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Rochester board asks Legislature to repeal alley system and adopts 2030 performance targets
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Rochester Public Schools board approved a resolution asking the Minnesota Legislature to repeal the district's special alley‑seat election law, and the board adopted districtwide improvement targets for 2030, including a 93% graduation goal and a 70% postsecondary enrollment target.
The Rochester Public Schools board took two formal actions at its March 3 meeting: it passed a resolution asking the Minnesota Legislature to repeal the special law that establishes the district's numbered alley (seat) election system, and it adopted districtwide performance targets for 2030.
On the election item, Chair Nathan introduced a resolution asking the Legislature to repeal the 1974 special law permitting ISD 535 to use a numbered seat/alley system and to allow the district to hold future elections under the state's general at‑large system. The resolution…
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