Article #3 >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< Volume XI, Number Twelve, June 2025

Superintendent’s Cabinet

 

The cabinet of advisers to Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams theoretically provides counsel on all matters pertinent to the administration of the Minneapolis Public Schools.  Deputy Superintendent Ty Thompson and Senior Academic Officer Melissa Sonnek are most responsible among the cabinet members for providing input pertinent to the academic program.

 

The associate superintendents are not formally part of the cabinet in the Sayles-Adams administration, but they are senior leaders responsible for mentoring site principals and would be instrumental as to implementation of the academic program if they exercised the authority that is formally theirs.

 

Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams’s cabinet of key advisers is as follows  >>>>>

 

Senior Leadership Team

 

Ty Thompson, Deputy Superintendent

 

Melissa Sonnek, Senior Academic Officer

 

Ibrahima Diop, Senior Finance Officer

 

Alicia Miller, Senior Human Resources Officer

 

Tom Parent, Senior Operations Officer

 

Jamie Jonassen, General Counsel

             

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The occupants of the associate superintendent position are as follows  >>>>>

 

Associate Superintendents

 

Yusuf Abdullah

 

Schools and Programs Supported  >>>>>

 

North High School

Washburn High School

Andersen

Anwatin Middle School

Franklin Middle School

Justice Page Middle School

Ella Baker

Seward

Sullivan

Anishinabe

Barton

Bethune

Bryn Mawr

Burroughs

Emerson

Field

Green Central

Hale

Hall

Kenwood

Las Estrellas

Lyndale

Marcy

Nellie Stone Johnson

 

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Laura Cavender

 

Schools and Programs Supported  >>>>>

 

Camden

Edison

Southwest

Harrison

Anthony

Northeast Middle School

Olson Middle School

Metro Programs

River Bend

Stadium View

Transitions Plus

Armatage

Cityview

Hmong International Academy

Jenny Lind

Kenny

Loring

Lucy Laney

Pillsbury

Waite Park

Webster

Windom

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Shawn Harris-Berry

 

Schools and Programs Supported  >>>>>

 

FAIR

Heritage

Longfellow

Roosevelt High Schools

Southwest Middle School

Wellstone

MPS Online

Sanford Middle School

Hiawatha

Howe

Keewaydin

Northrop

Wenonah

Bancroft

Dowling

Folwell

Whittier

Athletics

Contract Alternatives