Who is UM JOE? What neighborhood are you from? Do you have a real name? Jeanne Weigum, just wondering in Merriam Park. jw
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > School choice began long before efforts to promote integration. It began > when wealthy people chose to send their kids to exclusive private schools with > admissions tests. It continued when suburbs were created, some of them with > zoning codes preventing housing for low to moderate income families. > > And in the case of exclusive suburbs, this kind of school choice is > subsidized by taxes, because people can deduct both interest on house payments and > real > estate taxes from their taxable income. So wealthy people have had choices > among schools for a long time. > > The question is what kind of options among schools low and moderate income > families will have. I'm delighted that St. Paul is re-examining the kind of > choice plan it provides. > > Joe > > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ -- Jeanne Weigum 651-646-3005 fax 651-646-0142 _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
