We left this morning without a hitch. Almost exactly at noon, everyone was at Stamp and loaded. Seb was running just a little bit late, but being the wonderfully responsible man that he is, he texted me well in advance. I was still inside when everyone arrived, printing reflection and dialogue papers.
After a few turn-arounds, we made it onto 95-S, and headed into Virginia from DC. We talked a lot in my car, mainly Nich talking about his trip to New Hampshire with the College Convention. We stopped about halfway down for a late lunch, at Subway. Pam and I shared a foot-long veggie sub.
We got down to KIPP right at 16:00, exactly according to schedule. We first got a tour from two eight graders around the middle-school, and from a junior teacher around the high school. Others will probably write about this more, but the school is VERY organized. There are "inspirational" words and phrases all over the place, and a ton of college pendants. After the tours, school let out (17:00), and Robby gave us a chat and introduction at KIPP.
Again, we got turned around going to the Lander's. Dinner was amazing, Rachel and Jim are great, and we're going to have a wonderful time here.
Ciao - JDK
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