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GF schools are one step closer to new theaters

Last night’s Grand Forks School Board meeting was a busy one – board members appointed a new member to serve until the June election because Lyle Hall resigned, and they also talked about preliminary results from the big public forum … Continue reading

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Catching up

Sorry for the slow pace of updating Valley Sound lately, but I’ve been keeping busy. Monday, I went to a GF School Board meeting mostly to see what the full board would think of Business Manager Bill Hutchison’s financial documents … Continue reading

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GF schools could get new theaters – without raising taxes

I had a story in Friday’s Herald about the newest information on how the Grand Forks school district could pay for millions of dollars in projects for the music and theater arts departments. It gets complicated, and the figures depend … Continue reading

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More details emerge for GF schools’ theater and music projects

I sat down with Bill Hutchison, business manager for Grand Forks Public Schools, Wednesday afternoon to learn what I had missed at Tuesday’s School Board facilities committee meeting. It sounds boring, I know, but I was interested because that meeting … Continue reading

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Music and theaters in GF

I attended another Grand Forks School Board facilities committee meeting today at noon, which was focused on discussing the music and theater arts needs assessment and trying to figure out the next steps in the process. (You can read an … Continue reading

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A very detailed look at the future of GF school’s theater arts and music facilities

Sorry I didn’t write this up on Tuesday - the GF School Board facilities committee meeting was about 3 hours long, and by the time I finished writing the story about a consultant report to the committee, it was already pretty late. Anyways, the … Continue reading

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