Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams addressed the thousands of people that gave feedback about the school transformation plan by publicly asking to pause the options they provided to the school board in September.
A resolution to wait a year to close Minneapolis Public Schools is on the table after the community shared overwhelming feedback against the district’s school transformation plan. The school …
The at-large Minneapolis Public Schools school board candidates were interviewed for 30 minutes and asked questions based on suggestions by Southwest Voices readers. MPS School board Director …
On Oct. 8, 2026, Minneapolis City Council announced a resolution coauthored by 10 Council Members demanding Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) leadership stop the Transformation Plan, joining an …
Journalists gathered back at the Davis Center on Sept. 25 to ask questions that the Minneapolis Public Schools community has been asking since senior leadership revealed its school transformation …
It all started with The Summer Christmas Came to Minnesota . This 1989 article by Dr. William D. Green sent Jason Benjamin, a long-time South Minneapolis resident and teacher, down a Minnesota …
Minneapolis Public Schools senior leadership presented its "school transformation" plan on Sept. 15 to the school board and a large audience of MPS parents and press.
Minneapolis Public Schools parents filled the John B. Davis Center meeting room Tuesday night as the school board listened to an opaque presentation from district administration on suggested school closures across the district.
More than a million people in Minnesota voted in the Aug. 11 primary, about 25% of eligible voters. About 35% of Minneapolis voters came out to the polls and the registered voter turn out was close to 42%.
Over 100 people gathered in the Sanford School auditorium on July 8, 2026 to learn more about Minneapolis Public School (MPS) plans for building a new Anishinabe Academy school on the Cooper School …
In the past two years, a new sport has exploded in popularity across Minnesota, growing from a four-team pilot league to having over 100 teams across the state.
On Thursday, May 28, U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar visited Roosevelt High School and presented to a small group of students, staff, and parents, the congressional record that officially recognized …
On June 10, 2026, the MPS School Board voted unanimously to pass Resolution 2026-0050, setting the timeline and approving the parameters for the next phase of MPS School Transformation. Amanda …
What if Minnesota schools could get more funding without your taxes increasing by even a single cent? Yes, it sounds too good to be true. But a proposal along those lines will be on ballots this …
Oct. 3, 2023: Resident learn that MPS plans to spend $1,000 to immediately remove the aging playground at the former Cooper Elementary School building (3239 44th Ave) installed in 1997. The …
Dear Members of the Board, MPS staff, and Council Member Chowdhury, I am writing to express my concerns about the proposed plans for building on the Cooper School site. I believe …
Warning signs about the Minneapolis Public Schools senior finance officer, Ibrahima Diop, had been accumulating for months: IRS penalties , a mysterious deficit in the district’s healthcare trust …
Minneapolis Public Schools has incurred over $5.3 million in tax penalties from the IRS since 2022. The penalties were assessed for a range of issues, including $2.9 million for errors calculating …
Minneapolis Public Schools withheld nearly $3 million owed to an employee health care trust account beginning in 2024, according to a heavily redacted report prepared by the law firm Greene Espel …
Teachers and parents shed tears and asked neighbors at a community meeting for more help and resources as U.S. federal agents leave a long-lasting impact on schools.
