Fergus Falls School Board to Review Contracts, Calendar at March Meeting

The Fergus Falls Public Schools Board of Education posted its public agenda for today's March 10, 2026 regular meeting, with consideration of administrative employment contracts for the 2026-2027 school year, certified teacher resignations, and a proposed 2026-2027 school calendar among the confirmed items. The agenda text provided was truncated, so additional items beyond those three may also be before the board tonight.

Four staffing changes appear in the meeting materials. Kathryn Scherfenberg joins as an ESL Teacher at .4372 FTE across the district's elementary schools, effective 11/24/25. Laurie McNallie, an FCS Teacher, received an additional .1667 FTE bringing her total to .6667 FTE, effective 08/25/2025. Leah Koalska holds a .0278 FTE overload contract for DAPE covering the first trimester. Brianna Lewis was hired as a Para Educator at Kennedy/MS, effective 11/24/2025.

On consent agenda action, board member Stephen Vigesaa moved to approve the consent agenda, which was seconded by Kirby Anderson and carried unanimously. The personnel items listed above appear in the same section of the meeting record as that motion, though the source material does not explicitly confirm each hire was ratified within that vote.

Under new business, board member Missy Hermes moved to approve revisions to three standing school board policies: Policy #433 covering Leaves of Absence and Extended Leaves of Absence, Policy #712 on Video Surveillance Other Than on Buses, and Policy #722 on Public Data and Data Subject Requests. The available record does not include the vote outcome on that motion, the name of a seconder, or the full revised language for Policy #722, where the source text is truncated.

No unfinished business was recorded on the agenda.

The meeting materials also formalize combined polling place designations for Independent School District No. 544 voters. Combined Polling Place 2 is the YMCA Community Room at 1164 Friberg Avenue, serving Ward 2, Precincts 1 and 2, along with Aurdal, Friberg, Maine, and Sverdrup townships in Otter Tail County. Combined Polling Place 3 is Minnesota State Community and Technical College at 1414 College Way. Combined Polling Place 4 is the Bigwood Event Center at 925 Western Avenue, serving Ward 4, Precincts 1 and 2, and Aastad, Buse, Orwell, and Western townships in Otter Tail County. A separate polling place designation covers Ward 3, Precincts 1 and 2, along with Carlisle, Elizabeth, Fergus Falls, and Oscar townships in Otter Tail County and Akron Township in Wilkin County.

The names, titles, and salary terms of the administrative contracts under consideration, along with the full list of certified teacher resignations and the details of the proposed 2026-2027 school calendar, were not available in the posted agenda materials reviewed ahead of tonight's meeting.