Comprehensive District Design MPS Home > Comprehensive District Design Comprehensive District Design This page contains archived information regarding the CDD. All presentations and models are for historical purposes only. For current information and plans, visit https://www.cdd.mpls.k12.mn.us/ What is the Comprehensive District Design (CDD)? The Comprehensive District Design examines and makes recommendations on how MPS educates students, how the school system works to meet the needs of underserved populations and how we ensure resources are available to meet our goals. Why is CDD needed? MPS’s current structure deprives a significant number of students — especially students of color and low-income students — of a well-rounded education. Learn more here. What does CDD have the potential to do? Eliminate longstanding policies and practices that disadvantage students of color and low-income students. Learn more here

Ensure MPS follows new federal law about student access to effective teaching

Increase achievement through more equitable access to rigorous and relevant coursework When will CDD happen? April 2020 — Board will vote on major parts of the design

2021 and 2022 school years — Changes in recommended school pathways or boundaries unless urgently required before this time

Get Involved Sign-up for CDD updates Board Values Resolution On Oct. 7, 2019, the Board of Education passed a resolution outlining the values it would like to see threaded throughout the CDD