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The move comes about a week before the district was set to vote on a proposal to close more than a dozen schools that the then candidates opposed.
MINNEAPOLIS — On Tuesday, voters elected three new Minneapolis School Board directors who were all backed by the teachers' union, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers.
Christin Crabtree, Becca Dryden and Shannon Gibney all opposed the recent school closure proposal and will join the nine-member board in January. Incumbents Collin Beachy and Abdul Abdi also retained their seats.
"It's been a ride, it's definitely been a ride," said Gibney, who pointed to successful grassroots organization that now includes about 2,000 community members.
"It's not some magical shift, it's like work," said Gibney. "All of those resources and all of that knowledge, all of that time and energy, we need th...
