Post in $60M School Referendum Proposal

May 15 22:42 UTC

MPS has both distressing failures and impressive successes.  The
challenge, of course, is to address the failures while retaining and
building on the successes.  Should the referendum pass, we still will
hardly be "throwing money at" MPS.  But a step in the direction of
adequate support stands a much better chance of helping than does
starvation.

The Mayor's choice to educate his children at a private school has
nothing to do with the merits of the referendum.  I teach in a private
school, so my choice to send my daughter to MPS is not a repudiation
of private education.  There likewise is no reason to assume that the
Mayor's choice of a private school is a repudiation of MPS or of
public education generally.  It's simply a choice.

Brad Peterson
Field Parent