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Principal Leadership-Partnership Award
(January 2011 -- St. Paul, MN)  Les Koppendrayer, principal at Franklin Elementary School (Mankato, MN) has been selected the 2011 recipient of the annual Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Principal Leadership-Partnership Awards for an elementary principal. A secondary school principal is similarly selected each year.  Developed by the MN State Colleges and Universities, in collaboration with the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association and the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals, this award was created to honor excellence in collaborating with one or more of our colleges and universities to advance shared goals of educational excellence.

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