Anoka-Hennepin School Board

The six-member Anoka-Hennepin School Board makes policy and oversees the district’s budget, curriculum, personnel and physical facilities. Members are elected by district to four-year terms. View the election area map.

All board meetings are open to the public, except for those specifically permitted by law to be closed for discussion of identified issues such as negotiation strategy or litigation. Meeting notices and agendas are posted in all district buildings and on the district’s website prior to the meetings. Regular School Board meetings are held at the Sandburg Education Center, located at 1902 Second Ave. in Anoka. School Board work sessions are held at the Educational Service Center located at 2727 N Ferry St. in Anoka.

Meetings, Agendas, Minutes

View archived School Board meetings on YouTube

• 2023-24 School Board meetings.

School Board members

The School Board has a Communications, Delegations and Petitions session at each board meeting where the public can address the board on topics they feel are important.

The School Board does have a policy concerning public participation in meetings, which community members are encouraged to view.

Watch meetings, view upcoming meeting agendas, or view previous meeting archives at the Anoka-Hennepin Schools BoardBook page. The site is updated within 24 hours after each School Board meeting with a video archive. View a full list of scheduled meetings for January 2024 through July 2025.

Meetings, Agendas, Minutes

Archived Meetings, Agendas, Minutes (Sept. 2009-Sept. 2023)

2024-25 School Board calendar

The board encourages community members to provide information and concerns directly to the School Board. Community members may communicate through ‘Delegation and Petitions’ at regular School Board meetings or through ‘Contact the School Board’ form via the school district website. 

The School Board email protocol is intended to serve as a supplement to School Board policy regarding public participation in school board meetings in order to define roles and responsibilities regarding particular types of communication. 

School Board interests

• Ensure timely acknowledgement of receipt.

• Avoid delayed action in case of emergency.

• Ensure timely response.

• Provide clarity on who is copied on emails to the school board; what timeframe is reasonable to expect a response; who to contact in case of emergency.

• Effective use of staff time; effective use of available technology.

• Adherence to data privacy requirements and open meeting law requirements.

Anoka-Hennepin Schools uses google forms extensively to coordinate communications throughout the organization. A greeting message on the form and auto-response message will set expectations regarding a timeline for a response and redirect those who need an urgent response to other resources. 

Contact one or all of the Anoka-Hennepin School Board members using the online contact form. 

The mission of Anoka-Hennepin Schools is to effectively educate each student for success. The district serves approximately 38,000 preK-12 students and 248,000 residents living in 13 communities across 172 square miles. Anoka-Hennepin Schools operates 25 elementary schools, six middle schools, and five high schools, plus alternative schools, special education and early learning sites. The student demographic profile includes 43% students of color and 9% English learner students. Additionally, 43% of students qualify for free and/or reduced price services, and 18% of students are receiving special education services.

View the 2024 Anoka-Hennepin legislative platform brochure.

Legislative priorities for 2024:

Anoka-Hennepin Schools is focusing on three strategic priorities and asks for your support in these areas.

Improve literacy at all grades

• The district asks the legislature to increase the basic formula allowance by an additional 2% for FY 25.
• The 2% allocated for FY 25 does not cover the costs associated with implementing the READ Act, inflation and other mandated programs. 

Improve student engagement, connection and behavior

• The district asks the legislature to modify school resource officer and school staff language regarding their ability to respond to situations involving students and staff.
• Our SROs are an integral part of our schools and the relationships built between SROs, staff and students have been invaluable to us.
• The district asks the legislature to allow flexibility to use school personnel aid to contract mental health therapists needed for student support.
• The district asks the legislature to change the K-3 discipline statutory language to better ensure student and staff safety.

Increase employee recruitment and retention

• The district asks the legislature to support creative strategies to increase the number of licensed teachers in order to meet staffing shortages, including increasing the flexibility in the tiered licensure process.
• The district asks the legislature to reduce Special Ed paperwork to allow teachers to spend more time directly with students.
• The district asks the legislature to refrain from passing any additional unfunded mandates to allow for our school board to be in the best position possible to address local needs and challenges.

In addition, the district asks that the legislature support an increase in the equalization of the operating referendum to help reduce the property tax burden in our community.

School Board policies are indicated by a number with no letter. District procedures and guidelines are indicated by a "G" following the number. Forms are indicated by an "F" following the number.

The collection of approved School Board policies and administrative regulations are included below. They are organized by section number. Use the master index to find the name of the policy you would like. Use the menu listed below, or the drop-down menu under "School Board Policies" in the left-hand index to view detailed information for individual policies. Policies are organized by policy number.

• 100 – School district
• 200 – School Board
• 300 - Administration 
• 400 – Employees/personnel
• 500 – Students
• 600 – Education program
• 700 – Non-instructional operations
• 800 – Buildings and sites
• 900 – School district/community relations

Records retention schedule.

Elementary school overview

Middle school overview

High school overview

Districtwide policy handbook

2021-22 Policy handbook: