There was a dead girl at my school today. She was shot many times outside by the Pre-K classroom wall. A guy walking his dog noticed her a little past 6AM. Bumbling around because my principal wasn't there, the administrators decided to open school on time. Kids were escorted into the building by cops. News crews came. The body remained for a very long time in plain sight. One of the second grade teachers was in tears. I wasn't there because I reported to my supervisor's school today.

She was 16. I don't know her name, or why someone decided she should die, or anything about her except that she was 16 (that's what they said on the news).

Everyone went about their business like there wasn't a huge serious tragedy that deserved attention and respect. Like some lives are just disposable and don't deserve attention. Or maybe the issue is so big and bad that no one knows how to treat it... so they ignore it.

In a few weeks, I will be leaving you Baltimore. You are a brutal city.