Park Rapids Schools

A renewed emphasis on food safety by the Minnesota Department of Health necessitates changes to Park Rapids Schools' concession stands. Food cannot be stored or prepared in a private home. All foods, beverages and ice must be obtained from an approved commercial source. Any food...

By KEVIN CEDERSTROM kcederstrom@parkrapidsenterprise.com Park Rapids Area School math teachers gave a lesson to the school board during Monday’s meeting at the Frank White Education Center. Not so much a lesson in the mathematical application sense, but rather a presentation...

By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Park Rapids Area School District is ready to start the 2014-15 school year, with buildings polished and teachers equipped with the latest technology. Teachers are readying classrooms and preparing for students to arrive next...

Park Rapids will use recently reported Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment test scores to continue improving student performance. Century principal Joleen DeLaHunt said a leadership team has already met and is setting goals for the next year. "There is a really great trend of pluses"...

"These will be tough shoes to fill," Park Rapids School Board chair Sherry Safratowich said of superintendent Glenn Chiodo's resignation. Safratowich speaks from experience, having served for two decades on the board and working with five superintendents, two on an interim basis. "He...

The Park Rapids School Board approved several "budget adjustments" Monday night in the form of non-renewals of contracts, reductions and an unrequested leave of absence. The decisions, superintendent Glenn Chiodo explained, are based on budgets. No one in the district is retiring...

Several teachers could face non-renewal of their positions this fall if the Park Rapids Area School Board approves proposed budget adjustments at its next meeting. Several factors were included when looking at the budget, said Park Rapids Superintendent Glenn Chiodo Monday night....

Administrators and faculty in Park Rapids are gearing up for school with just a few weeks until school begins Sept. 6. "Enrollment is solid," said Park Rapids Area Schools superintendent Glenn Chiodo at Monday night's School Board meeting. The numbers are looking about the same...

"The district continues to be in the banking business," Park Rapids school superintendent Glenn Chiodo told the board this week. He is referring to the budget agreement between Republican leadership and Governor Mark Dayton that's calling for a 60-40 funding shift to the state's...

Park Rapids School District business manager Carol Hutchinson reported "slightly improved fund balances in all funds," for the 2010-11 school year at this week's board meeting. But from an historical perspective, this is an understatement. The projected general fund balance of $1,630,552...

Century School principal Bruce Gravalin bid farewell this week at his "last official school board meeting," closing a 37-year career in education. "I've enjoyed the last three years as much as any, despite the added workload," he said of assuming the leadership role for both the...