By Bill Connell, Somerset.
I have taken fancy to a new song by Ian Hunter, “Fingers Crossed.” It is about a real life pirate, asking himself at the time of his hanging, am I really a victim of circumstance? This is what was in the back of my mind as listened at the school board meeting…and listened and listened and listened.
As an aside, I heard a lot about rights and privilege, not a whole lot about education.
The only real issues at the High School are the management of hallway passing and apparently the new principal’s social awkwardness. The dress code and cell phone issues are convenience issues. One parent got up and said they could not find anything tasteful at Hollister. Would you dress your kid in Camo and fluorescent orange because you went shopping at Cabellas? I have two girls, I get it, we don’t want them dressing like Hillary Clinton but a handful of times we had to say, no, you can’t wear that to school. The school board cannot be blamed because parents don’t give their kids the once over before leaving the house.
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