Squeezing some blood (thoughts on education) out of a turnip. December 21, 2017 I began deleting old email messages on my District website a few moments ago. One gives me a link to clear out all of… Continue Reading
Fighting my Blog freeze December 19, 2017 I began writing the second fuzzy post on Kindergarten but stopped half way through. I’ll finish it and unlike its predecessor I may even… Continue Reading
Two fuzzies, a referendum and a gift horse (2F,R,Horse) – A prologue December 17, 2017 NOTE: I ONLY TYPED THIS UP TO CLEAR MY MIND SO AS TO GET BACK TO SLEEP. THESE 1485 WORDS SERVE AS BOTH THE… Continue Reading
Snow Purge # 4 October 27, 2017 Loren’s column mentions the bad headlines which he posits are mostly the fault of the Red Plan’s aftermath. I’ve already blogged about the latest… Continue Reading
The Other Shoe Drops October 26, 2017 Our budget reserve comes close to evaporating. Here’s the straight forward story from the Trib. Like member Nora Sandstad, Alanna Oswald and I were… Continue Reading
Stuff that happened today – Friday October 20th, 2017 October 21, 2017 I saw the predictable 4th District endorsement early this morning when I brought the Trib in. I only read it ten minutes ago at… Continue Reading
A pause to reflect while drinking uninspiring coffee from a drive in October 19, 2017 The last two days were gorgeous for passing out campaign lit door to door. I only got about an hour in total because I… Continue Reading
A tale of two reporters October 14, 2017 Today’s Trib story about the School Board candidates speaking at the Chamber of Commerce Forum was covered by two reporters. Normally Jana Hollingsworth covers… Continue Reading
Annie’s riposte to busses from Proctor et al June 20, 2017 Alanna Oswald posted on Facebook that she has been trying to get these figures for ages. They come from Jana Hollingsworth’s story about how… Continue Reading
Trifecta Schmrifecta June 13, 2017 Posts that began in my head over a week before but which become placeholders for me to finish are a pain. Life goes on… Continue Reading
Inside Baseball oops School Board – emails 3,4,5,6 May 1, 2017 Number 1 Harry, Thanks for speaking with me on the referenced matter. Through various sources, I achieved a greater understanding of the situation. It… Continue Reading
Friends in Strange Places – How I meant to start March 10, 2017 Where did the beginning of the last post go? I just discovered I copied all but the first page of it from my computer… Continue Reading
Friends in strange places March 9, 2017 The Duluth School Board is and ought to be paranoid about voters who distrust it. We should be especially concerned about driving more of… Continue Reading
My email to “M” January 5, 2017 “M” emailed me a couple days ago with a critique of the Duluth Schools and is anonyomous to me because he/she is paranoid in… Continue Reading
My reply to an anonymous email December 16, 2016 From: “Minkdevil” To: “Harry Welty” Cc: Sent: 16-Dec-2016 02:37:28 +0000 Subject: School Sales At least someone can sell a damn school! http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/4174343-two-sherman-properties-sold Sent from… Continue Reading
Is the School board being a little chippy? November 7, 2016 …as in a chip on their shoulder. I sent this request to my fellow board members yesterday via email: Supt, and fellow board members,… Continue Reading
a tour November 2, 2016 Many River’s Montessori got a nice write-up in the Tribune today. By coincidence Alanna Oswald and I took up Mark Niedermeier’s invitation to take… Continue Reading
Mire 1 – Sweating the Details September 29, 2016 WDIO’s coverage of the Many Rivers purchase offer: http://www.wdio.com/news/many-rivers-montessori-duluth-school-board-sale/4276545/?cat=10335 These quotes from the story that caught my attention: Annie Harala, board chair, did not… Continue Reading
Many Rivers, Little info September 21, 2016 Yesterday’s School Board meeting will be up on Youtube in a few days. It was nearly three and a half hours long. My seatmate,… Continue Reading
Pound foolish about our competition August 20, 2016 I heaped skepticism if not quite scorn on the idea that Duluth’s Catholic schools would be up to competing with ISD 709 by expanding…. Continue Reading
