By Doug Barrett
May 11, 2021 | 8:30 AM
A single voting site will be utilized for the June school referendum election. The Grand Forks School board agreed to run the June 22nd event out of the Alerus Center. Voters will decide two issues next month – the $86 million dollar bond question as well as a 10 mill hike in the building fund.
Board members last night also received a briefing on some of the preliminary concepts that could be built into a new K-8 campus on the city’s north side. The project would merge West…Wilder…and Winship elementary schools with Valley Middle School.
By Doug Barrett
Jan 27, 2021 4:47 PM
Eighteen employees of the Grand Forks School system will be allowed to participate in the final year of the district’s early retirement program. The school board approved the applications this week without discussion.
The board opted to end Policy 4300 at the end of the year due to budget concerns. The program allows eligible staff to receive four equal payments based on years of service. It was once viewed as a cost-savings program by allowing veteran teachers to be replaced by younger teachers at a lower salary.
The 18 employees carry the equivalent of $1.5 million dollars in salary. The annual payout will be just over $306 thousand dollars. Among the early retirees is Associate Superintendent Jody Thompson and Kelley Elementary Principal Mike LaMoine.