climbed the stairs to the stage. I stood at the podium.
“You have five minutes, Henderson,” the Board President hissed. “Then I’m calling security.”
“I only need three,” I said.
I turned to the audience. I saw Leo’s mom. I saw Brenda. I saw Maya.
“For forty-one years,” I began, “I have taught the children of this town that America is a place where we solve continue reading …