Serendib Politics

Kind of astonishing that a high school junior got to do this, actually.

Kavi’s home again after her bio research club’s presentation at MIT — it was a one-day trip, and they got in late last night. We’re proud of her hard work, of course, and Kavi said it went well. She’s currently thinking pre-med, so this was a great opportunity to see what it’s like to do […]

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Sustainable University

Sat down on a bench before teaching, and read this sign — looking forward to our being able to put up something similar at the high school once Project 2 is completed. This is one of the things I’m happiest about working on for the school board — I won’t claim to deserve all the

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School board meeting

School board 6:30 to 10:25, about four hours. Long, but glad track and field project is now open to the public; a great collaborative project with the park district. Don’t run tomorrow, though — winter storm! Also excited by promising geothermal report; it’s not locked down yet, but looking very good. Big win for sustainability

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Board Meeting Blues

School board meeting, 6:30 – 9, 2.5 hrs, not bad. Slightly worse when you add in the 1.5 hr school board retreat yesterday, and the 1.5 hr school-board related meeting on Tuesday. Never mind reading the e-mails and the board meeting notes AND this week, a many-page legal brief because I had to decide how

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