The Assumed Unintelligence of the Community works well for the Minneapolis Public Schools

With the voters in Minneapolis voting yes to the $60 million dollar Referendum, how will the community members hold the MPS accountable for closing the achivement gap...The Covenant? I don't think so

Voters in Minneapolis approved the School Boards Referendum. On Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Minneapolis Urban League there was a meeting that included Natalie Johnson Lee from the Council on Black Minnesotans and Ryan Fair from the Minneapolis Public Schools with Zach Montoyer leading the meeting and other concerned community members called the “Covenant Monitoring Committee”. It has been reported by Al Flowers that outreach dollars for the Covenant was given to Front Street Marketing, based out of the Minneapolis Urban League and operated by Mr. Todd Barnes. My questions, why would the Minneapolis Public Schools give $100,000 to a marketing company for outreach that does not have a presence on the Internet? Secondly after repeated requests for information as in the original RFP ( Request for Proposal ) how could the Minneapolis Public Schools or the Minnesota Department of Education allow $100,000 to be tagged for aimless community outreach? Read the full story at www.ibnn.org.

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