Oops, never did edit that last post…

…as if I have to tell my loyal readers that. The road to hell……..

I think I’ve had no fewer than three posts in mind every day since I stopped posting regularly after the election. The problem is that if I’m not careful I could end up causing more harm as a new school board member than good and that would be profoundly disturbing. Trust is a very hard thing to reestablish and I can assure my loyal readers that the rather cavalier way I have of explaining what I see and how it strikes me could put my fellow board members in a sour mood. That would not be helpful to anyone.

In time I will likely grow more confident about trust issues and be back to my old blogging self.

Good news like today’s will help. Key sentence:

“Last year, the Duluth school district [dropout] rate was 74.9 percent, a change from the previously reported number of 67 percent. “

In fact that distressing 67% figure was one of the top ideas I wanted to post about. Lining all of us school board members up against a wall ans shooting us for it did not seem all that unreasonable. Maybe we can even keep improving and get to the 90% goal that the state has set for us. I’m pretty sure we achieved it ten years ago when I stepped down from the Board. According to the story ten years worth of graduation data has been gathered together by the state. I hope Duluth’s Administrators have access to it because I’d like to know when and where we went wrong.

About the author

Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

https://duluthreader.com/contributors/h/84/284-harry-welty