Education (K-12)
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U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan today joined a bicameral amicus brief in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District.
Last April,Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig SchoolSuperintendent Mary Trapp made a long, long, long awaited announcement to students and staff.
“We had tears, we had claps, we had cheers,” she recalled. “The kids are excited that this is only going to take a year.”
The excitement rose for the promise of a new copy1.9 million high school.
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan this week introduced H.RES 913, legislation to declare the commitment of Congress to our nation’s students through support of a federal, publically-funded Universal School Meal & Nutrition Program that benefits all students and generations to come.
A small school with humble beginnings is getting the national attention it deserves.
Last week, federal lawmakers descended upon Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School located in Bena for an official ground-breaking ceremony.
CASS LAKE — The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO), School Board and Superintendent, along with additional local, state, and federal leaders, celebrated the groundbreaking for the new replacement Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School Aug. 24 with a ceremony and reception at the school complex.
The new high school, located on the same property as the current school in Bena, is expected to be completed in July of 2017.
U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee Member Al Franken, D-Minn., along with Congressional Native American Caucus Co-Chair Betty McCollum, D-Minn., and Rep. Rick Nolan D-Minn., took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new high school Wednesday near Cass Lake.
The ceremony took place at the site of the future Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, an event they said is the culmination of their years-long fight to replace what has been a dangerously dilapidated school.
State officials and local community leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new, replacement Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School with a ceremony and reception at the school complex.
The new high school, located on the same property as the current school in Bena, Minnesota, is expected to be completed in July of 2017.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO), School Board, and Superintendent, along with additional local, state, and federal leaders, celebrated the groundbreaking of the new, replacement Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 with a ceremony and reception at the school complex. The new high school, located on the same property as the current school in Bena, Minnesota, is expected to be completed in July of 2017.
After years of neglect that led to conditions one Minnesota congressman described as “horrific,” a dilapidated school is getting a much-needed $12 million revamp.
The Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School, on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Bena, was held up as an example of how government support had failed Native American communities.
BENA, MN - After years of struggle, the Bug-o-Nay-Ge-Shig school, on the Leech Lake Reservation, will finally be getting a critical rebuild.
Senator Al Franken and Congressman Rick Nolan joined the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Bena today for a ground breaking ceremony for the new high school made possible thanks to Federal funding.
The Ground breaking for the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig High School began with traditional native song, followed by remarks from elected and school officials.
All said this project brings hope to the students, faculty and the community at large.