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Plans for school at Winona Mall shift; more businesses to stay
Hiawatha Valley Education District’s (HVED) plan to transform the Winona Mall into a special education school is moving forward but not without some challenges. HVED is adjusting its plans for the school after learning that multiple businesses’ leases do not allow HVED to kick them out in time for the start of construction this November.
Lewiston Altura Public Schools to hold referendum for two new funding proposals
LEWISTON, Minn.- The Lewiston-Altura Public School district is holding a referendum on Nov. 5, to ask for funding for two different projects to support future development at its schools. The school district says the referendum is split into two separate funding requests. The first would ask for property owners to...
Lewiston-Altura School District proposes tax levy and bonding project
KIMT News Three's Evan Berg Reports on how the money will contribute to key school upgrades. Lewiston Altura Public Schools to hold referendum for two new funding proposals. The Lewiston-Altura Public School district has almost $20 million in funding questions it wants to ask voters on Nov. 5.
WSU launches tech ed. program
Winona State University (WSU) is launching a new program that allows students to become certified career and technical education (CTE) teachers. The program is an outgrowth of rising demand for technical education among students, K-12 schools, and employers. Program Director and Assistant CTE Professor Peter Johnson said that as industry...
Attendance rates improve again in G-E-T schools
Fighting chronic absenteeism and keeping students excited to be at school was a priority in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District this year, and data presented Monday showed the district is seeing a chronic absence rate 14.1% lower than the state average. Attendance is a continued issue for schools following the COVID...
WAPS: No big changes for Native group
This spring, Winona Area Public Schools (WAPS) leaders raised concerns about the current members of the district’s American Indian Parent Advisory Committee (AIPAC) and district officials wrote that they wanted AIPAC to become a working group after the community members on the committee voted for the third year in a row that the district is not meeting the needs of Native American students. A community member on the committee also said this summer that district officials told AIPAC that the district wants a fresh start with the committee with new members. District leaders clarified this month that WAPS does not plan to reform AIPAC as a new committee with all new community members.
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