Jordan Shearer

The amount of energy Rochester Public Schools has saved over the last six years could be used to run every building in the district for the next 1.23 years.

As reliable as Mr. Rogers changing jackets at the start of every episode in his beloved neighborhood, Pat Franko has developed a consistent routine with his own attire.

The P-E-M School board voted on Oct. 14 not to renew Peter’s contract. He had held the role of softball coach at the school for more than 20 years.

In recent years, 48 Rochester Public School leaders have gone through the Minnesota Principals Academy.

The bot allows a user to enter a prompt related to the district’s referendum and then receive a near-instantaneous answer.

At John Adams Middle School alone, there are more than 100 students enrolled in Oraculi, a STEM mentorship program that began in 2020.

With 100% of precincts reporting, 57% of voters said yes in Tuesday's referendum.

The winners include incumbents Don Barlow and Karen MacLaughlin, as well as the candidate Stephanie Whitehorn.

Voters approved the district’s request for an operating levy by a margin of 57% out of a total of nearly 70,000 votes cast.

If voters had approved the proposed operating levy during the referendum, it would have generated $1.9 million a year for the district.