Mike Atherton wrote: > First and foremost, what percentage of Phase I funds were used to finance > education? >
"Cooper, Bob" wrote: > To date, by my quick calculation, approximately 8% of NRP funds (slightly > more than $18 million) has gone to Minneapolis Public Schools. This does > not include those NRP funds that have gone to other (non-MPS) youth > programs, projects or activities. So this means that 92% or $207 million of NRP funds did not go to the MPS. This seems like a substantial amount of funding that could help the schools out of their budget crisis. One way or another 8% does not justify the expenditure of $207 million on other projects of questionable value when the consequence is an inferior education for our children. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
