A three-time Minneapolis schools superintendent

One man has served as Minneapolis schools superintendent on three different occasions. Who is he?

December 20, 2011 at 3:53PM

With the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education prepared to release details on Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson's first job evaluation Tuesday, here's a bit of trivia.

Question: One man has served as Minneapolis schools superintendent on three different occasions. Who is he?

Answer: Mitchell "Mitch" Trockman, a 1958 North High School graduate, who still works in the district as an operations specialist.

Trockman served as interim superintendent twice in 1993, around the time Minneapolis' current high school seniors were born, and for less than a month in 2004, bridging the gap between David Jennings and Thandiwe Peebles.

Combined, Trockman served about six months as superintendent.

For you historians, a full list of district superintendents from 1868 to present is below:

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