The question you seem to anwser is that the schools are now designed for social engineering.My feeling is that schools are only for education which in the end is up to the parents to control not the government. The private schools do offer a better education which is what parents care about. The troubles are that most of us can not afford private schools for if we could I believe most parents of every race and class would send them there,(except perhaps those who believe in social engineering for their children.) --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
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