Walt Cygan wrote: > Is it the policy and the goal of the Minneapolis Public Schools to > maximize opportunity and achievement for those with fewer advantages > (and therefore to tell children like mine to go elsewhere) or to > maximize opportunity and achievement for all Minneapolis children? What > should I have a right to expect for my high-performing child? >
Walt -- it should be the policy that every kid has a program that will challenge and teach them. I think the reason a lot of us focus on the disadvantaged kids is that if they don't get the help they need, they end up taking up a huge amount of teacher time and other resources and being disruptive and ultimately that affects the entire class. But you are so right that there is nowhere for parents to go in the public schools if you can't get your kid into a "good" school. No appeal, nothing. Which is why I keep saying that we need to build up all the schools so that there aren't "good" schools and "bad" schools, only different programs. But, sigh that takes money and committment and our governor and legislators don't seem to care about kids, except as they affect the bottom-line. I think they need to hear from all of us more often about what we think the priorities should be. Does anyone understand what our city leaders could do, given the new funding situation? Could they decide to commit more money to the schools? Diane Wiley Powderhorn, long suffering public school parent > > Walt Cygan > 12-5 > Keewaydin > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
