Once a month, the school sponsors a "run" right after school as part of the Marathon Kids program. They have cones set up and healthy snacks for after their walk/run. They have a journal to keep track of all their walking and running to make sure they make their marathon goal. Kendall, being a girl, loves the social aspect of it. It is always more fun to run with a friend.
Jared's junior high school, Dwyer, is soon getting solar panels. Because of the age of the building and other factors, they are unable to place the panels on the roof. There is an option of putting the panels up carport style in the bus parking lot, however, the decision was made to place them right in front of the school. Yes, right in front of the school which is a historical landmark. Right in front of the school that just had two beautiful murals painted on the front. Right in front of the school where the field is that is used for p.e. classes and other forms of recreation. And right in front of the school where it is tradition to walk down to the steps for graduation. Should make for some lovely graduation pictures, eh? Well the students (and some parents with a lot of money) decided to lead a protest. They have been out in front of the school all week with t-shirts and signs. Today was the big protest day, but it had to be moved to Lake Park. The picture of the protest is courtesy of my guest photographer, Jared. I was hoping he would take an active role in this, but he is quite apathetic. I gave him the "Stand for Something" speech, but he just scoffed. The other day when he told me he decided to go to the protest, I was thrilled. (P.S. I am choosing to ignore the reason he was going was for free Super Mex tacos.) On the way home, he told me he feels bad because they are blaming Chevron and Chevron was just hired to do the job. The District is really at fault here. So I am happy at the very least he is educating himself on the situation.
