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I know a school board member

She lives in my neighborhood. I saw her earlier this evening and after we chatted about vacations she asked, “how are things at work?” So I told her. The whole truth – about our test scores, and good people jumping ship, and the principal Read More...

a sad thing to see

A few years ago, I was in the teacher’s lounge, feeling exhausted. A middle school teacher (my school is preschool through 8th grade) asked how things were going, and I told her all about how difficult my kids were being. I then asked her how she Read More...