Overview

  • West Fargo Public Schools continues to experience unprecedented growth with an average of 500 new students enrolling throughout the district each year. The continued growth is most significant in the current Mustang feeder system. To identify the best solutions for addressing this growth, the district's planning and development committee discussed options for adjusting district boundaries for 2022 - 2023 and 2023 - 2024 at their December meeting.

    The necessary adjustments would impact the current boundary for the Mustang and Hawk feeder systems, as well as specific schools (Aurora Elementary School, Freedom Elementary School, Independence Elementary School, and Liberty Middle School) within the systems.

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Feeder System Boundary Adjustment

  • MUSTANG & HAWK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

    At the January 24, 2022 School Board meeting, the School Board voted 4 – 2 to approve a boundary change to the Mustang and Hawk feeder systems. The change is effective for the 2022 – 2023 school year.

Elementary Boundary Adjustments

Updates & Communications

  • School Board Approves Boundary Adjustment for Mustang & Hawk Feeder Systems

    Posted by West Fargo Public Schools on 1/25/2022 8:50:00 AM

    At last night’s School Board meeting, the School Board voted 4 – 2 to approve a boundary change to the Mustang and Hawk feeder systems. The change is effective for the 2022 – 2023 school year.

    EFFECTS OF THE ADJUSTMENT

    Under the adjustment, current middle school students living within the Aurora Elementary School attendance area, west of the Sheyenne River, will attend Heritage Middle School and Horace High School in the fall. Current Aurora Elementary School students will attend Heritage Middle School for grades six through eight and Horace High School for grades nine through twelve. Current high school students are not impacted by this change.

    IN-DISTRICT TRANSFER REQUESTS

    Families currently within the Aurora Elementary School attendance area who wish to remain in the Mustang feeder system may submit a request via an in-district transfer form that has been created specific for this situation. In the event a family has multiple students wishing to remain in the Mustang feeder system, one request form per student must be submitted.

    Alternately, families currently within the Aurora Elementary School attendance area who wish to have a current Sheyenne High School student transfer with their younger sibling(s) to the Hawk feeder system may submit a request via an in-district transfer form that has been created specific for this situation. In the event a family has multiple students wishing to transfer to the Hawk feeder system, one request form per student must be submitted. Note: Students who transfer to Horace High School are ineligible for varsity level activities for one year.

    Both request forms are available online through 11:45PM on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Once the forms close, administration will review all requests and communicate with families by Friday, February 11.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why are we receiving such short notice of these changes?

  • When will the district take action on the in-district transfer requests for families who wish to stay in the Mustang feeder system?

  • What are the enrollment numbers for Liberty and Sheyenne without the change?

  • Why is Aurora Elementary School the school being reassigned, rather than Osgood Elementary School or the upcoming new elementary school?

  • Will the new elementary school offer an after-school program (YMCA)?

  • Are all of the same extra-curricular and co-curricular activities available at Horace?

  • What happens when the Heritage and Horace feeder system is full?

  • Do you anticipate Sheyenne having another neighborhood pulled to Horace in 2-5 years?

  • Will transportation to middle school and high school still be available to students?

  • Do you anticipate another move for this school in the next 5 years?

  • Are class sizes smaller at Horace High School?

  • Do Heritage and Horace use Schoology?

  • Why can’t you let the kids in middle school stay?

  • Has consideration been taken for families that have been moved more than once or who will experience three schools in three years?

  • Will Aurora be shifted back to the Mustang feeder system when Heritage and Horace High are full in two or three years?