Robbinsdale highlights full‑service community schools model, says partners reached thousands

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At its June 16 meeting, Robbinsdale Area Schools officials reported early results from a federally supported full‑service community schools program at three sites, listing health, mental‑health and basic‑needs services as top needs and describing partnerships that delivered dental care, meals and enrichment to students and families.

Robbinsdale Area Schools leaders on June 16 told the school board that a district effort to establish full‑service community schools at three sites has delivered a range of health, family‑engagement and enrichment services and reached thousands of students and families.

The presentation, led by Anthony Williams, executive director for community schools, reviewed how the district used a roughly $1,200,000 Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) federal pass‑through grant to create full‑time community‑school coordinator posts at Cooper High School, Robertsville (RMS) and Sandburg Learning Center and to form site leadership teams charged with asset mapping and needs assessments.

The needs assessments identified the top priorities for participating students and families as emotional and social well‑being, before‑ and after‑school enrichment, clothing and hygiene resources, health‑care services and academic…

Robbinsdale highlights full‑service community schools model, says partners reached thousands

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