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Public urges keeping a dialogue with Wrenshall
During Monday's Carlton School board meeting, Wrenshall junior Isabel Riley and her Raptors cross country teammates ask the Carlton board to continue consolidation with Wrenshall, rather than pivoting to Barnum. Carlton and Wrenshall formed a cooperative for all sports and extracurricular activities in 2022, but some teams, like cross country, merged back in 2019.
Nearly 40 people filled the Carlton library for Monday's Carlton School Board meeting as superintendent Donita Stepan continued her advocacy of a merger with Barnum.
But not before a large group of students stood to address the school board, most of them members of the Raptors cross country team, which competed at State earlier this month.
Wrenshall junior Isabel Riley addressed the board on behalf of her team, pointing to the success of the Carlton/Wrenshall sports teams and what it has meant.
"More important than wins and losses are the connections we've worked through this cooperative we've...
