One reason ISD 709 better hope that a referendum passes…

…is this story about the Northstar Academy’s current decision not to begin a new high school. If a referendum fails there will be increasing calls for a new escape hatch from families that have children in 40 plus classrooms. That new high school could draw off another 400 or 500 students from ISD 709.

I can’t help but notice the name of one task force member looking into a new school who was quoted in the story. Just a few years ago he vociferously attacked me for demanding a vote on the Red Plan in letters to the editor and on the DNT’s abandoned chat page. He liked to say that my blog was a scurrilous and bestial place, or words to that effect.

Having gotten the new high schools at a cost of half a billion bucks he now wants to pull another 400 students out of them turning a calamity for the ISD 709 schools into a calamity squared. With Red Plan friends like that who needs enemies.

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