Just thought I'd add my two cents worth. I have one son left in the Minneaplis school system. I am very unhappy with much of what is passing as education here and if I had to do it over again, I would would make very different choices. Since he is graduating this year we will ride it out.
Ben--I absolutely believe that that the bus ride from Longfellow to the north side might take one and a half to two hours. When my youngest was entering kindergarten (at Sullivan) I was asked to sign him up for the bus. I explained that we lived two short blocks away and would not need to use the bus. (If I stood at the corner, I could probably throw a stone and hit the school.). A couple of weeks before the school year started, I received a letter in the mail, from the school, explaining that my son had been signed up for the bus and his stop was at the corner. When I read the schedule, I was dumbfounded to see that his bus ride would be 35 minutes. Please remember that we live "two" short blocks from the school. His stop was the first and then the bus would "meander" around, finally arriving at the school. I walked down to the school and asked that he be removed from the bus schedule. They just didn't get it. Eva--South High no longer sends students home who don't have their ID's. They report to the office and use their student number to check in. Catherine Leighton Live in Longfellow/Work North East 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
