An Open letter to the NORTH SIDE MPLS Community and our YOUTH

By Bruce H. Scroggins

10/21/2007

The Urban League Truancy Center, is a solid program of the highest African American participation, the Minority community has seen, since the huge increase in minority, youth being the largest portion of drop outs and kicked out youth, of the MPLS Public Schools, I ask Mayor Rybak, too leave the program where it has grown in purpose and service. I ask 1st Vice Chair Fredrick Clayton. (I won’t use your nickname) Tyler III, 2nd Vice Chair Lee Hutton III, to fight for our community and the Urban League to retain this valuable program, not undermine and be basically derelict of duty.

I ask Bill English, to fight for the Truancy programs, (your desire for one of the closed schools, is ok, as long as everyone knows it) the black community knows about the sudden and not so sudden SEED MONEY, being spread around to the Non profits and their sudden silence after standing with the first outrage and the not so public trip, out East to view Dr. Chicetti’s, work at Mount Hope, Rochecter, NY by the way not the same work, he proposes here in North MPLS, but sensible talk after there return and, then seed money available, was not lost on many in the North MPLS Leadership.

The NAACP and the MPLS School Board are all on notice, we have seen the conspiratorial behind the scenes, collusion between the Mayors Office and the University of Minnesota, involving the CBA agreement and North Point, the recent sale of the Plymouth Shopping Center to the U of Minnesota, stop the attack on Mr. Hightower, step up and stand up, Minority community, we know the school closings were wrong and the facts and statistics used to say economics and the North MPLS schools loss of children as reasons why the closing took place, we know the loss was city wide.

The black community awaits the U of M’s Scientific Proposal and Dr. Chichetti’s proposal, for the study of children on the North Side, Keith Ellison, I ask you make this a big deal in the media, speak up Congressman, call a news conference, I’ll support you and I will make it known. Last but not least, Mr. Don Samuels, your participation is known and you have been put on point, stand with the black leaders, or stand alone.

The truth is coming out and no one can stop it. Theirs an agreement proposed between the MPLS Public Schools and poor performance youth, to recommend these youth, through their parents to the U of M’s facility and program and with the foot hold, the U of M bought, on Plymouth Ave, the U of M is well on it’s way, in collusion with the now pacified North Point, (North Point get’s new Addition) to go along to get along.