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

signed his name on the line I had marked with a yellow sticky note.

“We were friends for thirty years, Clara,” he said, handing the paper back to me.

“We were,” I said, putting the signed statement into my planner.

He picked up his briefcase, walked down the long marble corridor toward the back stairs, and did not look back.

I walked back into the chamber,continue reading …