PHOTO: Moorhead Public Schools hits highest opening-day enrollment since 1972

090319.N.FF.StandaloneMHD — Students leave Horizon Middle School on Tuesday, Sept. 3, on the first day of school in Moorhead. Opening-day enrollment for the district was 7,066, the highest since 1972. That number is 79 students higher than last year's opening-day enrollment. The district has added more than 1,000 students in the last 5 years and opened two new schools. The community is set to vote on a $110 million bond referendum Nov. 5 that, if passed, would involve rebuilding Moorhead High School and renovating the former Sam's Club building as a career academy. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

By Michael Vosburg

September 03, 2019 at 4:09 PM

MOORHEAD — Opening-day enrollment for the district was 7,066, the highest since 1972. That number is 79 students higher than last year's opening-day enrollment.

The district has added more than 1,000 students in the last 5 years and opened two new schools.

The community is set to vote on a $110 million bond referendum Nov. 5 that, if passed, would involve rebuilding Moorhead High School and renovating the former Sam's Club building as a career academy.

By Michael Vosburg

Michael has been the Forum's photo editor since 2002 and has covered all types of news. He has worked at four other daily newspapers since 1990 from Nebraska to Texas. He has an M.A. in journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism and a B.S. in mass communication from North Dakota State University. You can reach him at mvosburg@forumcomm.com in English or some Spanish.