“We feel like we’re going to get all the science in there done well,” Schara said. “We’ll be able to introduce the engineering and the robotics also, and we’ll move that through in phases.”
In the past, science has at times been pushed behind other classes like math or reading, often because it can take long to set up classrooms for science projects, among other reasons, according to Schara. The Launch Pad class will be devoted to science, with more technology and more hands-on projects.
“It’s been my vision for years,” she said. “My whole masters was the science and literacy and immediately I started talking to Schara about how I want to be the science specialist.”
A picture of Hudson’s father standing with his friends outside the gas station he owned hangs on the wall. Standing at a distance is a black man leaning on the building with his right hand balancing his weight.
Hudson said ample space has to be given to share hostility caused by MU’s mistakes. After listening to students, Hudson is surprised by how much heartbreak there is on MU’s campus.
The beginning of the answer is found in Hudson’s office. From bookcases packed with evidence of one who has read more than enough about race in America to pictures that tell the story of a man consumed with a world divided by race — the office seemed to whisper a deep secret.
