On Thursday, September 15, 2005, at 08:36 PM, Terrell Brown wrote:
Apparently the Rybak's think Minneapolis Public Schools don't
provide the level of education that the kids can get out in the > 'burbs.
Still when part of your job is to support and promote the city, no
matter what you vocalize, what is the message you are sending when you
send the kids to a pricy school out in the 'burbs. It does go a ways
to support the claim that Rybak is all talk.
Choosing schools for one's own children is a deeply personal and
individual matter. Even though my children went to public schools,
except for a stint in Catholic schools when the Jacksonville, FL public
schools were found to be racist and incompetent, I don't criticize
others for not sending their children to public schools. This is
largely a partisan charge, with some notable cases in point, such as
the criticism of President Jimmy Carter for having his daughter in a
private school. He capitulated and switched. It was a disaster for the
child. Nothing good was done.
Our family now has a mixture of grandchildren in private school (one
born at one pound and in need of special schooling at a pre school),
three in public school (the great Marcy Open), and we are considering
private school for a fifth grader who just needs more support at this
time.
Would I say that as a DFLer my grandchildren must go to public school
or it will seem I am not promoting the city? No, I would not. I would
say whatever my grandchildren need in education is what we will try to
provide to the best of our ability as a family.
Without knowing the reasons the Rybak children go to private school I
find it very disrespectful of them and their family to lay a charge
against the mayor simply on face value.
These kinds of charges do us no good and they demean our efforts to run
campaigns on the issues.
Best wishes,
Laura
Southeast (Como Neighborhood)
Laura Waterman Wittstock
Candidate for Minneapolis Library Board of Trustees
DFL and Labor endorsed
AFSCME Mn Council 5
AFL-CIO COPE
Minneapolis Building and Trades
Stonewall DFL
Minnesota Women's Political Caucus
www.laurawatermanwittstock.com
http://laurawatermanwittstock.blogspot.com/
Wittstock for Library Committee
913 19th Avenue SE, Mpls, 55414
Minneapolis, MN
612-387-4915
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