Saturday, March 5, 2016

TOMMIE SAYLOR: Are we up for the challenge?

“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.

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