Tischer Creek Trek with the Tan Man July 21, 2010 I’ve never been sure which creek runs a block east of the soon to be East Junior High. It’s apparently Tischer Creek. After correcting… Continue Reading
Red Plan = Titanic June 16, 2010 Today’s story about the 22 laid off tenured teachers provoked a friend to put together a little enrollment research: This is very much in… Continue Reading
Let’s be reasonable, shall we? June 9, 2010 I was telling a fellow recently that no matter how tasty a fish dinner is there’s a good chance the kitchen will smell unpleasantly… Continue Reading
Charter Schools March 20, 2010 Among my “allies” in the anti Red Plan world is a fellow who has been madder than hell at me for a decade. He… Continue Reading
Unconscionable March 10, 2010 Today’s story on Dr. Dixon’s continued plundering of a million in Desegregation funds to fund all day kindergarten needs some explanation. Here’s mine. Dixon… Continue Reading
From an email rcvd 2 26 2010 February 27, 2010 My husband, two daughters and I attended registration at Duluth Central last night from 6-? Hundreds and hundreds of parents and students were there… Continue Reading
But he loves kids July 13, 2009 As I was waiting for my docs to be faxed this morning a Mother and child were in the UPS store with me. She… Continue Reading
Please DNT – Don’t report any of this! July 3, 2009 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… Continue Reading
No news is bad news June 28, 2009 Its Sunday morning and once again I put a bare five hours into my slumbers before waking a little after 4AM Pacific time. I… Continue Reading
My bad blog June 15, 2009 The attorneys for JCI and the School District have sent the five taxpayers about 20 pages of demands for documents. This primarily affects me… Continue Reading
A better idea June 2, 2009 This story ,critical of Duluth’s Edison Schools, was planted by what appears to be a partisan group akin to the GOP affiliated organizations that… Continue Reading
Thank goodness for television reporting May 31, 2009 My wife called me to the television as I was putting folded clothing away during the ten PM news. WDIO’s Katie Nordeen was reporting… Continue Reading
The exodus May 15, 2009 This is an old graph from the Trib. Its shows the enrollment decline of ISD 709 and the increase of just one area charter… Continue Reading
The delusion of shiny new schools May 13, 2009 The Red Plan Koolaid maintains that new schools will bring students into our schools. In fact, Ordean High will be built 20% than necessary… Continue Reading
R*E*S*P*E*C*T, May 2, 2009 The Budgeteer’s predictable editorial chastising Red Plan opponents for booing at a recent School Board could have used a little perspective. It echoed Ralph… Continue Reading
Central High April 16, 2009 While the District is prepared to prove you can put an elephant in a Prius for the sake of energy efficiency I’m interested in… Continue Reading
Piedmont PTA History April 2, 2009 I just got this troubling chronology from a former active PTA Mom from Piedmont. . . . My girls went to Piedmont for 7… Continue Reading
Vile March 21, 2009 Paul Goossens and I go way back to 1999 when we were both allies in the effort to keep the Edison school experiment alive… Continue Reading
Charters February 9, 2009 The next story Sarah needs to write is about Duluth’s parochial schools. I’ve been too busy to check but I’ve heard the Catholic schools… Continue Reading
Voting Harry off the island February 1, 2009 A letter-to-the-editor in today’s Sunday Trib said Let Duluth Vote is a good cause but has faulty leaders and I was mentioned specifically. No… Continue Reading
