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As in this accurate DNT Editorial appraisal of the Duluth School Board.

The old boss is gone. He can’t defend himself. Let’s blame him.

Duluth School Board Chairwoman Ann Wasson left little question about her blame after news broke Tuesday that the final pieces of the school district’s Long-Range Facilities Plan had expired and would need to be resubmitted to the state for re-approval. The inexcusable expiration posed a potentially pricey delay in starting construction at Congdon and Myers-Wilkins elementaries, the last two schools to be rebuilt or replaced before the oft-controversial long-range schools plan finally can be put in the past.

“Clearly, (former) Superintendent (I.V.) Foster had chosen to stay away from the long-range plan,” Wasson said Tuesday. “He said, “That’s over. That was (former Superintendent Keith) Dixon’s deal; we’re moving ahead with education.” Some pieces were left behind and forgotten, and that’s what happened.”

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