Area Schools Receiving Valley City Students
By Ryan Cunningham
www.newsdakota.com
April 21
Three area schools in the Barnes County area are receiving large numbers of Valley City students displaced by the flood.
To date, 256 students have either enrolled or committed to enroll at Barnes County North, Maple Valley, and Litchville-Marion schools. The Barnes County North school district has received 104 students from Valley City, and the Maple Valley district has received 132 students, the largest numbers in the area.
At Barnes County North, 98 students have enrolled at North Central at Rogers and six have enrolled at the Wimbledon-Courtenay campus at Wimbledon. At Maple Valley, 52 in grades 7-12 are at the high school in Tower City and 80 are at the elementary school in Buffalo. Students appear to be enrolling as a temporary measure while the Valley City district makes plans, but they are welcome to stay and finish out the year. All districts report that they are impressed with the kids they are receiving. They are expecting more in the near future, and say they are glad to have them.
I feel this is a great thing for the surrounding schools and the Valley City students too. The students are getting the opportunity to learn in new surroundings and to meet new friends at the same time. I am glad the parents are doing this for the children and not having them sit at home in front of the TV. I would want my child out learning or at least in the school setting as well. Just by having the children in a school setting it helping them in so many ways. We are taking their minds off what is happening in Valley City and also they are in a learning environment.
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Yeah, I heard on the radio that is easier for young kids to make friends, so by displacing them into other school they get a chance to learn and meet new people. Which is always a good thing. Keep ties and keep new friends as close friends. Its very good for the kids, instead of being couch potatoes, they're out doing what they should be, learning. And good thing for those parents that want their kids to learn, or just don't want their kids sitting around trying to figure out what they are going to do with them. And it looks good for those schools for letting them in. Yay for North dakota people being kind-hearted.. for the most part!
ReplyDeleteGood article!
I think this is a really great thing. If the students wouldn't have enrolled in the other schools and Valley City schools would have just told them to wait they would have had a lot of school to make up.
ReplyDeleteI have heard that the school has reopened and students have been returning to Valley City. I am sure that there are still families that haven't come back yet due to the sewer sytem still not being fully restored. It's nice to know that our area schools are caring enough to take in more students. I am sure some of the smaller schools can't hold too many more students.