The Minneapolis School Board on May 12 approved by a 6-3 vote the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Comprehensive District Design (CDD) plan.

The plan will result in roughly 21% of MPS students switching schools, district officials noted.

“The plan is creating a structure for the district that will support integration and improve academic achievement,” explained MPS Accountability, Research and Equity Chief Eric Moore.

Proponents of the CDD plan, initially introduced a couple of years ago, argue that it will help close a longstanding achievement gap between Black students and their counterparts.

“The first thing that I honed in on when I was first presented with the plan was the fact that I did not see an academic plan,” said local attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, an outspoken critic of MPS and its achievement gap between Black and White K-12 students.