Education

Board votes to continue police officer liaison position at Little Falls Community High School

By Liz Verley, Staff Writer  Approval for a two-year contract, 2012-2013 and 2012-2014, with the city of Little Falls for a liaison officer was given at Tuesday’s Little Falls School Board meeting. The contract will now need to be ratified by the Little Falls City Council at its next meeting. The Board agreed that this service  Read more »

Board votes to continue police officer liaison position at Little Falls Community High School

By Liz Verley, Staff Writer  Approval for a two-year contract, 2012-2013 and 2012-2014, with the city of Little Falls for a liaison officer was given at Tuesday’s Little Falls School Board meeting. The contract will now need to be ratified by the Little Falls City Council at its next meeting. The Board agreed that this service  Read more »

Hosts for foreign students at CLC needed

Eighteen students from Central American and the Caribbean need hosts for the first year (2012-13) of their two-year educational commitment at Central Lakes College (CLC), Brainerd. The business management students expect to arrive in early August and be enrolled toward associate in applied science degrees before returning to their homes with new leadership and organizational  Read more »

PAC students present ‘Risk and Protective Factors’ for alcohol use

PAC students present ‘Risk and Protective Factors’ for alcohol use

A “risk factor” is a reason or event that may cause a child to be more vulnerable or susceptible to unhealthy behavior. A “protective factor” is the practical and emotional support that parents, other adults and peers give to children that helps them resist unhealthy behavior. Students in the Pierz Area Coalition (PAC) student network  Read more »

Pierz Board increases preschool fee slightly

By Lorae Vardas, Correspondent The Pierz School Board put its stamp of approval on a slight increase in preschool fees beginning next year. The state of Minnesota does not provide any funding for the program the district initiated about 15 years ago at Pioneer Elementary School to better prepare children for the kindergarten experience. Staff, building  Read more »

Search begins for new LF school superintendent

By Liz Verley, Staff Writer  If all goes as scheduled, the Little Falls School Board will have offered the superintendent’s position to a candidate of its choice by June 1. Thursday, the Board met with Charles Kyte who represented the firm of School Exec Connect. Kyte is a consultant with the firm which assists school districts  Read more »

Digital education bill passes House

By T.W. Budig, ECM Capitol Reporter When Rep. Pam Myhra watches pre kindergartners methodically working their parents’ iPads or smart phones, she sees possibilities. “The potential is really quite amazing,” said Myhra of the impact the digital world on education. Myhra, R-Burnsville, who serves on the House Education Finance Committee, saw her legislation requiring high  Read more »

Refunds from overbilling will be more than $5,000 for Upsala School District

By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer jennie.zeitler@mcrecord.com  Superintendant Gery Arndt said during Wednesday’s School Board meeting, that the Upsala School District had been overcharged by two companies in recent billing. District Administrative Assistant Colleen Harren caught the errors and started looking into the reasons for those. Hoglund Bus Company overcharged about $2,600 on bus camera installation for  Read more »

LF School employees wish Tryggestad well in this new chapter of his life

By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com While there are still three months left in the school year, the Little Falls School Board members all wished Superintendent Curt Tryggestad well in the new chapter of his life. Tryggestad has applied for and been chosen by the Eden Prairie School District in the Twin Cities as its new  Read more »

Swanville students set out to build 300-mile per gallon stock car for Supermileage Challenge

Swanville students set out to build 300-mile per gallon stock car for Supermileage Challenge

By PATRICK SLACK Staff Writer patrick.slack@mcrecord.com Constructing cars with higher fuel efficiency is a growing trend in the auto world. However, a group of students at Swanville High School is preparing to take that to an entirely different level at the 24th annual Supermileage Challenge. The competition, held at the Brainerd International Raceway May 14  Read more »

Eden Prairie School Board selects Tryggestad as its next superintendent

At a special meeting Friday, the Eden Prairie School Board unanimously approved a motion to begin contract negotiations with Curt Tryggestad to become the district’s next superintendent. Tryggestad was one of three finalists who visited the Eden Prairie district this past week, took a tour of the facilities and were interviewed by the board. The  Read more »

Budget cuts and increasing fees approved at Royalton School Board Meeting

By Liz Verley, Staff Writer  The Royalton School Board bit the bullet and made several cuts in its budget for 2012-2013. Board members had previously directed administration to develop a list of budget reductions totalling $348,000 or approximately 6 percent of its budget for the upcoming school year. Cuts made by the board Monday included: •  Read more »

Thai student Chutima Intharawongsak has thoroughly loved her year in small town Pierz

Thai student Chutima Intharawongsak has  thoroughly loved her year in small town Pierz

By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Chutima Intharawongsak, Mae to her friends, is from Bangkok, Thailand. She came to the United States mostly to practice her English. The 17-year-old, from a city of 12 million people, has landed in Pierz, a town of 1,400 people. Mae could not be happier. “Bangkok is busy 24 hours a  Read more »

Tryggestad one of three finalists for job in Eden Prairie

Little Falls superintendent interested in district’s top position By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com It was learned Monday that Little Falls Superintendent of Schools Curt Tryggestad was chosen, with four others, as a semi-finalist for the Eden Prairie superintendent’s position. On Monday, the Eden Prairie School Board selected the five and interviews took place Wednesday. After  Read more »

German student Jennifer Kuka is spending her sophomore year at Pierz Healy High School

By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com ASSE exchange student Jennifer Kuka, 15, is living in the Buckman area and attending Pierz Healy High School. Kuka is from a small town outside of Frankfurt, Germany called Oberursel, which is still considerably larger than Pierz. “Oberursel has about 30,000 people, while the Frankfurt metropolitan region has more than  Read more »