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Fond du Lac Ojibwe School urges sustained funding for immersion, attendance supports and mental‑health services
Summary
Tara Dupuy, superintendent of the Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, told the committee the Cloquet‑area tribal school serves about 40 students, requires Ojibwe language coursework for graduation, and depends on partnerships and grant funding to sustain programs amid staffing and student‑well‑being challenges.
Tara Dupuy, superintendent of the Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, told the Minnesota State Education Finance Committee on March 18 that the small tribally controlled school in Cloquet provides daily Ojibwe language instruction and culturally rooted seasonal programming but faces budgetary pressures that threaten key staff and programs.
Dupuy told the panel the school serves about 40 students this year, with about 98 percent of students qualifying for free or reduced‑price lunch and about 30 percent qualifying for special education services. She said the school offers daily Ojibwe language for K‑12 (about 50 minutes a day), requires at least two years of Ojibwe language for graduation, and operates a WASH immersion program for 3‑ to 5‑year‑olds.
The superintendent described deep community programming — seasonal rice harvests, powwow and…
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