Anthony Lonetree

Some families on the North Side, which has the highest concentration of Black students in the city, worry their schools will again be at risk when the school district unveils options for a new “transformation” plan in September.

North Minneapolis families worry low enrollment schools will be targeted for closures. MPS will release “transformation” plan in September.

MINNEAPOLIS - Mauri Friestleben knows what it's like to close schools in north Minneapolis, having served 20 years ago as an assistant to former

MINNEAPOLIS — Mauri Friestleben knows what it's like to close schools in north Minneapolis, having served 20 years ago as an assistant to former

MINNEAPOLIS — Mauri Friestleben knows what it's like to close schools in north Minneapolis, having served 20 years ago as an assistant to former

After a series of financial errors and oversight concerns, MPS Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams has tapped a consultant for MN's third largest school district.

The state’s third-largest district has asked a consultant to help oversee and strengthen its finance operations after a series of budget errors.

A constitutional amendment on the November ballot has bipartisan support and would give schools more funding by increasing the amount of money drawn from a trust.

MN voters will be asked the ballot question in the November election. The Permanent School Fund is funded in part by investment returns of public trust land.

A constitutional amendment headed to the Nov. 3 ballot would deliver a revenue boost to every school district and charter school in Minnesota, and comes with a tantalizing twist: It won't raise your taxes.