At the East Area Parent Advisory Council meeting on Monday night, the district announced its intentions to close three to four schools in the East Area. We have worked hard to make our community schools in this area great schools, but the district policies have the cards stacked against community schools. For example, community schools cannot draw from as large an attendance area as magnet schools. And being small schools by nature, the community schools are passed over for programs, such as ESL, that could increase enrollment and keep the schools financially viable. Despite the difficulties, we in this area feel that our community schools are a vital part of our community, and want them to survive and thrive.
I would like to know what each of the school board candidates would propose doing to resolve this issue. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
