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I'm not so sure that Minneapolis has more neighborhood schools, at least not at the high school level. Due to the school choice initiatives and sibling/employee preferences, many of my students come from outside the neighborhood - even the city - that my school is located in.
Another piece to this is the SLCs. SLCs are now (again, in Mpls) recruiting students all over the district and as an attempt to keep up the school population.
This issue again gets into the socio-economic aspects of neighborhood schools vs choice. Parents who have the ability will uproot or spend the time/energy/money to transport their children to a school or program of their choice. But what about those having fewer economic choices, or more likely, more debilitating economic demands/circumstances?
Finally - and I'm playing devil's advocate here - is this indicative of a decrease in loyalty to a neighborhood? If, historically speaking, you look at the anchors of a town/neighborhood, they are churches, grocery stores, coffee shops (or other gathering places) and schools. Is this one more indication of the lengths to which our "throwaway" society will go? Why not work on building the schools up rather than leaving them behind? I wonder how committed a person/family is to their neighborhood, if they are willing to leave for something better rather than build up to a better existence where they are? Is this just another example of the increasing socioeconomic disparities in our society that may be leading us toward a meritocratic/elitist future where those without have even less?
Just some thoughts. . .
Brionna Harder In Ward One, pondering Jennings proposals and seeing some logic behind them
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