RUPAK GANDHI

Focus groups discuss eliminating snow days with distance learning, and early or late dismissal issues

Students are going back to in-person learning on Monday, Jan. 18, despite student petitions gaining signatures in a plea to stick to hybrid learning.

The current strategy of the Fargo Public Schools administration and board is to look the other way and hope that COVID-19 will go away. The alarming aspect of this lack of action places the professional educators, paraprofessionals and students of Fargo Public Schools in harms way. It is only a matter of time before Fargo Public School is going to have to deal with a COVID-19-related death that could have been prevented. I can only imagine Dr. Gandhi in a press release, passing on condolences to the deceased teacher’s family regarding their unfortunate loss followed by the comment that we have done the best that we could do and it is a tough virus to fight.

Fargo schools are on the brink of going virtual. That was the message from the superintendent. It's not from rising cases in school but a critical shortage of staff.

If the recommendation is approved at its Tuesday meeting, the Fargo School Board will use newly-created policy to rename the school, Superintendent Rupak Gandhi said in September.

The Jay Thomas Show from Wednesday, Oct 7th 2020. Steve Stine, editor Guitar World, local guitarist and instructor on YouTube talks about the innovations made by Eddie Van Halen and his passing yesterday, Dr. Rupak Gandhi Superintendent of FPS talks distance learning, the factors that went into a corona virus instructional planning committee's decision to implement it and what that means for Fargo students plus your calls and emails. Listen to the Jay Thomas Show weekday afternoons from 2 pm to 5 on 970 WDAY AM and 93.1 FM.

FARGO — A group of Fargo parents pressed superintendent Rupak Gandhi about the district's decision to switch to distance learning during a Zoom meeting Tuesday, Sept. 29.

A high school student who tested positive for COVID-19 didn't attend classes on Wednesday, according to district officials.

FARGO — Fargo Public Schools has hired a new diversity administrator a month after the district announced plans to make "equity and inclusion" a priority in the coming school year.