Article #5 >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota<, Volume XIII, Number 3, September 2026

Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams and

Davis Center (Central Office) Leadership

 

These members of the Lisa Sayles-Adams administration are responsibility for the overall quality of the Minneapolis Public Schools, the main reason for existence of which is to provide knowledge-intensive, skill-replete education for students of all demographic descriptors;  thus, they bear heavy guilt for the low quality of education in the district:

 

Lisa Sayles-Adams

Superintendent

 

Ty Thompson

Deputy Superintendent

 

Mellissa Sonnek

Senior Academic Officer

 

Ryan Strack

Senior Executive Officer

 

Associate Superintendents

 

Associate Superintendents are responsible for managing, supporting, and coaching school principals.

 

Yusuf Abdullah

Schools and Programs Supported:

 

• Andersen
• Anishinabe
• Anwatin
• Barton
• Bryn Mawr
• Burroughs
• Ella Baker
• Emerson
• Field
• Franklin
• Green
• Hale
• Hall
• Justice Page
• Kenwood
• Las Estrellas
• Lyndale
• Marcy
• Nellie Stone Johnson
• North
• Washburn

 

Shawn Harris-Berry

 

Schools and Programs Supported:

 

• Bancroft
• Contract Alternatives & MAAC Director
• CTE Principal
• Dowling
• FAIR
• Folwell
• Heritage
• Hiawatha
• Howe
• Keewaydin
• Longfellow
• MPS Online
• Northrop
• Roosevelt
• Sanford
• Seward
• South
• Sullivan
• Wellstone
• Wenonah
• Whittier

 

Lametria Eaddy

Associate Superintendent

Schools and Programs Supported:

 

• Anthony
• Armatage
• Bethune
• Camden
• Cityview
• Edison
• Hmong International Academy
• Jenny Lind
• Kenny
• Lake Harriet Lower
• Lake Harriet Upper
• Loring
• Lucy Laney
• Northeast
• Olson
• Pillsbury
• Pratt
• Southwest
• Waite Park
• zWebster
• Windom

 

 

Liz Keenan

Associate Superintendent, Special Education & Student Support Services

Schools and Programs Supported:

 

• Harrison
• Metro Programs
• River Bend
• Stadium View
• Transition Plus