ART JOHNSTON AND I CAN’T WAIT TO MEET OUR FAVORITE VENDOR…

…at the Minnesota School Board Association Conference.

They will probably be passing out chocolates to school board members at the exhibition hall tomorrow. My Mother warned me not to take candy from such people.

Coincidentally….. NOTE TO TARDY VISITORS OF THIS BLOG – I HAVE TEMPORARILY REMOVED TWO PARAGRAPHS OF VERY INTERESTING INFO AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND. EARLY BIRDS DID GET TO READ IT – THOSE LUCKIES! I’LL PUT IT BACK AND MAKE SURE REGULAR READERS WILL GET A CHANCE TO CATCH UP AT A LATER DATE.

Ah, but they had the political will to try to remove the one Board member who did want to pursue justice.

This will be a great conference. Most of our Board members were present in the labor contract negotiations session tonight when I asked the presenter if there was any reason any citizen could be kept out of caucus of Management after a negotiations session. They were all there to hear the presenter tell me exactly what he told me at a similar presentation three years ago – “NO!” This included the one Board member who was permitted to attend such a caucus as a member of our staff barred the door and told me I couldn’t attend.

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