Remember that old saw about liberty requiring constant vigilance? Well we don’t have either in Duluth. No Vote and no Newspaper coverage. Remember that tomorrow when you put up your stars and stripes for the Fourth of July.
This is an email message I found waiting for me this afternoon after I returned from spending a little time with my Mother in the Twin Cities.
Though you don’t see me often anymore, I heard this last night. Oh my. I never thought this was happening too!
A while back I told you that Woodland parents were irate and some threaten Dixon, if their child wasn’t allowed to stay at Woodland, not go to Morgan Park, they would pull their child. If the Ordean kids flood into Woodland come fall, the Woodland new 6th, and last years 7th graders were told their child(ren) had to go to MP. Many said, “NO WAY”. Angry. We don’t hear about it, but many have pulled their kids.
OK, last night after soccer I introduced myself to the other soccer parents. Most all have kids going or in Morgan Park. Parents from Gary, & Morgan Park. Yikes! Talk about mad. These folks told me that they are furious kids from Woodland are coming to Morgan Park. How dare Dixon do this to them! Their school was just fine. First he sends all the Lincoln Middle Schoolers fall of 2008. Now all these “eastern” kids. A mom told me her neighbors are moving to Esko because of it. She also said many have said they are fed up with the “RED” plan and have enrolled their kids in Wrenshall for this fall. (I wonder how many) Another said she has her daughter at Washburn Edison, bussed from Morgan Park! One mom said they are worried about class sizes and how anyone can control that many middle schoolers put together who don’t know each other. One mom thinks it is a crime that everyone is being forced into this. Hey! The crime is we didn’t get to VOTE! The moral of this true story is Morgan Park Middle School wants to be left alone. NOW! These are angry angry people. Wow. I thought the Woodland parents were mad I talked to.This was 10 fold. By the way, Marshall has had huge increases in enrollment. Holy Rosary is up. All Edisons are full. Hermantown has closed open enrollment to most classes. I would like to know exactly how many kids 709 has lost because of this mess! The amount of money per child is how much? I would say you are getting over the 800 + kids that have left 709 at least, maybe closer to 1000 if you count in Edisons.
Then last weekend I told you about all the Piedmont kids leaving because of the lies they were told, the school being empty now with no construction planned for this year.
Editorial?Have a Happy 4th. We are going to have to fight for FREEDOM if we want to stay free.
