Alternative Proposals

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I received questions concerning whether or not the other 5 options actually existed. Actually even one of our School Board Members questioned whether or not they existed. It could very well be that the School Board Members did not know these existed.

So, on Monday, I requested that the parents involved in researching the documents send me any documentation of the 5 proposals so that I could pass it along to the School Board Member and parents.

I sent it to that School Board Member. I have attached it to this email as well.

In analyzing the document, a number of questions came up:

* At first I thought the colors of the plan were to avoid numbering the plans and thereby creating some order. Then, I noticed the options were Green, Yellow, and Red as the top three -- the colors in a stoplight. Perceiving order is natural at that point.

* Why is Weaver moving to Edgewood in all 5 options -- were no other options even considered? Although other alternatives existed (including keeping the STEM at Edgewood), no other alternatives appear to have even been considered. This appears to play into the "Perfect Storm" theory that Weaver is and always was considered the only option. I just had a hard time believing it.

* One interesting thing to note is that Garden City Elementary is actually in the Green plan -- not Osseo Elementary.

Bottom line: Alternative options did exist and were intentionally kept from the community despite requests for public information.