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Clarification: A previous Perham Focus story reported that six positions were being cut when in fact, the school district says many of these positions have simply been restructured.
The Perham-Dent Public School Board approved a decision to terminate two probationary teacher contracts and cut six positions in the district to improve fiscal year 2025 financials.
Scott Bjerke, who was previously the Prairie Wind Middle School principal, will now be the associate principal/dean of students at Heart of the Lakes Elementary.
The Perham-Dent Public School District announced the new principals of Heart of the Lakes Elementary and Prairie Wind Middle School at the school board meeting on the evening of Wednesday, June 8.
U.S. News & World Report published its first rankings of public middle schools and Perham’s Prairie Wind Middle School was placed among the top 30%.