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    My 20-Year Plan

    I love plane rides (especially when I don’t have a toddler
    crawling across my lap!). They give me time and space to reflect and plane and
    knock out some tasks that require an extended period of focus and
    concentration. (And sometimes I just don’t do anything except watch Fixer Upper
    on HGTV).
    I recently flew to Connecticut to meet with the National
    Center for Montessori in the Public Sector, tour public Montessori schools, and
    attend the Yale School of Management education conference.
    On the way back home, I opened my journal and filled a whole
    page with years: 2015, 2016, 2017… I realized that I had filled the page with
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    Ideal Workplace

    School is starting in 165 short days! I’m still pinching myself. 
    Our team is working really hard to get everything in place for the beginning of August, and I was hoping you could help me with something. 
    What makes your workplace awesome? Or what do you wish your workplace had to make it more awesome? I’m thinking about the big things (onsite childcare?) to the little things (surprise masseuse on site for a day of chair massages?). 
    Thank you in advance for any ideas you are able to share! 
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    Job Openings

    The other day, I e-mailed a longtime blog friend to see if she had any leads on potential staff members for the school I’m working to start, and she mentioned that she and her partner might be interested once they finish their graduate school programs. It gave me the idea to put the request out there to all of you! Perhaps Magnolia Montessori For All is “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet” or you might know of someone else who might be interested! 
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    Do you believe that schools should educate the whole child? Do you want to support learning that is hands-on, differentiated,
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