[Mpls] 50 year anniversary of Brown v.s. Board of Education - Howdoes Minneapolis measure up today?

[David Wilson]

A simple proposal:  spend some of the busing money on mortgage financing
to promote homeownership in selected neighborhoods.  Racially integrate
where people live, and the results will be more integrated public schools.

David Wilson
Loring Park



On Mon, 17 May 2004, Sean Ryan wrote:

> >From: Barbara Lickness <blickness at yahoo.com>
> >
> >How far have we come in Minneapolis in the past 50
> >years?
> >
> >Any School Board candidates out there care to comment
> >on this?
>
>   People segregate themselves and that's the problem, but no amount of
> busing will solve this. Sayles Belton had a good idea when she dropped the
> whole super-bus program and brought back neighborhood schools. Now if they
> could only be equally funded and have access to the same programs and
> amenities [ -Drive around and compare the Mpls. High schools- which ones
> look the best and have the best facilities? You'll see a pattern emerge
> pretty quickly-]
>
>   MONEY is the great equalizer, not school buses.
>
> Sean Ryan
> Audubon-
>
> [Not quite responding to your comment, just throwing that out there. I'll
> have time for a more thorough response later.]
>
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