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VIDEO: Gov. Mark Dayton Visits Hilltop Elementary

To kick off the start of the school year on Tuesday morning, Gov. Mark Dayton delivered a short speech and read to students at Hilltop Elementary School in Inver Grove Heights.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton delivered a short speech on friendship in front of hundreds of students on Tuesday morning.

To kick off the start of the school year, Dayton spent a little more than an hour at the school. In addition to his speech, he recited the Pledge of Allegiance at a school assembly, read a book to a classroom full of students and answered questions about his job as governor.

Tuesday marked Dayton's second visit to Inver Grove Heights within the past few weeks. On Aug. 23, Dayton spoke at a at

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