[Mpls] Facilities Planning (school closing) meetings

[Michael Atherton]

Robert P. Goldman wrote:

> The result of these two processes, in my opinion, is that no one is
> trying to present the details of the plan to the community or to
> engage the community and convince us that they are making decisions in
> the best interests of the population of the city.  This seems like a
> badly mis-functioning democracy.

When school board members are elected via blind party 
loyalty rather than an evaluation of the candidates'
potential to improve educational quality, then democracy
is not functioning as well as it might.  I think it will
be a long time coming before we see any real improvements
in the Minneapolis Public Schools.

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park