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By Nick Longworth nlongworth@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Menahga School Board definitely wants a new parking lot. But their files from past attorneys? Those they can do without. On Monday, June 16 at 7 p.m. the Menahga School Board met in the high school media center to discuss...

By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Park Rapids Area School District will have seven sections of kindergarten this fall to keep class sizes low. Park Rapids Superintendent Lance Bagstad presented the request to the Park Rapids Area School Board Monday night. “Under...

By Christopher Magan / St. Paul Pioneer Press Next school year, most Minnesota middle and high school students will take a version of the ACT on the state’s dime. In May, the Minnesota Department of Education quietly inked a $13.5 million deal with the Iowa-based...

By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Park Rapids Area School District is offering free meals for kids this summer. The breakfast and lunch are available to all kids ages 18 and younger at no cost. They do not have to be Park Rapids Area School District students....

By Nick Longworth nlongworth@parkrapidsenterprise.com Nevis may have a new superintendent. The Nevis School Board held an open session Wednesday, May 21 to interview their two remaining candidates in an effort to pick one and begin negotiations on a contract that would eventually...

The Park Rapids Area School Board approved a few more reductions for the 2014-15 school year at Monday night’s meeting. The board approved the reduction of one FTE K-2 paraprofessional, one FTE elementary EBD paraprofessional and .4 FTE middle school secretary. Superintendent...

By Nick Longworth nlongworth@parkrapidsenterprise.com Students looking to start a career or just apply for a summer job are now having the opportunities come to them thanks in part to a new program at Park Rapids Area High School. Through a partnership between the local business...

By Jean Ruzicka / jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com For the first time since open enrollment debuted in Minnesota, Nevis is imposing a moratorium on accepting students from out of the district due to numbers topping 578 in grades K-12 this spring. Grades five, seven...

Food Service Director Tom Marcussen wants to introduce a free breakfast program in the Park Rapids Area School District. “The state is encouraging participation,” he said. He is looking to implement the program in May. Other schools have implemented similar...