Folwell Elementary News Today

New phase of public engagement starts to obtain community insight on project with anticipated 2026 construction date.

The Greater Rochester Rotary Club is passing out 1,600 books to third graders in the area.

Schools across Minnesota are enrolling hundreds of new students who have arrived with a recent wave of Latin American migrants, prompting a midyear scramble by district leaders to make sure they can offer the language and support services the young newcomers need. The students' arrival has boosted enrollment numbers in public schools, which get funding on a per-pupil basis. But it has also ...

Minneapolis Public Schools has announced the two finalists for the district's next superintendent, including one Twin Cities candidate.

Sonia Stewart, a deputy superintendent from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Lisa Sayles-Adams, superintendent of Eastern Carver County Schools in the western Twin Cities were chosen by a search committee. They’ll go through meet-and-greets and a final interview next week.

A summary of the teachers union's proposal outlined the reasons for the class caps, saying large classes lead to disengagement, feelings of alienation, and ultimately negative behaviors.

A summary of the teachers union's proposal outlined the reasons for the class caps, saying large classes lead to disengagement, feelings of alienation, and ultimately negative behaviors.

The U.S. Department of Education announced the list of National Blue Ribbon schools on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

The U.S. Department of Education announced the list of schools on Tuesday, honoring them for overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups on assessments.

Folwell is the fifth public school in Rochester to have received a Blue Ribbon designation. Most recently, Lincoln K-8 received it in 2022.