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Robbinsdale Area Schools Board Special Study Session - November 24, 6 p.m.

Robbinsdale Area SchoolsTuesday, November 25, 2025
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Statutory operating debt plan

Site consolidation plan

School closure recommendations

Budget adjustments

Special education center-based programming

Enrollment trends and facility planning

Public hearing and voting timelines

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Notable Quotes (2)

The site consolidation recommendations bring forward about 2.5 million of that [8 million]. So we're bringing forward some additional recommendations for discussion this evening about how to get to that over 8 million.

— Dr. Terry Stall
BudgetAddressing the budget gap.

If you have a building where you have larger number of FTE or classrooms, you are going to have a larger number of support FTE allocated to that building. So that person essentially is going to not have to travel between sites.

— Executive Director O'Harn
Operational EfficiencyDiscussing the efficiency of school staffing.

People (5)

Freda Evans BeckerBoard Chair

Leading the special study session and establishing rules of order.

Dr. Terry StallSuperintendent

Leading the discussion on site consolidation and financial strategy.

1 quote

“The sole purpose of this study session is to continue to talk about the statutory operating debt, how the site consolidation is a piece of that as well as additional budget adjustments.”

Explaining the objective of the study session.

GJ PritchsonBoard Member-Elect

Attending prior to official start date in January.

Dr. McDowAssistant Superintendent

Providing technical details on facility planning and secondary decision points.

Executive Director O'HarnExecutive Director

Providing information on staffing and school climate.

Places Mentioned

Robbinsdale Area SchoolsNoble ElementaryNeil ElementarySonos ElementaryLake View Elementary287 (Special Education provider)

Events & Meetings (5)

  • Monday, November 24th, 2025, 6:02 p.m. - Boardroom
  • December 1st, 2025 - Regular board meeting and Truth in Taxation hearing
  • December 8th, 2025 - Listening session
  • December 15th, 2025 - Public hearing and vote on school closures
  • January 5th, 2026 - Organizational meeting
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