Duluth school district releases results of community meetings, surveys
Class sizes need to be smaller. The seven-period day for middle and high schools needs to return. More work needs to be done to prevent bullying.Duluth News Tribune, 04/02/2013
Imaginations fly during Lincoln Park science classes
Hannah Guthrie is determined to be among the top Lincoln Park Middle School students who earn a flight at the end of the year — so determined that she built her own kid-size cardboard plane, complete with rudders and a crawl-space, for extra credit.Duluth News Tribune, 04/01/2013
Budget cuts may mean fewer Duluth students can take 'zero hour' classes
It’s 8:10 a.m. on Thursday and Little Mob, one of the elite choirs at Denfeld High School, already is cranked up. Teacher Marcia VanCamp runs the students through vocal exercises and movements before working up to songs from “Little Shop of Horrors” around the piano, and no one looks tired.Duluth News Tribune, 03/31/2013
Debate continues over Congdon school renovation
If the Duluth School Board approves the bid for a Congdon Park Elementary retaining wall next week, it’s still unclear whether skating rinks would be installed on the site.Duluth News Tribune, 03/26/2013
State rule forces Duluth district to pay costs for special education students in other districts
Under a little-known state rule, Duluth and other districts pay the costs for special education students who open-enroll to other school districts — often with no say in how those students will be educated.Duluth News Tribune, 03/25/2013
Special education costs squeeze all classrooms
Duluth used $8 million from its general fund last year to pay for special education programs required — but not paid for — by the state and federal governments. That meant taking $800 of state funding from each student and putting it toward special education.Duluth News Tribune, 03/24/2013
State reading test presents new challenges for Duluth schools
Holly Bowen-Bailey’s seventh- and eighth-grade reading intervention class at Ordean East Middle School delved into a search for similes and personification in two poems about special childhood places this week.Duluth News Tribune, 03/23/2013
Duluth teachers retirement fund seeks $8 million from state
The Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association has asked lawmakers for $8 million in state aid to help shore up its fund, and is signaling that it is willing to accept a smaller cost of living adjustment for retirees in return for the aid.Duluth News Tribune, 03/20/2013
Administrators recommend elevator for Duluth's Congdon Park school
Duluth school district administrators will recommend that the School Board approve purchasing a limited-use elevator at Congdon Park Elementary with some of the school’s remaining renovation project money.Duluth News Tribune, 03/20/2013
Duluth teachers pension fund requests $8 million in state aid
The Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association has asked lawmakers for $8 million in state aid to help shore up its fund, and is signaling that it is willing to accept a smaller cost of living adjustment for retirees in return for the aid.Duluth News Tribune, 03/19/2013
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