St. Paul's superintendent, a woman of color, is now resident on the board of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, the same body that opposed - as she did - the last referendum passed by the city's voters. She openly defied her own board in her opposition and her membership on the Chamber board is without justification and loaded with conflict.
A superintendent of color - or the color of a superintendent - is hardly indicative of the personal tastes or positions of the holder of the post. I find Pat Harvey's Chamber board membership and sticking her thumb in the eye of her employer(s) utterly inexcusable. It takes chutzpah and the kind of arrogance that throws public confidence in their elected board members in complete disarray. The Board should dismiss her forthwith, in my view. David Jennings had shown by his work in the district - not in the legislature - that the experience had a profound effect on his views of public education and the Constitutional responsibility to provide a system of quality public teaching and learning. That says nothing about the idiotic move to hire him without allowing public input and explaining and defending their choice. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:18:11 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Analysis of Jennings departure continues > > A casual look at the "gap" in major metro school districts suggests no > advantage associated with race of the superintendent, but I don't think > formal studies exist on this very provocative subject. Can anyone cite formal > research here? > > Ann Berget > Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
