Pardon my French September 30, 2014 I was out and about today and ran across one of the smartest and most knowledgeable non-licensed staff in the Central Administration Building back… Continue Reading
People of Color September 30, 2014 Henry Banks, who ran for the school board last fall, left a message on my phone yesterday inviting me to be interviewed on his… Continue Reading
693 visitors yesterday September 30, 2014 If that’s not a daily record number of visitors to my blog its close. I haven’t had numbers like that since I was raising… Continue Reading
The Mother of all ISD 709 Issues… September 29, 2014 …was handled scrupulously and extensively by the Tribune on Sunday. I’m going to pull out many paragraphs and insert my own thoughts. In 2009,… Continue Reading
“my unhelpful sarcasm” September 29, 2014 Regarding the $30,000 to $40,000 contract to analyse Duluth’s student population: Dear Ms. Harala, Ms. Loeffler-Kemp, Mr. Welty, and Mr. Miernicki: We are contacting… Continue Reading
Miernickivellian September 27, 2014 Mike Miernicki and I go back a long way to my brief time as a substitute teacher in the early 1980’s, so I take… Continue Reading
Me, the fourth black school board member in Duluth History. September 27, 2014 The glorious week of mild autumnal weather continues. I put another eight hours on the ladder yesterday painting under my eves. Today I’ll put… Continue Reading
Quorum Call September 26, 2014 I’ll start with the good news. Yesterday I got far enough in my house painting so that today will be the last day I… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions….shame on me September 25, 2014 Tuesday was beautiful. I planned on going to Myers-Wilkins Elementary in the late afternoon but I just kept scraping old paint and priming woodwork… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions again, again, September 23, 2014 I woke up a week ago thinking about the DWB posts (here’s the first) and the learning gap in Duluth Schools and six years… Continue Reading
“corn seeds” September 22, 2014 I spent the afternoon scraping paint off the windows of my house…….after replacing the pulley on my two stage ladder. Just as well. I… Continue Reading
Half an ugly meeting’s impartial observer. September 22, 2014 There are some wonderful folks in Duluth and one is Karl Schuettler who I’ve blogged about before. After a short stint back in his… Continue Reading
Its not the colonscopy I hate September 22, 2014 My Buddy is on my case because I’ve posted several title only posts: Harry: There is nothing there. Your Buddy Yup, A couple nights… Continue Reading
Not sleeping on it any more September 20, 2014 I’ve kept this Calvin and Hobbes cartoon on the bulletin board by my computer for ten years judging by how faded it is: Continue Reading
What Jefferson said about equal treatment September 20, 2014 A recent email correspondent thanked me and asked me how I make it though school board meetings like our last one. On Fri., Sept… Continue Reading
Axe me no questions….again September 20, 2014 When I wrote the first post by this title it was after an hour of waking in bed planning a dozen related posts about… Continue Reading
How I solve Jigsaw Puzzles September 20, 2014 Every year since my children were little Claudia and I have tried to find a jigsaw puzzle to put together around the Christmas Season…. Continue Reading
An ugly School Board meeting September 19, 2014 I’d hoped that last Tuesday’s meeting (youtubed here) would end by nine so that I could watch the third episode of the Roosevelt’s from… Continue Reading
My trip to Barnes and Noble September 19, 2014 School Board work is putting a dent in my book reading this year. At the moment I’m reading a new novel out loud on… Continue Reading
