Minnetonka School Board Candidate Forum – 2025
Minnetonka School Board Candidate Forum
Monday, September 8: 7 pm to 9 pm
Minnetonka High School, 18301 MN-7, Minnetonka, MN 55345
Watch the recording here. Use the navigation below to skip to the questions that are important to you.
1:01 Welcome
1:41 Candidate Rules and Format
3:10 Opening Statements from Candidates
9:04 What do you consider to be the most important duties of a school board member?
13:49 Outreach and engagement opportunities and efforts
20:12 Support for/against the Building Bond Referendum
25:53 Bullying: what can the district do to combat bullying at all academic levels?
32:15 Learning styles
39:26 School safety: what measures would you support to increase school safety?
45:58 Traffic/congestion and electric bikes
53:18 DEI: how can the school district implement one of the DEI initiatives?
59:46 Improving parent satisfaction
1:05:39 Impact of reduced federal funding
1:13:06 Closing Statements
1:19:39 Closing from the LWV
More information on candidates
A list of Minnetonka School Board candidates can be found on the Minnesota Secretary of State website. Additional candidate information and school board election information can be found on the Minnetonka Public Schools website.
Note about remote participation
The LWVLMPA invites all candidates running for office to participate in our candidate forums. The LWVLMPA Rules and Policies, provided to all candidates in their invitations on August 14, 2025, do not allow for remote participation following our long-time practice. Please refer to the LWVLMPA Forum Participation Policy Statement for full details.
Statement on candidate forum recordings
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