Dan > As far as I can tell they are still determining the criteria that will > be used to close schools but, because of the process that was used last > Thursday, actually getting input on determining criteria appears less > important than creating the illusion that the community is being consulted...
> Therein lies the crux of the problem, if the district doesn't want a > school to be successful, if it - all of its departments; facilities, HR, > TIS, Food Service, Transportation, and the union and the teachers - aren't > committed to the success of a program, then the program will falter, decline > and need to be closed, reconstituted, or merged into something else. If the > Facilities Department is convinced that keeping schools open is too big of a > job, and if the Superintendent is listening to the Facilities Department > rather than parents and teachers, then closing schools is going to look like > the right thing to do, especially if closing Mpls public schools politically > advantageous from a statewide or larger point of view. DG ..I am glad you made that point.... You have a viable institution, our elected officals giving wrong data can close that insitution without question due to the data. People don't question and they seem to trust their elected officials... Given a period of time, officials could/ can destroy whatever viablilty any institution had by finanical starvation, site plans, regulations etc. and I agree...the three public meetings are pacifiers...by the time the public sees any plans on anything...it has long been decided..signed and sealed! Dorie Rae Gallagher Nokomis > > > > > > > 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 > > > 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
