No Place for Hate
This post is not appropriate for young children. Words and topics discussed here should be filtered by a responsible adult prior to sharing with any young child. Thank you. I was called a bastard last week. To be fair, it wasn't immediately directed at me. It was, however, directed to all public school teachers and public school administrators, and this comment was cheered-on by a large (70+) group of community members. Let me put this in context, however. I started one day last week by running with our school. Our PTO had organized a Fun Run fundraising campaign. We exceeded our goal, and each grade came outside to celebrate by running a track. We were cheered-on by moms, dads, siblings, and grandparents. The love and outpouring of support from our community was remarkable. Our school is exceptionally diverse. We have 25 unique home languages spoken in our school and over 50 languages spoken in our school district. We see this as a strength. Our PTO uses funds from their