Academically fraudulent (see my articles on her abominably written dissertation) Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams appears to have implicated Data Practices and Records Management Officer Kimberly Haynes, Senior Human Resources Officer Alicia Miller, Senior Finance Officer Ibrahima Diop, Human Resources Executive Director Scott Weber, and MPS Assistant to the Superintendent and Board Ryan Strack in an effort to mislead the public--- and the members of the MPS Board of Education--- regarding the number and type of staff reductions that have been made at the Davis Center (MPS central offices, 1250 West Broadway).
Several problems have arisen regarding the integrity of those staff reduction claims >>>>>
>>>>> Three different figures have been given for Davis Center staff reduction percentages:
1) 14.22%, made in a document presented at the 22 April 2025 MPS Board of Education Committee of the Whole;
2) 11.74%, made in a document presented at the 13 May 2025 regular business meeting of the MPS Board of Education;
and
3) and 13.8%, remarkably made by Ryan Strack at that very same 13 May 2025 MPS Board of Education regular business meeting--- and reiterated in personal communications to me by Strack and Kimberly Haynes.
>>>>> In addition to the conflicting claims as to percentage of staff cuts, there is the matter of the figures not actually being made on the basis of Davis Center employee staff cuts at all, but rather on the basis of the number of FTEs (Full Time Equivalencies) assigned to the Davis Center.
Based on information provided to me, reductions in FTEs for employees actually working at the Davis Center constituted less than a one percent (1%) reduction--- 00.17 % (zero and seventeen hundredths percent)--- between 14 April 2025 and 13 May 2025; and figures of sufficient clarity have not been provided to conclude what even the reduction of FTEs for those actually working at the Davis Center will be when the FY26 Budget is finalized.
Further, I have issued two formal Data Requests endeavoring to secure figures for actual staff reductions (in people--- Davis Center employees--- not FTEs) and have followed up with courteous entreaties to Haynes to provide the requested figures.
I am still waiting.
My Data Requests are of a type that should be readily made to the public, and of the kind that the MPS Board of Education should be expecting in deciding whether to approve the FY26 Budget at the looming Tuesday, 10 May 2025, regular monthly business meeting of the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Failure to follow Minnesota statues pertinent to public data leaves the Lisa Sayles-Adams administration at the Minneapolis Public Schools vulnerable to litigation.
Extracts from documents pertaining to the apparent attempt of the Lisa Sayles-Adams administration to mislead the public are given below >>>>>
Minneapolis Public Schools
FY26 Budget
22 April 2025
Committee of the Whole
“Position Change Analysis”
“Staff based at the Davis Center are being reduced by 14.22%, with the most significant reductions in the Association of Minneapolis School District Professionals (13.70%), Minneapolis Association of Confidential Administrators (12.32%), Minneapolis Association of Administrators and Supervisors (10.04%) bargaining units, and in non-represented staff (16.67%).”
FY26 Proposed Budget
Senior Finance Officer Ibrahima Diop
13 May 2025
Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education
Monthly Business Meeting
“FY26 Department Allocations Review”
Significant reductions were made in the non-school facing portion of department allocations to minimize the impact on students directly as much as possible.
Positions based at the Davis Center are being reduced by 11.74%, with the most significant reductions in the Associations od Minneapolis School District Professionals (15.45%) and Minneapolis Association of Confidential Administrators (12.32%) bargaining units, and in non-represented positions (16.67%).
Sum of Current Year FTE >>>>> 678.8521
Sum of Next Year FTE >>>>> 585.3092
Sum of FTE Difference >>>>> - 93.5429 (negative 93.5429)
Sum of FTE Percentage Difference >>>>> - 13.78 (negative 13.78)
Data Request of 27 May 2025
Please provide clear answers to the following questions >>>>>
>>>>> How many staff members were working at the Davis Center as of 14 April 2025?
>>>>> How many staff members were working at the Davis Center as of 13 May 2025?
>>>>> How many staff members will be working at the Davis Center when FY26 Budget is finalized?
Note >>>>> Please answer the above questions directly and simply, not with reference to FTEs or with extraneous information, but as posed:
Please give the number of staff members, as in people who were or would be working at the Davis Center on the given dates and when FY26 Budget is finalized if all staff members were present at the three given junctures.
Data Request of 16 May 2025
According to your response to my Data Request #25-113, “Barring any further changes to the budget plan, there will be 585.3092 FTE assigned to Davis Center as of July 1, 2025.”
Given the above response, the essence of this 16 May 2025 Data Request, is as follows >>>>>
>>>>> Please answer the following question:
Of the 585.3092 FTE that will be assigned to the Davis Center barring any further changes to the budget plan, how many will be filled by employees?
Data Request of 15 May 2025
Please provide clear answers to the following questions >>>>>
>>>>> How many staff members worked at the Davis Center as of 14 April, 2025?
>>>>> How many staff members were working at the Davis Center as of 13 May, 2025?
>>>>> How many staff members will be working at the Davis Center when the reductions to the FY26 Budget are finalized?
Email from Kimberly Haynes >>>>>
Hello,
Please see below for information that is responsive to your request. Additionally, based on emails I have received from you outside of this portal, I have provided a copy of the data sets used to prepare the budget presentation at the Regular Business Meeting held on May 13,2025 and the Committee of the Whole Meeting on April 22,2025. Please note that the presentation on May 13, 2025, reduces the positions being impacted at Davis Center to 13.78%.
Within the Excel file, the sheet labeled “ByPersonnelAreaName” allows you to filter changes by work location for more detailed analysis. However, please be aware that the sheet organized by division, labeled “byDivison” does not align with the public presentation. This is due to its reliance on an outdated organizational structure and the absence of an additional analytical step that is required to reconcile the figures.
Another important factor worth pointing out is that budget decisions relating to position reductions are based on positions and full-time equivalencies, rather than people. As I mentioned in my response to Request #25-92, in some cases, we are closing positions that are currently vacant so there will be no employee impacted in these cases, however, there is still a reduction to the planned resources.
The data being provided represents is the current FTE of positions located at the Davis Center for FY2025 as well as the planned budgeted FTE of positions located at the Davis Center for
FY2026.
1. How many staff members worked at the Davis Center as of 14 April, 2025?
§ There were 678.8521 FTE assigned to Davis Center as of 14 April, 2025. Of these FTE, 607.015 FTE were filled by employee
2. How many staff members were working at the Davis Center as of 13 May, 2025?
§ There were 678.8521 FTE assigned to Davis Center as of 13 May, 2025. Of these FTE, 606.015 FTE were filled by employees.
3. How many staff members will be working at the Davis Center when the reductions to the FY26 Budget are finalized?
§ Barring any further changes to the budget plan, there will be 585.3092 FTE assigned to Davis Center as of July 1, 2025.
This completes MPS’ response to your request.
Thank you,
Kimberly Haynes
Data Practices and Records Management
Minneapolis Public Schools
Email from Ryan Strack >>>>>
Dr. Davison,
Below please find the requested information from our HR system regarding positions with the Davis Center as their job location.
Sum of CurrentYearFTE | Sum of NextYearFTE | Sum of FTE Difference | Sum of FTE Pct Difference |
678.8521 | 585.3092 | -93.5429 | -13.78% |
Thanks,
Ryan
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