Author Archives: john

When a concerned parent shared her educationally-trained daughter’s challenge of obtaining a career mentoring opportunity with Mounds View High School students, Dr. Jeffrey Ridlehoover–the school’s first-year principal– listened intently before sliding his business card across the table with a recommendation: … Continue reading →

Skip the commentary & cut to the chase, if you like. Minnesota’s Office of the Revisor of Statutes issued the statutes reflecting law changes passed by the 2013 MN Legislature today, including Section 120B.11, the centerpiece of this board campaign. Officially … Continue reading →

The analysis is complete.  As a vote “yes” resident each time the Mounds View district has put a referendum on the ballot in the last 15 years, the same is true for the 2013 ballot measure– both as a citizen … Continue reading →

With less than 6 weeks until the November 5th election, here is a video providing this campaign’s basic platform: Feel free to comment on and/or share with others as you choose.

(This post has not been updated to reflect 2015 circumstances.) ‘Got a scheduling conflict’ that will prevent you from casting your school board/city ballot on Tuesday, November 5th? For those who do, mail-in, absentee voting is now available– per Minnesota … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, Sept. 10th, I took part in an important privilege for Mounds View School Board candidates– the candidate meeting with the Superintendent. Throughout this one-to-one conversation, Supt. Hoverman proved thoughtful and forthright, and I was particularly pleased when he … Continue reading →

A majority of Minnesotans favor raising the minimum wage, legalizing marijuana for medically-prescribed purposes, and conducting background checks on firearms purchased at gun shows, while more people than not (3 to 1 margin) also believe that graduating MN students ought … Continue reading →

(Heads-up: This piece is essentially a prompt designed to increase your understanding about the common core standards recently integrated into the MCA III reading exam  administered in April 2013.  Enjoy!) The Minnesota Department of Education has released the results of … Continue reading →