Fargo 1 School District Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · 11,484 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 25, 2026: Fargo school board approves Horace Mann bond sale resolution on 9-0 vote Play 39:02
Newest meeting we have: Aug 25, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Katie Christensen Mineer, President · Jolene Garty, Board member · Nikkie Gullickson, Board member · Jason Nelson, Board member · Kristin Nelson, Board member · Allie Ollenburger, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 53 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Fargo school board approves Horace Mann bond sale resolution on 9-0 voteChronic absenteeismEnrollmentSpeakers: Melissa Burkland, Greg Clark, Jolene Garty, Nikkie Gullickson and 2 more

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Board meeting · 32 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Speakers: Melissa Burkland, Greg Clark, Nikkie Gullickson, Jason Nelson and 1 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 40 minTuesday, June 23, 2026Chronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Melissa Burkland, Greg Clark, Nikkie Gullickson, Jason Nelson and 2 more

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Board meeting · 54 minTuesday, April 28, 2026Speakers: Katie Christensen Mineer, Greg Clark, Nikkie Gullickson, Jason Nelson and 1 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Mar 10, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Katie Christensen MineerPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked1.5min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Melissa BurklandBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.7min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Greg ClarkVice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.7min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Jolene GartyBoard member · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Nikkie GullicksonBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Robin NelsonBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.8min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Jason NelsonBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kristin NelsonBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Allie OllenburgerBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 11 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance3%0%–6%

Ceremony and recognition2%0%–7%

Public comment1%0%–3%

Safety and discipline0%0%–21%

The two readers didn’t agree on 35% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Mar 10, 2026, heard from 3.

3 on Mar 10, 20263 speakers2 speakers0.4 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3806780 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district