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Budget reduction eliminates seven teaching positions for next school year Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 10:41 am, Apr. 13, 2021 × Maura Ferguson testifies during Monday s school board meeting regarding budget reduction recommendations at the Mark Sanford Education Center. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald Minutes after the Grand Forks School Board voted to eliminate seven teaching positions, including the coordinator of the Artist in the Classroom program, Nicole Derenne was notably disappointed. Derenne was among many in the audience of Monday s board meeting who had urged the board to preserve arts and humanities program staff in next year’s budget. “It is certainly a disappointment,” Derenne said after the lengthy meeting April 12. “I’m more disappointed for students. I’m disappointed for teachers and I’m disappointed for families in Grand Forks – and for our community (because) now we don’t have standards-based art e

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