Brooklyn Park or Bloomington

[ocsid]

Originally Posted by Asderfut

Just from observation and inference, I think a lot of the problems with bullying and intolerance that can be seen at Champlain Park will be seen in other wealthy, mostly white suburbs, although probably to a somewhat lesser extent. Like I said, in my time at Park Center, there was virtually no bullying of the handful of LGBT kids there.

When did you attend Park Center? When I was in school (late 80's - early 90's, before they added Maple Grove), Park Center and Osseo were major athletic powerhouses and considered great schools. Fast forward to today, and Park Center has had to drop two or three classes in some sports due to income levels. It's a completely different world now.

[Asderfut]

Yeah, I graduated a couple years ago, and during my time, the only decent competitive programs were the adapted sports and the marching band. I've heard that their basketball team did alright this year, though.

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by Asderfut

Yeah, I graduated a couple years ago, and during my time, the only decent competitive programs were the adapted sports and the marching band. I've heard that their basketball team did alright this year, though.

They aren't competitive on marching band any more. We've never seen them at a competition in the past 8 years.

[Asderfut]

Huh. I could have sworn that they won the big competition in Alexandria last year, but forgive me if i'm wrong.

[jonperez]

I love Bloomington east . By moa not so great, its decent. I live on 86 and Elliot live it there.:-)

[ocsid]

Originally Posted by Thegonagle

Anoka-Hennepin is the district that can't agree on an anti-bullying policy because there's a preponderance of religious bigots in the power structure, and several kids that were bullied to the point of suicide were known gay or perceived to be gay. (Therefore, in vengeful God's eyes, it's not really a problem, and it needs no fixing.)

I'm sure it's more nuanced than that, but that's my limited understanding of the matter.

True, but I would guess that a lot of that redneck attitude comes from the northern part of the district, rather than the area around Champlin/Brooklyn Park. The areas north of Anoka all the way up to the border with St. Francis are full of that kind of white trash.