You Get What You Need

The Rolling Stones formed in 1962 and emerged in America as a part of the British rock invasion that swept the country. Unlike all other bands of that era, they are still around today. While they may have started out with lyrics like, "I can't get no satisfaction," they grew up to learn that, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you'll get what you need." There is a lot of maturity in that change and I think we go through the same changes in schools. When we see problems that are difficult to fix, we feel very unsatisfied, but when we put our own effort into it and roll up our sleeves, we often can get what we need to make it work.

Yesterday our student leaders met with the Board of Education. I try to never script what student say at this meeting and let students have a real voice for what matters to them. They discussed wanting some changes to Overtime, increased prep for college applications and scholarships and some general upgrades to school facilities. We try to work through these big requests and find a place where we can get what we need. That same philosophy holds true for me as well. This week and next I will be working with the counselors and data managers to build our schedule for next year. Right now I (and you) want a lot of things, hopefully, with some effort, we will get what we need.

Things that we want changed take effort and while we may not always get what we want, when we put forth that strong effort, we do usually come out just fine. Thanks in advance for all of the last minute effort that so many of you are putting forth, I'm certain that our students will get what they need.