GRAND FORKS — At a Grand Forks School Board retreat on Friday, district leaders discussed ideas to decrease the budget deficit, including combining elementary schools and decreasing support staff positions.

The retreat was part of a larger budget realignment conversation, after the district announced a $4.4 million deficit in the 2025-2026 budget. At the retreat on Friday, board members, administrators, district leaders and principals came together to discuss different concepts that would cut down on budget expenditures.

The conversation focused on 12 concepts: decreasing diverse course offerings, increasing class sizes, decreasing certified staff, decreasing investment in curriculum, decreasing investment in co- and extracurriculars, decreasing employee compensation, decreasing classifi

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