Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Public Schools  is  considering a bond referendum for facility improvements.

Citizen’s Advisory Committee invites the community to a town hall meeting on May 18, 2017, from 5:30-p.m.,to 7:30-p.m. The committee will be listening to the community’s input on future developments around Jamestown Public Schools, and will also share its initial priorities.

The town hall meeting will be at the Jamestown Middle Schools, Thompson Community Room.

For more information on the event and the committee, visit http://www.jamestown.k12.nd.us/news/

Since 2016, Jamestown Public Schools has been working to gather information and feedback on several items, including the expected life of our facilities, a 10-year capital maintenance plan including safety and security measures, updated enrollment projections, K-12 infrastructure and technology, flex space at the elementary level, locations of high school activities, JHS Transition House, and perspectives of staff, school board members and the community about 21st century learning and what our students need for careers of the future. The town hall is a next step in the information gathering and sharing process to help determine what’s best for the future of our schools.

The Citizen’s Advisory Committee was formed out of these discussions and members include:

School Board Members

  • Sedric Trevithick
  • Steve Veldkamp

School Leadership

  • Superintendent Rob Lech
  • JHS Principal Adam Gehlhar
  • JMS Principal Ryan Harty
  • Washington Elementary Principal Phyllis Clemens
  • Business Manager Sally Ost

School Staff Representatives

  • Kelly Bauer – 1st Grade Teacher at Gussner Elementary
  • Cody Mickelson – Foreign Language Teacher at JMS/JHS and JEA President
  • Mari Stilwell – Elementary Instructional Coach
  • Susanna Walker – Teacher at Jamestown North
  • Laura Weis – Language Arts at JMS

Community Representatives

  • Candace Dempsey – Retired
  • Travis Dillman – Engineer at Interstate Engineering and Current Interim City Engineer at City of Jamestown
  • Laurie Kramer – Licensed Social Worker
  • Carrie Orn – Dentist
  • Mindi Schmitz – Environmental Lobbyist and Former School Board Member
  • Michelle Solensky – University of Jamestown Professor
  • Harley Trefz – Retired
  • Ron Truax – Pioneer Seed
  • Dan Tweten – UTC
  • Larry Ukestad – Retired
  • Amy Walters – Director of Two Rivers Activities Center (TRAC) and Former Program Coordinator at South East Educational Cooperative