Laurie Harper, director of education for the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, a K-12 tribal school on the Leech Lake Band Indian Reservation in north-central Minnesota, never thought that a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, would be an issue for her community.
Four-year graduation rates for the class of 2022 have nearly matched pre-pandemic levels in Minnesota. On the home front, schools throughout Beltrami County had their own share of falls and peaks.
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