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State budget help too late to head off some school cuts Legislature raised per-pupil spending, but districts were hurt by enrollment drops. July 10, 2021 5:05pm Text size Copy shortlink: Minnesota school districts are welcoming the Legislature s boost in school spending but are still sorting out how much it will help to stave off budget cuts for the coming school year. The two-year state education budget includes $554 million in new spending, with money earmarked for budget gaps in special education, English-language services, programs aimed at diversifying the teaching ranks and, most notably, an increase to the amount of money that flows from the state to school districts for each student enrolled. The per-pupil funding formula will go up by 2.45% next year and 2% for the following school year, the largest increase in a decade and a half. ....
Grand Meadow schools received $15K grant for the greenhouse from an agricultural education advocacy group. 8:44 am, May 10, 2021 × Grand Meadow students (from left) Trevor Gehling, Logan Lane, and Weston Schaufler examine the materials for the green house they will be building behind the school May 7, 2021. Grand Meadow Public Schools received a $15,000 grant build an outdoor classroom and a greenhouse. May 7, 2021. (Ken Klotzbach / [email protected]) The boxes were sealed on the floor in a shed behind Grand Meadow school. Three teenage students started opening them. Inside: a collection of seemingly random pieces and parts that soon enough will begin to take the shape of a greenhouse, a new learning center for Grand Meadow students of all ages. ....
People break ground for greenhouse at Grand Meadow Public Schools The new facility will be located outside its dome-shaped classrooms and enhance and expand year-round opportunities for STEM curriculum. Posted: May 7, 2021 6:56 PM Posted By: Jeremy Wall GRAND MEADOW, Minn- Grand Meadow Public Schools is getting a little bit bigger and students will have an opportunity to do some learning outside the classroom. On Friday, ground was broken on a new greenhouse. The school received $15,000 for it as part of America s Farmers Grow Rural Education, a program offering farmers the opportunity to nominate rural public school districts stem grants. We re really appreciative of not only the Grand Meadow community but our farmers and that were going to have another addition to the school that s going to show great benefits, its superintendent Paul Besel tells KIMT News 3. ....