In a message dated 6/30/2004 4:08:07 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< "Ousted superintendent David Jennings, a former corporate executive and Republican state lawmaker, was the kind of outsider Broad is attempting to promote as the new reformer of public education. He embraces public charter schools and labor relations reform." Brandt: Excuse me? Is this the same Jennings who is a leading voice complaining that the state has at best one person supervising charter schools, and advocating for greater charter school accountability? The same Jennings who complains about the $1 million-plus transportation and special education subsidies that Minneapolis Public Schools is forced by law to provide to charters? Who complains that the law requires better transportation for charter school students in Minneapolis than MPS students? Is someone mixing him up with Wayne Jennings, who has been the superintendent of several charter schools? >> Jenning's assumed responsibility for a reorganization plan earlier this year that included the district's sponsorship of more charter schools, and raised the idea of closing down all of the district run schools and replacing them with charter schools. The district would play an oversight role, etc. -Doug Mann, King Field Mann for school board web site www.educationright.com - 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
