“If
not us, who? If not now, when?”
John
F. Kennedy
By
Tommie Saylor
Kennedy
High School Principal
As
others run away, heroes rush in. As most are frozen with indecision, the
greatest act decisively. As people look for someone to champion their
cause, the brave advocate for us all.
Far
too often we sit around complaining about this or that, and wondering if
someone will come along and fix the problem. We often don’t realize that the “someone”
who can, should and must fix the problem is you.
We
are the heroes we have been waiting for and the time to fix our problems is
now. I’m not saying it will be easy. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy. I understand
that change is hard and many hard decisions lay before us, but as our
forefathers have done is the past, we need to come together and face our issues
with a steeled resolve and singularity of purpose.
No
longer can we afford to fight amongst ourselves. No longer can we afford the
old rivalries and pettiness that has held us back. Our world no longer has room
for trivial jealousies and universal suspicions. Either we embrace the
change, learn to work together and rush headlong into the darkness as one … or
we will most definitely wither separately.
So
the choice is yours. Either we can “bury our heads in the sand” and continue to
conduct business as usual hoping our problems will just go away, or we can take
on the challenge of change and create a new, stronger and leaner district designed
to withstand the ages.
How
and where will you lead them. Making Kennedy the school of choice. Excellence
by design.
