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Mike Malmberg, Superintendent of Pillager Schools, joins us after the monthly school board meeting. Malmberg spoke about the upgrades this summer to the athletic complex. It’s graduation time, and Superintendent Malmberg highlights the dates of the upcoming commencement festivities. Pillager Schools has a program to help students with credit recovery called STEPS. Malmberg gives a…
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Dear Parent or Guardian: Beginning school year 2022-2023, McGregor School District will no longer be implementing the Community Eligibility Provision under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. We no longer qualify as an eligible school due to decreased directly certified families. To ensure families have sufficient time to apply for free and reduced-price…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (5/12/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin School Board’s Work Session from Monday, May 9th including updates for the District’s Strategic Plan and Curriculum Review Superintendent Dan Stifter opened discussion on the Board’s Review of Guiding Principles/Beliefs and what they value at ISD #1. The Board did adjust their Guiding Principles/Beliefs to…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (5/6/22) (Aitkin, MN) — Coming off a week of State testing for the Aitkin Public School District, Superintendent Dan Stifter returned for his monthly conversation to talk about the information the District receives from the testing and how that pertains to some of their bigger goals. Superintendent Dan Stifter mentioned that…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (4/26/22) (McGregor, MN) — The McGregor School Board held their regular meeting for the month of April on Monday as they looked at their FY23 Preliminary Budget and personnel matters from the High School Library. Business Manager Shauna Dalchow reviewed the initial numbers for the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget which could…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (4/22/22) (Aitkin, MN) — During the Aitkin School Board meeting from the Mille Lacs Trails Clubhouse on Monday, April 18th, Superintendent Dan Stifter gave the Board an update on the Facilities and Finance Committee. Superintendent Stifter highlighted some of the initial projects that have to be addressed by the District. A…
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(PILLAGER, MN) — Pillager Schools held its board meeting for the month of April on Monday… On the agenda was a discussion on some updates that are on the way for Pillager’s athletic complex… Superintendent Mike Malmberg said the bid that was approved for the complex came in higher than anticipated, so there could be…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (4/21/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin Public School Board approved the retirement for High School Principal Paul Karelis, hired a new Band Teacher, and gave an update on Graduation from the Mille Lacs Trails Clubhouse on Monday, April 18th. The Board did approve the retirement of High School Principal Paul Karelis,…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (4/15/22) (Aitkin, MN) — The Aitkin School Board Work Session meeting laid out a draft for Strategic Planning with focuses on principles, beliefs and values, which took place in the High School Media Center on Monday, April 11th. Superintendent Dan Stifter presented the past Strategic Plan from 2018 to the Board…
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By Paul Vold kkin@rjbroadcasting.com (4/15/22) (McGregor, MN) — Conversations, but not actions, were had at the last regular McGregor School Board meeting, on the future and fiscal responsibilities of the Fitness Center and the Activity at the McGregor School District. We spoke to McGregor Elementary Principal and Superintendent Brad Johnson mentioned the Fitness Center is…
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