Stillwater school district to add multi-grade classrooms as cost-saver

Stillwater school district to add multi-grade classrooms as cost-saver

Eleven classrooms at four Stillwater Area Public elementary schools will have multi-grade sections this year as part of a cost-cutting measure at the district. The classrooms, which combine students from two grade levels with one teacher, will be introduced at Brookview, Lake Elmo, Lily Lake and Rutherford elementary schools. The last time the district had to use multi-grade classrooms for budgetary reasons was in 2015-16, said Carissa Keister, …