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Robbinsdale administration recommends reducing IB spending amid SOD; board signals administrative authority to act
Summary
Administration told the Robbinsdale board that the International Baccalaureate (IB) program costs about $791,000 annually across K‑12 and recommended reductions to help address statutory operating debt. Board members debated program value and agreed the decision is primarily administrative but supported trimming IB spending now while leaving open future reconsideration.
District administrators presented the board with cost and performance details for the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and recommended reducing IB expenditures given the statutory operating debt context.
An administrator said the elementary IB program costs about $184,000 a year and that the total K‑12 IB cost is roughly $791,000 annually.…
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