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Northern Minnesota district tests out 4-day school week starting this fall
CARLTON, Minn. — Students in a northern Minnesota school district will have Fridays off this fall. Carlton, near Duluth, is moving to a four-day school week."What can we do in Carlton to be so big, so different, so unique, so innovative. That Carlton School District would be a school of choice," said Superintendent Donita Stepan.If it sounds like Stepan is making a sales pitch, she is. She's trying to sell people on the district's new four-day school week."We had about 79% of the families that filled out the survey were in support of a four-day week. We had about 99% of...
Aitkin, Cass, Carlton and Itasca counties request comments on the proposed Upper Mississippi-Grand Rapids Comprehensive Watershed Plan
The Itasca Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and planning partners request public comment on the proposed Upper Mississippi-Grand Rapids Comprehensive Watershed Plan. To view the Plan, visit https://itascaswcd.org/programs/1w1p. Written comments will be accepted until Sept. 24 at 4:30 p.m. Comments can be submitted to Itasca SWCD for all Upper Mississippi-Grand Rapids Watershed residents in Aitkin, Cass, Carlton, Itasca, and St. Louis counties. ...
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