I have been a supporter and activist within the Minneapolis School system for about six years, challenging it and supporting it where needed. I've sat on the site issues committee of my son's school, served as a parent advisor to the school board, and took part in a few task forces. I am very dissatisfied with the push to move away from lower class sizes as was promised in the advertisement of the referendum that has been passed my the Minneapolis voters. The referendum was stated so that it was not verbally tied to lower class sizes, so the school system isn't legally tied to lower class sizes. The referendum was advertised to the voters as gaining lower class sizes. I now question.... 1. If the intension of the referendum was to provide money to lower class sizes, now that it's being raised is there going to be a refund from the school system? 2. If the goal is to provide the best education possible, and having lower class sizes will support that effort, why are we now raising class sizes? Is the goal now not to provide the best education possible, or did class size not have an effect on quality? 3. Were the voters just being duped? Steve Sumner Ward 1
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