School Beat: What to Watch Out For in 2009Lisa Schiffbyline‚ Jan. 08‚ 20092009 will keep public education supporters on their toes with lots of new challenges and opportunities to keep track of, plus a few ongoing spots of trouble just to keep things familiar. Closest to home we have our Board of Education (BOE), for which the new and newly returning members were sworn in yesterday. The BOE election was almost as exciting as Minnesota’s Senatorial contest between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, with incumbent Jill Wynns edging out newcomer Barbara Lopez at the last moment – and with Rachel Norton eventually moving to the bottom of the list of the four winners in terms of vote count. |