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Fargo 1 School District board meeting, Aug 25, 2026

53 min · 0 public speakers

Chronic absenteeism ▶ 26:09Enrollment ▶ 11:19

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What happened at this meeting

Fargo school board approves Horace Mann bond sale resolution on 9⁠-⁠0 vote 39:02

  • District staff presented enrollment figures for high school, middle school and elementary buildings, and board members asked about grandfathered students and building utilization. 14:00
  • The board voted 9⁠-⁠0 to accept that reasonable progress had been made in Strategic Initiative 2 on learner safety, health and well-being. 25:10
  • The board voted 9⁠-⁠0 on resolutions for the sale of general obligation building fund bonds for the Horace Mann project and participation in a credit enhancement program. 39:02
  • The board also voted 9⁠-⁠0 on a resolution concerning a $110 mil excess general fund levy. 43:40

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Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 5:36
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 5:36
    • A motion was made to approve the agenda with the human capital addendum. 6:07
    • The chair said no one had signed up to speak that evening. 6:23
    • The motion passed unanimously. 6:23
  2. Staff remarks on the start of school 6:33
    • A district staff member said the staff member was starting a 32nd year in Fargo and still gets the jitters. 6:43
    • The staff member said tomorrow we go to work and that we are stronger together. 10:26
  3. Enrollment update 10:57
    • A staff member said RSP expected 841 kindergartners and the kindergarten number was 784. 12:32
    • A district staff member said the district had 3,432 high school students as of 4:40 in the afternoon and 2,606 middle school students. 14:00
    • Greg Clark asked how many students were grandfathered in at Centennial, and a staff member said Centennial, Bennett and Ed Clapp each had over 10. 17:15
  4. District staff report and updates 19:36
    • A district staff member said the district's theme this year is all in every day. 21:43
    • The staff member said the Teacher Leadership Academy master's program had 11 total people. 22:58
    • The staff member said mill levy presentations to staff had started, with 4 more next week. 23:55
  5. Consent agenda 24:48
    • A motion was made to approve the consent agenda with the HC addendum. 24:48
    • The motion passed 9⁠-⁠0. 25:10
  6. Strategic Initiative 2 progress report 25:09
    • A district staff member said the district met its sense of belonging goal by growing 2%, and that the attendance goal for next year was 87% of students attending 90% or more of the time. 26:09
    • Melissa Burkland asked what the goal might be for relevant learning experiences, and a staff member said the staff member's goal would be 40% next year. 34:19
    • One board member said they were not worried about the increase in major behavioral incidents. 35:49
    • The board voted 9⁠-⁠0 to accept that reasonable progress had been made in RSI 2 for the 2026⁠-⁠27 school year. 39:02
  7. Horace Mann bond sale resolution 39:02
    • A district staff member said the total project budget was a little over $42 million and the district would issue a total of $41.5 million in bonds, with the sale to be done on September 22nd. 39:24
    • Allie Ollenburger moved to adopt the resolution providing for the sale of $28,070,000 in general obligation building fund bonds Series 2026B and the resolution on participation in the credit enhancement program. 40:48
    • The motion passed 9⁠-⁠0. 41:41
  8. Excess mill levy resolution 41:41
    • Greg Clark moved to approve a resolution on a $110 mil excess general fund levy pursuant to North Dakota Century Code 57⁠-⁠15⁠-⁠14. 42:33
    • Robin Nelson cited a column by the chief financial officer on how funds work together to support students as a reference tool. 42:45
    • The motion passed 9⁠-⁠0. 43:41
  9. Convention delegate appointments 43:41
    • Five board members volunteered to serve as delegates to the NDSBA convention. 43:41
  10. Board member reports 43:41
    • Kristin Nelson said they attended the August NDSBA brunch and learn, and Greg Clark said the foundation funded about 33 students taking the AP exam. 44:37
    • Melissa Burkland said the negotiations committee set its first meeting for September 4th. 49:23
    • Allie Ollenburger said a parent reported paying a processing fee for each child's lunch balance transaction rather than a single fee. 49:36

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