The short and simple answer to many of your questions is marry the affordable housing problem with school performance problem to get at a solution. Work at desegregating residential neighborhoods by creating more affordable units in more neighbhorhoods. Target racially mixed neighborhoods for the "premier" schools and make mortgage and home repair money more available for these neighborhoods. Implement the rule, that if you move in to the neighborhood, your kids get to go to these schools.
This is a systemic strategy that over time will move us toward the desired ends of stable neighborhoods and schools that work for all kids. It is an investment not a quick fix. It is an antedote to public school planning (which I define as putting out fires between crises.) The rest, as a very smart guy once said, is commentary. David Wilson Loring 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
