Leigh sat in the mall and read. She'd been reading steady for the last two days. Coming to the mall had been scary, but nobody made a fuss over her. She was welcomed, then ignored. The protest had gone beyond how one teacher had been treated badly. Leigh listened while she took breaks and she heard stories of how other teachers felt abused by the School Board. Ms. Taladut was the latest symptom, but she wasn't the problem
The children who laid or sat around Leigh ranged from Kindergarten students to teens in high school. Something about a story being read out loud drew people. She'd noticed a few adults sitting close enough to hear as well.
For all that she was having fun, Leigh worried about how long this was going on. The Board had stated its position, then refused to talk to the stri
