Minnesota Teachers Gathered to Review a Twelve Thousand Dollar School Board Decision

The blue plastic urn in the high school teacher’s lounge always had a slight hiss before the morning bell.

I sat at the laminate table with my worn leather planner open, running my pencil down the photocopied columns of the draft school budget.

Tim Walz, wearing his usual faded athletic pullover, lifted the glass pot to pour two paper cups of black coffee.continue reading …