Enrollment Plan Community Meeting Zone 3 October 9, 6-8 pm

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has laid out a five-year enrollment plan to strengthen schools by addressing increasing and changing enrollment across the city. These changes may impact our school community over the next five years. The plan will enable MPS to offer exciting and innovative academic programs in every area of the city to meet the needs of our diverse learners. Through academic transformation and facility planning, MPS will provide programs that our current and future students will need.

 

MPS continues to conduct enrollment planning on an ongoing basis to best meet student needs. Increasing enrollment continues to be a positive opportunity for MPS. We expect to serve over 3,000 more students over the next five years; our current enrollment is over 34,000.

 

The recommendations are divided by zones, as well as changes across the whole school district. Changes that apply to the entire district are considered city-wide. This provides MPS with the opportunity to plan for academic programs that will accelerate student learning.

 

Highlights of the plan include: all-day kindergarten in each zone; early childhood expansion; individualized English Learner services and dual immersion expansion; a college preparatory program for first-generation college students; and opening several new educational programs including Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), career academies and an audition-based performing arts school. Under the recommendations, 12 buildings will require renovations/additions. 

 

Below is a list of listening sessions to discuss the school district’s five-year enrollment plan:

 

Area A/Zone 1 WHEN:        Tuesday, October 1, 6-8 p.m. WHERE:     Anwatin Middle School (256 Upton Ave S)   WHEN:        Monday, October 14, 6-8 p.m. WHERE:     Northeast Middle School (955 Hayes St NE)	Recommended changes may affect the following Area A/Zone 1 sites: Cityview, Davis Center, Franklin, Lincoln, North, Olson and Sheridan and the following citywide sites: Longfellow, North, Roosevelt, Sullivan, Tuttle, Webster, Wilder and 2225 Lake Street.
Area B/Zone 2   WHEN:        Thursday, October 10, 6-8 p.m. WHERE:     Northrop Urban Environmental (4315 31st Ave S.)	Recommended changes may affect the following Area B/Zone 2 sites: Cooper, Hiawatha, Howe, Sanford, Seward and Wilder and the following citywide sites: Longfellow, North, Roosevelt, Sullivan, Tuttle, Webster, Wilder and 2225 Lake Street.
Area C/Zone 3 WHEN:        Wednesday, October 9, 6-8 p.m. WHERE:     Ramsey Middle School (1 W 49th St.)	Recommended changes may affect the following Area C/Zone 3 sites: Barton, Burroughs, Hale, Kenny, Lake Harriet, Ramsey, Southwest, Washburn and Wilder and the following citywide sites: Longfellow, North, Roosevelt, Sullivan, Tuttle, Webster, Wilder and 2225 Lake Street.

 

Please visit the MPS website at www.mpls.k12.mn.us for more information and opportunities to learn about the recommendations.