Reasons to Participate: Sept. 12

Find out what’s in store for Hopkins’ amenities: The budget for the and the will be up for discussion, along with other “special revenue fund budgets,” at Tuesday’s City Council work session. Learn about the challenges they face and proposals to overcome those challenges.

Examine the structure of the Hopkins Center for the Arts: Officials have batted around the idea of saving money by not filling a scheduling coordinator that will be left vacant because of a retirement, but Arts Center Director Amanda Birnstengel says that position is needed—if not exactly performing the same duties. Council members will discuss arts center staffing at Tuesday’s work session.

See how the start of school is going: At Thursday’s School Board meeting, officials will highlight some of the various activities and events that accompanied the start of school, in addition to releasing the latest details on staffing ratios, class sizes and new hires.

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Meeting schedule

Hopkins City Council

• 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Raspberry Room,

School Board

• 7 p.m. Thursday
• Boardroom,