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What Happened to North High?
By Danielle Diettrich


The potential closing of North High School in Minneapolis has incited its surrounding neighborhood, along with some of the city’s education advocates into action. The proposed closure is due to a steep decline in enrollment over the last 6 years – so where are North Minneapolis students going?

Several months before the school district announced this potential closure, MinnPost ran a story on two reports from The Civil Rights Project and The Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice. These reports indicated that in fact, half of the students in north Minneapolis have deserted the district’s traditional public schools for charter, magnet, or parochial schools, leaving places like North High grasping at straws and community members without many options.

Enter the Northside Achievement Zone; a project partnered with the PEACE Foundation, along with 17 additional faith based, foundation, and corporate partners. NAZ is located within the Minneapolis North neighborhood, encompassing a 13 by 18 block region. The project has been in development since 2007 with a goal to see that every student graduates from high school and is college ready through use of a holistic resource base connecting parents to services helping their families and children beginning in the womb.

This resource base is made possible by the Zone’s partnership with over 60 community organizations specializing in everything from housing, to financial management, mental health to early childhood education.

This is an exciting and progressive project with a plan for the Northside community that focuses on long-term results and sustainability through generations if it sees success. So where does North High fit in? Well so far, it doesn’t.

North High School lies nearly 10 blocks outside the Northside Achievement Zone, though it is currently not a Zone pilot school participant. In fact, of the 11 pilot schools NAZ has signed on, a large majority are charter, magnet, or specialized schools, with 4 residing outside of the Zone boundaries.

Why is this the case? Perhaps these schools are more equipped to handle the project or maybe NAZ has a specific vision in mind for learning. In any case, MinnPost’s report also indicated that charter and magnet schools often have mixed achievement outcomes and are frequently highly segregated, particularly in Minneapolis charters.

Suddenly it feels like this ambitious and important project has isolated itself, leaving inner city district schools like North High behind. There is no doubt that holistic community approaches to public education are extremely important, but the difficulty lies in extending the community boundaries far enough. Perhaps NAZ can take a step 10 blocks southwest and see how far it can go in rejuvenating the community by acknowledging the struggling school that’s anchored it for the last 122 years.


Wendy Helgeson says:

I have had the opportunity to visit North High School, once a year, for the past 11 years. I posted a blog about my experience on Wednesday. Here are my personal thoughts on the school experience:

Posted:  October 20, 2010

        A walk through the halls of North High School, once a year

 I have been associated with the Leadership Twin Cities program since 1999. This annual 9-month program focuses on community issues and spends 1 day discussing education. Every year we visit North High.

The following is my personal reflection of my annual visit to North High School. I don’t pretend to know all the specifics of the Minneapolis public school budget and I do not want to comment on whether or not the school should be closed. I just want to share what I see on one day, each year.

About 50 business leaders spend the day in the North High “Media Center”. Since 1999, this place has not changed one bit. The creaky uncomfortable chairs and tables are still the same. The “motivational” posters have circa 1980 photos of Phylicia Rashad, Bill Cosby and David Copperfield encouraging the students to “READ”. There are about 10 computers, for a school designed to house approximately 1200 students. The one difference I do notice is that the number of books in the center is decreasing.

For the past 11 programs, once a year, a few business people meet the students, the teachers and the principal of North High. Every year the evaluation comments are similar and say things like: “Wow, this place is amazing! Being here has totally changed my opinion of this place” or “The kids were fantastic, so bright and dedicated” or “The teachers are really passionate about the work they do here”.

The wonderful comments don’t surprise me and I expect them. What does astonish me are the statements from the class like these: “I hated sitting on those uncomfortable chairs all day” or “the bells and the kids in the hallway were disruptive & made it hard to concentrate”. While the Leadership participants were able to appreciate the talent and hard work at North, many still don’t comprehend the obstacles these kids face daily.

Once a year I breeze through North High and I am impressed by the people and depressed by the environment. While bothered, I haven’t taken any action. But each year I wonder:

1. Do all Minneapolis public school media centers look like this one?
2. Do the suburban high school media centers have 30 year old “motivational” posters?
3. Would North High lose students if the facilities provided the same learning environment as other schools?
4. What if the Minneapolis business community focused on North High for more than one day a year?

I hope I now have you wondering too.


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CONCLUDING THOUGHTS


 
Might you have photos or memorabilia that you would like to see on our web site?


1.  Childhood photos from school, birthday parties, 6th grade (or other grades) class photo, confirmation, etc.?
                   
2.  Reunion photos from the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th and 40th reunions?
                   
3.  Personal photos relevant to posting on our site?
                   
4.  Historical data?
                   
5.  Military information?
                   
6.  Sports or Clubs at North?
                   
7.  Humorous moments at NHS or interesting happenings from those days?
                   
8.  Other relevant information?

 
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