We'll keep doing what is right... right?

Pouring rain again. And dark. 

The news cycle continues to terrify everyone, for a whole lot of reasons. 

I find it really hard to keep putting on bigger and bigger blinders. What's going on will negatively impact every single person I know in some way --  I don't know any billionaires. And even they may find it hard to fathom where we are now, if our foreign policy goes into the dumpster fire. Without going into hard details, this trend toward complete isolationism, both foreign and domestic, is unhealthy, and extremely unwise. 

But I said I would stay in my lane, and that is everything to do with education and kids and taking care of vulnerable folks-- and with the chaotic aftermath of an EO that lacks any real details about how things will function, education is directly in the crosshairs. 

At least at the local level, we have support in most of our small towns, and that says a lot. The average person recognizes the need to take care of kids, to educate them as best we can, and they are willing to trust us, for the most part, to do our jobs faithfully and professionally. It's not clear that the feds know what they are doing, except for both cutting funding and tying funding to restrictions, while saying all decisions will now go back to the states, except not those books, topics, policies, or initiatives that include anyone other than dead white males. It's confusing to write, let alone to navigate. Good luck, special needs kids. Homeless? O well. And God help the student loan holders-- who knows who will be carrying the debt for you. No plan in place, no clear idea of how it will work-- just rubble.

And no lunch or breakfast, either. Sorry, kids. But you know what? We'll fill in the gaps. Because they matter, and what we do matters. 

All this drama and confusion is laid directly at the feet of the Nero String Symphony. They are moving fast, breaking things, and then, when the dust finally settles, I can guarantee you they'll be on to other  things...

Mars. And paving Jackie Kennedy's rose garden.

C