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Star Tribune sues Minneapolis Public Schools for information
\nAnthony Lonetree, Star Tribune
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\nThe Star Tribune is suing the Minneapolis Public Schools in an effort to force the release of data relating to student suspensions, school climate issues and district spending, among other concerns.<\/p>\nA lawsuit filed Monday in Hennepin County District Court alleges that the district has failed to deliver on requests dating to September 2015 and also seeks damages for what it describes as the district\u2019s \u201cwillful violation of the [Minnesota] Data Practices Act.\u201d<\/p>\n
The information requested includes reports supplied to the newspaper by other districts, including results of school-by-school surveys that ask students how safe they feel in and around their schools and that gauge how committed teachers are to their respective buildings.<\/p>\n
The school-level surveys, known as the 5 Essentials, have been provided to the Star Tribune by the St. Paul Public Schools, and formed the basis of a Feb. 16 story reporting widespread discontent among teachers in the state\u2019s second-largest district.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit stems from four requests made by staff writer Alejandra Matos \u2014 each of them relating to \u201cmatters of significant public concern,\u201d the Star Tribune argues. Newspaper attorneys first got involved in March \u2014 at which point the district had provided incomplete data for one request and none for the other three. At that time, the Star Tribune asked the district to provide, in writing, a date by which the newspaper would receive a \u201ccomplete, substantive response to each request.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amy Moore, the district\u2019s attorney, replied in part: \u201cIt would be great if we had the luxury of staff who were dedicated to nothing but answering Star Tribune requests, but we try to focus our resources on the students in the classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Monday, Superintendent Ed Graff, who joined the district after the requests were made, said that he plans to review the complaint, and that his intentions are to be transparent and responsive in such matters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Its much better to keep this kind of stuff in dusty old file cabinets. We don’t want to keep people anesthetized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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