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Proposed school consolidation could save $1.75 million annually. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 10:16 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) Grand Forks School Board members during a special meeting Thursday heard the rationale behind an array of recommendations by its Facilities Task Force, charting the district’s future. The task force’s recommendations include consolidating V...

Proposed school consolidation could save $1.75 million annually. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 10:16 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 × The Mark Sanford Education Center, headquarters of Grand Forks Public Schools. (Grand Forks Herald photo) Grand Forks School Board members during a special meeting Thursday heard the rationale behind an array of recommendations by its Facilities Task Force, charting the district’s future. The task force’s recommendations include consolidating V...

A petition is circulating around the West Delaware School District, calling for a bond referendum for facility improvements. Last year, the school district created a task force made up of community members, who spent six months learning about the needed improvements from engineers and the school principals and touring the facilities. Caitlyn Scherbring, who served on the Facilities Task Force, says their recommendations have been brought forth to the school board and now it’s time to take the...

Talk of the Facilities Task Force bookended the Monday, Dec. 14 regular meeting of the Waverly-Shell Rock School Board, made available for viewing via Zoom. A recommendation from the Facilities Task Force is expected Wednesday, Dec. 16. Vice President Dennis Epley read aloud to Board members a portion of the District Ethics Policy at the start of the meeting. The end-of-meeting discussion laid organizational details for the Thursday, Dec. 17 Special Meeting, where a Board decision will be made ...

Herald reporters cover events on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Written By: Kim Wynn | × Between now and mid-January, about 80,000 North Dakotans will be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, and Grand Forks Public Heath workers are preparing for their piece in the largest mass vaccination effort in U.S. history, according to a Herald story written by reporter Hannah Shirley. Local vaccination plans will continue to take shape over the coming days, said Haley Bruhn, who is coordinating v...

WAVERLY — A newly developed proposal will be one of two options for upgrading Waverly-Shell Rock elementary schools presented to the Board of Education on Thursday. The Waverly-Shell Rock Community Schools’ facilities task force is recommending its choices during a 6:30 p.m. special meeting in the middle school auditorium. One of the recommendations — renovating Shell Rock Elementary and building a new school in Waverly to replace its existing three elementaries — was chosen...

Rochester School Board Could Name New Elementary School Today Enter your number to get our free mobile app Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - There is a chance the Rochester School Board could decide later today on the name for the new elementary school being built in Northwest Rochester. Back in October, the school district began accepting suggestions from staff and community members. Over 400 people participated and a group of volunteers who served on the Facilities Task Force and the Elementary ...

Grand Forks School Board to review facility recommendations at special meeting Board members will consider school consolidation, closures on Thursday, Dec. 17, at a meeting in Red River High Schools Performance Hall. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 3:11 pm, Dec. 15, 2020 × The Grand Forks School Board meets at Red River High School’s Performance Hall. Kimberly Wynn / Grand Forks Herald School consolidations and closures are on the agenda of a special mee...