JCI’s other local School Disaster

Lie, conceal, lie, conceal, go to court.

Two legal disputes involving a rural northern Minnesota school district could affect how other Minnesota school districts communicate with their constituents about tax increases and provide financial data to the public on construction projects.

Both stem from the St. Louis County Schools, controversial consolidation plan, in which voters approved a tax increase to build two new schools and close others. Critics of the plan initiated both legal cases.

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