Aug 16, 2026

Contracts Signed by the Minneapolis Public Schools Lisa Sayles-Adams Administration with the Center for Effective School Operations (CESO) Raise Questions of Financial Judgment and Professional Ethics

Consider these contracts signed by the Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams Administration with the Center for Effective School Operations (CESO) >>>>>

 

Transportation Contract, 28 October 2025 through 31 January 2026

 

>>>>>                 $!40,406.25

 

Transportation Contract, 14 November 2025 through 30 June 2026

 

>>>>>                   $82,500.00

 

Data Extraction and Costing Model Customization Training and Support,

14 July 2025 through 30 June 2026

 

>>>>>                   $45,500.00

 

Executive consulting support for MPS Human Services at a rate of $195 per hour for an amount not to exceed

 

>>>>>                    $45,000.00

 

These figures total

 

>>>>>            $312,906.25

 

 

The Lisa Sayles-Adams administration has also signed contract with CESO to provide support for the Finance Division;  the contract extends from 20 January 2026 through 20 January 2027, with payment given as $68,865 per month.  For the twelve-month period, this would total

 

>>>>>            $826,380.00

 

Additional work may also be provided at a rate of $195 per hour.

 

 

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Thus,

 

Total expenditure for contracts concluded by June 2026 was

 

>>>>>            $312,906.25

 

Total expenditure for support to the Finance Division when the contract concludes in 20 January 2027 will be

 

>>>>>            $826,380.00

 

These figures total

 

>>>>>          $1,139,286.25

 

 

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The administrative wisdom and motivations of Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams must be questioned in offering contracts to CESO, an establishment entity closely associated with the Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA), another establishment organization the board members of which include many to whom Sayles-Adams has close connections.

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