Demographic Task Force Committee Recommendation

Please be aware of the special task force that the Grand Forks Public School district has created to study the demographics of the elementary schools in the Grand Forks system (including Eielson).  This team is looking at the possibilities of closing, repurposing, and/or combining some schools.  If changes were made, they may occur for the 2012-13 school year.

Information pertinent to Eielson School includes the Base Commander’s State of the Base address to the GFAFB School Board and to this Demographic Task Force. Col. Bush shared his belief that the district should again revisit the idea of combining Eielson and Twining Schools.  This will be a topic of conversation for the Demographic Task Force at future meetings. 

You can review all meeting minutes, agendas, and key messages from the district webpage: www.gfschools.org. Future correspondence regarding the Demographic Task Force’s key messages will continue to be emailed to parents from the ‘EielsonOffice’ account.  Please check your inbox for these messages. Also note the Demographic Task Force meetings are open to the public and are held at the Mark Sanford Education Center in Grand Forks. 

Future Demographic Task Force meetings will be:

Monday, Dec. 19th @ 12 noon to 2pm

Tuesday, Jan. 3rd @ 12 noon to 3pm. (*This meeting will entail a final decision of recommendations to be presented to the district school board on January 9th, 2012.)

Keep in mind that any recommendations need to be reviewed by the school board, discussed at the Public Forum on January 23rd at 6:00pm, and would then need final approval from the GF School Boards to go into effect.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact Mrs. Jonasson at 787-5000.

Other important dates:

Tuesday, December 20^th :  Grand Forks Air Force School Board meeting at 12noon in Room 19 at Eielson Elementary School

Monday, January 9^th:: Grand Forks School Board meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Mark Sanford Education Center

Monday, January 23^rd : Grand Forks Public Schools Public Forum at South Middle School, 6:00 p.m. (Any member of the community may attend. You can pre-register by calling Cindy Johnson at 746-4880. Pre-registering will allow the district to plan for attendance numbers and send documents to participants for review prior to the forum.  Citizens may also join the public forum that evening without pre-registering.)