Why is school district "governance" of schools and students so different from
municipal governance? That is, if you concede that students shouldn't become
too separated from those managing their education (school districts) in the name
of efficiency-- why should would it be good policy for Minneapolis/Hennepin Cty.
citizens become further separated from their local governments in the name of
efficiency?
Bob Vose
Linden Hills
Terrell Brown wrote:
> In response to my comments about the large number of municipalities in the
> metro area M. Hohmann asks:
>
> > How about the 300+ local school districts in Minnesota? Or the
> > many large
> > metro districts--- all with duplicated management/administrative
> > functions?
> > Why not target a reduction in the number of school districts within the
> > state, by say 50-60 percent, consolidate functions and save
> > millions of tax dollars?
>
> I think my answer when it comes to schools may be different due to the type
> of services a school provides compared to those provided by a municipality.
>
> I don't know what the optimum school district size is but do I think that
> above some size the student becomes to separated from those managing his/her
> education. We seem to know, for instance, that if an elementary school gets
> to over several hundred students it is to big.
>
> Statewide I do think we have some districts that are to small, we have seen
> more consolidation of school districts than we have municipalities. I can't
> think of any municipalities that have been merged (there may be some), we
> have eliminated a number of school districts.
>
> I've often wondered if the Minneapolis school district was split into 2
> competing overlapping districts would the competition force a better
> district? Does the ability to transfer in or out of a district via open
> enrollment force districts to get better for fear of losing students and the
> money that comes with them or does the necessity of providing transportation
> make good use of open enrollment difficult? How about the ability to
> transfer under the deseg plan where transportation is provided?
>
> Terrell Brown
> Loring Park
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