via Tallahassee Democrat
By Beth Rogers and Jodi Wilkof
There haven’t been a whole lot of silver linings to the pandemic, and even fewer for our schools. One wonderful benefit, however, is the bird’s eye (or more correctly, a laptop camera’s eye) view into our high schoolers’ classrooms.
Our kids attend SAIL High School — the School for Arts and Innovative Learning — and have been among the SAIL students attending the school’s Digital Academy.
SAIL is a small magnet public high school in Leon County, established 45 years ago by now-school board member Rosanne Wood, who served as its principal for 32 years. The school is known for its focus on the arts, its caring and supportive environment, and its non-traditional learning opportunities.
Students call their teachers and administrators by their first names, and the school counts among its alums many current SAIL teachers, as well as Mary Wharton (who was featured on the cover of the Tallahassee Democrat recently for her new film, “Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President”).
