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Minneapolis Public Schools faces a $110 million deficit which may mean bigger class sizes and budget cuts to some language programs.

Minneapolis Public Schools officially has a new superintendent who will start in February and help lead the process to transform the district. School board members on Tuesday approved two contracts with Lisa Sayles-Adams and passed a resolution to kick off a "school transformation process," which could include closing or consolidating schools. Sayles-Adams, now superintendent of Eastern Carver ...

Lisa Sayles-Adams would earn $107,423 through June, then $266,000, $271,000 and $276,000 in each of the next three school years under the contract the board is expected to OK on Tuesday. The board is also set to rename Patrick Henry High to Camden High.

Minneapolis school board members will decide later Friday on the district’s next leader. The two superintendent finalists spent the week in interviews and meet-and-greets. Here’s a look at who they are and their views on the district’s most pressing needs.

The Minneapolis Public School (MPS) board is expected to pick its new superintendent for the district on Friday evening.

Sonia Stewart, a deputy superintendent from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Lisa Sayles-Adams, superintendent of Eastern Carver County Schools in the western Twin Cities were chosen by a search committee. They’ll go through meet-and-greets and a final interview next week.

A candidate for the Portland schools' superintendent job was at the center of a March 2022 scandal over allegations he inappropriately sought a deal with the Minneapolis teachers' union that would have landed him the top job in that district. The Portland Superintendent Search Committee announced last week that Eric Moore, who is currently the

The agreement includes a clause to end the contract early if the board finds a permanent superintendent.

Interim Superintendent Rochelle Cox has said she is willing to serve a longer term as district leader.

Wednesday, the district announced board members voted to extend the search timeline for the next superintendent during its Tuesday meeting.