The Gift of Introspection...

This week has certainly been a hodgepodge of events. We had the usual Tuesday BOE meeting, the new PHS Administrator's– Let’s talk about it seminar, Maxson’s PTO Mentoring workshop, a very public City Council meeting, various PTO meetings including our district’s new PTO President’s Club (that’s my name for it) and of course PEP’s very own Board meeting. Many of these events occurred simultaneously making it impossible for us multi-interests individuals to partake in the many exciting and informative conversations. Nevertheless – I trust learning and value was afforded to all who were able to attend these respective gatherings.

At this point we have been exposed to enough information, opining, conversations and disagreements such that we should all have something to share that will help our community grow!

Here we are three months into our school year and what gains have we had thus far? I pose this question to YOU -- my readers. Really – what have you seen or experienced that is going well or not so well? And don’t just complain about it – please. Tell me what you’ve done over the past 3 months to make a difference in the life of this city’s children. Tell us what has worked and what needs some work. I’m not looking for show-stoppers. I simply want to celebrate our successes and highlight opportunities for improvements with some “REAL” value-add recommendations for how we can leverage our time, talents and resources to the benefit our schools and ultimately our children.

So here’s your opportunity Plainfield to do some well needed introspection and share your learning, experiences, successes and opportunities for improvement.

I look forward to hearing from this very creative and verbal community I love so dearly.

Be well!

FYI

Introspection is the self-observation and reporting of conscious inner thoughts, desires and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more spiritual cases, one's soul.