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Robbinsdale officials outline $8M‑plus recovery plan, propose school closures and program cuts
Summary
District leaders told the board they must cut at least $8–9 million this year to stop a compounding budget deficit; site consolidation of two elementary schools and one middle school is projected to produce about $2.5 million of the reductions. The board will hold a public hearing Dec. 15 and is expected to vote on the statutory operating debt plan in January.
Robbinsdale Public School District officials told the board during a Nov. 24 study session that the district faces a deepening structural deficit and must take action this year to stop compounding losses.
"We are a negative $11,000,000 in our unreserved, undesignated fund balance," said Kristen Holbeisel, the district's chief financial officer, describing the district's position at the end of the most recent fiscal year and warning that preliminary projections could push the deficit to about $16 million without cuts. Holbeisel and other administrators said the board needs to find at least $8 million, and ideally $9 million, in reductions for the coming year to halt the trajectory.
To begin hitting that target, administration recommended, and reconfirmed at the session, a package centered on site consolidation. The plan published for public notice would include the potential closure of two…
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