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Rush Creek students learn, play during naturalist visit
Third graders at Rush Creek Elementary School recently received a visit from a naturalist from the Eastman Nature Center. The naturalist led students through games that have been played in the local area in past generations. The students first played a throwing game called Papassikwan, where they used two sticks to throw an item back and forth between them. The students had to work as a team to keep the item in the air. ...
Board nixes request for urban education conference
Director Sharon E. Brooks asked the Robbinsdale Area School Board to pay for her to go to the Council for Urban Boards of Education Conference in October. Accommodations, registration and transportation to the site in Las Vegas would total about $3000. The board voted against this request. “There’s a lot to learn,” Brooks said of the conference. “There are a lot of different initiatives that will be introduced on how to identify racism. ... How to offer solutions that our board may want to ask...
Robbinsdale Schools considers allegations in closed sessions
The Robbinsdale Area Schools Board of Directors has been meeting in closed sessions under Statue 13D.05, Subd. 2 for “preliminary consideration of allegations or charges against an individual subject to its authority.” Details have not been made public other than there are allegations against multiple board members. During work sessions, board members have spoken about the possibility of heavy legal fees from being sued. However, an estimated price tag has...
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