>>>>> "Dan" == Dan McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dan> List Manager wrote:
>> Appropros the recent list debate...and the story also covers the
>> Northeast-Waite Park situation and North Star-Jordan Park.
>>
>> http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/5191359.html
>>
>> David Brauer
>> List manager
>>
Dan> Dr. Erickson might benefit from a tour of the Keewaydin - Wenonah
Dan> neighborhood so that he could see just how many of those starter homes
Dan> are being expanded. It's not likely the census data he's reading
Dan> reflects the current reality. I could show him about fifty in the
last
Dan> year alone within 12 blocks of Keewaydin - when we expanded our house
Dan> this year I needed to do some surveying of the neighborhood regarding
Dan> the variance issues involved.
Dan> And why do we need to have school board members "challenging" parents
Dan> who are just trying to get the best education possible for their kids?
Just to give Dr. Erickson the benefit of the doubt, this "challenge"
term has become a management cliche, with all kinds of "leaders"
"challenging" their "teams" to "excel" or stuff like that.
He may just have been trying to say, "meet me halfway with a proposed
solution to the problem here," or "I have data that purports to show a
shrinking enrollment here, show me something that contradicts it, and
we can talk."
I agree, though, the choice of words is unfortunate.
Best,
R
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ECCO
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