Thirteen Years of Ineffective Membership: Kim Ellison
Kim Ellison, Vice-Chair
Kim Ellison, Vice-Chair
At-Large Member
612-668-0445
Kim.Ellison@mpls.k12.mn.us
Term: 2025-2029
Kim Ellison was appointed to the Minneapolis Board of Education in January 2012 to fill a vacancy after Lydia Lee resigned to deal with health issues. Ellison’s first elected term began in January 2013, at which time she represented District 2 covering North Minneapolis. She was re-elected in 2016, 2020, and 2024 to serve as a citywide board member. Before coming to the MPS Board of Education, Ellison taught middle school mathematics for several years at Plymouth Youth Center in North Mineapolis.
Gary Marvin Davison Critique of Kim Ellison as a Member of the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education
Ellison has been on the Board since 2012, gaining appointment in replacement of the fatally ailing Lydia Lee. Victories in her three elections were largely due to her high name recognition as the ex-wife of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
In terms of academic progress for the Minneapolis Public Schools, Ellison has no significant accomplishments to show for her thirteen years on the Board. She is wedded to formalistic processes followed by school boards throughout Minnesota and the USA, with no creative ideas as to how to achieve the needed overhaul of this iteration of the locally centralized school board.
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