Schools
Every Lowry Hill News story tagged Schools.
Neighborhood
Summer Day Camps Fill the Lakeside Parks as School Lets Out
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association reviews apartment and land-use proposals in the Wedge through its Community Development Committee, the volunteer-led forum where the neighborhood weighs in before projects reach the City Council.
Opinion
Letter: A Thank-You to the Hill's Quiet Institutions
A longtime resident thanks Kenwood Community School, the Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association and the neighborhood's volunteers.
Neighborhood
Renaissance Revival, Italian Renaissance and the Styles of the Hill
A few blocks of Mount Curve Avenue in Lowry Hill hold a working catalog of how wealthy Minneapolis built between 1900 and 1910, from Renaissance Revival to Prairie School.
City
Renters' Rights Forum and a School-Safety Panel Anchor Spring Community Conversations
Ward 7's spring community-conversations series ran a renters'-rights forum at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church on March 28 and helped convene a regional school-safety panel March 5 featuring researchers from Hamline University's Violence Prevention Project.
Opinion
Opinion: Neighborhood Associations Need New Blood
Neighborhood associations like LHENA depend on a thin layer of long-serving volunteers, and too few newcomers are stepping up to replace them.
Neighborhood
MPS Warns of Layoffs Amid $75 Million Budget Gap
Minneapolis Public Schools cut about 400 positions, including roughly 116 teachers, to close a $75 million shortfall in its 2025-26 budget.
Neighborhood
Faith Communities Quietly Anchor Neighborhood Life
Seven congregations anchor Lowry Hill and the blocks around it, several of them more than a century old and among the largest gathering spaces in an otherwise residential neighborhood.
Neighborhood
Profile: The Crossing Guard Everyone Knows
The crossing guards who staff corners outside lakes-area schools are among the least celebrated public-safety workers in the neighborhood, and among the most missed when a corner goes uncovered.
Neighborhood
Meet Your Neighbor: A Wedge Renter on Why She Never Leaves
In the renter-heavy Wedge, daily life fits within a few walkable blocks, anchored by the Wedge Co-op and a civic life built to include tenants.
Neighborhood
Profile: The Room Parent Who Never Left
The Kenwood Community School PTA runs on a roster of named events and chronic volunteer need, the kind of work that depends on a few people who keep showing up year after year.
Neighborhood
Voters Backed the Tech Levy. Here's What It Pays For.
Minneapolis voters approved a $20 million-a-year increase to the school district's technology levy in November 2024, replacing an expiring authorization.
Neighborhood
MPS Approves $279 Million Levy as Tax Bills Rise
The Minneapolis school board approved a $279 million property tax levy for 2025, a 12.6% increase that includes the voter-approved technology levy.
City
Two Levies, One Tax Bill: Making Sense of Your 2026 Property Taxes
Two separate levies — the City of Minneapolis budget and the Park Board's 6.11% increase — land on the same 2026 Hennepin County property-tax statement.
City
The Nation's Largest Urban Lake Restoration, in Our Backyard
The cleanup of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, carried out over decades by a multi-agency partnership, has been described as the nation's largest urban lake restoration.
Neighborhood
How LHNA Spends Its Neighborhood Revitalization Dollars
The Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association voted in May 2025 to move $15,000 in Neighborhood Revitalization Program income from housing to a Kenwood School outdoor classroom.
Events
Neighborhood Board Meeting Opens the Floor to Residents
East Isles invites residents, business owners and nonprofit reps to its monthly board meeting.
City
The E Line Threads the Lakes to the University
The METRO E Line links the Chain of Lakes, Uptown and downtown to the University of Minnesota in a single frequent bus route, with no transfer for riders boarding near Lake of the Isles.
Neighborhood
A George Maher Mansion and the Prairie School on Lowry Hill
A 1910 Prairie School mansion designed by architect George W. Maher stands at 1324 Mount Curve Ave. on Lowry Hill, among a ridge of European revival houses.
Opinion
Opinion: Tie School Funding to Need, Not Net Tax Capacity
A school capital levy pegged to net tax capacity tracks neighborhood property wealth rather than student need, a resident argues.
Neighborhood
The Wedge's Schools: Choice on Every Block
Lowry Hill East offers a dense mix of public, magnet and nearby options.
Opinion
Opinion: A Neighborhood School Is Worth Fighting For
As budget cuts loom, the case for staying with the public option.
Neighborhood
A Welcome for Kenwood's Newest Families
With high turnover, the school leans on its welcoming traditions.
City
Reading the Water: How a 'C' Grade Became a Point of Pride
When the Minneapolis chain earned C's on a water-quality report card, scientists called it a quiet triumph.
Neighborhood
Kenwood's School Forest Brings the Classroom to Cedar Lake
Outdoor education at the nearby School Forest extends learning into nature.
City
Kenwood Park lands a 2025 Hennepin County youth-activities grant
A Park Board resolution put Kenwood Park among the sites in line for county youth-program money in 2025.
Neighborhood
Jefferson Community School Serves Families Near 26th Street
The school at 1200 West 26th Street carries the community-school tradition.
Neighborhood
Ella Baker Global Studies Anchors Lowry Hill East
The K-8 magnet school emphasizes service learning and student-led inquiry.
Events
School Fundraiser Sets Up Shop at the Neighborhood Market
A local school turns a community market into a fundraising day.
Neighborhood
Where Lowry Hill Children Go to School: A Zoning Primer
From Kenwood Elementary to Anwatin and North, the neighborhood's school pathways explained.
Neighborhood
Meet the Woodchucks: Kenwood's PTA Powers the School Year
The parent-teacher association behind the 'Woodchucks' keeps fundraising and events running.
Neighborhood
Kenwood's Outdoor Classroom Takes Shape With Neighborhood Backing
A $15,000 contribution from the local association is helping fund an outdoor learning space.
Neighborhood
Inside Kenwood's 'Smarts + Arts' Approach
Arts residencies at every grade level define the school's teaching philosophy.
Neighborhood
Kenwood Community School Marks 117 Years on the Hill
The 1908 building between the lakes and the park has educated generations of neighborhood children.
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