School Board Meetings
School Board Meeting Dates:
New Salem-Almont School Board meetings are held the third Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted and are held in the New Salem-Almont High School Conference Room unless otherwise noted below.
July 22, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM (Click for Agenda)
August 19, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
September 16, 2024 Public Hearing 7:00 PM
September 16, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting 7:15PM
September 16, 2024 Strategic Planning Committee 2:00PM
September 30, 2024 Strategic Planning Committee 2:00PM
October 14, 2024 Strategic Planning Committee 1:00PM
October 21, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
October 29, 2024 Finance Committee Meeting 6:00PM
November 12, 2024 Regular School Board Mt 7:30PM
December 3, 2024 Strategic Planning Committee 4:30PM
December 16, 2024 Policy Committee Mt 5:15PM
December 16, 2024 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
January 20, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
February 10, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
March 10, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00PM
March 17, 2025 Building & Grounds Committee Mt 7:00PM
April 22, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00PM
April 22, 2025 Negotiation Committee Meeting 7:00PM
May 8, 2025 Negotiation Committee Meeting 7:00PM
May 8. 2025 School Board Retreat 6:30PM
May 9, 2025 8:00AM Special Board Meeting
May 19, 2025 Policy Committee Meeting 5:15PM
May 19, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
June 16, 2025 Policy Committee meeting 5:15PM
June 16, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 PM
July 22, 2025 Annual Board Meeting 6:00PM
August 18, 2025 August Board Meeting 6:00PM
NDCC 44-04-20 Notice of Public Meetings Required governs public notice requirements for board meetings.
2024 Annual School Board Election
NDSBA School Board Member Toolkit
Members Up for Election in 2025
Area 1 (City of New Salem) Tammy Gilstad
Area 4 (Almont-Sims) Mark Feland
New Salem – Almont School District Election - Unofficial Results
June 11, 2024
Area 2 - Meagan Miller
Area 3 - Austin John
Area 4 - Kendra Hoovestol
The New Salem-Almont school board will canvass the votes at the School Board Meeting to be held on June 24, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the New Salem-Almont High School Conference room. Results are unofficial until the canvassing by the board.
SCHOOL BOARD HOMEPAGE
School Board Meetings
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Austin John, President
Meagan Miller, Vice President
Mark Feland
Tammy Gilstad
Kendra Hoovestol
Jackie Lausch
Monica Reiner-Pletan
SCHOOL EXPANSION PROJECT
MINUTES
May 8, 2025 Board Retreat Minutes
April 22, 2025 Negotiations Committee Minutes
April 22, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes
September 16, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes
September 16, 2024 Annual Public Meeting Minutes
May 28, 2024 Finance Committee
April 30, 2024 Building/Grounds
April 15, 2024 Policy Committee
April 11, 2024 Negotiations Committee
March 18, 2024 Policy Committee
February 28, 2024 Board Retreat
February 20, 2024 Policy Committee
November 13, 2023 Policy Committee
October 16, 2023 Policy Committee
September 18, 2023 Public Meeting
August 15, 2023 Transportation Committee
OUTCOME OF THREE AND FIVE-YEAR DEMOGRAPHIC PLANNING
June 2022
Academic and extracurricular programs:
Build a Vocational building which will expand our CTE offerings. Create a middle school setting, increase dual credit opportunities in-house, and offer two new electives in-house with Robotics and Cybersecurity. We added Girls Wrestling for a new extracurricular activity this past school year.
Instructional and administrative staffing:
To help with SEL, add additional counseling and special education services starting the 2022-23 school year.
Facility needs and utilization:
Create a thorough deferred maintenance plan.
District tax levies:
Tax levies should only see slight increases.