🌱 School Superintendent To Leave District + Final Four Weekend

Happy Thursday! Here's the news for Minneapolis.

First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 41 Low: 23.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Ed Graff will leave the district when his contract expires in June, the district announced Wednesday. He has been in the role since 2016. (KARE11)

2. Students interrupted a “tumultuous” Board of Education meeting Tuesday to voice their disapproval with the extended Minneapolis Public Schools calendar. The school year was pushed into June after the weeks-long teacher strike. (BMTN)

3. The city settled with a former Blaze Pizza franchisee after the store failed to comply with Minneapolis’ minimum wage laws, Patch reports. Nineteen employees will receive a recovered $28,200 from the case. (Patch)

4. About 46 percent of eligible Minnesotans are up to date on their vaccine doses, according to the state health department. About 9.5 million doses have been administered statewide. (CBS)

5. The NCAA Women's Final Four tournament will take place tomorrow at Target Center. A full weekend of fan events is planned. (KARE11)

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From my notebook:

• Minneapolis is among the nation’s best “performers” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2022 Milken Institute Best Performing Cities Index. (Patch)
• The Foo Fighters canceled their remaining tour dates, including the August show in Minneapolis, after drummer Taylor Hawkins died over the weekend. (Paid source: Star Tribune)
• The Minnesota Twins will offer a “sensory suite” at Target Field for “ticket holders with autism and other developmental differences.” (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.