Today’s Star Tribune South section included an article about the lawsuit brought by the Village School against the State Dept. of Education and the Northfield School District.
Apparently the legal arguments hinge on a recordkeeping technicality: The board voted 5-2 not to renew its sponsorship for the Village School at its 5/30/06 meeting, but did [...]
Last week’s blog post about class size at the Northfield district’s elementary schools continue to zoom along, with over 50 comments attached. Join the conversation there and don’t forget: there’s a school board meeting coming up on Monday.
February 25, 2007 – 8:21 pm
Northfield School District Superintendent Chris Richardson did a volunteer shift of reading/storytelling at the Community Volunteer Festival a couple of weeks ago. From the looks on the faces of the kids, he’s evidently not half bad at it. Click photos to enlarge.
January 13, 2007 – 5:54 pm
This story on the front page of today’s Strib caught my attention:
Scholarship foundation drops Edison: A funding and control dispute leads a scholarship donor to Minneapolis schools to pull money from Edison High.
The systemic factor not mentioned in the story: the adults in the system — teachers, administrators, and school board members — are now [...]
January 5, 2007 – 9:54 am
At a social gathering last weekend, I heard a rumor that the Northfield School Board was producing a calendar. I inquired if it was intended as a fund-raising effort, along the lines of the women who posed in support of the Leukaemia Reasearch Fund. My inquiry was neither confirmed or denied.
Further rumors suggested that Noel [...]
October 25, 2006 – 6:19 am
The Northfield CQE held a Vote Yes! wine-tasting event last night at the James Gang Hideaway in support of the proposed operating levy and capital projects referenda on Nov. 7. Left photo (click to enlarge): Anne Maple and Julie Pritchard speaking to the crowd; right: HideAway owners Joan and Jim Spaulding. (Full disclosure: I [...]
October 2, 2006 – 6:11 pm
Our guest this week was Kari Nelson, Chair of the Northfield School Board, discussing the upcoming levy referenda.
(If you’re reading this on Monday, October 2, the district is hosting another forum at the high school auditorium tonight at 7 pm.)
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