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 MPS Board of Education Meeting The Board of Education, Special School District No. 1, has scheduled a regular meeting for Tuesday, Oct. 14. Please click here to download the meeting notice. For the agenda with the supporting documents, click here.  Following a performance by Southwest High School senior, Palbasha Siddique, and an introduction by South High student and president of the Minnesota Association of Student Councils, Arthur Taylor, Superintendent Bill Green gave an address that was fittingly all about the kids. In his progress report, Green presented a snapshot of the state of the Minneapolis Public Schools. He reviewed the student achievement data that will serve as a baseline for measuring future outcomes, as well as accountability toward the goal of making every child college ready by 2012.
 Under provisions of the "No Child Left Behind" federal mandate, students who receive "free or reduced priced lunches" are eligible for free tutoring services. Click here for the list of service providers. To enroll, visit the Supplemental Educational Services website by Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.  More families are choosing to send their students to the Minneapolis Public Schools, according to enrollment figures compiled over the first two weeks of school...  Congratulations to the North High School Polar Producers, who were featured on the September 15 edition of the KARE-11 Extra!. Preview videos here.  “Minneapolis Public Schools and African American community leaders took a historic step this evening with the signing of a covenant that acknowledges a shared responsibility in improving the academic achievement of African American students. The covenant is a promise of partnership for the decade ahead,” announced Superintendent William D. Green at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. Click here to read the covenant. | ||||||||||
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