“Those kids had no business leaving home in the first place.” An upbeat follow up to an earlier blog

Earlier in the semester, my blog discussed a September 22nd article in the Washington Post that covered how a small town in Minnesota had become a focal point in the heated ideological battle over immigration. The article detailed how the schools in Worthington Minnesota had become terribly overcrowded due to an influx of  young immigrants who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors. The original article detailed how the controversy over the kids mere presence, was contentious. Yet the real issue in Worthington was the 5 separate attempts to pass bond measures that would increase school funding, and alleviate some of the space, and student to teacher ration problems. In a recent update, the Washington Post covered how the latest bond measure fared. After 5 previously unsuccessful attempts, it could be understood if the progressives of Worthington were skeptical about their chances. This time however, the town of Worthington passed the entire bond measure package, "52 percent supported building a new school for third- through fifth-graders for $27 million, a second question over an additional $7 million won approval by 19 votes out of more than 3,400 ballots cast." While the margin of victory is as slim as they get, this update is a bit of good news on a topic that we rarely see progressive good news in, so I had to share it.