School Board Seat 1 Candidates

What they plan for the district

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"* kimt news 3's annalie johnson is speaking to two school board candidates rochester public school district voters will choose between.

She joins us live.

Annalise?

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"* i'm here in front of te edison building.

Three seats on the school board are up for grabs this election ?

"* to determine who will be serving here on the board.

Today i spoke with seat one candidates ?

"* the incumbant don barlow ad his challenger justin cook.

The rochester public school district is facing overcrowding ?

"* increased enrollment ?

"* and building new schools.

Here's a look at the groundbreakin g of a new elementary school in late august ?

"* one of several building projects the district has in the works.

Barlow comments on the pandemic's impact on enrollment for this school year ?

"* and cook expresses that smaller schools in the future may be a better option.

<probably down several hundred students.

That does not necessarily relieve us of the burden that we felt in overcrowding in our middle schools and some of our elementary schools.

That remains an ongoing need.

We're on track to open these schools on time and under budget.

It's suspected that having a school with over 100 students in each grade, you're not going to get the same kind of camaraderie and that same connectivity amongst the students or amongst their families.

I just think it's a worse environment for developing empathy and for teachers to have rooms to experiment in the next two weeks ?

"* i'll be speaking to the candidates for seats 3 and 5.

Live in rochester annalise johnson kimt news 3.

Thanks annalise.

Minnesota voter registration deadline is october 13th online and by mail.

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"*person deadline is november 3rd.