Live: Nine candidates vie for Minneapolis school board seats

Minneapolis voters will elect at least three and as many as five new school board members as big decisions for the district loom. On Oct. 13, Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams shelved her initial proposals to close up to 16 schools next year, citing community feedback that the timeline was too fast. But the challenges that prompted the school closure conversation remain: year after year of painful budget cuts; uneven opportunities across the district; declining enrollment; and a building portfolio designed for a much larger district. Those decisions now will fall to the next school board. Voters will elect two at-large members, choosing among incumbent Collin Beachy and newcomers Michael Baskins, Christin Crabtree, and Stephanie Johnson. At-large board member Joyner Emerick is not running for reelection. In District 1 — most of northeast and southeast Minneapolis — voters will choose whether to reelect incumbent board treasurer Abdul Abdi or elect business education teacher