SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 1998



                            Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                           Commission File No. 0-6365

MINNESOTA                                                    41-0919654
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)


                      7900 Xerxes Avenue South, Suite 1800
                        Minneapolis, Minnesota 55431-1159
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (612) 835-1874
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 
Item 5.  Other Events

     On December 3, 1998, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") and CompuDyne
Corporation (the "Purchaser") consummated the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the stock purchase agreement dated November 10, 1998 (the
"Purchase Agreement"). As a result of the closing, Purchaser acquired the
Company's detention and security business through the purchase of the stock of
Norment Industries, Inc. and Norshield Corporation, both wholly-owned
subsidiaries of the Company. The purchase price paid by Purchaser to Apogee was
$22.5 million for these companies, subject to certain post-closing adjustments.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)      Exhibits

          2.1     Amendment No. 1 to Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of 
                  November 28, 1998 between Apogee Enterprises, Inc., 
                  Harmon. Ltd., and CompuDyne Corporation

          2.2     Closing Agreement among Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and CompuDyne
                  Corporation

         99.1     Press Release dated December 3, 1998.

 
                                   Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.



Date:  December 3, 1998                By: /s/ Russell Huffer
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                                           Russell Huffer
                                           President and Chief Executive 
                                           Officer



Date:  December 3, 1998                By: /s/ Robert G. Barbieri
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                                           Robert G. Barbieri
                                           Vice President Finance and
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           (Principal Accounting Officer)

 
                                                                     Exhibit 2.1


                      AMENDMENT TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                  THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT dated as of November 28, 1998 is made
and entered into by and between APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC., a Minnesota
corporation ("Seller"), COMPUDYNE CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation
("Purchaser") and HARMON, LTD. (formerly known as W.S.A., Inc. and referred to
hereinafter as "WSA"), a Minnesota corporation.

                  WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser are parties to a certain Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of November 10, 1998 (the Stock Purchase
Agreement"); and

                  WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser desire to amend the Stock
Purchase Agreement and to include WSA as a party thereto for a single limited
purpose; and

                  WHEREAS, WSA desires to become a party to the Stock Purchase
Agreement, as amended, for a single limited purpose.

                                    AGREEMENT

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set
forth in this Amendment Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

1. The first sentence of the initial paragraph of the Stock Purchase Agreement,
naming the parties to the Stock Purchase Agreement, is hereby amended to read as
follows:

                                    THIS AGREEMENT dated as of November 10, 1998
                  is made and entered into by and among APOGEE ENTERPRISES,
                  INC., A Minnesota corporation ("Seller"), COMPUDYNE, INC., A
                  Nevada corporation ("Purchaser"), and, solely for the purposes
                  of Section 1.01 hereof, HARMON, LTD. (formerly known as
                  W.S.A., INC. and referred to hereinafter as "WSA").

2. The first sentence of the introductory portion of Section 1.01 of the Stock
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding to the end thereof, the
following:

                  "and, in connection therewith, at Closing WSA hereby transfers
                  to the Purchaser all of whatever right title and interest it
                  may have in and to the benefits and Liabilities in the
                  Transferred Projects (defined in subsection (a) below)."


3. The second sentence of the introductory portion of Section 1.01 of the Stock
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first clause thereof and
inserting in lieu thereof the clause "As a result of such purchase,".

 
4. The introductory language of Section 1.03 of the Stock Purchase Agreement is
hereby amended to read as follows:

                  "After the Closing, the Purchaser will (with respect to
                  subsection (c) below) and will cause the Companies to be
                  responsible and obligated for and will (with respect to
                  subsection (c) below) and will cause the Companies to timely
                  pay and discharge the following Liabilities (the "Company
                  Liabilities") relating to the Business:"

5. Section 5.04 of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:

                   "Purchaser shall use reasonable commercial efforts to provide
                  bonding for the Purchaser's payment and performance
                  obligations under Section 1.03(c) hereof in substantially the
                  form set forth in Schedule 5.04 hereto (the "Bonding
                  Condition") with respect to the Transferred Projects
                  identified on Exhibit A attached to Schedule 5.04."

6. The definition of "Liabilities" in Section 10.01 of the Stock Purchase
Agreement is hereby amended to insert the parenthetical "(including, without
limitation, the obligations of payment and performance)" after the word
"obligations" therein.

7. Schedule 5.04 of the Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
such schedule and substituting in lieu thereof the new Schedule 5.04 attached
hereto as Attachment A.

8. The Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto a new
Section 11.17, as follows:

                  "11.17. Additional Notice Requirements: If Seller receives
                  notice, in any form, of any claim or potential claim with
                  respect to any of the Transferred Projects, or any dispute
                  relating to any contract with respect to any of the
                  Transferred Projects, then Seller shall promptly forward
                  written notice of same to the Purchaser, and, if any such
                  notice relates to a Transferred Project identified on Schedule
                  5.04, Seller shall also notify Liberty Bond Services sent by
                  hand delivery, or by registered or certified mail, return
                  receipt requested, first class postage prepaid, or by a
                  nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or by
                  telecopy (followed by a hard copy sent by one of the foregoing
                  methods), addressed to Liberty Bond Services, Surety Law
                  Department, 600 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300, Plymouth
                  Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462."

 
                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the duly authorized officer of each party hereto as of the date
first above written.

                                      COMPUDYNE CORPORATION


                                      By:_________________________________
                                         Martin A. Roenigk
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                      APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.



                                      By:_________________________________
                                         Robert G. Barbieri
                                         Vice President Finance and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

                                      HARMON, LTD.



                                      By:__________________________________
                                         Michael A. Bevilacqua
                                         Treasurer

 
                                                                     Exhibit 2.2


                                CLOSING AGREEMENT


                  THIS AGREEMENT dated as of November 30, 1998 is made and
entered into by and between APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC., a Minnesota corporation
("Seller"), and COMPUDYNE CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation ("Purchaser").

                  WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser have entered into the stock
purchase agreement dated November 10, 1998 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement")
pursuant to which Seller will sell to Purchaser all of the outstanding capital
stock of Norment Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Norment"), and
Norshield Corporation, an Alabama corporation ("Norshield" and each of Norment
and Norshield is herein individually referred to as the "Company" and
collectively as the "Companies");

                  WHEREAS, on this date Seller and Purchaser are effecting the
transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, but desire to have
consummation of such transaction effective as of November 28, 1998 which is the
fiscal month end for Seller and the Companies; and

                  WHEREAS, in connection with consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, the parties wish to confirm
certain agreements and.
I.
                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1. Definitions. Terms defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement
are used herein as therein defined.

                  2. Effective Date. Consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been
effective as of November 28, 1998. The Stock Purchase Agreement is hereby
amended to provide that the term "Closing Date" shall mean November 28, 1998.

                  3. Distribution of Excluded Assets. Each of the Companies has
duly adopted corporate resolutions distributing to Seller (in partial
satisfaction of inter-company debt or, if the debt has been fully discharged, as
a dividend) all of the Excluded Assets as of November 28, 1998 which is the
Closing Date. Copies of such corporate resolutions are attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "Companies Resolutions'). Certain of the Excluded Assets as of
November 28, 1998, including Cash, will not be finally determined until after
the Closing. Purchaser agrees that the Companies Resolutions will not be
modified after Closing and agrees to cause the Companies to make the transfers
and distributions contemplated by the Companies Resolutions as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Closing to the extent such transfers and
distributions were not made prior to the Closing.

 
                  4. Transferred Projects. Exhibit A attached hereto is the
definitive list of the Transferred Projects as of the Closing Date, including
projects for which bids are outstanding as of the Closing Date if such bids are
accepted or awarded. Within ten (10) business days after the date hereof, the
parties hereto may mutually agree to modify Exhibit A in the event there are any
errors therein.

                  5. Balance Sheet as of November 28, 1998. As soon as
reasonably practicable after the Closing but not later than ten (10) Business
Days, Seller will prepare a draft of the balance sheet as of November 28, 1998
under the Administrative Services Agreement.

                  6. Outstanding Checks. To the extent any checks issued by
Norment or Norshield prior to the Closing Date have not cleared as of the
Closing Date, Seller will provide funds to the accounts on which such checks are
drawn sufficient to honor such checks, said accounts constituting Excluded
Assets.

                  7. Penta Contract. As soon as reasonably practicable after the
date hereof, the parties shall cause the contract for the Penta System for the
Enterprise Resource Planning System to be separated between Harmon, Ltd. on the
one hand, and Norment and Norshield, on the other hand.

                  8. Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement. The parties agree
that this Agreement constitutes an amendment and supplement to the Stock
Purchase Agreement.

                  9. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article IX of the Stock
Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement,
except for Sections 11.02 through 11.06 and 11.13.

 
                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the duly authorized officer of each party hereto as of the date
first above written.

                              SELLER:

                              APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.


                              By: /s/ 
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                                  Robert G. Barbieri
                                  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

                              PURCHASER:

                              COMPUDYNE CORPORATION


                              By: /s/
                                  ------------------------------------------
                                  Martin A. Roenigk
                                  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1998


                   APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC. COMPLETES THE SALE
                      OF DETENTION & SECURITY BUSINESS UNIT

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, DECEMBER 3, 1998 -- APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC. (NASDAQ: APOG)
today announced that it has completed the sale of the stock of Norment
Industries, Inc. and Norshield Corporation, the two subsidiaries comprising
Apogee's Detention & Security business unit, to CompuDyne Corporation (Nasdaq:
CDCY). This closing follows Apogee's announcement of the agreement to sell the
business unit on November 10. Subject to final adjustments, the stock was 
valued at approximately $22.5 million.

The Detention & Security business unit is a leader in high-security systems
contracting, with five operating businesses. In fiscal 1998, the unit had net
sales of approximately $75 million, or approximately 8% of Apogee's total.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. is a leader in the design and development of
value-added glass products, services, technologies and systems for the
nonresidential building, automotive and commercial markets. The company is
organized into three operating segments: Glass Technologies (GT), Auto Glass
(AG), and Building Products & Services (BPS). Headquartered in Minneapolis, the
company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol APOG.

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APOGEE ENTERPRISES, INC.  AT THE COMPANY:              AT THE FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD:   
7900 Xerxes Ave., South   Donald W. Goldfus, Chairman  Larry Stein       Suzy Lynde        
Minneapolis, MN 55431     Russell Huffer, CEO          General Inquiries Investor Inquiries
(612) 835-1874            Robert G. Barbieri, CFO      (312) 266-7800    (312) 266-7800    
                          Michael A. Bevilacqua,       
                           Treasurer