Fargo Public Schools

Fargo Superintendent: District will ignore new state law to protect students

Rupak GandhiFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – In an emotional address to the Fargo School Board during the Board’s regular meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Rupak Gandhi shared his administration’s stance that, unless the Board directs it otherwise, the district will prioritize keeping students safe over obeying a new North Dakota state law that creates a number of restrictions and policies related to transgender…

UPDATE: Fargo, West Fargo, NDSU, UND And Many Other Schools Close For Blizzard

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Public Schools announcing they are moving to remote learning from April 4-6 due to the blizzard warning going into effect Tuesday morning at 6. All school buildings will be closed and all extra-curricular activities are canceled. Students are expected to remain home and join their classes virtually. Teachers will work from home and instruction will occur…

Fargo, W.F. & G.F. Public Schools Cancel Wednesday Classes, I-94 Closed from Moorhead to Dickinson

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Public Schools has canceled classes and all activities for Wednesday. Due to the cancellation, FPS will use the storm make up day built into the school calendar of Monday, April 10; students and staff will be expected to be in school on April 10. Grand Forks Public and Grand Forks Air Force Base Schools are…

Documents Reveal Alleged Sexual Relationship Between Fargo Band Teacher and Student

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Court documents detail an inappropriate and alleged sexual relationship between Fargo South band teacher Sebastian Tackling and a female student. The documents say police were called Saturday for an abuse report involving a teen who claimed that she had a relationship with Tackling during her Junior and Senior years. She told investigators they started having sex…

More Kids Are Enrolled In Both Fargo & West Fargo Public Schools

School in Moorhead Starts Next Week, Before Labor Day

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Kids are back in class and first day enrollment numbers are in for Fargo And West Fargo Public Schools. Fargo has 11,437 students in grades K through 12. That’s an increase of 18 students from the first day numbers in 2021. West Fargo welcomed 11,504 students in grades 1 through 12 across 21 schools. The first…

Parents concerned over school security following suspicious poster

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With school starting this week a growing concern among parents has them questioning if schools are taking proper steps to ensure their child’s safety. Fargo Police are looking for a masked person who taped a large poster saying “better dead than red,” near the entrance of Fargo School District Headquarters early Sunday. Fargo Public Schools called…

Fargo Public Schools seeks Special Education teachers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With school starting in less than a week, Fargo Public School District is still scrambling to fill a number of positions. Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi says one consistent challenge is recruiting and retaining those working in special education. FPS has more than 25 job listings online across various elementary and high schools for special education educators….