• The Groton School Board decided Monday night to set the last day of school for May 22, 2014 for students and May 23, 2014 for the faculty. There were four missed days, three early dismissals and three late starts.
• The 2014-15 school calendar was approved. The start date will be August 21 and the last day of school will be May 15.
• Cheryl Hanson reported on the Dakota Step report. She said that 95 percent of the seventh graders and 91 percent of the eighth graders were advance or proficient. Some of the math standards have moved down a grade, like eight grade math is now seventh grade math, as an example.

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