Tentative Committee Memberships for the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education, 2018

In a meeting held yesterday (19 December 2017) from 4:00 until 6:00 PM, members of the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Board of Education met to express interest in positions on the various committees of the board.

 

The meeting began with a lot of banter and holiday chit-chat and ensued, as do all of the meetings of that body, without any sense of the academic crisis described by a situation in which less than 25% of African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Hmong, and Somali students are achieving grade level performance in reading and math;  and in which one-third of graduates need remedial instruction once matriculating on college campuses.

 

Peruse the following list and then await my further comment on the likelihood that the time spent on these committees is likely to result in better academic results for the students of the Minneapolis Public Schools.    

 

As you view the list, know also that Nelson Inz expressed at this meeting an interest in challenging Rebecca Gagnon as Chair of the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education.

 

>>>>>      Be keenly aware that this is just a tentative list and that positions will not be determined for final assignments until the business meeting of the MPS Board of Education in January 2018.

 

Audit Committee

 

Jenny Arneson

Rebecca Gagnon 

Ira Jourdain

Bob Walser

 

Superintendent Evaluation Committee

 

Siad Ali

Jenny Arneson

Rebecca Gagnon

Bob Walser

 

Policy Committee

 

Kim Ellison

Nelson Inz

Rebecca Gagnon (1st choice)

Don Samuels

KerryJo Felder (2nd choice)

 

Finance Committee

 

Jenny Arneson

Siad Ali

Kim Ellison

KerryJo Felder (1st choice)

Ira Jourdain

Bob Walser

Rebecca Gagnon (2nd choice)

 

 

ELL Caucus

 

Siad Ali

Kim Ellison

Rebecca Gagnon

 

Community Engagement Committee

 

KerryJo Felder

 

Achieve Minneapolis

 

1. Board Chair is automatically on this committee

2. Alt: Jenny Arneson

 

Minnesota School Board Association

 

1. Jenny Arneson

2. Kim Ellison

3. Rebecca Gagnon

 

KBEM Board

 

1. Bob Walser

2. Alt: Rebecca Gagnon

3. Alt: KerryJo Felder

 

Association of Metropolitan School Districts (AMSD)

 

1. Bob Walser

2. Alt: KerryJo Felder

 

Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors (MUID/PIE)

 

1. Kim Ellison

 

Council of Great City Schools (CGCS)

 

(Can have one representative and one alternate, need to decide who will be the representative and who will be the alternate)

 

1. Don Samuels

2. Siad Ali

 

City Planning Committee (only need one representative)

 

1. Nelson Inz

2. KerryJo Felder

 

Youth Coordinating Board (YCB) (only need two representatives)

 

1. Rebecca Gagnon

2. Don Samuels

3. KerryJo Felder

 

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MnEEP)

 

1. Kim Ellison

2. Alt: Rebecca Gagnon

 

Neighborhood Revitalization Program Policy Board (NRP)

 

1. Don Samuels

 

West Metro Education Program Joint Powers Board (WMEP)

 

1. Kim Ellison

2. Alt: Rebecca Gagnon

 

2020 Advisory Committee

 

1. Kim Ellison