December 23, 2008 – 6:44 am
As I reported (via a comment and a Tweet), the Northfield School Board met in special session last night and approved Supt. Chris Richardson’s revised recommendation (two-page PDF) for a design phase for the Sibley Expansion. The vote was 5-1. Katy Hargis voted no but didn’t explain why. Mike Berthelsen was absent, evidently [...]
December 18, 2008 – 10:57 am
Our guest this week was Northfield School District Superintendent Chris Richardson, talking with us about the proposed $2.8 million construction project at Sibley Elementary School.
I blogged about the project on Dec. 10 and Chris’s Powerpoint presentation (PDF) is included in that blog post, so I’ve turned off comments here in favor of continuing any [...]
December 13, 2008 – 11:01 am
Chelsea Ronsse, Lauren Knoche and Nikoleta Rukaj are students in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College. They produced this 4-minute video titled A New Kind of Charter School. (It’s about ARTech – the Northfield School of Arts and Technology.)
December 10, 2008 – 11:03 am
The Northfield Board of Education hosts the first of two public hearings tonight on its proposed construction project at Sibley Elementary School. The hearings are at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10 and Tuesday, December 16 at the Northfield High School Media Center.
The District web site seems to have very little info about the [...]
December 2, 2008 – 10:25 am
Matt Hart, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled Carrying a Torch for Kids Who Dream of College (PDF - full text below).
Carrying a Torch for Kids Who Dream of College
By Matt Hart
In 2001, two third-grade girls from Northfield had a dream.
They [...]
November 17, 2008 – 6:44 pm
A Minnesota-based non-profit is spending the next few months partnering children in New York City, Washington D.C., and Northfield with children in Iraq in an effort to build closer ties between the nations.
“We thought about Minneapolis, but decided on Northfield,” said Pam Middleton, executive director of War Kids Relief, which is a program of the [...]
November 16, 2008 – 8:26 pm
Amy Gohdes-Luhman, pastor of the Main Street Moravian Church, organized and hosted a town hall forum on heroin today. Panelists included:
Dr. Charles Reznikoff – Addiction Medicine Specialist, Opiate Agonist Therapy (OAT) Clinic - Northfield Hospital
Sarah Shippy – Program Director, MEd LICSW, Omada Behavioral Health Services
Scott Robinson – Sheriff’s Deputy, Rice County [...]
November 4, 2008 – 6:12 pm
Barbara Howe, director of Open Door Nursery School on West Third Street, is worried about the number of vacancies in daycares and preschools citywide.
“I think a lot of parents are having to make decisions financially,” Howe said on Tuesday. “There are things that have to go and unfortunately, nursery school is one of them.”
Howe said [...]
October 31, 2008 – 9:07 am
Jeff Wald, writing in his Nfld News column Wald’s Weekly Word, has a column this week titled Students banned from NHS game in which he wrote:
NHS Activities Director Tom Graupmann issued a warning to several male student-athletes before that match. “It would be a bad idea to show up,” he said he told them. [...]
October 23, 2008 – 6:05 pm
Update log: 10/27 9:30 a.m., 10/31 2:30 p.m.
Jesse Streitz received informal encouragement from the Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) on Thursday morning to move forward with plans to build a Goddard School for Early Education off Professional Drive.
Streitz, former mayor of Dundas, said he would plan on returning to the EDA in the future [...]
October 14, 2008 – 7:55 am
I snapped these photos at last night’s Northfield School Board meeting. The Board recognized the PRIMEtime Grant Collaborative and its PRIMEtime Fellows — Northfield High School students who volunteered to help elementary and middle school students this past year. See the album or this slideshow:
The PRIMEtime Fellows won a Minnesota 2008 Red Wagon Award (one [...]
September 29, 2008 – 8:54 am
I see some confusion on the Northfield Public Schools’ website regarding policies on cell phone use.
The Parent FAQ page says cell phone use is permissible between classes and at lunch:
Q: Is my student able to call me from school?
A: If they have a cell phone, they can call at any time before or after school, [...]
September 19, 2008 – 4:22 am
Last fall, Northfield Union of Youth Executive Director Josh Hinnenkamp posted a comment here on Locally Grown about youth drug use and it included these two paragraphs:
How can adults help with this problem of drug use? Going on a blog might teach you a few things, but [it] won’t fix a problem. The number [...]
September 14, 2008 – 7:31 am
In yesterday’s Strib: Workers, employers welcome 4-day week.
Public employers are at the forefront. In Minnesota, cities from Albertville to Zimmerman, counties and schools are making the switch or considering it… Higher energy costs are triggering the change, with employees saving 20 percent of their commuting gas money while building costs drop with less heating, [...]
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