Energy

Energy, passion
flowed from his manner,
his words, his motion,
his attention to detail,
his bringing us with him
as he told the story.
So willing to spend the time
to share the news of their promise
their potential, being met
growing together,
in the same classrooms
seeing their learning side by side
Wall broken down and
barriers overcome
together,
side by side
normal

July 30, 2007 18:58
Written about the presentation
“Everyone is Different, Everyone Belongs”,
at the 14th Annual Education Law Conference
http://www.usm.maine.edu/pdc/edlaw/,
by Joe Petner, outgoing Principal at the Haggerty School, Cambridge, MA
a fully inclusive K-6 public school
http://www.cps.ci.cambridge.ma.us/haggerty/index.html

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