School

Perham-Dent public schools and area private schools, along with New York Mills schools, have been canceled today, Friday, Jan.

Last week, the New York Mills School Board approved a fiscal year 2013 preliminary budget with a surplus of around $33,000. Though the budget is not yet final, a slight bump in revenue is expected due to increased enrollment. Sixty-six kindergartners are already enrolled for fall,...

"It was a good year" for the Perham-Dent School District, financially speaking, according to auditor Roy Lunde. The audit shows that budget cuts and reductions, however hard to swallow, did the job of keeping the district's budget balanced in spite of revenue shortfalls. Lunde presented...

The Perham-Dent School Board is moving forward with plans to seek a Capital Projects Referendum in April. The referendum would ask local taxpayers to fund specific needs within the district, such as technology and facilities improvements, through a voter-approved levy. At a workshop...

Perham-Dent School Board members are thinking twice about four-day school weeks, in light of negative community response to the idea, less-than-stellar cost saving projections and some new and good news about their budget. In a special workshop on Tuesday, board members continued...

Minnesota school districts seeking operating levies had their best night in more than a decade Tuesday, with 90 of 114 such measures passing, the Minnesota School Board Association said. That's a 79 percent success rate - the highest since 1997, when 86 percent of levies passed. It...

Imagine rehearsing one five-minute dance scene for more than 15 hours, sweating out every step, perfecting every facial expression. That's what Perham High School students have done for their upcoming performances of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." And that's just for one song...

Pelican Rapids residents passed an operating levy for the school district with 54 percent of the votes. The levy will bring in around $600 per student in general operation funds for the school. The Henning School District also passed its levy, with 74 percent of residents voting...

Minnesota last week submitted an application for Race to the Top, hoping to leverage $45 million in federal grant monies to support early learning reforms. How that may or may not impact local school districts remains to be seen. The Minnesota Department of Education and Governor...