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168 Missile Ave • Minot AFB, ND

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Office: 701.723.1447
Cell: 701.240.2380

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mafb.school.liaison@us.af.mil

School Liaison

The goal of the Department of the Air Force School Liaison Program is to deliver unparalleled educational advocacy, outreach, and partnerships for military-connected students and families across the globe. The School Liaison serves as the primary link between schools, leadership, and military families pertaining to K-12 educational issues. Primary responsibilities include advising the military command on all matters concerning student education and school operations, fostering a responsive and cooperative relationship between local school districts and the military community, and assisting military families with education matters that are unique to the military lifestyle such as school transitions, frequent moves, deployment, and education inconsistencies that exist from state-to-state. The School Liaison works to inform and link military families to the resources and information needed to maximize educational opportunities. This ensures academic success for all military children.

About Us

The mission of the School Liaison Program is outreach, advocacy, and partnership initiatives that generate real-time solutions for military-connected students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 as they face global educational challenges and transitions. The vision of the School Liaison Program is to deliver unparalleled educational advocacy, outreach, and partnerships for military-connected students around the globe.

Educational topics in which the School Liaison can offer specific supports include—but are not limited to—the following: school enrollment, transfer of school records, course placement, graduation requirements, extracurricular involvement, special education, deployment support, scholarships, school transitions, and youth sponsorship. The School Liaison can provide support to military members and their families, public and private school personnel, homeschooled families, and on and off base partners who have an interest in military child education.

Local Education

Minot Public Schools (MPS) is the largest district in the area and educates the majority of Minot Air Force base students. MPS has 11 elementary schools (K – 5th grade), two of which are on base, North Plains & Dakota. There are four middle schools (6th – 8th grade) with Memorial Middle on the installation. There are three high schools for Minot Public: Minot North High School, Minot High School, and McKinley Alternative Learning Center. Minot Public Schools also offers an Adult Learning Center.

Please visit https://minot.k12.nd.mapmyschools.com/Locator to view an interactive boundary map for Minot Public Schools.

Students can be enrolled into the Minot Public school district by following the directions on their school enrollment website https://www.minot.k12.nd.us/en-US/enrollment-services-368901fb.

Public school districts include Anamoose-Drake, Bottineau, Dunseith, Fessenden-Bowdon, Garrison, Glenburn, Harvey, Kenmare, Lewis & Clark, Max, McClusky-Goodrich, Minot, Mohall Lansford Sherwood, Nedrose, Newberg-United, Rugby, Sawyer, South Prairie, Stanley, Surrey, Tgu, Turtle Lake-Mercer, Underwood, United (Des Lacs/Burlington), Velva, Washburn, Westhope, and White Shield.

Private schools include Bishop Ryan Catholic School, Our Redeemer’s Christian School, and Little Flower Catholic Elementary School.

The state recognized online school is the North Dakota Center for Distance Education.

Preschool options are available off installation through Head Start, Minot Public, Glenburn, and a number of private preschools. Preschool options are also available on installation via the Child Development Center and Family Child Care.