What happens when the state of Minnesota allows only five e-learning days and some schools have used their last one in the first week of January? It could lead to some old-fashioned snow days.
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.
Tops teams: Class 6A - Maple Grove, Class 5A - Mankato West, Class 4A - Stewartville, Class 3A - Esko, Class 2A - Chatfield, Class 1A - BOLD, and Nine-man - Wheaton/Herman-Norcross
On one day in 2022, more than 1,000 drivers disobeyed school bus stop arms. With state help, more and more buses around Minnesota have cameras on their stop arms — good ones. The stop arm and flashing lights on buses are an important component of getting children to school and back home safely.
No students or drivers were injured in an accident Tuesday morning when a pickup driver rear-ended a school bus in New London, according to the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office.
As director of food and nutrition services for Willmar, Montevideo and New London-Spicer schools, Annette Derouin was always on the lookout for a program that could offer a new way to feed kids. She brought locally grown food to school cafeterias, and has been honored by the state and national school nutrition associations.
The Willmar School Board on Monday approved the hiring of New London-Spicer Superintendent Bill Adams as Willmar's new assistant superintendent. Adams said a number of factors drew him to Willmar, but he is also sad to leave NLS.
