Two pieces of great news came out of Monday’s Cloquet school board meeting:

1.The school district tax levy will increase by less than half a percent;

2.The district is part of a consortium of mostly Carlton County school districts that was awarded a $1.5 million grant ($750,000 each year for the next two years) to expand and explore the career and technical education programs in the area.

Other school districts in the group include Barnum, Carlton, Cromwell-Wright, Esko, McGregor, Moose Lake, Willow River and Wrenshall. All of the districts are part of the Northeast Area School Consorti...