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Feb 22 / 10:00am

City Council Ward Redistricting & More

The proposed City Council redistricting creates some major changes for Midtown. The colorful picture below shows the changes. All of Midtown will end up in Ward 6 (Lilligran) and will join all of Phillips West, Ventura Village, Loring Heights, and part of Whittier, East Phillips, and Cedar Riverside. In the picture the red line represents the current district and the yellow/black line the proposed. 

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Some of the redistricting plan is a result of efforts by the East African community to get their population consolidated into one district. 
The proposed Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board districts (and presumably the Minneapolis Public School Board) changes have no significant impact on Midtown.  Midtown would remain in District 3 (MPRB - Vreeland, MPS - Samatar). You can see the changes below. The dark red line is current boundaries and the red/black line is the proposed. 
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Visit the City's Redistricting website for more information. 
State-wide redistricting plans were announced yesterday.  While there were significant changes to many US Congressional districts, most of Minneapolis will remain in US District 5 with Keith Ellison as the incumbent.  Midtown will become State Senate 62 district and House district 62A. Minneapolis is set to lose 2 House seats. 
Proposed districts:
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Current districts:
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The Legislative Redistricting website had some interesting stats:

 

House District: 62A Senate District: 62
Population: 39,496 Population: 79,225
White: 14,339 White: 33,943
Hispanic: 9,974 Hispanic: 19,435
African American: 10,957 African American: 18,927
Asian: 1,405 Asian: 2,681
American Indian: 2,187 American Indian: 2,981

Visit the State's redistricing website for more information. 

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Sep 22 / 8:33am

MPS Names Area B Superintendent

Superintendent fills key leadership position
Stephen Flisk to serve as associate superintendent for Area B

 

MINNEAPOLIS –Stephen Flisk, an experienced education leader from Chicago Public Schools (CPS), on October 6 will be named the new associate superintendent for Area B, a key leadership position in Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson’s administration. In this new role, Flisk will be responsible for creating and modeling a culture of high expectations and providing ongoing support to building leaders to facilitate school environments that address a variety of needs and allow for the inclusion of all students. He will work with school communities to create the necessary conditions for dramatic and increased student achievement and improved overall school performance.

 

“Mr. Flisk has a strong track record for increasing student performance,” said Johnson. “His 20 years of experience and education leadership will be instrumental in our work to accelerate our efforts to narrow the achievement gap in Minneapolis.”

 

Flisk comes to Minneapolis from CPS, where he most recently served as academy superintendent of Carver Military High School. His accomplishments include increasing the five-year graduation rate by 18 percent, increasing student attendance by two percent and improving the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rate to 91.6 percent. During his time at CPS, Flisk also served as area instruction officer and was responsible for instructional leadership and management of 28 schools where the achievement gap was reduced significantly among elementary-aged Latino and African American students.

 

Flisk is anticipated to receive his doctorate in urban education leadership from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in December 2012. He holds a Master of Science degree in mathematics from Chicago State University, a Master of Arts degree in education from Saint Xavier University and a certificate of advanced study in administration from National-Louis University. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Sep 19 / 2:34pm

Andersen Hosts MPS Area B Council Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm 9/22

Find out more about the Minneapolis Public School's Area B Parent & Community Council at their website.   Kristin sends out regular announcements for the Area B community, I don't often post them, but since this month's meeting is actually at Andersen in our neighborhood I thought I would.   All of the Phillips Community East of Chicago is in Area B/Zone 2.  Residents living West of Chicago are part of Area C/Zone 3.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: kristin berg thompson <kbergthompson@gmail.com>

Dear Area  B Community, The first Area B Parent & Community Council of the 2011/12 school year will be held at  Andersen United Community School, 2727 10th Avenue South, on Thursday, September 22 from 5:30- 7:30m.  All 2011/12  B Council sites are also attached.

Please share  the Andersen flier attached translations for Sept.22 in English, Somali & Spanish.   Dinner and family resources begin at 5:30pm.  Childcare for ages 3 and up is available, as well as Spanish and Somali interpreters.   The possibility of changing to Go To metro transit cards for High School student transportation, and increasing student enrollment plans for Area B will be discussed. 

Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson will welcome the Council, and I hope to see you there! 
   Thank you.  Kristin


Kristin Berg Thompson
Community Liaison, Area B
kbergthompson@gmail.com
612-990-1397


Click here to download:
Andersen 9 22 B Council 9.doc (479 KB)
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B Council 2011 12 loc m.doc (266 KB)
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Andersen%209%2022%20%20B%20Council%209[2]Spanish.doc (480 KB)
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andersen_9_22_b_council_9. Soomaalidoc(2).doc (478 KB)
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