NEW ULM — The gymnastics cooperative in New Ulm is expanding to include St. James and Madelia.

New Ulm Public School (NUPS) currently hosts a gymnastics program with Minnesota Valley Lutheran (MVL) and Cathedral High School. However, Superintendent Sean Koster said there are 13 participants across all three schools.

“That’s a real low number for the sport,” Koster said. Through conversations with other districts it was learned that St. James and Madelia High School have their own cooperative that has even fewer participants with nine.

“It makes sense for both co-ops to combine into one co-op,” Koster said.

Before the council could approve the new co-op agreement, the previous co-op needed to be formally dissolved. After voting to formally dissolve the gymnastics cooperative between NUP

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