Grand Forks County Commission signs off on homeowner buyout program, commits to repairs grandforksherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from grandforksherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Pat Sweeney
Apr 19, 2021 4:36 PM
Shari Jerde, a business education teacher and family and consumer sciences teacher at Community High School, has been selected as Grand Forks Public Schools’ 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year.
Jerde re-joined the staff at Community High School in the fall of 2016 and has made an indelible mark on her students and colleagues.
Jerde began her career with Grand Forks Public Schools, serving as an adult education instructor from 1999-2003. From January 1999-May 2008, Jerde served as a resident teacher in special education and taught business education classes at Community High School. She then spent several years at Central Valley (Griggs-Steele-Traill Multidistrict Education Services) and Bottineau Public Schools before coming back to Community High School in August 2016.
watch live Grand Forks school system administration determined that it was in the best interest of the teachers involved to not proceed with the reduction-in-force process this school year based on the discussions of the School Board in executive session,” Superintendent Terry Brenner told the Herald on Tuesday morning in a prepared statement.
The School Board adopted the recommendation by a 6-2 vote. Board President Amber Flynn, Jackie Hassett, Chris Douthit, Bill Palmiscno, Shannon Mikula and Cynthia Shabb voted for the recommendations. Doug Carpenter and Jeff Manley voted against the district’s request. Board Vice President Eric Lunn was not in attendance.
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Grand Forks Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Terry Brenner, discusses budget reduction recommendations during Monday s school board meeting at the Mark Sanford Education Center. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Ethical questions were raised last week after SiteLogIQ the consultant hired by Grand Forks Public Schools to plan an upcoming referendum invited the public to an informational meeting about building a Vote Yes campaign for the same referendum. Herald correspondent Sam Easter reports that school district officials said they had no idea the meeting was happening, and worry it could negatively impact the district and the public s perception of the referendum.
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