Article #4 in a Series >>>>> Follow-Up to Report on Conventional Middle Schools and High Schools >>>>> Focus On Academic Performance of Schools Supervised by Associate Superintendent Carla Steinbach >>>>> Academic Performance of Unconventional Schools Supervised, Academic Years Ending in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018

This article is the fourth in a series focused on multi-year academic performance of all schools in the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), categorized according to supervision by the pertinent associate superintendent.  This article follows up on schools under the supervision of Associate Superintendent Carla Steinbach.  The previous article focused on conventional middle schools and high schools;  this entry focuses on unconventional schools.

Remember that MPS associate superintendents such as Steinbach serve as mentors to site principals and along with those leaders at the school level have responsibility for academic results at the schools under their supervision.  Over the last half decade the number of associate superintendents has gone from eight, to six, to four, and now to three.  During the 2017-2018 academic year the associate superintendents included Laura Cavender, Lucilla Davila, Carla Steinbach, and Ron Wagner;  for the current academic year of 2018-2019, Cavender has been reassigned as principal of Bryn Mawr K-5 elementary school and Davis has been reassigned as principal of Folwell K-8 elementary school.   Steinbach and Wagner remain as associate superintendents, the former with responsibility for all middle schools and high schools, the latter with responsibility for approximately half of all MPS K-5 and K-8 elementary schools;  Brian Zambreno came to the district from Richfield and has responsibility for the remainder of the K-5 and K-8 schools.  Articles soon to come focus on academic performance of schools under the supervision of Wagner and Zambreno.

The following tabular presentation gives multi-year academic results for the six unconventional schools under the supervision of Carla Steinbach.   These include Fair Elementary, Fair Senior, Heritage Academy, Longfellow Alternative, Wellstone International High School, and Wellstone SWS.    

Steinbach was the building principal for Edison High School during the academic years ending in 2014 and 2015. She had all of the schools listed below under her supervision as associate superintendent during academic year 2017-2018;  thus she should be held fully responsible for the academic results, along with the building principals whom she mentors.

Consider:

Associate Superintendent Carla Steinbach, Multi-Year Academic Performance for Conventiolnal High Schools Supervised

Percentage of Students Proficient at Grade Level as Indicated by Performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs)

Fair Elementary

                 2014    2015      2016      2017       2018

Math          -----      -----      25%         3%        -----

Reading     -----      -----      22%       14%        -----
 
Fair Senior High

                  2014    2015      2016      2017       2018

Math          -----      -----        17%       16%        25%

Reading      28%     27%      24%       28%         30%

Science       -----     -----         41%       28%       18%

Heritage Academy

                  2014    2015      2016      2017       2018

Math          18%      18%       12%        3%           3%

Reading     18%      21%       21%      19%         14%

Science         5%      14%       7%           4%           5%


Longfellow Alternative


                   2014    2015      2016      2017       2018

Math          -----       -----      7%      -----       ----- 

Reading     -----       -----    17%       -----       ----- 

Science      -----       -----     -----       -----       ----- 

Wellstone International High School


                    2014    2015      2016      2017       2018

Math          -----       -----     -----       -----       ----- 

Reading     -----       -----     -----       -----       ----- 

Science       -----       -----     -----       -----       ----- 

Wellstone SWS

                  2014    2015      2016      2017       2018

Math          -----       -----     10%      -----        -----

Reading     -----       -----     -----       -----       ----- 

Science      -----      -----       3%       -----       -----