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The Willmar School Board approved a referendum, to be held on Nov. 7, when district residents will cast their ballots on two questions.
Voters will be able to decide whether to approve a new funding levy and separately a bond to build a new gym at the Willmar Middle School.
Nearly 50 students graduated from Willmar's smaller high school, the Area Learning Center, Thursday afternoon. Graduation for Willmar Senior High will be June 4.
Willmar Public Schools' meal program, particularly in elementary grades, has very high participation and that fact should help in planning for the fall, when Minnesota schools will provide meals to all.
Finding more physical education space at Willmar Middle School is proving difficult. School officials have proposed closing the pool, but not everyone likes that idea.