Teachers can show kids so much more than equations and statistics and important dates in history. It’s what makes a good teacher a great teacher.”Įxactly. “Not one person will mention a teacher who stayed strictly within the curriculum. “Ask anyone from the USA about their favorite teacher,” Hennings wrote.
She wants the school board to think long and hard about what removing those flags says to students, and to teachers.
Hennings’ kids are grown now, but they attended Chesterton Middle School. Kelly Hennings, a lifelong Chesterton resident, emailed me Monday about the flags. “For it to be that bad at school that my son would contemplate suicide - I wrote my first email to that teacher tonight and said thank you.” “I always thought as a mom if I created a safe space at home that he would be OK,” Jennifer Camacho said.
