Sharon Brooks Resigns From Robbinsdale Area School Board
Sharon Brooks, a controversial figure on the Robbinsdale Area School Board, submitted her resignation just ahead of the board’s Feb. 3 meeting.
Her term was to run through December 2026.
Board Chair Greta Evans-Becker told the board she submitted a letter of resignation about four minutes before the meeting started.
The board unanimously accepted her resignation.
In her letter of resignation, which Evans-Becker read aloud during the meeting, Brooks did not cite a reason for her departure.
“As of Feb. 3rd, 2025, I submit my resignation as a Robbinsdale Area School Board director,” Brooks wrote. “It has been my sincere pleasure to serve the wonderful students, their parents, and work with the administration and other stakeholders of the district.”
The board had previously censured Brooks twice.
Evans-Becker told CCX News that the board will likely appoint a new member to fill that seat for the balance of the term.
However, the process to select a candidate isn’t clear.
The board will readdress the issue in two weeks.
Sharon Brooks resigned from the Robbinsdale Area School Board just ahead of its Feb. 3 meeting.
Pay Cut, Disavowal of Letter
The board’s agenda for Feb. 3 included another effort beyond a censure to admonish Brooks for her actions as a board member.
Before accepting Brooks’ resignation, the board docked her pay by one-fourth, while also disavowing a letter to the editor she submitted to the Sun Post back in December.
Brooks’ standard $7,800 stipend was reduced to $5,850.
The board felt the letter inaccurately besmirched former board member John Vento, blaming him for the district’s approximately $20 million budget shortfall.
Likewise, the board also felt her letter was demeaning to Board Member Caroline Long.
According to recent board investigations, Brooks and Long had a dispute related to Long’s racial status. That dispute resulted in her two censures.
Brooks’ letter “could reasonably be viewed as a form of unlawful retaliation in response to the original complaint of discrimination based on protected class status,” read the board resolution disavowing the letter.
Board Member Helen Bassett cast the lone dissenting vote.
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