Consider the formal description of associate superintendent responsibilities at the Minneapolis Public Schools:
The associate superintendent is responsible for
creating and modeling a culture of high expectations and providing ongoing
support and oversight to school building leaders. The associate superintendent
works with school communities to create the necessary conditions that result in
dramatic and accelerated student achievement, closing the achievement gap and
improving overall school performance.
This statement of associate superintendent responsibilities is just so much verbiage, of the kind that pervades all major documents pertinent to academics and that fills so many meetings at the district.
Three questions arise once more, as follows:
Are these ineffective academic decision-makers and actors
1) woefully ignorant;
2) in severe denial;
3) or morally corrupt?
Brian Zambreno is one of those who roam the halls at the Davis Center (MPS central offices, 1250 West Broadway) who fail to deliver a knowledge-intensive, skill-replete education to the students who are his sacred responsibility.
A review of the schools for which he has responsibility reveals multiple years of failure and no meaningful bright spots over the course of academic years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 under the program of our non-academician of a superintendent, Ed Graff.
Please now investigate for yourself Brian Zambreno’s dismal failure:
Associate
Superintendent Brian Zambrenio
Armatage Elementary
Academic Performance
Armatage Elementary School                     Principal
>>>>>   Jean
Franks
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                 65%         74%        74%        77%        75%       83%
                                (304)      (308)      
(296)      (295)     (288)    (279)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                 68%         78%        71%        76%        76%    
76%
                                (302)      (309)      
(297)      (293)     (289)    (281)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                  64%       70%         66%        72%        70%    
76%
                                 (83)       (105)       (89)       
(96)        (90)      (92)
Bancroft Elementary
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Bancroft Elementary School                       Principal
>>>>>   Diego
De Paz
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                 35%        34%         34%        36%        40%      33%
                                (207)      (254)        (253)      (231)    
(228)   (220)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                 21%        20%         27%        29%        35%    
31%
                                (208)      (251)        (249)      (227)    
(228)   (220)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                 24%        19%          21%       19%        32%    
29%
                                (54)        (81)          (81)        (79)        (72)    
(68)
Barton Open
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Barton Elementary School                           Principal
>>>>>   Diane
Bagley
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018      2019
                                 66%         61%        62%        56%        51%      
51%
                                (473)      (449)      
(431)      (442)     (457)     (460)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018    2019
                                 74%         68%        63%        64%        58%    
56%
                                (459)      (444)      
(443)      (442)     (459)    (153)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018      2019
                                  54%       42%         46%        41%        48%     
49%
                                (163)      (151)      (134)      (150)      
(149)   (153)
Cityview Community
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Cityview Elementary School                       Principal
>>>>>   Renee
Montague
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 -----         17%         8%          9%         6%        
16%
                                (-----)    (71)        
(114)      (127)      (103)     (105)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 (-----)      4%           9%         13%        13%    
14%
                                 (-----)   (73)         (113)     
(128)      (104)     (104)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 -----        -----           4%         6%         14%     
11%
                                (-----)    (-----)      (26)        (36)        (37)     
(28)
Dowling Urban Environment Community
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Dowling Elementary School                        Principal
>>>>>   Lloyd
Winfield
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 70%         65%        68%        65%        62%     
60%
                                (255)      (254)      
(244)      (256)     (236)     (231)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 67%         64%        65%        59%        62%     
61%
                                (244)      (252)      
(244)      (254)     (235)     (229)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  72%       65%         67%        66%        67%     
60%
                                 (85)       
(85)        (82)        (88)        (81)     
(231)
Emerson Spanish Emersion
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Emerson Elementary School                       Principal
>>>>>   Aaron
Arredondo
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 51%         46%        35%        34%        28%      
29%
                                (195)      (210)      
(212)      (233)     (228)     (219)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 31%         30%        29%        31%        29%     
32%
                                (194)      (208)      
(211)      (232)     (230)     (221)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  34%       23%         33%        30%        23%    
25%
                                 (61)       
(61)        (54)        (73)        (70)     
(75)
Folwell
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017
2014     2015    
2016     2017       2018    
2019
Math                       32%     
29%      29%      23%           
26%        17%
(570)    (566)    
(532)    (558)      (554)    
(553)
Reading                  25%    
25%       26%      25%          
26%       24%
                                 (567)  
(568)      (532)    (562)     
(559)    (556)
Science                                   18%     
21%        32%       20%        18%        16%
 (181)    
(184)     (184)    (176)     (179)   
(195)
Hmong International Academy
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Hmong International Academy                 Principal
>>>>>   Jamil
Payton
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 23%         23%        23%        18%        15%      
11%
                                (274)      (310)      
(324)      (327)     (317)     (309)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 16%         15%        18%        18%        18%     
20%
                                (274)      (319)      
(325)      (326)     (318)     (212)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 12%         12%      
12%       12%       12%  
      10%
                                 (92)   
(105)        (96)      (114)    
(106)      (89)
Lake Harriet (Lower)
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Lake Harriet Lower School                           Principal
>>>>>   Merry
Tilleson
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 82%         88%        93%        93%        95%      
92%
                                (129)      (121)      
(125)      (126)     (127)      (108)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 72%         67%        81%        85%        90%      
89%
                                (129)      (121)      
(125)      (126)     (126)     (108)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 -----       -----         
-----       -----        -----         -----
                                (-----)   (-----)      
(-----)    (-----)      (-----)
Marcy Open
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Marcy Open  Elementary School               Principal
>>>>>   Donna
Andrews
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 57%         50%        51%        47%        45%     
43%
 
                           (434)         (450)      (481)      (477)      (498)     (460)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  47%        49%        51%        51%        48%     
48%
                                (441)      (443)    
(482)     (464)     (499)    
(460)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 44%         46%      
48%       40%       39%  
       38%
                                (129)     (162)     
(143)     (144)     (175)    
(145)
Pillsbury Community School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 55%         58%        45%        52%        41%      
43%
                                (285)      (266)      
(255)      (212)     (177)      (147)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 37%         33%        32%        38%        32%      
37%
                                (283)      (266)      
(249)      (213)     (183)      (44)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 37%        30%       
23%       31%      21%    
  27%
                                (86)        (82)        (82)       (67)       (67)        (44)
Seward Montessori
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Seward Elementary School                         Principal
>>>>>   Tammy
Goetz
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 49%         46%        44%        37%        37%      
35%
                                (558)      (555)    
(536)     (545)     (541)    
(533)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  54%        51%        48%        41%        48%     
48%
                                (558)      (555)    
(536)     (545)     (541)    
(542)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 53%         42%      
43%       40%       33%  
      29%
                                (188)      (171)    
(176)     (181)     (174)   
(177)
Sheridan Community School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2018, 2019
Sheridan Elementary School                      Principal
>>>>>  
Yaijaira Guzman Carrero
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 31%         35%        24%        19%        19%    
14%
                                (191)      (195)    
(209)     (179)     (166)    
(85)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  17%        18%        19%        16%        22%    
26%
                                (190)      (191)    
(207)     (185)     (164)    
(90)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                -----         -----         -----        -----        -----        21%
                                (-----)      (-----)     (-----)    
(-----)     (-----)     (33)
Webster Elementary
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Webster Elementary School                       Principal
>>>>>   Ginger
Davis Kranz
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 -----        -----         42%       
-----        46%       38%
                              (-----)      (-----)     (24)       (-----)    
(53)       (89)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 -----        -----         33%        -----        38%    
48%
                                (-----)    (-----)    
(24)        (-----)    (53)      (90)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 -----        -----         -----        -----        -----     
33%
                                (-----)    (-----)     (-----)    (-----)    (-----)  
(24)
(Webster reopened for the 2016-2017 academic
year after several years of closure)
Whittier International
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Whittier Elementary School                       Principal
>>>>>   Lauri
Lamberty
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 51%         43%        38%        31%        32%     
22%
                                (298)      (305)    
(302)     (283)     (262)    
(244)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  43%        40%        38%        33%        36%     
33%
                                (291)      (299)    
(297)     (288)     (262)    
(250)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 26%         40%      
37%       19%       34%  
      22%
                                (68)         (93)       (84)       (103)    
(83)      (79)
Windom Spanish Dual Immersion:
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the 
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), 
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Windom Elementary School                       Principal
>>>>>   Jim
Clark
Math                     2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 58%         61%        67%        57%        57%     
58%
                                (166)      (181)    
(212)     (246)     (260)    
(266)
Reading               2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                  45%        53%        59%        53%      53%  
  57%
                                (164)      (180)    
(211)     (247)     (262)    
(268)
Science                                2014
      2015       
2016       2017       2018     2019
                                 54%         43%      
65%       47%       50%  
       45%
                                (46)         (46)       (51)       (74)        (80)      (78)
 
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