Executive Summary

Representatives from OUTstanding attended the Amarillo Independent School Board meeting this week. We took advantage of the 3 minute public comment portion of the agenda.

Tony shared some details about his personal story that ultimately resulted in him leaving the public school system and obtaining his education through home schooling. I shared 3 minutes worth of local and national statistics.

There is no option for feedback or dialog about the public comments, so we really don't know how it went. But we know we have some supporters on the school board and maybe inspired some thought among them all.

I've got to be honest, I really had myself worked up and nervous about this, but Tony helped me by not letting his anxiety show. It really turned out to be nothing and I'm so glad that we followed through with it.