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Cloquet School Board saves elementary positions amid $1. 1 M in cuts - Cloquet Pine Journal | News, weather, sports from Cloquet Minnesota
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (269+ words) The district saved two elementary school jobs over concerns that it would result in the forced transfer of students and larger class sizes. The administration will now look elsewhere for cuts....
Wrenshall district voters to decide future of consolidation
16+ hour, 10+ min ago (855+ words) WRENSHALL " Voters living within the Wrenshall School District go to the polls May 12 to decide the fate of a yearlong consolidation effort between the Wrenshall and Carlton school boards. Triggered by a petition with 101 signatures " which exceeds the 5% of a…...
Longtime Cloquet Middle School principal to retire
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (212+ words) CLOQUET " After nearly 30 years with the Cloquet School District, Cloquet Middle Principal Tom Brenner will retire after the end of the school year. Brenner's decision to retire was made public by Superintendent Michal Cary at Monday's School Board meeting. Brenner…...
Cloquet school administrators propose to eliminate 16 positions
1+ week, 1+ day ago (561+ words) CLOQUET " Faced with a financial shortfall for a third consecutive year, Cloquet Public Schools is set to eliminate the equivalent of just over 16 full-time positions at the end of the school year. On Wednesday, March 22, the Cloquet School Board held…...
Carlton School 2025-26 third quarter honor roll
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (135+ words) Seventh grade BKadence Klein, Haily Line, Mason Morse Eighth grade ABenjamin Abbott Eighth grade BBradley Burt, Tay Lynn Laveau, Persephony Matuszak, Emma Socha, Kylan Ward, Kendrick Welch Ninth grade BElla Chambers, Atticus Richter, Natalie Twardowski 10th grade AKatelyn Cadotte, Hadley Carlson,…...
Esko schools begins search for new superintendent
3+ week, 1+ day ago (190+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
Carlton County's Class of 2025 exceeds state graduation rate
4+ week, 34+ min ago (364+ words) CARLTON COUNTY " Carlton County schools exceeded the statewide 2025 high school graduation rate with an average 92% of Carlton County students graduating in four years, according to 2025 graduation rate data released by the Minnesota Department of Education. Across Minnesota, 85% of the Class…...
SOUTHWEST MULTI-COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (12+ words) Cloquet Pine Journal SOUTHWEST MULTI-COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER...
Cloquet schools prepare for third year of budget cuts
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (405+ words) CLOQUET " Faced with declining enrollment, an uncertain state budget and loss of funding, Cloquet schools are again bracing for significant budget cuts. The district is preparing for an estimated $1. 5 million in spending reductions, though it is a preliminary estimate, district…...
Finding Faith: An overdue 'thank you' to Mrs. H
2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...