Approximately 1% of the $315 million Red Plan’s moneys are left over. The School Board has been hearing about this money for some time and the District has wanted to wait until all the outstanding Red Plan bills are paid before dipping into it. Only Art Johnston is quoted in the Trib’s story with any reservations about not turning it back to taxpayers.
I missed this meeting yesterday as I was flying into Duluth. The highlight of the flight was a clear veiw of the planet Mercury as before we landed in Minneapolis at Dusk. For the past decade I’ve sort of been keeping my eye out for the planet but inclement weather has usually intervened. This time thanks to a story I read on my cell from the Trib’s Bob King (Astro Bob) I knew it would be next to Venus. I’m sure I’ve seen it several times over the past sixty years. Its just I didn’t know what the dim light above the horizon was. This time I saw it and knew what it was.
The question I have is if it wouldn’t be prudent to consider applying it towards the building of a new elementary school since the Red Plan left us with too little space for our elementary needs. I think we should consider this before spending the last of the Red Plan’s money.
I called Art to ask him about the meeting when I got back. We’ll have more chances to talk at this week’s Minnesota State School Board Conference. He did mention that he’s been asking who is on the “Citizen’s Committee” for the past four years. I don’t think he was joking.
