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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
