In a prior post, Michael Atherton said, "BTW, from my interpretation of what Mr. Miller said, he recommended that PPERRIA not file a lawsuit to keep Pratt open. They have very little legal basis for such an action and the most they can hope to achieve legally is forcing the School Board to keep the school open for another year."
I was at that meeting too and Bob Miller said NOTHING of the kind. He did say that since NRP is a "joint powers agency" that he wasn't sure that NRP could sue because one of NRP's constituent agencies that makes it "joint" is the school board itself. So it might be possible that the School Board would veto an NRP lawsuit against MPS just because it can. He also said that all the legal advice he had gotten is that the contract is good and clear that for PPERRIA's $480,000 it get a K-5 school at Pratt. He said NOTHING against PPERRIA suing the MPS. He also did NOT say that the most that they can hope for is "another year." He did say that the contract gives PPERRIA the maximum power right now and suggested that it be used now for the maximum advantage now. He made the valid point that just because we have a contract, it doesn't mean that we can force the MPS to keep Pratt School open permanently. He SUGGESTED, as an example, that the power PPERRIA had right now might be to keep the school open for a year because that would give us time for the neighborhood to establish a charter school in Pratt. Others stated (after Mr. Atherton left the meeting) that the time might more realistically be about five years. Furthermore, it is Mr. Miller who is going to see Acting Superintendent Jennings, with PPERRIA's resolution authorizing a lawsuit in hand, to remind the MPS schools that they can't violate their contract. As usual, Michael's view of things is distorted by his perpetual wearing of dismal-colored glasses. Steve Cross Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
