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Robbinsdale board votes to discontinue Fair Crystal magnet program, spares Pilgrim Lane
Summary
Facing statutory operating debt, the Robbinsdale Area Schools board voted Jan. 5 to discontinue middle‑school magnet programming at Fair Crystal at the end of the 2025–26 year and to repurpose the facility, while unanimously voting not to close Fair Pilgrim Lane Elementary.
The Robbinsdale Area Schools school board voted Jan. 5 to discontinue middle‑school magnet programming at Fair Crystal at the conclusion of the 2025–26 school year and to repurpose the building for academic programming, part of a set of actions aimed at meeting a statutory operating debt recovery target.
The board simultaneously voted unanimously to remove the proposed closure of Fair Pilgrim Lane Elementary from consideration, a move that rendered the scheduled public hearing on Pilgrim Lane unnecessary.
Why it matters: District leadership said the actions respond to a statutory operating debt (SOD) condition that requires the board to submit a structurally balanced recovery plan to the Minnesota Department of Education by Jan. 31, 2026. Administration told the board its current deficit is substantially larger than the SOD threshold and that a combination of program and site changes is necessary to reach the…
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