center.