Wednesday, September 23, 2009

MinnPost - Minneapolis School Board drops The Big One


MinnPost - Minneapolis School Board drops The Big One:

"The Minneapolis School Board dropped the big one Tuesday night, finally voting through the plan that will close four schools and eliminate the transportation-heavy 'open choice' program. Those decisions are among several changes certain to throw wrenches in family school planning all over town. The Strib's Emily Johns reports: 'Gone is the citywide school choice system, a patchwork of magnet and community schools that developed over decades as a way to deal with federal and state integration laws. The Minneapolis school district currently transports 74 percent of its students to school, and spends $33 million on transportation every year as its buses criss-cross the city.' She says 200 people showed up for the decisive meeting."