Area Colleges Receive Concurrent Enrollment Grant
Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls, Northwest Technical College in Bemidji and Alexandria Technical and Community College have received a Concurrent Enrollment Grant from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. The three colleges, working as a consortium called Distance MN, will use the $276,124.46 grant to expand career and technical education to…
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Winter Walk Day Is Wednesday
This coming Wednesday, February 7th, is Winter Walk Day in Minnesota. Tina Sanders, a safe kids specialist with Safe Kids Grand Forks, talks about the day. Sanders goes on to talk about the Fisher School’s plans for Winter Walk Day More than 60 Minnesota schools are expected to take part in Winter Walk Day on…
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Fisher Referendum Reaction
FISHER, MN—This past Tuesday, voters in Fisher voted down a referendum that would have raised an additional $300,000 for each of the next ten years to go toward salaries for staff and student programs. Fisher Superintendent Evan Hanson tells R&J News Tuesday’s defeat wasn’t unusual–that two-thirds of referendums in Minnesota on Tuesday failed to pass.…
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School Referendums To Be Decided Tuesday
There are two school referendums on the ballot Tuesday. The Fisher School District is asking voters to approve a change in the operating levy per pupil….raising it from $161 per student to $1432 per pupil for the next ten years. Fisher School officials say if the referendum is approved, there would be an additional $300,000…
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Fisher Operating Levy Referendum Coming Tuesday
FISHER, MN—-Next Tuesday, voters in the Fisher School District will decide on raising the operating levy. Fisher Superintendent Evan Hanson tells R&J News about the referendum. Hanson goes on to say why the operating levy needs to be raised. Currently, the Fisher District’s operating levy comes to $161 per pupil. If passed, the new operating…
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Fisher School Moves Little Knights Childcare into New Childcare Facility
Fisher, MN — It’s taken longer than anticipated, but the children of the Little Knights Childcare Center are finally moving out of the Fisher School and into their own dedicated space next door. The Fisher School offers year-round childcare for children ages six week to school age through their Little Knights Childcare program. A building…
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