Red Plan Likely To Remain On Track Incumbents Say

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Red Plan Likely To Remain On Track Incumbents Say

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Nov 3, 2009 at 11:42 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 3, 2009 at 11:42 PM CST

The voters have spoken results and experts say the Duluth School District's Red Plan will move forward.

Based on the unofficial results, incumbents Mary Cameron and Ann Wasson have been re-elected.

Candidates Tom Kasper and Art Johnston have also scored victories.
Both Kasper and Johnston have expressed some degree of criticism on the Long Range Facilities Plan.

However, incumbent board members say the Red Plan will remain on course.

"I am very humbled and very appreciative of the citizens of Duluth," said Mary Cameron, Duluth School Board member. "It tells me that they support what I've been doing, that they believe that I care about the children."

Ann Wasson spoke last night on her victory.

"I was rather relieved, I think it just kind of tells me that people do appreciate what I've done in the past 6 years," she said.

School board chair Tim Grover says he's confident the Long Range plan will keep moving forward as well.

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 2:55 PM rb wrote ...

I am w. you brian..house back on market in spring.

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 12:23 PM rs wrote ...

Are some of you REALLY as clueless as you sound? You really think that keeping the schools status quo would result in more people moving to Duluth and less leaving it? I grew up here and lived elsewhere for 12 yrs and moved back "home" to raise a family. I am SO thankful that finally we are investing in our future by upgrading schools that are clearly some of the most run down in the state. 10 years from now this will be celebrated by those who remain AND arrive in part because of schools.

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 11:27 AM kkirt185@YAHOO.COM wrote ...

ask dixon about the house he is building in colorado and the price a little expensive for a supertendent ???????????????

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 11:18 AM shannon wrote ...

very pleased the Red Plan will move forward. Just take a stroll thru the schools and you'll realize how badly it is needed. The fourth grade teacher at Laurel McCarthur who had a light fixture fall and hit a kid on the head would agree!!!!!

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 10:46 AM lyb wrote ...

You all should realize that this plan will be the best thing for our schools and will help attract families that have left the school system back to the Duluth Public Schools. The schools will be state of the art and something our city can be proud of.

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 9:06 AM Angry with Council wrote ...

I am in agreement with Brian. We are a family of 7 with 5 children in the duluth school system. We live near the Ordean site and have seen first hand how dirty Dixon is and what he has been doing. We are also putting our home of 15 years up for sale and getting out of this town. Why hasn't anyone put a stop to Dixon? His last town did.

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 9:04 AM Skip wrote ...

Camoron and Wastin will be able to look back one day and realize how they were the vital part in bringing Duluth down. You want young good people to want to move here not leave. Two of my neighbors are packing up their familys and getting out because of this. I thing these people got so involved in defending the red plan that they no longer realized that it is the Dead Plan for this town. You pull the college out of Duluth and there would be nobody under 40 living here. A town slowely rotting

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 8:28 AM Brian wrote ...

Im confident that ill be selling my home and moving to esko with my family of 5. I just cant let my children be another number in a poor school system in a dying town. I moved here from the cities because i got tired of watching bad decision after bad decision. Well its worse here and i cant deal with the rich passing money around to themselves like this. Goodbye Duluth!!

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