What if somebody threw a march, and nobody showed up?

Mark Bralley and I went over to Wilson Middle School to document a "march" around the campus.

We found a familiar picture; a small group of parents and community members who are frustrated with what they perceive to be administrative indifference to their important concerns.

A meeting was held, I am told, and as many as 79 people indicated they would show up and march.

Very few of them actually showed up.



Granted, it was a crappy day;
cold and windy.  But still.

My dad talked to me often about the need for people who are willing to be the first to step into the breach.

More important than the people willing to be the first into the breach, are those willing to be the second and the third and the fourth ...  Otherwise there's no point in anyone stepping in.

The fundamental problem escaped media attention.

The impression of administrative indifference flows from the relentless refusal of the leadership of the APS to engage in honest to God two-way communication.  Their relentless refusal to point to a time, a day, and a place where they will simply answer questions candidly, forthrightly and honestly?

Is (the perception of) APS administrative indifference just that, or is it real?

If it is only indifference to the people, that would be bad enough.

Indifference is the essence of inhumanity.  George Bernard Shaw 

What if they are simply hiding inconvenient truth?
What if they are covering up administrative incompetence and corruption?




photos Mark Bralley