RE: [Mpls] RE: Pratt School Fiscal Analysis

2004-07-29 Thread Michael Atherton
Chuck Holtman wrote: As someone contributing to the fiscal analysis, I appreciate Steve Cross' enthusiasm but am a bit more circumspect myself. As noted, we have done our best to try to get from the MPS the data necessary to do a careful analysis, but the comprehensive and current data

[Mpls] RE: Pratt School Fiscal Analysis

2004-07-27 Thread Chuck Holtman
As someone contributing to the fiscal analysis, I appreciate Steve Cross' enthusiasm but am a bit more circumspect myself. As noted, we have done our best to try to get from the MPS the data necessary to do a careful analysis, but the comprehensive and current data have not been at hand and we

[Mpls] RE: Pratt School

2004-06-28 Thread Chuck Holtman
Pratt School, in SE Mpls, probably has limited interest to many on the list. However, I'd like to comment briefly on Michael Atherton's post. He states below that Pratt would be highly subsidized by other schools in the Minneapolis school district, and that historic preservation is a sham effort

RE: [Mpls] RE: Pratt School

2004-06-28 Thread Michael Atherton
Chuck Holtman wrote: Pratt School, in SE Mpls, probably has limited interest to many on the list. While Pratt Elementary itself maybe of limited interest, I think that the issues related to the school closings and equality of educational opportunity are not. However, I'd like to comment