Minneapolis School Board Members Propose Pause On School Closure Plans

CBS Minnesota

October 12, 2026

After community pushback, some Minneapolis school board members are proposing a pause on sweeping school closure plans.

The "transformation plan" would address declining enrollment and, the district says, "improve student experience."

"As a parent, I feel nervous around the plan as a whole," Said Shakiya Carter-Burt, who has three kids in the district, including two at a school slated to close under the plan.

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