Kelly learning how to say "hair" in Lwo, the local language in Gulu.
If you’re looking for a story of hope for the holiday season, I’ve got one for you.
We receive many manuscripts for publication each month — mostly from education professors and school administrators. Articles from school board members are not as plentiful, which is why Philip Kelly’s offering caught my attention when it landed on my desk.
The Boise, Idaho, school board member has an amazing story to tell, and we were happy to publish that story in the December issue of ASBJ. Kelly heard about the plight of the “invisible children” in war-torn Uganda at a school board meeting.
He might have chosen to store that information and go about his life as usual. Instead, he ended up traveling with a handful of other educators to Gulu, Uganda, in the middle of the war zone.
Read A School Leader’s Journey to find out how Kelly connected his experiences in Gulu with his board service in Boise, enhancing the lives of people in both communities.
As Kelly puts it, “I ran for school board to be involved in the school district, not the world. Who knew being on a school board could lead me across the globe?”
Kathleen Vail, Managing Editor
