What's at stake in Minneapolis school board races? Prompt action likely amid financial struggles

Minneapolis Public Schools is moving slowly on a so-called “transformation process” that could include school closings and consolidations, but there is no hiding the severity of the challenges the district faces.

Nor the tough decisions sure to confront a board that now has four seats on the November ballot.

At a finance committee meeting last week, Jon Clinton, the district’s executive director of finance, told board members that the school system’s rainy day fund would be drained completely in 2025-26 if operations were to remain as they are today.

But the picture need not be viewed as “doom and gloom,” he said. Instead, Clinton added, “I would look at this as an opportunity.”



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