Schools

A recent decision by the Detroit Lakes Public Schools administration to cancel a spring field trip to the Twin Cities for fourth grade students at Rossman Elementary School has the parents of some of those students feeling as though the district administration has let them down. “I...

Training in the programming and operation of industrial robots. Learning welding techniques and applications in a simulated environment. Using global positioning system (GPS) technology in a variety of fields including engineering, mapping, construction and transportation. These...

By 2019, the Frazee-Vergas School District could see some major adjustments to its budget. Two bonds — one from 2008 and one from 2012 — will be paid off. The two bonds total just over $5 million and require a $940,000 principal payment each year for the next couple years and...

Matt Bauer, who has been chair of the Frazee-Vergas School Board the last couple years, will remain leader for another year. Monday evening, school board members re-elected Bauer the chair, along with Steve Jepson as vice chair, Darrin Ovsak as clerk and Tammie Nunn as treasurer. The...

Hopefully soon it will be safer for kids in Audubon to get to school. The city, along with the approval of the Becker County Board of Commissioners, will be applying for a Safe Routes to School grant. Other schools and cities in the area have received the grants over the last couple...

The Perham-Dent School Board approved a 32.23 percent increase on the school’s portion of property taxes for 2015. A balanced budget for the 2015-2016 school year is expected as a result of the increase. The levy was approved as part of the board’s regular meeting on Dec....

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota’s $38 million contract with Pearson for online proficiency testing is just a few months old, but it already has technology staff in many schools scrambling to ensure their systems are compatible. During recent practice testing, school officials across the...

Since this past July, the Detroit Lakes School Board has been sifting through a half-dozen or more proposals for solving the space issues caused by the district’s burgeoning student enrollment. By November, it appeared the district had narrowed those options down to three —...

Another community meeting to discuss facility improvements and space needs at Detroit Lakes Public Schools has been called for 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, Dec. 18 in the high school’s multi-purpose gymnasium. At that meeting, DL School Board members will discuss where they are at...

This is the honor roll for Lake Park-Audubon High School’s first quarter, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2 and ending Friday, Oct. 31: B Honor Roll — Bowers, Parker 10; Carson Benjamin 10; Charboneau, Samantha 7; Coufal, Isac 11; Dickelman, Molly 10; Felker, Seth 9; Frederick,...

For more than 25 years now, fourth grade students at Rossman Elementary School in Detroit Lakes have been given a unique field trip opportunity every spring. “The fourth grade trip to the Twin Cities has been around, in one form or another, for 26 years,” says Rossman PTO member...

When Brittany Forness came to Frazee-Vergas School District three years ago, she knew she wanted to start a smaller select choir. So last year, she started the HornetSingers and the Hornettes — an all-female group. “It’s good for those kids that need a little extra challenge,”...

The Perham-Dent School Board and administration met last week for their second work session to discuss the district’s future building projects. Discussion leading up to and at the Dec. 2 meeting has been based on an apparent consensus to move forward with planning for and building...