By the way...

I was on the local NBC nightly news the other night.


There was a town hall kind of parents' meeting about the redistricting of the schools, here; it has a lot of people upset. The interesting thing, I have learned from an outside source, is that there's wa-a-y more going on with this issue than what the informational meeting spoon-fed to the parents.

Having confirmed where my son would be attending next year, I stood in the auditorium, chatting with our church's Children's Director, and we were approached by a reporter from WMGT. He asked if we'd mind sharing our reactions with him. Betty abstained, since she doesn't have a child in the system; she was there just for the information. So it was up to me.

As we walked toward the exit, I told him my perception of what we'd been told. It was then that I realized (I had not, before) that he was a television reporter. I'd assumed that he was a writer for a local paper, but the camera set up in the lobby corrected that notion.

"Would you mind just going over all of that again, on camera?" he asked me.

"Um. Sure." I said.

As it turns out, mine was the interview that enabled the reporter able to say, "...parents had mixed reactions...". When we watched the story on the 11 o'clock news that night (and again the next morning!--*groan*), two dads and two moms before me were complaining about the re-districting. I was the final soundbite, and was the sole proponent, stating that in my case, my son would be attending closer to home, so for me this development is a good thing.

Anyway, when I did it, I had no idea there was as much involved in this imbroglio as there is. I'm glad I didn't say anything too controversial!

My little 5 seconds of fame.

I guess they take that off my account, right?