There is a problem with everything claimed by Paul and Julie Ostrow. The problem is that no one can believe any of the information that has been provided to date by MPS regarding the school closings.
The MPS had 800 more classrooms than they needed so they are going to close 10 schools. Let's see 800/10=80. So there are 80 classrooms to be eliminated in each of those 10 buildings? Who is kidding who? Even if there are 20 in each buildings, that's only the elimination of 200 classrooms. So they still have an overage of 600 classrooms but now it's a problem solved? Again who is kidding who? To be sure, there will be other cuts and I have no doubt that the MPS will blame it on their inability to close the schools. But I won't believe the MPS reasons for doing that because they were obviously fabricating reasons to support what they otherwise wanted to do which was to close a bunch of buildings. Like the boy who cried wolf, why should we believe them any more when they give the reasons for the budget cuts than when they wanted to close the buildings. And if they are not believed, the MPS only have themselves to blame. There is a much bigger problem created than just paying for education when people feel, with good reason, that the facts are being manipulated. Steve Cross Prospect 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
