JCI’s dire warning all smoke December 29, 2010 Build our schools or you will die………another funny JCI joke. From the Timberjay. It’s an extraordinary improvement over the estimated $2.78 million budget gap… Continue Reading
But do we get a say? July 25, 2010 I found the concluding paragraph in this very long article about the JCI inspired dilemmas facing the St. Louis County School system very interesting… Continue Reading
More local gov’s pile on JCI plan up North July 24, 2010 It makes one wish Duluth’s local government had some spine. Continue Reading
No idle threats July 24, 2010 Another story that the Trib doesn’t, has never, covered that shows how wrongheaded JCI directed School Boards can be. Bjerklie’s reference was clear, and… Continue Reading
JCI’s Beaurcratic friends fill loopholes for them July 24, 2010 How JCI gets around the law: The issue arose because the school district’s consultants apparently never considered zoning in their school site selection process…. Continue Reading
Another blot against JCI July 17, 2010 Maybe the confidence expressed (two posts ago) in JCI’s consultancy by the St. Louis County school board was misplaced. No doubt, school officials are… Continue Reading
School Board expresses confidence in JCI July 17, 2010 After discovering that JCI’s grand plans for a northern school in St. Louis County may have fallen through because it somehow failed to exert… Continue Reading
The absence of posts May 17, 2010 The absence of posts here has nothing to do with nothing happening. I’ve actually had quite a number of alerts that have been worth… Continue Reading
If they build it . . . April 21, 2010 From the Apr. 15th Timberjay not the Field of Dreams. It begins: Enrollment gap raises questions about school plan School district faces significant enrollment… Continue Reading
The future of the St. Louis County schools April 21, 2010 JCI may end up causing the dissolution of a school district. Due to lost email I can’t find the link to the Timberjay story… Continue Reading
Meanwhile at JCI’s northern embarrassment April 5, 2010 And from the Timberjay: The latest on JCI’s foul ups up North. A sample: And that’s if everything goes well, which so far it… Continue Reading
JCI’s head up another school district’s Asperations April 3, 2010 JCI has made more of a mess of the St. Louis County School District’s plans for a new northern school. Here’s just just one… Continue Reading
Meanwhile up North March 26, 2010 Not mentioned in the Duluth News Tribune – JCI’s unhappy civil war in the St. Louis County School District. From the Timberjay: The school… Continue Reading
Cook and Orr aren’t taking it lying down March 9, 2010 One of my biggest regrets is not demanding that public data on the Red Plan be made public. That was one of the key… Continue Reading
Teachers Union using JCI info being sued March 9, 2010 Here’s more about JCI’s Civil War up north that you aren’t reading about in the DNT. The story is about a legal complaint being… Continue Reading
Why the Civil War up north? February 27, 2010 The Timberjay outlines 11 reasons. Number 8:8. Conflict of Interest: There is a serious conflict of interest in hiring a construction company to come… Continue Reading
Slapping the Jay – no way! February 13, 2010 And then there’s this. Meanwhile the Duluth News Trib has some reporters who excel at terpsichory. For the real DNT content Continue Reading
Compare Duluth’s newsletter with real journalists February 13, 2010 A blistering editorial in the Timberjay concludes: So, we appear to have an exaggerated financial crisis. We have what looks like overstated savings from… Continue Reading
