During the four-year planning process, which was filled with uncertainties and roadblocks, a growing circle of parents and teachers shared leadership. In a profession caught in a storm of external solutions, I have learned that I can do my best and most meaningful work when my colleagues and I seek together new ways to “sail through this to that,” and find true north for ourselves and our students.Īfter thirty years in education, I undertook my most ambitious challenge and cofounded the Chesapeake Public Charter School-which is the first charter school in our region. carry you out beyond the face of fear,” I think about my own fear of using my voice with agency. Often, when I recite these lines aloud, “may the tide. Mary’s College of Maryland‒a school that I know well because my husband taught there, as did Lucille Clifton. It is also imprinted on the wall leading to the dining hall at St. I have heard this poem read at graduations and memorials‒significant moments of transition and transformation. For our second post in the “Week of Lucille Clifton” - here is Kathleen Glaser’s reflections on Lucille Clifton’s “blessing the boats” from Teaching with Heart.
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