Minnesota Parents Alliance

Thank you to Minnesota Partnership For Achievement for nominating local ISDFA Kits for the national EdPrize innovation in education competition. Check out their submission video here:

A Wayzata community member and former school board member of 20 years shared her thoughts on school board elections, even vs. odd years, and how important it is to be an informed voter when it comes to Minnesota school board elections.

Prior Lake-Savage school board rescinds ‘equity and inclusion’ resolution in contentious meeting The resolution was passed in 2020 and addressed things like "implicit bias" and "anti-racism."

Since 2000, student enrollment rose by 5 percent, but the number of administrators increased by 95 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Board member Valentina Eyres pushes back on the claims of non-partisanship, pointing to her direct experiences. She references union-backed mailers, “This is a school board, I would like to remind, where a teacher union sent the brochure to housing.” She also points out how influential money is, “We ran on a smidge budget... we were sitting and calculating where we can put a sign because we didn’t have that many.” She contrasted this with the scale and reach of union-supported campaigns, arguing that such disparities erode fairness and skew the democratic process toward well-funded, ideologically aligned candidates. Lastly, Valentina pointed out the extreme toll the election environment took on her, “I carried spray with me. This is how I was concerned for my own safety.” She also mentioned, “A lady whom I was supporting was served with very... I mean, I don't know, should I—it's not for public—in front of their own kids.” There’s a stark contrast from running as a union backed candidate largely aligned with the status quo, and an individual trying to make positive change for school districts in a way that may not involve teachers unions.

Currently mayhem reported at Minneapolis South High School as students are reportedly protesting the "shady, lying" principal and have him barricaded. We're working to get more info.