The radio alarm went off and the Western Classical disc jockey said “Sounds a little too much like ‘get off my lawn’,” referring to the film by a famous actor/director. He seemed to be responding to my accusation as if he knew my talking points regarding schools having become a hotbed of litigation, student versus teacher. Although he has a point…workers can take exclusive possession of property in a public trust, even if it’s a forest, the grounds of a park, museum or university campus.
‘Let everyone on the lawn then, not only the custodians,’ I would argue back to the DJ.
I read an online article about ‘The six million dollar custodian gave it all to charity,’ and realized I was stressing about a subject I could not win.
The phone rang, it was Jahan. “Let them on the lawn then,” I said, referring to the students on the lawn.
“What?” Jahan queried.
“Some radio show about private property owners excluding children from their lawns.”
“We’re gonna have a lawn party,” Jahan replied wryly.
“When?” I asked.
“All in good time my pretty, all in good time,” Jahan replied and slowly hung up the receiver without saying goodbye.
“Right,” I said. “Even private schools let us use their library or visit their athletic fields every now and then,” I spoke into a dead receiver.
“Yeah, every now and then,” Jahan said affirmatively to himself in the Jacuzzi.