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School bus drivers and dispatchers for Minneapolis Public Schools voted unanimously Saturday to go on strike if they can't get what they want through mediation, the union said.
New grant powers electric bus pilot program in Minnesota
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has awarded $2.1 million in grants to private entities for electric school bus pilot projects to address climate change.
Racist video brings calls for action at Prior Lake High School
A video that targeted a Black 14-year-old freshman includes racial slurs and urges the girl kill herself. The police chief of Savage called the video “horrific, hateful, racist” and said an investigation is underway.
Can we fix child care?
Child care costs more than the mortgage for some parents, if they can even find it. Host Angela Davis talks about how the pandemic is straining the already struggling child care sector and whether a boost in public funding could support providers and bring down the cost for parents.
Comic: If history is a guide, schools will start requiring COVID vaccines
The first vaccine required for school was for smallpox, over 200 years ago. And for decades, all states have required that kids be vaccinated against contagious diseases like polio to attend school.
Vaccine clinics for younger children expand in Minnesota
At one clinic in the gymnasium of Brooklyn Center Elementary, Gov. Tim Walz said there were more than 11,000 sites in the state where children ages 5 to 11 would be able to get the Pfizer vaccine, recently given emergency approval for use in the age group.
Minnesota voters strongly backed schools at polls
Of the 55 districts that asked local taxpayers Tuesday for more money to fund daily operations, three out of four got the OK, far above last year’s rate. Voters also agreed to keep many incumbent school board members.