Last Wednesday night I attended an event the likes of which I had never experienced
before. It was a school board
meeting! Now that doesn’t sound as life
changing as that first sentence seemed to set it up to be, but trust me it was
a very new experience. I got to
see my school board in action, and it was the complete opposite of what I was
expecting. They always seemed to agree
on all the issues, which for the most part, probably due to my
less-than-unwavering attention, were fairly confusing.
It
was interesting seeing people go up and present their cases to the Board. They were timed, five minutes in closed
session and two in open session. This
seemed an extremely small amount of time, especially given the gravity of the
issues presented. I actually was
slightly confused as to one of these interactions, when a couple lawyers,
representing a client, explained that they were filing a suit against the
school board, citing constitutional rights, and that the ACLU backed them. The suit was in response to a certain measure
being passed, and the lawyers asked to delay the passing of the measure in
order to find a better solution. The odd
part, for me, was that the Board seemed to consider the speakers for a few
moments and then simply pass the measure.
I guess the legal sides of the decisions the Board makes are handled
elsewhere.
I
also had a fun time seeing all my friends who are in the program, as well as my
chaperone. Nate, the chaperone, talked
to us about where we would be visiting and discussed a few places of interest
for possible weekend excursions. We will
be visiting at least four colleges the first weekend for sure and we couldn’t
come up with anything besides New York City for another possible field trip
thing.
With
each of these ILC events I feel that much closer to summer and the trip that
summer brings and I get more and more excited.
I can’t wait to have the experience of a lifetime.
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