School Board
Melanie Cole, Chair
Committees: Spec Ed. Coop & Region I board; Activities Committee; Bldg/Grounds
Negotiations: Certified staff; Special Education Paraprofessionals & Para-educators
Term ends: 2022
Email: mcole@fergusotters.org
Phone: 218-205-4854
Natalie Knutson, Vice Chair
Committees: Finance Committee; Bldg/Grounds; Policy Committee; Wellness Committee; Meet & Confer
Negotiations: Special Education Paraprofessionals & Para-educators
Term ends: 2024
Email: nknutson@fergusotters.org
Kirby Anderson, Treasurer
Committees: Finance Committee; 544 Education Foundation
Negotiations: Principals
Term ends: 2022
Email: kirbyanderson@fergusotters.org
Phone: 218-770-7161
Melissa Hermes, Clerk
Committees: Curriculum Review Committee; Staff Development
Negotiations: Certified staff; Cafeteria
Term ends: 2022
Email: mhermes@fergusotters.org
Matthew Lemke
Committees: MN State HS League & Co-Curricular; Activities Committee; Finance Committee; Lakes Country Service Cooperative
Negotiations: Certified staff; Principals; District-wide individual contracts
Term ends: 2024
Email: mlemke@fergusotters.org
Phone: 218-731-1385
Stephen Vigesaa
Committees: Activities Committee; Policy Committee; Meet & Confer; Legislative Liaison
Negotiations: Principals; Secretaries & custodians
Term ends: 2024
Email: svigesaa@fergusotters.org
Phone: 507-993-5941
School Board Filing Dates
July 22, 2020
NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR ELECTION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 544
FERGUS FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
STATE OF MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the period for filing affidavits of candidacy for the office of school board member of Independent School District No. 544 shall begin on July 28, 2020, and shall close at 5:00 o'clock p.m. on August 11, 2020.
The general election shall be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. At that election, three members will be elected to the School Board for a term expiring Jan. 1, 2025.
Affidavits of Candidacy are available from the school district clerk, Kennedy Secondary School - 601 Randolph Avenue, Fergus Falls MN 56537. The filing fee for this office is $2. A candidate for this office must be an eligible voter, must be 21 years of age or more on assuming office, must have been a resident of the school district from which the candidate seeks election for thirty (30) days before the general election, and must have no other affidavit on file for any other office at the same primary or next ensuing general election.
The affidavits of candidacy must be filed in the office of the school district clerk and the filing fee paid prior to 5:00 o'clock p.m. on August 11, 2020.
Dated: June 22, 2020
BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
/s/ Melissa Hermes, School District Clerk