Anthony Lonetree

1 week ago | winonadailynews.com | Anthony Lonetree

Students at St. John Paul II Catholic School in northeast Minneapolis hopped onto buses last week — beneficiaries of a decades-old state law guaranteeing free transportation to nonpublic school students. Principal Tricia Menzhuber, surveying the scene, said that if state aid were taken away, “We’d lose most of these kids.”Now, to the surprise of many, that threat is real. Gov.

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Anthony Lonetree

MINNEAPOLIS — Students at St. John Paul II Catholic School in northeast Minneapolis hopped onto buses last week — beneficiaries of a decades-old state law guaranteeing free transportation to nonpublic school students. Principal Tricia Menzhuber, surveying the scene, said that if state aid were taken away, “We’d lose most of these kids.”kAm}@H[ E@ E96 DFCAC:D6 @7 >2?J[ E92E E9C62E :D C62=]k^AmkAmv@G] %:> (2=K[ 724:?8 2 >@56DE DFCA=FD :? E96 4@>:?8 EH@ J62CD 2?5 E96? 2 A@E6?E:2= Se 3:==:@? 567:4:E :?

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

By Anthony Lonetree Final budget approvals are expected in both St. Paul and Minneapolis on June 10. The Minnesota Star Tribune Minneapolis Public Schools has set out to erase a $75 million budget deficit without a highly charged proposal to close or merge schools. The potential elimination of as many as 102 special education assistants, however, has ignited protests.

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Anthony Lonetree |Zoë Jackson

As high schoolers clutching books staged a walkout Monday, parents filed suit against St. Francis Area Schools alleging the district unlawfully bans books based on the ideas or stories they contain. The suit was filed on behalf of eight students in Anoka County District Court on Monday, followed by a similar lawsuit on behalf of other students filed by the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU) of Minnesota.

1 month ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

For the first time in years, enrollment rises at Minneapolis and St. Paul schoolsHispanic students are key to increases, with Minneapolis welcoming new native Spanish speakers and St. Paul stepping up recruitment efforts. Kindergartners at Riverview Elementary School line up to go to science class in St. Paul on Thursday. (Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune)Minneapolis and St. Paul school districts have stemmed long-term declines in grades K-12 student enrollment.