The Price of Being Right
I made a mistake It is not the first (by a stretch), and it won’t be the last. It is not the worst, most uninformed, or most controversial mistake I have ever made. But the consequences feel disproportionate to the decision I made at about 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 14. I decided not to go to Town Meeting. For one of the few times in decades I opted to stay home instead of carrying out a civic duty that, as a social studies teacher, should have known better than to ignore. There were reasons that fed into the decision, but there is no blame. It is my responsibility alone. Why is this such a big deal? Because a school budget that I knew little about (again, shame on me) was defeated by 5 votes. Added to this, due to an unfortunate bit of wrong information, without a passed school budget, the school system will shut down on July 1. I am in the last couple years of a ...