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Bob Umhoefer, a Woodbury educator who wrote about his illness, dies at 52
To Bob Umhoefer, big moments were memory-makers, and any moment had the potential to become a memory. Family and friends agree that most anywhere he went, Umhoefer somehow walked away with several...
View ArticleUS schools mull outdoor classes amid coronavirus worries
It has been seven years since the central air conditioning system worked at the New York City middle school where Lisa Fitzgerald O’Connor teaches. As a new school year approaches amid the coronavirus...
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Macalester to start school year with remote classes, no roommates
Only freshmen, new transfers and international students will live on campus and take in-person classes when the new school year starts next month, Macalester College announced Monday. President Suzanne...
View ArticleSix will vie for Marny Xiong’s St. Paul school board seat in November special...
St. Paul voters will have six candidates to choose from in November to fill an open seat on the school board. The special election winner will serve out the final year of Marny Xiong’s term following...
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Sixteen names, five slots: Stillwater School Board election promises to be...
With two mid-term resignations, one person deciding not to run for re-election and two board members’ terms expiring at the end of the year, the Stillwater Area School Board could face a sea change...
View ArticleCoronavirus Thursday update: UMN announces new stem cell treatment
Doctors at the University of Minnesota are the first in the U.S. to treat a critical COVID-19 patient suffering from lung failure using stem cells. A Food and Drug Administration-approved study will...
View ArticleWeekly virus report has mixed results for school reopening plans
Coronavirus pandemic conditions call for middle and high schools to remain closed in only two Minnesota counties, according to a weekly report released Thursday. The report, which gives the number of...
View ArticleStillwater school board race down to 14
Two candidate who filed for two open seats on the Stillwater Area School Board have withdrawn their names from the ballot. Candidates had until 5 p.m. Thursday to withdraw. Fourteen names remain on the...
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South Washington County looks within as it hires new superintendent
South Washington County Public Schools on Thursday promoted an assistant administrator to succeed Keith Jacobus, who is retiring after eight years as superintendent. Julie Nielsen was selected in a 7-0...
View ArticleMinnesota urges college students to stay home, avoid bars
As students prepare to return to Minnesota’s colleges and universities, health officials made a plea Friday for them to stay home and avoid crowded bars, house parties and road trips during what’s left...
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‘Join us.’ Most MN private schools plan for in-person classes as public...
Even after losing 37 international students because of visa troubles, Hill-Murray School is full and has a waiting list for the first time in 20 years. Unlike its neighboring public schools, which are...
View ArticleAccess to St. Paul charter school’s sports dome at issue in financing request...
A St. Paul charter school wants the city’s help financing an expansion project, but the city council wants assurance the school will make its facilities available to the general public. Hmong College...
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New assistant superintendent named in Stillwater
Jennifer Cherry, director of student services in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, has been hired to be assistant superintendent of Stillwater Area Public Schools. Jennifer Cherry (Courtesy of...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools to keep students home on Election Day
St. Paul Public Schools students will be learning from home on Election Day, even if the district returns to in-person classes by then. The school board on Tuesday approved a late change to the...
View ArticleNew coronavirus cases low enough that all MN schools can reopen, state report...
Schools in every part of Minnesota may be able to safely reopen at at least 50 percent capacity, according to new county-level data on the coronavirus pandemic. State guidelines recommend school...
View ArticleUMN weighs online semester start, two-week delay in return to campus
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has called a special meeting for Monday to consider a two-week delay in students’ return to campus and a fully online start to the fall semester. The U had...
View ArticleAs students return to MN private schools during pandemic, the nurse will be...
From busing to on-site counselors and nurses, Minnesota private schools won’t get the same state-funded services they’re accustomed to this fall as long as public school districts are in distance...
View ArticleQuarantines, closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen
Frightening calls from the school nurse. Waiting in vain for word from school officials. Canceled sports practices. Marching bands in quarantine. For countless families across the country, the school...
View ArticleUMN regents approve two-week delay in return to campus
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Monday agreed to postpone student move-in day and shift almost all classes online for at least two weeks at the Twin Cities, Duluth and Rochester...
View ArticleZoom glitches, briefly grinding US schools to a halt
By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK (AP) — Teachers and parents got a brief glimpse of a new kind of pandemic-era nightmare Monday when Zoom — the video-conferencing service that powers everything from distance...
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