Holy Cow!

I won! I am now a member of the Mount Morris Central School District School Board. Well, I will be as of July 1. Technically, I got the second highest number of votes after a lady named Ann Hunt (who has lived here forever and garnered what I will call the "old people vote"). But me, the outsider, was #2. My neighbor's best friend who lives around the corner from me was #3. I felt badly for the people who lost, but it was an election. Some win, some lose.

I'm stunned but excited! There are some huge decisions coming up during my three-year term, and I honestly think I can make a difference at least in the district's ability to communicate. So, I will keep writing school board stuff over on the other blog and find other ways to let people know what's going on.

I have to say around here, our local "shopper," essentially an advertising publication, turned out to be the best way of reaching voters. While Ann cornered the "been here forever" vote, Tad and I had ads in the shopper weekly. Those shopper spaces don't come cheap, but I think it was worth every penny.

In fact, I hope I can talk the board into finding a bit of money somewhere to put a weekly school update in there. While we can do a lot with computers, the older people in town ALL read the shopper for their information. To not have an update monthly, if not weekly, is nuts.

Ah, but you don't care about that. You just want to read about my kids (Ellie is obsessed with painting nails. Jack is obsessed with Star Wars Legos. Robbie is full of life and is learning to talk. His favorite words are "bye" "Ok" and anyone's name. He calls Ellie "Wawa" and Sophie is "fufa.") Or maybe you want to hear about me (Just ran a half-marathon. I should post some pictures, huh?) Or maybe you want to hear about Bob (Just got back from Utah. Rode a horse for real for the first time ever. Scared the crap out of him. Planning two back-to-back marathons at the end of the month. Never sleeps. Works all the time.)

Well, next time then...