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EDUCATION
Superintendent’s clever retirement tactic saves Lester Prairie Schools thousands
The Lester Prairie School Board unanimously approved its 2024-25 preliminary budget during its meeting June 27. The district’s projected revenues for the 2024-25 school year are expected to be about $7,407,383, a decrease of around $324,415 from last year’s figure of $7,731,798. Its expenditures are projected to be...
Radeke reaches new contract with Lester Prairie School Board
The Lester Prairie School Board met in a special session Tuesday morning to discuss a new contract with Superintendent Melissa Radeke after her recent retirement, which went into effect June 30. Her retirement was more of a technicality, as she submitted her retirement request with the understanding that she would...
Delano School Board filing notice
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the period for filing affidavits of candidacy for the office of school board member of Independent School District No. 879 shall begin on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, and shall close at 5:00 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. The general election shall be...
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