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Given the focus Mounds View district administrators are placing on what they’ve identified as a struggling middle school math program, is it appropriate to have certain courses appear in the high school Grade Point Average calculation of a seventh grader? … Continue reading →

By the deadline of 5:00 p.m. today, four candidates had filed for three Mounds View School Board terms, each extending from January 2014 to January 2018.  The four candidates include incumbents Jon Tynjala, Marre Jo Sager, and Greg Madsen.  My … Continue reading →

While District 621 is a leader in many regards (one-of-a-kind early college offerings, 100% ACT exam administration, and high number of National Merit Scholars to name a few) it also has areas where the work never ends– especially considering the … Continue reading →