The following is a list of the 25 people who have applied to replace Josh Pauley in the at-large seat from which he resigned in February; for more information, on these candidacies, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
The notes that I make in each case below are based on those items
in the candidate’s application that I regarded as significant >>>
>>>>>
1) Harley Meyer
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an impression
on me from the application; again, to
make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Black
Parent Advisory Council
>>>>> Has
teaching experience in Thailand and Mexico, with vowed success improving the
reading ability of struggling students
>>>>> But numerous spelling and grammatical errors of his own in application
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
2) Jeffrey Williams
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an impression
on me from the application; again, to
make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>>
>>>>> Has been a teacher in the Minneapolis Public Schools for five years; before, was a teacher in Los Angeles for 24 years
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
3) Janet Freeburg Laws
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Has
been a teacher for 30 years
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
4) Susan Engh
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Has served on a number of church councils
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> No
5) Lisa Beckman
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an impression
on me from the application; again, to
make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Is an executive administrative assistant and legal assistant in a law firm
>>>>> Is on the Site Council at Jenny Lind Elementary
>>>>> Focused on student achievement
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
6) Abbi Dion
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Teacher in the Robbinsdale school district (Armstrong High School)
>>>>> Has
been on the academics committee of a site council
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> No
7) Pamela Costain
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgments, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Was a member of the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education from 2006 until 2010
>>>>> Resigned before term was up in 2010 to take position at Achieve Minneapolis
>>>>> Youngest daughter is a teacher at Patrick Henry High School
>>>>> Granddaughter is student at Bancroft Elementary
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> No
8) Bryn Peterson
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an impression
on me from the application; again, to
make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Has a position involving community interactions and communications for an architecture firm
>>>>> Parent of a 5 year-old in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
9) Cynthia Booker
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Outreach counselor for the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Identifies as BIPOC
>>>>> First generation college student
>>>>> B.A. on Economics
>>>>> corporate finance experience
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> No
10) Britt Heglund
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an impression
on me from the application; again, to
make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> B.A. in literature; M.A. in library science; law degree
>>>>> South High School (Minneapolis Public Schools) graduate
>>>>> Three children attending Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> No
11) Sonya Emerick
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Has a special needs child in the Minneapolis Public Schools for whom she has to be a persistent advocate to get proper attention
>>>>> Is a single parent of two children who has had to negotiate the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and the Spay and Neuter Assistance Program (SNSP
>>>>> Identifies as queer and transgender
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
12) Kate Winter
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Board secretary for Foundation for Essential needs
>>>>> Is a paralegal for a law firm
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
13) Lynne Crockett
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Longtime North Minneapolis resident
>>>>> Was
a paralegal for the Spokesman-Recorder
>>>>> Has longtime community involvements in both North and South Minneapolis
>>>>> Has served on numerous site councils in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> No
14) Dave Adams
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Heads a tutoring program in Southwest Minneapolis
>>>>> Is the parent of two children in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
15) Anastasia Flemming
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Parent of six children in the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Heads
the Anishinabe (Minneapolis Public Schools) Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
16) Julia Becker
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> B.A from St. Cloud State University; M.A. in teaching
>>>>> Has been a special education resource teacher for Minneapolis Public Schools and St. Paul Public Schools from 2008 through 2021; has been a part of many IEP (Individual Education Program) meetings
>>>>> Has served at Augsburg University
>>>>> Has two students in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
17) Karn Engersgierd
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Parent of one current and one future student in the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Focused on academic outcomes, particular for nonwhite students
>>>>> Has a sense of urgency regarding improvement of the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
18) Jaton White
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> serves on the board of a nonprofit board of a community leaders organization
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
19) Jennifer Davis
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Member of the Latino Parent Advisory Council
>>>>> Is the parent of a grade 7 student in the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Is an early childhood educator, active in family support
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
20) Steve Richter
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Member
of the World’s Best Workforce Committee (Minneapolis Public Schools) for four
years
21) Collin Beechy
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Graduate of Concordia College, Morehead
>>>>> Teacher
for 19 years, with 6 additional years in professional education roles
>>>>> Grew up as a gay African American man in a small central Minnesota town
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
22) Abdulla Abdi
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> B.A. in computer science
>>>>> Member of a site council in the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Member of Minneapolis Public Schools Parent Advisory Council
>>>>> Parent of five children, spanning elementary/middle school/high school in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
23) Meghan Gordon
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> B.A.
in English from Smith College
>>>>> Organizer in Reading and Math Corps pilot programs
>>>>> M.A. in educational leadership
>>>>> Has a son in kindergarten, Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Is of the conviction that teachers and other site-level staff are often disrespected by administration and board members of the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
24) Aron Lipkin
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Attended Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Has coached lacrosse for the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Identifies as LGBTQIA
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
25) Ruby Hogen-Chin
Brief notes on significant items in applicant response; I give only those items that truly made an
impression on me from the application;
again, to make your own judgements, go to
https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1807?meeting=526209
>>>>> Former teacher
>>>>> Parent of two children in the Minneapolis Public Schools
>>>>> Supports the Comprehensive District Design (CDD) for capacity to promote greater equity in the Minneapolis Public Schools
Likely to run in the election of November 2022? >>>>> Yes
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