UPDATE: Boy Hit By Bus Suffered Non Life-Threatening Injuries [AUDIO]
- A 10-year-old boy was hit by a school bus this (Thursday) morning in St. Cloud. Superintendent Bruce Watkins says the boy had missed the bus and was running after it when he was hit. Read...
View ArticleHealthier Breakfast Now The Norm At District 742 Schools
Prepackaged processed foods have been replaced with more whole grains and fruits on the breakfast menu in the District 742 schools. Now, instead of serving pancakes and muffins, kids get food such as...
View ArticleSt. Cloud's Madison Elementary Bursting To Capacity
St. Cloud's Madison Elementary is filled to capacity. The District 742 school board is holding a special meeting tonight (Tuesday) to talk about how they want to handle the growing enrollment at the...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Impacts Construction Project At Madison Elementary
The state government shutdown has put a construction project at St. Cloud's Madison Elementary on hold. The plan to add three new classrooms requires a review from the State Department of Labor and...
View ArticleImmersion Programs Expected to Expand into Middle Schools
The St. Cloud Area School District is preparing to bring their language immersion programs into the middle schools. For five years now Madison elementary has offered a Chinese language classroom, and...
View ArticleDistrict Closes Open Enrollment to Madison Elementary
A boom in students has forced the St. Cloud Area School Board to close open enrollment to the district's Madison Elementary. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleDistrict Weighs Options to Ease Overcrowding at Madison [AUDIO]
The St. Cloud Area school board has narrowed their options in an effort to alleviate overcrowding at Madison Elementary. Superintendent Bruce Watkins says they had nine options on the table and have...
View ArticleMadison Elementary Principal Moving to Fargo
St. Cloud's Madison Elementary is losing it's Principal. Paula Henry is taking a one-year leave of absence from the district, after taking a job in Fargo. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMadison 5th Graders Heading to North Next Year [AUDIO]
Next year's 5th grade class at Madison Elementary in St. Cloud will be going to school at North Junior High. Superintendent Bruce Watkins says enrollment at the school has increased by about 200...
View ArticleDist. 742 Approves Construction Projects
The St. Cloud Area School Board has approved $5.6 million in remodeling projects at three of the district's buildings. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleSt. Cloud Immersion Programs Are A Growing Success [AUDIO]
Local language immersion programs at Madison and Clearview Elementary schools are growing in popularity. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleImmersion Programs Will Not See Expansion
The popular language immersion programs at Clearview and Madison Elementary Schools will not be expanded this year in the St. Cloud Area School District. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMadison Elementary Gets $10K Grant For Work On Computer Programming [AUDIO]
If you're over the age of 40 there's a good chance to don't know what the computer term "code" means. But, that is what the students at Madison Elementary in St. Cloud are learning these days. The...
View ArticleFireworks Lead to Gun Complaint, Prompts Two St. Cloud Schools Into Containment
A juvenile lighting bottle rockets prompted two north St. Cloud schools to go into containment for less than an hour today. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMadison Elementary Students Buy Bench to Support Friendship [VIDEO]
Madison Elementary students who are feeling down or looking for a friend next year can sit in the "Buddy Bench", a bench to signal to others that you're feeling lonely. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleEducation Department Gives Poor Marks to Three Area Schools
The Minnesota Department of Education Multiple Measurement Ratings says that three St. Cloud area schools aren't doing enough to close the achievement gap. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMadison Elementary to Undergo $980,000 in Renovations
More classrooms, special education rooms and lunchroom space will be added to Madison Elementary this summer. The St. Cloud area school board awarded a bid to a contractor for $980,815 for renovations...
View ArticleSuspicious Driver Approaches 9-Year-Old Girl Near Madison Elementary
St. Cloud Police are looking for more information regarding some suspicious activity near Madison Elementary School Friday afternoon. Police say a 9-year-old girl, was walking home from school near the...
View ArticleBathroom Fire Causes Madison Elementary School To Evacuate
A small bathroom fire evacuated students and staff at Madison Elementary School this (Friday) morning. The incident happened after 11:00 a.m. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMadison Elementary in St. Cloud Changing Principals
A new principal has taken over at Madison Elementary in St. Cloud. Jean Clark is now principal and replaces Travis Okerlund, who has been reassigned as assistant principal at North Junior High in St....
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