Recommendations of Schools for Closing or Re-Purposing
I recommend that the following
schools of the Minneapolis Public Schools be closed or repurposed.
The result would the closing or
repurposing of nine (9) schools of the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Schools are given in clusters
for geographical proximity that make logical their combination so as to close
or re-purpose one or more of the buildings in the cluster.
The first figure given for each
of these schools is ratio of students enrolled by comparison to building
capacity, with the second figure representing percentage of students enrolled
by comparison to building capacity.
Elementary Schools
These schools of low enrollment
should be combined so that two of the four schools would be closed or
re-purposed >>>>>
Cityview
>>>>> 167
: 712 (24%)
Nellie Stone Johnson
>>>>> 176
: 713 (25%)
Hmong International Academy
>>>>> 167
: 712 (31%)
Lucy Laney
>>>>> 311
: 711 (41%%)
These schools of low enrollment
should be combined so one of the two schools would be closed or
re-purposed >>>>>
Hall
>>>>> 173
: 489 (36%)
Bethune
>>>>> 246
: 519 (47%)
These schools of low enrollment
should be combined so one of the three schools would be closed or
re-purposed >>>>>
Folwell
>>>>> 319
: 863 (37%)
Bancroft
>>>>> 365
: 665 (55%)
Hale
>>>>> 316
: 539 (59%)
These schools of low enrollment
should be combined so one of the two schools would be closed or
re-purposed >>>>>
Lyndale
>>>>> 233
: 631 (47%)
Kenwood
>>>>> 380
: 731 (52%)
Middle & K-8 Schools
These schools of low enrollment
should be combined so one of the two schools would be closed or
re-purposed >>>>>
Anwatin
>>>>> 321
: 807 (40%)
Franklin
>>>>> 288
: 655 (44%)
These schools of low enrollment
should be combined so one of the three schools would be closed or
re-purposed >>>>>
Northeast
>>>>> 506
: 936 (54%)
Sullivan
>>>>> 599
: 1,230 (49%)
Andersen
>>>>> 877 : 1,530 (57%)
High Schools
The high schools of the
Minneapolis Public Schools present the most awkward situation for closing or
re-purposing.
North High School has an
enrollment that is only thirty percent (30%) of capacity; however, the nearest high schools to North
(Camden and Edison), while also not presenting very efficient building usage,
are high enough to make combination with North difficult, and in the case of
Edison issues of historical and geographical identity also weigh against
combination with North.
The building housing North High
School, therefore, might be divided for repurposing part of the building, or
perhaps combining Franklin Middle School and North High School within that same
building could be a solution.
North
>>>>> 506
: 1,678
(30%)
Camden
>>>>> 857
: 1,414 (61%)
Edison
>>>>> 897
: 1,395 (64%)
Roosevelt High School has an
enrollment that is only fifty-one percent (51%) of capacity; however, the nearest high schools to North
(South and, especially, Washburn and Southwest) have fairly large enrolments as
percentage of capacity
The building housing High
School, therefore, might be divided for repurposing part of the building,
ideally giving space to government or private entities that provide services
contributing to the health and well-being of students.
Roosevelt
>>>>> 1,048
: 2,051 (51%)
South
>>>>> 1,464
: 2,092 (71%)
Southwest
>>>>> 1,484
: 2,092 (71%)
Washburn
>>>>> 1,582
: 1,730 (82%)
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