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Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 11:10 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
The giving day aims to ensure that the needs of Fargo Public Schools’ students and their families are met so that they can find success in the classroom.
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Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
The district says their first-day enrollment total on August 28 is 11,378 students.
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Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 11:59 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Opening enrollment for the 2022-23 school year was 7,427.
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Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By Kjersti Maday
Health experts suggest parents pack healthy snacks for their kids to get adequate nutrition during the school year
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Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 3:44 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
The district welcomed 11,807 students in grades 1-12 at 25 schools across the district.
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Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 12:16 PM CDT
|By Jourden Redmond
Officials within the department say the pause is due to a new law that was recently passed in Minnesota.
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Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 3:52 AM CDT
|By Jordan Schroeer
The district sent out an email to parents and guardians on Wednesday, Aug. 23 saying some students will not have rides for the first week of school, starting the next day, on Thursday, Aug. 24.
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Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 9:02 PM CDT
|By Zoë Jones
A Fargo mom is worried about sending her son back to school this year after an incident last year.
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Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Kjersti Maday
Fargo Cass Public Health is hosting immunization clinic to help parents prepare their kids for back-to-school.
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Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Allison Jenkins
Local pharmacy deals with the shortage of ADHD drugs in the back to school season.
11-Day Planner
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 2:42 PM CDT
|By Jourden Redmond
Officials say students are set to move into Phase 1 which includes the academic wings, the pool, and common and athletic areas of the new space in January 2024.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 5:41 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
In 2022, investigators removed nearly six million deadly doses of fentanyl to include more than 170,000 fake fentanyl pills in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:11 AM CDT
|By Brian Sherrod
The District decided to move from “masks optional” to “masks recommended for those unvaccinated” in their back to school plan.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 11:24 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
A new school name and mascot, new turf at Davies, and the opening of the Explorer Academy.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 11:01 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Stylist Jaime Warkenthien shows us what the kids are asking for as they head back to the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Students are arriving on college campuses this week. It can be a tough time to navigate big life transitions.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:55 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
School Resource Officer Kyle Ness joins us to talk about safety as kids go back to school.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:30 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Lisa Samuelson with NDSU Student Activities talks about ways college students can get involved in their campus communities.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Back-to-school may feel a little different this year. Following a year that included virtual learning and many unknowns, the majority children will make their way back in to the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:22 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Laura Wolf with d.clutter talks about how you can stay organized with homework, papers and projects as kids head back-to-school.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 11:32 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Carol Jergenson with NDSU Residence Life offers advice for this time of transition.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
The event provides free back-to-school clothing to middle, high school and college-aged students.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Superintendent Dr. Kupak Gandhi talks about what kids can expect when they go back to the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By Jordan Schroeer
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin, and a lethal dose is equal in size to a few grains of salt, according to DEA officials.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 10:02 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
These delicious options, and so much more, is available for students at NDSU Dining Centers.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 9:54 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Casey Bjoralt with Sanford Health shares easy ideas for back-to-school brain food.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 10:50 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
NDSU Residence Life has great advice for college students moving into the dorms soon.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Stylist Ajit Berg talks about the latest fashion trends for students heading back-to-school.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 10:05 AM CDT
|By Gretchen Hjelmstad
Advice to get kids back on a regular sleep schedule for the school year.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By Katherine Aupperle
West Fargo Public Schools will move all students back to the classroom.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 9:44 PM CDT
|By Katherine Aupperle
Fargo Public Schools students are facing yet another change.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 5:42 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
You may see them more now than ever. Local educator job openings are flooding the internet, notice the number of subs needed.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
Monday morning was startling for a West Fargo parent at 26th Ave and 9th St near Brooks Harbor Elementary.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 8:11 PM CDT
|By Joshua Peguero
Valley News Live obtained the data that’s in the middle of the controversy. We have numbers from the West Fargo and Fargo school districts spanning five years on suspensions and expulsions broken down by race and ethnicity.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
A parent’s plate is full these days with work, kids and helping with their distance learning.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Joshua Peguero
The virtual academy was an option the district made available to parents and students amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Joshua Peguero
Gov. Tim Walz, DFL, visited outdoor classrooms at S.G. Reinertsen Elementary in Moorhead and shared with kids and teachers stories of his time employed as a teacher.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 8:33 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
One mom called our Whistleblower Hotline over her son having to quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 9:22 AM CDT
Moorhead Area Public Schools said Friday that Moorhead High School will transition to distance learning on September 28 because of increasing COVID-19 case numbers.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 5:42 PM CDT
Back-to-school spending has been through the roof thanks to hybrid and distance learning models.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
Moorhead Area Public Schools said it will be another four to six weeks for all K-4 students to get Chromebooks.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 8:45 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
We’ve had multiple Fargo parents reaching out to our Whistleblower Hotline about internet restrictions on student’s iPads.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 7:48 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
It was a white knuckle moment at a north Fargo bus stop. A mother said her heart is still pounding after someone flew passed a stopped bus letting off children.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
Students across the Valley are continuing to receive free meals to help families struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 10:29 AM CDT
|By Joshua Peguero
In an email sent to families and staff on Sunday, the district confirmed someone a Aurora Elementary School tested positive.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2020 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Katherine Aupperle
A staff member at West Fargo High School has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2020 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Katherine Aupperle
September 9 marks one week of Fargo Public Schools students back in the classroom.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
West Fargo Public Schools said they are the second-largest school district in the state for students in preschool through kindergarten Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 1:04 PM CDT
|By Cali Hubbard
Fargo Public School’s COVID-19 Instructional Plan Committee held their third meeting Tuesday to talk about the FPS Smart Restart Plan.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 8:18 AM CDT
|By Brian Sherrod
Moorhead Area Public Schools has about 7,000 students over 13 school districts. Only about half will attend classes today because of the hybrid learning process.