The Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 is a school district in Minnesota,northwest of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The district serves 13 communities:All of Anoka,Champlin and Coon Rapids,and parts of Andover,Blaine,Brooklyn Center,Brooklyn Park,Dayton,Fridley,Ham Lake,Nowthen,Oak Grove and Ramsey. The district's name refers to its geographic span over two counties:it covers the southern portion of Anoka County and the northeast part of Hennepin County. The district was formed in 1920 and in 1952 after dozens of small rural school districts voted to consolidate.
Joan Ruth Anderson Growe is an American politician who served as Secretary of State of Minnesota from 1975 to 1999. Known for her work to encourage voter participation,her 24-year tenure was the longest of any secretary of state in Minnesota's history. In 1984,she unsuccessfully challenged Republican U.S. Senator Rudy Boschwitz,losing the election with 41% of the vote.
Denise R. Dittrich is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2012,representing District 47A,which included portions of the cities of Coon Rapids and Champlin in Anoka and Hennepin counties,which are part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Patricia "Pat" Pariseau was an American nurse,politician,and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 36,which includes portions of Dakota,Goodhue,Scott and Washington counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,she was first elected to the Senate in a 1988 special election held after the resignation of Senator Darril Wegscheid. She was re-elected in 1990,1992,1996,2000,2002 and 2006. Prior to the 1992 legislative redistricting,she represented the old District 37. On February 22,2010,she announced that she would not seek an eighth term.
Leo T. Foley was an American politician who was a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 49 from 1997 to 2003,and District 47 from 2003 to 2011,which includes portions of Anoka and Hennepin counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat,he was first elected to the Senate in 1996,and was re-elected in 2000,2002 and 2006. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting,the area was known as District 49. He was unseated by Republican Benjamin Kruse in the 2010 general election.
Lyndon R. Carlson,Sr. is an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he last represented District 45A,which included portions of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is also a retired teacher and coach,having taught at Henry High School in Minneapolis for many years. Carlson is the longest-serving state legislator in Minnesota history.
Thomas M. Hackbarth is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 31B,which included portions of Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
James J. Abeler II is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 35 in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. He formerly represented District 35A in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Diane Loeffler was an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 60A,which includes the thirteen neighborhoods of Northeast Minneapolis,which is part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She was also a health policy analyst and planner for Hennepin County.
Connie M. Doepke is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 33B,which included the Lake Minnetonka area cities of Deephaven,Excelsior,Greenwood,Long Lake,Minnetonka Beach,Orono,Shorewood,Tonka Bay,Wayzata,Woodland,and western Minnetonka in Hennepin County,which is part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,she is also a direct marketing consultant,and a former vice president of fashion merchandising for Fingerhut.
Kathleen A. "Kathy" Brynaert is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 19B,which includes Blue Earth County in south-central Minnesota. She is also a youth development leader and a former educator.
Gerald F. "Jerry" Newton is an American politician and decorated non-commissioned officer who has served in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. He previously served in the House from 2009 to 2017 and in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Newton represents District 35B in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Coon Rapids and Andover and parts of Anoka County.
Gail T. Kulick is a Judge in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District. Formerly,she was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 16A,which includes portions of Benton,Mille Lacs,Morrison and Sherburne counties in the west central part of the state. A Democrat,she was also an attorney.
Teresa Lynch is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 50B,which primarily includes most of the city of Andover,Ramsey,Ham Lake and a portion of Blaine in Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Prior to the 1992 legislative redistricting,the area was known as District 50A,Lynch is a Republican.
Barbara J. Goodwin is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 41,which included portions of Anoka,Hennepin,and Ramsey counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Sondra Erickson is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represents District 15A,which includes portions of Kanabec,Mille Lacs,and Sherburne counties in the west central part of the state. She is also a retired English teacher at Princeton High School in Princeton.
Kirk D. Stensrud is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 48A,which included portions of western Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he is the owner of Fish Window Cleaning in Edina,and a former medical salesperson.
Pamela A. Wolf is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 51,which includes portions of Anoka,Hennepin and Ramsey counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,she is a teacher and a golf instructor.
Parents Action League (PAL) is a citizens organization started in 2010 to oppose changes in the Anoka-Hennepin (Minnesota) School District 11 policy which limited discussions of lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) issues in district classrooms. PAL's roots go back as far as 1994,when one of its most-vocal members,Barb Anderson,successfully influenced the school district's board to exclude homosexuality from its sex-ed curriculum.
Ginny Klevorn is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Klevorn represents District 42B in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the city of Plymouth and parts of Hennepin County.
