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PPW - Or How I Learned to Justify my Expenditures
I loved college. (Go Ducks!) I loved my friends, my classes, my freedom. Not that I was repressed prior to that or anything, but I mean that enjoyed making (most of) my own decisions in college. I enj...
Posted on 4/30/13 at 8:07 PM
Legislative notebook: Hundreds rally for passage of gay marriage
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis Many of the hundreds who rallied Thursday to support legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota said they think it can happen this year. We have come this far and are t...
Posted on 4/18/13 at 9:38 PM
Adventures in Subbing: Inner City School pt 2
Part one was about the hoopla; this post is about the nuts and bolts of the student struggles in North Minneapolis. When the 6th and 7th graders I taught this day eventually got down to work (which t...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 10:03 AM
Are you aware.......
Are you aware of what you are doing? When you talk about somebody behind his/her back, you degrade that person and his/her self-esteem. When you yell insults to someone, you scare them away. When you...
Posted on 12/18/12 at 9:21 AM
Mutiny in the lunchroom
In "We Are Hungry," one of the latest You Tube videos to gain widespread attention, high school students are turned away empty-handed from second helpings in the cafeteria, collapse during volleyball ...
Posted on 10/5/12 at 10:44 AM
Making the grade: Salute to retiring District 518 staff
May 18, 2013
New middle school decision will be on ballot
WORTHINGTON — District 518 will move forward with a referendum for a new intermediate school, the school board decided during a special meeting Thursday morning.By Aaron Hagen , May 09, 2013
School closings from ice storm leave administrators tacking on days
WORTHINGTON — John Landgaard has seen ice and snow like last week’s before.By Aaron Hagen , April 17, 2013
New bus company for District 518
School board approves contract starting in fallWORTHINGTON —After much discussion among the board members at Tuesday’s board meeting, the District 518 School Board voted unanimously to accept Bud’s Bus Service as the transportation company, beginning in the fall.
By Aaron Hagen , April 16, 2013
Districts hope to continue early start to school year
By Alyson Buschena , February 26, 2013
Fourteen District 518 staff to retire
School board also hears special education detailsWORTHINGTON — Fourteen longtime District 518 instructors will take advantage of the retirement incentive the school board approved last month, it was announced at Tuesday night’s routine monthly board meeting.
By Jane Turpin Moore , February 19, 2013
Pipestone Schools to try independent learning
Second through fourth graders will transition through grades at their own pacePIPESTONE — After years of sticking to the traditional classroom model, Pipestone Area Schools is trying something new.
By Alyson Buschena , February 07, 2013
End of an era for RL-B
School district takes initial steps to close high schoolROUND LAKE — After years of declining enrollment and subsequent financial difficulties, the Round Lake-Brewster School District has begun the consolidation process and is in the preliminary planning stages of closing the Round Lake high school and establishing secondary tuition agreements with neighboring school districts.
By Alyson Buschena , February 06, 2013
Column: Digital field trips excite district students, staff
By Lisa Spieker, District 518 , January 26, 2013
As others see it: Move school elections to general election day
All of the recent local discussion about whether to include the seat of appointed school board member John Meyers in a special Western Iowa Tech Community College election next month got us thinking about a subject we have discussed in this space before.By Sioux City, Iowa, Journal , January 23, 2013
Threats cause lockdown at Red Wing schools
RED WING, Minn. -- All Red Wing schools are on lockdown today after a student reported receiving a threatening call that alluded to a shooting at the school.December 19, 2012
School referendum effort defeated in Mountain Lake
MOUNTAIN LAKE — Voters in the Mountain Lake school district answered a resounding “no” to a pair of referendum questions Monday night.By Daily Globe , December 18, 2012
Tragedy in Connecticut
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school where his mother was a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in corners and closets and trembled helplessly to the sound of shots reverberating through the building.
By Associated Press , December 14, 2012
Column: 'Tis the season to remember the reason
WORTHINGTON — “Deck the halls with boughs of holly…” Since the day after Thanksgiving, my family and I have noticed how quickly lights went up on homes and businesses in many communities. It seemed as though the minute Thanksgiving was officially over, at least according to the clock, the decorations emerged at breakneck speed, and we certainly wondered why. It could be that many are just in a particularly festive mood, or maybe the weather was perfect for putting up lights and thus avoiding the joy of frostbite nipping at your noseBy Brenda Matasovsky , December 14, 2012
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