Steve is never able to understand that. You don't do it in public. Steve Taylor's name was not on the ballot and neither was mine. Taylor said he was never specifically told why he was fired. But the only warnings I had received were in regards to public education.
Poverty is a risk factor.
The single biggest problem facing MPS is that we are so intertwined with the political machine, number one. We can't do our own bonding. The bonding for the district would be used for capital improvements and building issues, but the bonding authority rests with the city. MPS is the only school district in the state unable to do its own bonding. The MPS board is currently entertaining a resolution to get out from under the deal.