Opinion
Referendum makes financial sense
We all know that great schools are a critical part of great communities. Great schools develop tomorrow’s workers and attract new businesses and residents to invest in the community.
Election day is fast approaching for Staples-Motley School District’s building...
Referendum addresses needs of aging schools
By Shane Tappe
Staples-Motley Schools Superintendent
District residents will decide on a bond referendum that would provide $64.4 million to fund renovations and additions to the existing elementary school and middle/high school. Early Childhood to...
The key to a great opportunity if we can grab it
By Marnie Werner
VP, Research & Operations
Center For Rural Policy and Development
Ready for a silver lining? So much of what we hear about the pandemic is doom and gloom, but as a new report we released last month on workforce and job...
School referendum is about community
It’s time for us to rise. Vote yes.
I’m a local resident, “new” to the area (moved here 21 years ago). I’ve grown to love this “little podunk area in the boonies” as some might think of us. That’s okay if they think that, in my time here I’ve found it to be a...
The good old days in the railroad town
By Mike Holst
I grew up in the small town of Staples. At that time, it was a railroad town and the town lived and breathed the Northern Pacific Railroad, later to become the Great Northern, but my dad still was a Northern Pacificer at heart and wasn’t...
Staples-Motley School Board
Bryan Winkels, Chair
bryan.winkels@isd2170.k12.mn.us
218-296-2425
Bruce Lund, Vice-Chair
bruce.lund@isd2170.k12.mn.us
218-894-2202
Brad Anderson, Treasurer
brad.anderson@isd2170.k12.mn.us
218-894-1411
Mary Freeman, Clerk
mary.freeman@isd2170.k12.mn.us
218-296-2288...
Motley residents losing school
Less than two years ago the 2019 referendum was defeated in large part by the voters in Motley and Scandia Valley. Shortly before that referendum failed, the Staples-Motley School Board decided the Motley School would no longer be utilized for kindergarten and...
Building proposal fills modern education needs
By Shane Tappe
Staples-Motley Schools Superintendent
At Staples-Motley Schools, we continue to work through the challenges of in-person learning with COVID-19 precautions. Thankfully, we are blessed with deeply committed staff who have done a...
Building project will bring needed improvements
By Shane Tappe
Staples-Motley Schools Superintendent
The past year has been the most difficult of all my years in education, but the students, staff and families of Staples-Motley Schools have done a fantastic job of handling every challenge thrown...
School board trying to suppress vote
The Staples-Motley School Board is doing its best to suppress voter turnout in the upcoming referendum vote. They voted to approve the referendum at the end of January leaving only 78 days before the vote on April 13. I asked why April was chosen and they told...
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