Stopped by the Oak Park Public Library to pick up Kavi the other day — she often walks there after school and hangs out in the new teen space (no adults allowed!) to get some homework done before heading home. Really great getting to see the space — it was something we’d been hoping to […]
Heading into my second board meeting of the week; I admit, I’m hoping this isn’t one of the long ones, as I’m pretty tired this week. 3 hours instead of 6 hours would be nice… Kavi, tonight: Why do they have so many board meetings? Me: [stumped for a minute, I admit, but I came
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Pleased to learn at tonight’s board meeting that OPRF’s faculty are already 97% vaccinated. Well done, OPRF faculty!
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Locals, I’m starting to get a lot of personal messages on the OPRF hall pass policy, so I will just take a moment here to say that I think the policy is deeply problematic and should definitely be rolled back immediately, and I’ve been in conversations with administration on this for the past two weeks.
Back in person for school board meeting last night. I could’ve done virtual, and I think Kevin would have preferred that — with Delta rising, he’d rather we started being more cautious again. But it makes a difference, I think, being in the room, especially if some are in-person and some are virtual. As a
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It is disheartening how much of this 4-hr required training for school board members is essentially ‘cover your ass,’ or ‘how to not get sued.’ There’s also an enormous amount of time talking about how you can fire teachers / admin, and what the legal restrictions are on doing so. There is nothing on how
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Kavi and I walked to the lake the first evening and just hung out there for a while. I asked her if she’d still hang out with her mom in a few years, or if she would be too cool for that. Kavi said I was pretty cool, so she didn’t think she’d ever be
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When COVID hit, a lot of us started referring to healthcare workers as heroes. I think some of that has gotten lost a little, in the year-and-a-half we’ve all collectively endured. We’re all tired, I know, but we can’t forget this. We owe them. I have a lot of healthcare folks in my immediate family
School board meeting tonight; among other things, I’ve been assigned to (volunteered for) three committees in addition to regularly bimonthly meetings: • Instruction • Facilities (a new committee) • Tradition of Excellence (honoring alumni who have been exceptionally successful in their fields) I’m looking forward to digging in on instruction and facilities — both of
