From:
Dan McGuire
Date:
Jul 18 13:52 UTC
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I'm going to jump on this band wagon with Kersten and CM Samuels even
though I'm somewhat dubious of his standing as a " good Democrat" who
"stands in stultified, singular loyalty to the current public school
solution" or that he has "actually fully paid obeisance to the stiffly
drawn lines of party politics."
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/25596404.html?page=2&c=y No
matter that, CM Samuels, lets have the party begin. Why don't we just
insist that the MPS put all African American kids in schools that are
comprised of all African America kids and are run by idealistic twenty
something white folks,: and have the schools run from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
and Saturday mornings, too (that solves a lot of day care issues); and
make sure that the teachers all have cell phones instead of the
antiquated voice system the MPS is currently using; and insist that
discipline be enforced strictly; and minimize the curriculum offerings
to the very basic; and provide door to door bus service for all kids at
these schools. We'll leave the ELL kids, the special kids, all but 3%
of the white kids, and those requiring any other special services to the
"current public school solution." Oh yeah, and let's not forget to
funnel any extra money that comes in over the transom from conservative
union busting corporate sources directly to the schools and not bother
with that wasteful district administration. Sounds like a great plan to
keep our tax dollars where they ought to be. Let's not bother to wait to
see if KIPP can actually produce the results that their advertising
campaign claims. Let's not bother to examine independently their
results and practices-we've got lots of idealistic twenty something
white folks to churn through the KIPP system and we won't need to bother
with pesky retirement packages for them and we can keep benefits to a
minimum because they are twenty somethings. The MPS can give KIPP a
break on the rent because it has so many unused buildings; that's a real
win-win.
And then, after a year or two, we will be able to market our segregated
quasi public school system to other markets, kind of like the convention
and visitors software system. Let the party begin.