• Font Size    

Today's Most Popular Video

Letters To Santa Sent To Sex Offender?
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

St. Louis County Approves Plan To Shuffle Schools

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Jun 9, 2009 1:27 pm US/Central

St. Louis County Approves Plan To Shuffle Schools

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) ― The St. Louis County School Board has approved a plan to shuffle several schools on the Iron Range, closing some and building others in more central locations.

The board's split vote on Monday puts the proposal up for a public vote this fall. If voters approve, construction could begin in May 2010. It's expected to cost about $78 million.

The Duluth News Tribune reports that most of the 27 people who spoke about the plan favored it. More than 200 residents attended the meeting.

Among other things, the plan calls for closing schools in Cook and Orr and replacing them with a new school between them. It would also close the AlBrook and Cotton schools and build a new school to serve the Alborn-Brookston-Cotton-Meadowlands areas.

-------

Minnesota's four-year high school graduation rate is one of the highest in the country. According to an analysis by Education Week magazine, Minnesota was fourth in the nation with 79.2 percent of students receiving their diplomas on time.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.