Time to clean off my desk! |
I am retiring. No,
not from my lab job (I don’t work very hard anyway) nor from my writing
pursuits, rather from my responsibilities as School Board Trustee. Twelve years just seems like the right time
to transition. It wasn’t a goal that I set in the beginning of my service. I didn’t say, “Sure, I think I will do that
for a dozen years.” It just happened. I
have been pondering that number twelve.
What kinds of things do we do by the dozen?
We buy eggs
by the dozen.
Years are
divided by a dozen months and days by two dozen hours.
We attend
public school for a dozen years, give or take a couple.
A dozen long
stemmed roses is a significant gesture – and pricey!
Donuts.
Christ had
twelve apostles.
Gandalf had
twelve dwarves and a hobbit that represented innocence. (Think about it.)
Rehired
teaching, coaching, food service, custodians, bus drivers, para-professionals,
Superintendent and various district staff twelve times.
Approved twelve school district budgets.
Received
twelve IHSAA passes.
Participated
in Parma High School graduation ceremonies and presented diplomas twelve times.
Cleaned up
Homecoming TP from my yard twelve times.
Attended
twelve Regular school board meetings each year.
(Okay, I missed a couple, but I made up for those with Special school
board meetings.)
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