St. Louis Park preps for first day of school with changes to security, school meals
The new year brings excitement to St. Louis Park Public Schools' teachers and staff as well as the roughly 5,000 students.
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The new year brings excitement to St. Louis Park Public Schools' teachers and staff as well as the roughly 5,000 students.
This year, St. Paul will welcome three schools back on yellow buses, and two high schools will continue taking Metro Transit to class. Contractors say offering higher wages is key to filling positions, but it doesn't fix everything.
The summer is winding down and David and Angela Dutrieuille are gearing up for another school year. The working parents have five children, from a few months old to 9 years old. It takes teamwork to make the routine work at their Bloomington home.
When students go back to class Tuesday, some schools will be without their school resource officers (SROs). Some police departments are pulling officers over a new law that restricts what holds an officer can use on violent students.
Temperatures on Tuesday could reach well into the 90s Tuesday, but officials in Minneapolis and St. Paul say that the first day of school will happen as planned.
School officials in St. Louis Park say thousands of students' personal information was accidentally shared with other families in the district via email.
The big picture is that K-12 test scores are still down about 10% since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Right now, only 45% of Minnesota students show proficiency in math, and only 50% show proficiency in reading.
After a three-year pandemic pause, student loan bills are coming due again. Interest on balances began accruing Friday with payments restarting on Oct. 1.
The Minnesota Sheriff's Association on Thursday joined calls for clarity to a new law that has some school districts pulling school resource officers.
There are still lots of unanswered questions about school resource officers and their role inside Minnesota schools.
The Minnesota State Fair has been a popular attraction for nearly as long as the state has existed. While much has changed over the years, much hasn't! Using archive photos, we take a look back at the 1960s and compare landmarks to today.
The language in question is a small snippet, part of a 200-plus-page education bill passed into law this past session. The portion of the law itself limits district employees — including SROs — from placing students into certain holds.
There's a security shakeup inside Minnesota's largest school district, with more than 30,000 students possibly starting the new year without officers patrolling their halls.
Those eager to cash in on a budding marijuana industry in Minnesota or cultivate plants of their own can turn to St. Cloud State University this fall to learn how.
There's a security shakeup inside Minnesota's largest school district, with more than 30,000 students possibly starting the new year without officers patrolling their halls.
