MORE ON DEMOCRACY: RE: DESE PLAN ON TRANSFERS AND EXCLUSION OF THE VOICE OF THOSE TO BE AFFECTED

Commentary: When Is Normandy’s Plan Not A Plan? When Nobody Knows It’s There 
 By INDA SCHAENEN

"Anyone who attended DESE’s Feb. 5 community forum may have noticed the same thing I noticed: The plan Normandy School District submitted to DESE on Tuesday, Feb. 4, was nowhere to be seen or heard.
DESE’s presentation was designed to inform citizens of the significant characteristics of each plan so the department could take public input into consideration before making a recommendation to the Missouri School Board. (A PDF of the DESE presentation is available online.)
The slide on page 12 of this presentation says that one of DESE’s aims was to “Focus on best concepts from each plan.” It did not."

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