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Item Cultivating Diversity within the Hennepin County Bar Association: Raising the Bar(Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2013-08-20) Kanagi, Buba; McElroy, Kellie; Buere, Jose; Weh-Dorliae, Vivienne P.Item Dye Tracing to Camp Coldwater Spring, Minneapolis, MN(Minnesota Ground Water Association Newsletter Volume 20 Number 4: December 2001 Page 4 - 6. Additional results from Sophie Kasahara's Senior Thesis "A Hydrological Study of Coldwater Spring, Minneapolis, MN." - UM Geoengineering Department, 2016., 2017-06) Alexander Jr., E. Calvin; Alexander, Scott C; Barr, Kelton D; Kasahara, Sophie M; Wheeler, Betty JCamp Coldwater Spring is a ~6.3 liter/sec spring that emerges from a Platteville Limestone ledge at the top of the west side of the Mississippi River gorge. It was the original water supply for Ft. Snelling in the early-mid 1800’s and is a registered Minnesota State Landmark. Potential impacts from nearby highway construction led to two successful dye traces to help define the groundwater basin feeding the spring. These traces are the first traces through the Platteville in the Twin Cities. Dye input trenches were dug with a backhoe to the top of the water table. Input B reached the top of the Platteville and the water table was a few inches above the bedrock surface. Eosin dye input into the trench reached Camp Coldwater Spring, 125 meters away in less than 1.5 hours. The minimum flow velocity in the fractured Platteville Limestone was 83 m/hr. Input C reached the water table while still in glaciofluvial sediments and was 305 meters from the spring. Fluorescein dye from Input C reached the spring in 16 days. The slower flow velocity is a combination of flow through the glaciofluvial sediments and through the fractured Platteville Limestone. These two positive traces demonstrate that Inputs B and C are inside the ground-watershed that supplies the Spring and support concerns about the potential impact of dewatering and construction activities on the Spring. The trace is ongoing.Item Hennepin County High School Graduation Rates: The View From The Ground(Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2013-12-05) Burke, Anna; Jorenby, Kristin; Maki, ToddIn 2012, the four-year high school graduation rate in Hennepin County, Minnesota, was 68%. According to data from the Minnesota Department of Education further compiled by Hennepin County’s graduation initiative A-GRAD, when schools were broken out into traditional schools (mainstream, public high schools) and non-traditional schools (alternative learning centers/programs and charter high schools), the difference between the modified rates was staggering. The four-year graduation rate for traditional schools was 83% while the rate for non-traditional schools was significantly less at 23%. The factors surrounding which students graduate and which do not are numerous. The purpose of this study is to explore both traditional and non-traditional school policies, practices, and climates to uncover what role they may have in supporting or hindering students to graduate in their four-year cohorts, especially as it relates to “dropout” and “unknown” rates. Through a series of in-person interviews with school administrators from across the county, it became clear that the difference between the two rates is not a problem in and of itself. Administrators from the alternative learning centers and several charter schools voiced concern over the weight given to the four-year rate due to the demographic characteristics of their student populations in terms of age, special education status, and past credits earned at arrival, among others. The overarching themes drawn from the interviews suggest that the four-year graduation rate is neither an adequate nor equitable way to evaluate school success across all settings.