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Last Seen Profiles
Natalia Benjamin makes history as first from Rochester to be named Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Congratulations
@NatBenELTeacher
!
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After an extensive search, Rochester Public Schools (RPS) is pleased to announce Dr. Efe Agbamu as the school district’s chief academic officer. Read More:
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Congrats to 3 amazing RPS AND nationally board certified teachers who were surprised today by MDE Commissioner
@mcricker
, NBCT President
@Pbrookins44
, and Senator
@CarlaNelsonMN
. We are SO PROUD of you
@LoriRingen
,
@KellyStroeing
,
@LauraGWillis
❤️💙💛
#rochmn
#rpslead
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And just like that we wrapped up another AMAZING round of fundraisers this holiday season! Our high schools collectively raised $138,326.95 for the Rochester community! Congrats to our students, staff, families, volunteers, community partners, and community members!
#rochmn
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We know a lot of you are frustrated about the weather and driving conditions this morning. We made the decisions we did with the best information we had at the time. As you call in, remember there are real people dealing with many different life situations answering the phones.
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What a way to end the week! Bishop Elementary students and staff lined the halls to celebrate Principal Jared Groehler
@MrGroehler
winning the MN Elementary School Principals SE Division Leadership Award. We are so proud of you and thankful you are a part of our
#RPSfamily
!
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The Superintendent went out to check the roads on our snow day. Here's what he found.
😅😂 Have a great winter break, everybody!
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.
@MayoClinic
is offering RPS middle school staff, students and their parents/caregivers their COVID-19 vaccinations onsite at back-to-school events this week! Abdiel is now partially vaccinated after stopping by his school for schedule pick-up!
#rochmn
#getvaxed
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As MDE Commissioner
@hmuellermn
talks about mitigation strategies and safe and open learning plans this morning, these sweet kindergartners from Jefferson snagged a hug from Gov Walz 🥰
@GovTimWalz
@KentPekel
#rochmn
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THANK YOU
#rochmn
for your support. We look forward to sharing more updates. But for tonight, as the day closes, we will give gratitude to our community.
#RPSgratitude
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This year, all students attending RPS in person are able to receive one breakfast and one lunch at no cost each school day! Today,
@GovTimWalz
,
@MnDeptEd
Commissioner Willie Jett, and Minnesota's First Lady Gwen Walz visited to celebrate this initiative!
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Hey RPS Staff - we see you! Thank you for meal service, emergency childcare, keeping our buildings clean & safe, transporting students &/or meals, and keeping our students active & learning via Distance Learning. You're real superheroes & we are proud of our 535 community. 🦸🦸♀️
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Congratulations to RPS' Executive Director of Equity and Engagement
@Ruffin_II
for being selected as one of two recipients of the Bridge Builder Award!
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Our substitute teachers come from all backgrounds and aren't afraid to help out when they're needed. We appreciate their reliability and dedication to our students and staff, especially when we need them most. Thank you for all you do for Rochester Public Schools 🤗
#rochmn
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Congratulations,
@KentPekel
! The RPS Board has named Dr. Pekel as the new superintendent through June 2025. Kent joined RPS in July 2021 as our interim superintendent. Learn more about Kent through this video message he shared with all RPS students today.
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It’s a beautiful morning for our all staff back to school event. See you soon, RPS Staff!
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We couldn't let this week pass without acknowledging our wonderful principals! Thank you for all you do for our schools.
QT an encouraging word for our principals or a fond memory about a current or past principal.
#PrincipalsWeek
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Third announcement: Congratulations to our awesome art teacher
@ErieArtists
who was recognized by her school (Franklin and Montessori at Franklin's) principal at the meeting tonight for Elementary Art Educator of Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Congratulations Mrs. Erie.
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Rochester Public Schools believes that every student and staff member has the right to grow in a safe space. We embrace a culture of equity and inclusion all year and celebrate
#PrideMonth
this June to honor our LGBTQ+ community. Happy
#PrideMonth
!
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At RPS, we are proud to have such a wonderful group of principals that lead and inspire our students and staff across the district every day. Thank you, principals, for all your hard work and dedication!
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RPS is canceling school Thursday, 12/22/22, in anticipation of the predicted impending winter storm and potential blizzard. We are monitoring Wednesday afternoon/evening activities. More information at .
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Rochester Public Schools is proud to have 640 Paraprofessionals who are critical to daily operations throughout the District. Their hard work and dedication to our students success does not go unnoticed. We appreciate you, Paraprofessionals!
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Congratulations to
@centurypanther
's, Natalia Benjamin, on becoming the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year! Natalia is the 57th recipient of this award and is the first teacher of Latin American Heritage and the first teacher from Rochester to gain this recognition.
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RPS School meals are FREE of charge for all students for the 2021-2022 school year due to a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). There is NO charge for breakfast and lunch this school year. For more information, see the flyer below.
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Congratulations to one of our RPS educators, Natalia Benjamin EL teacher at Century High School, who was honored with the Mayor’s Educational Excellence Award today! 🥇
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We are SO PROUD of our awesome students & the amazing staff, volunteers, and families that support us. SHOUT OUT TO LAP! Lap, you represented RPS and
@JMHSRockets
well today on
@GovTimWalz
’s press conference with
@mcricker
. 👏🎓👏🎓👏
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On March 7, masks will be strongly recommended but not required at RPS, in most cases. This building by building approach to the Safe & Open Learning Plan will be updated & parents will receive more info tomorrow re: the changes in store for March 7.
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How do our middle school students think about the future? Superintendent Pekel visited our middle schools to find out. Watch the second installment of Supt In the Halls to see what he learned!
Watch the video here:
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Rochester Public Schools will be moving temporarily to Distance Learning beginning on Tuesday, January 18 through Friday, January 28. Parents, please check your email for important information or visit us online at .
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The prep for back to school continues! Our licensed school nurses and health office nurses gathered at Edison today for professional development. These amazing individuals will be taking care of your students if they get ill at school. We have so much love for our nurses!
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Playground visits with
@GovTimWalz
& MDE Commissioner
@hmuellermn
. Thanks for visiting Jefferson Elementary to talk about safe return to school, vaccination status, and of course playground safety with our kindergartners!
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At RPS we celebrate the diverse meaning of being Indigenous every day. We honor & recognize the ancestral Dakota land our community resides on, and with the recent naming of Dakota Middle School, we can see the pride of our Indigenous community.
#rochmn
#IndigenousPeoplesDay2021
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RPS will be joining the “
#BeTheLightMN
” campaign on Monday - sending well wishes to all of our staff, students & especially our senior class of 2020. To our seniors, you have come so far and accomplished so many great things for our district and community. 🌟🌟🌟
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Today was the first day of what is sure to be an excellent year for many of our students and staff. We are excited to see schools across the District welcoming back students throughout this week!
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Today is National Custodian Day. Thank you to all of our valuable custodial staff for all that you do for the district! You all are so vital to this district, and we greatly appreciate you being here with us to keep the schools running the way they should.💙
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It’s
#worldteacherday
and we want to shout out all of our amazing teachers at RPS. In the classroom, lunchroom, hallway, on the field, in activities/clubs, before and after school, outside of school. You MATTER. Thank you for all you do for our students, families, and community.
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Yesterday, Longfellow 45-15 - Rochester students and staff enjoyed their first day of the new school year in their new building. We wish you all a spectacular first week and 2022-2023 school year!
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Congrats
@NatBenELTeacher
!
👏 She’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year and 1 of 5 recipients of the Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, "one of public education’s highest honors," according to the NEA Foundation. Read about it here ⬇️
#rochmn
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The crowd was roaring for our 5th grade citywide track meet today! With football, javelin, and disc throws, 100/200/300/400 sprints, jumps and more - our 5th grade student showed amazing sportsmanship. Thanks to our team of P.E. and Health teachers for putting on this event!
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Officially cut the ribbon on our new
@incubatoredu
space today. ✂️Huge thank you to our volunteers, mentors, students, and staff that are contributing to this program - Minnesota's first incubatoredu program right here in
#rochmn
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Rochester Century/JM Hockey Team is headed to State for the first time in 15 years after winning the Section championship game. Congratulations Panthers!
Section 1AA Final
Final
Rochester Cent. JM > Lakeville South (4-1)
SOG: 33-26 LVS
Goalie Lappi for Rochester with a stellar game. Lakeville showered the net with pucks in the third to no avail.
Century is headed to the X and they couldn’t be HAPPIER.
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Sadly, the COVID-19 data in Olmsted County is trending the wrong direction. RPS will be moving to all DL beginning on Wednesday. Details are available at . Take care of yourselves and each other.
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Churchill Kindergarteners have been learning about the building process. Today the
@CityofRochMN
approved their gingerbread house application, provided them hard hats, and then the students got to work building!
@MrE_Husky
@Mrs_Danz
#rochmn
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Lida Casper answers the call to create greater Community Partnerships as the new the coordinator for Community Partnerships for Rochester Public Schools.
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It’s Homecoming Week for Century. The band is giving us a preview before the parade & big game tonight. Good luck, Panthers!
@CHSpanthers97
#rochmn
🥁🎺🎷
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Century HS’s boys hockey team, and a few other helpers, made cookies for Bear Creek Services today. This is all part of
@CHSpanthers97
’s Bear Creek Week - which is more than a week of fundraising for Bear Creek and Special Olympics! 💙🤍🍪🏒🤍💙
#rochmn
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Today, we celebrate MN School Bus Driver Appreciation Day by recognizing these individuals' incredible work for our district. Transporting 10,399 students, RPS drivers travel approximately 1.2 million miles per year. Thank you to our school bus drivers; we appreciate you!
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Today RPS served more than 4,000 meals to our students. Any student ages 0-18 are able to pick up a meal this week at any of our stops...in addition, outstanding partners
@Channel1FoodMN
&
@CityofRochMN
distributed 30 lb. boxes of food for families in need today! AMAZING!
Thank you to all of these volunteers! Truck
#4
pulling up
@RiversideOtters
awesome community
@RPS535
@Channel1FoodMN
@DowntownRochMN
@julieruzek
huge thanks to RPS SNS!
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🎶 Ukuleles in the board room tonight. Thank you Mayo students for sharing this talent with us! 🎶
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Today, the Interim Superintendent, Dr. Kent Pekel, popped in and surprised the 5th graders at Gage during their science experiment to be trapped inside of a bubble! Students were learning about what makes a bubble and what produces the biggest ones. Great way to enjoy FriYAY!
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Folwell Elementary is one of nine schools in Minnesota and 395 schools nationwide recognized today by the
@usedgov
as a
@NatlBlueRibbon
School for 2023. Congratulations, Folwell!
Learn more:
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Yeah, Mowha!
First stop: John Marshall High School in Rochester, MN – where we're talking to students about the importance of mental health.
Mental health matters, that’s why this Administration has invested $2 billion in student mental health and school safety.
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Full house at John Marshall HS today as all of our administrators, teachers & paraprofessionals have the amazing opportunity to hear from Dr. Bill Daggett about
@RigorRelevance
frame work, social emotional learning & future focused schools!
#rochmn
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This is so well deserved. Congratulations
@NatBenELTeacher
- Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year. You are pure sunshine. ☀️ Our community is so lucky to have you!
#rochmn
#rpslead
I can’t express how incredibly proud I am of
@NatBenELTeacher
!! You are amazing and
@RPS535
is so fortunate to have you.
#MNTOY
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Today is the start of
#BlackHistoryMonth
. Our district is committed to celebrating the contributions that Black and African Americans have made in history and throughout our curriculum. Stay tuned as we share insights and highlight perspectives from our students and staff.
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January 23–29 is Paraprofessional Recognition Week. Here at RPS, we call these wonderful individuals Education Support Professionals or ESPs. Our ESPs do so much for our students- supporting school-age care, assisting in classrooms and lunchrooms, riding on buses. Thanks, ESPs!
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It’s Lucy’s first day of
#RPSPreschool
. She’s joining hundreds of other preschoolers at Hoover Early Learning School and Mighty Oaks Early Learning School! We are excited to watch these students grow and thrive this year with us
#rochmn
#RPSFirstDay
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RPS Native American Liason, Amelia Cordell, explains why staff are wearing orange today 🟠
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Tomorrow & Thursday - annual woodshop sale. Check out the amazing projects our Phoenix students have been making!
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@MnDeptEd
Commissioner Ricker visited
@RiversideOtters
today to learn about
@CommSchoolsRoch
. It’s a great day to learn about community schools from each other and our students.
#rochmn
@principalruzek
@munoz535
@uwolmsted
@mcricker
@GovTimWalz
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This morning, Folwell had a very special assembly announcing their achievement of a National Blue Ribbon Award, officially making them a National Blue Ribbon School! Next Friday, two of Folwell's teachers will go to Washington, D.C., to accept the award. Congratulations, Folwell!
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Shoutout to our students at
@Franklin_MAF
for their outstanding work fundraising over $2000 for Pennies for Patients! 👏👏👏
Check out what they did to our superintendent and Franklin staff below as a reward. Lots of hap-pie faces! 🥧
I took a pie in the face for a good cause at Franklin Elementary today.
@RPS535
.
@SamPearson00
- please thank Mohammad for the good late lunch!
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We want to give a shout out to our grounds and maintenance teams for the continuous work they've done over the past many weeks (and will continue to do) to clear out parking lots, shovel sidewalks, and plow roads so that we can all safely get to work after snow storms. Thank you!
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We know it’s not easy. All of it. Trying to connect with students & families virtually, missing the in-person presence of our students, taking care of ourselves & others, balancing it all...this tweet made us smile. We’re thankful for our staff.
#rochmn
@srtaamberhenry
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Many of us from the Edison building carved 🎃 last night but some of us painted 🎨🖌. This is one of our FUNdraisers for our annual
@uwolmsted
#giveunited
campaign.
#rochmn
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Today our three high schools, Century, John Marshall, and Mayo High School, participated in the annual senior walk through. Students walk down the halls of their elementary and middle schools in full cap and gown to signify their pathway to graduation!
#Classof2023
🎓
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Jefferson Jaguars, Churchill/Hoover Huskies, Kellogg Comets, Century Panthers, & Riverside Otters all ready to own this school year!
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Let's close out this week with a huge accomplishment!
As of November of this year, we now have 15 ENERGY STAR-certified schools!
"Rochester Public Schools has the most ENERGY STAR certified K-12 buildings of any school district in Minnesota." -- Adam Hanson, Cenergistic.
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American Indian Education at RPS, in partnership with our Native community and support from the district, celebrates the diverse meaning of being Indigenous every day. RPS works to make American Indian Education a vital part of the school experience for the community as a whole.
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Playground high fives from superintendent
@munoz535
at Longfellow this afternoon 🤚🏻🤚🏼🤚🏽🤚🏾🤚🏿🤚
@MrsAdamsLF4515
#rochmn
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The celebration of School Lunch Hero Day has never been more important. Among the frontline heroes, our RPS SNS staff have continued to step up to the crucial task of feeding our children. Thank you, school lunch heroes! We appreciate you, your hard work, & dedication.
#rochmn
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Our P-Tech students are celebrating the opening of this inaugural program today with a ceremonial ribbon cutting with
@rochmnchamber
, RCTC's Dr. Boyd
@PrezBoyd
,
@MayoClinic
's Guy Finne,
@IBM
's Tory Johnson, MN Senator
@CarlaNelsonMN
, and our own Dr.
@KentPekel
. 🥳🎉✂️
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Congrats to Elia, a student at Dakota Middle School for being named a national champion in the School Photographers of America's 2023 Winter National Student Photography Contest Grand Champions. Elia took the winning photo titled "Incognito Owl" here in Rochester.
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At tonight's School Board meeting,
@mrbartucz
recognized some AMAZING computer programers who participated in and won Computing Competition Awards. Congrats to Kellogg, Century, and Mayo students recognized tonight. PS - Mayo is going home with the trophy this year!
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Updates-we have posted our grab-and-go AND drive-up/walk-up meal schedule for next week (more locations!). We'll be open for emergency childcare for BOTH tier 1 & tier 2 emergency workers on Monday, as defined by
@GovTimWalz
. DETAILS➡️
#rochmn
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So excited to share that
#rochmn
newest middle school will be named Dakota. 👏 This means “a friend or ally” & comes from the Native people who have lived in this area since the 1600s. Dakota MS will open in fall 2022. Follow our construction progress at:
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We want to congratulate our very own RPS School Board Chair Cathy Nathan on her nomination last week to the Minnesota School Board's Association All State School Board! Thank you for all you do for RPS, Cathy!
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Riverside Central Elementary School is the first school in our area to host virtual medical exams for students. Read more about TytoCare and the partnership between
@RiversideOtters
and the Mayo Clinic:
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February is School Board Recognition Month and we'd like to introduce you to RPS' School Board members. Meet
@DrGarcia4SB
➡️
#SchoolBoardRecognition
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Congratulations seniors on your last day of school! We are proud of you, and can't wait to see what you do next!
#classof2023
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Mighty Oaks Early Learning School shared this photo on their Facebook page. These two besties are warming our hearts on this chilly day.
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🏠For the average $325,000 homeowner, it's $11 a month. 📊 We're rising from the bottom of the pack among 11 comparable districts in operating and technology levies. 💻 From a $3 million tech infusion to redirecting $7 million from the general fund, we're maintaining class sizes.
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Welcoming the lunar new year and the year of the tiger! Happy Chinese New Year!
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It's not how we ever expected our school year to end. As emotions swirl, we want you to know we will be here for our students, our staff, our families...and we are getting through this together. More info at
#rochmn
#SocialDistancing
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