The Shrinking School Year


 
School Year Median Days
1972-73 177.3
1985-86 172
1995-96 170
2006-07 171
  Source:  MDE

Average length of the school day

Minneapolis School District 5.6 hours
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan 6.2 hours
Anoka-Hennepin 6.1 hours
Faribault       6.2 hours
Roseau   6.3 hours
Belle Plaine     6 hours
Goodhue 6.1 hours
Randolph         6.3 hours
  Source:  MDE

Sample school days

Hopkins High School     7:47 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Minnetonka High School   7:10 a.m. activity period. 8:00 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.
Maple Grove Senior High 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Unequal funding

Minneapolis School District     $13,701
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan       $9,637
Anoka-Hennepin     $9,197
Faribault         $8,776
Roseau     $8,459
Belle Plaine       $7,911
Goodhue   $7,584
Randolph           $7,399
Source: House Fiscal Analysis
Per-student funding levels after the end of the current biennium
 

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