Bygones: 40 years ago, 5.6% of Duluth's students dropped out of school
News Tribune, April 8, 1983 Preliminary figures indicate that Minnesota will get an additional $13.6 million in community development funds soon be...
News Tribune, April 8, 1983 Preliminary figures indicate that Minnesota will get an additional $13.6 million in community development funds soon because of the federal jobs bill recently passed by Congress. Duluth will have $827,000 added to its current allocation of $2.9 million. The Minnesota Department of Education reported yesterday that 4.2% of the state's 253,702 students in grades 9 through 12 dropped out last year. Duluth had a 5.6% rate, with 290 of the city's 5,213 high school students leaving school prematurely.