Perspective & Reflection

Three weeks ago, on day one of the •necessary strike• walk out of Minneapolis Public Educators & Educational Support Professionals (MFT/ESP) I learned how Malcolm’s school nurse (Nurse Angie) is on the MFT bargaining team. Today, she shared publicly this breakdown of time laid out by a fellow bargaining team member, of their total investment of time.

I cannot begin to perceive the emotional, intellectual and spiritual labors, not to mention the emotional and physical •toll• these numbers represent.

‘Thank you’ feels like it will never be enough. Our public school community will be better because of these massive efforts (bargaining team and strike line, alike.) And, it is just the beginning.

A message found me along the way through my years long personal mental health burnout/breakdown, and I feel it’s relevant here: ‘Discovery is not recovery.’ Our community is now made fully aware (in discovery) of the true state our public school system has been ‘existing’ (barely surviving) in.

I wholeheartedly believe •putting the pieces• back together is the recovery. I am grateful to belong in small part, to the Minneapolis Public Schools community, as we take on what is necessary to recover. 💙 



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