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School board reviews budget realignment retreat, sets schedule for three follow-up sessions
Summary
Board members and staff reviewed takeaways from an Oct. 10 budget realignment retreat, described roughly a dozen topic areas to be addressed, and set three follow-up retreats Nov. 7, Dec. 12 and Jan. 16 with decisions expected in February. Staff emphasized a public website with materials and a 'forced-choice' decision tool to guide priorities.
District staff summarized the Oct. 10 budget realignment retreat for the Grand Forks School Board on Oct. 27, saying the session was the second of five planned retreats intended to help the board and administration set priorities and realign budget decisions for fiscal planning.
"This retreat marks the second of 5 with the first 1 being August 14," a district presenter said, describing a set of roughly 12 broad budget buckets that were presented and discussed. Staff listed the buckets as: course offerings, class sizes, certified support staff, curriculum adoptions, co- and…
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