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Children and Youth
Early Childhood

MN Compass

Population by age group

Click below to view source info. <h2> <a href = ' https://www.mncompass.org/topics/demographics/age/young-children' target='_blank' >Population by age group</a> </h2><p/><p/> (xx:yy) explanation <p/> When present, xx=acronym of source info; yy=page location. <p/> Go to https://tinyl.io/6Spw for more info. For example: <p/> CP = Compass Points;

Engaged in enrichment activities

Click below to view source info. <h2> <a href = ' https://www.mncompass.org/chart/k270/enrichment-activities#5-13175-g' target='_blank' >Engaged in enrichment activities</a> </h2><p/><p/> (xx:yy) explanation <p/> When present, xx=acronym of source info; yy=page location. <p/> Go to https://tinyl.io/6Spw for more info. For example: <p/> CP = Compass Points;

Students connected to a caring adult

Click below to view source info. <h2> <a href = ' https://www.mncompass.org/chart/k269/connection-caring-adults#5-13182-g' target='_blank' >Students connected to a caring adult</a> </h2><p/><p/> (xx:yy) explanation <p/> When present, xx=acronym of source info; yy=page location. <p/> Go to https://tinyl.io/6Spw for more info. For example: <p/> CP = Compass Points;

Third Grade Reading

Click below to view source info. <h2> <a href = ' https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/noah.shore7048/viz/C2C_Indicators_Websitev3_17150246067970/PrenatalCareAccess' target='_blank' >Third Grade Reading</a> </h2><p/><p/> (xx:yy) explanation <p/> When present, xx=acronym of source info; yy=page location. <p/> Go to https://tinyl.io/6Spw for more info. For example: <p/> CP = Compass Points;

 


Screening

Click below to view source info. <h2> <a href = ' https://www.mncompass.org/chart/k168/early-childhood-screening#5-5989-g' target='_blank' >Screening</a> </h2><p/><p/> (xx:yy) explanation <p/> When present, xx=acronym of source info; yy=page location. <p/> Go to https://tinyl.io/6Spw for more info. For example: <p/> CP = Compass Points;

Low Birth Weight

Click below to view source info. <h2> <a href = ' https://www.mncompass.org/chart/k169/low-birth-weight-0#5-5857-g' target='_blank' >Low Birth Weight</a> </h2><p/><p/> (xx:yy) explanation <p/> When present, xx=acronym of source info; yy=page location. <p/> Go to https://tinyl.io/6Spw for more info. For example: <p/> CP = Compass Points;

PK Enrollment

<h2>PK Enrollment</h2>

Pre-school

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Child and Youth Related Status

Key Children & Youth Related Status

  • RPS Proposed Budget Reductions   Date: 2026/04/21  

    April 21, 2026: School Board Meeting Revised Proposed Leadership Changes 

    April 7, 2026: Budget Reduction Impact

    Sep 12, 2023 RPS Board Study Session video recording; Proposed Equity Policy; PB Reporting

  • RPS 2030 Strategic Plan Reviews   Date: 2026/04/12  

    Apr 12, 2026 RPS Board Meeting: High School 

    Mar 17, 2026 RPS Board Meeting: Middle School

    Mar 3, 2026 RPS Board Meeting: Elementary School & Early Childhood 

  • 2024-2025 RPS Data Analysis   Date: 2026/04/04  

    April 2026 Reporting: 2025 High School Graduation Rate 

    Sep 2025 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) Improvement Action Plan 

    2024-25 Fastbridge Data Analysis and Literacy Plan Update

    PB reporting on MCA

  • 2025-26 RPS Superintendent Goals Check   Date: 2026/03/04  

    Feb 3 2026 Superintendent Goals - Midyear Review: 

    • Video Clip
    • Talking Points 

  • RPS Strategic Plan and Goals Review   Date: 2026/01/23  

    Strategic Plan Goals Review  

    • Background
    • Presentation Slides
    • Part 1 Goals and Part 2 Goals

  • Rochester Sports and Recreation Complex   Date: 2025/12/09  

    City Council Discussions:

    • Dec 8, 2025 City Council Meeting
    • Oct 6, 2025 City Council Meeting
    • July 28, 2025 City Council Study Session 

    PB Summary; Sample of community feedbacks on Facebook

  • RPS Balanced Budget Model   Date: 2025/12/04  

    2026 Review and 2027 Enhancements: 

     Phase I of the Balanced Budget Model (BBM), launched across all learning sites and select special education programs, served as both a starting point and a critical learning stage.

    AI Summary of PB ePaper Article

  • RPS 5 Year Budget Reduction Strategy   Date: 2025/11/21  

    2025-11-21 RPS Reducing 2026 budget cut

    RPS Board Presentation July 15, 2025 

    AI generated summary of budget reduction strategy 

  • Cradle to Career 4Q/3Q 2025 News   Date: 2025/11/20  

    2025-11-20 C2C Connection StriveTogether 

    2025-10-29  C2C 2025 Summit 

    2025-6-2014 2025 Summer Financial Aid Sessions: Locations: RCTC, Rochester Public Library; Information for CBO hosting Financial Aid Sessions

  • Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness   Date: 2025/11/18  

    Fall (November) 2025:

    • Background Information
    • Video Recording
    • Presentation Slides

  • About Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)   Date: 2025/11/11  

    Oct 2025 C2C Summit: Cross-Sector Collaboration: Civic Engagement

    Oct 2024 C2C Summit: Students Decoded: The Mental Health Database

    Aug 2025 Equity Alliance Series RCI Introduction

     

  • Rochester Mayor Communications   Date: 2025/08/08  

    • Aug 2025 Videos; Apr 2025 Mayor's YouTube Rochester Voices Channel ;  
    • Mar 2025: City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) 2025 Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C. from March 8-12, 2025.; 
    • City of Rochester Mayor Kim Norton to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) 93rd Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

  • 2024-25 RPS Positive Behavior Data Review   Date: 2025/08/02  

    July 15, 2025 RPS Board Updates

    AI Summary of data

    PB Editorial

  • 2025-2026 RPS Budget and 2026-27 Cut Projection   Date: 2025/06/22  

    The Rochester School Board has officially approved a $445 million budget for the 2025–26 school year, setting the stage for a year of stability and strategic investment in local education. 

    RPS 2026-2027 Budget Cut Projection

     

  • Olmsted County Children’s Dental Access Project   Date: 2025/06/12  

     Presented in 2Q 2025 County Health Assessment and Planning Partnership (HAPP) Meeting

  • Early Childhood Resource Hub Launch   Date: 2025/04/25  

    Apr 2025 Updates

    The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

     

  • RPS School Age Child Care Support   Date: 2025/04/11  

    RPS School Board Meeting: School Age Child Care Apr 8 2025  School Board Presentation 

    PB Reporting

  • Vision 2050 Report and Next Steps   Date: 2025/04/08  

    Press Release

    Results Report with links to raw data and Copilot AI analyses

    City Council Study Session

  • About Youth   Date: 2025/02/27  

    “Year About Youth” – Celebrating and Supporting Rochester’s Young People

    The City of Rochester and Mayor Kim Norton are excited to once again participate in the League of Minnesota Cities’ (LMC) annual Mayor for a Day Essay Contest.  

  • Journie 2025 Activities   Date: 2025/02/13  

    Journie Juneteenth Recognition: 2025 Mr. & Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Recognition Application and Sponsorship Opportunities

    The Juneteenth Experience Event at Mayo Civic 

     

  • City Council Approval of Seneca Site for Sports Complex   Date: 2025/02/04  

    Authorizing finalization of negotiations with Seneca Foods Corporation to purchase the approximately 160 acres of property in the amount of $5,000,000 for the Rochester Sports and Recreation Complex, to be finalized by survey of the property.

    PB Reporting

  • Rochester Sports Complex Community Inputs   Date: 2025/02/01  

    ISIAH:  Ask Rochester City Council to Ensure Equitable Benefit of the Regional Sports Complex: "We believe it’s important that this complex offer equitable community benefit to residents and particular families who lack accessible recreation spaces and affordable, structured programs for their children."

  • Workforce Development, Inc. presents The Downtown Business Pitch Day 2024   Date: 2024/11/19  

    John Marshall High School eleventh grade Economics students will take center stage at the Chateau Theatre for the Downtown Business Pitch Day! 

  • Rochester Public Schools Referendum Nov 2024   Date: 2024/11/11  

    RPS Superintendent Video and Presentation Slides

    Referendum to support: Strong Communities; Strong Schools; Strong Young People

    PB Reporting on Referendum Efforts and Results

  • RPS Family Engagement Reports   Date: 2024/10/21  

    Oct 2024 Reports

    Reading Literacy Updates

  • Juneteenth Activities 2024   Date: 2024/10/11  

    June 2024 2024: Juneteenth Recognition: $1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support, Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth

    November 2024: Selma Film and Discussions

     

  • A Study of Financial Hardship   Date: 2024/09/23  

    Post Bulletin Reporting

    United Way 2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

  • Rochester Community Initiative (RCI)   Date: 2024/08/20  

    2024 Presentation at DMC DEI Series

    2022 News Next chapter, summer programming: 5-K run; Narcan training partnership with Diversity Council. 

  • C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers   Date: 2024/07/27  

    Newsletter Highlights:

    Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

  • RISE for Youth Learning   Date: 2024/06/19  

    Updates from NAACP with Media Links

    "Example of careers they are interested in include radiology, artificial Intelligence, surgery, aeronautical engineering, psychology, sports, business administration and many more!"

  • Minnesota Department of Health May 2034 News   Date: 2024/05/17  

    May 2024 Health Equity Community Survey

    May 2024 MDH Newsletter: COVID-19 in Min; Funding; Jobs; Upcoming Testing & Vaccination Events

  • Free FAFSA Support for Community Based Organizations   Date: 2024/05/06  

    5/6/2024 Announcement: CBO hosting a College Financial Aid Event to receive $1000 grant

    Cradle 2 Career (C2C), Rochester Public Schools (RPS), and Arch to Philanthropy are launching a College Coordinator Pilot to provide College Based Organizations (CBOs) resources for College Readiness.

  • Rochester Public Library Facilities and Operations Master Plan –Request for Proposals   Date: 2024/04/18  

    The Rochester Public Library in Rochester, Minnesota, is seeking proposals from consultants and groups with experience working with libraries to engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan.

  • Community Asset Building and Early Literacy Grants   Date: 2024/03/26  

    Grant Opportunities: 

    Due April 17, 2024 Community Asset Building and Health and Wellness Priorities Grants

    Due March 5, 2024 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation seeking applications for Early Literacy Grants

  • ACT-S0 Olympics of the Mind   Date: 2024/01/18  

    Empowering Minds, Inspiring Change: Rochester Branch of the NAACP Unveils ACT-SO, Olympics of the Mind, with a Boost from $75k Mayo Clinic Commitment Against Racism 2023 Grant!

    Press Release 

    Admin Message

  • 2023 C2C Announcements and News   Date: 2023/12/19  

    Dec 2023 Leadership Table Membership

    Oct. 2023 C2C Second Annual Education Summit

    Jan. 2023 Data Analyst Job Opening. 

  • Increase Access to Prenatal Care Co-Design Project   Date: 2023/12/03  

    We invite parents, family members, healthcare providers, and others to help us increase healthcare access for pregnant people. Parents 15-19-years-old, with less than a high school education, and/or who are Black/African American face the largest care gaps.

    C2C Admin Message

    Compensated co-designer description

  • Journie 8 Step Program   Date: 2023/12/01  

    Journie Presentation to CMRC July 2023

    Video Recording

    8 Step Program

  • Technology Referendum for the Rochester schools   Date: 2023/09/29  

    1. Post Bulletin: Rochester 10 Year, $ 10M+ school funding referendum Op ED PB: Kent Pekel: "Why I recommended a technology referendum for the Rochester schools"; 2. School Board Study Session; 3. Official YouTube Presentation

  • 2022-2023 RPS Disipline Data   Date: 2023/07/26  

    According to the district’s data, suspensions increased from 1,224 in 2021-22 to 1,523 in 2022-23, representing a jump of 24.4%."

  • RISE for Youth 2022 Activities   Date: 2023/07/25  

    2023 News: Selection Committee

    2022 News A: Career Fairs;  B: 2022 Cohort: (1) Call to be a RISE for youth mentor; (2) Need Students to Apply - RISE for Youth Program -March 1st Application Deadline

  • Gap Analysis Update   Date: 2023/07/12  

    July 24, 2023 City Council Updates

  • Mayo Clinic Social Innovation Grant   Date: 2023/07/11  

    Mayo Clinic is now accepting applications for a new Social Innovation Grant poised to address health care disparities in Olmsted County. Visit the Mayo Clinic Community Engagement page for application materials and additional information. Applications are due July 31, 2023.

  • Rochester Public Schools Strategic Plan 2022   Date: 2023/04/25  

    1. 2022 Strategic Plan and extracted sections. 2. RPS Strategic Plan Building Blocks 

  • Journie Scholarship   Date: 2023/04/20  

    1. Journie will award a $1,000 scholarship for both Mr. & Miss Juneteenth. Scholarship winners will be crowned on Saturday, June 17 at NAACPs Juneteenth celebration.2. 2023 Juneteenth Honorees 

  • United Way of Olmsted County   Date: 2023/03/02  

    Thriving Community Grants Report

  • Centering Black Voices through Participatory Grantmaking   Date: 2023/01/22  

    Investing in Community-Led Solutions Centering Black Voices through Participatory Grantmaking

  • American Indian Education at RPS   Date: 2022/10/06  

     October 10, 2022 Indigenous Peoples' Day

  • Plans to Strengthen Belonging and Behavior During the 2022-2023 School Year   Date: 2022/08/09  

    June 20, 2022 Memo to RPS Board re Belonging & Behavior Summit and August 2022 High Priority Items

  • Outcome and Discipline Data 2021-2022   Date: 2022/07/20  

    RPS 2021-2022 Monitoring Reports

  • 2022 Newsletters   Date: 2022/04/27  

    April 2022 Newsletter

  • Rochester Public Schools Board Self-Evaluation   Date: 2022/03/29  

    2022 RPS School Board Self Evaluation Framework; Video Recording

  • RPS School Board Meeting - 3/22/22   Date: 2022/03/28  

    Strategic Action Plan - Focus Group and Survey Results

  • Rochester Area Family Y - A new beginning   Date: 2022/03/12  

    February/March 2022 Newsletter: Extending the Y missions across the Rochester community: A message from the Rochester Y Board Chair 

  • Supporting Student Success Means Supporting Diversity Education   Date: 2022/01/06  

    In late December 2021, Diversity Council and other local organizations drafted and released a statement of support for Rochester Public Schools’ work on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  • Digital Equity IT Infrastructure: Beam Assessment   Date: 2021/08/22  

    Beam Assessment

  • C2C 2021 and 2020 Annual Reports   Date: 2021/04/22  

    C2C Annual Reports: 2021, 2020

  • Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights) 2019 -2020   Date: 2020/07/21  

    2019 and 2020 RPS Data: July 14, 2020 School Board Meeting, 2019-2020 First Semester, Achievement and Integration Plan Updates 2020

     

  • Federal Reserve Bank quality education initiative   Date: 2020/02/18  

    Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis invitation to support constitutional amendment to guarantee a quality education for all of our state's  children.  

  • United Way of Olmsted County   Date: 2020/02/01  

     

    2019 Listening Team Summary.

  • Education, Health and Recreation Space (DMC UMR/Rec sub-district)   Date: 2019/10/16  

     

    UMR/Y Joint Request for Proposal.

  • Analysis of RPS referal data   Date: 2019/09/23  

    s  Phil Wheeler analysis of RPS referral data.

  • Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights)   Date: 2019/07/17  

    2018-2019 Report presented to RPS school board and comparison with 2018 reporting. 

  • Diversity Council Recipient of 2019 Anti-Racism Initiative Category   Date: 2019/07/08  

    Diversity Council selected as recipient of the 2019 Nonprofit Mission Award in the category of Anti-Racism Initiative  

     

    • Education, Health and Recreation Space (DMC UMR/Rec sub-district) 2019 DMCC   Date: 2019/02/17  

      The DMC EDA, City of Rochester and UMR will begin discussions about future sub-district development. 

    • Cradle to Career publishes community report   Date: 2018/10/16  

      Cradle to Career published Community Report and recruiting Collaborative Action Network (CAN) conveners for Kindergarten Readiness and On-Time Graduation.

    • CNG Steering Committee working on 2018 Compass Points   Date: 2018/05/08  

      CNG Steering Committee is working on the next version of Rochester/Olmsted County Compass report.

    • Journey to Growth 1H2017 Bi-Annual Meeting   Date: 2017/06/22  

      J2G hits halfway point in its journey.

    • CNG Releases Compass Points 2016, City of Rochester and Olmsted County   Date: 2016/10/30  

       2016-10-27 CNG releases Compass Points in today's meeting.

    • An openBEAM 5+1 proposal to address school disciplinary dispairty   Date: 2016/01/05  

       The Rochester Public School District is taking the first steps to address a disproportionate disciplinary rate for black and Hispanic students. A community engagement session to get input and solicit involvement from community members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Riverside Elementary School. I believe that conversation is necessary but not sufficient. We need to follow up with actions. Here is a 5+1 action plan.

       

    Children & Youth Related Status
    140 Children & Youth Related Status Report(s) registered, max. 20 shown in date order

    Children and Youth Affiliated Projects

    Children & Youth Related Projects

    61 Children & Youth Related Project(s) registered shown in alphabetical order

    Children & Youth Related Organizations

    93 Organizations(s) registered, shown in alphabetical order