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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: Random holiday thoughts about schools, whitewater and my dog

Some random thoughts as we enter the Memorial Day weekend. Warning: Two of them are related to the Muscogee County School District, one is kind of related but really about whitewater, and one is a story about my dog.

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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes commentary: BRAC brings growth to metro Columbus, but not to the Muscogee County School District

Anybody remember the 5th Brigade, 25th Infantry? I thought of it on Wednesday night when the bomb dropped. The bomb was Myles Caggins, chief of operations and facilities for the Muscogee County School District, telling a crowd at a public hearing that the district must close not two schools, but...
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DIMON KENDRICK-HOLMES: A week full of surprises

For the past three weeks, I've written about the school district, which not everybody likes.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: The battle between two worlds

Whenever I write about low-performing schools, somebody always responds that the only solution is better parenting.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: A different kind of education

For the past few months, I’ve been reading once a week to pre-K students at Muscogee Elementary. I’ve been the one getting the education.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: Poor kids get all the paddlings

Maybe you noticed it too. Last Sunday, on our front page, we ranked the schools with the most paddlings so far this academic year.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: The art of doing nothing

The art
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: Questions from the audience

Tim O'Brien was supposed to read from his work and then take questions.
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Where's your good-times stove?

It's been cold this week. In fact, it's been cold enough to crank up the good-times stove.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes commentary: Holy day, and holy places

That's because, for only the second time in the past 10 years, the opening weekend of spring break falls on Easter Sunday.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes: Soldier photos tell their stories

Today's front page contains the faces of Columbus-area soldiers who gave their lives in Iraq. Many of these are official Army photos, with the green-clad soldier standing at attention in front of the American flag.