Mark Gilson 🌱
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Engineer, data scientist, data researcher, data visualization specialist. - https://t.co/tqOMN5kVp0
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School Board: Osseo (Osseo Area Schools) When: May 19th 2026 Topic: MSHSL, Title IX Board members discuss whether to participate in the Minnesota State High School League. Board member Erica Foster: "I stand by the principle that participation in athletics should be based on biological sex rather than gender identity." "I strongly encourage MSHSL to evaluate its approach to gender versus sex-based sports categories, most notably allowing biological males to play in girls' sports. Title IX must be enforced by its original intent, equal opportunities for females and males in athletics. Final vote: 6-0 in favor
Mark Gilson 🌱65,658 views • 2 months ago
School Board: Minneapolis (Minneapolis Public Schools) When: June 2026 Topic: Deconstructing enrollment 🤡 I can't make this 💩up if I tried. Board member Lori Norvell challenges us to look at enrollment "in a different way" because we look at things "through the lens of what we know as very white centered, Eurocentric education." What's her suggestion? "I don't know what we might have." She just knows we need to do some deconstructing... "I would challenge us to deconstruct our ideas on that, deconstruct the things that we're comfortable with, and really think about what is best for our Native American students and their families." It's cool though, she hits all the right virtue signal words: - Eurocentric - white centered - deconstruct - harm - comfortable/space I just want all of you reading this to realize 19,774 people voted for Lori, and she holds a board position in a district with ~30k students. It's worth the time really internalizing how crazy that is...
Mark Gilson 🌱45,235 views • 1 month ago
School Board: Minnetonka (Minnetonka Schools) When: May 2026 Topic: Budget 📽️Clip 1: Minnetonka School District faces $1.7M annual budget cuts for five years without state funding increases. District ranks 319th out of 329 for state aid per pupil. 📽️Clip 2: Minnetonka School District faces potential $3.2M special education funding shortfall due to state cuts, erasing $1.2M surplus. 'We have those two $1.6 million layers being taken out'.
Mark Gilson 🌱50,057 views • 2 months ago
School Board: Stillwater (Stillwater Schools) When: June 2026 Topic: Paid Family Medical Leave School board reveals 'triple hit' financial impact of paid family leave: districts must pay into the program, cover substitute teachers, and maintain salaries for extended leaves. "it's just something that's a big expenditure that it's hard to quantify." #mnleg
Mark Gilson 🌱38,180 views • 1 month ago
School Board: Brainerd (Brainerd Public Schools) When: June 2026 Topic: Family Medical Leave Act Brainerd school board reveals 56 staff members used paid medical leave since Jan. 1, costing district $40k/month. 'That's what's really getting expensive,' says finance director. #mnleg
Mark Gilson 🌱21,256 views • 1 month ago
School Board: St. Paul (Saint Paul Public Schools) When: June 2026 Topic: Race based classes? Board member Chauntyll Allen pushes race-based classrooms, claiming lumping African & Asian American studies into one class blocks students' cultural identity and civic engagement. "I know that our African-American studies classes in our Asian American Studies classes, which is a whole continent, is all grouped together into one class."
Mark Gilson 🌱10,594 views • 1 month ago
School Board: Prior Lake (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools) When: June 2026 Topic: Community Member A really great and quite comprehensive 6 minutes from a community member, key highlights: - Revenue: +12% overall, +15% per student - Spending: +17% overall, +20% per student - Fund balance: -$7.8M (-36%) - Reading proficiency: ~60% - Math proficiency (2025): ~58% (below 2021–22 levels) - Levy proposal: $3.8M/year, $38M over 10 years - Key concern: Levy tied to 3.4% tax-capacity factor, so collections could exceed $38M if tax capacity grows - Requested projections: 10-year cost scenarios assuming 0%, 3%, 5%, 7%, and 7.8% tax-capacity growth. "The district has spent money and energy on political and ideological priorities that have not improved reading, math, science, discipline, or classroom performance."
Mark Gilson 🌱10,513 views • 1 month ago
School Board: Minnetonka (Minnetonka Schools) When: May 2026 Topic: iPad use, screen time Parent and Minnesota AG attorney warns school board: Excessive iPad use harms kids' mental health, displaces sleep and socialization. Cites state reports and Meta/TikTok lawsuits. Urges rethinking tech policy. "Excessive use of tech displaces beneficial activities like sleep and in-person socialization leading to reduced well-being." "I am an assistant attorney general at the Minnesota Attorney General's office. I work in the Consumer Protection Division of the Office."
Mark Gilson 🌱11,107 views • 1 month ago
The latest Hopkins (Hopkins Schools) school board meeting has been widely covered but I'll provide the full clips of individuals who came to speak to the board, starting with Hopkins senior Daphne who voiced frustration that cuts to rigorous programs like French will leave dedicated students with fewer options, while those skipping class to vape or smoke weed in the halls face no barriers. She highlights a growing divide between students striving for academic excellence and a school climate that fails to support or prioritize them.
Mark Gilson 🌱12,289 views • 1 year ago
198 bills. That’s how many bills Senator Nicole Mitchell voted on between her burglary arrest and the end of the 94th Legislative Special Session, all while delaying her trial, which ultimately ended in a guilty verdict. Here’s every single one, by date (green is yes vote, red is no). #mnleg
Mark Gilson 🌱10,942 views • 1 year ago
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