Unredacted report offers fresh details on problems in Minneapolis Public Schools’ finance office

By: Melissa Whitler

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 1,063

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Newly unredacted portions of an investigative report indicate Minneapolis Public Schools’ top accountant, Aaron Gilbert, decided on her own to improperly withhold $3 million in payments to a health care trust account.

“In sum, the evidence points to Ms. Gilbert as the decisionmaker,” reads the report from the law firm Greene Espel. The report also says she was “evasive during her interview and generally did not come off as a credible witness.”

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