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  • 5 days ago | thedakotascout.com | Barry Amundson

    Elementary students coming into the Sioux Falls School District from other countries who need to learn English or brush up on skills will no longer be housed in one place. With a drop in numbers, the newcomers, as the district likes to call them, will be learning English in the schools nearest to their homes. That will mean the closure of the Elementary Immersion Center at Jane Addams Elementary School at 2511 W.

  • 1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Barry Amundson

    A rare salamander who has seen a rise in popularity as a pet is now on exhibit at the Butterfly House and Aquarium in Sertoma Park. The new aquatic additions are called axolotls. The wild version of the salamander found in the exhibit are typically dark in color with patterns of brown and green. They thrive much better in a professional animal care setting such as at the aquarium rather than as pets.

  • 1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Barry Amundson

    Elementary students coming into the Sioux Falls School District from other countries who need to learn English or brush up on skills will no longer be housed in one place. With a drop in numbers, the newcomers as the district likes to call them, will be learning English in the schools nearest to their homes. That will mean the closure of the Elementary Immersion Center at Jane Addams Elementary School at 2511 W.

  • 1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Barry Amundson |Hunter Dunteman

    A state legislator and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate has announced he is running for Sioux Falls mayor. Jamie Smith, the assistant minority leader in the South Dakota Senate, will hold a news conference announcing his intentions to run for the position vacated by term-limited Paul TenHaken. Smith will host a news conference at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Washington Pavilion.

  • 1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Barry Amundson |Hunter Dunteman

    The South Dakota Education Department hopes to once again ask lawmakers to remove a specific student learning requirement from the state’s teacher evaluation rules. The legislative committee responsible for reviewing administrative rule changes rejected a similar attempt last year . The revision would remove a requirement that teacher performance evaluations include “student learning objectives,” which are student educational growth goals.

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