The president of the Caledonia Community Schools Board of Education, Tim Morris, has served for years, and he has done some genuine good. At some level he has meant well. But he has recently shown himself to be an untrusting and untrustworthy trustee. To keep things simple, my own comments below point to two recentContinue reading “Two betrayals of Caledonia students, teachers, residents”
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Clarifying the issues in the Caledonia anti-masking and Kallman proposals
Dear trustees of Caledonia Community Schools, I have seen some of the replies that board president Tim Morris is sending to some who have written to the board expressing opposition to the masking policy and the “constitutional law firm” proposal. Those replies are useful for clarifying several points. The district’s responsibility to students is toContinue reading “Clarifying the issues in the Caledonia anti-masking and Kallman proposals”
A social-media post raises ethical questions for the Caledonia school board
This three-minute comment, given in the March 17, 2025, meeting of the Board of Education of Caledonia Community Schools, is a follow-up to “How not to prepare for the next epidemic.” The board chair is Tim Morris, who in the last several years has become a political ally or operative of State Representative Angela Rigas,Continue reading “A social-media post raises ethical questions for the Caledonia school board”
2024 election wrap-up: Caledonia (MI) Community Schools
My wrap-up on the 2024 school-board election, starting from a small note from Florida with a big tie-in to Caledonia. It’s all about this question: should school-board elections be partisan or nonpartisan? Education won a small victory in Florida, where education very much needs some victories: voters rejected an initiative to make school board electionsContinue reading “2024 election wrap-up: Caledonia (MI) Community Schools”
January 6, Angela Rigas, and the way forward
Yale historian Timothy Snyder has posted a 15-fact summary of the January 6 committee’s report. You should stop now and read it if you have not already. I said yesterday (in a FaceBook post) that no one can be surprised by continuing revelations of Trump’s misdeeds. Anyone with clear moral vision knew what Trump was,Continue reading “January 6, Angela Rigas, and the way forward”
Why did the Caledonia Education Association endorse you?
Why did the CEA endorse you, Eric, and Mary Anne? The CEA gives its own reason in its own announcement: they regard us as pro–public education candidates. They are right. We are. My interpretation: This is not a trivial pronouncement, and it is not one that can be made by or about all candidates. IContinue reading “Why did the Caledonia Education Association endorse you?”
Isn’t “culturally responsive learning” just code for CRT?
Once again bogus complaints about CRT in Caledonia schools are being used to get votes. So here’s one more explanation.
What’s most important in the school-board election?
Let Caledonia be a place where students learn not only how to make a living or go to college but also, especially, how to uphold life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, justice, the common good, equality, truth, diversity, popular sovereignty, and patriotism.
Acquiescence is complicity; love requires truthtelling
Until we have agreed that we will speak truthfully and respectfully to and about each other, and that we will not choose as our representatives people who are unable to do either, we cannot hope for progress on anything else.
What Angela Rigas said at the school board meeting
State rep candidate Angela Rigas takes aim and fires off a wild shot at the Caledonia Community Schools.
Verba Sparsa 