You heard it here first August 16, 2016 or maybe “read” is more accurate albeit with far fewer details from me. http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4095059-deal-nettleton-school-falls-through Continue Reading
oh yes…. August 12, 2016 …and the sale of Nettleton School has fallen through. Its a loss of $70,000 and means the continued spending of $35,000 annually (as I… Continue Reading
2016 Aug Blog 2- Oscar the Slouch August 9, 2016 Start here at Aug Blog 1 Three board members were not in attendance at the start of yesterday’s meetings. Alanna and Rosie were at… Continue Reading
Achievement Gap stubbornly remains despite four-year trend of higher test scores July 29, 2016 As the Trib reported yesterday our District has recently made modest gains in student testing achievement vis a vis the state. According to our… Continue Reading
Loren’s latest rap July 29, 2016 In his latest column, this one defending Edison from its many recent critics Loren Martell makes this observation: “If you hang around the school… Continue Reading
Martell on Martin-Romme July 22, 2016 Loren Martell also appreciated the Zenith City Weekly’s column and said so in his spot on the Duluth Reader. Its a nice complement to… Continue Reading
The old salt revealed – what was behind that beard of mine? July 19, 2016 I’ve got ten minutes to blog before I head off to tonight’s school board meeting. I have shed my beard much to the amazement… Continue Reading
Bob Mars, a cow, and a change in the sequence of events July 15, 2016 I’ll write this sometime after I return from serving lunch at the Damiano Soup Kitchen. OK. I’m back. Shortly after finishing my post on… Continue Reading
Bob Mars Jr. July 14, 2016 Bob Mars Jr. died yesterday. I served with Bob for six years on the Duluth School Board. I first met him forty years ago… Continue Reading
Making out tedious SB meetings available to all July 12, 2016 There have been a few news articles about public education over the past couple of weeks in the Trib that I’ve not been inclined… Continue Reading
Loren Martell’s Time Machine July 2, 2016 Watching our June 21st school board meeting in full on youtube will take you three hours and 18 minutes. That’s a big reason to… Continue Reading
Ouropia June 28, 2016 I’m not the only person in Duluth finding it hard to get past the Red Plan. I got two emails about it from supporters… Continue Reading
My Red Plan myopia June 25, 2016 From today’s email inbox: From: “Zenith City Weekly” To: “Harrywelty” Sent: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:50:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Thanks for the plug! So,… Continue Reading
Will 709 still be able to refinance our Bonds and get a 3% savings? June 24, 2016 Loren Martell’s column written before yesterday’s stunning Brexit vote noted that our Bond Advisers warned us that the economy was fickle. Today the stock… Continue Reading
More on Effluent Creek June 24, 2016 Duluth’s Alternative Press keeps digging into ISD 709. This comes from this month’s Zenith: “In Duluth, 87 percent of white students graduated in 2015… Continue Reading
Without a paddle June 24, 2016 Loren Martell describes our recent meeting with our bond advisers and explains the arcane rules which demonstrated that the past school boards have left… Continue Reading
Rosie’s Sharp Elbows June 24, 2016 Rosie Loeffler-Kemp has been our Clerk for the past year- and-a-half meaning that she shares the private meetings with the Superintendent that determine our… Continue Reading
A ladyslipper by any other name June 22, 2016 This Post Title was just a cheap way of letting me upload another bucolic image onto my blog. I took the picture yesterday as… Continue Reading
The Mulch is coming June 14, 2016 It became apparent at yesterday’s lengthy Business Committee meeting that there will be new mulch placed on our school playgrounds next year or the… Continue Reading
Our third public high school June 14, 2016 Alanna Oswald weighs in on the last post: “Harbor City International School has been in existence since 2002, and educated 220 students in grades… Continue Reading
