Adequate Yearly Progress

by Roxanna Elden

some involuntary reception center in

she

remembered me. I work at—”

was making another mistake, but she

hand. And now I’m in charge of the

enroll here. You may have noticed that

obviously. But also field trips. Athletic

you were just doing test prep. The

opposite of attendance.

glaring at Mrs. Rawlins. Breyonna was

the football players jumped onto the

her planning.

that she enjoyed speaking into microphones

the

a slave ship. . .

first, followed closely by Kaytee, and

to be miserable.

its arbitrary endpoint? But this was

.” “Well, he has a bunch of texts

came

hurry to get to his own. There were so

every day.

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from my classroom.

my writing in general. I am indebted to the many education

Integration by Eugene Robinson, The