Bent Elbows July 14, 2016 Claudia and I decided to have lunch together this afternoon. We called our daughter to invite her. As a teacher she has her summer… Continue Reading
Bob Mars Jr. July 14, 2016 Bob Mars Jr. died yesterday. I served with Bob for six years on the Duluth School Board. I first met him forty years ago… Continue Reading
Making out tedious SB meetings available to all July 12, 2016 There have been a few news articles about public education over the past couple of weeks in the Trib that I’ve not been inclined… Continue Reading
My Chum’s chum July 10, 2016 It’s been a sobering week in the news. During our church service today our old pastor read St. Francis of Assisi’s famous prayer. Like… Continue Reading
Loren Martell’s Time Machine July 2, 2016 Watching our June 21st school board meeting in full on youtube will take you three hours and 18 minutes. That’s a big reason to… Continue Reading
Painting early June 28, 2016 Blogging, School Boarding, and History Reading are all taking a momentary backseat to summer homework as in painting my home’s trim. I have probably… Continue Reading
Ouropia June 28, 2016 I’m not the only person in Duluth finding it hard to get past the Red Plan. I got two emails about it from supporters… Continue Reading
My Red Plan myopia June 25, 2016 From today’s email inbox: From: “Zenith City Weekly” To: “Harrywelty” Sent: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:50:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Thanks for the plug! So,… Continue Reading
Will 709 still be able to refinance our Bonds and get a 3% savings? June 24, 2016 Loren Martell’s column written before yesterday’s stunning Brexit vote noted that our Bond Advisers warned us that the economy was fickle. Today the stock… Continue Reading
More on Effluent Creek June 24, 2016 Duluth’s Alternative Press keeps digging into ISD 709. This comes from this month’s Zenith: “In Duluth, 87 percent of white students graduated in 2015… Continue Reading
Without a paddle June 24, 2016 Loren Martell describes our recent meeting with our bond advisers and explains the arcane rules which demonstrated that the past school boards have left… Continue Reading
Rosie’s Sharp Elbows June 24, 2016 Rosie Loeffler-Kemp has been our Clerk for the past year- and-a-half meaning that she shares the private meetings with the Superintendent that determine our… Continue Reading
A ladyslipper by any other name June 22, 2016 This Post Title was just a cheap way of letting me upload another bucolic image onto my blog. I took the picture yesterday as… Continue Reading
Nematodes June 20, 2016 I just saw this Red Admiral taking a drink from our Japanese Lilac. Nice to know I haven’t wrecked everything garden-wise after desecrating my… Continue Reading
Olive’s Egg June 19, 2016 This is Olive’s Egg. It was an impulse buy I couldn’t resist while we were shepherding our grandson’s around St. Paul’s Como Park Zoo…. Continue Reading
Mummies June 15, 2016 Dear Readers, There is a movie out based on a book I haven’t read. Its about the relationship between Thomas Wolfe, a protean American… Continue Reading
The Mulch is coming June 14, 2016 It became apparent at yesterday’s lengthy Business Committee meeting that there will be new mulch placed on our school playgrounds next year or the… Continue Reading
Our third public high school June 14, 2016 Alanna Oswald weighs in on the last post: “Harbor City International School has been in existence since 2002, and educated 220 students in grades… Continue Reading
Not getting over our charter schools June 14, 2016 A friend and long time supporter of the Red Plan, Greg Sandbulte, wrote a cogent argument against the Duluth Public Schools Academy being able… Continue Reading
Seismic waves June 14, 2016 I got another email “letter” from Donald Trump telling me that if he’s elected there will never be another mass shooting in the US… Continue Reading
