Robo Call to Families For Communications Questions? 612-668-0230

The Office of Communications is sending the below SchoolMessenger to families at South, Southwest, Henry, Edison, and North. Should activities related to Ferguson arise at Washburn or Roosevelt, we will send message to those families as well.

Please let us know if you would like additional information posted to your school’s website. We can update this information quickly.

For your reference, below is a copy of the message. It’s being sent in English, Spanish, Hmong and Somali.

SchoolMessenger

Good morning, this is Stan Alleyne, Minneapolis Public Schools Chief of Communications

I’m calling to let you know that students are currently participating in a peaceful protest at several high schools in response to the grand jury decision not to indict a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager.We respect students’ first amendment right to peacefully assemble. We will not discipline students for the act of protesting as long as the protest remains peaceful. However, prolonged sit-ins may result in an unexcused absence from class. If students walk out of school, they will not be able to return to the school for the remainder of the day, they will not be able to participate in after school activities and they may receive an unexcused absence.

Staff are monitoring the situation and we have procedures in place to manage the situation while respecting students’ rights.

More information is available on our website. Again, this is Stan Alleyne, Minneapolis Public Schools Chief of Communications. If you have any questions, please call our office at 612.668.0230.