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The sound of construction crews hammering away will echo throughout the north metro for much of the summer as a historic school building project gets underway.

Voters approved the largest school referendum in Minnesota history for Anoka-Hennepin schools last fall. The record $249 million plan will make over or add on to every one of the districts 38 buildings and construct two elementary schools in fast-growing Ramsey and Blaine.