Superintendent's Thoughts

New Year’s Resolutions The changing of the calendar to a new year, in this case 2009, usually leads us to think about changes that we are going to make for the new year.  A fresh start and a new resolve give us the courage to think that things are going to be different this time.  At one time such changes might have been unique to our lives but that is certainly not the case any more.  We live in an environment that thrives on change.  The rate of change that we must deal with is almost out of control.  To make a New Year’s resolution to change hardly seems necessary.  I would like to suggest we consider for this year to make resolutions about what needs to stay the same in our lives.  What do we need to keep?  Really this is an upside down way to get at what is really most important in our lives.  This is a very good thing to rediscover more frequently than we do.  What do we value?  That is not to say we might not resolve to do some things better or with more passion and purpose, but what is it