Circling the Airport with Today’s News Tribune April 21, 2016 I’m circling the airport at 35,000 feet. I spent an hour and a half after choir last night sitting in my car in a… Continue Reading
How valuable is the Central Property? April 20, 2016 One of Alanna’s and Art’s gripes about the sale of the Central property is that no realtor has appraised it in ten years. A… Continue Reading
Dueling Bullet Points April 20, 2016 I presume a Denfeld Staff member who sees things differently shared this email with the three board members who are in Edison’s “pocket”. Its… Continue Reading
Winning the Debate, Losing the War April 20, 2016 Calling the dispute over the sale of Central High a war is hyperbolic…..an exaggeration. But in a larger context it is one more battle… Continue Reading
Another tough email to the Board and my reply April 19, 2016 Dear Board Members, I am writing to you again, concerning the sale of the old central high school property. I was under the impression… Continue Reading
One take on Rep. Simonson’s proposal April 19, 2016 Sent to the School Board today: Dear School Board, Lest you consider celebrating the ill-conceived and poorly-timed legislative attempts to dig you out of… Continue Reading
Tough email 1 April 19, 2016 I have been challenged in some recent email. Here is one email with my reply. My comments are Bolded: You’re the numbers man! This… Continue Reading
An email to Chair Harala April 18, 2016 Annie, Alanna asked me to send you the legislation on special meetings: This is the pertinent language from Section 6 of Minnesota Statute 123B.09… Continue Reading
ISD 709’s per child spending is 10 percent lower than the national average April 18, 2016 That’s according to a map my daughter sent me after listening to an NPR news story. Continue Reading
Killing two angry birds with one stone April 18, 2016 Although the email to the School Board has slowed down it is still running 10 to 1 for selling Central to the DPSA Charter…. Continue Reading
A Do Over Email I just sent to the School Board April 18, 2016 Board members, When I suggested a week ago that we call a meeting to revisit the sale of Central I was under the impression… Continue Reading
DO OVER FALLOUT 11 – Finally as promised – I WRITE A LETTER TO BERNIE April 16, 2016 March 15, 2016 Bernadette Burnham President, Duluth Federation of Teachers 639 E Central Entrance Duluth, MN, 55811 Dear President Burnham, I invited you to… Continue Reading
Do Over Fallout 11 – I write a letter to Bernie re: her complaint – Prologue B April 16, 2016 I’ve cooled down…..but I will post my letter to Bernie in the next post. I promise. I have one aim immediate aim in writing… Continue Reading
Do Over Fallout 11 – I write a letter to Bernie re: her complaint – Prologue A April 16, 2016 President Burnham’s complaint………Well, there’s no more accurate way of putting it than with the simple truth…….pissed me off. I tried to track her down… Continue Reading
Birdwalk into today’s DNT (tribune) and a legal critique of ISD 709 April 15, 2016 For the first time in a couple weeks there are no letters in the Trib about the Central sale. I suspect the Trib is… Continue Reading
Do over Fallout 10 – “An official complaint” against Harry Welty April 15, 2016 Here is my offense as described in a News Trib story of Feb. 23rd: “Prior to the board’s vote on the issue, Welty said… Continue Reading
Do over Fallout 9 – The Quality Steering Committee April 14, 2016 Frank Wanner was immensely proud of his “Quality Steering Committee.” Twenty years ago he told me how his brainchild had been written up in… Continue Reading
Do over Fallout 8 – Fight Club April 14, 2016 As hard as so many of our staff are working to make ISD 709 schools the best they can be I simply think they… Continue Reading
Do over fallout 7 – A teacher friend disagrees with me – nicely April 14, 2016 There are two more letters in today’s Trib that touch on ISD 709 in one case only glancingly. My friend and fellow Reader columnist,… Continue Reading
“Damn but I am paranoid. I will fess up on my blog pronto.” April 14, 2016 The quote above come from me. I just texted it to Superintendent Gronseth. It is about the first post in the Fallout series which… Continue Reading