Thursday, February 5, 2009
Perpich School for the Arts
My niece Marissa, a dancer, attends the Perpich School for the Arts. It is the crown jewel in Minnesota's K12 education system. It is residential school with departments focusing on literary arts, music, theater, dance, and visual arts. It is our only state sponsored school and serves students from all over the state. The entrance standards are very rigorous, but if the student is good enough their schooling is free. Our "no new taxes" dumb ass Governer has proposed saving 18 million dollars over the next two years by converting it to a charter school. This would mean that it could no longer be a residential school and serve outstate students, and long term, would quite likely not be viable. I realize that times are tough, but things like the Perpich and the Arts in general are the reasons I chose to live in Minnesota, rather than South Dakota or Arkansas. Dumb ass Republican.
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I would have to agree with this person, who i do not know, that pawlenty is just being the usual repulican "Visionary" With his immense lack of imagination and foresight. While yeah he could not have predicted how badly the market was gonna go, he should stillrealize that "trickle down" never has, and never will work.
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