Mass Chaos In The Community

 

That title sounds fitting for for a horror movie, don't you think?

We were sitting at our daughter's middle school band/chorus concert when, coincidentally, a ton of emails came rushing in to my husband from concerned students and parents about the potential removal of the district's music program.  This hysteria came after someone took a comment from a board member the wrong way and began rumoring that the board was going to cut music from the school after the retirement of the band director.  Wow!  My son was the first to see a ton of comments coming from kids in his school on Snapchat.  Since this board has started it seems to be one rumor after another.  

I was reluctant to support my husband's decision to join the school board but it was something he felt called to do.  I'm proud of him and believe he is there to do good but it's also hard to focus through all the noise.  What scares me most of all is the potential safety risks it will put on my children.  My daughter has already come home upset by what others have said to her just because she's the daughter of a board member.  I'm sitting here grinding my teeth wondering if she's okay today.  If someone had said anything to her.  I'm also pondering if it would be better to put them both in cyber come next school year, as to remove them from this nonsense.  

I believe God has a plan through it all and I'm putting my faith and trust in Him.  It's still just very difficult.  Mostly because I have children involved.  For a long time I've been questioning if sending my kids to public school is even the right thing to do anymore.  So much has changed.  Removing them means they miss out on so much, including being involved in band and chorus, which my daughter loves.  I'm just not sure if the risk is worth any of it.  My son has been unhappy with this district and, well, who should I listen to?  

I needed to use my platform to vent today.  Thank you for listening!  Only time will tell what happens.