I agree with David. I once liked the bigger schools for the multitude of choices, but I now think the loss of community involvement was/is too high a price. Students need parental involvement in their school for high academic achievement We need community schools, so lets fix the communities.
> 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 -- DeWayne Townsend Cooper _______________________________________ 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
