...School. Juneau is blessed to have JCCS as part of our public school system; the school's philosophy, teachers, staff, and required family involvement deserve a place in the story of who Megan is today. Steve Behnke Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...genuine disagreements about the best policy choice for our community. We need to understand the pros and cons, not call people names. That's what we teach our children, and it is a good rule for adults, as well. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...And we truly appreciate the committee's course reversal, so that a full range of expression can continue to appear in the parade. Rarely are policy mistakes set right so responsively and quickly. Steven R. Behnke Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...last two weekends. That would mean the most people possible are benefiting from this amazing gift to the adults of our community. Thank you Ed Christian for finding this and thank you to all those who made it happen. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...and concerns. If we start casting aspersions on the genuineness of our neighbors' views, we will be headed back to the acrimonious and divisive days of the last AJ proposal - something we surely all wish to avoid. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

The high school vote has resulted in one clear positive: the return of author Larry Edfelt to the pages of the Empire. Welcome back to Tee Harbor's mayor emeritus and pundit profundicus. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...young people ... My husband and I found one entry especially moving and thought provoking - the cavalcade of National Guard vehicles and those walking with them, with the enlarged photos. It brought tears to our eyes. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...a critically important one to current and future Juneau students. Going carefully and incrementally - rather than rushing into wholesale change - will likely get us where we want to go faster, and with less travail. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...funding cuts may force the charter school to close. Dollars allocated to the charter school go farther than dollars allocated elsewhere and the results are excellent. Surely this is something our town should nourish! Larri Irene Spengler Juneau

...that our children are like beautiful, different-shaped water glasses, and that the goal of education should not be to remake the glasses so they are all the same shape, but instead to fill each of them to the brim. Larri Irene Spengler Juneau