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Shannon for School Board

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

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I'm Shannon Gibney, and I am running for Minneapolis School Board in District 3. https://linktr.ee/shannonforschoolboard

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@mauratwit.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:41 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

Hey Minneapolis, on Tuesday the Planning Commission is having a public hearing about Data Centers. Pack the Room!

DATA CENTER
REGULATION
PUBLIC
COMMENT
The City of Minneapolis is developing a regulatory framework for Data Centers. We need your feedback on the proposed policy.
Public Hearing at
Planning Commission
October 13th 4:30 pm
Room 350, 250 S 4th St,
Minneapolis, MN
Review the full proposed policy and provide feedback online
SCAN HERE
@beccaforschools.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:58 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

UPDATE: thank you to community for showing up and making yourselves heard! We now have a resolution to delay this “transformation” plan!

@edwardodell.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:23 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

These turkeys know what’s up

@roberthaider.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:11 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

Put another way: the City could cover the full funding gap with nine days worth of MPD overtime pay.

@abdulelsayed.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:04 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

St. Clair County, you blew me away. Change is coming. It's already here.

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@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:08 PM

People are relieved," said Gibney. "They're hopeful somebody has taken a stand." If it passes, there would be no closures through next school year. But the conversation is far from over.

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 3:15 PM

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:57 PM

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@educationmn.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:13 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

When Trump tried to freeze $74M in education funding in 2025, @keithellison.bsky.social fought back — and won. West St. Paul teacher Brian McCarthy says Minnesota needs that kind of public education champion as attorney general. #edmnvotes

@littlejohn.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:20 AMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

Newsletter from CMs Wonsley, Chavez, Chughtai, and Stevenson lists the mayor's proposed cuts in terms of equivalent days of MPD overtime. ♥️✊🙏 @robin4mpls.bsky.social @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @aishaforward10.com @sorenwithward8.bsky.social

 		
Council Member Soren Stevenson

Ward 8 News from Council Member Soren Stevenson 
October 8th, 2026

Dear neighbors, 

The City Council is preparing to amend and adopt a City Budget for 2027. The 2027 Budget proposed by Mayor Frey in August includes cuts to many programs that our communities rely on while increasing the budget for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) by more than $20 million. 

We can recognize that the City is facing real fiscal challenges while rejecting false austerity. These narratives are being used as a pretext for cuts to programs communities rely on, all while allowing MPD to have an ever ballooning budget that goes unchecked year after year.

Fiscal responsibility doesn’t look like just cutting across the board. It means examining every major area of city spending, identifying inefficiencies and measurable outcomes, and ensuring every tax dollar the City spends actually improves residents’ lives or enhances a public good. 

MPD has gone $20 million over budget two years in a row, and MPD leaders have publicly admitted that there has been mismanagement of overtime. Earlier this year, both the Commissioner of Community Safety and the Chief Operating Officer both publicly stated they were unaware of this overspending for nearly all of 2025. Earlier this year, when ICE invaded our city, our communities stepped up to protect our neighbors while the MPD did little to nothing to keep us safe yet still got millions in overtime compensation. It is not fiscally responsible to increase MPD’s budget by $20 million when it is widely known that mismanagement of MPD is fueling unnecessary costs that are not meaningfully improving public safety.

The budget is funded by working people, and they deserve accountability and oversight of how their money is spent. This year, the Board of Estimate and Taxation, the body that sets the maximum tax levy, made it clear that unchecked police overspending needed to be meaningfully addressed. The City Council has…
@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:48 PM

“Board directors Sharon El-Amin, who represents the north side, and Greta Callahan, who represents the southwest, co-authored this resolution. It would take all school closures off the table for next year and demand more study, public input and transparency before decisions are made beyond that.”

@johnmoe.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:54 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

As completely deranged and fucked up and wrong as he is, I gotta say it is stressful to have the damn president of the United States constantly attacking my state of Minnesota, sending violence, calling for violence, putting all lives at risk, killing our neighbors. Like it really takes a toll.

BBrad Reed@bwreed.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:41 PM

The president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom.

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@robin4mpls.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:01 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

Minneapolis Public Schools is considering closing 15–16 schools, including Pratt. Our students, families, and educators deserve community investment, not rushed closures that tear apart our neighborhoods. Pratt Elementary is a beloved neighborhood institution. Now, its future is at risk.

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:44 PM

I just heard he is for the delay. No idea why he didn’t sign on.

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:43 PM

Checking now…Although I would think it would be easy enough to sign on to something like this even if you were on maternity leave. 🙄

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:07 PM

Thanks to all the Minneapolis city council members (including my own) who put out this message denouncing the MPS school closures plan. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:30 PM

I had some things to say at the South High MPS closures plan protest the other night, lol

@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:26 PM

Try to push through a monumentally bad plan to close a fourth of the schools throughout the district?

Prepare to deal with the ire of the Mom Brigade! ✊🏽✊🏽✨

Could not find better folks beside me in this fight.

@beccaforschools.bsky.social @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social

@chrislhayes.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 10:54 PMReposted by @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social

No AI for kids. Full stop.

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@shannon-for-d3.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:58 PM

Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

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