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==Awards==
==Awards==
The school won the 2011 [[Food and Nutrition Service]] (a department of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]])'s Grand Prize. The prize was part of the Healthy Kids Recipe Competition promoted by then-First Lady Michelle Obama.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Marsha Trainer |title=Richfield SECA's Journey to the Top of Healthy Kids Recipe Competition |url=https://patch.com/minnesota/richfield/richfield-secas-journey-to-the-top-of-healthy-kids-re9a8e304cde |access-date=16 July 2022 |work=[[Patch (website)]] |date=29 July 2011 |language=en |quote=at the reception that evening,Guthrie, a Richfield South Education Center Alternative (SECA) teacher, along with Parasole corporate chef Todd Bolton, student Dolores Popescu and Bloomington Public Health Nurse Mary Lair, made and presented a recipe, which are mini turkey burgers, that her life skills class had helped to create and refine [...] the SECA group won top honors}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Carina Storrs |title=Rules to make school lunches healthier are working, study finds |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/health/healthier-school-lunch-study/index.html |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=[[CNN]] |date=4 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109143541/https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/health/healthier-school-lunch-study |archive-date=9 January 2016 |location=3 of 13 |page=3 |language=en |quote=GRAND PRIZE WINNER [...] dreamed up by Chef Todd Bolton and students, community members and school professionals from the South Education Center Alternative School in Richfield, Minnesota}}</ref>
The school won the 2011 [[Food and Nutrition Service]] (a department of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]])'s Grand Prize.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Marsha Trainer |title=Richfield SECA's Journey to the Top of Healthy Kids Recipe Competition |url=https://patch.com/minnesota/richfield/richfield-secas-journey-to-the-top-of-healthy-kids-re9a8e304cde |access-date=16 July 2022 |work=[[Patch (website)]] |date=29 July 2011 |language=en |quote=at the reception that evening,Guthrie, a Richfield South Education Center Alternative (SECA) teacher, along with Parasole corporate chef Todd Bolton, student Dolores Popescu and Bloomington Public Health Nurse Mary Lair, made and presented a recipe, which are mini turkey burgers, that her life skills class had helped to create and refine [...] the SECA group won top honors}}</ref> The prize was part of the Healthy Kids Recipe Competition promoted by then-First Lady Michelle Obama.<ref>https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/07/porcupine-sliders-win-school-lunch-contest/</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Carina Storrs |title=Rules to make school lunches healthier are working, study finds |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/health/healthier-school-lunch-study/index.html |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=[[CNN]] |date=4 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109143541/https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/health/healthier-school-lunch-study |archive-date=9 January 2016 |location=3 of 13 |page=3 |language=en |quote=GRAND PRIZE WINNER [...] dreamed up by Chef Todd Bolton and students, community members and school professionals from the South Education Center Alternative School in Richfield, Minnesota}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:39, 19 July 2022

South Education Center is a national award-winning school in the 7400 block of South Penn Avenue in Richfield, Minnesota. It is a special education and alternative school,[1] part of Intermediate District 287.[2] Eleven school districts from Minneapolis and environs send their students to the center.[3][4] The population served is from pre-Kinder to 21 years of age. The school defines its upper-age limit as "Transition."[5] As of 2022, there were 200 students.[6] In the early 2020's, the school served about 80% minority students.[7] Federally, the school is classified as suburban.[8]

Built for 350 students, the $25.4 million building construction began in 2006, featuring lockdown capability: classrooms and areas can be electronically isolated.[9] The school features an Accessible Art Garden, opened in 2012,[10] and in 2020 the students and teachers extended their art practice to the school's fence.[11] In 2016, the school phased out its use of metal detectors and those were replaced with school safety coaches;[12][13] The school trained its staff in "trauma, crisis and de-escalation;"[14] in 2022, the school district reinstated the metal detectors.[15]

In September 2021, the Superintendent said that the school "serves some of the highest-needs students in the state."[16] In 2022, she added that the school's focus is to provide "destigmatized mental health support."[17]

Awards

The school won the 2011 Food and Nutrition Service (a department of the United States Department of Agriculture)'s Grand Prize.[18] The prize was part of the Healthy Kids Recipe Competition promoted by then-First Lady Michelle Obama.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Police identify shooting suspects outside South Education Center; 1 still in critical condition". KSTP-TV - ABC 5. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022. the South Education Center — a special education and alternative learning school
  2. ^ Paul Walsh; Eder Campuzano (1 February 2022). "2 arrested after shooting outside school in Richfield kills one student, injures another". Star Tribune. Retrieved 7 February 2022. South Education Center, an alternative school in the Intermediate District 287 that serves students from pre-K to age 21. Police found the two students wounded outside the school, in the 7400 block of S. Penn Avenue
  3. ^ John Bacon (2 February 2022). "'Altercation' among students sparked shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured at Minnesota school". USA Today. Retrieved 7 February 2022. South Education Center serves several school districts
  4. ^ Jennifer Lewerenz (2 February 2022). "Police: Previous Dispute Likely Lead Up to Fatal Shooting Outside Richfield School". KNSI. Saint Cloud. Retrieved 7 July 2022. South Education Center, which houses an alternative high school and special education programming and serves 11 school districts from Minneapolis and the surrounding suburbs
  5. ^ "South Education Center".
  6. ^ Neil Vigdor; Isabella GrullóN Paz (2 February 2022). "Student Killed in a Shooting Outside a Minnesota School". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2022. South Education Center in Richfield, Minn., a school that serves about 200 students with special and alternative-learning needs from prekindergarten to age 21
  7. ^ https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/minnesota/south-education-center-academy-10443
  8. ^ https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=270002502871
  9. ^ Adam Johnson (24 October 2006). "Function and flexibility governs the design of South Education Center in Richfield". Finance and Commerce (Journal). BridgeTower Media Holding Company, LLC. ISSN 8750-6149. Retrieved 7 February 2022. $25.4 million project at 7440 Penn Ave. S. [...] will serve about 350 students [...] The building also will possess lockdown capability, with electronic locks that can isolate sections and classrooms
  10. ^ https://patch.com/minnesota/richfield/richfield-students-turned-artists
  11. ^ https://www.fox9.com/news/students-teachers-create-george-floyd-tribute-on-richfield-fence
  12. ^ Paul Walsh; Mara Klecker (2 February 2022). "Students' dispute led to shooting at Richfield school, police say". MSN. Retrieved 7 February 2022. Hicks added that South Education Center previously phased out the use of metal detectors at school entrances
  13. ^ "Alfredo Rosario Solis, Fernando Valdez Alvarez ID'd As Suspects In Fatal Shooting Outside Richfield School". CBS Minnesota. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022. The district had previously made the decision to remove its metal detectors and hired school safety coaches to be positioned in the buildings
  14. ^ Elizabeth Shockman (4 February 2022). "Superintendent sought student mental health help months before shooting at Richfield school". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 7 February 2022. Within the last several years the district has made investments to become more trauma-responsive — training staff in trauma, crisis and de-escalation
  15. ^ https://www.startribune.com/south-education-center-will-install-metal-detectors-after-student-was-shot-killed-outside-school/600174611/
  16. ^ Kim Hyatt (10 September 2021). "Student in custody after bringing gun to District 287 school in Richfield". Star Tribune. Retrieved 7 February 2022. Superintendent Sandra Lewandowski said [...] "As a school district that serves some of the highest-needs students in the state
  17. ^ "Alfredo Rosario Solis, Fernando Valdez Alvarez ID'd As Suspects In Fatal Shooting Outside Richfield School". WCCO-TV - CBS 4. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022. Superintendent Sandra Lewandowski said [...] focuses on destigmatized mental health support.
  18. ^ Marsha Trainer (29 July 2011). "Richfield SECA's Journey to the Top of Healthy Kids Recipe Competition". Patch (website). Retrieved 16 July 2022. at the reception that evening,Guthrie, a Richfield South Education Center Alternative (SECA) teacher, along with Parasole corporate chef Todd Bolton, student Dolores Popescu and Bloomington Public Health Nurse Mary Lair, made and presented a recipe, which are mini turkey burgers, that her life skills class had helped to create and refine [...] the SECA group won top honors
  19. ^ https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/07/porcupine-sliders-win-school-lunch-contest/
  20. ^ Carina Storrs (4 January 2016). "Rules to make school lunches healthier are working, study finds". CNN. 3 of 13. p. 3. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2022. GRAND PRIZE WINNER [...] dreamed up by Chef Todd Bolton and students, community members and school professionals from the South Education Center Alternative School in Richfield, Minnesota{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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