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Minnesota schools finding uses for stimulus funds, even as enrollment falls

By Paul Demko | 02.10.09 | 9:12 am

While most school districts in Minnesota are steadily losing enrollment and shuttering schools, federal stimulus money is still being allocated for construction. Districts point out that they have millions of dollars of projects in the works that they’d be more than happy to receive pay for with federal funds.