[Speed Gibson,
Tuesday October 23, 2007 at 9:16am]
Vouchers Yes!
Are we ready for a rumble? I think it's time. The battleground is North Minneapolis. The opponent is the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS - District 1), and their second, Education Minnesota (EM).
District 1 is losing over half the new students on the north side, who now mostly flock to charter schools. (Hence the bill in 2007 to limit new charter schools, no doubt at EM's urging.) Let's finish the job, and give the remaining parents the option to leave this district.
After all, what was the MPS response to this vote of no confidence? Retreat, closing schools, not fixing them, for that would mean acknowledging that at least some of their liberal policies don't work. Let's finish the job and push what's left of District 1 on the north side into the river and over I-394.
It's time for a courageous Republican to author such a bill in 2008, vouchers for those left behind in ISD 1. Some will elect to stay, and I have no problem with that. North High School has a wonderful history that it would truly be a shame to lose, not to poverty, but liberal sophistry and union greed.
If Milwaukee is any example, North will respond to the competition. It may be it's only chance left.
District 1 is losing over half the new students on the north side, who now mostly flock to charter schools. (Hence the bill in 2007 to limit new charter schools, no doubt at EM's urging.) Let's finish the job, and give the remaining parents the option to leave this district.
After all, what was the MPS response to this vote of no confidence? Retreat, closing schools, not fixing them, for that would mean acknowledging that at least some of their liberal policies don't work. Let's finish the job and push what's left of District 1 on the north side into the river and over I-394.
It's time for a courageous Republican to author such a bill in 2008, vouchers for those left behind in ISD 1. Some will elect to stay, and I have no problem with that. North High School has a wonderful history that it would truly be a shame to lose, not to poverty, but liberal sophistry and union greed.
If Milwaukee is any example, North will respond to the competition. It may be it's only chance left.