AM 1240 WJON » schools http://wjon.com Sun, 26 May 2013 00:41:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Report Says Some Schools Fall Short of Art Mandates http://wjon.com/new-report-says-some-schools-fall-short-of-art-mandates/ http://wjon.com/new-report-says-some-schools-fall-short-of-art-mandates/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:28:45 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=139189 A new survey says schools in Minnesota don't always meet state mandates for art education.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minnesota-has-high-ratio-of-students-per-counselors/feed/ 0 iStockphoto DARE Program Training St. Cloud Area School Nurses Today http://wjon.com/8391/ http://wjon.com/8391/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:27:57 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=8391 School nurses in the St. Cloud area are getting training today (Wednesday) from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program -- also known as D.A.R.E. Spokeswoman Kathi Ackerman says school nurses are on the front lines when it comes to working with students and identifying possible abuses.

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]]> http://wjon.com/8391/feed/ 0 Getty Images Debate: To Start School On Time Or Not [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/debate-to-start-school-on-time-or-not/ http://wjon.com/debate-to-start-school-on-time-or-not/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:07:37 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=5486 Our frigid cold temperatures forced some schools in Central Minnesota to start two hours late this (Friday) morning, while a few others closed. However, all of the schools in the immediate St. Cloud area ran on time. District 742 Superintendent Bruce Watkins says it's always a tough debate about what to do in extreme cold conditions.

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