Two parcels transfer from Moorhead to DGF school district
July 27, 2017
Two more parcels of land are transferring from
Moorhead Area Public Schools
to
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Public Schools this month as the two districts continue to implement the boundary realignment plan that was approved last year.
The realignment plan includes a combination of immediate transfer of parcels and a phased-in transfer process. This combination was needed to minimize tax impact to taxpayers of each school district during a transfer year.
The net tax capacity of property transferred last year to Moorhead Area Public Schools increased enough to equal the value of the next two parcels to exchange. These two parcels in the City of Dilworth transferred to DGF schools effective July 1, 2017:
1) Orchid-7th St. NE to 4th Ave. NE-Woodbridge Dr.
2) Orchid-Woodbridge Dr. to 4th Ave. NE-12th St. NE
Four remaining parcels will be transferred in the following order once the net tax capacity of property transferred to Moorhead increases to match the value of land being transferred out of the district:
3) Orchid-12th St. NE to 4th Ave. NE-14th St. NE
4) 4th Ave. NE-7th St. NE to 3rd Ave. NE-12th St. NE
5) 4th Ave. NE-12th St. NE to 14th St. NE
6) 3rd Ave. NE-7th St. NE to Hwy 10-12th St. NE
Students living in the two newly transferred parcels who were open enrolled into the DGF School District will become residents of the district. Moorhead students living in the affected areas attending Moorhead Area Public Schools are able to open enroll and will be provided transportation based on Minnesota Statute 124D.02. Moorhead Area Public Schools will continue to provide transportation and allow the students in the affected areas to open enroll to Moorhead Schools through the time of this agreement.
The boundary realignment plan was developed by a task force created in October 2015 with representatives from the two districts and boards. The task force met to develop a plan that would be favorable to both districts and district residents. After approval by both School Boards the plan required legislative action.
In the 2016 legislative session, the voluntary boundary realignment bill was proposed and adopted. On June 1, 2016 Governor Dayton signed into law the 2016 Supplemental Budget Bill providing authority for ISD 152 and ISD 2164 to realign their shared district boundaries over a period of years.
In July 2016, the initial exchange transferred Summerwood 1st and 2nd additions, Orchard Estates addition, and several undeveloped parcels in the City of Dilworth from the Moorhead district to the DGF district. Moorhead Area Public Schools received a section and a half that includes the Moorhead airport and the Titan equipment dealership south of Interstate 94, a section north of I-94, and a quarter-section on the west side of Dilworth between Highway 10 and The Meadows golf course.
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