[Mpls] School Board Member Dennis Shapiro posts:

[Steve Brandt]

School Board Member Dennis Shapiro posts:

The Peebles  story in City Pages includes without correction a  couple

of rumors that are going around like crazy. To correct:

1. The windows were frosted BEFORE  Supt. Peebles was hired.
2. There is no 90-day probationary period in law nor in her contract.

Brandt from out of state:
 I can confirm what Shapiro says from my own investigations.  The
windows were frosted under Jennings.  And I've read the Peebles contract
and corrected numerous callers who tried to tell me there is a 90-day
probation.  And there was a third error.  It's not three out of four
communications staffers for the district who have quit.  It's five of
seven.

Reporting is more than repeating what people tell you.  You have to
check it out--if you want to get the story straight. 


Steve Brandt
Staff writer
Star Tribune
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