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Faribault board approves reorganization plan Option D over objections, 4-3
Summary
The Faribault Public Schools board voted 4-3 on Jan. 6 to approve reorganization plan Option D, which centralizes early childhood services and restructures elementary placements; trustees and public speakers debated academic research, safety and budget impacts.
On Jan. 6 the Faribault Public Schools Board of Education approved “reorganization plan Option D” in a 4-3 roll-call vote after more than an hour of public comment and trustee debate.
The plan approved by the board centralizes early childhood (pre-K) and kindergarten programming, merges pre-K and K staff, consolidates grades 1–5 into two elementary buildings, and calls for facility work at McKinley to house the district’s Area Learning Center (ALC). The motion to approve Option D passed with trustees Linda Boudreaux, Candice Knutson, Chad Wolf and John Bellingham voting yes; trustees Linda Moore, Jerry Robichaud and Cassie Steeves voted no.
Board chair (unnamed in the transcript) told the board the plan aims "to optimize our educational outcomes, improve our operational efficiencies [and] provide cost…
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