Michael Goodwin

This Annual Report for Moorhead Area Public Schools for the 2024-25 school year highlights significant growth, resilience, and connections, focusing on the theme 'Lifelong Learning Starts Here.' It outlines strategic priorities categorized into Comprehensive Achievement & Civic Readiness, encompassing Kindergarten Readiness, reducing achievement gaps, preparing students for lifelong learning, graduation, and college, career, and life readiness. Further strategic pillars include Student Achievement, Student & Staff Support, Communications, Outreach & Marketing, and Financial Stability & Resource Allocation. The report aims to foster an environment where every student belongs, thrives, and learns, preparing them for success in a changing world through continuous improvement and dedicated community support.

This document outlines a district calendar for the 2026-2027 academic year, showing monthly layouts from June (prior year or current) through January 2027, March, May, and July 2026, and a full calendar for August to December.

This document, an annual report for Moorhead Area Public Schools, outlines a strategic plan centered on the theme 'Lifelong Learning Starts Here.' The plan is structured around key pillars including Student & Staff Support, Communications, Outreach & Marketing, Student Achievement, and Financial Stability & Resource Allocation. Its objectives are to ensure kindergarten readiness, reduce achievement gaps, prepare students for continuous learning, achieve high school graduation, and foster college, career, and life readiness.

The meeting included a preview of the agenda with revisions noted on specific pages, recognition of achievements by the boys and girls track and field teams, as well as the spud adaptive bowling team. There was a public forum, followed by a consent agenda covering minutes from previous meetings, human resources and operations matters, claims, family medical leave, leave of absence, comparable worth pay equity review, changes in contracts, resignations, retirements, new employees, additional staffing, increases in meal prices, and dairy and bakery bids. The board also discussed and approved a resolution awarding the sale of general obligation school building bonds series 2022 A and adopted a post-issuance debt compliance policy for tax-exempt and tax advantage governmental bonds.

The school board meeting included discussions and updates on the implementation of the Building Assets Reducing Risk (BAR) program at Horizon East and Moorhead High School. Adaptations to hybrid and distance learning were addressed, with a focus on maintaining relationships between staff and students. The meeting also covered the structure of i-time lessons, risk review teams, and community resource tabs, as well as the use of Google Docs and Forms for virtual lessons.