District 742

Seven candidates are vying for 4 seats on the St. Cloud School board. The seven candidates are Scott Andreasen, Yoanna Ayala-Zaldana, Al Dahlgren, Diana Fenton, Shannon Haws, Bruce Hentges and Monica Segura-Schwartz. Andreasen, Dahlgren, Fenton, Haws, Hentges and Segura-Schwartz appeared on WJON for a candidate forum.

St. Cloud School District 742 has been a longtime partner with the community for programs to ready students for life after high school. The EPIC program brings 10th grade students from numerous area high schools together with area businesses to give students a glimpse into what many industries/businesses are.

The St. Cloud Area School District is launching a new initiative to help seniors plan for their future.

The Local Education & Activities Foundation known as LEAF is once again holding an Adopt-A-Classroom project.

St. Cloud School District 742 underwent numerous building construction projects this summer. The projects are wrapping up with school set to start next week. Superintendent Laurie Putnam joined me on WJON.

St. Cloud School District 742 has a couple of major building projects going on this summer. Apollo High School is having roof work done, upgrades to their auditorium and bathrooms and a reconfiguration to their parking lot.

Generative AI summit coming to St. Cloud to discuss AI in education

PAKRAT Book Bus returning to St. Cloud for its 11th year

Public schools in Minnesota are dependent on state funding. St. Cloud School Superintendent Laurie Putnam joined me on WJON. She says the current base formula is $7,138 per student. Putnam says they also get different pockets of compensatory money from the State depending on the amount of students who qualify.

October is National Principals month and District 742 has been spending the month recognizing their Principals on their facebook page. St. Cloud School Superintendent Laurie Putnam joined me on WJON.

St. Cloud School District 742 have staff and students who have received awards recently. I talked with St. Cloud School Superintendent Laurie Putnam on WJON to talk about upcoming graduation plans and she highlighted some achievements from both staff and students.

At Wednesday's school board meeting, the St. Cloud Area School District will begin the process of determining next year’s budget.