“You’ll Have to Wait”
Last night, the Huntsville City School Board and Dr. Wardynski told me, by ignoring me, that I need to be patient. By not including the special needs segregatio...
Tag: parenting
Finding Each Other in the Hundred-Acre Wood
Sometimes the fates, chance, or god align things just right. It doesn’t happen often. Usually autism, or stress, or just a general funk gets in the way. B...
The Day Everything Changed–Again
Six years ago tomorrow, everything changed, as I got to hold my little boy for the first time ever. For the longest time, I was completely convinced that I coul...
Q&A: Huntsville City School Closing Meeting #4 Summary
In a repeating pattern of evasive answers and direct refusal to actually offer the public any specific information on the implications of the School Closing rec...
Follow the Leader: On Being a Dad
Once when the girl was still not quite three and the boy was happiest in his car seat carrier, we were traveling from Georgia and stopped at McDonald’s. C...
Richardson’s Final Official Recommendations to the Huntsville City Schools Board
On the last night of both Dr. Moore’s and Dr. Richardson’s tenure, the school board continued to hear recommendations from Dr. Richardson that they ...
Lost Faith: HCS Schools Closing First Meeting
Tuesday night at the first public meeting to discuss Dr. Salmon’s demographic recommendations for the closing of nine schools in Huntsville in 2012-2013 s...
Understanding My Boy
The boy is crying. Again. Except “crying” doesn’t capture it. He is bawling. He is screaming. He is weeping. He is wailing. He is furious. He ...