By Pat Sweeney
Lewis and Clark is getting a new principal for the 2021-22 school year.
The Grand Forks School Board approved the recommendation of an interview team in naming Loren Hoheisel to the post.
Hoheisel is currently an associate principal at Discovery Elementary School where he has served in that role for two years. The committee considered three internal candidates for the position.
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Clint Turnage, wildlife biologist with USDA wildlife services, loads syringes with the Jansen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA run mobile COVID-19 Vaccination clinic at Biddeford High School in Bidderford, Maine on April 26, 2021. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images / TNS
Public health workers generally agree that reaching people who haven t gone out of their way to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but who would get one if it was convenient to them, is likely the surest way out of the pandemic. The Herald s Hannah Shirley reports that to do this, they have reiterated the same message as frequently as possible: the vaccines are safe and effective, and once fully vaccinated, you may begin to safely return to some normal activities. As local public health workers focus has shifted to reaching this population, much of their work has included debunking misinformation regarding th
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Mary Kulas (right) is coordinator of the Artist in the Classroom program, which started in Grand Forks public elementary schools in 1993. In this Herald file photo, she works with part-time artists Terri Berg (background) and Karla Nelson on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at the program s office at Ben Franklin Elementary School. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Even though the full-time coordinator of the Artist in the Classroom program will remain employed with Grand Forks Public Schools next year, the program itself has been eliminated.
By Doug Barrett
Apr 27, 2021 7:50 AM
The Grand Forks School Board last night (Monday) filled a couple of open positions heading into the 2021-22 school year.
Kelli Tannahill was named the next Principal at J. Nelson Kelly Elementary School. Tannahill served as principal at Lewis and Clark for the past six years. She was among four internal candidates interviewed for the job.
Dr. Brenda Lewis was hired as assistant superintendent of elementary education. Lewis serves as Director of Pre-K-12 Curriculum for Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland) that has an enrollment of 160,000 students. She will be employed at a salary of $159,000 dollars.
Aid dollars come in for ND schools, with 15 districts receiving more than $15,000 in per-pupil funding so far
As billions of dollars in federal money flow into districts around the country meant to cushion the pandemic’s expensive necessities the results have been transformative for some schools.
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Manvel Principal Melissa Hiltner, left, visits in a Manvel classroom with middle-school teacher Jodie Wohlgamuth. Local school leaders there hope to use federal stimulus money on a $90,000 project to replace nearly 60-year-old school windows. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Manvel Public School is emerging from a long year of pandemic, just like every other district in North Dakota. And there’s work to be done.