Monday: School Board Meets, Will Present Ashby Award

1) The school board will be meeting for the first time since the opening of school, and as is customary, the superintendent will be delivering his first report. There will also be a presentation of the Ashby Award to Donna Pedersen, a first grade teacher at Ridge School. Nothing in the agenda has any information regarding the . And nothing specifically mentions a cost to the damaged high school fields, either. The agenda itself has few items of any importance on it.

2) Speaking of school news, remember B.F. parents, back-to-school night is Wednesday, September 14.

3) The Twin Cities' Star Tribune has an interesting piece on actor Phil Kilbourne, who's handling his battle brutal battle with cancer with aplomb. The local hook? He and his wife of 14 years, Marysue Moses, are from Ridgewood.

4) There will be a at Temple Beth Israel at 9:30 a.m.

5) There's a shot of some rain in the late morning, but otherwise Monday is projected to be a nice day. The high should be around 81 with partly cloudy skies.