Minneapolis Public Schools will not close any schools through the 2027-28 school year after the superintendent reversed course and the board passed a resolution. The district had proposed closing or merging up to 16 schools as enrollment fell from 36,357 students in 2017-18 to 29,928 in 2024-25.
Mary Johnson
Two Detroit Lakes families and the ACLU of Minnesota sued the district and four board members Tuesday, arguing the ban on rainbow stickers violates the state constitution and the Minnesota Human Rights Act. The suit also accuses the four of arranging the July vote in private, and cites texts obtained through a records request.
Mary Johnson
Three years into Minnesota's universal school meals program, lunch participation is up 15% and breakfast 40%, and the state's bill has climbed to an estimated $306 million. A new survey finds a third of students who didn't qualify for free lunch used to skip meals. Longer lines are the main complaint.
Kate Carter
The Detroit Lakes school board added a rainbow ban to its agenda at the start of a July meeting and passed it 4-2 with no public comment. The stickers never came down, a vote to pause the ban failed, and the board is now weighing a rewrite that drops the word rainbow but limits what employees can display.
Mary Johnson
Minnesota's third-largest district is facing mounting criticism over weak financial controls after multimillion-dollar deficits, years of budgeting errors, and a $5 million IRS penalty. A newly unredacted report adds detail. Here is what happened, and the enrollment squeeze underneath it.
Mary Johnson
