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Wanted posters might be better

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So the ISD 2142 School Board considered a proposal to pay $10,000 for “bronze plaques at each school recognizing the board members, superintendent, business manager, Johnson Controls, Krause Construction and Architectural Resources Inc. for their role in building new and remodeled schools.”

Wow. $10,000 is a lot of money.

I’m sure they could find a better price by checking with the FBI for the supplier of the kind of posters that hang in post offices. And it would be easy to duplicate them and have people in Orr, Cook, and Tower (those areas most “benefited” from the new school plan) post them throughout their communities.

Indeed, we’d like the persons responsible for the many changes in our communities to be known by their faces and the other information the FBI posters provide: date of birth, last known address, recent photo, and previous record. No, wait. That last one might be too long to get on the poster for some of the honorees. Maybe just a short summary.

Leah Rogne

Gheen, Minn.