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Greta Callahan
Greta Callahan is a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education in Minnesota, representing District 6. She assumed office on January 6, 2025. Her current term ends in 2029.
Callahan ran for election to the Minneapolis Board of Education to represent District 6 in Minnesota. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Callahan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Greta Callahan earned a graduate degree from Augsburg University. Callahan's career experience includes working as a teacher.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Minneapolis Board of Education District 6
Greta Callahan defeated Lara Bergman in the general election for Minneapolis Board of Education District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greta Callahan (Nonpartisan)  | 61.5 | 23,266 |
 | Lara Bergman (Nonpartisan) | 37.1 | 14,022 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 520 | ||
| Total votes: 37,808 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Lara Bergman and Greta Callahan advanced from the primary for Minneapolis Board of Education District 6.
Endorsements
To view Callahan's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Callahan in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Greta Callahan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Callahan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- If we have strong public schools we have a safer, more equitable, healthier, smarter city.
We will have a stronger public school system when we focus on growth and expansion by retaining our current families, and attracting the 42% of eligible MPS families who are currently not choosing MPS by:
-Providing stability in guaranteed programming that families want -Keeping our promises and not disrupting school programs and pathways that families have chosen for their child(ren) -Retaining high-quality educators -Providing individualized/differentiated instruction through smaller class sizes -Co-creating the MPS we all deserve with those who are on the ground floor.
Join me in this optimistic vision of what is possible for MPS! - As a parent, teacher, and leader in the Minneapolis Public Schools I have been fighting so hard for over a decade to improve MPS. We need those at the top to be fighting just as hard as those of us on the ground floor for a public schools system that gives all students the education they deserve. Based on my experiences, expertise, and relationships, I am the most qualified candidate running for school board in the Minneapolis Public Schools, and look forward to continuing my life of serving our students in this new capacity once elected.
- MPS is at a turning point and many would say we are in a crisis. During a crisis we can’t start from scratch, we need someone who is experienced, qualified, and already has the relationships necessary to hit the ground running once elected. I continue to hear that we need to “build bridges” right now in MPS. As someone who has been the ambassador between the ground floor and the top of this district for years, I can tell you that the bridge is already built and I am that bridge.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Minneapolis Board of Education District 6 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 29, 2024
