Duluth School Board candidate Harry Welty at the Minnesota Department of Education on Wednesday. [JOHN THAIN/FOX 21 NEWS]
Sarah Horner’s story this morning did a good job capturing our excitement about our reception in St. Paul by the Dept of Education.
Key passage:
Welty said he was excited about information he learned about ways a newly comprised Duluth School Board might halt the red plan, even if the state approves it. One of the statutes the district is relying on to pay for the majority of the project without a referendum, called lease levy, has an escape clause that would allow a new board to get out of funding those pieces of the plan, according to Welty’s understanding of the department’s interpretation of the statute.
“That means that about three-fifths of this plan could be jettisoned if we have a new school board in January,” Welty said. “It essentially means the lame duck school board cannot force this down Duluth’s throat; there are still means by which we can escape this red plan.”
For a list of Trib stories on the saga of the Red Plan look here.
