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Union representative outlines organizing, in-kind mailings behind successful Moorhead referendum; board accepts donations and briefly closes for negotiations
Summary
At the Nov. 24 meeting the Moorhead Area Public Schools board heard a presentation from a union representative describing volunteer phone banking, in-kind mailings and other supports that helped pass the 2025 referendum; the board accepted monetary donations, reviewed policy updates, and recessed into a closed session for negotiations.
At its Nov. 24, 2025 meeting the Moorhead Area Public Schools Board of Education heard from Christine Berg, a union representative, who described how union organizing and in-kind support contributed to passage of the district—s 2025 funding referendum.
"This really wouldn't have passed without Sarah and Penn's contribution and all the time that they put in," Berg said, describing volunteer recruitment and coordination. Berg told the board that Education Minnesota provided two mailings on the union's behalf (in-kind values reported as just over $3,800 for the September mailing and just over $5,000 for the October mailing) and that the organized phone-banking effort generated substantial outreach: 13 shift types, 126 two-hour shifts totaling 252 volunteer hours from 53 volunteers, a dialer list of a little over 23,000 numbers and roughly 1,300 answered calls.
The presentation emphasized outreach strategy and…
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