Minneapolis plans to close the school in your neighborhood.
You don't need a kid there for it to matter. Here's why we're asking the board to stop the vote itself, not pick a different option.
Not one school. The vote itself.
- 3 of 9 board members face no voters for this decision.
- The board's own required cost/benefit analysis doesn't exist.
- Closing schools elsewhere hasn't fixed a budget like this one.
- Even the district's own deputy superintendent admits closures aren't "a huge cost savings" — 3:13 in the recording.
Stop the Nov 10 vote. Wait for the newly elected board and for published goals to fix the budget.
Five of nine board seats are on the Nov 3 ballot. New members take office in January 2027. As it stands, the outgoing board would decide the future of 14 schools one week after the election, with no published savings figure for any of them.
These schools are not closing because they are too small.
The Sept 15 presentation codes seven of the closing buildings as large enough for the MPS student experience. They close in all three options anyway, and the deck never states a minimum size.
A closed school doesn't become money.
Closing a building is not the same as selling one. Minneapolis Public Schools already owns six buildings that are vacant or not used for its own programs, and the district's record on emptying them out is long.
Call the three board members who represent every Minneapolis voter.
The at-large directors are elected citywide, so you are their constituent no matter which neighborhood you live in and whether or not you have children in the schools. Ask them not to vote on this plan as presented.
Numbers verified against the MPS School Board page. If you can't reach anyone, the district main line is 612-668-0000; ask to leave a message for the School Board.
Hello, my name is [your name] and I live in [your neighborhood] in Minneapolis. I'm calling about the School Transformation plan. I'm asking the board not to vote on this plan as presented. The presentation never states the minimum school size it is using. Director Norvell asked for that number on September 15 and did not get an answer. The board should not close 15 or 16 buildings against a standard the public has never seen. Seven buildings the district's own map codes as large enough for the MPS student experience close in all three options anyway. Slide 25 says only buildings without a large enough footprint are merged. The deputy superintendent told the board that closures are not a big cost savings, so this plan does not fix the budget either. Stop the Nov 10 vote. Wait for the newly elected board and for published goals to fix the budget. Thank you for your time.
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