May 9, 2022

Notes on Significant Items in the Applications of Those Seeking the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education At-Large Seat Vacated by Josh Pauley

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 

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>>>>>    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

 >>>>>  M.A. in English and Creative Writing (Temple University, Philadelphia)

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

>>>>>    Empasis on ensuring that all students learn 

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

 >>>>>   Assistant Director for Halfway House for High Risk Public Offenders

>>>>>    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)

>>>>>    Life-long resident of North Minneapolis

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

 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 World’s Best Workforce Committee (Minneapolis Public Schools) for four years

 >>>>>    Was on the Barton Elementary and South High site councils while children were in the Minneapolis Public Schools    

 Likely to run in the election of November 2022?     >>>>>     No

                                                               

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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