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Wheaton School Votes to Save Itself | Rochester Minnesota News
In a dramatic turn for Wheaton, Minnesota’s shrinking rural school district, voters saved the day last November by approving a $700K annual funding boost—keeping the district from collapse. Now, facing another hard choice, they’re eyeing closure of their elementary school to consolidate students in the bigger secondary building, while potentially selling the elementary campus to Traverse County as a new courthouse. With declining populations, pandemic-era spending, shifting state funding, and rising costs squeezing budgets, Superintendent Marty Lanter is pushing for fiscal discipline—and…
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