St. Paul could become first school district in MN to require coronavirus...
The St. Paul school board will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss requiring coronavirus vaccines of all employees. Board members have briefly discussed the idea in recent meetings, and the local...
View ArticleDuring raucous meeting, Stillwater school board mandates masks in elementary,...
The Stillwater school board on Thursday night voted to mandate masks in the district’s elementary and middle schools. The new policy, which takes effect Aug. 30 and is intended to prevent the spread of...
View ArticleMN releases test results showing steep drop in math, reading
Dramatic drops in proficiency on statewide math and reading tests are the latest evidence that school disruptions related to the coronavirus have set students back in their learning. Proficiency rates...
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Stillwater: Kunze tapped to fill open seat on school board
Former Stillwater Area School Board member Christopher Kunze has been selected to fill the open seat on the school board until November. The seat was formerly held by Liz Weisberg, who resigned last...
View ArticleRosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan adopts school mask mandate as long as COVID-19...
Face masks likely will be required when the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district begins its school year next month. The school board voted 7-0 Thursday in favor of a COVID-19 plan that makes masks...
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Minnesota schools warned about COVID-19 surge as one district already faces...
Minnesota’s top health and education officials expressed concern Friday about the threat COVID-19 poses to the coming school year. At least one school district in Minnesota has already asked students...
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Longtime St. Paul swim teacher and coach says goodbye to his ‘kids’
Gary Grey’s swim lessons at the St. Paul Tennis Club were a master class in how to teach. He knew every child in the pool by name. He found a common interest with them. He gave each a nickname. He...
View ArticleSt. Croix Preparatory Academy board to reconsider mask mandate for K-8 students
The board of the St. Croix Preparatory Academy will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday to reconsider a mask mandate for K-8 students and staff. The meeting comes a week after the board voted to...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board requires COVID vaccines for all staff, or weekly test
All St. Paul public schools employees will be required to get a coronavirus vaccine or submit to weekly testing, under a policy unanimously approved Friday morning by the school board. The policy,...
View ArticleLawsuit seeks to force Gov. Walz to mandate masks in schools statewide
A lawsuit filed in Ramsey County Friday seeks to force Gov. Tim Walz to issue a statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools. The suit, brought by a group of parents of children in schools without...
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Stillwater school sues bus company over alleged breach of contract
The Stillwater Area Public School District has sued Metropolitan Transportation Network for an alleged breach of contract, saying that the school-bus company has failed to provide agreed-upon busing...
View ArticleThreeSixty Journalism: Read the work of student journalists
ThreeSixty offers journalism camps at the University of St. Thomas. The Pioneer Press is among local media outlets that post students' stories and provide training.
View ArticleSeven more bus routes covered in Stillwater; doors open earlier to...
The Stillwater Area Public School District announced Monday that its vendor will be able to cover seven more school bus routes than it previously thought. A direct communication was sent to families...
View Article10K St. Paul students lose bus rides or face start time shifts due to driver...
Some 10,000 students in St. Paul Public Schools have had their school start times changed or have lost yellow bus service in the past two weeks because of a severe bus driver shortage. District leaders...
View ArticleStillwater school bus company filed countersuit against district
The Metropolitan Transportation Network this week filed a countersuit against the Stillwater Area Public School District in Washington County District Court, alleging breach of contract; breach of duty...
View ArticleBus driver shortage leads to traffic trouble as St. Paul students head back...
When the bell rang at 7:30 a.m. Thursday for the first day of classes at Washington Technology Magnet, cars were backed up for four blocks along Nebraska Avenue and Rice Street waiting to park or to...
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More patrols, cameras, ambassadors: UMN responds to increased crime in Dinkytown
The University of Minnesota is responding to increased crime on the edges of campus with a new team of safety ambassadors, surveillance cameras and more officer patrols. During the coronavirus pandemic...
View ArticleWith schools back, MN leaders urge precautions to slow the spread of COVID’s...
Schools are back in session across Minnesota, leading state health officials to ramp up their pleas that residents do everything they can to slow the spread of the coronavirus and the highly contagious...
View ArticleMN school desegregation lawsuit heads back to court after Legislature...
With a major settlement on hold because of inaction by the Legislature, plaintiffs in the Cruz-Guzman school desegregation lawsuit have asked a judge to decide the case in their favor. Plaintiffs...
View ArticleBehind on vaccines, 5,000 students could be held out of St. Paul Public Schools
Around 5,000 students in St. Paul Public Schools will be kicked out of school late next month unless they obtain mandatory vaccines for numerous childhood diseases. Many families have held off on...
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