Remembering the Sham Listening Sessions Staged by Lisa Sayles-Adams as One of Her First Actions as Superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools

In the days to come, readers may look forward to a vast array of material pertinent to the current lamentable position of the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), most of which features entirely new factual items and my analysis of the facts, but also that abundant material that I am combining for a cohesive account of all that I have learned during my eleven years of intensive investigation into the inner workings of the district as I finish the second edition of Understanding the Minneapolis Public Schools:  Current Condition, Future Prospect.

 

Below, I remind readers of just one of many episodes during the lamentable tenure of Lisa Sayles-Adams as MPS superintendent:  the sham listening sessions that the deceitful, mean-spirited, intellectually corrupt Sayles-Adams staged as one of her first of many regrettable actions as superintendent.    

 

These staged events occurred in spring 2024:

 

Schools at Which Listening Sessions Were Held

 

Northeast Middle School

Folwell Elementary School

Sanford Middle School

Bethune Elementary School

Anwatin Middle School

Justice Page Middle School

 

Questions for Participant Response

 

Remember that these questions were framed to elicit favorable responses, were posed for discussion in groups rather than to individuals, and that highly unfavorable responses were not reported out from the groups by the sycophantic staff working under MPS Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams.

 

What excites you about the Minneapolis Public Schools?

What is going well in the Minneapolis Public Schools?

What is the first thing you would do if you were superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools?

 

Academic Record of Schools at Which Listening Sessions Were Held

 

Now consider the catastrophic proficiency rates of students at the schools at which the “Listening Sessions” were held   >>>>>

 

Northeast Middle School (Vernon Rowe, Principal)

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Academic Proficiency Rates

                       

Reading

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

29%   30%   30%   25%  30%  30%  31%  33%   30%

 

Mathematics

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

28%   27%   23%  21%   21%  19%  12%  19%  20%

 

Science

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

  13%  25%  23%  18%   17%   15%   5%   14%  14%

 

 

Folwell Elementary School (Lacy Cannon, Principal)

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Academic Proficiency Rates

                       

Reading

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

25%   25%   26%  25%   26%  24%  19%  22%  13%

 

Mathematics

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

32%   29%   29%  23%   16%  17%   7%    11%  10%

 

Science

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

 19%   21%   32%  20%  18%  16%  10%   22%   7%

 

 

Bethune Elementary School (Jody Delau, Principal)

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Academic Proficiency Rates

                       

Reading

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

10%   10%    9%   12%   12%  17%   6%   9%    10%

 

Mathematics

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

17%   13%   19%  16%   14%  11%   0%    6%     5%

 

Science

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

  5%   10%    7%    7%   14%    0%    0%     3%     5%

 

 

Sanford Middle School (Ahmed Amin, Principal)

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Academic Proficiency Rates

                       

Reading

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

45%   49%   50%  49%   50%  52%  55%  56%  51%

 

Mathematics

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

38%   42%   44%  39%   39%  36%  30%   37%  40%

 

Science

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

 34%   39%   37%  37%  31%  34%  39%   37%  39%

 

 

Anwatin Middle School (Nate Hampton, Principal)

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Academic Proficiency Rates

                       

Reading

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

28%   27%   24%  28%   30%  34%  27%  23%  19%

 

Mathematics

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

32%   33%   24%  26%   32%  37%  14%   16%  10%

 

Science

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

 6%      5%     8%   17%  14%  17%  14%    7%   11%

 

Justice Page Middle School (Nate Hampton, Principal)

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Academic Proficiency Rates

                       

Reading

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

 --- %  65%   55%  62%   61%  65%  50%  57%  51%

 

Mathematics

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

63%   67%   57%  58%   60%  64%  44%   48%  50%

 

Science

 

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

 

--- %   58%   47%  62%  47%  59%  32%   45%   38%