Linda Mann writes: >At Lake Harriet, Lynne's > model school (a perfect model of segregation along class and racial lines) no > amount fighting was enough for us - we had to give up. I was joking the other > day that since we put our son in a parochial school, my "parental > involvement" was a fraction of what it had been at Lake Harriet.
Linda, as a new parent in the school system (kindergarten at Burroughs), I might find out I have to "fight like a lion" so I won't criticize your frustration at doing this. However, which parochial school are you going to? Is it a model of desegregation along class and racial lines? How much "better" is it than Lake Harriet? > And they > spend about half on their students (my husband would know the exact figure) > that the public schools spend. Is it possible that equality of opportunity > actually costs less than discrimination? It could be they pay their teachers much less (and the average MPS salary isn't exorbitant) and don't have kids with disabilities (including with trach tubes and worse) in their classes. Ask the most experienced teacher what he or she gets paid, and ask a rookie, and let's check it versus MPS rates. I'm also told Lake Harriet is a magnet for disabled kids. That costs serious money - money the feds aren't sending, and money that private schools can choose not to spend. It stinks that any parent has to pull their kid from the public system. But I don't think the parochial system, overall, is that great a model of desegregation, equal admissions and fair pay for fair work. It probably does mean less work for some parents, though. David Brauer King Field _______________________________________ 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
