The sun is up, though not by much, and a ways off from us there’s a spray plane with headlights on. I’ve never seen that. It’s cool, the plane silhouetted against the not-quite-bright sky and the very bright lamps on its nose. It’s the seventh day of school, and it’s already hard to get peopleContinue reading “Miscellaneous commentary from me, Karen.”
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Kindergarten first-day retrospective.
There are times when time moves breathtakingly fast. I’m not the person who says: Time slow down! Or: Oh, I wish we could go back! Or: I’m so sad to see my child’s birthday come. If that’s you, I definitely don’t mean to make you feel badly, but for me, this wouldn’t be the answerContinue reading “Kindergarten first-day retrospective.”
Trust.
Last day — Boarding the bus with all the feels (on the part of me). So many changes. We had Dean; now we have Jerry. We had temp checks and masks and assigned seating for family groups; now we have none of that, just a bus ride. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said itContinue reading “Trust.”
School health ed.
The Nebraska Department of Education issued a draft of new state health education standards. Our school encouraged us to respond. I responded. Here is the letter I sent to members of the state Board of Education as well as submitted as an official comment. Hello — I’m writing to comment on the proposed standards forContinue reading “School health ed.”
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