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Crookston School Board approves Music Trip, Sandford Power Weight lifting agreement, and says it has a tenative agreement with the teachers union for 2025-26 and 2026-27

November 24, 2025

The Crookston School Board met on Monday, November 24 at the Crookston High School Choir/Orchestra room. The meeting began with the addition of an agenda item, which requested approval of a music trip to the Twin Cities in March. SCHOOL BOARD AND TEACHER UNION REACH A TENTATIVE AGREEMENTThe Crookston School Board and Crookston Education Association […]

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Crookston School Board approves 2025-26 Winter Activity coaches, hears from Sanford Power, and approves activity worker pay schedule

October 28, 2025

The Crookston School Board met on Monday and the meeting started off with a presentation from Anthony Morando, General Manager of Sanford Power and Dan Rooney (of Sanford Power, who is the school strength and conditioning coach in the mornings, after school and in the summer). Morando and Rooney gave a review of what Sanford

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Crookston School Board approves SRO contract, and says goodbye to Frank Fee and Dave Davidson after a a combined 28 years on the board

December 10, 2024

The Crookston School Board met Monday evening at the Crookston High School Choir/Orchestra room and approved the School Resource Officer Contract and a strength and conditioning contract with Sanford and Dan Rooney. The meeting was also the final board meeting for Chair Frank Fee, who has served for 16 years, and Dave Davidson, who has

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NATE LUBARSKI NAMED NEW CROOKSTON PIRATE FOOTBALL COACH

August 3, 2021

Nate Lubarski has been named the new Crookston Pirate Football coach pending Crookston School Board approval. Lubarski has been instrumental in reviving the weight room numbers and selecting certain equipment for interval training in the recently redone Crookston High School weight room. Lubarski has also been a football coach on several levels from youth, junior

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MEET THE NEW TEACHERS AT HIGHLAND AND WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

September 3, 2020

Crookston Public Schools has four new teachers in the elementary schools for the 2020-2021 school year. The new teachers are below – ELIZABETH ERICKSON Elizabeth Erickson has been a long-term substitute teacher in the Crookston School District and comes back to Crookston after teaching preschool at Hawley last year. “I’m from Barnesville originally,” said Erickson.

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