Wade Russell:
Schools are organdized into independent stand alone districts. The
boundaries of a school district may or may not be the same as that of a city
or county or other political entity. For example, the Minneapolis Special
School District #1 has boundaries almost identical to the City of
Minneapolis. The Robbinsdale school includes the area that makes up the
city of Robbinsdale as well as several other areas (now, don't quote me on
this) including New Hope, Brooklyn Center, parts of Golden Valley and I
don't know what else. School districts have their own taxing authority
and get much of their money from property taxes. The State of Minnesota
also gives school districts money according to some formula. The City of
Minneapolis does not operate schools. The Minneapolis school district
operates schools.
Sincerely,
Dean Zimmermann
Commissioner Mpls Park Board. Dist 3
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612-722-8768
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Subject: Re: Mill City
I guess I'm lost. If the city does not fund schools, according to Ms.
Collier, who does? I seriously want to know how it breaks down. Does the
state or county fund public schools? If so, than why aren't urban schools
as
lavish as the suburban schools.
Oh, and by the way, there is absolutely nothing admirable about a
corporation
that can't draw it's employees by offering a decent living wage, or that
uses
public tax dollars to increase it's profit margin. Especially when that
same
corporation pays its CEO an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars. A
company that knows it has a city's leaders in its pocket to cover building
expenses so it can use the saved dollars for publicity and tax write offs is
anything but admirable. In fact, such a company is despicable.
wade russell
longfellow
