[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A less-than-super day for superintendents in the Monday Strib:
"Peebles' job may be on the line: Minneapolis superintendent to meet with
school board today," by Steve Brandt (top of page A1)
http://startribune.com/stories/1592/5453456.html
From Steve Brandt's story, "Feelings about Peebles often fall along
racial lines." Before we make this a racial thing, let's hear what
Lydia Lee and Sharon Henry-Blythe have to say. Of the teachers I've
talked to about Peebles, I can't find any racial component in the
opinion. Same goes for parents. If anything, the black teachers and
parents have disavowed a connection to her "style."
And for the record, I know plenty white folks who were very much against
Jennings' ill-advised appointment. I can show you copies of my letters
to board members opposing Jennings, which I started writing as soon as
Lori Sturdevant did her pre-appointment profile piece recommending him
for the job.
Let's not manufacture a racial problem if one doesn't exist.
Dan McGuire
Ericsson
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