BURNSVILLE-EAGAN-SAVAGE
New arts magnet gets name A new magnet school based out of the performing arts center under construction in Burnsville will be called Envision Academy of the Arts, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school board decided last week.
The academy will offer intensive instruction in theater, dance and string instrument performance for students in grades nine-11 next fall, with 12th grade added the following year.
A design team for the magnet program brainstormed several names for the school and bounced them off a focus group of high school students, who liked Envision Academy best, the school district said.
LAKEVILLE
Acting principal named at Kenwood Trail The dean of students at Kenwood Trail Middle School will take over temporarily for retiring principal Jerry Pederson when he steps down Jan. 5.
Kate Eisenthal, who has been a dean at the school for 11 years, will serve as acting principal until a new leader is chosen. A committee of school staff members and parents will conduct interviews for the new principal and make a recommendation to the school board Jan. 13.
SARAH LEMAGIE
