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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi fellow coordinators,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am surfacing for a moment from round 2 of Pandemic Holidays in the state that is now third in the nation for per capita cases. How’s it going in your states – with the pandemic, with your evaluations, etc? And, are folks starting on their
5-year plans yet? Because no one on the Minnesota team, including our new State Librarian Tami Lee (<a href="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/news/2021-10/new-director-libraries-and-expanded-learning-division-minnesota-department-education">New Director for the
Libraries and Expanded Learning division at the Minnesota Department of Education | Minitex (umn.edu)</a>), has even done a plan before, we’re looking to hire a consultant to guide us through the process. Any recommendations?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Leah<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#003865">Leah Larson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">COVID Health Response Team (Reassigned)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">LSTA Grant Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">651-582-8604 | </span><a href="mailto:leah.larson@state.mn.us"><span style="color:blue">leah.larson@state.mn.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#003865">Minnesota Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">1500 Highway 36 West, Roseville, MN 55113<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://education.mn.gov/"><span style="color:blue">education.mn.gov</span></a><span style="color:#003865">
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