E-learning days allow school districts to continue instruction while teachers and students are safe at home during blizzards. Snow days are a thing of the past.
State grants from the Launch Your Future Today program are intended to help young people learn what types of jobs local employers want, and where to get the training.
The need for paraprofessionals is prominent in area school districts, and they need teachers, coaches, drivers and substitutes of all types. It's a problem that affects school districts and many employers, particularly in Minnesota, which has four job openings for each unemployed person.
A candidate forum will be held Thursday in Litchfield for the Meeker County Commissioner, Litchfield School Board, Litchfield City Council, and Litchfield mayor races.
The Minnesota Department of Education will tell public schools soon how they will be opening the 2020-21 school year. Surveys indicate that most families want their children to return to classes in school buildings.
NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School Board had more regular meetings without a full board last year than meetings where all seven members were present.
