MPS parents hope proposed pause leads to a new approach

Parents and teachers who oppose the Minneapolis Public School district’s transformation plan are hoping its proposed pause is just the start of a new plan.

The news that two school board members plan to suggest a one-year delay at the October 13 school board meeting is still just reaching many parents in the district.

“My kids are second grade and first grade, and they’re definitely having a lot of anxiety about it,” said Jamia Pettinger about the proposed closures laid out in the three possibilities currently under consideration for the district’s transformation plan.

Two of her kids attend Lake Harriet Lower Community School and a third...