West Fargo school leader appointed to lead North Dakota K-12 school system

Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Tuesday appointed West Fargo School District Business Manager Levi Bachmeier to be North Dakota’s next state superintendent of public instruction.

Bachmeier will begin the position after outgoing Superintendent Kirsten Baesler is sworn in as an assistant secretary with the U.S. Department of Education.

Since 2019, Bachmeier has served as business manager of the West Fargo School District, the state’s fastest-growing school district. He was policy director and education policy adviser for Gov. Doug Burgum from 2016-2019. He previously taught high school social studies for two years with Teach for America and spent a summer as a policy analyst fellow with the U.S. Department of Education.