Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Calm wind.
Partly sunny, with a high near 39.
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
A slight chance of snow before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 38.
A chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.
School News
Instead of picking up students on Monday, March 30, Cook County Schools bus drivers will be making deliveries of distance learning materials.
For the families of students who do not ride the bus, materials can be picked up at the School District 166 Eagle doors.
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For the families of students who do not ride the bus, materials can be picked up at the School District 166 Eagle doors.
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The School District 166 held a special board meeting at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on March 19 and like so many other entities, how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic was a top agenda item.
For the school, that means launching distance learning on Monday, March 30. The school...
For the school, that means launching distance learning on Monday, March 30. The school...
Local schools are definitely facing challenges during this time of social distancing due to the spread of Covid-19. WTIP’s Rhonda Silence learns more about the situation at Great Expectations School in Grand Marais in this March 28 interview with GES director Peter James. ...
Cook County Schools will be providing breakfast and lunch for all ISD 166 students preschool through 12th grade beginning Wednesday, March 18, 2020. There will be one delivery per day.
In order to receive food deliveries, the district must receive consent from families to...
In order to receive food deliveries, the district must receive consent from families to...
WTIP periodically checks in with Peter James, director of Great Expectations School in Grand Marais. Here's the latest interview in which James shares news of the recently launched hot lunch program, about expansion plans...
In the past year, Cook County Schools has seen the arrival of a number of students from Puerto Rico. In addition to adapting to our winter climate, these students—two in 11th grade; one in eighth grade and one third-grader—face the challenge of learning a second language, while...
School District 166 met in the Jane Mianowski Conference Room on December 12 and covered a full agenda, ranging from personnel matters to taxes, travel and more.
Personnel changes
A number of personnel matters were at the top of the agenda. The...
Personnel changes
A number of personnel matters were at the top of the agenda. The...
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I.S.D. 166 School Information
Cook County Schools
101 West Fifth Street
Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone: (218)387-2271
Superintendent: Dr. William Crandall
Phone: (218)387-2271, ext. 612
Email: bcrandall@isd166.org
The members of the Cook County School Board are:
District 1 - Debra White schoolboarddeb@boreal.org
218-475-0122
District 2 - Carrie Jansen carriedjansen@gmail.com
218-370-1025
District 3 - Rena Rogers
District 4 - Sissy Lunde llunde@boreal.org
218-387-9832
District 5 – Dan Shirley
218-663-7643
Great Expectations Charter School
Mail: PO Box 310 • Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone: 218.387.9322
E-mail: learn@GreatExpectationsSchool.com
Director: Peter James
peter.james@greatexpectationsschool.com
218-387-9322
Birch Grove Community School
P.O. Box 2383
Tofte, MN 55615
Phone: 218-663-0170
Email: birchgrove@boreal.org
Director: Diane Blanchette
218-663-0170 ext. 20
Email: birchgrove@boreal.org
I.S.D. 166 School Information
Cook County Schools
101 West Fifth Street
Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone: (218)387-2271
Superintendent: Dr. William Crandall
Phone: (218)387-2271, ext. 612
Email: bcrandall@isd166.org
The members of the Cook County School Board are:
District 1 - Debra White schoolboarddeb@boreal.org
218-475-0122
District 2 - Carrie Jansen carriedjansen@gmail.com
218-370-1025
District 3 - Rena Rogers
District 4 - Sissy Lunde llunde@boreal.org
218-387-9832
District 5 – Dan Shirley
218-663-7643
Great Expectations Charter School
Mail: PO Box 310 • Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone: 218.387.9322
E-mail: learn@GreatExpectationsSchool.com
Director: Peter James
peter.james@greatexpectationsschool.com
218-387-9322
Birch Grove Community School
P.O. Box 2383
Tofte, MN 55615
Phone: 218-663-0170
Email: birchgrove@boreal.org
Director: Diane Blanchette
218-663-0170 ext. 20
Email: birchgrove@boreal.org
