Sharon Henry-Blythe, chair of the Minneapolis Board of Education, asked me to post this note.
A response to the post from Alberto Monserrate and others in Latino Leadership for the Future of Minneapolis: We on the board were glad to receive the letter. We share concern about how we best serve the growing population of Spanish-speaking young people and agree that this group could be helpful in our discussions of policy in that regard. We will soon hire a facilitator to guide our public outreach during the superintendent search. We will want to respond to the writers and the issues they write about as part of the search. In the short term, we will be listening to the district's Twelve-Point Plan committee, which has representatives of Spanish-speaking young people and others who have not achieved at the levels we would like. We will check in with Mr. Monserrate's leadership group and readers of this list after we select a facilitator later this month. Sharon Henry-Blythe Chair Minneapolis Board of Education Dennis Schapiro Linden Hills Minneapolis Board of Education 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
