{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-marks-minots-growth-over-the-past-two-decades-helps-break-ground-on-new-high-school", "Hoeven Marks Minot's Growth Over the Past Two Decades, Helps Break Ground on New High School", "2022-10-31", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "Hoeven Marks Minot's Growth Over the Past Two Decades, Helps Break Ground on New High School\n\nMINOT, N.D. \u2013 At a groundbreaking ceremony for Minot North High School today, Senator John Hoeven highlighted the city\u2019s tremendous growth in recent years and commended city and school officials on their efforts to meet the needs of the larger population, which has expanded by more than 30 percent over the past two decades. Scheduled to open in August 2024, the new facility will host grades 9-12 and will support the larger reconfiguration of secondary schooling in Minot.\n\n\u201cLocal schools are at the center of our communities, helping our state and nation meet the needs of tomorrow, while strengthening the bonds between neighbors and building residents\u2019 sense of identity,\u201d said Hoeven. \u201cThanks to Superintendent Mark Vollmer and the Minot School Board, led by Jim Rostad, for their hard work in advancing this project, and congratulations on reaching this important milestone. This new high school is the result of Minot\u2019s success and growth, and it will help ensure that the great teachers in Minot can continue effectively serving families and students for years to come. We look forward to welcoming the Minot North Sentinels to the community.\u201d\n\nIn addition, Hoeven stressed the importance of preparing students to pursue careers in industries that will be critical to the future of the state and nation\u2019s economy. To this end, the senator is working to expand access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, including by:\n\nSupporting the Student Support and Academic Enrichment program, which can be used by school districts to build greater capacity for STEM education.\n\nCosponsoring and helping pass legislation to expand the National Science Foundation\u2019s STEM education initiatives for young children, including establishing new research grants to increase the participation of girls in computer science.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-marks-minots-growth-over-the-past-two-decades-helps-break-ground-on-new-high-school"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7554573714733124, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}