# Star of the North *Charter school with a campus in East Bethel, Minnesota, named in two at-issue pairs in the Anoka package.* Star of the North is a school with a campus in East Bethel, Minnesota. It appears in the project's record through two at-issue pairs in the Anoka package. Both pairs come from the project's fact-check of a flyer, filed as *Council Vote Brief FactCheck* (2026-09-01). Both carry as their anchor the White House presidential action *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025).[^1][^2] The anchor document does not address the school. The facts about the school below are as the fact-check records them, citing the school's own site, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), NCES and SchoolDigger. The first pair concerns grade span. The flyer's first bullet called Star of the North a "K-12" school. According to the fact-check, the school's own site, its MDE listing and NCES all describe it as K–8.[^1] The second pair concerns academic standing. The fact-check reports that the East Bethel campus fell from the 69th percentile statewide in 2015 to the 19th in 2025, citing SchoolDigger and the school's site. It also notes that the flyer reported neither the decline nor the school's authorizer.[^2] ## Who The fact-check's sources for the school include the school's own website (snacharterschool.org) and its MDE listing (pub.education.mn.gov).[^1] The fact-check records that the flyer did not name the school's charter authorizer. The pack does not name the authorizer either.[^2] ## What The fact-check records Star of the North as a K–8 school, based on the school's site, its MDE listing and NCES. The flyer described it as "K-12."[^1] The fact-check notes that the flyer misstated the grade span in its first bullet and then asked residents to rely on its enrollment projections.[^1] ## When - 2015: the East Bethel campus is reported at the 69th percentile statewide, per SchoolDigger and the school's site as cited in the fact-check.[^2] - 2025: the same campus is reported at the 19th percentile statewide.[^2] - 2026-09-01: date of the *Council Vote Brief FactCheck* from which both at-issue pairs are drawn.[^1][^2] ## How many The fact-check reports that the campus's statewide percentile moved from the 69th in 2015 to the 19th in 2025, a change of 50 percentile points.[^2] ## In the at-issue record - **AI-Anoka-025 (Anoka package, rank 25):** The flyer calls the school "K-12." According to the fact-check, the school's site, its MDE listing and NCES give its span as K–8. The fact-check's sources are an agency page and the school's site. The anchor for this pair is the White House action on eliminating information silos.[^1] - **AI-Anoka-027 (Anoka package, rank 27):** According to the fact-check, the East Bethel campus fell from the 69th percentile statewide in 2015 to the 19th in 2025. The flyer did not include that decline and does not name the school's authorizer. The fact-check's sources are a data site and the school's site. The anchor for this pair is the same White House action.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — anchor document of at-issue pair AI-Anoka-025 (rank 25, from *Council Vote Brief FactCheck*, 2026-09-01). The pair's text records the flyer's "K-12" description and the K–8 span given by the school's site, MDE and NCES. The document itself does not address Star of the North. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/ [^2]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — anchor document of at-issue pair AI-Anoka-027 (rank 27, from *Council Vote Brief FactCheck*, 2026-09-01). The pair's text records the 69th (2015) to 19th (2025) percentile figures and the flyer's omission of the authorizer. The document itself does not address Star of the North. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/