Candidates Running for Seats on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education in the 9 August 2022 Primary--- with Comments

The website at https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/candidates/candidate-filings/#heading-121415 gives all of those candidates who will be running for seats on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education in the 9 August 2022 primary.  The site seems accurate but features some surprising omissions and withdrawals.

The list includes filing dates (which I note parenthetically) and gives the candidates as follows;  asterisk indicates DFL endorsement, according to my information immediately after the endorsing convention;    >>>>>

I was a bit surprised that Kim Caprini seemingly waited to determine if she received the DFL endorsement to file---  and then, when she lost that endorsement to Collin Beachy, apparently did not file.  

This means that of the terrible foursome (Nelson Inz/Kim Caprini/Kim Ellison/Jenny Arneson), only Ellison will remain as of January 2023.  That much is blissful, but any return of Keri Jo Felder would be a nuisance.  She is so offensive that she alienates everyone, so she is not likely to be part of  a terrible foursome-type bloc, but her opposition to the Comprehensive District Design (a mostly a wise document in non-academic features) would be a pain, as would her presence on the board generally.  

Since District 1 and District 3 seem set, we'll just have to do the best we can with those members. 

I'm going to be checking out the alternatives to Felder for At-Large.  

A priori, I'll be assuming the worst about DFL endorsee Collin Beachy for At-Large and DFL endorsee Lori Norvell for District 5---  but I'm going to make an effort to meet with all of these candidates to give us the best chance possible to promote knowledge-intensive curriculum as actually imparted in the classroom and training of teachers capable of delivering such curriculum.

With regard to my comments about DFL endorsees, remember that I am a radical leftist who typically favors DFL candidates over much worse Republican opponents;  but DFLers are bought and paid for by teacher union entities such as Education Minnesota and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT), which do what good unions do in advocating for fair remuneration and working conditions but always oppose any moves to make to needed overhaul in curriculum as actually imparted in the classroom and the training of teachers capable of delivering such curriculum.

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At-Large

*****Keri Jo Felder  (5/17/2022)

*****Collin Beachy (5/17/2022)

Sony Emerick  (5/24/2022)

Jaton White  (5/24/2022)

Harley Meyer  (5/26/2022)

Lisa Skjefte  (5/27/2022)

Comment   >>>>>    

Note the absence of Caprini---

District 1

*****Mary Jo McCollow  (5/17/2022)-----     withdrew 6/2/202

Abdul Abdi (5/27/2022)

Comment     

McCollow withdrew, even after receiving the DFL endorsement.  I am now working to determine whether Abdul Abdi, a late filer, received any de facto DFL endorsement and if McCollow's withdrawal was the result of some sort of political deal. 

District 3

*****Fathia Feerayarre  (5/17/2022)

Comment---      Karn Engelsgjerd seemed poised to run, even without DFL endorsement, which he lost after one ballot;  he never filed, apparently waiting to observe the results of endorsement.

District 5

*****Lori Norvell  (5/17/2022)

Lorraine Spies (5/18/2022)

Leslie Haugland-Smith  (5/24/2022)

Laurelle Myhra  (5/24/2022)

Elena Codos  (5/31/2022)

Comment    >>>>>    This district featured no surprises for me.