As a school board member, resident of Minneapolis and mother of 2 school
children, I have some concerns over this proposal. The tax change Ventura
is proposing is a shallow tax and is subject much more to the whims of the
economy. Property taxes tend to be more stable as housing stock is not as
I have to agree with all the Catherine Shreves wrote. As I said this am
on MPR, we need to look at growth over a period of years. We assess our
kindergarteners to evaluate many basic school readiness skills. If the
state were to expand the reporting to measure children when they enter a
Dennis is right, it was originally conceived to have a school downtown for
Target employees. However, the number of Target employees' children
attending the school has dropped significantly. Other families have signed
on to the program and I have heard only good stuff about Mill City.
As to
It is my understanding that the county oversees the foster care program,
but it does have huge implications for many children in Minneapolis. There
are also foster care placements that are through agencies such as Lutheran
Social Services and Catholic Charities.
Audrey Johnson 10th Ward
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At 01:40 PM 11/8/00 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still think voucher discussion is irrelevant hereperhaps assuming it
will be coming down on Minneapolis soon, heres some stuff.
Dennis, I saw your apology for this post, but I still must respond.
I think the voucher issue is very relevant
Thanks you all, list members, supporters and the entire Minneapolis
community for your continued support of the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Knowing that we can continue to provide our children in the elementary
level small classes that allow them to receive more attention through
strengthened
This past week I attended a conference of the Great City Schools, an
oprganization made up of the largest school districts in the country. It
was very informative. The session I found most eye-opening was the one
presented by a member of the States Commission on Education. This
organization's
We have not had the opportunity to discuss this as a Board issue of yet,
however I have always held the opinion that discrimination hurts and
intolerance is unacceptable.
The Boy Scouts are a private organization and are not subject to the same
scrutiny as publicly funded organizations. I do
