Are our legislators making children dumber by depriving them of proper care… September 6, 2015 … and then expecting teachers to make up the difference? I tend to think that this argument has merit. Its outlined in a letter-to-the-editor… Continue Reading
Out of town but not out of mind… September 3, 2015 …although I’m on the Duluth School Board so I may very well be out of my mind. I’m melting in Florida at the moment…. Continue Reading
Please mark your calendars for the Karen Lynne Burmeister Show September 1, 2015 I asked Loren Martell to file for the School Board seat in District 3. He warned me that he has some personal priorities which… Continue Reading
To donate to Alanna’s campaign online….. September 1, 2015 ….Click this: https://www.facebook.com/oswaldforschoolboard/app_208195102528120 Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 10 – The Competition August 31, 2015 First let me make this very clear. I have never known anyone who ran for the School Board was not a good person or… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 9 – ALANNA, THE TRIBUNE’S PROBLEM EXPLOITER August 31, 2015 The Trib has it all wrong. Alanna took a huge problem and got it fixed. As our Superintendent often says first you go to… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 8 – WWKD What Would Kirby Do? August 31, 2015 When Judy Seliga-Punyko talked about the issue on March 18th she pointed an accusing finger at the Minnesota Department of Education for frog marching… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 7 – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished August 31, 2015 Did Alanna get a handshake and thank you for putting the District on the road to rehabilitation? Not exactly. There is an old saying… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 6 – The School Board takes note August 31, 2015 It wasn’t only Brenda Casselius and the Minnesota Dept. of Education that got wind of Duluth’s shortcuts. The story was reported in the Duluth… Continue Reading
Howie Hanson’s blog August 31, 2015 One predictable result of sticking up for Alanna Oswald is that her fans are noticing and sending me information that might be of help… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 5 “ The MDE to the rescue August 30, 2015 PLEASE NOTE: I WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND ALTERED THE TITLE TO FIT THE STORY BETTER. Brenda Casselius acted swiftly. Here is… Continue Reading
Resilience August 30, 2015 There was a thought provoking story in the Sunday Trib about counseling for high school kids. Students at East High, including the very thoughtful… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 5 “ No good deed goes unpunished August 29, 2015 Commissioner Casselius acted swiftly. Here is her email reply to Alanna: [Having spent most of Saturday honing blog posts today I wanted some grandchild… Continue Reading
On the subject of prohibition of drugs August 29, 2015 I admire powerfully argued propositions. My Buddy sent me this and frankly my blog could use a short break from the Duluth Schools. I’ll… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 4 – How to fix what’s broken August 29, 2015 Let’s be clear, Alanna Oswald is her own person. At no time were either Art Johnston or I aware of Alanna while we were… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 3 – Why did “The Thumb” return with such a vengeance? August 28, 2015 Why did the Tribune’s editors give the superlative Alanna Oswald such short shrift? Three answers come readily to mind. 1. To teach me a… Continue Reading
Rosie’s ally accuses Loren Martell of being vitriolic August 28, 2015 From a letter in today’s Duluth Reader by one of the paid staff that works with Rosie Loeffler-Kemp’s husband in the Public Employees Union,… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 2 – Why Just One Candidate? August 28, 2015 I was astonished when the Tribune’s editorial board put all their eggs in one basket and recommended only one of the two at-large candidates… Continue Reading
That Editorial “ Intermission August 27, 2015 I’m working on it. I’ve got about seven or eight more posts to write to tell this story “exactingly.” It may take me more… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 1, Other voices August 27, 2015 My busy day gave me a chance to research but not to begin the writing this subject deserves. I’ll work on that tomorrow but… Continue Reading
