I haven’t had a lot of time to post about school board and what’s going on there, but I wanted to take a moment to just recap a little where I am with it, about six months into my 4-year term. BACKGROUND: After four years serving on the library board, I had planned to take […]
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Looking for recommendations of wholesome LGBTQ+ family entertainment that I can watch with the kids. Single All the Way is a perfect example (v. sweet gay holiday rom-com), but also interested in sit-coms, dramas, etc. There’s Modern Family and Will & Grace — what else is out there? Would especially love: – recent (so relevant
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Amusingly, I learned that today is Illinois’s ‘School Board Members Day’. I will go ahead and anticipate thanks, and say, “You’re welcome!” It remains an honor to serve (although I admit, I could wish the meetings weren’t QUITE so long.)
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School board meeting done — a relatively short one, only 2 hours and 45 minutes. Am still pretty darn exhausted. But I think we got some good, productive work done tonight, addressing issues as diverse as: – the tax levy – sex education in public high schools – childcare coverage to allow more people to
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Another HOUR of math today, relearning algebra to help Kavi study for her final exam. Please admire my neat notes that I actually understand, yay me. *** Me, at the start of our work session: It’s too dim and depressing in this room for me to do math. Hang on — I’m going to light
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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.
