After a jam-packed day, I just spent almost 3 hours at the school for an evening PTO meeting and a meet-the-candidates night for the upcoming school board elections.<\/p>\n
Y’all. It was really cool.<\/p>\n
We have a great district. There was good discussion. There were great questions. I learned a lot. Some teachers were there. They are great. Some administrators are there. I’d never met them before, so that was cool, too.<\/p>\n
I am so glad I went. WHY?<\/p>\n
Because our teachers are really awesome people who give and give and give and give to our students. They aren’t all a perfect fit for every kid every year. Of course not. But they are real people who, for the most part, really care about those students with whom they spend more time than their own kids.<\/p>\n
Because administrators get a bad reputation. And sometimes it’s deserved. But most of those things are misunderstandings. Or at least understandable, if you also know the greater context. These men and women are trying to do the best they can, with the resources they have, to make our students’ futures the best they can be.<\/p>\n
Because when the community, the school board, the teachers, the parents, and the students all come together, really amazing things can happen. We have to be honest with each other. We have to say hard things (kindly, if possible). We have to see and deal with sad, human stuff. But we also get to see children and schools and communities and people become better than they’d otherwise be.<\/p>\n
That’s why giving time to your local school is totally worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a jam-packed day, I just spent almost 3 hours at the school for an evening PTO meeting and a meet-the-candidates night for the upcoming school board elections. Y’all. It was really cool. We have a great district. There was … Continue reading