As the federation of unions representing working families in North Dakota, we know what a huge relief it was for working families to not worry about school meals while federal funding was taking care of it. Providing a basic hot meal for every kid who needed one, at no charge to the student or ...

Brenda Seehafer, Rolla As a leader of my local association of educators, I can tell you that our members are regularly talking about what is happening at the state Capitol, and the potential effects that bills will have on their professional lives, their classrooms and, most importantly, ...

LaMonte Jacobson, Bismarck If there was one positive thing that came out of the pandemic, every child in school was provided lunch at no cost through federal funding. Now that this program has ended, there is a bill before the legislature to provide lunch at no cost to public school ...

Tyler Hancock, Minot So in reading the painfully biased article “Parents call for school choice” (nice title, by the way; are you claiming that all parents are calling for school choice? Because it sounds like you’re claiming that all parents are calling for school choice), I noticed ...

Alexa Ducioame, Fargo It’s no secret, ND has faced a childcare crisis for a long time. I share my story as a snapshot into what families are facing and to implore the ND legislature to act now. My daughter (2.5) has been on a waitlist for our preferred center for 3 years. My son (1) was ...

Robin Fuehrer Bismarck As the director of Community Church Child Care in Bismarck I see first hand how the child care crisis is impacting both providers and families. I am, yet again, in the middle of a hiring process at my Center. My previous hiring phase was 6 months ago. I had over 100 ...