Forget the 15. September 27, 2011 Forget the 15 student enrollment increase I reported earlier. It may not be even that rosy. Claudia got to the newspaper on her own… Continue Reading
The answer is “15” September 27, 2011 The question is: “How many more students have the Duluth Schools attracted this year over last year? The story’s DNT Headline reads: “Duluth schools… Continue Reading
How did Circle Pines become Coon Rapids? September 26, 2011 I’ve gotten a correction. I know I’ve been saying for some time that Dr. Keith Dixon has gone on to Coon Rapids but apparently… Continue Reading
Pardon my skepticism September 25, 2011 The DNT has helped the School District trumpet a growth in student enrollment by about 300 students lately. If true it could relieve many… Continue Reading
Good luck… September 23, 2011 …figuring out how this will affect your property taxes. It comes from Minnesota Public Radio. The DNT reported a while back that losing the… Continue Reading
A correction and a comment September 21, 2011 I was just notified that the $1 million for additional teachers allowed ISD 709 to hire about 14 teachers not 7.8. That’s a relief…. Continue Reading
7.8 more teachers September 21, 2011 This is a positive story until you get to the end. A charitable high school student describes class size at Duluth East as “ridiculous.”… Continue Reading
Oops, make that $3,000,001 in building sales… September 21, 2011 …not $4 million. In the previous post I made the mistake of misreading this story about the sale of Lincoln Park Middle School. The… Continue Reading
Less Woodland September 21, 2011 The School District is about to collect $4 million of the $15 million it relied on to pay for the Red Plan by selling… Continue Reading
Smoking hot new schools September 20, 2011 I just got back from visiting my Mother. While I was leaving her residence a vaguely familiar face hailed me and turned out to… Continue Reading
“He ought to be in prison” September 17, 2011 I can hardly deny my constant delight in pointing out anything negative about the Red Plan and the folks who defend its use. “It… Continue Reading
About the District’s financing September 15, 2011 The Zenith article accurately explains that no one, apparently not even Bill Westholm a recent top ISD 709 Administrator, much understands the District’s financing…. Continue Reading
About that new Edison School September 15, 2011 I’ve mostly ignored this story for a variety of reasons but it is sort of an elephant in the room. A friend emailed this… Continue Reading
From the Zenith about our Nadir September 14, 2011 I haven’t read it yet although its author called me about a couple of my recent posts. I was sent this excerpt from the… Continue Reading
Name Changes September 14, 2011 Re: some of the odd recomendations for new names for the old East Junior High (there were only 20 for crying out loud most… Continue Reading
Cutting slack – or not September 14, 2011 I only have a small coterie of regular emailers but they send me interesting things. One just sent me this column by a Republican… Continue Reading
Lots of school news in the Trib today September 14, 2011 Yes by all means we should rename East Duluth’s revamped Middle School after Dr. Keith Dixon… Also on the list are names that reflect… Continue Reading
Skepticism abounds 2 September 13, 2011 And in regard to the WDIO story about selling off twelve schools I got this email from another skeptic: Thanks Harry for bringing up… Continue Reading
Skepticism abounds 1 September 13, 2011 Regarding the coverage of the Schools in the news I got a flurry of email this morning. One was directed at the Trib editorial… Continue Reading
And if we can’t sell them we’ll have to take care of them. More $ September 12, 2011 If we can’t sell twelve unneeded schools for the sixteen million the School District estimates they are worth Taxes could go up. Good luck… Continue Reading
