Investigation: MPS Finance Chief Who
Signed Contracts With Questionable Transportation
Service Companies Placed On Leave
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 1/13/2026 9:09:40 AM
Ibrahima Diop, the finance boss at Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), has been placed on administrative leave, Alpha News has learned. Alpha News has reported extensively on Diop and questionable contracts with Frontier Transportation Services, hired by MPS to transport Homeless and Highly Mobile (HHM) students in passenger vans. Additionally, another transportation company under contract with the district was filmed dropping children off at the now-closed Quality "Learing" [sic.] Center -- a moment many believe was staged to make the site appear active. MEISA Transportation Services were recorded outside of the Minneapolis daycare made famous in a Nick Shirley video for misspelling the word "learning."
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Another dispatch from dysfunctional Minneapolis, this one addressing potential transportation fraud and incompetent financial management in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Medical and education related "transportation services" are emerging as another cash-cow for fraudsters in Minnesota and elsewhere.