Guitar

Owen had his first guitar lesson last night. Dan went with him. It went very well. The teacher seems very nice (and has a 7 year old boy, so presumably knows what to expect from one). Apparently Owen was pretty quiet during the lesson but right afterward told Dan, "That was AWESOME!" So far, so good.

The school-closing debate drags on. I went to the school board meeting last night and saw the contract demographers present the geocoded school data to the Board. The only exciting part was when an impassioned neighbor of ours became so loud and disruptive that the president of the board threatened to have the police eject him from the meeting.

The task force plans to make their final recommendation to the board in mid-February which means that almost certainly the Board will not make any decision this school year. There won't be the time for them to make any major changes, which would have to include boundary line redrawing. So it's going to continue for another year, I suppose.