Minneapolis Public Schools are going to a pay for service program

As part of a trial program Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) is going to start charging at Hale school for all day Kindergarten (ADK) at a rate of $3,000 per kid.
This is on top of the per kid charge on the taxpayers’ property taxes at a rate that is either as high if not higher than a lot of private schools showing better results.
The Minneapolis Shadow supports the idea of ADK, but it should be for all kids at no additional charge. What about looking to cut out programs to pay for ADK. Maybe look at getting rid of the “Welcoming Schools” program for example? How much is that going to cost balanced against the benefits! Bullying, if that is really what this is about, is a discipline issue that requires administrative action not a curriculum program. There are plenty of areas of waste, fraud, and abuse that can get cut in order to make room for something worthwhile.

Stick that is your referendum pipe and smoke it MPS!