Mern’s take on the schools July 21, 2013 At our outdoor church service today an old school administrator mossied over to ask me if I had my talking points ready for the… Continue Reading
Background, First endorsements made, First comments on my campaign July 17, 2013 I’m busy with company, my Father-in-law is in town for the week. I’ll not campaign other than to blog a bit but I don’t… Continue Reading
The race for the School Board got interesting today July 16, 2013 I filed this morning. Then one of the old board members, Nancy Nilsen, who caught a lot of my most pointed criticism filed after… Continue Reading
I file tomorrow July 15, 2013 This afternoon I finally broached the subject of my filing for the school board with Claudia. There is much I could write about this…. Continue Reading
My thanks to the Timberjay July 12, 2013 My friend who keeps me directed to the ever informative Timberjay sent me this link this morning. It made it clear that the Duluth… Continue Reading
School Board race? Still undecided July 1, 2013 The title says it all. Filing opens tomorrow morning when I take off for vacation. I’ll be home two days before the filings close…. Continue Reading
Where have you readers been all this time, you little Dickenses? May 31, 2013 The title is a paraphrase of something my daughter’s first daycare provider told me she heard another child’s Mother say. Joyce from across the… Continue Reading
Schools as prisons April 17, 2013 An easy solution will often prove to be a very hard one. The Duluth School District is getting closer to locking students in their… Continue Reading
Fairy tales #2 April 16, 2013 I couldn’t lambaste the Strib for inserting paid advertising as a news story because they published the story noted in the previous post in… Continue Reading
Fairy Tales #1 April 16, 2013 Two readers of the Minneapolis Star Tribune were quick to send me this story from last week. It is as one of them said… Continue Reading
The Duluth School Board is so desperate… April 3, 2013 …that the made a rational spending decision! To spend only a quarter of a million dollars clean up dollars on Congdon Elementary. “Choosing everything… Continue Reading
Not gloating April 1, 2013 A friend keeps writing every time the Trib writes a positive story about things happening in the Duluth Schools or every time calamity seems… Continue Reading
No Say April 1, 2013 I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t make the same connection that this reader did when she read the recent Headline “No say, Just… Continue Reading
Where are the Duluth News Tribune Editors? March 28, 2013 They are at a public shaming of Duluth school board members. I’m far and away the City of Duluth’s top shamer of the Duluth… Continue Reading
Indiana School Vouchers March 26, 2013 I don’t know if this USA Today story on voucher payments in Indiana has all the details in the story I first read but… Continue Reading
The evidence shows that ISD 709 has been wounded by special education… March 26, 2013 …notwithstanding my pooh poohing the idea in the last post. A reader sent me a well reported story from Minnesota Public Radio about the… Continue Reading
The litany grows longer March 26, 2013 The Trib has run a series of stories on the costs of special education for the Duluth School District. This is an old story…. Continue Reading
Congdon Hockey vs. Education March 26, 2013 That seems to pretty much be the issue at one of the last two Red Plan schools. A few days ago in a story… Continue Reading
Local Control March 12, 2013 Every third person in Mississippi is obese. Drinking super-sized sodas with 51 sugar cubes worth of sweetness in them is one reason why. But… Continue Reading
What’s another half million for the Red Plan? March 12, 2013 In addition to spending another $250,000 to $350,000 for a third hockey rink, oops “retaining wall,” at Congdon Elementary the Duluth School District is… Continue Reading
