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PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools · Sept 15, 2026Key finding

3 hour 18 minute recording of the full work session. Source for every verbatim quote and timestamp used on this site's meeting-recap page.

AgendaMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · Sept 15, 2026

Board agenda for the work session at which the three closure/merger options were first presented.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools · Sept 15, 2026Key finding

Full slide deck introducing the three closure/merger options. Only about 7 of the 118 slides were presented live. It is the source of the 'seven buildings coded large enough for the MPS experience still close in all three options' finding and the deck's only savings figure — $560,000 to $705,000 a year in utilities, against a $39.7 million shortfall.

ResearchStanford University (Stanford News) · Sept 2026Key finding

Study of every California school district found closing schools did not improve district budgets on average: districts lost students, and revenue fell about as much as spending.

NewsSahan Journal · Aug 31, 2026Key finding

Reports MPS lost about 500 students between the October 2025 count and March 2026 — a decline the Sept 15, 2026 board presentation did not mention, even though its impact tables are built on the October count.

ResolutionMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · June 9, 2026Key finding
Resolution 2026-0050

Board resolution on transformation parameters. The district's posted PDF has a blank roll-call vote table, so the vote is not independently confirmed from this document alone.

NewsStar Tribune · June 7, 2026Key finding
Minneapolis may finally face the difficult decision of closing schools

Reports MPS built capacity at about 43,000 seats against roughly 29,900 total enrollment, and frames the political difficulty of closing schools.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools · May 19, 2026
Work Session: Transformation Parameters

Work session deck introducing the transformation-parameters framework ahead of the September closure/merger options.

District reportMinneapolis Public Schools · May 19, 2026
Transformation Parameter Timeline Executive Summary

Executive summary of the transformation process timeline. Internally misheaded 'Parameter #1: Enrollment Targets' even though its content is the schedule, not enrollment targets.

NewsStar Tribune · May 6, 2026Key finding

District operations chief is quoted estimating $50,000 to $80,000 a year to carry a vacant elementary building, and explains why the district's six empty buildings have not sold.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools · April 21, 2026
April 21, 2026 Work Session: Transformation Parameters (continued)

Continuation work session. The K-8 utilization table's FRL bands overlap at exactly 70% ('>=70%' and '<=70%' both include 70%).

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools · April 7, 2026Key finding
April 7, 2026 Work Session: Transformation Parameters

Proposes utilization ranges (80-90% of 'operating capacity') and 10-year enrollment growth targets. Contains an arithmetic error on the growth-target slide (29,379 labeled '+1,865' when the source numbers give +1,875).

NewsStar Tribune · Oct 18, 2025Key finding
What has changed 5 years after controversial redesign of Minneapolis schools

Five-year look back at the 2020 Comprehensive District Design; reports no CDD progress report has been issued since January 2023.

MinutesMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · Oct 14, 2025 (approved Nov 18, 2025)Key finding

Official minutes recording the 7-1 adoption of Resolution 2025-0045 and the board's 2-6 rejection of a proposed 'sweet spot' definition. Present: Abdi, El-Amin, Cerrillo, Norvell, Callahan, Ellison, Emerick (remote), Beachy; Skjefte absent.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools · Oct 14, 2025
Superintendent's Report and Enrollment Update

Informational item accompanying the Oct 14, 2025 meeting; reports Oct 1, 2025 enrollment as 28,740 K-12 / 30,284 all grades — one of several district enrollment counts that do not fully reconcile against each other or against news coverage.

ResolutionMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · Oct 14, 2025Key finding
Resolution 2025-0045: Definition and Next Steps for the Transformation Process

Adopted 7-1. Directs the Superintendent to report by end of April 2026 on 13 topics, including a required cost/benefit analysis for any closures, consolidations or repurposing. The board rejected a proposed numeric 'sweet spot' definition (70-89% capacity) 2-6 the same night, so the term is never defined in district policy.

BudgetMinneapolis Public Schools · March 26, 2024
Proposed FY25 Budget, Part 1

District budget presentation for FY25. Most page-level detail (pages 6-171) did not extract as searchable text, so most line items are not independently checkable from this file alone.

BudgetMinneapolis Public Schools · March 26, 2024
Proposed FY25 Budget, Part 2

Continuation of the FY25 budget. The Early Childhood and Extended Learning funding tables contain internal arithmetic discrepancies of roughly $300,000 to $370,000 between line items and stated totals.

MinutesMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · Nov 14, 2023
November 14, 2023 Regular Business Meeting Minutes (Draft)

Filed as 'Draft' but headed 'OFFICIAL MINUTES.' Board business shortly before Resolution 2023-0072 (Dec 2023) launched the transformation process.

MinutesMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · Feb 14, 2023
February 14, 2023 Regular Business Meeting — Minutes

Includes the 'CDD Update: Key Budget Topics' presentation to the board, part of the district's post-redesign budget reporting.

MinutesMinneapolis Public Schools Board of Education · Jan 10, 2023
January 10, 2023 Regular Business Meeting — Minutes

Board business from the CDD era, including the Superintendent's Report cover. The printed heading date and the date referenced in the minutes body do not match.

District reportMinneapolis Public Schools ·
5-Year Projections, Draft

District's draft five-year enrollment and financial projections. Not yet cross-checked line-by-line against other district enrollment counts on this site.

District reportMinneapolis Public Schools · Printed Sept 15, 2026Key finding

District facilities and enrollment report for Kenny. As printed, still describes a facilities condition assessment as pending for 'calendar year 2025' with no result posted, and enrollment/FRL data dated Oct 1, 2024.

State dataMinnesota Department of Education · Printed Sept 15, 2026

State report card data (proficiency, attendance, demographics) for Kenny Elementary.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools ·
Parameter 3: Program Types

District 'Parameter Summary Guide' on program types (magnet, dual language, etc.) factored into the closure/merger options. Underlying data-point charts did not extract as text.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools ·
Parameter 2: Program Size for Holistic Education

District 'Parameter Summary Guide' defining minimum program size for what the district calls a holistic education. Underlying data-point charts did not extract as text.

PresentationMinneapolis Public Schools ·
Parameter 1: Enrollment Targets

District 'Parameter Summary Guide' defining the enrollment-target parameter used to justify building closures and mergers. The guide's underlying data-point charts and tables are images and do not extract as searchable text.

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