(Fargo, ND) Below is the list of school closings and delays in our area for Friday February 18, 2022. A blizzard warning will be in effect for much of the Red River Valley through 6 p.m. Friday, which will bring blustery conditions, challenging visibility and blowing snow.
(Fargo, ND) A number of schools and businesses have decided to either start late or close down Friday due to blizzard and white out conditions in the Red River Valley.
Board set to approve Martinez as CHS principal
Mike Christopherson
Crookston Times
Crookston Public Schools has made an offer to Nicki Martinez to be the next Crookston High School principal and she has verbally accepted. The school board meets on Monday, April 26 and a resolution on the agenda will be to approve her hiring.
Martinez is currently the assistant principal at Laporte Public Schools, a position she’s held for the past two years. Laporte is a small town located in Hubbard County, southeast of Polk County. Prior to her current position, she taught English in the Detroit Lakes School District for 19 years.
3 interview for CHS principal
Mike Christopherson
Crookston Times
Three finalists for the Crookston High School principal position vacancy created by Eric Bubna’s resignation interviewed for the second time on Friday, April 16.
The finalists include one internal candidate, Matt Torgerson, who started four years ago as a band instructor at CHS before transitioning into the dean of students position, and then into his current position, assistant principal.
The other two finalists are:
• Kent Hendrickson, who’s been principal at the Ulen-Hitterdal School for 21 years and also a physical education teacher
• Nicki Martinez, who’s been an assistant principal in LaPorte, Minn. for the past two years. Prior to that she taught English in the Detroit Lakes School District for 19 years.