Minneapolis Public Schools have seen enrollment drop like a rock in recent years, as students flee to better school districts or simply drop off the map.
As a result the school district is likely to become insolvent when the extra pandemic funding runs out later this year.
The drop is driven by a larger and larger percentage of children who live within the district opting out–and given how poorly the district educates kids, the trend is not likely to reverse. Many parents have just up and left the city.
Still, Minneapolis schools are thrilled to newly enroll large numbers of students “new to the country” (read illegal immigrants who don’t speak English), who will make up a bit less than 10% of the enrollment for the district.
Majority of 2500 Spanish-speaking students recently enrolled at MPS are ‘new-to-country’ https://t.co/wNYMD08Mun
