What do we see?

Is this a child who is struggling to keep up with his peers?

Or is this a child who is "on the right path, and moving in the right direction"?

Both could be true, of course. These are not mutually exclusive perspectives.

But the folks who believe students are on the right track and are headed in the right direct have very little incentive to think very hard, or change very much, or care very passionately.

Folks who worry that a child IS being left behind will be trying hard to change a great deal. And they care -- a lot.

Lancaster has six candidates competing for three seats on the school board.

We have nearly 300 students graduating High School within weeks of the election. They, too, will be competing for a limited number of seats -- in college classrooms, at desks in offices, behind steering wheels -- competition for a good seat is a constant.

I'm taking comments. Which of the trustee candidates do you think is most likely to help the kid catch the bus?