“I volunteer because it makes me look helpful, and it gives me first dibs on the refreshments.”
― The Thursday Murder Club
For all intents and purposes, the school year all over but the shouting. Grades have been turned in. Graduations scheduled. Library books returned. By mid-week next week, most districts will be closing the books on the 2020/2021 school year. But that doesn’t mean everything is going quietly into the night.
In Nashville, there is considerable unhappiness with MNPS’s decision to limit the number of tickets for graduation to 4. It’s an asinine decision, based on a PR move intended to paint the district as being safety first. One not being replicated anywhere else in the city. Baptisms, weddings, funerals, and other assorted cultural milestones are wide open for attendance. Only graduation participation is being curtailed.
If ever there was a time to celebrate public schools, and a need to bring communities together, it’s CONTINUE READING: CHOICES, IT’S ALL ABOUT CHOICES. – Dad Gone Wild