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*Hiawatha Academies acquiesce to parent pressure; new school to open next
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<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/101553> Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
• When Cynthia Smith was told Hiawatha Academies wouldn’t be opening their
high school until 2019, she felt deceived. With her daughter entering
eighth grade, Smith needed to know her child had somewhere to go next year
— something she said Hiawatha had promised to provide when her daughter
first enrolled there.*
*Bike count informs Minneapolis city
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<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/101480> Jessie Bekker, The Minnesota
Daily • Since 2007, the city has monitored bicyclists at 30 main locations,
with intersections near the University of Minnesota reporting consistently
high counts. The method helps transportation officials monitor and plan
bicycling initiatives based on traffic patterns, and bike traffic citywide
has spiked in recent years.*