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Betty McCollum: Mr. Chair, I have been a schoolteacher in my past life, and I was in a building in North St. Paul that the fire marshal…

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
Mr. Chair, I have been a schoolteacher in my past life, and I was in a building in North St. Paul that the fire marshal told the school district either replace it, or you have to cordon it off and not use certain classrooms anymore because they could not get folks out.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

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McCollum discusses the urgency of addressing unsafe school conditions.

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