Please Disregard my Previous Memo April 29, 2016 A clarification just received: william hanson 2:03 PM (4 minutes ago) to School, Kerry, William Please disregard my previous memo. The statute makes no… Continue Reading
MY Reply to being told we can’t hold a meeting April 29, 2016 The Board is notified that three of us can not call a school board meeting on Monday: william hanson 12:44 PM (1 hour ago)… Continue Reading
Mulch on the Op Ed page today April 29, 2016 The Editors of the Trib weighed in on the issue of rubber tire playground mulch today with a special emphasis urging the Board to… Continue Reading
“HAVING A THIRD, NON-PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL WOULD JUST EXACERBATE THOSE PROBLEMS.” April 28, 2016 The title above is one good reason to reconsider the sale of Central. It is representative of the school board majority’s failure to grasp… Continue Reading
…AND THE RESOLUTION WE WILL BE CONSIDERING April 28, 2016 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Pursuant to District Policy 3195 –Disposal of School District Property, All property sold shall contain a deed restriction prohibiting the property’s future… Continue Reading
Meeting next Monday at 6:30pm at Old Central April 28, 2016 I just put this call in the mail and sent it to the Superintendent and the members of the Duluth School Board: April 26,… Continue Reading
History repeats itself April 28, 2016 There was yet another letter criticizing the Duluth School Board in today’s DNT. Key lines: “As I recall, it was 1966 when the board… Continue Reading
Repurposing old schools April 27, 2016 A friend emailed me an interesting web page concerning repurposed schools in Duluth. The Zenith City crew put this up a couple years ago…. Continue Reading
Correction on last post April 27, 2016 In the previous post I mentioned that Rep. Erik Simonson was flying in to St. Louis with Denfeld principal Sconniers to root for the… Continue Reading
Gambling on Central April 27, 2016 I will have a busy morning of blogging once again based on stories in today’s Trib. But first an old story from 2012 sent… Continue Reading
Chopped Liver April 26, 2016 Pretty Picture huh? I just found this in the 30 page report that ISD 709 paid for when an alert reader sent a story… Continue Reading
Today’s Dogpile April 26, 2016 Its been almost a month since the School Board voted 4 – 3 not to enter into negotiations with the Tischer Creek Building Corporation…. Continue Reading
Central’s Value April 25, 2016 Here’s a link to that email as it was sent to the Board describing how dependent the financing of the Red Plan was on… Continue Reading
Why did we build the new Lincoln Middle School? April 25, 2016 Why are we faced with the prospect of selling Central and its property at such a low margin? I am borrowing heavily from an… Continue Reading
ISD 709, The latest threat? April 25, 2016 The banner headline in today’s Trib pretty well astounded me: Duluth Diocese considers new Catholic high school. It begins: The Duluth Diocese is considering… Continue Reading
Why we didn’t sell summed up in today’s letter to the Editor April 24, 2016 Letter writer Marcia Gurno nails it: “For 20 years Duluth’s anti-charter school stance has been led by the teachers union and the local DFL…. Continue Reading
No SB mtg. Monday April 23, 2016 Chair Harala and I will be chatting on Monday about the School Board of ISD 709 having one last discussion of reopening negotiations for… Continue Reading
An email I sent to the Board today. April 23, 2016 I would like to thank my old Let Duluth Vote pal for sending me a link to this Trib Story from April of 2014… Continue Reading
How an old PTA Mom eviscerates the political shenanigans of our local legislators April 21, 2016 Dawn Silvestrini, a PTA Mom pretty well shellacs Rep. Schultz and Rep. Erik Simonson in her op ed piece: Here’s a sample: “Charter schools… Continue Reading
Why do some people really oppose the sale of Central to a Charter School April 21, 2016 The Answer: Fear, loathing, ignorance and just a touch of jealousy. Its so pronounced that we will shoot ourselves in the foot and be… Continue Reading
