Retired NFL player and former Minnesota Viking Matt Birk worries about 21st-century teenagers. Their mental health. Their moral compass. And especially their schooling.
“I just kind of felt a little bit unsatisfied with education, with our system, for a long time,” said Birk, a Mendota Heights resident.
Birk, the father of eight children himself, isn’t one to wait around for solutions. So this fall, he’s starting a school.
The high school, to be called Unity, will be small, Catholic and located at Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville. It will cost less than other private schools, according to Birk, and its students will be taught both liberal arts and life skills.