Finally, I should add that Charlotte Boyd, who was under threat of eminent domain along with the eagles roosting in her back yard, faced down FI Salter and the District.
The District told the Dept. of Education back in 2007 that it would have to acquire a number of homes but withheld that information from the General Public in Duluth and voters through the 2007 School Board election.
In January of the following year the Boyd’s discovered a letter from the District telling them that their home would be needed for Ordean High.
Robert Boyd was a beloved Boy Scout leader in Duluth, an attorney, and ironically a former Duluth School Board member. He was also gravely ill and bed ridden. Charlotte Boyd gave him care full time. He died recently. She blames the stress from the District for hastening his death. Charlotte Boyd will never sell her home willingly to ISD 709.
