"I have lost track of the number of young families that I have known in Minneapolis who arrive at point at which the children are old enough for school, move from Minneapolis."
--- May I suggest that it isn't the schools per se, but because many white parents don't want their kids to go to schools with black kids? I used to work at Roosevelt High School, and most of the white kids in that neighborhood wouldn't dare go to high school there. They went to South, Southwest, or Washburn. My local school is Lyndale. My daughter and I go to Painter Park all the time. And there are lots of white kids in that neighborhood. But the parents I talk to won't send them to Lyndale. They go to Barton and Lake Harriet (the white schools). Lyndale Elem school is filled with great teachers; it isn't on the "bad boy" list of schools for NCLB, but very few white (35) kids attend. (59% of Lyndale neighborhood is white; 10% of the school is). So to say that people leave Minneapolis because of the school board isn't true in my opinion. Many move to the suburbs because they don't want their kids in schools with people unlike them. It is too bad, too, because we do a great job at teaching the kids we do have despite all the odds stacked up against us. Bill Towne CARAG ========================= Bill Towne Minneapolis, Minnesota www.billtowne.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
