Opinions
This week’s column will be a slight departure from educational issues and will go to print about one week prior to the general election on Nov. 6th.
The commercials will finally stop for a short time with the upcoming election on Nov. 6thand while the process is often irritating, the importance of...
To the Editor:
We approach Election Day on November 6th with a great sense of division in our country. Americans have grown reluctant to discuss policy and governance out of fear of alienating or offending neighbors and friends, or have instead embraced the rhetoric of division and tribalism. ...
Questions have been asked about cheerleading and your local school district; this week’s column will address the questions that we have been asked.
Question #1: Does the school have cheerleading?
A: No, we have not had cheerleading as an activity for many years.
Question #2: Can we have...
The Long Prairie - Grey Eagle School District uses a lot of energy to heat the buildings and to keep the lights on. As a school board member what action would you take to reduce the District’s energy use?
That’s the question that I asked each person that is competing for one of three seats on the...
I saw a video clip of Hillary Clinton, speaking with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. My first re-action was to be completely stunned by what she was saying. My second was an overwhelming feeling of gratitude, to the American electorate, for preventing this hateful, vindictive person, from becoming our...
Readers of this column are aware that your local school district was left with no choice last year but to eliminate the gymnastics program as we were unable to find coaches. This has left the district with a shortage of activities for our female students and we are in the process of determining...
To the Editor:
I am saddened by all the women and men who laughed at the President’s mocking of women who found the courage to speak out. And, I have to wonder if they realize that they are raising their sons and daughters to perpetuate a “ boys will be boys culture” and a “ girls are less...
To the Editor:
Every month on our yearly calendars is a commemoration of awareness of one thing or another. October seems to have a theme of sorts, as it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Bullying Month, National Crime Prevention month and also safe schools has a week during October...
Food is quite a bit more expensive then you think. You just don’t pay the entire bill at the grocery store. The truth is, it’s really difficult to calculate the real cost of food.
That fact was made really clear when Hurricane Florence dumped floodwaters on North Carolina’s large hog and poultry...
One of the great things about Twitter is that it is not unusual that people tweet about interesting items. One person that I follow tweeted out an article from Forbes magazine that I will summarize in this week’s column.
The author of the article Barnard Marr opened the article by stating that...
