-----Original Message----- From: Ben Jangula Right now I have one (son) in high school, DeLaSalle and just graduated one from same last year, she is at Drake U in Des Moines. We had considered public school for both kids but chose private school because my kids were not allowed to attend school in their neighborhood, they would be bused across town to the northside.Spending 4 hours a day on a bus was not our idea of good use of time or resources.Even though there were openings at Ann Sullivan (3blocks away) my kids were not allowed this as one of our school choices.
[TB] I'm the first to admit that I don't follow all of the goings on in the schools as closely as I would if I had a school age kid. But, 4 hours on a bus? You'd need to play a little fast and loose with the speed limits but you could nearly comute to Drake in that amount of time. How does any school administrator justify 4 hours on a bus? Even 2 hours? You certainly can't do anything productive in that time. What is the reason one can't enroll in a school 3 blocks from home? That doesn't make sense anytime, but when the school has openings? Seems that somebody could manage the place just a little bit better. Probably wouldn't even take a degree in education. Terrell Brown Loring Park 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. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ 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
