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RPS shares an update on district awareness and partnerships with the outbreak of of the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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The 2020 Census will begin nationwide on March 12. Every household will have the option of responding online, by mail, or by phone. Most households will receive an invitation in the mail.
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Rochester Public Schools has received a two-year, $1 million grant from the Minnesota Department of Education to design and open the first Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) school in the state of Minnesota.
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RPS celebrates several accomplishments with the 2019 graduation data released by Minnesota Department of Education.
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Over the past year, Rochester Public Schools (RPS) has been working with the city administration regarding the location of the new middle school, which was one of several projects that the RPS residents voted for on the November 5, 2019 bond referendum.