The first time I was in a school board minority

If you don’t count my first two years on the School Board from 96 to 97 when I was one of two new members my first crack at being in the minority was in the 2000-01 school year. Until this year I thought it was tough back then. Today those years look like a golden age to me.

By that time I was blogging even though that Internet term had barely been invented. I called my work “the school board diary.” Just like now school board members who disagreed with me wished I wouldn’t explain myself and the Board online. I only kept the diary off and on for a couple years. Shortly after I stepped off the school board in 2004 it appeared that all my diary entries had been accidentally deleted. Last year I discovered the Wayback Machine which saves billions of old webpages. It appears I can still access them. Just now I began printing them out to have a paper copy. This is the first of the pages I began with.

We were not a harmonious board in 2000 but at least we were a functioning board. I strongly disagreed with my adversaries. I did not have contempt for them. There was no Kevin Rupp eager to sow seeds of discord to boost his legal service fees.

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