Michelle Hill writes:
You speak about the Hodges-Samuels issue as if you are a concerned
citizenwell it was your email to the station asking for the suspension,
as a concerned citizen rather than as Don Samuels campaign manager.
Dennis Plante Responds:
For some odd reason, I don't
The GLBT Pride Parade is today along Hennepin Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis.
The parade begins at 11:00 a.m. at 3rd and Hennepin.
The Peter McLaughlin for Mayor Campaign invites you to join him in the parade
and to meet and talk with him at Loring Park this afternoon. DiscFunktion will
be
I hope some people ask Peter McLaughlin about his
support for a half a million dollar loan to Urban
Ventures from the county.
Recall that Urban Ventures was the group that joined
in the Prayer Proclamation for the Bachmann Amendment
sponsored by Midwest Chaplains.
Laura Waterman Wittstock wrote:
The inferred education contract is between the parent and
the teacher in the early years and between the student and
the teachers in the later years. That's where the learning
happens. We owe it to our kids to make good faith efforts
and respect
A discussion of the general implications of eminent domain, government
subsidized private development, TIF districts, and so on, is occurring on The
List
at this time. Extensive postings on the rightness and wrongness of government
power to take property from private hands is bantered around.
Did anyone else catch Doug Grow's column today? -
http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/5475508.html
This just reads like a comedy of errors to me. First, people complained to
the city about a piece of natural prairie. (Apparently it's far too
difficult to actually walk up and read a sign
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We must research and write about this travesty on The List and we must call
Larry Blackstad, or Chuck Ballantine (his boss), at Hennepin County 348-9260
and simply ask: IS THIS FAIR?
Is it fair? I want to know if it's even legal? Could this woman file a
criminal
The inspectors also don't know one plant from another. A couple of years ago
they had some of my daylilies and hostas mowed down even after I called the
inspector and told him they weren't
weeds. Then he sent us a bill for $100.
Buzzy Bohn
Folwell
Jim McGuire wrote:
Did anyone else catch
The whole notion that senior teachers don't teach in the schools with the most
need, just isn't true. If you look at schools like Bethune, North Star,
Franklin, Loring and other Northside schools
you will find many teachers with a lot of seniority. I myself have 19 years
seniority as an
Buzzy Bohn wrote:
The whole notion that senior teachers don't teach in the
schools with the most need, just isn't true. If you look at
schools like Bethune, North Star, Franklin, Loring and other
Northside schools you will find many teachers with a lot of
seniority. I myself have
Around the time Thandiwe Peebles was hired as superintendent, Minneapolis
school board members acknowledged that, on average, schools with high minority
enrollments have a high concentration of the district's least experienced
teachers. However, board members also contend that Dr. Peebles can
Buzzy Bohn wrote:
The whole notion that senior teachers don't teach in the
schools with the most need, just isn't true. If you look at
schools like Bethune, North Star, Franklin, Loring and other
Northside schools you will find many teachers with a lot of
seniority.
Michael A.
TB == Terrell Brown Terrell writes:
[...snip...]
TB The Lake Calhoun area has many taller buildings. Lake Point
TB is 20 stories (242 feet), Calhoun Towers is 21 stories (191
TB feet), Calhoun Beach Club 9 stories (118 feet), the new
TB Calhoun Beach apartments come in at 12
Doing homework so others don't have to ... some data - gleaned through an
exhaustive research technique of typing teacher and experience in the
search bar at the MPS Web site.
Using data gathered last year ... the list below ranks schools by teacher
experience. The headings are percentages of
Strib's Dan Mitchell writes:
Council member Gary Schiff indicated during the commission meeting that a
10-story tower might be acceptable.
[Developer Stuart] Ackerberg said he will probably come back with just such
a proposal. To make it work, he said, he might have to drastically reduce
the
Even if they are cool now, I still hate pink flamingoes. My wife has a
couple in her flower garden. She says I just am not cool enough to
appreciate them, and perhaps she is correct. I don't mess with her
flamingoes either. And do NOT think they should be outlawed, even though
they make our
Hundreds of teachers have been laid off in Minneapolis in the past few
years. There really aren't many, if any, novice teachers in any school. If
we ever get more funding for K-12
education so we can hire back teachers or hire new teachers the whole question
of experience may be an issue.
David Brauer asks: Question for opponents: how do you feel about 10 floors
versus 13? Is that a magic number?
My opposition to this project is not specifically about this particular
development. There is not magic number.
VISION-There needs to be some very serious discussion about the future of
Jim said:
I liked the hand painted 4X8 sign the McLaughlin campaign had today at the GLBT
Pride parade. Speaking of which, man did that campaign's float and marching
group rock at the parade. That singing group on the back of the paddlewheel
float was absolutely rocking. On a few of the
rpgoldman stated:
Actually, those buildings are all in a different neighborhood, on the
North and West of the lake and don't put stresses on the CARAG
neighborhood (my old neighborhood). I can't speak to the issues of
the neighborhood where those buildings are, but it just isn't the same
one as
Last year there were 455 probationary teachers, three years or less. This
year about 300 probationary teachers. Because of the lay offs and realignments,
the percentage of teachers on probationary status in special Ed should have
dropped from about 1/3 to almost none. There are currently
In all the comments I've read I don't see anyone placing responsibility on the
PARENTS of the children. The facts I want to know behind each test score is how
many days the child has been in school and how many different schools the child
has attended . Everyone makes it sound like it's always
THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER:
* Council Committee Deals Blow to Lagoon Project
* The Last Gun Shop in Town May Soon Close Its Doors
* Hollywood Theater Impasse Could Be Over
* Park Board Reverses Permit Policy for Political Candidates
* Samuels Steps Down as President of PEACE Foundation
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