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Inver Grove Heights Election

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Tom Bartholomew, Candidate for City Council in Inver Grove Heights

Tom has lived in Inver Grove Heights for 29 years and currently serves as chair of the IGH Planning Commission.

Name : Tom Bartholomew  Age : 57 Place of residence : Inver Grove Heights Contact : tbartholomew@msn.com Attended college : Yes College : Concordia College Degree : BA Year of graduation : 1978 Job titles held : CEO, COO, Contoller, Director of Quality Employers : ReliaFund Inc Party affiliation : non partisian election Running for a: Local office Running for position: City Council Chamber/district: at large Incumbent: No Previous elective offices : NA Unsuccessful bids for elective offices : Inver Grove Heights Mayoral campaign 2008 and 2010 Address: 8120 Claymore Ave Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 Name : Mary Bartholomew

Friday, March 23, 2012

A Primer: IGH Community Schools Technology Levy Special Election

Inver Grove district residents are being asked to vote a new $700,000 per-year capital levy for technology. Election day is March 27.

For the second time in less than five months, the Inver Grove Heights school district will ask residents to approve a $700,000 per-year levy to pay for technology. On March 27, residents can vote on a 10-year capital levy that Inver Grove Heights Community Schools leaders say would “raise funds for server costs, software and technology, and the support and maintenance of technology.” Property owners would paying the levy in 2013. Voters on Nov. 8 defeated a similar levy request, 2,025 votes to 1,646. The Board of Education voted in January to move forward with another levy election. Right now, the district pays for technology-related costs—equipment replacements, maintenance, licensing, upgrades and TIES applications, such as …

Dian Piekarski_archived

7:08 pm on Saturday, July 21, 2012

The information contained in the article is too late. The information sent out repeatedly via mail is too vague. There is no breakdown on how much of the total raised will go to the areas identified in the article. And yes, if we go far enough down this path, will we need schools and/or teachers, administrators, busing at all? Couldn't students just log in from home?   more ›

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