Crest View Elementary in Brooklyn Park To Be Repurposed Starting Fall 2025
After this next school year, an elementary school in Brooklyn Park will serve a different part of its population.
Crest View Elementary, part of the Osseo Area School District, is set to be repurposed beginning fall 2025. District leaders say it will offer different services to the population.
That includes a cultural heritage immersion preschool, a community clinic, and an American Indian Cultural Center. It will also offer other programs based on upcoming community feedback.
Brian Siverson-Hall, director of community engagement for the district, said this decision is based on many years of research.
Likewise, he said the services will fill a number of important needs in the area.
“With that community-based programming, there will be opportunities for almost like a ‘hub’ in that part of our district,” Siverson-Hall said. “For after school, evening enrichment. Different opportunities for community.”
The facility will be open later and more often than a school.
The district is looking for feedback on how the community can use the building.
To submit feedback anonymously, visit the ThoughtExchange, which is available online.
What’s next for Crest View?
Siverson-Hall said the district chose the school largely because it was an under-enrolled school located in a central location.
Students and staff currently at the school will be moving to different schools throughout the district.
Students, alongside their families, will be able to choose between three Osseo Schools elementary schools in the area. That includes Edinbrook Elementary, Fair Oaks Elementary and Zanewood Community School: STEAM.
Crest View students celebrated 60 years of the elementary school in 2021.
As the school goes through its final year serving elementary students, the district said it hopes to celebrate how far its come.
“We want to do some things that honor what has happened at Crest View over the years as well as a part of this, so we’ll be doing some planning on what that looks like,” Siverson-Hall said.
After the 2024-25 school year, remodeling work will begin on the building. Siverson-Hall said the district hopes to open it to the community in fall 2026.
A timeline, along with frequently asked questions, is available on the district’s family flyer.
