Minneapolis Public Schools will not close any schools

Since 9, the Minneapolis School Board just passed a resolution to put a pause on plans to close more than a dozen schools. Fox 9's Maury Glover joins me live tonight. And, Maury, this comes after some intense pushback from not only the families involved here, but also city leaders. That's right. This has been an emotional issue. But ultimately, the superintendent had a change of heart. Based on what we've heard so clearly, so overwhelmingly, and from so many people, even with a few days left of the listening period, I must recommend now that the school board does not move forward with any school closures or mergers at this time. In a surprise move, Dr. Sharon Sales-Adams said based on public feedback, she has changed her mind about her plan to transform Minneapolis public schools. I want this city to heal. Let's just take a breath, okay? The three controversial proposals would have closed or merged up to 16 schools to address dwindling enrollment and improve student experience. experience. But critics argued it would destabilize the district and send more parents to other districts. This is a blindside move, even though I'm grateful because my fight was to not have any school closures during the 27-28. After some back and forth, the board discussed a resolution to officially pause any school closings until at least 2028. This city and this community went through a lot this year and we need an stability. Which many parents in attendance were happy to hear. This was a miss and I think that she did a really good job coming in up front and saying hey this isn't the way forward and so I recommend that we stop. So I was really grateful to that. I think we're all a little almost surprised that they heard our feedback. We've done an incredible amount of work behind the scenes as parents and community members to put together data upon data so the fact that they're hearing us is very encouraging. About 20 minutes ago the school board voted to approve that resolution meaning there will no longer be a vote on this transformation plan on November 10th. Reporting live in Minneapolis, Maury Glover, Fox 9.