🌱 Patch AM: How will ending Fair School Crystal’s magnet program affect Golden Valley families?

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• How will ending Fair School Crystal’s magnet program affect Golden Valley families?

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📰 News we're reading

• Robbinsdale Board Votes To End Magnet Program at Fair School Crystal (ccxmedia.org) — Families in Golden Valley are affected by Robbinsdale schools’ decision to end the middle school magnet program at Fair School Crystal starting in 2026–27, shifting students to Plymouth or Sandburg middle schools. The move is part of a broader response to a $21 million budget deficit, school closures, and a state-ordered financial recovery plan that will also repurpose Fair School Crystal for other district programs.
   

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Friday January 9

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• Winter Market In The Valley
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Thursday January 8

• Baby Caregiver Connection Hour With Hopkins ECFE
  Hopkins Library , 22 11th Avenue North , Hopkins
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  Hosmer Community Library , 347 East 36th Street , Minneapolis
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  Golden Valley Library , 830 Winnetka Avenue North , Golden Valley
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• Family Storytime
  Golden Valley Library , 830 Winnetka Avenue North , Golden Valley
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• DO YOU HAVE A GREAT NEIGHBOR?
  Residents in Crystal can nominate their great neighbor for the 2026 Neighbors Recognizing Neighbors award. If you have a kind and thoughtful neighbor… (Nextdoor )
• Today is the welcome reception for Tracey Fussy and Chris Queitzsch, who will be sworn in at tonight’s City Council meeting.
  Join them, their families, City staff, and fellow community members at 5:30 pm tonight in the Council Conference Room at City Hall for light… (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Robbinsdale

• Sports Recap: PACT boys basketball rolls to 8-0, Blaine moves to 10-0, Coon Rapids' Bridenstine wins Matness title (hometownsource.com)

New Hope

• New Hope's winter golf event returns Jan. 24 (hometownsource.com)
• The Year Ahead in 'Star Wars' (gizmodo.com)
• Another nexus of fraud? Auditor zeros in on drug, mental health grants (newsfromthestates.com)

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