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Spades turned the dirt Tuesday, June 13 for the new seventh and eighth grade wing at Park Rapids Area High School.

Park Rapids School Board mulls next move after bonding fails Chairperson Sherry Safratowich said the low turnout and the result "hurt badly." A special meeting to discuss the next move was set for Monday, April 26. 5:00 am, Apr. 22, 2021 × The Park Rapids School Board had a debriefing Monday about the failure of the school bond referendum on April 13. The school board also approved a canvass of the ballots, in which 1,001 people voted in favor and 1,046 against the proposed $59.8 million bond issue to fund school facility improvements. Board chair Sherry Safratowich sai...

‘Panthers First’ project tackles freshman failure rates Park Rapids Area teachers share a research-based project that they hope will reduce the number of freshmen failing classes. 7:00 am, Apr. 9, 2021 × Teacher Brent Vandal explains the evidence connecting the transition from eighth to ninth grade with high school failure rates during the Park Rapids School Board's April 6 meeting. (Robin Fish/Enterprise) A group of teachers, some of them doing graduate work, told the Park Rapids School Board on Tuesday, April 6 about their action research project, “Panthers Firs...

Park Rapids School Board seeks more public input on school bond After PRoject 309 took a hit at the November polls, the school board continues to take local feedback before deciding whether to carry on. 8:00 pm, Dec. 16, 2020 × Despite a setback in the Nov. 3 election, PRoject 309 – seeking taxpayer approval for a bond to improve school facilities – remains on the Park Rapids School Board’s agenda. Educational consultant Jason Splett told the school board on Dec. 7 that his firm, ICS, is working on concept designs for the bus garage. Also, Splett said, he and Supe...