{"id":6,"date":"2011-09-15T14:58:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/43cbbd8e-c2a3-435c-b608-e8fe9da39733"},"modified":"2011-09-15T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:58:51","slug":"hopeful-enough-to-drive-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/hopeful-enough-to-drive-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopeful Enough to Drive By"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scuttlebutt around town is this. The workplace that was my home away from home for eighteen years, the school where my second family worked for nine months of every year, has been demolished. We all knew Bryant School\u2019s demolition was going to happen. In fact, before the building closed in May of 2010, I went back to say good-bye, took pictures, even blogged about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been avoiding that part of town, ever since the building went down.
\nOne thought of the empty block where Bryant School stood,
\none mind picture of the ground leveled and grass growing over the foundation,
\nand I start crying.
\nSilly, I know.
\nBut having a significant piece of the past erased (and a piece of my kid\u2019s pasts, too, since they went to school there) is harder than I expected.<\/p>\n

But this week, some breaking local news made me willing to confront the present instead of mourning the past. On the first attempt, our town passed a bond issue for a new high school. Pretty amazing since the community has a thirty year history of repeatedly voting down school bond issues, eventually settling on compromise solutions that are than second best.<\/p>\n

But not this week.<\/p>\n

The bond issue passed with 79% voting in favor of it. When the news came, I thought of something my son said when he was in high school. \u201cMom, why would I ever choose to live in this town as an adult when the people don\u2019t care enough about kids to build decent schools?\u201d I had no answer, only sadness for the message the voting public repeatedly sent to young people in our town. Today, on the other hand, I am proud of my town for passing this bond issue in the midst of economic hard times.<\/p>\n

The bond issue news has me feeling hopeful again.
\nHopeful enough to face the ghost of Bryant School.
\nHopeful enough to dream about our children\u2019s futures.
\nHopeful enough, I think, to visit the place where my home away from home once was.
\nHopeful enough to laugh through the tears when I drive on by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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