OUT OF THE MOUTH'S OF BABES (BUT THIS BABE IS ALMOST SIX FEET TALL)

Monday night my son had to tag along with me to the PAC meeting because my wife had to go to see a friend in the hospital. We were at a point in the meeting where parent's bring their concerns to the group, you know usually about how they feel the SPED department has done them personally wrong.

So my son speaks up and talks about how PICKERING is in such state of disrepair that the kids don't feel good about going there. Everybody laughed.

What was really funny was that a KID had the courage to speak up about one of the real problems at LPS and nobody can claim that it was about this group or that group not getting services or resources. It was about a schoolwide problem.

After everybody quit laughing and assured him they weren't laughing at him, RICK STARBARD spoke up and said he had just taken a tour with MR. MURPHY and MR. RITTERHOUSE  and they made a list of problems he is going to take to MIKE DONOVAN at ISD.

I am so proud.