The Fargo Public Schools is governed by a nine-member Board of Education, whose members may serve an unlimited number of four-year terms.
Its curriculum and education delivery is guided by a Strategic Plan developed in 2000, which focuses on seven goals: academic performance, the arts, character, citizenship, communication, life skills, and self-reliance.
Advanced Placement (AP) courses include biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, economics, government, physics, psychology, and Statistics in addition to language and the arts.
Career & Technical Education curriculum in the Fargo Public Schools includes automotive, industrial, graphic arts, manufacturing, and information technologies.
[8] The district's elementary and middle school buildings constructed and/or remodeled after 1994 utilize the shared “pod” or “team center” concept, which assigns groups of students and teachers together for interconnected teaching and learning using common resources.
"The text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian god and therefore, it does not include any other face such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, all of which are practiced by our staff and students at FPS.".
[12] This was met with condemnation from Senators Kevin Cramer, and Ted Cruz as well as country music band Big & Rich.
Following the decision by the Fargo School Board, Governor Doug Burgum announced that he was working with the state legislature to guarantee that the opportunity exists to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.