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Childs: Here's a new type of summer school available in Mitchell
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (353+ words) While we've still got time to prepare, your Mitchell School District has been thinking about summer just a bit differently. That is to say, instead of bracing for a summer setback and the loss of so much that's been gained…...
Platte-Geddes voters say no to $19 million bond vote
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (372+ words) PLATTE, S.D. " Voters in the Platte-Geddes School District rejected an effort to build a new high school and middle school for the district Tuesday, March 3, when they defeated a $19 million bond issue at the ballot box. The vote came in at…...
Reduced-price school meal funding heads to South Dakota Senate
17+ hour, 36+ min ago (485+ words) PIERRE " South Dakota families who qualify for reduced-price school meals could get those meals for free if the state Senate backs and Gov. Larry Rhoden signs a bill endorsed by a panel of lawmakers Tuesday. The Senate Education Committee voted…...
State Senate vote could send prenatal education bill to South Dakota governor’s desk
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (425+ words) PIERRE " Legislation that would require the state's public schools to show students videos about prenatal development will be heard by the South Dakota Senate, despite concerns from opponents about medical accuracy and mandated education standards. The Senate Health and Human…...
Warm weather to wrap up the work week
6+ day, 5+ min ago (17+ words) Warm weather to wrap up the work week'Mitchell Republic Warm weather to wrap up the work week...
Letter: Some SD trust funds should help pay teachers
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (149+ words) South Dakota Investment Council has $20,560,000,000 under assets managed. South Dakota Retirement System has $15,529,259,000 under their control. This is money managed for teacher retirement, state employee retirement, and the like. Contributions include 6% from employees and 6% from tax dollars. Health Care Trust…...
Push for publicly funded charter schools fails in South Dakota Senate
1+ week, 3+ day ago (290+ words) PIERRE " A proposal to allow charter schools in the state lost Thursday on a tie vote in the South Dakota Senate and failed on reconsideration Friday, after narrowly advancing out of a Senate committee. "I think most of the time…...
Midweek Update Feb. 19 with Mitchell teacher Susan Dodd and Luke Hagen
1+ week, 5+ day ago (275+ words) MITCHELL " The sky's the limit for Mitchell School District. That's what Susan Dodd, the newly announced Mitchell School District Teacher of the Year, says. A new high school. Full-day begindergarten. A multi-million-dollar financial gift to help the school district in…...
Endowment, relationships have education in Mitchell on upward course
2+ week, 1+ day ago (216+ words) MITCHELL " Three education experts led off a series of panels at the Moving Mitchell Forward event last Thursday at Palace City Brewing, and while the ensuring conversation highlighted several recent positive developments in the local learning landscape, all of them…...
Finding Faith: An overdue 'thank you' to Mrs. H
2+ week, 5+ day ago (465+ words) Last week I had the opportunity to offer a thank you more than 30 years overdue. I was invited back to my hometown to present a lifetime legacy award to a teacher who played a pivotal role in me making it…...