District Meeting About Behavior March 19

Dear MPS Families,

Are you concerned about the behavior standards in the Minneapolis Public Schools? Are you

worried about our current disciplinary practices? Would you like to address issues of bullying?

In order to ensure that we are responding appropriately and effectively to student behavior, MPS is

launching a school district and community collaborative effort to create and sustain mutually

respectful climates for learning and teaching. I invite you to participate in this process; we are all in

this work together and your support is very important. Partnering with you will enable us to

develop tools that support our teachers and students in creating more welcoming and positive

learning environments.

MPS’

Office of Family and Community Engagement and I are hosting a parent listening session

facilitated by an independent consultant group to evaluate the district

’s existing discipline policies

and help shape our future guidelines. Our

Area C listening session is on Tuesday, March 19, from

5:30

– 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Green Central Community School, located at 3416 4th Ave. S.

Interpreters will be available and childcare will be provided for children three years old and up.

If you would like to attend,

RSVP to Nathan Keysser by phone at 612.668.0651 or by email at

nathan.keysser@mpls.k12.mn.us

no later than Monday, March 11. We will get back to you to

confirm your attendance.

If you cannot attend the event, but would like to give us your input or feedback, please contact

Gael Ellis, Area C community liaison, at 612.382.0546 or gael.ellis@mpls.k12.mn.us.

We encourage

you to learn more about our current behavior policy by visiting:

http://policy.mpls.k12.mn.us/Discipline_and_Behavior.html

We thank you for your support in helping us establish learning environments that are aligned with

our overall mission of preparing every child for college and a career.

Sincerely,

Theresa Battle

Associate Superintendent

Theresa Battle

Associate Superintendent

1250 W. Broadway Ave.

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411-2533