The Strib had a story this morning on students who moved from public to private schools. Though it led with a Minneapolis mom of 3, it wasn't really Minneapolis-specific.
However, there's a chart (more extensive online) that listed the percentage of each city's students in private schools. (Cities in this chart are those with more than 10,000 people.) Minneapolis ranked 29th (my count) of 83 communities, with 12.7 percent of kids in private schools; St. Paul has 15.4 percent, by the way. (The top community, Mendota Heights, has a mind-boggling 47 percent of kids in private schools. St. Cloud, Roseville and Golden Valley all had higher percentages of kids in private schools; Apple Valley, Brooklyn Center and Lakeville were far lower.) Our city's ranking was lower than I thought, and I'm guessing there are explanations that favor the current system's fans (Minneapolis schools are doing a good job) and foes (our kids are too poor to move, but would if they could; Minneapolitans aren't as religious as our neighbors in St. Paul). Anyway, a data point for an election year. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/3242066.html 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
