Many families and individuals who want effective and efficient ways to save for education expenses often turn to the ever-popular 529 plan, which offers wide-ranging tax benefits. In recent years, the scope of 529 savings plan has expanded with several new features, many of which are often ...

Marshall’s rapidly increasing growth in the 1930s and 1940s indicated for some time that additional school building facilities were needed. This along with the low interest rates prevailing at that time prompted the Marshall School Board in 1946, under the administration of Paul Wilson, to ...

There are so many unknowns in life, aren’t there? A poem by Robert Frost has been bugging my brain lately. The poem is entitled “The Road Not Taken.” The narrator is walking through a forest, and his path suddenly splits into two paths. The story of the poem is about how one must make ...

Many, if not most, children can be naughty and will misbehave. There are some children, however, who go beyond naughty. About six percent of children will show a consistent pattern of breaking rules, being overly aggressive, and generally show disregard or lack of caring for others. Their ...

As we finalize this year’s budget revisions, we are already planning for next year. Despite our best efforts to manage costs efficiently, the district will need to use more than $1 million in reserves this school year due to inflation and state mandates. For the 2025-26 school year, we ...

The writer Arthur Brooks recently penned a column about a dinner party he and his wife attended with several other long-married couples. After some requisite social niceties, the hostess posed a question that sparked an evening of fascinating discussion: have you ever had a major crisis in your ...