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As you may remember from the article Donegal School District Referendum 2?, I participated in a Donegal School District consensus making meeting after the failed referendum. To evaluate how well the material was processed and whether there would be the pursuit of wider consensus building, I attended the April 7 Donegal School Board meeting (Note: minutes available here). For the most part, yesterday's Lancaster County newspaper article Residents comment on approaches to 2nd referendum in Donegal* patched together my public comments in an understandable/readable manner.  As you might suspect I had a few more thoughts and illustrations which flowed during my time at the microphone.  But the below quote accurately summarizes my bottom line:

"Without further community understanding, your aren't going to get much with 85 people," he said. "I don't think this information is known, and, without it, I think going ahead you are in big trouble."

This summer marks three years back home and from the landfill to township recycling** to the school district referendum, we find ourselves unable to avoid the call to become re-engaged in the nitty gritty-ness of culture making.

*Additional coverage of this can be found at Donegal debates school repairs: District lacks long-term plan, faces patch or replace puzzle for Maytown Elementary.

**E.g., Landfill Agreement is a done deal. Press covers of my thoughts on recycling and the speeding landfill trash trucks going past our house can be found here.