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

swabs on the newly painted shelves.

She wore her pale blue scrubs, and her hair was pulled back into her usual tight, practical bun.

I stood near the doorway, my winter coat still zipped up against the November chill that lingered in the halls of the school.

“The delivery truck from Saint Paul came early,” Sarah said, not turning around as she set a jar continue reading …