Magazine : Archives : 1st Quarter 2021

Point of View

Building as We Fly During the early days of the pandemic, when our school system had just pivoted to remote learning, the assistant director of schools would host a weekly Facebook Live session to update parents and the community, and respond to questions on everything from what about graduation, to what about sports, to what about prom. His mantra during these sessions was that we were “building the airplane as we fly it.” The problem with building the plane in the air, however, is that it’s a lot easier to crash it. I’m poking fun to an extent, but this...