Siouxperman8
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3 hours ago, FSSD said:
Good morning, great post. You’re absolutely right—there are many excellent public schools in the metro. What you described above sounds a lot like Wayzata, Chan, or Tonka. Overall, we were satisfied with our children’s education until we started running into safety and harassment issues. Things escalated to the point where we had to leave; one incident even involved a school lockdown, among other concerns.
We ended up moving our kids to Beacon Prep, and both my wife and I were stunned by the difference in academic performance—it was truly night and day. The biggest contrast I’ve observed between our local public schools and a high-performing charter like Beacon is expectations. In public schools, our children were tracked into standard-level classes, while at Beacon the baseline expectation was that every student would work at IB, AP, or honors levels.
Later, when our children transitioned back to public high school, they were placed into AP and honors courses without issue. They have since graduated college and they are working in STEM career paths.
You are correct on the school guesses. As much as it pains me I’d add Eden Prairie into that mix too. 😀
on a more serious note. Just arrived in Cedar Falls. Grabbing a beer and food before the game. Go Hawks
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Heading out for Cedar Falls soon. Hoping to see lots of green in the stands
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12 hours ago, Cratter said:
Growing up in Grand Forks going to public schools. I entered college and started to hear about the "horrors of public schools." I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Public schools seemed perfectly fine to me. My buddies and I all graduated with honors. 99% of people showed up everyday and had homework ready to turn in.
My "twin cities" friends in college quickly filled me in that there was a whole other side to "public schools" I had no idea existed.
If your public school is bad, is that a system of the neighborhood you live in?
Sorry for the long post. I can’t sleep for some reason.
Most of it falls to family involvement with their kids and their economic status. My experience is with well funded suburban schools both as a parent, coach and part time worker at sporting events. Now also the parent of 3 teachers so I’m a little biased.
For sure the inner city schools are a different story. Just saying there are great opportunities in many TC schools.
I grew up in NW MN and got a very good education. My kids went to SW suburban public schools and their education way outpaced mine. The downside is lack of opportunities to be in sports and other extracurriculars at the varsity level. Just too many kids for very few spots.
My 3 kids all went to UND with multiple college credits already in hand through AP or IB classes and were already at sophomore level when they enrolled. (Was great for hockey ticket priority). All three were done with a year of calculus when they came to UND. None of that was even offered at my high school but probably more common today.
My kids were honor students in hs but not valedictorians or anything. My daughter was told she scored the highest in Spanish placement test ever at UND and that was before our HS even offered Spanish immersion. The UND professors were sure that she had lived abroad for at least a year or two. In her 9-12 hs Spanish class nobody was allowed to speak English once they entered the room. She was blown away at UND when the prof spoke to them quite often in English cuz most of the kids needed it.
At the better suburban schools it’s a race to attract and retain students and high quality teachers. More students = more funding so they are highly motivated. They continue to offer more of both high level STEM and vocational type courses. Our hs now offers an Aviation program with state of the art flight simulators and air traffic control classes. Small school kids are great but we didn’t get the opportunities offered in the big suburban schools because of the money involved.
Teachers wash out quickly at our schools if they’re not good enough. My sister teaches in NW MN and they have a math job openings that’s gone unfilled for a couple of years cuz no applicants. No way they would get rid of a barely adequate teacher.
Our hs puts out an annual report type booklet every couple of years comparing their students performance to the area private schools achievement and on national testing. When looking at top 200-300 in each grade they out perform the area private schools. They also show overall scores but make that distinction cuz they educate the special needs and behavior issue kids that the private schools turn away.
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9 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
it ain’t 2021-2023 anymore. The other side gets their time now after that debacle.
we talkin' politics again? Thanks for validating my post regardlng the point of this thread
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5 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:I’m seeing discussion of the claims of the report so far. If that drifts it’ll get locked.
Discussions of the claims of the report where all roads lead to politics, like you knew it would. It is antithetical to what you claim this site is about and you'll eventually issue warnings when it gets too bad.
You say no politics - but then bait the group into political discussions based on a TV 'documentary' that clearly had an agenda to sell, bought time on TV and whose producers won't say who paid for any of it. The TV show preaches the need for transparency but .........
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8 minutes ago, FSSD said:
Oh, I agree. The State of MN demographer has been raising the alarm for over a decade now about net domestic migrations. NOTE: In talking with my local State Rep, he has said that the MN policy is focused on International migration to create positive growth. As an example:
2022: Domestic - 29,000 International +12,000 with a net of - 17,000
2023: Domestic - 4,000 International + 12,000 with a net of 8,000
So, I believe any positive growth is going to be based on international migration going forward. Of course, it is all dependant on policy choices so subject to change.
interesting. Assuming the numbers you quoted are from the TV show. Not knowing what the truth is but everything I can find online shows positive MN population growth every year going back to 2001 and project into the next 10 years.
Anecdotally - look at house prices and rental costs in TC. Some people must want to live down here because it is pretty expensive to find a home. Minneapolis is a mess and not sure how to fix that but the TC metro area is much more than Minneapolis.
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26 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:
No one in Minnesota ever wants to talk about the net loss of around $4B in AGI from the MSP metro area over the past few years. Obviously nothing to see there.
For someone to mention "fiscal stability" and the state of Minnesota in the same sentence is laughable.
#rankedtop10
Serious question. How do MN and ND compare in AGI? And how does MSP metro compare to ND larger cities in AGI?
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On 10/2/2025 at 2:41 PM, The Sicatoka said:Someone bought all the local ABC air time in MN from 7-8 pm tonight (Thu Oct 2): KSTP, Duluth, Rochester and Fargo and Sioux Falls.
It's a look at MSP.
Or is it a warning to Fargo and Grand Forks.
Oct 2nd 7-8 PM CT
WDAY-TV
Host is Rick Kupchella ... yeah, that guy's son.
Wondering how you thought that starting this thread wouldn't lead to more political talk and division on this site which you profess to be trying to limit or eliminate?
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2 hours ago, GoodGood said:
UNI still have the LB that they moved to RB that week and then he ran for 200 yards on us?
Painful memory
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Tickets bought. Let's Go Hawks.
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20 hours ago, geaux_sioux said:
The last part in particular. I get the Big Ten factor but to play for Fleck? I’ll pass. I don't want Shamwow guy energy from my football coach.
I have always said this and wouldn't have lasted much more than a month with a coach like him. I'm surprised that his schtick hasn't worn thin but I guess cycling players out every 4-5 years is an advantage.
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Anybody going? I think we’ll make the drive. Per the Google the visitors section is T. Not many tickets sold there
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anybody going to UNI? Just over 3 hours from Twin Cities.
Looks like T is visitors section. Is that correct?
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1 minute ago, rochsioux said:
The Vikings will never join the elite teams that have true Super Bowl possibilities until they fix the offensive line and to some extent the defensive line. Not physical enough and they lose the battles upfront too often. There’s a reason the Eagles keep winning, they have one of the best if not the best offensive and defensive line combos in the NFL.
They tried this year but are missing 3 OL starters and Darrisaw was out for the first 2 games as well. Not sure they are elite but getting into the backups really takes a step backwards.
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1 hour ago, Hawkster said:
Wentz being Wentz today. Sacks and interceptions abound.
OL is a mess but he's made some really bad decisions too. Last offensive play of game he throws down the middle with 8 seconds left and no timeouts. Even if completed the time runs out. A few chances to throw the ball away today but ate it instead. He isn't the answer long term.
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On 9/3/2025 at 11:13 AM, sioux rube said:
I thought about going with my dog for this game but tickets to bring dog were $51 for the dog and same for the person with them. love my dog but not for $102 for the novelty to bring him to an MLB game.
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14 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:
Leigh tries to bounce it outside and hasn’t been able to get there.
And Leigh bounces it outside and takes it to the house. I’m all for him proving me wrong.
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Leigh tries to bounce it outside and hasn’t been able to get there.
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Ziebarth. 3 carries 27 yards. Too high ypc so can’t play?
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7 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:Unless you have a kid, grandkid, niece or nephew playing for one of NDSU's teams, switching sides from UND to NDSU is treason. Period.
I told my kids that the money we set aside for them for college could be used anywhere as long as it wasn't NDSU. I'm sure they knew I would cave if they decided to there but they didn't test it. All three of them ended up at UND.
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Crookston's Tate Hamre commits to UND football
https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/crookstons-tate-hamre-commits-to-und-football
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10 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:
Those production elements and entrances really distract and hurt the ag school, don’t they?
Anyways, I do agree there is a balance, but don’t overthink it; UND and Alerus Center need to do more..
Just saying it sounds like a decision by Schmidt.
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5 hours ago, Kab said:
Erik Martinson got back to me on game day experience.
he said he thought the game day experience is great ?
they are working on the team entrance but have to balance team focus on the game and production elements of the entrance. Not sure what BS that is
the sound was the fault of the Alerus.
Reading this is sounds like maybe Schmidt doesn't want the distraction of encroaching on the teams prep until they run onto the field. At least that is what I get out of 'balance team focus on the game and production elements of the entrance'. He's more worried about how his team is getting mentally ready vs. the pregame experience for fans. He wouldn't be the first coach to think that way.
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Looking forward to Hall of Fame weekend also. Footballers Kelly Howe and Randy Harles being inducted.
I don't know Kelly personally but Randy is one of the best people you will ever meet. Soft spoken and a very nice guy but was an absolute beast on the field and really impacted the game. Well deserved.
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