Last Friday we learned that our youngest, Quinn, had "won" a coveted magnet school slot for kindergarten in September. You see, there's a lottery that the city school district uses to place children in four of their twelve elementary buildings. These four schools have either unified themes (Arts and Humanities, Science & Technology) or particular … Continue reading Getting schooled
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The Lorax speaks for the trees, the Lilly speaks for the librarians.
Unless you're living completely off the grid (in which case you probably won't be reading this), you know that these are some dark economic times. School districts are being asked to cut their budgets by millions of dollars and droves of faculty and staff are being laid off. I attended a school board meeting on … Continue reading The Lorax speaks for the trees, the Lilly speaks for the librarians.